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Some neighbourhoods to reopen in Calgary as flooding situation improves

  CALGARY — A good portion of Calgary remained soaked by flood water Saturday morning, but there was some good news — the sun was out, rivers were receding and at least some evacuees were being allowed back home. Still, flood officials were warning that nothing was going to happen quickly and they were urging displaced people to stay away from their neighbourhoods until the city said it was safe to return. “Only make an attempt to return to your home if you have clear messaging [Read more]

RCMP report up to four may have died in southern AB floods, Harper tours area

  CALGARY – Alberta’s largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. Mounties reported up to four people in flooded areas south of the city may have died. “Get away from the river now!” a Calgary police officer in a helicopter bellowed to residents in the low-lying Calgary neighbourhood of Sunnyside as they surveyed torrents of [Read more]

Turner Valley sour gas leak plugged

  TURNER VALLEY, Alta. - Sour gas is no longer leaking in Turner Valley, Alberta.Legacy Oil and Gas and the Alberta Energy Regulator say falling river levels allowed crews to shut off a wellhead valve that was allowing a small amount of the deadly gas to escape.The leaking section of pipe had been submerged by the flooding Sheep River.It was originally damaged by debris in the rushing floodwaters.Alberta officials say there was no threat to human health from the small leak of gas [Read more]

‘Incredible increase’ in oil, gas exploration in East Africa; industry eyes new boom region

  NAIROBI, Kenya -- East Africa is in the middle of an incredible energy boom that is likely to last decades, according to energy industry executives who gathered this week in Kenya's capital in a sign of the region's growing prominence. The last couple of years have seen significant oil and gas discoveries in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. Even Somalia hopes to get onboard though security woes and a lack of regulation make the likelihood still years away. "This region was [Read more]

Saddledome flooded 14 ROWS DEEP

  CALGARY - The City of Calgary says the home rink of the Calgary Flames has flooded and the water inside is 14 rows deep. The 19,000-seat Saddledome is one of the feature buildings on the Calgary Stampede grounds. Officials say there is little that can be done to pump the water out of the building because there is simply too much inside. The Stampede, the city's premiere summer event, is scheduled to start July 5. [Read more]

Police say stay out of downtown Calgary as 100,000 evacuated due to flooding

  By Bill Graveland Downtown Calgary could look like a bit of a ghost town today, with entire neighbourhoods shut down and office workers told to stay home due to massive flooding. As rain-swollen rivers burst their banks across southern Alberta on Thursday, more than a dozen towns declared states of emergency, with entire communities including High River and Bragg Creek under mandatory evacuation orders. The impact was felt as far afield as British Columbia, where roads in the [Read more]

Mayor says worst yet to come as large swaths of Calgary become watery ghost town

  CALGARY - Calgary's mayor is warning that the worst of the flooding is yet to come after a significant portion of his city's population spent the night pulling back to higher ground. "I grew up here. I spent a lot of time on the Bow and Elbow Rivers and I have never seen the river that high or that fast," Naheed Nenshi said at a news conference early Friday morning. Heavy rains eight years ago caused flood damage to about 40,000 Calgary homes and resulted in the evacuation of [Read more]