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• Legal experts say judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements

  30-01-2019 23:37
  One legal expert said a large number of statements as in the Humboldt Broncos case is rare, but it speaks to the impact of the crime, which is relevant.
  
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• ‘We don’t want to curtail for any length of time’: Notley

  30-01-2019 23:14
  Wed, Jan 30: Speaking in Calgary Wednesday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley discusses the future of her province’s curtailment on oil production.
  
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• Alberta increases oil production for February and March

  30-01-2019 22:54
  The Notley government has announced it will be increasing the amount of oil produced in Alberta after just a month of a curtailment plan that saw a decrease in production by 325,000 barrels per day. The change is because of storage levels in Alberta dropping ahead of schedule. They dropped by about one million barrels per week since the start of the year. As a result, the NDP government will be increasing production in February and March to 3.63 million barrels per day, up from January’s l
  
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• Alberta eases oil production cap by 75K barrels per day

  30-01-2019 22:37
  The Alberta government announced Wednesday it was increasing the oil production curtailment limit for February and March to 3.63 million barrels a day.
  
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• Parks Canada Seeking Input on Future of Rocky Mountain National Parks

  30-01-2019 22:15
  You can have your say on the development of management plans for five national parks bordering B.C. and Alberta.
  
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• New Downtown Lethbridge Watch Program Hitting Streets in April

  30-01-2019 22:03
  
  
  A recruiting drive for watch volunteers will start in mid-February with the recently approved new downtown safety initiative starting in April.
  
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• Calgary man wins $1M in December Lotto Max draw

  30-01-2019 21:14
  A Calgary man is a million dollars richer thanks to a draw in early December, lottery officials say. Alan Facey won big on one of the 42 Maxmillions draws on December 7. He says he learned about his win when he was checking a number of tickets using the Western Canada Lottery Corporation mobile app. “One ticket won a free play, another won $20; when I scanned this ticket, I had to do a double-take,” he said in a release. “I saw all of these zeroes; I had to check the ticket aga
  
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• Lethbridge College unveils soil donation - Farms.com

  30-01-2019 21:06
  Lethbridge College unveils soil donation  Farms.comBy Diego Flammini Staff Writer Farms.com. An Alberta school displayed a federal donation to the public for the first time on Tuesday. Lethbridge College ...
  
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• Two men taken to hospital after fall from roof in city’s southeast

  30-01-2019 20:47
  EMS transported two men to hospital from the McKenzie Lake area on Wednesday morning after they fell from the roof of a residence. Emergency crews were called to a property near Mt. McKenzie Drive S.E. just before 10:00 a.m. EMS officials confirm that two men fell off the roof of a home in the area. They were both transported to hospital in serious condition. Police and OHS officials are investigating.
  
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• Pro Life Organization Requests Review of City Decision to Remove Controversial Ads

  30-01-2019 20:42
  The Lethbridge and District Pro-Life Association (LPL) is hoping the court system can change the City of Lethbridge's mind about posting ads that have to do with abortion.
  
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• Police seek witnesses to weekend dog attack in northeast Calgary

  30-01-2019 20:32
  Calgary police are looking for witnesses to a dog attack on Sunday that sent a woman to hospital. Officials say on January 27, at about 11:40 a.m. a woman in her 60s was walking near 88 Avenue and 52 Street N.E. when she was confronted by a large black dog. The woman tried to get away from the animal, but ended up falling to the ground. Once the victim was down, the dog began to attack. Two other dogs soon joined in, biting the woman several times before they were scared off by a number of witne
  
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• Blood Tribe Police Looking For Man Wanted For Youth Sex Assault

  30-01-2019 20:21
  24 year old Charles Soop has failed to show up for court and Blood Tribe Police say a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
  
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• Former premier Jim Prentice’s portrait to go up at legislature

  30-01-2019 20:16
  Prentice was Alberta's 16th premier when he was chosen by Progressive Conservative party members to be their leader in September 2014.
  
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• Woman Accused of Dog Cruelty Has Case Adjourned Again

  30-01-2019 20:09
  59 year old April Dawn Irving remains behind bars at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre. On Wednesday she had the case adjourned to February 5th.
  
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• The most romantic restaurants in Calgary 2019

  30-01-2019 19:55
  If you’re looking to treat your sweetheart to a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner it seems you should make a reservation in Calgary.  
  
