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• Southern Alberta Being "Charged Up" With Electric Vehicle Power Stations

  04-02-2019 23:53
  Lethbridge is the first of at least 20 communities that will benefit from a new network of electric vehicle charging stations across southern Alberta.
  
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• Standoff woman charged after hitting officer with vehicle while escaping custody

  04-02-2019 23:33
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE --  A 28 year old Standoff woman has been charged after she used a vehicle to strike an officer while escaping custody. The incident happened around 2:30 Sunday (Feb 3) afternoon, as officers were conducting patrols in the area of the 200 block of 15 Street North. They noticed a Chrysler Sebring that had been involved in an incident on February 1, where the woman fled from police. ...
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• Airdrie RCMP say missing Crossfield woman found deceased

  04-02-2019 23:25
  Airdrie RCMP say Heather Brownlees was found deceased in her vehicle early Monday morning. The 34-year-old was last seen at her home in Crossfield on January 31 and was reported missing to the Airdrie RCMP on February 1. Police say the vehicle was found down an embankment and appears to be the result of a single vehicle collision at the intersection of Range Road 292 and Township Road 285. They say her vehicle was not visible to traffic. An RCMP Collision Reconstructionist is assisting in the in
  
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• Stand-Off Woman Charged After Lethbridge Police Officer Hit With Vehicle

  04-02-2019 23:16
  28 year old Sarah Goodstriker of Stand-Off is facing a long list of charges including assaulting a police officer with a weapon after an incident Sunday afternoon on the north side.
  
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• Alberta-founded collective Young Spirit to bring 10 of its members to Grammys

  04-02-2019 22:53
  All counted, 10 performers in Young Spirit will descend on the Grammys pre-telecast on Sunday where they're nominated for the first time.
  
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• Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union

  04-02-2019 22:17
  WASHINGTON -- The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address, using the moment to attempt a reset after two years of bitter partisanship and deeply personal attacks. But will anyone buy it? Skepticism will emanate from both sides of the aisle when Trump enters the House chamber for the prime-time Tuesday address to lawmakers and the nation. Democrats, emboldened after the midterm elections and the recent shutdown fight, see lit
  
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• Trump squabbles with Democrats before speech on unity

  04-02-2019 22:17
  WASHINGTON -- The bitter partisanship of the past two years was on full display Tuesday just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump was to call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York seems to have triggered the latest Trump twitter outburst when he said on the Senate floor that the president talks about unity in his annual addresses to the nation but "spends the other 364 days of the year dividing us." He accused Trump of "bla
  
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• Trump calls for end of resistance politics in State of Union

  04-02-2019 22:17
  WASHINGTON -- Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to reject "the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution." He warned emboldened Democrats that "ridiculous partisan investigations" into his administration and businesses could hamper a surging American economy. Trump's appeals for bipartisanship in his State of the Union address clashed with the rancorous atmosphere he has helped cultivate in the nation's capital -- as well a
  
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• Trump calls for bipartisanship, a hard line on immigration in State of Union

  04-02-2019 22:17
  WASHINGTON -- Face to face with emboldened Democrats, President Donald Trump called on Washington to cast aside "revenge, resistance and retribution" and end "ridiculous partisan investigations" in a State of the Union address delivered at a vulnerable moment for his presidency. Trump appealed Tuesday night for bipartisanship but refused to yield on the hard-line immigration policies that have infuriated Democrats and forced the recent government shutdown. He renewed his call for a border wall a
  
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• After 2 years of rancour, Trump to call for unity in address

  04-02-2019 22:17
  WASHINGTON -- After two years of bitter partisanship and personal attacks, U.S. President Donald Trump will call for unity and cross-party co-operation in Washington during Tuesday's State of the Union address, a message likely to ring hollow with Democrats determined to block his push for a border wall. Trump's primetime address comes at a critical moment in his presidency. He pushed his party into a lengthy government shutdown over border security, only to cave to Democrats. With another shutd
  
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• Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga seeks creditor protection

