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and we know what it takes to get your house sold for top dollar. Now is a great time to take advantage of a dynamic real estate market. Contacted a JustinHavre real estate team today and take the first steptowards your next dream home. ( ) ( ) Stop dreaming. Start shopping. Red Tag Days are on at Toyota, with great offers on select models. Find yours at ShopToyota.ca >> Announcer: you're watching global news "morning." >> Dallas: good thursday morning to you as we sit here at 6 o'clock. Topping the news this morning, we'll be finding out later this morning what the city has planned for the inglewood aquatic centre. >> Blake: the pool slated to close two years ago but got a bit of a reprieve. Meghan cobb is in the community ahead of the 9:30 announce: good morning. >> Reporter: good morning, blake. In a couple of hours, we'll find out what the plans are. This pool along 17th avenue south east has quite the history. As you mentioned, the city tried to close it a couple of years ago and the community fought back and given a 2-year reprieve while the city looked at options. That was in 2019, and the pool is still open. According to the website, the facility offers swimming lessons, drop-in swim times, and can be booked out for birthday parties and private swim parties. There have been many concerns about the lack of aquatic facilities in the downtown. In 2021, the eau claire ymca closed due to falling membership numbers, and the city closed the beltline pool back around the same time. Now the mmp community and sports centre along macleod trail is involved in a massive expansion of its facilities. Now at 9:30, we will find out what the city's plans are. If the pool will be closing if there is something in the works to relocate the facility to a different location. Obviously there are many things to do in the community. But a swimming pool would surely be missed. Blake, dallas. >> Blake: thanks, meghan. There are some new developments in the ransom ware demand against london drugs after a recent cyberattack. >> The online group lockbit demanded that the company pay $25 million by today or stolen data would be released. According to one cyber security analyst, the initial demand disappeared from the group's website on wednesday. The retailer said it would not pay up. Something some experts say could be risky. >> Digital data is something that can be stored and copied and shared. So what guarantee do they have that that data would not surface again five years from now, ten years from now? >> Blake: london drugs is paying for up to two years of credit monitoring for its employees. >> Dallas: gas prices are seeing a 20-cent spread across the city right now. >> Blake: yeah. It's selling as high as $1.62 a litre and as low as $1.42 a litre depending where you fill up in the city. Energy and gas expert dan McTEAGUE says there's no clear reason for the range in prices. >> Dallas: he says the gas stations replacing the cost of the, the prices should be $1.44 a litre, and he says that the prices right now are on par with other communities across the U.S. midwest and western canada. >> 1.42, you're doing well. If you're in edmonton, buying $1.50, you're in the lead, not the gas station. Take advantage of things when you can, and things like this don't always happen. >> Blake: gas prices are 2 to 3 cents a litre back in edmonton. >> Well, back back in my day, you could give the gas attendance 5 bucks, and that would give you a couple days' worth of gas. >> Leslie: absolutely. How did we get here from 1.50 to 1.60. If the experts are I don't know, how are we supposed to know. Did oil go up $700 a barrel. >> I don't know. Just don't look. >> Leslie: just don't look. Let's talk about the green line, dallas. Somerset, and the c-train is back to moving smoothly, no more shuttle buses. Here is a look at crowchild and 24th. And speaking of back to smooth, the sinkhole has been repaired. All lanes open.

are you sleeping northwest or are you at a buffet? Are y'all at denny's having the grand slam breakfast. That would go down really nicely right now. Very light volume crowchild in the northwest part of the city, and barlow at glenmore trail, and very light volume, and roads are in good shape, and looking bare and dry right now, and nothing to slow you down in the way of collisions, stalls, or anything delays. That is your ok traffic. Bare, dry right now. Lots of green. But some more rain later today. >> Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast again throughout this afternoon with temperatures a bit cooler. So 6°. That's what we're sitting at right now. Temperatures in and around our city. Ranging between 5 and 7°. Taking a wider look, up at red deer, they're waking up to 6°, as well. 1 in banff. In lethbridge. 1 in medicine hat. Daytime highs today, warmer jasper at 16°. 9 in banff, and they were seeing a rain/snow mix yesterday morning, and rain expected throughout the day today, and 11° is the lucky number. Edmonton, red deer, calgary. 13 in lethbridge as well as medicine hat. Here's a look at where the showers are currently. A few snowflakes still for parts of the higher elevations. Throughout the day, that chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms returns for central and southern alberta. So eyes on the sky. Have the umbrella handy while you're out and about. Temperatures tomorrow, 15 in red deer, and 16 in medicine hat. Partly cloudy skies for both areas. But possible thunderstorms in lethbridge, and high of 17. And 13 and cloudy in banff. Here in calgary, fog possible into friday morning, and watch that closely, and could be a foggy start tomorrow, and saturday, 16°, 40% chance of thunderstorms. Could see a little bit of rain into sunday morning, and then partly cloudy, and high of 18 in the afternoon. Temperatures into the 20's for monday and tuesday. There's a look at your forecast. >> Dallas: good stuff. Thank you, tiffany.

