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• MacEwan University mourning death of member of Griffins men’s hockey team

  26-01-2019 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  MacEwan Griffins forward Nakehko Lamothe died Friday night after playing in a game in Calgary.
  
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• Government announces new grant program to combat racism in Alberta

  26-01-2019 21:52
  A Calgary non-profit organization is on the receiving end of a funding grant from the Alberta government aimed at breaking down the barriers posed by racism. The Anti-Racism Community Grant Program was built to support initiatives that raise awareness and understanding about racism and its impact on Albertans. The government’s two funding streams will benefit 33 groups, providing over $600,000 to create greater awareness and cross-cultural understanding to reduce racism. The two streams ha
  
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• Scheer slams Trudeau after McCallum fired

  26-01-2019 20:46
  OTTAWA -- After a week in which he twice weighed in on a high-stakes extradition case, John McCallum is out as Canada's ambassador to China -- although for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, the damage has already been done. "It should never have come to this," Scheer tweeted Saturday, after the prime minister's office released a statement announcing McCallum's resignation at the request of Justin Trudeau. That move came just hours after McCallum was quoted in a Vancouver newspaper saying it wou
  
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• McCallum firing leaves Canada's China strategy in disarray

  26-01-2019 20:46
  OTTAWA -- Canada's strategy for navigating growing tensions with China is in disarray after Justin Trudeau fired his ambassador to Beijing. The prime minister's office announced Saturday that ambassador John McCallum had been told to hand in his resignation -- just hours after he weighed in on a high-stakes extradition case for the second time in less than a week. McCallum was quoted in a Vancouver newspaper as saying it would be "great for Canada" if the United States dropped its extradition re
  
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• Canada's ambassador to China John McCallum resigns at Trudeau's request

  26-01-2019 20:46
  OTTAWA -- John McCallum has resigned as ambassador to China at the request of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the wake of comments he made about a Huawei executive detained in Canada. The prime minister did not immediately issue an explanation, but the move comes just hours after the former ambassador was quoted in StarMetro Vancouver as saying it would be "great for Canada" if the United States drops an extradition request against Meng Wanzhou. "From Canada's point of view, if (the U.S.) drops
  
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• Car crashes into small-town Nova Scotia store, misses dozens of customers

  26-01-2019 19:45
  SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. -- Witnesses say a car smashed through the front entrance of a small-town grocery store and barrelled through to the back wall on Friday, scattering wares and leaving customers shocked but uninjured. "We didn't sleep much last night because we thought of what could have happened," said Aline Comeau, the owner of the Sobeys-owned Foodland store in Saulnierville, N.S, on Saturday. "It could have been a lot worse." Comeau said the incident happened at around 3 p.m. Friday, when
  
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• Woman found in medical distress behind southwest home

  26-01-2019 19:15
  Police are investigating after a woman was found unconscious outside a home in southwest Calgary early Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called at about 2:45 a.m. to a home near 68 Avenue and 5 Street S.W. in the community of Kingsland. The victim, a woman in her 50s, was taken to hospital in life threatening condition. Police aren’t releasing any details about what happened to her, but they have blocked off a large area in the neighbourhood for the investigation. More to come.
  
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• Students still dealing with mental illness after 2016 Fort McMurray fires: study

  26-01-2019 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta psychiatrist says the mental health supports brought in after the Fort McMurray wildfires of May 2016 haven't done enough to help students.
  
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• Teen charged with second-degree murder in death of 37-year-old Ottawa woman

  26-01-2019 18:34
  OTTAWA -- Police say a teen has been charged in the death of a 37-year-old Ottawa woman who was initially thought to be a missing person. Ottawa police say 18-year-old Lennese Kuplu is facing charges of second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body in the death of Susan Kuplu. Officers did not say how the two were related. They say the elder Kuplu was last seen alive on Jan. 11. Police did not give a cause of death, nor did they say what led to the indignity to a body charge. They say the ac
  
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• Ottawa teen charged with killing her mother

  26-01-2019 18:34
  An 18-year-old Ottawa woman is accused of killing her mother. Lennese Kuplu appeared in an Ottawa courthouse on Saturday morning. The teenager is facing charges of second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body in the death of 37-year-old Susan Kuplu. Susan Kuplu moved to Ottawa two years ago from Nunavut with her daughter and two young boys. Police say she was last seen alive on Jan. 11. Police allege that Lennese killed Susan in their shared west-end home and disposed of the body in an adja
  
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• NHL commissioner announces puck and player tracking coming next season

  26-01-2019 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long-expected news Friday during All-Star Weekend in San Jose, Calif., calling it a “breakthrough that is years in the making.”
  
