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• Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations below 700, 24 deaths added

  Alberta now has 683 people in hospital with COVID-19, 22 of whom are receiving care in ICUs.

  

• Strathmore RCMP seize meth, cash, weapons from vehicle stuck in snow

  Two men from northern Alberta face charges in relation to an incident that took place last week in Wheatland County, Alta.

  

• Airdrie RCMP investigating noon-hour pharmacy robbery

  Airdrie RCMP are investigating after a pharmacy robbery took place Wednesday over the lunch hour.

  

• Calgary police shoot suspect in northwest neighbourhood of Highwood

  The Calgary Police Service asked residents of a northwest neighbourhood to shelter in their homes as officers responded to a situation Wednesday morning involving a firearm.

  

• Calgary dog bus takes pups to play at off-leash park

  Calgary has dozens of dog walkers, but only one company that uses a school bus to transport its clients' pups to the park

• Alberta announces grant expansion to help low-income nursing students

  The provincial government has announced $8.5-million in funding to assist low-income nursing students.

• Black History Month: emerging Calgary filmmakers celebrate Black culture, diversity in cinema

  Two Calgary content creators have created short films for an initiative that promotes Black film-makers and stories about Black culture.

• 'It was a nightmare': 2 children dead, driver charged after city bus crashes into Laval daycare

  A man has been arrested and two children are dead after a driver crashed a city bus into a daycare in Laval, Que. Wednesday morning. The deadly crash sent multiple children to area hospitals and parents scrambling to find their kids shortly after they dropped them off for the day at the Garderie éducative Sainte-Rose, north of Montreal.

• Victim support fund launched in wake of alleged crimes involving Lethbridge baby

  Advocacy groups who were horrified by the news of a brutal assault on a baby girl in Lethbridge say they have created a fund to help out, enlisting support from an organization that helps hundreds of young victims each year.

• Lethbridge curlers sweeping away at annual 50+ Green Acres Foundation Bonspiel

  Members of Lethbridge’s 50+ Curling Club are taking to the sheets this week for the annual Green Acres Foundation Bonspiel.

• New urban observatory in the works for Ralph Klein Park

  Talks are still underway, but if the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) has it's way, Ralph Klein Park in the city’s deep southeast will be home to Alberta’s first urban public observatory.

• The F Word tackles the final frontier: being fat

  Space might be the final frontier if you're Jeff Bezos and the rest of those billionaire bros, but down here on earth, the final frontier is being fat.

• Electric vehicle pilot offers Alberta Fortis customers $150 to test power grid

  If you're a FortisAlberta customer who owns an electric vehicle, the company is looking for your help with a pilot program that will test the limits of Alberta's electrical infrastructure.

• COVID-19, civil disobedience and dam break potental 'high-risk' disasters in Calgary: CEMA

  The 2022 Status of Emergency Preparedness in Calgary report highlights civil disobedience as a potential future disaster in the city and says the risk is considered high.