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>>> The puck dropped on game one of the stanley cup western finals last night between the edmonton oilers and the dallas stars. [ Cheering ] >> Dallas: it was edmonton's star players putting in the work. Leon draisaitl broke the ice, getting the first goal of the series. Edmonton was up 2-0 before dallas tied the game, forcing overtime. In the fifth frame is where connor mcgregor -- connor mcgregor. Connor mcdavid scored. This is hockey, so the final score was 3-2. The oilers are now the only canadian team in the quest for the cup, which has people from coast to coast to coast including here in calgary jumping on the bandwagon. This is what it looks like. Oh my goodness. Jampacked with fans as they cheer on their team. >> I think people are just starved for canadian hockey overall. It's great to see support. It would have been great to see the canucks get through as well, flow we still have one canadian team. >> There they only canadian team left, I want them to win. >> It's fantastic to see edmonton in the playoffs. I'm from the edmonton area, and obviously calgary now living here. But mcdavid and the boys making a run for it, it's awesome. >> Dallas: game two is saturday night in dallas. Saturday night game. >> Leslie: will connor mcgregor be there? >> Dallas: here's the thing. I stayed up thinking I could watch the whole game, so I ended up staying up until the end of the first overtime, not knowing I only had to wait seconds into the second overtime. >> Leslie: second overtime, think about how exhausted they are. That's some hockey. And you're getting your money's worth. Whether you're a fan of whatever, we all start with being fans of hockey, and that's definitely what you want to see, great game like that. Let's talk about some weather. I'll be taking the weather for you. This is what it looks like right now. Airdrie 2 degrees, okotoks 2, bragg creek sitting at 3 degrees. Little chilly out there right now, and it will be this morning. It will get better this afternoon, but we do have chance of rain this afternoon, as they do in the areas surrounding else. 14 degrees for us this afternoon, 13 for the crowsnest pass, 16 for the lethbridge area, brooks 16 with cloud. Everyone getting a mixture of cloud and sun, possibility of rain and maybe even a thunderstorm this afternoon. More on the morning show, plus the weather and traffic situation coming up after the break as we say good morning, calgary. [ ] Your new truck trade up has arrived at Capital Chev. Volume pricing is back as inventory levels go up prices come way down. And right now we have over 250 brand new gmc Sierra's to choose from Lease a crew cab 4x4 Pro edition for only 99 bucks weekly plus gst. Or work with our finance experts to get the best rates available. And if you want a gm certified pre-owned vehicle, we got lots of those too. It's finally time for your new truck trade up at Capital Chev in Calgary. The next lotto 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot is a massive $54 million! Imagine the possibilities Plus, the Classic $5 million jackpot. Two chances tofind your possible. A happy place comes in many colours, one that leaves you feeling refreshed. "Thank you very much honey!" Something that gets you all fired up or gives you the space to chill. Whatever your colour, bring happiness home with CertaPro Painters and make your happy place, your home. CertaPro Painters. That's Painting Happy. (gentle music) I wonder how my portfolio is doing? What if aging at home is too expensive? I can't imagine doing this alone. Retirement is complex. Let's get started. (gentle music) ( ) ( )

Stop dreaming. Start shopping. Red Tag Days are on at Toyota, with great offers on select models. Find yours today, at ShopToyota.ca >> Announcer: you're watching global news morning. [ ] >> Dallas: good friday morning to you, may 24th. Thanks for starting your day with us at global news morning. Did you stay up and watch the game last night? >> Leslie: no. That's way too late for me. Big ups to you, I'm sure you're coffee is out and you're getting ready to order. One period, one game is enough, and then double overtime would just knock me out. But sue bird exciting. Too bad you put the investment in, then walked away with nothing. >> Dallas: didn't get to see the end of it. But it was good hockey up until the point I saw. >> Leslie: fantastic. And to see all those people taking part, who cares who you're cheering for. People out and being together, that's great. >> Dallas: send coffee! What are we doing weatherwise? >> Leslie: weatherwise, kind of what you see is what you get right there. Some cloud out there, a little chile this morning, it will get better. The son just tried to poke up a little bit. We've got some rain this afternoon, but right now we've got bare dry road and the traffic is moving smoothly. We will look at both of those things coming up. >> Dallas: thanks for that, leslie. Topping the news right now, a deportation hearing is happening in calgary this morning for the truck driver who because the deadly humbled broncos bus crash in saskatchewan in april 2018. It's widely expected that just great singson do will be ordered out of the country. His lawyer michael green says the rules are clear with little flexibility. Green says the only hope to keep sidhu from india and here in canada is on humanitarian grounds. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and granted full parole last year. Sixteen people were killed and 13 injured in the bus crash.

