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• New research hoping to improve health outcomes for the Indigenous population

  31-01-2019 23:55
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – A three-year research project has been launched by Alberta Health Services (AHS) designed to better assist Indigenous people to navigate the health system in order to improve patient outcomes and address health inequities between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations.
  The Indigenous Patient Navigation Model: A Novel Approach is being co-designed by AHS teams and numerous Indigenous stakeholders.
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• Blackfoot Dene Painter Named Alberta’s First Artist in Residence

  31-01-2019 23:43
  Edmonton’s Lauren Crazybull has been named the province’s and Canada’s first Artist in Residence.
  
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• CPA expands free Saturday parking to select areas of downtown and the Beltline

  31-01-2019 23:31
  Drivers have additional free on-street parking options on Saturdays following the Calgary Parking Authority’s mandated decision to remove the fees in nine select areas scattered throughout downtown and the Beltline. The CPA reviewed its rates for 143 parking areas and elected to, effective January 1, 2019:Decrease 58 of its rates by $0.25 Leave 80 rates as is Increase five of its rates by $0.25The price adjustments reflect parking demand determined by data collected through the ParkPlus sy
  
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• 2014 oil price crash to blame for Canada’s slow wage growth: Bank of Canada official

  31-01-2019 23:23
  A top Bank of Canada official says the lingering effects of the 2014 oil-price crash should take some of the blame for the country's disappointing wage gains - but she argues it's just one of many reasons.
  
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• 2 more Alberta gymnastics coaches suspended after complaints

  31-01-2019 23:08
  The wife and daughter of a suspended gymnastics coach also face suspension after an internal investigation by the sport's governing body in Canada.
  
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• Man wanted in connection to Surrey stabbing, arrested in Edmonton

  31-01-2019 22:49
  Anhad Virk, 21, remains in custody in Edmonton, Alberta.
  
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• Skiers caught in avalanche in Glacier National Park

  31-01-2019 21:56
  Officials say two members of a group of three skiers were caught in an avalanche while they were ascending Ursus Major, a mountain in Glacier National Park earlier this week. Parks Mountain Safety wrote on its Facebook page that the group was climbing the ‘Christmas Couloir’ on the southeast face of the peak on January 29 when the leading member triggered a slide when he reached the top of the ridge. The other two skiers were caught in the avalanche, that was about 100m wide, and swe
  
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• Immunizations up, influenza infection and hospitalization rates in South Health Zone down significantly

  31-01-2019 21:52
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - More people in the south health zone are getting immunized against this year's flu strains, and that may be part of what accounts for comparatively low infection, hospitalization and death rates this year.
  In the south health zone, nearly 95,000 people have been vaccinated this flu season, compared with just over 92,000 in 2017/18 and about 88,000 in 2015/16.
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• Sentencing Hearing Wraps Up in Humboldt Broncos Fatal Bus Crash

  31-01-2019 21:09
  The man who was responsible for the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash told the families of those killed Thursday that he takes full responsibility and he's "so, so, so, so sorry."
  
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• Video captures moose narrowly avoid vehicles after slipping across Edmonton freeway

  31-01-2019 21:07
  It isn't just drivers trying to navigate slick road in Edmonton; a moose captured on video earlier this week was nearly hit by a vehicle after slipping and falling on a busy city freeway.
  
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• Report says Ottawa paid too much for Trans Mountain

  31-01-2019 21:04
  A budget report released on Thursday says that the Liberal government overpaid for the Trans Mountain pipeline and stands to lose billions if construction doesn’t move forward soon. The review, conducted by the Parliamentary Budget Office, estimates the existing line and future expansion project are worth between $3.6 and $4.6B. Ottawa paid $4.4B for Trans Mountain in August 2018 after it failed to find another private-sector buyer for the pipeline, Trans Mountain Expansion project and rel
  
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• Humboldt Broncos case: Loose tarp distracted semi-driver before crash, lawyer says

  31-01-2019 20:57
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's lawyer says his client was distracted by a tarp flapping off the back of his truck when he blew through a stop sign and collided with the Humboldt Broncos bus.
  
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• More sexual assault charges laid against Airdrie massage therapist

  31-01-2019 20:32
  An Airdrie massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting a client is facing additional charges.
  
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• Judge Hands Lethbridge Woman Five Years For Dealing Carfentanil

  31-01-2019 20:32
  27 year old Samantha Hattersley was given a lengthy prison sentence for trafficking the deadly elephant tranquilizer drug, carfentanil.
  