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• Woman accused in animal cruelty case back in court next week

  30-01-2019 19:49
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A 59-year-old woman, facing 13 counts of cruelty to animals, one count of causing suffering to animals and failure to appear in court has now retained a legal-aid lawyer.
  As April Dawn Irving appeared via CCTV from Lethbridge Correctional Centre, she asked provincial court judge Eric Peterson about medical concerns but didn't specify what they were, and also asked about head coverings inside the jail.
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• Exhibition Park announces new StagEX Music Festival for this year's Whoop-Up Days

  30-01-2019 19:32
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – The 2019 version of Whoop-Up Days is going to look a little bit different than years past.
  Exhibition Park announced on Wednesday, Jan. 30, that the StagEX Music Festival will be coming to Whoop-Up Days, and the festival will mark a multi-year commitment by Exhibition Park to build a unique tourism property designed not only attract local guests but visitors from all over Western Canada.
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• Family of man who died in Ontario jail launches lawsuit against province, guards

  30-01-2019 19:07
  TORONTO -- The family of a man who died at an Ontario jail is suing the province and guards at the facility, alleging corrections officers used excessive force that ultimately killed the 30-year-old. Soleiman Faqiri's relatives claim a key eye witness has come forward and provided information that indicates correctional officers were allegedly responsible for his death. Faqiri, who had schizophrenia, died while awaiting a transfer from the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, Ont., to a
  
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• Four charged in connection with Calgary fentanyl bust

  30-01-2019 19:06
  Charges have been laid against four Calgarians in connection with sting on a fentanyl lab that took place earlier this month in Forest Lawn. Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team’s Calgary organized crime team moved in on a fentanyl lab operating in a detached garage at 1329 37 Street S.E. on January 18, 2019. Authorities were originally notified about the existence of the lab back in November 2018 thanks to a tip from the public. With assistance from the Calgary Police Serv
  
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• Bus Service Now Operating in Country Meadows in West Lethbridge

  30-01-2019 19:05
  Route 37 has been expanded to accommodate service into the Country Meadows area on the west side.
  
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• Apple busts Facebook for distributing data-sucking app

  30-01-2019 19:04
  NEW YORK -- Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. The tech blog TechCrunch reports that Facebook paid about US$20 a month. While Facebook says this was done with permission, the company has a history of defining "permission" loosely and obscuring what data it collects. Facebook says fewer than 5 per cent of the app's users were teens and they had parental permission. Nonetheless, the revelation is y
  
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• Plan to buy more fighter jets puts Canada on hook for bigger share of F-35 costs

  30-01-2019 19:02
  OTTAWA -- Canada is being forced to shoulder a bigger share of the costs of developing F-35 fighter jets even though it has not decided whether it will actually buy any. Canada is one of nine partner countries in the F-35 project, each of which is required to cover a portion of the stealth fighter's multibillion-dollar development costs to stay at the table.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics newsEach country pays based on the number of F-35s it's expecting t
  
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• Calgary police charge stepfather with assault of 4-year-old girl

  30-01-2019 18:36
  Police have charged a Calgary man in connection with the assault of his four-year-old stepdaughter.
  
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• 4-year-old Calgary girl suffers ‘catastrophic brain injury,’ stepfather charged with assault

  30-01-2019 18:36
  Police have charged a Calgary man in connection with horrific injuries his four-year-old stepdaughter suffered in the spring of 2018.
  
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• Suspect in Banff home invasion turns himself in to RCMP

  30-01-2019 18:31
  Police in Banff have arrested a 34-year-old man who was wanted in connection to a home invasion in the community earlier this month. On January 23, a man broke into a residence in the town and attacked the homeowner with a pipe wrench. Police say the victim and suspect were known to each other and a warrant was issued for Ryan Wilson in connection to the incident. On Tuesday, Wilson turned himself in to police at the Canmore RCMP detachment, where he was arrested. Police say exposure to the stor
  
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• Health Canada 'dead wrong' to OK weedkiller glyphosate, American lawyers say

  30-01-2019 18:26
  OTTAWA -- American lawyers who successfully sued the makers of the glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup on behalf of a man dying of cancer say Canada is "dead wrong" to allow it to be widely used here. Los Angeles-based lawyers Michael Baum and Brent Wisner were part of the team that secured a multi-million-dollar verdict against Bayer AG on behalf of a former groundskeeper who believes his terminal cancer is a result of years of exposure to the herbicide glyphosate in Roundup. The two are in Can
  
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• Widow of Humboldt Broncos coach offers semi driver forgiveness: ‘We’ve all made mistakes’

  30-01-2019 18:22
  'We choose to honour [Darcy’s] memory by extending the grace, compassion and forgiveness that he would have offered to you.'
  
