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• Travel trailers still a hot commodity in Calgary despite drop in economy

  27-01-2019 23:14
  RV dealers in Calgary say that even though we’ve gone through a rough patch economically the past few years, sales have still been brisk in the industry. Many gathered at the RV Show at the BMO Centre over the weekend, where some of the latest and greatest models were on display. They say that family vacationing in an RV is often the better choice over a long flight to an international destination. “For a family of four, you’re a lot better to invest in an RV for over a period
  
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• Calgary police investigate suspicious package left near Canada Post facility

  27-01-2019 21:54
  Police blocked off a large area outside the Canada Post sorting facility in northeast Calgary after a questionable package was found there on Sunday. Officers were called to the facility on McKnight Boulevard at just after 12:00 p.m. The immediate area was also evacuated to ensure the safety of the public. Police say there is no threat at this time, but have not determined what the package is at this point.
  
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• Police set to launch Operation Cold Start to help protect the public

  27-01-2019 21:46
  For the third year in a row, Calgary police will be working to raise awareness of the risk of leaving your vehicle warming up in front of your home. Operation Cold Start is a crime prevention strategy employed by the CPS where officers patrol different communities to find vehicles that are easy targets for criminals. When found, officers take some time to speak with the resident about how quickly vehicles can be stolen and what other crimes can be committed with a stolen vehicle. According to po
  
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• Man in life threatening condition after crashing into building

  27-01-2019 21:23
  A man was taken to hospital after he was seriously hurt in a crash in northeast Calgary on Sunday morning. Fire officials say they were called to the scene in the 6000 block of 11 Street N.E. at about 9:00 a.m. and found the wreckage of a truck in the side of a building. They had to cut a hole in the side of the building to get the truck out. It’s not what caused the victim, a man in his 50s, to lose control of his vehicle, but police say he was taken to hospital in life threatening condit
  
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• Dozens of cars involved in two pileups on Quebec highways

  27-01-2019 21:15
  MONTREAL - Several people suffered minor injuries after dozens of cars were involved in two separate pileups on Quebec's road network on Sunday morning. The largest of the crashes involved between 40 and 50 vehicles on Highway 40 near L'Assomption, about 45 kilometres northeast of Montreal. Quebec provincial police say several people were taken to hospital with minor injuries and the westbound portion of the highway remained closed as of 2:45 p.m. Sunday afternoon. An earlier crash involving 17
  
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• Lack of before-, after-school spaces in Alberta: child care experts

  27-01-2019 21:14
  Around 400 delegates attended the fourth annual School Age Care Conference in Calgary this weekend.
  
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• Maxime Bernier names candidate to run in Montreal-area federal byelection

  27-01-2019 20:08
  MONTREAL -- People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has chosen a candidate to represent his party in its first-ever Quebec election. Bernier was in the Montreal area on Sunday to launch the campaign of Canadian Army veteran James Seale, who will be on the ballot for Bernier's fledgling party in the federal byelection in Outremont on Feb. 25. Seale was a member of the armed forces for more than 30 years, and served overseas stints in Israel, Germany, Haiti and Bosnia before later becoming
  
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• Extremely windy conditions in Calgary prompt weather warning

  27-01-2019 19:39
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the City of Calgary and many other areas in the southern section of the province because of strong winds. The agency says that there is the potential for damaging winds throughout the day on Sunday, with the northerly gusts topping 90 to 100 km/h. Flurries are also expected to set in sometime during the and the temperatures drop below freezing, contributing to icy conditions in many areas. The advisory is in effect for an area as far north as Lloy
  
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• Game thread: Lethbridge Hurricanes at Portland Winterhawks - OregonLive.com

  27-01-2019 19:28 via oregonlive.com
  Game thread: Lethbridge Hurricanes at Portland Winterhawks  OregonLive.comThe Portland Winterhawks (29-13-3-2, 5th overall) take on the Lethbridge Hurricanes (25-14-4-4, 8th) Saturday night at Memorial Coliseum, as the Winterhawks ...
  
