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• New Downtown Clean and Safe Strategy designed to tackle issues related to local drug crisis

  14-01-2019 23:59
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – With a New Year come some of the same challenges facing Lethbridge, but a new city-led strategy developed in collaboration with various stakeholders, businesses and residents will look to combat the issues of the drug crisis - specifically in the downtown.
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• Judge calls Calgary girl’s day home death ‘shocking tragedy’; calls for review

  14-01-2019 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta judge is recommending an extensive review of the province's child-care system following a 22-month-old girl's death.
  
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• Alberta oil and gas advocacy group cancels ‘Convoy to Ottawa’

  14-01-2019 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  A coalition of Alberta oil and gas advocacy groups has cancelled a truck convoy to Ottawa it was planning for February due to "unexpected challenges."
  
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• Heart of Our City Announces 4th Annual Event for Lethbridge

  14-01-2019 21:53
  
  
  The Heart of Our City Committee wants to recognize those who have been supporters of Lethbridge and you can nominate a worthy recipient.
  
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• Former U.S. president Barack Obama to speak at Calgary Saddledome in March

  14-01-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  Obama became the first African American to be elected president in the U.S. in 2009 and he served in the role until 2017.
  
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• RCMP seek suspect after police vehicle rammed by stolen truck near Lethbridge

  14-01-2019 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  No officers were hurt and the police SUV was damaged in the incident but was still driveable, police said.
  
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• Calgary court hears case involving unruly passenger on WestJet flight

  14-01-2019 20:12
  A case involving a passenger who caused a disturbance on a WestJet flight earlier this month went before the court on Monday. David Stephen Young, 44, was removed from a plane after it returned to Calgary’s airport on January 4th, 2019. The flight left Calgary for London at about 6:00 p.m. and was turned around about an hour into the flight because of an unruly passenger. Young was reportedly being rude to a flight attendant and he was arrested at the gate when the flight returned to Calga
  
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• Albertans must put down devices before bed, be more active to improve health: report

  14-01-2019 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A new study suggests adults in Alberta are having their sleep negatively affected by their electronic devices.
  
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• UPDATE: Coaldale RCMP Vehicle Rammed by Stolen Truck; Suspect Fled

  14-01-2019 19:57
  Mounties have now arrested a suspect who's alleged to have rammed a police vehicle in Lethbridge County Monday and fled the scene.
  
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• UPDATE: Coaldale RCMP Charge Lethbridge Man in Recent Crime Spree

  14-01-2019 19:57
  32 year old Darrin Bressellar is facing a slough of charges including possession of stolen property, running from police, mischief, and unauthorized driving.
  
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• Coaldale RCMP Vehicle Rammed by Stolen Truck; Suspect Fled

  14-01-2019 19:57
  Mounties are looking for a suspect who rammed a police vehicle in Lethbridge County Monday and fled the scene.
  
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• UPDATE: Suspect arrested after RCMP vehicle rammed near Lethbridge - Global News

  14-01-2019 19:54
  UPDATE: Suspect arrested after RCMP vehicle rammed near Lethbridge  Global NewsCoaldale RCMP have arrested a man who they believe rammed a police vehicle with a stolen truck in Lethbridge County, Alta.
  
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• Flu Season Targeting Younger People; Hitting Children Hardest

  14-01-2019 18:46
  
  
  Local Medical Health Officer, Dr. Lizette Elimur says the flu season is far from over and it's still not too late get vaccinated.
  
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• Fort McMurray man writes book on losing 330 lbs after 2016 wildfire

  14-01-2019 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tony Bussey has written a book about losing 330 pounds, motivated by his experience of evacuating the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires.
  
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• Weekend avalanche near Mount Brewer B.C. claims Calgary father and son

  14-01-2019 18:13
  A Calgary man and his adult son have succumbed to their injuries after they were caught in an avalanche in the Purcell Mountains while snowmobiling on the weekend. According to Avalanche Canada’s website, the group of snowmobilers was on the south side of Mount Brewer on Saturday when the slide occurred. RCMP say a group of nine people from Calgary were snowmobiling together when two people were swept away by a 200 to 400 metre-wide slab. Police were notified about the avalanche at about 2
  
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• Calgarian killed in weekend avalanche near Mount Brewer B.C.

