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3/12/2010
A new development in the trial of a 24 year old man accused of stalking, raping, and murdering a C-Train commuter over two years ago.
Defence lawyer Alain Hepner says he received a new piece of information and it's substantial enough that he may have to reconsider his case.
Hepner will review the material over an adjournment and decide what to do next when the trail resumes at 2pm.
His client, Christopher Watcheston, spent the last two days on the stand outlining how he raped and murdered the victim near the Franklin LRT station in January 2008.
The defence was planning on calling its final two witnesses today.
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3/12/2010
A 46 year old Calgary trucker is in a heap of trouble after he was allegedly caught at the border with millions of dollars worth of cocaine.
Mounties outside Creston B.C. say the suspect was caught last Saturday with 10 kilograms of the drug hidden in a semi truck.
He was arrested on the Canadian side of the border.
RCMP believe there is a link to organized crime, given the quantity of the drugs.
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3/12/2010
Edmonton police confirm two people are dead and a third injured after a gunman opened fire at a west end car dealership.
Officers were called to Great West Chrysler shortly after 8 a.m.
It's believed one of the dead was the shooter, but police aren't confirming that.
The injured man is being treated in hospital.
Police say they don't know at this point what the motivation may have been behind the shooting.
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3/12/2010
Calgary police are on the hunt for a suspect in an attempted abduction.
It was Tuesday evening, a 7 year old girl was riding her bike in the alleway behind her house in Coventry Hills when a man got out of a vehicle and tried to grab her.
Police say she jumped off her bike and hid, and the suspect spent a short time looking around for her before fleeing the area.
He's described as tall, dark skinned with dark hair, early to mid 30's, and was driving an older model silver, two door car.
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3/12/2010
A groundbreaking new study from the University of Calgary has determined pumping CO2 emissions deep underground is technologically feasible and environmentally safe.
"If you do it properly the CO2 is not going to leak," said project manager Rob Lavoie. "However, there are still risks involved."
16 months of research looked at the possibility of permanently storing one billion tonnes of CO2 underground in the Wabuman area in central Alberta, where the majority of Alberta's coal-fired plants are located.
The study found about half of that - 500 million tonnes - could be achieved safely.
Lavoie admits there will likely be continued debate about whether carbon capture and storage is a practical and safe way to reduce emissions.
"Science doesn't work on consensus. It's a business of making the best educated guess you can make."
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3/12/2010
Alberta was the only province with a notable employment loss in February pushing the unemployment rate up 0.3 percentage points to 6.9 per cent, compared to 6.6 per cent in January.
15,000 jobs were lost in February in Alberta.
February marks the second month of employment declines in the province, bringing employment 0.9% (-19,000) lower than it was a year ago.
The latest report from Statistics Canada, however, shows Calgary's unemployment rate dropped slightly from 7.
Nationally, the jobless rate fell from 8.3 per cent to 8.2 per cent.
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3/11/2010
Reaction is mixed over the government's plan to cut royalty rates as a way to boost oil and gas investment.
The NDP says it is a political move and should not have been done.
The Wildrose Alliance says the move is promising, and the Liberals say it is about time the government cut the rate.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is also happy with the reduction.
Officials say the rates will be more in line with what they were before royalties were increased in January 2009.
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3/11/2010
Calgary police are investigating an attempted sexual assault against a teenaged girl.
The fourteen year old was walking in an alley Wednesday in the 100 Block of Whiteridge Place N.E., when she was approached by a man.
The suspect asked the girl to come with him, but she refused and tried to run.
Police say the man grabbed her, but she was able to fight him off and run for help.
He is described as between 18 to 20-years-old, 5'1", 100 pounds, with olive-skin.
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