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• 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.

  

• Erdogan holds lead in unofficial count in Turkiye's presidential runoff

  Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkish news agencies showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with over 95 per cent of ballot boxes counted in a presidential runoff that will decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.

  

• 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. At least one person was killed.

• 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.

• Wildfire danger remains high in northern Alberta, but firefighters making progress

  The number of wildfires burning in Alberta's protected forest areas has continued to drop.

• Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

  An 'agreement in principle' between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation's legal debt ceiling, but now Congress has only days to approve a package that includes spending cuts and would avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.

• 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.

• Basketball fans bring the energy for Calgary Surge inaugural CEBL game

  Saturday marks an historic moment for the Calgary Surge as the team tips off for its inaugural game in the Canadian Elite Basketball league.

• Calgary Black Film Festival aims to improve inclusion and diversity

  A showcase of the Black film industry in Calgary kicked off Friday night.