  14-01-2019 18:13
  One person was killed and a second person is still missing after they were caught in an avalanche in the Purcell Mountains while snowmobiling on the weekend. According to Avalanche Canada’s website, the group of snowmobilers was on the south side of Mount Brewer on Saturday when the slide occurred. Two people were swept away by a 200 to 400 metre-wide slab. One person was buried in about two metres of snow and was pronounced dead at the scene. Avalanche Canada says the deceased person&rsqu
  
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• 'Our city is grieving': Ottawa police identify three killed in bus crash

  14-01-2019 17:54
  OTTAWA -- A "beautiful soul," a mother with extended family in the Netherlands and a dad beloved for his sense of humour were the people killed in Ottawa's horrific bus crash last week, the city's police revealed Monday. All three were public servants in the federal government. The collision injured nearly two dozen more and its cause is still uncertain. Yet even as the city grieved with the families of those killed and police continued their investigation, the chair of the federal Transportatio
  
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• Ottawa police identify three public servants who died in bus crash

  14-01-2019 17:54
  Ottawa police have identified the three people who died in a bus crash in the city on Friday. Bruce Thomlinson, 56, Judy Booth, 57, and Anja Van Beek, 65, died in the collision. "The identification of those who died is a difficult and important process and I want to offer the condolences of the Ottawa Police and our entire community," said Chief Charles Bordeleau. "We have worked to support the families and loved ones of those involved and will continue to be there for them." All three were publ
  
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• Barack Obama scheduled to speak at event at Saddledome in March

  14-01-2019 17:20
  Former United States President Barack Obama is coming to Calgary and will speak at an event at the Scotiabank Saddledome on March 5th. The event is called ‘A Conversation with Barack Obama’ and pre-sale tickets go on sale on Monday at 10:00 a.m. Obama is the 44th President of the United States and served in that role from 2009 – 2017. Tickets for the general public go on sale on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. For more information and tickets to the event, click HERE.
  
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• Giordano notches three points to lead Flames in 7-1 blowout of Coyotes

  14-01-2019 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  Mark Giordano had two goals and an assist and a tied a career-best with a plus-five to lead Calgary to a 7-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
  
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• Police seek information in connection to shooting in Beltline

  14-01-2019 16:41
  Police are looking to speak to the occupants of a van that was seen near the area of a shooting last week and are appealing to the public for more information. Investigators were called to the 1100 block of 12 Avenue S.W. at about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 6, for reports of shots fired. Police taped off the parking lot of the Midtown Co-op and say evidence gathered near the scene indicated that at least four shots were fired. A red or orange, Dodge Caravan or an SUV with a similar body-type
  
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• Police investigate following crash on highway north of Calgary

  14-01-2019 16:03
  Emergency crews were called to a crash in the intersection of Highway 772 and Big Hill Springs Road early Monday morning and the roadway has been shut down to traffic. Firefighters say a van and  truck collided on the raodway, north of the city, at about 7:00 a.m. There is not word yet on injuries or what caused the crash. The truck ended up on its side on the road and the intersection has been shut down. Motorists travelling in the area can expect delays.
  
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• Woman drinking wine from Pringles can banned from Walmart

  14-01-2019 15:19
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Police in northern Texas say a woman has been banned from a local Walmart after she spent several hours driving an electric shopping cart around the store's parking lot while drinking wine from a Pringles can. Police tell the Times Record News that officers responded to a report of a suspicious person around 9 a.m. Friday at a Walmart in Wichita Falls. The city is about 200 kilometres northwest of Dallas, near the Oklahoma border. Wichita Falls police spokesman Jeff Hughe
  
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• Trial starts for man charged in 2013 murder of Calgary teen

  14-01-2019 15:19
  The trial for a man who was brought back from Vietnam to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of Lukas Strasser-Hird began in a Calgary courtroom on Monday. Strasser-Hird, 18, was swarmed, beaten and stabbed outside a nightclub in 2013 and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Nathan Gervais, 23, was charged with murder in the death and failed to show up for his original trial in 2016. He was arrested in Vietnam in November 2017 and returned to Canada to face the charge. On Mond
  
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• Trial set to start for man charged in 2013 murder of Calgary teen

  14-01-2019 15:19
  The trial for a man who was brought back from Vietnam to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of Lukas Strasser-Hird gets underway on Monday. Strasser-Hird, 18, was swarmed, beaten and stabbed outside a nightclub in 2013 and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Nathan Gervais, 23, was charged with murder in the death and failed to show up for his original trial in 2016. He was arrested in Vietnam in November 2017 and returned to Canada to face the charge. The trial gets underwa
  
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• Man charged in 2013 death of Calgary teen pleads not guilty to first-degree murder

  14-01-2019 15:19
  The trial for a man who was brought back from Vietnam to face a first-degree murder charge in the death of Lukas Strasser-Hird began in a Calgary courtroom on Monday. Strasser-Hird, 18, was swarmed, beaten and stabbed outside a nightclub in 2013 and later succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Nathan Gervais, 23, was charged with murder in the death and failed to show up for his original trial in 2016. He was arrested in Vietnam in November 2017 and returned to Canada to face the charge. On Mond
  
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• Protest held at Lethbridge police headquarters after deer killing video - Calgary Herald

  14-01-2019 15:10
  Protest held at Lethbridge police headquarters after deer killing video  Calgary HeraldMore than 100 people gathered outside Lethbridge police headquarters on Sunday afternoon to protest after a video surfaced last week showing an officer ...
  
