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Six people are killed when a small plane crashes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2023-07-28

Thousands of Indigenous people gather in Maskwacis, Alberta, to hear an apology from Pope Francis for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools across Canada.
2022-07-25

Yazidi demonstrators at Calgary City Hall in Calgary, Alberta call for the Canadian government to help with efforts to reunite family members in Canada who fled the genocide perpetrated by ISIL in 2014 with those still living in Iraq.
2018-08-3

Since the fire has intermittently blocked the only route south toward Alberta's major cities, evacuees have had to go north toward oil camps and a few small settlements. The province has airlifted 4,000 people to Edmonton and Calgary as of late Thursday. Roughly 20 percent of Canada's crude oil production, around 680,000 barrels per day, is offline and is expected to increase. There are no known casualties from the fire, which today has grown to 210,000 acres (85,000 hectares), but fatalities are reported in at least one vehicle crash along the evacuation route.
2016-05-5

Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from western Canada as firefighters continue to battle wildfires in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. [http:--www.startribune.com-some-progress-in-quelling-wildfires-raging-in-canada-312734511- (AP via "Star Tribune")]date=August 2019
2015-07-8

In three separate, but connected, crime scenes in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a suicidal man kills eight people and then himself. [http:--www.irishtimes.com-news-world-us-nine-dead-in-edmonton-canada-shooting-incidents-1.2051535 "(Irish Times)"]
2014-12-30

2013 Alberta floods: Extensive flooding begins throughout southern Alberta, Canada, leading to the evacuation of more than 100,000 people, notably in the City of Calgary and Town of High River. It would become the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.
2013-06-20

Former Premier of Alberta Ralph Klein dies in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 70.
2013-03-29

In Canada, Chinook windstorms tear through Alberta and Saskatchewan, producing a dust storm in downtown Calgary and causing millions of dollars in damage. The windstorms fuel a grass fire that grows to two kilometres wide near Lethbridge, Alberta, before being contained, and gusts reach a maximum speed of 149 km-h. [http:--news.nationalpost.com-2011-11-28-lufthansa-flight-makes-dramatic-landing-in-149kmh-calgary-windstorm- ("National Post")] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20120101230628-http:--www.calgaryherald.com-going+unpredictable+winter+Calgary+weather-5781620-story.html ("Calgary Herald")] [https:--montrealgazette.com-news-calgary-Monitoring+system+predicted+storm+mobilized+emergency+crews-5780260-story.html ("Montreal Gazette")] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20111202004851-http:--www.medicinehatnews.com-front-page-news-battling-a-30-foot-wall-of-flame-11292011.html ("Medicine Hat News")] [http:--www.metronews.ca-calgary-local-article-1035649--wind-swept-residents-report-near-misses ("Metro News")]date=August 2019
2011-11-27

Naheed Nenshi is voted mayor of Calgary, Alberta, the first Muslim person to be elected mayor of a major city in Canada.
2010-10-19