Memorial Drive Extension, Police Shooting & Battery Fires — Calgary Friday

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Calgary Fire responds to three lithium‑ion battery fires in 24 hours. Fires began Aug. 6 at a northeast home (Covercreek Mews) and Aug. 7 at a warehouse in the 6600 block of 106 Avenue SE; investigators tied at least two blazes to batteries in e‑scooters and compacted boxes. The department issued a citywide warning after firefighters found three scooters charging in a garage and a compactor fire linked to discarded batteries.

Alouettes will be without four defensive starters for Saturday’s game. Montreal listed Geoffrey Cantin‑Arku (adductor), Najee Murray (head), Wesley Sutton (calf) and Mustafa Johnson (knee) out for the matchup with the Edmonton Elks; Micah Awe, Faion Hicks and David Perales are among the designated replacements. The Alouettes enter the game 7-1 while the Elks are 6-2, per the roster release.
Nathan Rourke to start for B.C. Lions Saturday after shoulder injury. Rourke, the CFL’s 2025 Most Outstanding Player, missed three games after a July 17 sack but returned to full practice and was named starter for the game against Hamilton. Through five games this season he’s 107-for-150 for 1,403 yards and five touchdowns, with four interceptions recorded.

Prairie producers filed more than 4,000 crop insurance claims after July storms. The Canadian Crop Hail Association reported claims covering over one million acres from July storms, with Saskatchewan communities like Canora, Lloydminster and Maple Creek hit hardest between July 3–10. Municipal Hail Insurance CEO Rodney Schoettler called the one‑million‑acre figure the largest in his 39‑year career.

ASIRT probes Calgary police shooting after man armed with bow and arrow. ASIRT says officers responded shortly before 2 a.m. on July 30 to a Bridlemeadows Manor SW home where a man carried a bow and arrow; officers deployed a police service dog and fired a 40‑mm less‑lethal impact weapon and a service pistol. The man was taken to hospital in critical condition then upgraded to stable; Calgary police are pursuing separate criminal charges.

Memorial Drive will be extended east to 84 Street NE as part of 54‑hectare development. Developers broke ground on Hollins and Halstead east of Stoney Trail on a project planned for housing for about 4,100 people; construction on the four‑lane Memorial Drive extension began in early August. The city estimates the road and utility work will cost $105 million and finish by the end of 2028.

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