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• Dozens protest to demand firing of Lethbridge Police Officer who ran over deer with patrol truck - rdnewsnow.com

  14-01-2019 14:51
  Dozens protest to demand firing of Lethbridge Police Officer who ran over deer with patrol truck  rdnewsnow.comDozens protest Lethbridge police officer who ran over injured deer multiple times  Global NewsProtest in Lethbridge after video shows officer running over deer  CityNews VancouverAbout 100 people attend protest against Lethbridge police officer who killed deer with truck  CTV NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Aurora Cannabis buying Whistler Medical Marijuana in deal worth up to $175M

  14-01-2019 14:26
  EDMONTON -- Aurora Cannabis Inc. has signed a deal to buy Whistler Medical Marijuana Corp. in an all-stock deal worth up to $175 million, including certain milestone payments. Edmonton-based Aurora says the acquisition of the privately held company is expected to provide it with a suite of premium and organic certified products. Whistler operates two indoor licensed production facilities, include one in Whistler, B.C., and another a short drive from the resort town. Once the second location reac
  
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• Avalanche Near Invermere Kills One, Recovery Efforts for Second Snowmobiler Still Ongoing

  14-01-2019 14:18
  Avalanche Canada is reporting a fatal incident over the weekend.
  
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• Death sentence for Canadian in China 'of extreme concern': PM

  14-01-2019 13:57
  A Canadian man who was convicted of smuggling drugs in China has been sentenced to death in what appears to be the latest escalation of the ongoing diplomatic hostilities between the two countries. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was first arrested in China in 2014. He was tried in 2016 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors appealed that verdict last month, arguing that the sentence was too lenient. A new trial was ordered and took place Monday, in China’s Liaoning province, with Sche
  
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• Chinese court sentences Canadian to death

  14-01-2019 13:57
  A Canadian man who was convicted of smuggling drugs in China has been sentenced to death. The case of Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, who was tried in 2016, was appealed last month by prosecutors concerned Schellenberg’s original sentence of 15 years in prison was too lenient. A new trial was ordered and took place Monday, according to a Google translation of a Chinese court website, with Schellenberg being found guilty and given a death sentence. Specific details of the allegations against Sch
  
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• Former Edmonton MMA fighter recovering from rare neurological disease

  14-01-2019 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  A former Edmonton mixed martial arts fighter is facing a new type of battle,after spending months in hospital with a rare neurological condition.
  
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• Two French policemen go on trial accused of raping Canadian tourist

  14-01-2019 11:19
  PARIS -- Two anti-gang French policemen are going on trial on charges of gang-raping a Canadian tourist at Paris police headquarters. The officers, both members of the BRI force, are accused of raping the woman at 36 Quai des Orfevres, a famous address depicted in many crime movies and novels. The woman said she met a group of officers across the street near the Seine river in an Irish pub in April 2014. After several drinks, they invited her for a night tour of the headquarters where she claime
  
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• 2 French policemen go on trial accused of raping Canadian tourist

  14-01-2019 11:19
  PARIS -- Two French policemen went on trial Monday on charges of gang-raping a Canadian tourist at Paris police headquarters nearly five years ago. The officers, both members of the BRI anti-gang force at the time, are accused of raping the woman at 36 Quai des Orfevres, a famous address depicted in many crime movies and novels. They deny any wrongdoing and claim the alleged victim consented to sexual interactions during a booze-fueled evening. Their trial is expected to last three weeks. The wo
  
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• Cathay Pacific makes second first class blunder in two weeks

  14-01-2019 10:59
  For a lucky few, it's the gift that keeps on giving: a Cathay Pacific snafu offering premium tickets at a fraction of their value, for the second time in less than two weeks. On its website Sunday morning, Cathay was offering first-class flights from Lisbon to Hong Kong -- via a connecting flight through London with a partner airline -- for just $1,512, the South China Morning Post reported. A similar journey in first-class via Frankfurt meanwhile, would set travellers back an eye-watering $16,0
  
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• Trudeau taps two rookies, moves three ministers in cabinet shakeup

  14-01-2019 10:16
    OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shuffling around three members of the federal cabinet today, and appointing two rookies to the front bench. PM Trudeau and Governor General Julie Payette oversaw the latest changes to the ministerial roster at the swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall. Trudeau and the new roster of ministers will hold media availabilities Monday, to discuss the changes.Scroll down or click here to see live updates from CTV News reporters and producersTrudeau h
  
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• Cargo plane crash in Iran kills 15, leaves 1 survivor

  14-01-2019 09:15
  TEHRAN, Iran -- A decades-old Iranian Boeing 707 military cargo plane reportedly carrying meat from Kyrgyzstan crashed on Monday while trying to land west of Iran's capital, killing 15 people on board and leaving a sole survivor, authorities said. The crash of the jetliner marked just the latest aviation disaster for Iran, which hoped to replace its aging fleet under terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. But instead, President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the accord in May scuttled
  
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• Calgary man killed, son presumed dead after snowmobilers trigger avalanche near Invermere

  14-01-2019 09:10 via globalnews.ca
  A man from Calgary died and his son is missing and presumed dead, after an avalanche caught the two snowmobilers near Invermere in southeastern BC over the weekend.
  