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• Startled moose slip n’ slides across Edmonton highway

  31-01-2019 20:22
  Residents of Edmonton are used to seeing moose wander around their neighborhood, but on January 29 some drivers were met with quite the surprise as a moose tried to cross the busy Anthony Henday Drive.
  
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• More charges laid against Airdrie massage therapist

  31-01-2019 20:17
  Airdrie RCMP say more victims have come forward with allegations of sexual assault by a massage therapist, resulting in more charges being laid in the case. Upendra Bhatt, 60, was first charged last month after a woman who went to Blossoms Massage and Spa on September 22 claimed he touched her in an inappropriate manner during the session. Bhatt, the co-owner of the business, was charged with one count of sexual assault following an investigation. Police say since that time, two more victims hav
  
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• Alberta sledder presumed dead after falling through frozen lake in Yukon

  31-01-2019 19:50
  A 36-year-old Alberta man is missing and presumed dead after falling through a remote lake in Yukon, located northwest of Whitehorse, Monday night.
  
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• Sentencing For Lethbridge Duo Caught Selling Stolen Property Online

  31-01-2019 19:11
  Megan Laube & Daniel Chrysler, both of Lethbridge, were sentenced in provincial court this week for selling stolen property from the Taber area online.
  
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• Toronto man found guilty of killing, dismembering woman

  31-01-2019 19:06
  TORONTO -- A Toronto man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a woman whose dismembered remains were found behind a butcher shop. Ian Ohab had admitted he cut up Melissa Cooper's body nearly three years ago but said she died of a drug overdose in his apartment. He pleaded guilty to causing indignity to a body but not guilty to second-degree murder. Jurors deliberated for roughly eight hours before returning with their decision. Cooper's relatives burst into tears and hug
  
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• Pelosi says Trump not paying heed to intelligence advisers

  31-01-2019 18:50
  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump hasn't paid attention to warnings from his own administration about threats posed by North Korea, Iran and other countries. Pelosi says U.S. intelligence officials were "courageous" in speaking "truth to power" by contradicting Trump to Congress. She says she's dismayed that, in her words, Trump "just doesn't seem to have the attention span or the desire to hear what the intelligence community has been telling him." Trump lashed
  
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• Key fobs won’t work near an Alberta grocery store – and no one knows why

  31-01-2019 18:50
  Some drivers can't lock or unlock their vehicles using key fobs when parking near an Alberta grocery store, and no one knows why.
  
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• Day after slamming his intel chiefs, Trump says they're now on 'same page'

  31-01-2019 18:50
  WASHINGTON -- A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course Thursday and said that he and the intelligence community "are all on the same page." Trump met with his director of national intelligence and other top security officials in the Oval Office and said afterward that they told him their testimony at a Senate hearing had been "mischaracterized" by the news media. House Speaker Nancy
  
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• Program reductions and pool closure date at YMCA Stafford Branch announced

  31-01-2019 18:31
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – With construction on the Cor Van Raay YMCA at the ATB Centre moving steadily along, the decommissioning plan for the downtown Stafford branch has been revealed.
  Officials at the branch outlined their plans during an all-staff meeting of the administration of the YMCA on Wednesday, Jan. 31.
  A branch closure date for the Stafford facility is still being determined, so when the opening date for the Cor Van Raay YMCA has been announced, th
  
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• 'So, so, so, so, sorry:' Truck driver in Broncos crash apologizes to families

  31-01-2019 18:23
  MELFORT, Sask. - The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he takes full responsibility for the collision that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. "It happened because of my lack of experience and I'm so, so, so, so sorry," Jaskirat Singh Sidhu said as he stood and faced the victims' families in a Melfort, Sask., courtroom on Thursday.Click to read the complete agreed statement of factsSidhu told the families he can't imagine what they are going through and reali
  
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• Crown wants truck driver sentenced to 10 years in Broncos crash

  31-01-2019 18:23
  MELFORT, Sask. - The truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he takes full responsibility for the collision that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. "It happened because of my lack of experience and I'm so, so, so, so sorry," Jaskirat Singh Sidhu said as he stood and faced the victims' families in a Melfort, Sask., courtroom on Thursday.Click to read the complete agreed statement of factsSidhu told the families he can't imagine what they are going through and reali
  
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• Push for study of coerced sterilization intensifies on Parliament Hill

  31-01-2019 18:12
  OTTAWA - A Commons committee will hear today from senior government officials about the coerced sterilization of women in Canada as MPs face increasing calls for a deeper study of the issue. NDP health critic Don Davies says he wants to see a close examination of the "profoundly disturbing issue," adding the country has yet to learn the extent of the problem.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics newsThe Commons health committee is to question officials from thr
  
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• Coerced sterilizations not only an Indigenous concern, Commons committee hears

  31-01-2019 18:12
  OTTAWA -- Indigenous women are probably not the only ones who have been coerced into being sterilized without wanting to be, an assistant deputy minister at Health Canada told the House of Commons' health committee Thursday. Abby Hoffman stressed that she did not want to suggest anything about the scale of the issue, but also said it's not hard to imagine a woman with an addiction or a mental illness agreeing to be sterilized after being presented with the option in a way that didn't get her gen
  
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• 6 cold weather myths you should not believe

  31-01-2019 18:10
  Here are six common winter cold myths debunked.
  
