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• Cadets from 5 different agencies begin police training in Lethbridge

  28-01-2019 23:48
  Thirty-four cadets from five different law enforcement agencies were welcomed at the Lethbridge police station on Monday to mark the start of their training. Chris Chacon has the story.
  
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• Canadian energy firms’ financial results expected to reflect extreme Q4 oil price volatility

  28-01-2019 23:45
  Fourth-quarter results from Canada's biggest oil and gas companies will likely feature some surprises, as well as revisions to forward plans, given extreme volatility in commodity prices in the last three months of 2018, financial analysts say.
  
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• Cadets from 5 different agencies begin police training in Lethbridge - Global News

  28-01-2019 22:55
  Cadets from 5 different agencies begin police training in Lethbridge  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Thirty-four cadets from five different law enforcement agencies were welcomed at the Lethbridge police station on Monday to mark the start of ...
  
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• Medicine Hat man charged with murder after B.C. woman found dead in Bassano

  28-01-2019 22:49
  A 36-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in  connection with the death of a 24-year-old woman at a home in Bassano. According to RCMP, June Rose of Burnaby, B.C. was found dead inside a residence on the evening of Tuesday, January 22. Rose’s death was deemed suspicious and, on Friday, January 25, Chase Leland Hehr of Medicine Hat was charged in connection with her murder. Hehr remains in police custody and is scheduled to appear in Brooks Provincial Court on Wednes
  
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• Brooks-Medicine Hat UCP candidate who claimed church facing $50K in carbon tax issues correction

  28-01-2019 22:16
  UCP candidate Michaela Glasgo claimed her Medicine Hat church would face a $50,000 carbon tax bill in 2019, later clarifying the church's carbon tax bill is closer to $5,400.
  
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• FCC Young Farmers' Summit slated for Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2019 22:07
  FCC Young Farmers' Summit slated for Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE -- It's a summit for those under the age of 40 and is dubbed "Ignite".
  
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• ‘I can never escape the nightmare’: Families of Humboldt Broncos crash victims share impact statements

  28-01-2019 21:59
  Families of 29 people killed or injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash shared heart-wrenching stories of pain and anguish.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos tragedy: What happened, according to the agreed statement of facts

  28-01-2019 20:52
  Here’s what happened in the crash that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team, according to court documents.
  
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• Notley encouraged by industry interest in building new Alberta refinery

  28-01-2019 20:24
  CALGARY -- Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government has met with about a dozen companies about potentially building a new oil refinery. Last month the province invited the industry to pitch a brand new refinery or an expansion of an existing one -- as long as it uses Alberta-produced oil. Notley said at the time it was too early to provide specifics on what the province might offer in any construction deal. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 8. Notley told cabinet ministers in Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge's Boulet Family First to Read Victim Impact Statement at Broncos Bus Crash Hearing

  28-01-2019 20:22
  A sentencing hearing is underway in a Saskatchewan court for the man responsible in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April.
  
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• Premier Notley encouraged by industry interest in building new Alberta refinery

  28-01-2019 20:14
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government has met with about a dozen companies about potentially building a new oil refinery.
  
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• Welcome orientation sees police cadets from five different agencies begin training program

  28-01-2019 18:57
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – A packed audience at the Lethbridge Police Station on Monday morning (Jan. 28) saw 34 cadets – from five different agencies – take the first step towards making their dream of a career in policing a reality.
  This latest class of cadets in 2019 is the largest in recent LPS history and the first in the province where both police recruits and Community Peace Officer recruits will train side-by-side to earn their uniforms. 
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Moms re-entering the workforce & Canada’s new food guide

  28-01-2019 18:30
  According to data from the Harvard Business Review, stay-at-home moms are half as likely to land a job interview compared to moms who get laid off.
  
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• Police educate drivers about leaving unlocked vehicles running in cold weather

  28-01-2019 18:25
  A campaign that hopes to deter drivers from leaving unattended vehicles running in cold weather kicked off in Calgary on Monday and police say the initiative is making a difference. Operation Cold Start is in its third year and the program was started to deal with the high number of vehicles that are left unlocked and running in driveways and on city streets in the winter. “So a lot of people have the impression that they live in a quiet, suburban neighbourhood, but what we’re seeing
  
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• New Police Recruits & Lethbridge Community Peace Officers Begin Training

  28-01-2019 18:16
  
  
  Police cadets from five different agencies began 22 weeks of training Monday, including Lethbridge's new future Community Peace Officers.
  