  04-02-2019 22:13
  Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga is due in court Tuesday as it seeks creditor protection in the wake of the sudden death of its founder and chief executive in December and missing cryptocurrency worth roughly $190-million. The Vancouver-based exchange filed an application for creditor protection on Jan. 31 and the Nova Scotia Supreme Court will be asked on Feb. 5 to appoint a monitor to oversee the proceedings, according to a post on its website, which has been otherwise shut do
  
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• Pembina going ahead with polypropylene plant joint venture with Kuwaiti firm

  04-02-2019 21:46
  The plants' plastic pellets will be sent by rail and shipping containers to manufacturers around the world to be turned into recyclable products.
  
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• Tories remove Heritage Minute branding from contentious video spoof

  04-02-2019 21:23
  OTTAWA – The Conservative Party of Canada has—for the second time in around 24 hours— pulled and reposted a modified version of a contentious video spoof of Historica Canada’s famous Heritage Minutes. The federal political party found itself in hot water over the weekend for a video posted to social media that the party says was meant to be a parody of the iconic clips, taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government over ethics scandals.Sign up for our Cap
  
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• Tories amend spoof video again, after Heritage Minute creators cite donor dropout

  04-02-2019 21:23
  OTTAWA – The Conservative Party of Canada has -- for the second time in around 24 hours -- pulled and then reposted a modified version of their attack ad that spoofs the iconic Heritage Minutes. Their latest re-edit comes after the organization that produces the real Heritage Minutes, Historica Canada, said they were losing some of their donors.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics newsThe federal political party found itself in hot water over the weekend
  
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• Alberta Fentanyl Overdose Deaths in 2018 Surpass Previous Year

  04-02-2019 21:08
  The Calgary Zone led the province in the number of fentanyl deaths last year, with 271 reported. The South Zone, which includes Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, reported 43 deaths.
  
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• Provost family hopes 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall remains behind bars

  04-02-2019 19:41
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - About 25 members of the Provost family attended Lethbridge Provincial Court Monday, Feb.4 to find out whether 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall would be granted bail.
  Bagnall is now facing seven charges, including four counts of breach of conditions, one count of impaired driving, one count of impaired driving causing death, and one count of dangerous driving causing death.
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• Downtown Lethbridge Transit Terminal Could be Ready for Spring Opening

  04-02-2019 19:39
  
  
  The City of Lethbridge says the downtown Park N' Ride transit terminal is coming along on time and on budget, one year after construction began.
  
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• Is LaSalle the most romantic city in Quebec? Amazon Canada sure thinks so

  04-02-2019 19:10
  LaSalle has been named the second most romantic city in the great white north, according to Amazon Canada.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Accused in Fatal Drunk Driving Crash Remains in Jail

  04-02-2019 18:53
  
  
  Douglas Bagnall, 62, is now facing several charges for breaching conditions. He remains in jail at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre with a possible bail hearing February 21.
  
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• Finnish ski jump icon Matti Nykanen dies at 55

  04-02-2019 17:58
  He won the gold medal in the large hill event at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics and took all three gold medals four years later in Calgary.
  
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• Case concerning Calgary trucking company involved in Broncos bus crash pushed to March

  04-02-2019 17:18
  The owner of a Calgary trucking company involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April was scheduled to be in court on Monday on non-compliance charges. Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking is facing several, non-compliance charges under federal and provincial safety regulations.  On April 6, the Humboldt Broncos team bus and a transport truck collided on a Saskatchewan highway killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. The charges against Singh include; failing to m
  
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• Case against Calgary trucking company involved in Broncos bus crash pushed to March

  04-02-2019 17:18
  The owner of a Calgary trucking company involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash last April was scheduled to be in court on Monday on non-compliance charges. Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking is facing several, non-compliance charges under federal and provincial safety regulations.  On April 6, the Humboldt Broncos team bus and a transport truck collided on a Saskatchewan highway killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. The charges against Singh include; failing to m
  