>>> In just one year, nearly 100,000 more people moved to calgary. That is according to statistics canada which shows our city's population grew 6% last year. That is the highest jump since 2006. >> Blake: the city has a new housing strategy. But some question whether it will be enough to meet record demand. Adam MacVICAR has more. >> Reporter: it's no secret finding a place in calgary is tough and some have to rely on a little bit of fortune. >> I only got in because my brother was renting there previously for six years. He already had a relationship with the landlord, it was never posted online. I got in because I was lucky. You shouldn't have to rely on luck to get a roof over your head. >> Reporter: the city approved its housing strategy in september. And since then, the price of a home reached double digit increases. >> What we knew in september, november, it's going to get worse until we complete and push some of the actions forward. >> Reporter: in a new update, officials say they completed 5 of the 98 recommendations in the housing strategy including rezoning and making several parcels of city owned land available. >> And realistically, we have to be self-aware of the time it takes to create the problem is equivalent the time to solve it. >> Reporter: speed is important for providers, too. Home space society is working on two nondevelopment space for families. >> We have other building partners throughout the city, and we're competing for the same resources. Labor, materials. >> Reporter: the city is targeting homes to be built through 2026 and thousands through federal housing money. >> It's just a few homes. But maybe a thousand, total. I just... I don't see the return on investment to be honest with you. >> Reporter: while others feel any steps count. >> I love the city and I want to see people be able to continue to call this home. >> Reporter: city councillors also giving the initial green light to create a volunteer expert advisory on housing community. And officials say the goal is have 80% of the work done on the strategies by the end of the year. Adam MacVICAR, global news. >> Blake: the city committee voted to move forward to encourage calgary homeowners to build more secondary suites, and offering thousands of dollars in incentives. >> Dallas: councillors are warning there are tight parameters about what the money has to be used to for. >> They need to know the rules of the safe suite before they design it. The building permits, the inspections at the end, and a lot of parameters making sure whoever is living in the secondary suite or basement suite is doing so safely. >> When you look at the cost of new homes, the cost of renovations is very high. You look at the incentives there, are the incentives enough to say yes, I want to jump in to make it happen. >> Dallas: the motion will go to council later this month. If approved, the city would pay up to $10,000 when the suite is registered. There could be an additional 5,000 for those who meet certain accessibility requirements, and 1250 for energy efficiency. >> Blake: we spoke with basement calgary builders say a new reno that meets the regulations would cost $80,000. >> We're at 25% of all of our basement developments, and we have 240 a year and 40% are basement suites. Compared to last year, up 22%. >> Mark graham says he'll be busier if the incentive program is approved. The city expects to see up to 3,000 new suites in the first year of the program. >> Blake: well, three countries are now recognizing an independent palestinian state. We'll have more on israel's reaction to the announcement coming up. >> Dallas: and they were a key item during the pandemic just a few years ago. Now you might have to pay to get your own covid rapid test if you want one. We'll explain. SkyTracker Weather is brought to you by Arpis, your Comfort Craftsman. Visit Arpis.com (Song in Italian) ("il geghegè" by Rita Pavone) ( ) Bright and zesty. The Chimichurri Steak & Cheese and Chimichurri Veggie part of the new Globally Inspired Subway Series. (Upbeat music) When you're performing at your best, it's hard to imagine anything holding you back. ( ) But performance inhibiting deposits restrict your engine's performance, robbing it of its true potential. Don't let anything stand between you

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