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• ALERT Dismantles Calgary Fentanyl Lab; Four Arrested

  30-01-2019 18:15
  Police have seized a pill press, chemical powders and nearly one thousand suspected fentanyl pills after a large bust in Calgary.
  
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• Stepfather charged with assault involving four-year-old child

  30-01-2019 17:58
  The stepfather of a child who was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries last March has been charged with aggravated assault. Police were contacted on March 11, 2018 after a four-year-old child was taken to hospital in critical condition by her mother. The child’s condition was later upgraded to serious but the injuries she received are life-changing. “It was a, I would call it a catastrophic brain injury,” said Staff Sergeant John Guigon of the Calgary Police Service
  
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• Step-father charged with assault involving four-year-old child

  30-01-2019 17:58
  The step-father of a child who was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries last March has been charged with aggravated assault. Police were contacted on March 11, 2018 after a four-year-old child was taken to hospital in critical condition by her mother. The child’s condition was later upgraded to serious but the injuries she received were believed to be life-altering. According to police, the child’s step-father was the only adult in the home when the child was injured. The
  
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• Surprise arrival of Russia plane to Venezuela fuels intrigue

  30-01-2019 17:46
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- In a nation awash with rumours amid a government crisis in which two men have claimed Venezuela's presidency, even the unexpected arrival of a Russian passenger jet can set off a social media frenzy. The Boeing 777 belonging to Russia's Nordwind Airlines arrived Monday night and could still be seen Wednesday on the tarmac at Maiquetia airport outside the capital, its presence sparking unproven claims that President Nicolas Maduro's administration is looking to whisk what's
  
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• Lethbridge Exhibition Park Focusing on 'EX'tras During 2019

  30-01-2019 17:43
  
  
  A number of extras planned at Exhibition Park this year including extra security at Whoop-Up Days, a new Family Day at the annual summer fair, and a music festival.
  
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• Sentencing hearing for semi-truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash enters 3rd day

  30-01-2019 17:25
  The sentencing hearing for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who pleaded guilty to 29 charges of dangerous driving in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, entered its third day.
  
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• Feds unveil plan to tackle fake news, interference in 2019 election

  30-01-2019 17:06
  OTTAWA -- The federal government has unveiled a series of new measures aimed at further shoring up Canada's electoral system from foreign interference, and enhancing Canada's readiness to defend the democratic process from cyber threats and disinformation. One key measure is a new plan to inform Canadians about serious meddling attempts during the campaign in an impartial way. The objective is to have a plan to inform people if needed, without being seen to be interfering in the campaign.Sign up
  
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• 'Don't suffer in silence' Canadian first responders speak out on Bell Let's Talk Day

  30-01-2019 16:15
  Canadian first responders are engaging in mental health discussions today in support of Bell Let’s Talk Day. Front line workers like paramedics, police and other emergency service workers are not immune to their own challenges with mental health though they are often considered to be especially resilient. But serving and protecting Canadians also means taking care of themselves. For many Toronto Police officers, part of that self-care has been attending a weekly support and therapy group c
  
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• Volunteer group will patrol downtown Lethbridge starting this spring

  30-01-2019 16:11
  Lethbridge city councillors are hoping the launch of a new downtown patrol group will help citizens feel safer.
  
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• Police investigate after man hit by train in downtown Calgary

  30-01-2019 15:28
  A man was taken to Foothills Medical Centre after he was hit by a CP train in the city’s downtown early Wednesday morning. Emergency crews were called to the tracks near 1 Street S.W., between 9th and 10th Avenue, at about 1:10 a.m. Police say the man lost his arm in the incident and the investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Prosecutor questions investigation in police 'Russian roulette' shooting death

  30-01-2019 14:54
  The St. Louis prosecutor is raising concerns about whether police tried to block drug and alcohol testing of two on-duty officers following the fatal shooting of Officer Katlyn Alix. Alix was off-duty and with two on-duty male officers at an apartment early Thursday. Charging documents say Officer Nathaniel Hendren and Alix were taking turns pulling the trigger of a gun loaded with one bullet while pointing it at each other when Alix was shot in the chest. Hendren is charged with involuntary man
  