>>> Amazon is officially opening its 11th facility in alberta this morning, right here in our city. The 2.8 million square-foot warehouse features innovative new logistics technology, making it amazon's first ever ever -- robotics fulfilment centre in calgary. It opens at a time when calgary's unemployment rate is 7.7 percent, due in part of the population boom. The same time, employment demand is high. Amazon says the new facility will employ more than 1500 people. The business council of alberta says the province is an attractive place to invest right now. >> We have some of the nation's largest airlines and trucking companies and logistics facilities and world-class airports. I think some of that is contributing to us being attractive for amazon to put big new facilities and state-of-the-art robotics facilities up. >> Dallas: he says the influx of new people to alberta is good for the economy, but challenging when it comes to the current housing crisis. Our meghan cobb will take is live inside the new facility throughout global news morning starting at 6:00. >>> An eye-opening report shows the state of calgary's transit system when it comes to future funding to keep it running. The national independent report found without operating money from the provincial or federal governments, transit service in calgary will be threatened. One option is a potential vehicle livy. >> One of the things that has been done in places across the world, but also in canada, montréal, is the vehicle levy. It looks at charging fees that go to transit operations. I'm also seeing things like whole bunch of other fees. What we want to do is really understand the impact of different revenue tools and what you might need for them to pay for transit services so we don't have this annual conversation of shortfalls and what may run the service in the future. >> Dallas: the city has pitching and $32 million for low-income transit passes on top of the province's $6 million.

>>> Here in the city, the lights have been out in many calgary neighbourhoods. A city of calgary audit has reveal thousands of streetlight problems were taking far too long to fix and are putting people at risk. Crews are busy getting the lights back on. >> Reporter: far too many communities were being left in the dark. Burned out streetlights putting kids at risk. >> I opened the preschool in the morning a lot in the wintertime, and there's no lights in the surrounding area. Through the school zones especially as start as it -- as soon as it starts to get dark. >> Reporter: becky says it got so bad, one whole row of lights about one kilometre long was out for days and days. >> There has been a string of lights that seemed to remain in the dark threw that time. Walking my dog, especially in the wintertime, it does become a challenge and safety concern because we can't see the ice. >> Reporter: the city knew it had a problem. An audit revealed repairs and replacements weren't getting done fast enough and an urgent repair like the one involving pedestrians and southwood was supposed to take 14 days. It was taking on average 77. >> We have a very severe winter and we get freeze thaw cycles in the city, so we do have to repair those and we have a number of other challenges with the system itself. >> Reporter: something needed to be done, and it was. Someone flipped a switch. >> Now we're down to ten day response times, less than 500 outages where there was over 5000 at one point. So we are thankful for the processes we've had, and also the team. >> Reporter: the city says it has over 105,000 street lights. They can get up to 800 calls for repairs each month. They say too much is riding on keeping the lights on. >> We want our kids to be safe. >> I'm very happy to feel -- see the numbers going down. I hope I don't have to make that call to 311 in the future. >> Dallas: alberta's recent weather has reduced the fire risk in the province, but officials warn that can change quickly. Right now there are 31 wildfires burning in our province. Twenty of them were still burning from last season. All fires are under control or being held, including the fort mcmurray fire, where residents have been allowed to go home. Authority say well conditions are favourable now, it's important for albertans to practice fire safety. 77 percent of fires the season are human caused. >> Despite our efforts to remind albertans about the importance of taking extra care with any action that could cause fire, over the may long weekend, 25 abandoned campfire -- campfires in the calgary forest area. These were quickly extinguished, but if wildfire danger had been higher, this could have led to w catastrophic wildfire starts >> Dallas: by this time last year, 520,000 hectares had burned at our province, compared to the 29,000 hectares this year. I would call that good news. >> Leslie: I would call that good news. All the rain we've been getting is certainly helping. Not enough to solve the problem. I'm surprised to hear they caught so many campfires smouldering. That is shocking. So they pour the water, do the dance, for the water again and you do that as many times as you need to. Anything we can do to stop the fires from starting is going to be the key, isn't it? There's a little sliver of sunrise for you right there. We will get up here as well. Then it will be the official kickoff to the morning, but the sun is up right now. Here's a look at the temperatures right now. Jasper at 3, banff 2. Chilean red deer, hope you covered your tomatoes. 3 for claresholm, 4 for crows nest. Chilean brooks as well and medicine hat. Here's the cloud moving in and some of the rain we will see later today moving in. But certainly you can see, not a lot of clear sunny sky. We may see the odd peak of sunshine, but not a huge amount. There's the rain moving in for the weekend. Continuation of the rain we've been seeing over the past few weeks. And possibly a snowflake or 2 through the mountains on the weekend. Then this is a look at the almanac. The sun officially up at 5:34, sunset tonight at 9:33. Normal temperature 7.5, will be slightly below that. Here's your 7 day. 14 with some showers or thundershowers, much the same tomorrow. Sunday, mixture of sun and cloud, then we've got some temperatures on the rise with more sunshine. Here's a quick check on the map.

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