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• Conservation group suggests year-round environmental action

  22-04-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  With millions around the world commemorating Earth Day through action, Andrew Holland tells the Alberta Morning News there's a lot people can do in their own backyards to do their part.
  
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• King’s Own Calgary Regiment shows off new armoured vehicle

  22-04-2018 21:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Soldiers with the King’s Own Calgary Regiment unveiled their newest piece of equipment on Sunday to help mark the unit’s regimental anniversary known as St. George’s Day. The Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle is a 20-ton vehicle controlled by a three-person crew and equipped with a remote weapons system, advanced sensors and a computerized drive system. Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Hunt, commanding officer of the King’s Own Calgary Regiment, says that the biggest advanta
  
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• Alberta man killed in snowmobile crash near Revelstoke

  22-04-2018 19:39 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  An Alberta man has died after a snowmobiling incident on Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, B.C. on Friday. Authorities say that at about 11:30 a.m. on April 20, a pair of snowmobilers were riding together when one crossed in front of the other. The two sleds crashed and one of the men died at the scene. The other rider was not injured. RCMP say that it does not appear that drugs or alcohol had anything to do with the incident and the weather was clear at the time. The identity of the victim has
  
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• Bridge lane closures begin in Lethbridge on Tuesday

  22-04-2018 19:33
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE - Rehabilitation work on the bridge on Highway 3 over the Oldman River in Lethbridge will be reduced to one lane in each direction beginning on Tuesday, April 24.
  Drivers can expect delays as they will be restricted to the westbound lanes, one in each direction, until July.
  The speed limit will be reduced to 50 kilometres per hour, and there will be a lane-width restriction of 3.7 metres for large truck traffic.
  A release states there will be
  
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• Two men taken to hospital after pair of early morning crashes

  22-04-2018 19:18 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Two men were taken to Foothills Hospital on Sunday morning after they were hurt in two separate pedestrian crashes in southwest Calgary. The first crash took place at around 3:00 a.m. near the intersection of 2 Street and 15 Avenue S.W. Officials say an adult male was taken to hospital with multiple serious injuries, but is considered to be in stable, non--life threatening condition. Emergency crews were also called to another incident, in the area of 5 Street and 5 Avenue at approximately 9:00
  
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• Family remembers Southgate Centre attack victim as old-fashioned, genuine and loving

  22-04-2018 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  The family of the man who died as a result of an attack at a south Edmonton mall remembers him as an old-fashioned and hard working person, who loved his family and community. 
  
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• Woman charged in death of teen whom she allegedly gave alcohol

  22-04-2018 18:31 via ctvnews.ca
  CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio woman who provided alcohol to a 17-year-old boy whose body was found near her home has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The Chillicothe Gazette reports that 33-year-old Sandy France, of Chillicothe, was arrested Friday after being indicted by a Ross County grand jury. An autopsy showed that Jason Bartley Jr. died of acute alcohol intoxication and abuse of benzodiazepines, a drug typically prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia last year.
  
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• Trump wrongly claims North Korea has 'agreed to denuclearization'

  22-04-2018 17:19 via ctvnews.ca
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. But that's not the case. North Korea said Friday it would suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches ahead of summits with the U.S. and South Korea. Kim also said a nuclear test site would be closed and "dismantled" now that the country has learned how to make nuclear weapons and mount warheads on ballistic r
  
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• Trump says North Korea agreed to denuclearize. It hasn't

  22-04-2018 17:19 via ctvnews.ca
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed North Korea has agreed to "denuclearization" before his potential meeting with Kim Jong Un. But that's not the case. North Korea said Friday it would suspend nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile launches ahead of summits with the U.S. and South Korea. Kim also said a nuclear test site would be closed and "dismantled" now that the country has learned how to make nuclear weapons and mount warheads on ballistic rocket
  
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• Kinder Morgan pipeline battle ‘a complete violation’ of Canadian economic union: Jason Kenney

  22-04-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Kinder Morgan pipeline battle is tearing at the seams of the vision of Canada pursued by the Fathers of Confederation, says the leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party.
  