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• Trump pushes back on intelligence assessment of North Korea

  30-01-2019 13:40
  WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is lashing out after top U.S. national security officials told Congress that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal as promised. Trump tweeted Wednesday that the relationship with North Korea "is the best it has ever been with the U.S." He points to a halt in nuclear and missile tests by North Korea, the return of some U.S. service members' remains and the release of Americans once detained there as signs of progress. Still, National Int
  
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• 'They are wrong!' Trump disputes intelligence chiefs

  30-01-2019 13:40
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at his intelligence chiefs on Wednesday after they told Congress that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. "Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump tweeted. Democratic lawmakers serving on Congress' intelligence committees accused Trump of undermining U.S. intelligence professionals. At a hearing Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said intelligence i
  
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• Canadians, celebrities get an early start on Bell Let's Talk Day

  30-01-2019 12:31
  The annual Bell Let's Talk Day began Wednesday with social media users starting the conversation on ending the stigma around mental health at the stroke of midnight. Actor William Shatner was one of the first to tweet his support, followed by Canadian singers Jann Arden and Celine Dion. Bell, which owns CTV, is donating 5 cents for each text message, mobile and long-distance call and social media mention made by Bell Canada, Bell Aliant and Bell MTS customers before midnight on January 31st. The
  
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• Families of Humboldt victims want to hear from truck driver himself: ‘I want to know why’

  30-01-2019 12:20
  The last of 75 victim impact statements are to be submitted in court Wednesday
  
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• Winnipeg Ice begin battle for share in city’s hockey market

  30-01-2019 12:00
  With the Kootney Ice on their way to Winnipeg, it becomes the only city besides Toronto that has all three major hockey leagues.
  
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• Canadian fertility clinic reports 180% increase in elective egg freezing

  30-01-2019 12:00
  Starting a family later in life comes with the risk of increased infertility, which is one reason there's been a huge spike in the number of women freezing their eggs.
  
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• Trump says 'wall' must be part of lawmakers' border deal

  30-01-2019 11:42
  HL:Trump says 'wall' must be part of lawmakers' border deal@ By Andrew Taylor And Alan Fram@ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS@ WASHINGTON -- Capitol Hill negotiators are hopeful of an agreement as they officially kick off talks Wednesday on a homeland security spending bill stalled over funding for U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed border wall. Left on their own, the seasoned House and Senate lawmakers say they could easily reach a border security deal as they have for two years in a row. But whether T
  
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• UCP to hold Lethbridge East nomination Feb. 9 - Lethbridge Herald

  30-01-2019 11:39
  UCP to hold Lethbridge East nomination Feb. 9  Lethbridge HeraldDave Mabell Lethbridge Herald [email protected] The United Conservative Party has announced a Feb. 9 nomination date for the Lethbridge ...
  
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• Sixties Scoop exhibit coming to Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  30-01-2019 11:39
  Sixties Scoop exhibit coming to Lethbridge  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald Southern Albertans will soon have an opportunity to learn more about the Sixties Scoop. A public awareness event, launched this month in.
  
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• Canadians in the west, more than those in the east, say Ottawa does not treat them fairly: poll

  30-01-2019 11:00
  A new Angus Reid Institute poll has key implications for national political parties as they campaign to build the kind of broad national coalition that can not only win government, but can be seen to be governing in the interest of all Canadians.
  
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• Mother of athletic therapist on Broncos bus can't erase daughter's last moments

  30-01-2019 10:37
  MELFORT, Sask. -- The mother of the athletic therapist for the Humboldt Broncos says she is tormented by thoughts of her daughter's last moments on the hockey team's bus before it collided with a semi truck. Carol Brons told court that she was looking forward to one day walking her daughter Dayna down the aisle at her wedding. Instead, she had to walk down the aisle with her coffin at her funeral.Click to read the complete agreed statement of facts RCMP forensic collision report in the Humboldt
  
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• 'I want to know why': Broncos families want to hear why trucker didn't stop

  30-01-2019 10:37
  MELFORT, Sask. -- Several family members of those killed and injured in the Humboldt Broncos crash say they still have one big question: Why? They want to know why a semi-truck driver barreled through a stop sign at a rural Saskatchewan intersection and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus. They also want to hear from the driver himself. "All he had to do was stop," says Scott Thomas of Saskatoon, whose 18-year-old son Evan died in the collision. "I want to know why. That would be a hug
  
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