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• Kingston youth facing terror charges held until at least next week

  28-01-2019 18:15
  OTTAWA -- A youth facing terrorism charges in Kingston, Ont., will be back in court next week, after his lawyer has had more time to study his case. The RCMP charged the youth last week, saying he tried to persuade someone to plant a bomb. He is charged with knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity and with counselling someone to use an explosive or other lethal device to cause death or serious bodily injury. The police, who began investigating in December following a tip from the FBI, say no
  
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• Man hurt in shooting and robbery at medicinal pot shop in Vancouver

  28-01-2019 18:07
  Vancouver police are searching for suspects after what they describe as a brazen robbery and shooting at a medicinal marijuana store on the city's east side. Sgt. Jason Robillard, a police spokesman, says in a release that two masked suspects entered Stepping Stone Holistic Living Store around 5 p.m. Sunday. Robillard says the pair made demands before one of them fired a gun, hitting a 32-year-old customer. He says the wounded Vancouver man was taken to hospital and will recover. The suspects fl
  
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• Lethbridge Man Who Sexually Assaulted Boys Has Sentencing Pushed Back

  28-01-2019 17:36
  33 year old Cody Black Forehead was in court last Friday. Sentencing has been delayed because of some discrepancies between the agreed statement of facts and a number of court-order reports.
  
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• Sentencing hearing underway for semi-truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 16:47
  A sentencing hearing is underway in Melfort, Sask., for the semi-truck driver who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos team bus hit semi running stop sign

  28-01-2019 16:47
  A sentencing hearing is underway in Melfort, Sask., for the semi-truck driver who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  
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• East Coast thieves make off with 'significant' cash - all in $1, $2 bills

  28-01-2019 16:16
  MONCTON, N.B. -- It was the opposite of a big-money theft. Thieves made off with what the RCMP say is a "significant quantity" of Canadian currency -- all in $1 and $2 bills -- from a collectibles store in Moncton, N.B. The bills, which went out of circulation decades ago when they were replaced by loonie and toonie coins, are still legal tender. But such denominations are rarely used, and the stolen notes are now drawing more attention than $100 bills in Moncton. The theft was discovered after
  
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• Sentencing hearing starts Monday for truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 15:59
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu of Calgary pleaded guilty earlier this month to all 29 counts of dangerous driving laid against him.
  
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• Sentencing hearing to start for Calgary truck driver involved in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 15:36
  A sentencing hearing for a Calgary truck driver who was involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos team bus last April gets underway in a Saskatchewan court on Monday. On April 6, the Humboldt Broncos bus and a transport truck collided on a Saskatchewan highway killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. The driver of the truck, Jaskirat Sidhu, 30, was charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 counts of dan
  
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• Sentencing hearing starts for Calgary truck driver involved in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  28-01-2019 15:36
  A sentencing hearing for a Calgary truck driver who was involved in a deadly crash with the Humboldt Broncos team bus last April gets underway in a Saskatchewan court on Monday. On April 6, the Humboldt Broncos bus and a transport truck collided on a Saskatchewan highway killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. The driver of the truck, Jaskirat Sidhu, 30, was charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Sidhu pleaded guilty to all 29 counts of dan
  
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• University apologizes after faculty members complain about students speaking Chinese

  28-01-2019 14:52
  DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University's medical school has issued an apology and launched a review after an administrator admonished students over speaking Chinese in a school building. Megan Neely, who served as graduate studies director in the biostatistics master's program, wrote an email Friday urging students to "commit to using English" in the building housing the program. She said in the message to an email list for the program's students that two faculty members came to her to complain about s
  
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• Presidential standoff may worsen Venezuelans' misery

  28-01-2019 14:36
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- The U.S. recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president is being touted by the Trump administration as the only way to restore the country's democracy. But as Elizabeth Pineda was stocking up on staples Sunday at a sidewalk market near a Caracas slum, she was bracing for things to get a lot worse, not better. A retired secretary, Pineda survives on a monthly pension of just 18,000 bolivars, or about $6. She supplements her income working as an
  
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• Ancient wine cellars discovered in Egypt's Nile Delta

  28-01-2019 14:08
  CAIRO -- Archeologists have found wine cellars dating back to the Greco-Roman period in Egypt's Nile Delta. The Antiquities Ministry says Monday that the excavations took place in Tel Kom al Trogy, north of Cairo, an area known for producing fine wines in antiquity. There was no wine found in the storage galleries. Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, says the storage rooms were built out of mud-brick with irregularly shaped limestone blocks inside, apparently
  
