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• Meat Loaf, 'Bat out of Hell' rock superstar, dies at 74

  Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his 'Bat Out of Hell' album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light,' 'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad,' and 'I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That),' has died.

  

• Dog rescues herself from Bow River

  A black lab got loose from her dog walker in Baker Park Thursday and gave everyone a scare when she ran out onto the ice on the Bow River.

  

• Alta. restaurant that accepted dog photos instead of QR code has history of 'flagrant disregard' for measures: former employee

  A former employee and customer of the Red Deer restaurant that made international headlines for taking dog photos as proof of vaccination claim the restaurant has always been relaxed when it comes to COVID-19 mandates.

  

• 'Not ready': Alberta police association says it won't support drug decriminalization

  The association that represents Alberta police chiefs says it's too soon to decriminalize illicit drugs.

  

• Power line struck in northwest Calgary Thursday afternoon

  Fire crews and other first responders are on scene in northwest Calgary after a power line was hit Thursday afternoon.

• 'It's going to cause a shortage': Concerns raised in Alberta following vaccine mandate for truckers

  It’s been a week since the Canadian government claims it made a mistake when it said it would allow an exemption for Canadian truck drivers on its vaccine mandate plan.

• As Alberta healthcare workers share photos of exhaustion, hundreds of unvaccinated staff transition back to work

  Some of Alberta's frontline hospital workers are posting images of exhaustion on social media while Alberta Health Services (AHS) says hundreds of unvaccinated workers will be back on the job to bolster the healthcare system amid an omicron surge.

• Calgary police catch driver going 181 km/h in an 80 km/h zone

  Calgary police say a driver was ticketed on Thursday after being clocked travelling 181 km/h in an area where the speed limit is 80 km/h.

• Alberta feedlot operators running low on grain for cattle

  Crops last summer didn't yield much grain that cattle producers need to feed their animals. Now they're relying on corn and dried distillers' grains from the U.S., but COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into the supply chain.

• 'Worst part of my life': 20 more former students of Michael Gregory file statements alleging sexual abuse

  WARNING: This story contains graphic details of abuse of minors and may be triggering to some readers. New details are emerging around alleged abuse by Calgary teacher Michael Gregory as 20 more former students filed court documents this week saying he used his position of power to mentally torment and sexually abuse them.

• New advisory group launched to guide fall roll out of new K-6 curriculum subjects

  Alberta Education has created a new advisory committee to help guide the fall implementation of three subjects of the new kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum.

• Swift change in temperature leads to multiple water main breaks across Calgary

  Rapidly changing temperatures have led to a handful of water main breaks across Calgary.

• 505-million-year-old fossils, found by Calgary scientist, shed light about how life evolved on Earth

  When a Calgary scientist examining fossils in Canada's Burgess Shale region noticed that previous researchers had only just scratched the surface of the evolutionary record, he decided acid was a better bet.

• $4.8M in prizes up for grabs in 2022 STARS Lottery

  Eighty per cent of the funding needed to operate the three STARS air bases in Alberta is raised from the private sector, with the lottery playing a key component.