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  CALGARY -- Some Calgary city councillors and mayoral candidates are publicly suggesting a return to mask mandates as COVID cases climb yet again. Councillors Gian-Carlo Carra and Druh Farrell have both voiced support for an emergency meeting, as has current councillor and mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek. Fellow sitting councillor and mayoral candidate Jeff Davison has also expressed support as well as disbelief at the provincial government's latest policy to abandon virtually all testing as well as contact tracing and isolation requirements by Aug. 16. "I think we've been put in a terri...

In light of the Students’ Union General Election occurring this week, Marley Gillies returns as the newly acclaimed vice-president external for a second term. During the VP External forum, which took place on Feb. 24, Gillies shares her platform for this coming year. In comparison to her platform from last year which was more focused on municipal, provincial and federal advocacy, Gillies has shifted her focus towards general themes that revolve more around student involvement at the University of Calgary.  “I hope to accomplish specifically engagement with UCalgary students, amplifying s...

Article content Jeanne Lougheed, arts supporter and wife of former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, has died at the age of 92. Lougheed was born in Forestburg in 1928 and later moved to Camrose. She studied at the University of Alberta where she met Peter and the two married in 1952. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Premier Jason Kenney said he was saddened by the death in a statement released Monday. “Jeanne was best known to Albertans as the wife of one of Canada’s most highly regarded premiers, the late Peter Lougheed. By all accounts, Jeanne...