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• Pope reaffirms priest celibacy but makes case for exception

  28-01-2019 13:46
  Pope Francis is ruling out any lifting of the celibacy requirement for priests but says there's reason to consider ordaining older, married men in remote communities where priests are in short supply. Francis said he believes priestly celibacy is a gift for the Catholic Church and opposes a blanket change to make it optional. But he said "pastoral necessity" might justify alternative options in certain parts of the world. "I think the problem should be opened in this sense: Where there's a pasto
  
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• Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba; 3 dead, 172 hurt

  28-01-2019 13:20
  HAVANA -- A tornado and pounding rains smashed into Cuba's capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the storm cut a path of destruction across eastern Havana. Power was cut to many areas and President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday at least three people were killed and 172 injured. Julio Menendez, a 33-year-old restaurant worker, said his neighbourhood in Havana's 10 de Octubre municipality looked "like a horror movie." "From o
  
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• 'Like a horror movie': Deaths as tornado strikes Cuba

  28-01-2019 13:20
  HAVANA -- A tornado and pounding rains smashed into the eastern part of Cuba's capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the storm cut a path of destruction across eastern Havana. Power was cut to many areas and President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday at least three people were killed and 172 injured. Julio Menendez, a 33-year-old restaurant worker said Havana's 10 de Octubre borough "looks like a horror movie." "From one momen
  
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• Michael Jackson family condemns new documentary on accusers

  28-01-2019 13:12
  LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's family members said Monday that they are "furious" that two men who accuse him of sexually abusing them as boys have received renewed attention because of a new documentary about them. The family released a statement denouncing "Leaving Neverland," a documentary film featuring Jackson accusers Wade Robson and James Safechuck that premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival and is set to air in the spring on HBO and the U.K.'s Channel 4. "Michael always turne
  
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• Heavy snow and bitter cold in Environment Canada's forecast for Ontario

  28-01-2019 11:52
  TORONTO -- The Environment Canada forecast says Ontario is in for a blast of heavy winter weather today. Snowfall warnings, and special weather advisories have been issued for most areas of the province. A weather system moving from west to east is expected to dump five to 15 centimetres of snow across the region starting this morning. As much as 25 centimetres could fall on parts of the Greater Toronto Area. Winds gusting to 50 kph are expected to blow the snow around, making for treacherous dr
  
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• U.K. leader under new pressure to secure EU Brexit concessions

  28-01-2019 10:57
  LONDON -- Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown this week. Lawmakers threw out May's Brexit deal two weeks ago and will debate and vote Tuesday on competing plans for what to do next about Britain's impending departure from the bloc. May insists her agreement can still win parliament's backing, if it is tweaked to alleviate concerns about a provision for the Irish border
  
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• With an election on the horizon, MPs begin historic sitting in West Block

  28-01-2019 10:27
  OTTAWA – Members of Parliament are making history this morning, taking their seats and beginning debate in the new House of Commons inside the renovated West Block. The sitting got underway at 11 a.m. with debate on a private members' motion M-207, which calls on the House to recognize May 5 as Dutch Heritage Day.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics news Scroll down or click here to recap the first day inside West Block.Not only is the sitting historic -
  
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• Duterte visits site of fatal bombings, Abu Sayyaf suspected

  28-01-2019 08:58
  MANILA, Philippines -- President Rodrigo Duterte and his top security officials on Monday visited a Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines where suspected Islamic militants set off bombs that killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100. The first blast sent people, some of them wounded, fleeing out the church's main door. Army troops and police were rushing inside when the second bomb exploded a minute later. The explosions scattered wooden pews inside the main hall, blasted out
  
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• Toll climbs as firefighters search mud after Brazil dam collapse

  28-01-2019 06:17
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian firefighters on Monday carefully moved over treacherous mud, sometimes walking, sometimes crawling, in search of survivors or bodies, four days after a dam collapse buried mine buildings and surrounding neighbourhoods with iron ore waste. The confirmed death toll rose to 60, with 292 people still missing according to the Minas Gerais state fire department. In an ominous sign, nobody was recovered alive Sunday, a stark difference from the first two days of the disa
  
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• Searchers probe deep mud from Brazil dam breach; 65 dead

  28-01-2019 06:17
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers poked sticks into treacherous mud Monday looking for bodies as pressure mounted on the mining company responsible for a dam that burst and spilled a flood of iron ore waste. By late in the day, the death toll rose to 65, with 279 people still missing, said Lt. Col. Flavio Godinho of the civil defence department in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. In a sign of the risks posed by the deep mud, Col. Alexandre Ferreira, a
  