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• How an adoptee's joyful family reunion turned to incest and murder

  22-04-2018 17:02 via ctvnews.ca
  DOVER, N.Y. -- What started out as a joyful reunion of a young woman with her birth parents soon turned sour, then shocking, and finally deadly. A young woman named Katie married her birth father, had a baby with him and, after she decided to leave him, lost her life to him along with that of their child and her adoptive father. All three were laid to rest this weekend in upstate New York. "We're all still in shock," said Shirley Mann, a neighbour of Katie's adoptive parents in Dover. "It's craz
  
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• Residents concerned over Livingstone - Porcupine Hills draft plans holding rally on Sunday

  22-04-2018 16:32
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE - The month-long public consultation process about the draft Livingstone - Porcupine Hills Footprint and Recreation plans will be wrapping up soon, and concerned residents say they want their voices heard.
  They're holding a rally at the Galt Gardens over the plans on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
  A release states on-line surveys were made available to Albertans as a means of providing feedback on those plans but anyone who completed the surveys,
  
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• Anger and concern over Livingstone-Porcupine Hills draft plans voiced at Sunday rally

  22-04-2018 16:32
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE - The month-long public consultation process about the draft Livingstone - Porcupine Hills Footprint and Recreation plans will be wrapping up soon, and concerned residents say they want their voices heard.
  Over 200 concerned citizens showed up for a rally in Galt Gardens at noon on Sunday (Apr 22). This group was not a mass of rowdy, boisterous rednecks. Those assembled were families with kids in tow, who are concerned about a loss of recreati
  
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• Canadian lynched after murder of Indigenous healer: Peruvian media

  22-04-2018 16:16 via ctvnews.ca
  An Indigenous traditional healer’s murder has sparked outrage in Peru, and a video has emerged showing a mob of villagers strangling the man they believed to be her killer. That man has been identified by Peruvian media as 41-year-old Canadian Sebastian Paul Woodroffe. Relatives of Olivia Arevalo Lomas, 81, said that a foreigner had asked her for a healing session and then shot her to death. The man’s body was later found buried about one kilometer from Arevalo’s home, and an a
  
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• Canadian killed in Peru following death of Indigenous leader: Global Affairs

  22-04-2018 16:16 via ctvnews.ca
  Global Affairs Canada has confirmed that a Canadian citizen was killed in Peru in an incident related to the death of a local Indigenous spiritual leader. The Peruvian news website Trome reported on Saturday that a video circulating online showed the death of an individual alleged to have murdered Olivia Arevalo Lomas from the Shipibo-Conibo ethnic group. Eighty-one-year-old Arevalo Lomas’ death is said to have sparked unrest in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. “
  
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• Mother: Search for Kaden Young has 'come to an end'

  22-04-2018 15:26 via ctvnews.ca
  ORANGEVILLE, Ont. -- The mother of a three-year-old boy who was swept into a swollen river in southern Ontario two months ago says the search for her son has ended after a child's body was found nearby. Provincial police say a fisherman found the body on Saturday afternoon near Orangeville, Ont., 13 kilometres downstream from where Kaden Young was torn from his mother's arms as the family van entered the Grand River. Investigators say they're awaiting confirmation from the coroner to identify th
  
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• Police: 4 bodies found in charred vehicle in Timmins, Ont.

  22-04-2018 14:24 via ctvnews.ca
  TIMMINS, Ont. -- Police were continuing to investigate after the charred remains of four people were found Friday in a burnt-out car in Timmins, Ont., officials said Sunday, noting that they were not yet sure whether the person responsible was among those who died. A spokesman for the Timmins Police Service said the car, burnt so badly that police were not initially able to say whether it was blue or green, was discovered on Friday night. Marc Depatie said investigators don't believe there is an
  
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• 4 dead after nude gunman opens fire at Waffle House

  22-04-2018 13:29 via ctvnews.ca
  NASHVILLE -- A man wearing nothing but a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee and shot four people to death before dawn Sunday, according to police, who credited a customer with saving lives by wresting the gunman's weapon away. The gunman shot people in the parking lot before entering the restaurant, where he continued firing until a customer snatched the rifle, Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron said. Four people were injured. The polic
  
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• 4 dead after nearly nude gunman opens fire at Waffle House

  22-04-2018 13:29 via ctvnews.ca
  NASHVILLE -- A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away. Authorities were searching for the 29-year-old suspect, Travis Reinking, who they said drove to the busy restaurant and killed two people in the parking lot before entering and continuing to fire. When his AR-15 rifle either jammed or the clip was empty,
  
