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• Divisional clash of Lions, Stampeders features quarterback intrigue

  Which quarterback will grab the spotlight is a prominent subplot of Saturday's divisional clash between the B.C. Lions and host Calgary Stampeders.

  

• Police seek public assistance identifying man in attempted child luring

  Calgary police seek public assistance identifying an unknown man who they believe tried to lure a young girl who was out with her mother and sister Thursday night.

  

• Indigenous group walks to honour loved ones lost to overdoses

  More than a dozen people walked from Morley to Calgary Friday, in support of those working towards sobriety and to pay tribute to loved ones who have lost their lives to addiction.

  

• More than 10,000 Canadians received a medically-assisted death in 2021: report

  More Canadians are ending their lives with a medically-assisted death, says the third federal annual report on medical assistance in dying (MAID). Data shows that 10,064 people died in 2021 with medical aid, an increase of 32 per cent over 2020.

  

• Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after he was stabbed on lecture stage in New York

  Salman Rushdie, whose novel 'The Satanic Verses' drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.

• FBI seized 'top secret' documents from Trump home

  The FBI recovered documents that were labelled 'top secret' from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to court papers released Friday after a federal judge unsealed the warrant that authorized the unprecedented search this week.

• Anne Heche legally dead, remains on life support for donor evaluation

  Anne Heche remains on life support and under evaluation for organ donation after a car crash that led to her brain death, a representative for the actor said Friday.

• Passengers tackle Canadian man after he became violent, tried to open plane doors mid-flight

  A plane bound for Toronto has been forced to divert to Iceland after a Canadian man allegedly became violent and tried to open the aircraft door mid-air.

• Ukrainian minister says Russia blocking access to medicines

  Ukraine's health minister has accused Russian authorities of committing a crime against humanity by blocking access to affordable medicines in areas its forces have occupied since invading the country 5 1/2 months ago.

• Calgary Farmers' Market opens new northwest location

  Plans for the opening of a second Calgary Farmers' Market location were announced in 2018, but COVID-19 and supply chain issues pushed back the official opening roughly two years.

• 'Communications failure': UCP minister tells reporters to stop asking about essay award

  A UCP MLA shook her head in frustration and said "wow" while walking away from a microphone Friday, as the fallout continued over an "abhorrent" essay that her government awarded.

• Expanded patios, street musicians replace vehicles in Inglewood on Sundays in August

  Inglewood's main drag is going car-free on Sundays for the rest of August.

• Police seek public assistance locating vehicle, suspect in Radisson Heights shooting

  Calgary police seek public assistance to help them identify the owner of a truck they believe was involved in a Thursday shooting in Raddison Heights in southeast Calgary.

• ‘Perplexed but not crushed’: Fire erupts at Bonavista Church

  Calgary firefighters were called to the Bonavista Church at around 3:20 a.m. on Friday.