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• TSB investigators respond to train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:22
  A team from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has been dispatched to Field, British Columbia to investigate a train derailment that happened overnight. The TSB says a Canadian Pacific train derailed near the community and that a crew has been sent to gather information and assess the situation.#TSBRail deploys a team of investigators to a train derailment that occurred overnight near Field, British Columbia https://t.co/nrlB5CUu9p— TSB of Canada (@TSBCanada) February 4, 2
  
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• Three CP Rail crew members killed in train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:22
  A team from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has responded to a train derailment in Field, British Columbia that killed three crew members on Monday morning. Officials with CP Rail say that a westbound freight train derailed at about 1:00 a.m. MST and three crew members on board were fatally injured. TSB spokesperson, Eric Collard, says the TSB was made aware of the incident at about 2:10 a.m. and that a crew has been sent to the scene to gather information and assess the situation. &ld
  
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• Three Calgary men died in CP train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:22
  A team from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has responded to a train derailment in Field, British Columbia that killed three crew members on Monday morning. The crew members are all from Calgary. They have been identified as conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell  and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer. Officials with CP Rail say that a westbound freight train derailed at about 1:00 a.m. MST and three crew members on board were fatally injured. TSB spokesperson, Eric Co
  
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• CP officials confirm three killed in train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:22
  A team from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has responded to a train derailment in Field, British Columbia that killed three, CP crew members on Monday morning. Officials with CP Rail say that a westbound freight train derailed at about 1:00 a.m. MST and three crew members on board were fatally injured. In a statement to CTV News, CP said… “Our condolences and prayers go out to their families, friends and colleagues. A full investigation will take place to determine the ca
  
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• 3 CP Railway employees killed in train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:05
  Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed after their westbound freight train derailed east of Field, B.C., early Monday.
  
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• 3 CP Railway employees killed in major train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:05
  Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed after their westbound freight train derailed and plunged into a river east of Field, B.C., early Monday.
  
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• 3 CP Railway employees from Calgary killed in major train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-02-2019 16:05
  Three Canadian Pacific Railway employees were killed after their westbound freight train derailed and plunged into a river east of Field, B.C., early Monday.
  
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• Detained Canadian Kovrig gets third consular visit in China since his arrest

  04-02-2019 15:51
  OTTAWA -- The federal government says Canadian Michael Kovrig has received his third meeting with consular officials since his December arrest in China on allegations of endangering Chinese national security. A statement by Global Affairs Canada says the officials met today with the former Canadian diplomat, who was on leave from his job at the time of his arrest. The statement says the government continues to be deeply concerned by what it calls the "arbitrary" detentions of Kovrig and fellow C
  
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• Ryan, Lindhom, Hanifin lift Flames in return to Raleigh

  04-02-2019 15:49
  Derek Ryan, Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin all scored in their first game back in Carolina, and the Flames beat the Hurricanes 4-3 on Sunday in Peters' return to Raleigh.
  
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• Calgary and communities across Alberta under extreme cold warning

  04-02-2019 15:22
  An extreme cold warning has been issued for most of Alberta and first responders are reminding people to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from frost bite and hypothermia. Environment Canada says an arctic air mass is creating wind chills between -40 and -50 in the northern parts of the province and wind chills in the -30 to -40 range in the south. Extreme cold warnings are issued when cold temperatures or wind chills elevate the risk of frost bite and hypothermia. The cold w
  
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• EU says social media now better at removing hate speech

  04-02-2019 15:11
  BRUSSELS -- The European Union says major social media firms have stepped up their efforts to remove hate speech online. EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said that the 2016 code of conduct "works well," with companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter reacting within 24 hours in an average 89 per cent of the cases pointed out to them. The companies remove the content, on average, in 72 per cent of the cases. Jourova said she would never require that all flagged content be removed since the
  
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• Jury set for deliberations at U.S. trial of El Chapo