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• Three people, including two children, sent to hospital after crash near Cochrane

  27-01-2019 18:52
  A major route near the Town of Cochrane is completely closed as police investigate a serious crash that sent three people to hospital, with one of them in life threatening condition. Officials say emergency crews were called to the scene of a head-on crash on Highway 22, at about 7:35 a.m. Police say three people, including two children, have been taken to hospital in Calgary as a result of the crash. A fourth person was taken to an urgent care centre in Cochrane. "In one vehicle there was a gen
  
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• Wind warnings issued for central and southern Alberta Sunday

  27-01-2019 18:28
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for a large portion of central and southern Alberta Sunday.
  
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• 'Inconsistent messages' may have deepened Canada-China dispute

  27-01-2019 18:25
  While Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Europe attempting to bolster international support in Canada’s diplomatic tiff with China, events back in Canada may have put a new obstacle in the government’s path. Freeland was in Davos, Switzerland this week for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. She said in a statement that she raised the issue of the dispute with China in one-on-one meetings with her counterparts from several other countries, including Italy,
  
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• Canadian man, 61, arrested in China on fraud charges: local media

  27-01-2019 17:50
  A Canadian man has reportedly been detained in China on allegations of fraud. The South China Morning Post, citing local media, says the 61-year-old Canadian is accused of trying to defraud an unnamed entertainment company out of C$375 million. The newspaper says the man, whose full name is not given, allegedly tried to use fake papers to transfer the money from the company's account to an account in Hong Kong. Global Affairs Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the mat
  
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• Puppy recovering after being discovered with ears cut off

  27-01-2019 17:49
  An eight-week old puppy is recovering after it was discovered during a police raid with its ears cut off. The dog, named Waffles, was discovered by San Angelo Police during a narcotics raid on a Texas home last week. Local animal rescue Concho Valley PAWS says that his ears had been cut off by his owners and left unbandaged, leaving him with “significant injuries” and putting him at risk for parvo and other infections. An infant was also removed from the home by Child Protective Serv
  
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• 'Everybody's going to feel it:' Broncos families prepare for sentencing hearing

  27-01-2019 17:09
  The hardest thing Chris Joseph ever had to do was get through the first 48 hours after his son died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The second hardest, he says, happens this week when he and his wife attend a sentencing hearing for the truck driver who caused the Saskatchewan crash last year that killed 16 people and injured 13 others on the junior hockey team's bus. "I think this will be harder than the funeral," said Joseph, a former NHL player who lives in St. Albert, Alta. "I think everyb
  
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• White House says Trump OK with second shutdown if no deal on border

  27-01-2019 16:44
  WASHINGTON -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won't work with him to secure the southern border. Mulvaney says Trump doesn't want to see federal agencies closed again and doesn't want to declare a national emergency either. But he says Trump is prepared to do either. He says Trump agreed to reopen the government for three weeks to give Democrats a chance to negotiate. Mulvaney says some Democ
  
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• White House dangles threat of another shutdown over wall

  27-01-2019 16:44
  WASHINGTON -- Two days after the record-long shutdown ended, the White House made clear Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to shutter the government again without a border wall deal from Congress. The president's standoff with Democrats on Capitol Hill is far from over and the clock is ticking -- the spending bill Trump signed on Friday funds the government agencies that had been shut down for 35 days only until Feb. 15. It's unclear if the Democrats will budge. Trump seemed gir
  
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• Trump sets odds of reaching deal on border wall at less than 50-50

  27-01-2019 16:44
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50." As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn't think the negotiators will strike a deal that he'd accept. He pledged to build a wall anyway using his executive powers to declare a national emergency if necessary. "I personally think
  
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• Trump casts doubt on seeing a budget deal that he'd accept

  27-01-2019 16:44
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are "less than 50-50." As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn't think the negotiators will strike a deal that he'd accept. He pledged to build a wall anyway using his executive powers to declare a national emergency if necessary. "I personally think it's less t
  
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• Mother whose son died wants seatbelts mandatory on school buses