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• Some evacuated people return to Sussex, NB, homes after flash flooding

  26-01-2019 18:01
  SUSSEX, N.B. - Most of the nearly 40 people evacuated from flooded homes in Sussex, N.B., returned to their households last night, but over a dozen remain in emergency lodgings with the Canadian Red Cross, the organization said Saturday. Spokesman Dan Bedell says the Red Cross is still feeding and housing 13 people forced out of eight different homes or apartments in Sussex after torrential rains and strong winds caused flash flooding in riverfront areas around the town. Initially, 38 people fro
  
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• Dozens of people who fled their flooded homes in N.B. have returned home

  26-01-2019 18:01
  SUSSEX, N.B. -- Most of the nearly 40 people evacuated from flooded homes in Sussex, N.B., returned to their households Friday night, but over a dozen remain in emergency lodgings with the Canadian Red Cross, the organization said Saturday. Spokesman Dan Bedell said the Red Cross is still feeding and housing 13 people forced out of eight different homes or apartments in Sussex after torrential rains and strong winds caused flash flooding in riverfront areas around the town. Initially, 38 people
  
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• Syria wants Turkish withdrawal to revive security agreement

  26-01-2019 17:48
  DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria called on Turkey on Saturday to withdraw its troops from Syria's northern territories and end support for armed opposition groups in order to revive a two-decade-old bilateral security agreement. Russia has encouraged Turkey and Syria to refer to the 1998 treaty to deal with security concerns along their shared borders in the wake of a planned U.S troop withdrawal from northern Syria. It wasn't immediately clear if and how Moscow would reconcile differences between Turke
  
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• Pope challenged on sex abuse as young take stage in Panama

  26-01-2019 17:37
  PANAMA CITY -- Young people challenged Pope Francis on the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal and the plight of Christians in the Middle East as the youth took centre stage Saturday in the final events of World Youth Day in Panama. Organizers said some 600,000 people turned out for Saturday's main event, an evening vigil service in the Metropark area of east Panama City. Many of them were spending the night in tents or just on sleeping mats to be in place for an early morning final Mass formall
  
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• Pope aims to inspire priests, nuns 'wounded by church's sin'

  26-01-2019 17:37
  PANAMA CITY -- Pope Francis sought Saturday to inspire Panama's priests and religious sisters, acknowledging they have grown weary from the "wounds of the church's own sin," but urging them to find again the joy that sparked their vocations. Francis celebrated Mass in Panama City's main cathedral, Santa Maria la Antigua, which is considered the first cathedral of mainland America. He also consecrated its altar after a yearslong renovation, rubbing holy oil onto the altar's marble top, his vestme
  
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• Two men dead after early morning banquet hall shooting in Ontario

  26-01-2019 16:54
  VAUGHAN, Ont. -- Police say two men have died following a shooting at a banquet hall north of Toronto. York regional police say officers responded to a shots fired report just after 4:15 a.m. at Dream Palace Restaurant and Banquets in Vaughan, Ont. The officers found two men with gunshot wounds. Police say one died at the scene and a 23-year-old man died shortly after being taken to hospital. Homicide detectives have taken over the investigation and are trying to determine what led to the shooti
  
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• 3rd Avenue Commuters in Lethbridge Impacted by Closures

  26-01-2019 16:18
  The 900 block of 3rd Avenue South will see lane closures throughout the last week off January.
  
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• 20th Independent Field Battery to conduct military training in Lethbridge area this weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  26-01-2019 16:00
  20th Independent Field Battery to conduct military training in Lethbridge area this weekend  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE – Army Reserve soldiers from the 20th Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery will be conducting Exercise SNOWBALL GUNNER in ...
  