  04-02-2019 14:16
  NEW YORK -- After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury is due to begin deliberations Monday at the U.S. trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. A federal judge in Brooklyn is set to give instructions to jurors in the morning before asking them to begin deciding the verdict for Guzman, who faces life in prison if convicted. he jury has heard months of testimony about Guzman's rise to power as the head of the
  
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• Fate of Mexican drug lord El Chapo now rests with U.S. jury

  04-02-2019 14:16
  NEW YORK -- After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury began deliberations Monday at the U.S. trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. The day ended without jurors reaching a verdict for Guzman, who faces life in prison if convicted. They were to resume deliberations Tuesday morning. The jury has heard months of testimony about Guzman's rise to power as the head of the Sinaloa cartel. Prosecutors say he is r
  
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• What is Facebook worth? Study finds out how its users value their accounts

  04-02-2019 12:00
  For all its faults, Facebook has become a nearly inescapable part of modern life. It’s not just that it’s a place to find out what your friends and acquaintances are up to, or store and share your photos, or meet like-minded people in groups built around shared interests. It’s because Facebook offers all of those functions on one platform – as well as 1.5 billion active daily users. Add in the 800 million more people who Facebook claims sign in at least once a month, and
  
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• Canada Goose showcases Inuit craftsmanship in new collection

  04-02-2019 11:38
  Canada Goose has recruited Inuit craftworkers for its latest collection, as part of a new social entrepreneurship initiative. Dubbed ‘Project Atigi,' the collection features a unique series of bespoke outerwear pieces created by expert seamstresses from nine different communities in the Inuit regions of Inuvialuit, Nunatsiavut, Nunavut, and Nunavik in Northern Canada. The 14 textile workers have utilized their traditional clothing design skills to create anoraks, parkas and amauti-esque ja
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Sentencing hearing begins for serial killer Bruce McArthur

  04-02-2019 10:43
  WARNING: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. TORONTO -- A sentencing hearing for a serial killer who preyed on men in Toronto's gay village gets underway today. Bruce McArthur, who pleaded guilty last week to eight counts of first-degree murder, is slated to hear from victims' families and friends who will give statements to the court. The prosecution laid out previously unheard details of the case in a brief synopsis of facts last week that included 67-yea
  
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• LIVE UPDATES: Grim details revealed at serial killer Bruce McArthur sentencing hearing

  04-02-2019 10:43
  WARNING: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. TORONTO -- The prosecutor in the case of a serial killer who preyed on men in Toronto's gay village says Bruce McArthur strangled many of his victims with a rope and pipe and took photographs of their bodies after their deaths. Crown attorney Michael Cantlon is going through a detailed agreed statement of facts at a sentencing hearing for 67-year-old McArthur, who pleaded guilty last week to first-degree murder i
  
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• Grim details revealed at serial killer Bruce McArthur sentencing hearing

  04-02-2019 10:43
  WARNING: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. TORONTO -- A serial killer who preyed on men from Toronto's gay village took photographs of his victims' bodies posed in various states of undress and kept the images on his computer, accessing some of them long after the killings. The Crown provided previously unheard details of Bruce McArthur's eight murders at a sentencing hearing on Monday after the 67-year-old pleaded guilty to the crimes last week. "Mr. McA
  
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• Court hears how police caught serial killer Bruce McArthur

  04-02-2019 10:43
  WARNING: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find disturbing. TORONTO -- It wasn’t until Bruce McArthur targeted Andrew Kinsman in June 2017 that police caught onto his killing spree -- and even then, court heard Monday, it took the combination of surveillance video and a one-word calendar entry for them to do so.Recap of today's hearing from reporters in the courtThe Toronto man seems to have chosen his first seven victims very carefully. They were all men without a
  
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• Three Lethbridge speed skaters off to Canadian Age Class Nationals - Lethbridge Herald

  04-02-2019 10:41 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Three Lethbridge speed skaters off to Canadian Age Class Nationals  Lethbridge HeraldThree Lethbridge speed skaters off to Canadian Age Class Nationals The Lethbridge Speed Skating Association will send three athletes to the Canadian Age.
  