  27-01-2019 16:35
  OTTAWA -- Denna Weston was among the first on the scene of a school bus collision that killed her 11-year-old son in Alberta 19 years ago. It was a Friday in October. Jared, a Grade 6 student, was waiting for his turn to be dropped off. The bus passed right by his family home along Highway 22X, just east of Calgary, to drop off some other students before it was Jared's turn. But a pickup truck collided into the side of the bus with Jared and two other children aboard. When Weston and her neighbo
  
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• Venezuela's power struggle turns to winning military favour

  27-01-2019 15:26
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- The battle for control of Venezuela turned Sunday to the armed forces as President Nicolas Maduro, wearing tan military fatigues, attended army exercises, met with troops and watched as tanks fired into a hillside. At the same time, supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido handed out leaflets to soldiers, urging them to reject the socialist leader and explaining how they could be eligible for amnesty if they help return Venezuela to democracy. "We are waiting for you, th
  
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• Venezuela backtracks on expelling diplomats as U.S. urges countries to pick sides

  27-01-2019 15:26
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela defused a potential showdown with the United States, suspending a demand that U.S. diplomats leave the country as Washington called on the world to "pick a side" in the South American nation's fast-moving crisis. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro broke relations with the United States on Wednesday after the Trump administration and many other nations in the region recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, a move that Maduro called
  
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• Rivals Maduro and Guaido vie for Venezuelan military backing

  27-01-2019 15:26
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- The struggle for control of Venezuela turned to the military Sunday, as supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido handed leaflets to soldiers detailing a proposed amnesty law that would protect them for helping overthrow President Nicolas Maduro. At the same time, Maduro demonstrated his might, wearing tan fatigues at military exercises. Flanked by his top brass, Maduro watched heavy artillery fired into a hillside and boarded an amphibious tank. Addressing soldiers in an
  
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• Search for Brazil dam survivors renews as death toll hits 58

  27-01-2019 14:26
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian rescue crews returned to mud-covered flats Sunday to resume the search for hundreds of people missing in the wake of a dam collapse after the operation was suspended for several hours over fears that a second dam was at risk of breach. The Civil Defence office in Minais Gerais state raised the confirmed death toll to 58, with up to 300 people still missing following the avalanche of iron ore waste from a mine Friday. Earlier Sunday, authorities stopped the search
  
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• Hundreds still missing after Brazil amid dam collapse

  27-01-2019 14:26
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian officials on Sunday resumed the search for hundreds of missing people in the wake of a massive dam collapse, with firefighter crews returning to mud-covered areas after a several-hour suspension over fears that a second dam was at risk of breach. Authorities evacuated several neighbourhoods in the southeastern city of Brumadinho that were within range of the B6 dam owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale. An estimated 24,000 people were told to get to higher gr
  
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• Brazil dam collapse: Risk of second breach brings halt to search for survivors

  27-01-2019 14:26
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian officials on Sunday suspended the search for potential survivors of a dam collapse that has killed at least 40 people amid fears that another nearby dam owned by the same company was also at risk of breaching. Authorities were evacuating several neighbourhoods in the southeastern city of Brumadinho that were within range of the B6 dam owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale. There was no immediate word on how many people were evacuated. "Leave here, this is at
  
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• NDP candidate doubles down on LNG opposition despite leader’s support

  27-01-2019 13:00
  OTTAWA -- NDP candidate Svend Robinson is standing firm in his opposition to any new oil and gas infrastructure, despite NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's support of the B.C. liquefied natural gas pipeline. "I oppose any new oil and gas infrastructure, including that particular one," Robinson told Evan Solomon when asked about the B.C. LNG project on an episode of CTV Question Period, airing Sunday. "We're probably going to have to leave a lot of the oil and gas in the ground if we're going to meet the
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett - Westport News

  27-01-2019 09:00 via westport-news.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett  Westport NewsSilvertips 9, Hurricanes 1. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. An Error Has Occurred. Signs. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality. Speed.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, January 26, 2019

  27-01-2019 07:44
  Bowen Byram scored the game-winning goal on a power play at 14:00 of the third period as the Vancouver Giants beat the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 on Saturday to extend their win streak to eight games in Western Hockey League play.
  