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• King Tut tomb restored to prevent damage from visitors

  31-01-2019 17:55
  LUXOR, Egypt -- The tomb of Egypt's famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun has undergone restoration to help minimize damage by tourists. The work, done by the Getty Conservation Institute after years of research and officially presented Thursday, aims to minimize scratches, dust damage and microbiological growth from breath and humidity brought in by tourists. The nearly intact tomb of King Tut, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings
  
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• Humboldt bus crash victim's father says meeting driver was 'powerful'

  31-01-2019 17:40
  The father of one of the Humboldt Broncos players killed in last spring’s bus crash has met with the truck driver who caused the crash. Scott Thomas told CTV News he had a “powerful” and “cathartic” 15-minute meeting with Jaskirat Singh Sidhu on Wednesday.  He said he would prefer to keep details of what was said between Sidhu and himself. Thomas is the father of Evan Thomas, who was 18 at the time of the crash. Sixteen people were killed and another 13 injured
  
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• Tire Explosion Injures Worker at Teck Mine

  31-01-2019 17:36
  More details have been released by RCMP about a serious workplace accident at Teck's Greenhills mine, across the provincial border in British Columbia's Elk Valley.
  
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• Competition Bureau finds Ticketmaster's scalper bots don't violate its rules

  31-01-2019 17:30
  Ticketmaster’s scalper bot software doesn’t violate Canada’s anti-competitive business laws, the federal ruling body has found. Consumers had filed complaints to Canada’s Competition Bureau alleging Ticketmaster was facilitating the mass scalping of tickets through its software, Tradedesk. Scalper bots are software designed to buy large amount of tickets as they become available for sporting and entertainment events. “There is a perceived scarcity, which may lead to
  
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• Home Depot apologizes after designers accuse retailer of 'ripping off' their work

  31-01-2019 17:21
  A Kansas blogger said she was browsing Pinterest last Friday evening when a beautiful room caught her eye. When she clicked on the image she was directed to the room inspiration page for Home Depot in the U.S. As she started scrolling through the digitally rendered images of decorated rooms, Jeannine Dean noticed a laundry room that looked familiar to her because she had seen it before from California-based designer Jenna Sue, who works exclusively with Lowe’s. “I thought it was odd
  
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• Sidhu apologizes to families as Crown asks for 10-year sentence in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  31-01-2019 16:57
  A Crown prosecutor says a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash should serve 10 years in prison.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos case: Crown recommends 10-year prison sentence for semi driver

  31-01-2019 16:57
  A Crown prosecutor says a truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash should serve 10 years in prison.
  
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• Program Reductions & Pool Closure Soon For Lethbridge's Stafford YMCA

  31-01-2019 16:56
  With the opening of the new YMCA on the west side soon, the old Stafford Drive YMCA is getting ready to close up shop.
  
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• Police investigate attempted ATM theft from Calgary bar

  31-01-2019 16:45
  A northwest Calgary bar was damaged after someone smashed a vehicle into the front entrance in an attempt to steal the ATM that was inside. Police say a vehicle crashed into the Brickwell Taphouse in the 6200 block of Centre St. N.W. at about 5:00 a.m. and an attempt was made to steal the cash machine. The offenders were unsuccessful and fled the scene. The fire department was called in to assess the building for structural damage and deemed the area safe. Police are investigating and are review
  
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• Toronto airport runway 'incursions' pose serious crash risk: safety board

  31-01-2019 16:40
  TORONTO -- A poorly laid out runway complex and pilots distracted by required tasks have led to potentially catastrophic situations at Canada's busiest airport, federal safety authorities said on Thursday. The finding comes from an investigation into 27 runway incursions at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in which a landing plane either taxied onto, or almost taxied onto, a live runway despite explicit warnings from air traffic control -- the equivalent of a distracted motorist blowing o
  
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• PBO warns of billion-dollar losses if Trans Mountain expansion doesn’t go ahead