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• 20th Independent Field Battery to conduct military training in Lethbridge area this weekend

  26-01-2019 16:00
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – Army Reserve soldiers from the 20th Independent Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery will be conducting Exercise SNOWBALL GUNNER in the Lethbridge area on Jan. 26 and 27.
  The training will take place in the surrounding area of Lethbridge, and the exercise will allow Army Reserve soldiers to practice essential military skills in a field setting, preparing them for integrated training with the Regular Force.
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• Quiet Canadian diplomacy helped Guaido's anti-Maduro movement in Venezuela

  26-01-2019 15:19
  OTTAWA -- The politician Canada and its allies recognize as Venezuela's real leader stood in a Caracas plaza Friday and exhorted his supporters to "stay the course" if he winds up behind bars. Juan Guaido's defiant pronouncement against President Nicolas Maduro -- whom Canada has branded a dictator who stole an election -- marked the latest dramatic development in Venezuela's political crisis. It followed Guaido's decision two days earlier to declare himself his country's interim leader, two wee
  
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• LETHBRIDGE: Ignore Big Food and embrace new food guide - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  26-01-2019 14:44
  LETHBRIDGE: Ignore Big Food and embrace new food guide  TheChronicleHerald.caIf the government of Canada has anything to say about it, your dinner plate will be filled with vegetables, beans and nuts with only garnishes of meat on the side.
  
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• Lethbridge Scores Late to Beat the Manitoba Bisons - Manitoba Post

  26-01-2019 14:29
  Lethbridge Scores Late to Beat the Manitoba Bisons  Manitoba PostWINNIPEG — A Ryan Chynoweth goal with just 1:09 to go in the third period made the difference on Friday night at Wayne Fleming Arena, as the Lethbridge ...
  
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• Army training exercises in, around Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  26-01-2019 10:45
  Army training exercises in, around Lethbridge  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald They finally have snow. So army reserve soldiers will be conducting Exercise Snowball Gunner in and around Lethbridge today and Sunday.
  
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• Hate crimes unit consulted for investigation after Edmonton mosque visited by men known to police

  26-01-2019 07:57 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton police said their hate crimes unit was called in to help investigate after a prominent and well-attended mosque in the northwest part of the city was visited by a group whom they said they are aware of and whose activities they monitor.
  
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• Hurricanes open U.S. road trip with win in Seattle

  26-01-2019 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes hit the ice in Seattle on Friday to kick off a stretch of three games in three nights against U.S. division teams. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Seattle - Hastings Tribune

  26-01-2019 07:15
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Seattle  Hastings TribuneHurricanes 4, Thunderbirds 3. First Period. 1. Seattle, Philp 18 (Richards, Rybinski) 7:01. advertisement. 2. Lethbridge, Cozens 26 (Elmer, Merezhko) 19:12 (pp).
  
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• Two transported to hospital following house fire in Riverbend

  26-01-2019 06:54
  A man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s suffered smoke inhalation and were transported to hospital following a Friday evening house fire in the city’s southeast. Fire crews were called to a home in the 1000 block on Riverside Close S.E., in the community of Riverbend, shortly before 9:00 p.m. following reports of a fire and people trapped inside the building. Smoke was visible through the windows of the home and firefighters spotted a woman on a second floor balcony. The woman was brought
  
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• Surrey RCMP searching for missing woman who may be headed to Alberta

  26-01-2019 06:18 via globalnews.ca
  According to police, Bains may be travelling with another woman in a Honda Civic, and may be headed to Alberta. 
  
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• Interfaith Food Bank in Lethbridge cuts ribbon for new kitchen - Global News

  26-01-2019 03:18
  Interfaith Food Bank in Lethbridge cuts ribbon for new kitchen  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge is cutting the ribbon on Friday for its new co-op community kitchen. Chris Chacon has the story.
  
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• Experts say Alberta provides proper testing ground for driverless vehicles

  26-01-2019 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's population density and climate may offer an appropriate testing ground for autonomous vehicles.
  
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• Interfaith Food Bank in Lethbridge cuts ribbon for new kitchen

  26-01-2019 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  The Building Possibilities project is a three-phase initiative to develop vacant building space to facilitate programs to benefit the community.
  
