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• Ballot battlegrounds: Edmonton-area ridings to watch this Alberta election

  With advance voting open in Alberta and election day looming on May 29, CTV News Edmonton has compiled a list of ridings to watch in the capital region.

  

• A new Battle of Alberta? Surge top Stingers in season opening victory

  The Calgary Surge era was inaugurated with a win Saturday, as the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) squad defeated the Edmonton Stingers 74-70.

  

• Calgary Marathon causes road and parking lot closures, bus route detours

  The marathon is on Sunday, resulting in a number of street and parking lot closures and bus route detours.

  

• Crews bring grass fire under control in northwest Calgary

  Calgary fire crews were busy late Saturday afternoon battling a grass fire in northwest Calgary.

  

• Alberta NDP holds rally in Calgary, UCP talks about crime, mental health supports

  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley held a major rally in downtown Calgary Saturday morning, while her United Conservative rival had no public events planned this weekend after a final pitch to voters a day earlier.

• Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain

  Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.

• Turkiye's Erdogan wins 5th term as president, extending rule into 3rd decade

  Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade in a country reeling from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that levelled entire cities.

• Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

  Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.

• Police seeking information regarding Friday night hit-and-run in northeast Calgary

  Calgary police are investigating a hit-and-run in the northeast community of Renfrew.

• Early snowmelt in Western mountains means drier summers, more wildfire risk: study

  Leaner snowpack in Western Canada and United States mountain ranges is causing drier summers and increasing wildfire risk, says a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder.

• Biden and GOP rush to finalize debt ceiling deal, shore up support to prevent default

  With days to spare before a potential first-ever government default, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday were finalizing a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling while trying to wrangle enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass the measure in the coming week.

• United Conservative candidate for Airdrie-Cochrane and Rocky View Schools square off

  A prominent United Conservative candidate and a southern Alberta school district are accusing each other of spreading misinformation, or at the very least of being very, very mistaken.

• Jan. 6 rioters are raking in thousands in donations. Now the U.S. is coming after their haul

  Less than two months after he pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol, Texas resident Daniel Goodwyn appeared on Tucker Carlson's then-Fox News show and promoted a website where supporters could donate money to Goodwyn and other rioters whom the site called 'political prisoners.'

• Indigenous community extends welcome to Calgary newcomers

  Newcomers to Calgary were officially welcomed to the city by members of the Indigenous community Friday.