  31-01-2019 16:35
  OTTAWA -- Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid one of the highest possible price tags for the Trans Mountain pipeline – and that value decreases with every delay, bump to construction cost and change in risk profile. That means the government could lose billions of dollars if construction doesn’t go ahead. “It’s very likely that construction will be delayed and construction costs will increase and that these two factors will probably dec
  
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• Resale value of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will drop by $700M from year of delay: PBO

  31-01-2019 16:29
  The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a new report that also suggested the government may have paid more than the pipeline is worth but noted their estimates are "understated.:
  
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• Microplastics found in every dolphin, whale, seal tested in U.K. study

  31-01-2019 16:24
  All of the dolphins, whales and seals examined in a new U.K. study had ingested microplastics, said researchers at the University of Exeter. Of all the different fibres and fragments found in 50 marine mammals studied, the most prevalent type was blue or black nylon, according to the research published in Scientific Reports. “It’s shocking -- but not surprising,” lead author Sarah Nelms, of the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, said in a statement. The resear
  
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• StatCan reports economy contracted 0.1 per cent in November

  31-01-2019 15:00
  OTTAWA -- The Canadian economy weakened in November as the wholesale trade and manufacturing sectors pulled back. Statistics Canada said Thursday real gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent in November following an increase of 0.3 per cent in October. The report was in line with estimates that the contraction would be 0.1 per cent for the month, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. Benjamin Reitzes, Canadian rates and macro strategist at BMO Capital Markets, said the report changes little for t
  
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• StatCan: GDP fell 0.1 per cent in November; wholesale and manufacturing down

  31-01-2019 15:00
  OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product decreased by 0.1 per cent in November. The decrease partly offset an increase of 0.3 per cent in October. The report was in line with estimates that the contraction would be 0.1 per cent for the month, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. The overall move lower came despite gains in 13 of the 20 industrial sectors tracked. The wholesale trade sector fell 1.1 per cent in November as machinery, equipment and supplies wholesaling pulled ba
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada upholds 'polluter-pays' principle regarding orphan wells

  31-01-2019 14:59
  The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday that bankrupt Alberta energy companies cannot walk away from orphan wells on agricultural lands without cleaning up behind them. The 5 – 2 ruling overturns an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling that upheld a 2016 Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision that effectively allowed a bankrupt energy company to sever its connection with unprofitable and unreclaimed wells when the company's assets were sold off to creditors. On Thursday, the high cou
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada renders decision on handling of orphan wells

  31-01-2019 14:59
  The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday that bankrupt Alberta energy companies cannot walk away from orphan wells on agricultural lands without cleaning up behind them. The 5 – 2 ruling overturns an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling that upheld a 2016 decision in the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench that effectively allowed a bankrupt energy company to sever its connection with unprofitable and unreclaimed wells when the company's assets were sold off to creditors. On Thursday, the h
  
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• Thousands fired after garment industry protest in Bangladesh

  31-01-2019 14:46
  DHAKA, Bangladesh -- More than 5,000 Bangladesh workers who demanded higher wages have been fired by factory owners, and hundreds face police charges in the world's second-largest garment export industry after China, an activist said Thursday. Kalpona Akter of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity said the firings came after thousands of workers took to the streets earlier this month in and around Dhaka, the nation's capital. But an industry leader said Thursday that the dismissed workers
  
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• EU states called on to recognize Guaido as interim leader of Venezuela

  31-01-2019 14:42
  BRUSSELS -- The European Parliament is calling on the European Union's member states to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the interim president. The 28-member bloc is still defining its position on the crisis there. The EU legislature approved by a 439-104 margin a resolution that also condemned the continued violence and the detention of journalists who sought to cover events there. "All of Venezuela is watching us," said Esteban Gonzalez Pons of the Christian Democrat EPP g
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on whether energy companies can abandon old oil wells

  31-01-2019 14:33
  The Supreme Court of Canada is set to rule on whether energy companies can walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up behind them.
  
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• Bankrupt energy companies can’t abandon old oil wells, Supreme Court rules

  31-01-2019 14:33
  The Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land without having to clean up.
  
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• About 1,000 patients in hospital hallways on any given day: report

  31-01-2019 14:10
  TORONTO -- On any given day, at least 1,000 people are being treated in Ontario hospital hallways, according to the special adviser on health care, who says "tough decisions" will be required to fix the problem. The first report from Dr. Rueben Devlin and the premier's council on improving health care says hallway medicine is a significant problem in Ontario. The next report is set to contain a series of recommendations, but some themes identified in the first document include a greater need for
  
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