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• Massage therapist receives four year sentence after pleading guilty to sexual assault

  26-01-2019 02:01
  Brad McLellan, a Calgary massage therapist, has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty in the spring of 2018 to four counts of sexual assault. McLellan was originally charged with eight counts of sexual assault following a police investigation into the assault of a  25-year-old woman during a 2015 therapy session that unearthed an additional eight women who had been assaulted. The assaults occurred during McLellan’s tenure at ProActive Health Group Clinic and Cen
  
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• Workers injured in industrial building fire in Airdrie

  26-01-2019 01:38
  Two men were transported to hospital after suffering burns during an afternoon fire at a business in Airdrie. The Airdrie Fire Department responded to a commercial building on Kingsview Boulevard S.E. shortly after 3:00 p.m. after an alarm was sounded in the end bay. The building’s sprinkler system doused the blaze prior to the arrival of firefighters. Fire crews were approached by two workers who had suffered burns to their upper extremities. The two men were assessed, treated and transpo
  
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• Federal government sets aside $21M towards Waterton Lakes restoration

  26-01-2019 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa is stepping up to help with the recovery of Waterton Lakes National Park following the 2017 Kenow Wildfire. Kyle Benning tell us how the federal government is helping the park’s restoration efforts.
  
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• Man with numerous medical conditions says seniors' government program isn't enough

  26-01-2019 01:33
  A Calgary man who just celebrated his 65th birthday last month says the government has cut off the lifeline for the financial support he desperately needs. 65-year-old George Romas has suffered a kidney failure, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as a myriad of other health issues. “I have chronic back pain; I have sleep apnea, I only sleep a half an hour here and a half an hour there every day. I have stomach issues, swelling issues and many more.” His medical
  
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• Health officials issue warning about possible hepatitis A exposure in Nanton

  26-01-2019 01:25 via globalnews.ca
  Immunizations can be given within 14 days of exposure and often times can prevent the illness.
  
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• Canadian Cannabis Wedding Expo unites pot and proposals

  26-01-2019 01:13 via globalnews.ca
  Now that recreational cannabis is legal in Canada, a new wedding expo is coming to Calgary with some fun ideas and hopes to crush the stigma. 
  
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• Sunshine Village accepts Parks Canada’s new site guidelines amid lease renewal uncertainty

  26-01-2019 01:12
  Officials with Sunshine Village Ski Resort agreed to the terms of Parks Canada’s new site guidelines ahead of a Parks Canada imposed deadline that threatened an extension of the resort’s lease. On Friday, Parks Canada announced that the new site guidelines, ‘prioritizing ecological integrity in decision making’, had been approved for the ski resort in Banff National Park. The guidelines will place restrictions on any future expansion of the resort’s boundaries until
  
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• B.C. gas pipeline work delayed after animal traps allegedly found on construction site

  26-01-2019 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  The pipeline has been the subject of significant opposition from local First Nations, including a pair of blockades dismantled earlier in January.
  
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• Citizen fires shots in air as they help RCMP catch suspects in eastern Alberta vehicle theft

  26-01-2019 00:33 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP are expressing their gratitude to civilians for their role in the arrest of three people accused of trying to steal a truck and fuel in east-central Alberta earlier this month.
  
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• Public warned following confirmed case of hepatitis A in Nanton

  26-01-2019 00:30
  Alberta Health Service is encouraging anyone who ate at the Auditorium Hotel or JT Foster School in Nanton on select dates this month to call Health Link (811) and monitor their health following a confirmed case of hepatitis A. “While we believe the risk to the public is low, hepatitis A is a serious infection,” said Dr. Jia Hu, AHS’ Medical Officer of Health for the Calgary Zone in a statement released Friday afternoon. “As a precaution, anyone who consumed food at the A
  
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• Crown stays charge against Calgary pastor accused in death of infant son

  26-01-2019 00:18
  A former Calgary pastor who was charged in the death of his three-month-old son in 2015 will no longer be going on trial. According to the defence lawyer in the case, Crown prosecutors stayed a manslaughter charge against Daniel Nel this week. According to a family statement made through lawyer Chris Archer, the stay was due to a concern over the medical evidence presented in the case. The Nel family said they are “relieved by the outcome” and hope to move on from the tragedy. &ldquo
  
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