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• Rescuers search in deep mud after Brazil dam breach, 65 dead

  28-01-2019 06:17
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian firefighters and Israeli rescue workers carefully moved Monday over treacherous mud -- sometimes walking, sometimes crawling -- during their search for survivors or bodies following a dam collapse that buried buildings for an iron ore mining complex and inundated nearby neighbourhoods with ore waste. The death toll rose to 65, with 279 people still missing, said. Lt. Col. Flavio Godinho of the civil defence department in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, whe
  
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• Brazil firefighters search mud after dam collapse, 60 dead

  28-01-2019 06:17
  BRUMADINHO, Brazil -- Brazilian firefighters moved over treacherous mud -- sometimes walking, sometimes crawling -- as they searched Monday for survivors or bodies following a dam collapse that buried an iron ore mining company's buildings and inundated nearby neighbourhoods with ore waste. The confirmed death toll rose to 60, with 292 people still missing, according to the fire department in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, where the dam is located. In an ominous sign, no one was recover
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, January 27, 2019

  28-01-2019 05:44
  Riley Fiddler-Schultz had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Hitmen defeated the Kootenay ICE 4-1 on Sunday for their second win in a row in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland - Jacksonville Journal-Courier

  28-01-2019 05:24
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland  Jacksonville Journal-CourierWinterhawks 3, Hurricanes 0. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. Your Browser Is Not Supported. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality.
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland - San Francisco Chronicle

  28-01-2019 05:18
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland  San Francisco ChronicleWinterhawks 3, Hurricanes 0 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Hanas Por (embellishment) 3:44; Leschyshyn Let (hooking) 3:44; Ross Let (tripping) 5:23; ...
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland - Huron Daily Tribune

  28-01-2019 05:16
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Portland  Huron Daily TribuneWinterhawks 3, Hurricanes 0. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. Your Browser Is Not Supported. Speed. Normal. Quality. Auto. Quality.
  
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• Alberta pot stores raise supply concerns amid AGLC plan to issue 10 new licences

  28-01-2019 02:45
  Some Alberta cannabis stores are expressing supply concerns after the provincial regulator announced plans to issue 10 new retail licences.
  
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• Army reserve soldiers take part in military exercises in Lethbridge

  28-01-2019 02:02
  Military exercises like these happen several times a year, allowing soldiers to maintain the proper training for possible deployment.
  
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• Teenager hurt in cooking fire suffered extensive third-degree burns

  28-01-2019 01:40
  The community is coming together for the family of a Calgary youth who was severely injured in a grease fire on Saturday afternoon. Riley Smith, 15, was with his mother while she was cooking with hot oil on their stove inside their home in Beddington at about 3:30 p.m. She ended up getting distracted and the pot got too hot. By the time she managed to remove the hot oil, it was too late; the oil burst into flame. She tried to smother the flaming pot with a towel before leaving it to get a fire e
  
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• University of Calgary studying relationships built during spinal cord injury rehab

  28-01-2019 01:27
  The study looks to understand the relationship between those who survive spinal injuries and the people who care for them.
  
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• Former Starbucks chair Howard Schultz considering U.S. presidential run

  28-01-2019 01:25
  SEATTLE -- For a businessman who grew a small coffee roaster into an inescapable global chain, who ensured that even his part-time workers had benefits and who has given about $150,000 to Democratic campaigns, former Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz is generating tepid -- or even hostile -- responses within the party as he weighs a presidential bid in 2020. That's partly because -- as Schultz told "60 Minutes" on Sunday -- he's considering running as an independent, a prospect many worry could
  
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• House listed for less than $1M shows Vancouver's softening market

  28-01-2019 01:17
  It has a grungy pink bathtub, worn out hardwood floors and tiles falling off the exterior, but a house in Vancouver is attracting lots of attention. That’s because it’s listed for less than $1 million, a psychological barrier in a city where out-of-control real estate prices are finally starting to fall. In fact, the two-bedroom home in Vancouver’s East Side was originally listed at $1.2 million but didn’t attract any offers. “In December, we saw that the market had
  
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• Army reserve soldiers take part in military exercises in Lethbridge - Global News

  28-01-2019 01:02
  Army reserve soldiers take part in military exercises in Lethbridge  Global NewsArmy reserve soldiers from the 20th Independent Field Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery conducted military training exercises in Lethbridge on Sunday.
  
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