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CBC | Calgary News 16%
7/31/2026, 8:44:02 PM
Topics: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Westjet, Rcmp, Second World War, D Day, Invasive Species, Measles, Coal Mining, Public Alert System
Keywords: Deportation, Stabbing, Sentencing, Veteran, Second World War, D Day, Westjet, Strike, Flight Attendants, Manslaughter, Suspicious Death, Missing Child, Mourning, Hiker, Deceased, Coal Mine, Expansion, Environmental Opposition, Invasive Mussels, Dogs, Public Alert System, Autism, Rcmp, Reform, Premiers, Naloxone Training, Overdose, Emotional Trauma, Support Dog, Measles, Vaccination, Murder, Shooting
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 32.8% saturation with 212 hits. Analysis detected 443 faulty-reasoning hits from 646 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.1% and a BS Rank of 16% (21,840 of 26,005 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 84.00% of the article peer group.
Hans Jimenez Varela, who got into a drunken fight with his friend Jose Miguel Gutierrez Polanco and stabbed him 12 times with a pair of scissors, is at risk of deportation, court heard at his sentencing hearing on Friday.
Navy Capt.
William (Bill) Wilson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1942, serving aboard HMCS Ottawa as a seaman gunner during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic and taking part in the D-Day landings at Normandy.
WestJet says it's still bargaining with flight attendants in hopes of a deal, but the company is beginning to keep planes on the ground as a necessary measure to protect travellers and their operations.
In two internal emails from WestJet obtained by CBC News, the airline says it offered substantial wage increases and compensation for duties before and after flights to its flight attendants.
Calgary police say two people have been charged with manslaughter after a suspicious death Wednesday night in Rosscarrock.
A crowd of people attended one of several gatherings Thursday evening for Parker, the 11-year-old Calgary boy who went missing earlier this month and was confirmed dead earlier that day.
Pincher Creek RCMP say a hiker reported missing earlier this month was found dead Thursday afternoon.
A sprawling expansion of a massive thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alta., has been approved by Alberta’s provincial regulator, clearing the way for the operator to extend the life of the project well into the next decade.
There's a trio of dogs that spend their summers trying to keep Alberta's waterways clean.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for reform to the national emergency alert system to better protect missing vulnerable children, after an 11-year-old Calgary boy with autism was found dead following his disappearance earlier this month.
Canada's premiers are calling for more clarity from the federal government around the future of the RCMP and to start negotiations as soon as possible with those who plan on keeping the Mounties as their boots-on-the-ground police force.
Lloydminster has seen three confirmed drug toxicity deaths so far this year, according to the Saskatchewan Coroners Service.
There were three reported deaths each in 2025 and 2024.
Emotions are settling in across the city after the exhaustive, nearly two-week-long search for 11-year-old Parker came to a tragic end.
The Calgary Police Service shared this audio from Parker's parents a day after their 11-year-old son was found dead.
The message was recorded while the search for the autistic boy, who went missing July 16, was still ongoing.
The parents still wanted their message of gratitude to be heard.
Corb Lund, the musician spearheading a campaign to ban all new coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, has launched a court challenge of Elections Alberta’s recent petition rejection.
Minnie is the new Calgary Emergency Management Agency facility dog.
The organization says she will help people, including front-line workers, during some of their most challenging and stressful moments.
A weeks-long lull in Alberta’s measles activity has health experts cautiously optimistic.
No new measles cases have been reported since a single case during the first week of June.
The union representing 4,400 flight attendants at WestJet says it has issued a 72-hour strike notice, paving the runway for a possible strike during a busy summer travel season.
A High River man has been charged with murder after a woman was shot to death in the southern Alberta town on Tuesday night.
Alberta's Conservation Canine Unit has two new members.
The dogs are part of a larger team working to keep invasive mussels out of Alberta.
As CBC's Chelsey Mutter explains, the province says some invasive mussel species have been spreading through parts of Canada since they were first discovered in the '80s.
Calgary police are investigating a suspicious death after responding to reports of a disturbance on Wednesday night.
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