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• Norwegian politician may travel to Canada for possible moose statue summit

  04-02-2019 10:34
  MOOSE JAW, Sask. -- The deputy mayor of a Norwegian town says she may be coming to Saskatchewan to discuss a possible truce in an ongoing battle over the world's tallest moose sculpture. Linda Otnes Henriksen says she has been following efforts by people in Moose Jaw to raise funds to boost the height of the community's beloved Mac the Moose. The rivalry started when it was revealed that her town of Stor-Elvdal had a silvery moose sculpture that was taller than Mac by 30 centimetres. Moose Jaw M
  
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• Venezuelan opposition welcomes Canada's call for military backing

  04-02-2019 10:29
  OTTAWA -- Venezuela's pro-democracy movement has welcomed the decision by Canada and its allies to urge its country's military to switch allegiance and support opposition leader Juan Guaido as the true leader of their country. The declaration in the final Lima Group communique from Monday's emergency meeting in Ottawa came two days after the defection of a top air-force general, once loyal to socialist president Nicolas Maduro.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest polit
  
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• Venezuelan opposition leader Guaido appeals for help in Ottawa via video

  04-02-2019 10:29
  OTTAWA -- Venezuela's Western-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido made a larger than life appeal to Canada and its Western Hemisphere partners to end the "usurpation" of democracy in his country. Guaido issued the call in a surprise appearance via video link to the gathering of Lima Group members and several other partners, including the United States and European partners in Ottawa.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics news"Unfortunately we are still under a
  
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• PM decries Maduro 'dictatorship' as Canada hosts allies on Venezuela crisis

  04-02-2019 10:29
  OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Nicolas Maduro's dictatorial government in Venezuela has shown an inexcusable disregard for the rule of law and human rights. Trudeau made the comments Monday ahead of an emergency meeting of like-minded countries in Ottawa to discuss the political, economic and humanitarian crises in Venezuela, which has spilled over into its neighbours.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics newsThe so-called Lima Group includes more
  
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• Canada, allies, call on Venezuelan military to back opposition leader as president

  04-02-2019 10:29
  OTTAWA -- Canada and its allies are calling on the Venezuelan military to back opposition leader Juan Guaido as the true leader of their country. The declaration in the final Lima Group communique from Monday's emergency meeting in Ottawa comes two days after the defection of a top air-force general, once loyal to socialist president Nicolas Maduro.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics news"(Canada and the other Lima Group members) call upon the National Armed
  
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• Plane breaks apart over California neighbourhood, 5 killed

  04-02-2019 08:31
  YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- Dave Elfver was getting ready to go to a friend's house to watch the Super Bowl when he heard a whining sound in his Southern California neighbourhood "like a motorcycle going a hundred miles per hour." Then, he said, came the explosion from a twin-engine plane that broke apart in flight and crashed, setting a home on fire in the Los Angeles suburb of Yorba Linda, killing five people and injuring two. "The whole house shook. I thought it was an earthquake, but the whining
  
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• 5 die, 2 hospitalized when plane parts hit California house

  04-02-2019 08:31
  YORBA LINDA, Calif. -- Five people died and two were injured after a small plane apparently came apart Sunday over a suburban Southern California neighbourhood, raining debris on streets and backyards and igniting a house fire, authorities said. Four people in the house that burned in the city of Yorba Linda were killed, along with the pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine plane, Orange County Sheriff's Lt. Cory Martino told reporters. Martino said the dead occupants of the home were
  
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• IVF linked to slightly higher risk of maternal complications: study

  04-02-2019 06:42
  TORONTO -- Women who become pregnant using fertility treatments -- particularly in-vitro fertilization -- have a slightly higher risk of severe complications around the time of delivery compared to women who conceive naturally, research suggests. Those complications include post-partum bleeding that may require a blood transfusion, admission to an intensive care unit, infection of the reproductive system, and -- in extremely rare cases -- death. In a study published Monday in the Canadian Medica
  
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