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Western Canada: Police action and arrests at University of Calgary change the tone for protests over Gaza war on Canadian campuses
Pro-Palestinian supporters face-off with police near an encampment at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Thursday, May 9, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Protesters return to University of Calgary campus day after riot police clear encampment
Pro-Palestine protesters with arms linked move out of the way as police move to clear a protest encampment at the University of Calgary campus, in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 9, 2024. The university said protesters at the encampment were trespassing and asked for help from police, who arrived in riot gear and issued multiple warnings for the crowd to disperse before starting to tear down fencing and tents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Noah Korver
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Police in riot gear order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave University of Calgary
A police vehicle is seen at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on April 9, 2020. Police in riot gear have pulled down some tents at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Major water users in southern Alberta agree to curb consumption in face of drought
Major water users in southern Alberta have agreed to curb their water consumption if there's a severe drought this spring or summer. A wheat crop is harvested near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Veteran forward Tyson Beukeboom poised to enter Canadian rugby record book
Canada's Tyson Beukeboom (centre) in action during the 2022 Pacific Four Women's Rugby Series rugby match between NZ Black Ferns and Canada at Trusts Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday, June 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rugby Canada-Dave Lintott **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Alberta dismisses fears federal funding veto bill would put chill on academic freedom
Alberta's advanced education minister is rejecting concerns her government's proposed gatekeeping bill will lead to political interference and jeopardize $500 million worth of federal funding now going to academic research in the province. Rajan Sawhney, left, then-minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism, speaks at an announcement as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on in Calgary, Friday, April 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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What just happened? The problem of ambiguous discrimination at work
Calgary writer Ximena González quit her job and changed careers after experiencing ambiguous incidents on the job.
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Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment
The Alberta Utilities Commission has clarified how it intends to implement the UCP government's moratorium on wind and solar energy development. Solar panels pictured at the Michichi Solar project near Drumheller, Alta., Tuesday, July 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Most of Canada loses an hour of sleep as clocks spring forward for daylight time
The seasonal tradition of “springing forward” meant most people in Canada moved their clocks an hour forward, switching to daylight time. John Scott of Scotiabell prepares the tower clock for daylight saving time change at Fire Station No. 315 in Toronto on Saturday, March 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn</div>
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Ottawa risks repeating Alberta’s climate policy of all talk and no walk
Sara Hastings-Simon and Martin Olszynski
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The role of industry-university collaborations in advancing Canadian innovation
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Calgary researchers develop new tool to diagnose genetic mutations within hours
Pierre Billon, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Calgary, explains a point-of-care kit to diagnose genetic mutations, in Calgary, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Parched Alberta negotiating with water holders to strike share agreements
Birds fly down to the Red Deer River which sits beside the hamlet Dorothy, Alta. on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Dorothy is a small hamlet and ghost town about 35 km from Drumheller. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)
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December appeal rulings deal with internal complaints, what's "reasonably" related
The Canada flag on the Peace Tower is lit up by morning light on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A new poll suggests only one third of Canadians support the city of Mississauga, Ont., proposing to ask the Federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem, O Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Internal documents suggest Alberta Energy Regulator underestimated oil well liability
A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Internal documents from Alberta's energy regulator suggest the province's environmental liability for oil and gas wells could be nearly triple the figure the agency announced earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta’s oil and gas industry spent $1.2-billion on well cleanup in 2022, regulator says
An orphaned well sits in a field near Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, on May 24, 2023. Activists and experts say the existence of these inactive oil and gas installations -- often dug hundreds of meters (yards) below the surface in Alberta province -- is a ticking ecological time bomb for the vast country. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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University of Calgary named world’s first United Nations University hub for water
The University of Calgary has become the world's first United Nations University hub focused on water. Downtown Calgary and the Bow River are seen from the air on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Lung cancer mortality rates decrease, cervical cancer diagnoses rise, annual health report finds
Data from Statistics Canada show the number of new cancer cases dropped by 12.3 per cent in 2020, compared with the average annual rate over the previous five-year period, maybe due to disruptions in screening services. Statistics Canada offices are shown in Ottawa on Friday, March 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Catastrophe looms without overhaul of Alberta’s inactive oil and gas well rules, report says
An orphaned well sits in a field near Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, on May 24, 2023. Activists and experts say the existence of these inactive oil and gas installations -- often dug hundreds of meters (yards) below the surface in Alberta province -- is a ticking ecological time bomb for the vast country. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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New app uses AI to help Calgary medical students practise interacting with patients
A Calgary medical student has developed a new app that allows future doctors to work on their diagnostic and communication skills before they set up their practices. Eddie Guo, seen in an undated handout photo, is a second-year student at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, he says that one of the challenges in medical school is becoming better at interacting with patients. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Calgary, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Wastewater testing could be new tool for monitoring drug crisis
University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June. Wastewater testing is done weekly at six sites throughout the province as part of a pilot-study funded by the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education at the Cumming School of Medicine and Calgary Health Foundation that ends this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Ottawa investigating logging company over bridge in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alberta on Nov. 2, 2008.
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University students struggling to find housing in Calgary and other cities
Luis Sanchez Diaz, an international student from Mexico studying at the University of Calgary, leans on a statue on campus in Calgary, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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University of Calgary-led study says concussions don’t affect kids’ intelligence
Dr. Keith Yeates, a neuropsychologist at the University of Calgary, poses in this undated handout photo. Yeates has a study published in the online medical journal Pediatrics that says kids who suffer concussions don’t suffer a drop in IQ. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - University of Calgary, Riley Brandt
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Top Alberta universities come together to study fundamentals of quantum science
A quantum microdisk fabricated from commercially available synthetic, single-crystal diamond chips is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, University of Calgary *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Network launched in Calgary to study, improve neurological rehabilitation
Dr. Aaron Phillips, right, takes the blood pressure of study participant Nick Wiltshire. Researchers at the University of Calgary are developing new technologies for people living with neurological disorders, in Calgary, Friday, April 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Investment in child health research will transform the lives of all our kids
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Want a healthy gut? New research shows how exercise can help
Leslie Beck
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Survey suggests some Alberta doctors have anti-Indigenous biases
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Two University of Calgary researchers weren’t surprised when their survey of Alberta doctors showed biases against Indigenous patients, but they were shocked by some of the comments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson
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‘Is Alberta glitching?’ Province’s emergency alert system sends multiple tests
A test of the Alberta Emergency Alert system on Wednesday afternoon had some Albertans wondering if there was an actual emergency. A person uses a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, July 18, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study says vitamin D prevents dementia
Dr. Zahinoor Ismail, seen in an undated handout photo, is a neuropsychiatrist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary. Researchers at the University of Calgary are starting a national project to try to get more insight into the brain as people age. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Calgary, Riley Brandt, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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ChatGPT prompting some professors to rethink how they grade students
University of Calgary Prof. Sarah Elaine Eaton poses for a portrait on campus on Jan 27, 2023. Eaton, who works in the faculty of education at the University of Calgary, is a leading voice on the study of academic integrity.
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Number of Canadians in hospital with COVID has more than tripled since last year
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Frigid temperatures in Alberta prompt grid alert due to strain on electrical system