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• 1 dead, another missing after snowmobilers trigger avalanche near Invermere

  14-01-2019 09:10 via globalnews.ca
  Two snowmobilers were caught in an avalanche on the slopes near Invermere on Saturday; one is dead and another missing.
  
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• Hurricanes suffer second loss to Edmonton in three days - Lethbridge News Now

  14-01-2019 09:00
  Hurricanes suffer second loss to Edmonton in three days  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON –– The Edmonton Oil Kings owned the first two periods of the Sunday Jan 13) game in which they hosted the Hurricanes., in a penalty laden match.
  
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• Blood Tribe marks opening of new detox centre - Global News

  14-01-2019 09:00
  Blood Tribe marks opening of new detox centre  Global NewsA southern Alberta community that's been hit hard by the opioid crisis is now home to a new detox centre.
  
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• Phoenix facility where comatose woman had baby was probed in 2016

  14-01-2019 07:36
  PHOENIX -- State regulators reportedly wanted to remove developmentally disabled patients from a Phoenix long-term care facility years before a woman in a vegetative state gave birth. The Arizona Republic newspaper reported Sunday that Hacienda HealthCare faced a 2016 criminal investigation. Arizona authorities accused the facility of billing about US$4 million in bogus 2014 charges for wages, transportation, housekeeping, maintenance and supplies. The criminal case was dropped in 2017 and no ch
  
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• Ex-prosecutor to lead health care firm's rape investigation

  14-01-2019 07:36
  PHOENIX -- A former top prosecutor in Phoenix was hired Monday by a health care facility to investigate the circumstances into how a patient in a vegetative state gave birth after she was sexually assaulted. Police are conducting a separate criminal investigation. Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said Monday that his review for Hacienda HealthCare will focus on patient-security procedures and management practices to ensure patients don't suffer harm in the future. "They gave me assura
  
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• Indonesia recovers Lion Air jet's cockpit voice recorder

  14-01-2019 04:41
  JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October, Indonesian officials said Monday, in a possible boost to the investigation into why the 2-month-old plane nosedived at high velocity, killing 189 people. Ridwan Djamaluddin, a deputy maritime minister, told reporters that remains of some of the people who died in the crash were also discovered at the seabed location. A spokesman for the Indonesian navy's wester
  
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• Canadians suffering severe complications after radial keratotomy eye surgeries

  14-01-2019 04:00
  Before laser eye surgery, radial keratotomy was the first and one of the most common surgical procedures in North America to correct myopia, or nearsightedness. Today, however, this once-celebrated treatment has largely been abandoned, in part because of questions over its safety. At the height of its popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, an estimated eight million people in Canada and United States underwent the procedure, in which a doctor uses a diamond knife to make incisions directly into the
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Edmonton - San Francisco Chronicle

  14-01-2019 03:33
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Edmonton  San Francisco ChronicleOil Kings 4, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Keeler 7 (Cap, Fix-Wolansky) 11:43. 2. Edmonton, Keeler 8 (Fix-Wolansky, Cap) 14:21 (sh). Penalties ...
  
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• Dozens protest to demand firing of Lethbridge Police Officer who ran over deer with patrol truck

  14-01-2019 01:40
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - About 100 showed up at the corner of 1 Ave. S and Scenic Drive Sunday afternoon (Jan. 13), to insist that the unnamed Lethbridge Police Officer who repeatedly ran over an injured deer the night of Jan.5, be fired. 
  As the protesters chanted “hey hey, ho ho, that cop has got to go,” and held signs reading “there’s no excuse for animal abuse,” “police are not above the law,” “stop animal ab
  
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• Deer Euthanizing Sparks Large Protest Sunday Outside Lethbridge Police Station

  14-01-2019 00:20
  The chorus of voices upset at how a Lethbridge Police officer euthanized an injured deer recently continues to get louder and louder.
  
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• Hockey program promotes Canada’s game among youths with disabilities

  14-01-2019 00:17
  A group in Calgary has found the perfect way to share our national winter sport with some young people who may not always get to play with their peers. The Super HEROS program comes from the Hockey Education Reaching Out Society and it’s the perfect sort of game that can let 11-year-old Sam, who has Down syndrome, get out on the ice to play. “She’s eager to go,” says her dad ,Tim Webber. “She’s packing her bag Saturday night, ready to go play hockey.” &l
  
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