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• 4 dead after nearly nude gunman opens fire at Tennessee Waffle House

  22-04-2018 13:29 via ctvnews.ca
  NASHVILLE -- A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away. Authorities were searching for the 29-year-old suspect, Travis Reinking, who they said drove to the busy restaurant and killed two people in the parking lot before entering and continuing to fire. When his AR-15 rifle either jammed or the clip was empty,
  
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• Islamic State suicide bomber kills 57 in Afghan capital

  22-04-2018 13:11 via ctvnews.ca
  KABUL -- An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration centre in the capital Kabul on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100 others, said officials from the Afghan interior and public health ministries. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said that among 57 who were killed in the attack, 22 were women and eight are children. Majro added that 119 people were wounded in Sunday's attack, among them 17 children and 52 women. "The tolls could sti
  
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• Morneau has no timeline for getting Trans Mountain built

  22-04-2018 13:00 via ctvnews.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government sees advantages in getting the Trans Mountain pipeline extension built “rapidly,” but can’t offer a timeline for getting the job done. Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s attempt to mend fences between Alberta and British Columbia over the contentious project, B.C. Premier John Horgan remains staunchly opposed to the pipeline, which he fears could lead to a catastrophic oil spill along his province’s coas
  
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• Estephan powers Broncos past Hurricanes in game two of Conference Final

  22-04-2018 08:19 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes are in a (0-2) series hole after losing 4-3 in overtime Saturday night to the Swift Current Broncos.
  
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• Estephan powers Broncos past Hurricanes in game two of Eastern Conference Final

  22-04-2018 07:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes are heading back to Lethbridge down (2-0) in their best of seven Eastern Conference Final series with the Swift Current Broncos. Saturday night the Broncos edged the Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime to take game two and maintain home-ice advantage.
  
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• Edmonton war hero remembered 100 years after ‘Red Baron’s’ final air fight

  22-04-2018 04:53 via globalnews.ca
  One century after a fateful flight over the skies of France that left Germany without its "Red Baron," the life and accomplishments of an Edmonton war hero are being recognized once again.
  
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• Mother Nature picks up where Oldman Winter leaves off

  22-04-2018 03:17
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE -- Wind warnings cycled across Southern Alberta Saturday afternoon. Environment Canada warned of strong winds gusting 70 up to 100 km/h.
  The warnings noted potential damage to buildings and the possibility that loose objects could be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage.  That may have been the case in a couple of locations in Lethbridge.
  Photos posted to Twitter captured the sight of downed light poles – one 5 Avenue north
  
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• Prolonged winter still causing delays on sports fields in Calgary

  22-04-2018 01:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Children who are all itching to get outside and play their favourite sports will need to wait a little longer as many fields are still closed; an unfortunate side effect of Calgary’s long hard winter. A number of leagues have already sent out letters to parents, indicating that they have had to cancel games and re-schedule the start of their seasons. Rajat Karval, the vice-president of the Calgary and District Cricket League, says that the extended winter has meant more work for them. &ldq
  
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• Child's body found in Ont. river near site where 3-year-old was swept away

  22-04-2018 00:51 via ctvnews.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police say a fisherman has found the body of a child in the Grand River, 13 kilometres downstream from where a three-year-old boy went missing during a flood in February. Police say the fisherman found the body at around 3 p.m. today near Orangeville, Ont., and it is being transported to a coroner's office to be identified. Multiple police units and a forensic squad helped remove the body from the river, and they remain on the scene. On February 21st, three-year-old Kaden Youn
  
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• Hundreds climb the Bow Tower in support of Alberta’s wilderness

  22-04-2018 00:21 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Calgarians young and old went up and down the Bow Tower on Saturday to celebrate Earth Day and all the vital work being done by the Alberta Wilderness Association. The annual Climb for the Wilderness helps support the organization fund all their work throughout the year. “We celebrate it because it’s Earth Day and we have a lot of wilderness in Alberta that should be celebrated. It’s really awesome,” said Joanna Skrajny, a conservation specialist with the AWA. She says th
  
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• Alberta government meets with agriculture sector about school curriculum

  22-04-2018 00:07 via globalnews.ca
  The province continued its work to re-design the kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum when they met with members of the agriculture an forestry sector.
  
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