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• Silvertips rout Lethbridge 9-1 - The Seattle Times

  27-01-2019 07:28 via seattletimes.com
  Silvertips rout Lethbridge 9-1  The Seattle TimesZack Andrusiak had three goals and an assist as the Everett Silvertips smashed the Lethbridge Hurricanes 9-1 Saturday night at Angel of the Winds Arena.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett - Thehour.com

  27-01-2019 06:57 via thehour.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett  Thehour.comSilvertips 9, Hurricanes 1. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. Your Browser Is Not Supported. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality. Speed.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett - seattlepi.com

  27-01-2019 06:57 via seattlepi.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett  seattlepi.comSilvertips 9, Hurricanes 1. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. Your Browser Is Not Supported. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality. Speed.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett - Hastings Tribune

  27-01-2019 06:55 via hastingstribune.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Everett  Hastings TribuneSilvertips 9, Hurricanes 1. First Period. 1. Everett, Minulin 1 (Christiansen, Patterson) 14:33. advertisement. 2. Everett, Andrusiak 32 (Kindopp) 17:59. Penalties ...
  
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• Time running out for Okanagan ice wine producers

  27-01-2019 01:12
  Ice wine business in Canada worth an estimated $70 million per year.
  
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• 12 illegal immigrant workers at Trump golf course fired, lawyer says

  27-01-2019 00:59
  NEW YORK -- A dozen immigrant workers at one of U.S. President Donald Trump's golf clubs in New York who are in the U.S. illegally were fired this month even though managers had known about their legal status for years, a lawyer for the workers said Saturday. As the president railed during the partial government shutdown against immigrants coming into the country illegally, a manager at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County called a dozen immigrant workers into a room one by one Jan
  
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• 23-year-old Edmonton university hockey player dies after game in Calgary

  27-01-2019 00:54
  EDMONTON -- A university in Edmonton says one of its hockey players has died after playing in a game in Calgary. MacEwan University president Deborah Saucier says in a statement that Nakehko Lamothe, 23, "became unwell" after the game at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology on Friday. He was rushed to Calgary's Foothills Hospital, where he died just before midnight. Lamothe grew up in the Bigstone Cree Nation in Calling Lake, Alta., and was in his third season with the MacEwan Griffins.
  
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• Local sailing club holds anniversary event with first-ever indoor sailing practice

  27-01-2019 00:47
  A Calgary sailing group is celebrating a milestone year in 2019 and everyone is invited to participate and try their own hand at the sport. The Glenmore Sailing Club held an indoor sailing event at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Six boats were launched into SAIT’s pool and several large industrial fans were set up to give them some wind to get moving in the water. It was the first time the youth participants had ever gone out in the boats, b
  
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• Search on for Louisiana man suspected in 5 deaths

  27-01-2019 00:42
  NEW ORLEANS -- Authorities in Louisiana said they are searching for an "armed and dangerous" 21-year-old accused of killing his parents and three others in two separate but related shootings Saturday. Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre says Dakota Theriot is the "prime suspect" in the deaths of Keith, 50, and Elizabeth Theriot, 50, of Gonzales, his parents. They were shot in their trailer on Saturday morning. Deputies arrived at the scene and were able to interview one of the victims before bo
  
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• Youth injured in cooking fire in northwest Calgary

  27-01-2019 00:41
  A teenage boy was taken to hospital on Saturday afternoon after he was burned during a cooking incident in northwest Calgary. Firefighters were called to a home on Bermondsey Place N.W. at about 1:30 p.m. for reports of a kitchen fire. When they arrived, they learned that a teenage boy was cooking with vegetable oil when it suddenly boiled over. Some of the extremely hot liquid splashed onto him and left the boy severely burned. Police were called to escort the ambulance to the Alberta Children'
  
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