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• Kyle Ledesma found guilty of murdering Calgary bartender

  10-02-2019 23:35
  A Calgary man, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Dexter Bain in 2010, has been found guilty once more. The jury returned the guilty verdict in the retrial on Sunday. Ledesma was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison back in 2015 but the Alberta Court of Appeal found issues with the confession he made to undercover officers. A new trial was ordered in the case. Bain’s family says they’re relieved that the court has convicted their s
  
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• Cat returned to Edmonton family 4 years after going missing

  10-02-2019 22:24
  A cat that went missing nearly four years ago has been reunited with her Edmonton family.
  
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• Prince Albert Raiders beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 Saturday night - Global News

  10-02-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert Raiders beat the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 Saturday night  Global NewsWATCH: The Prince Albert Raiders extended their winning streak to four games after a 6-5 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday night.
  
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• Prince Albert Raiders beat Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 Saturday night - Global News

  10-02-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Prince Albert Raiders beat Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 Saturday night  Global NewsWATCH: The Prince Albert Raiders extended their winning streak to four games after a 6-5 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday night.
  
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• Illinois man arrested in connection with bomb threats in Taber

  10-02-2019 21:44
  Taber police say a U.S. man is facing charges in connection with a series of bomb threats that targeted schools and a business in the community last week. Chief Graham Abela announced that an Illinois man is facing 10 counts of felony bomb threats.On February 8, the Horizon School Division No. 67 sent home letters to the parents of students at D.A. Ferguson and W.R. Meyers schools about bomb threats that were made through anonymous voice mail messages earlier in the morning. The incident prompte
  
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• Minn. Sen. Amy Klobuchar taking campaign to Midwest states that Trump won

  10-02-2019 21:35
  MINNEAPOLIS -- With snow falling steadily and the temperature well below freezing, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she's joining the group of Democrats running for president and would take her campaign -- and her Midwest sensibilities -- directly to parts of the region Donald Trump won and that her party wants to recapture in 2020. "For every American, I'm running for you," she told an exuberant, snow-covered crowd gathered Sunday at a park along the Mississippi River with the Minneapolis skyl
  
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• Minn. Sen. Amy Klobuchar running for president

  10-02-2019 21:35
  MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined the growing group of Democrats jostling to be president and positioned herself as the most prominent Midwestern candidate in the field, as her party tries to win back voters in a region that helped put Donald Trump in the White House. "For every American, I'm running for you," she told an exuberant crowd gathered on a freezing, snowy afternoon at a park along the Mississippi River with the Minneapolis skyline in the background. "And I
  
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• Biathlon World Cup sprint races cancelled in Canmore due to frigid temperatures

  10-02-2019 20:39
  Arctic temperatures in Alberta have forced organizers to cancel competition at the biathlon World Cup.
  
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• Police search for suspects after southwest convenience store robbed

  10-02-2019 20:38
  Calgary police are looking for two people after a cashier was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning. Investigators say the thieves entered the A plus 1 Convenience Store on Elbow Drive S.W. at just before 5:00 a.m. Once inside, they pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. Police say the offenders fled the scene with the cash drawer from the register. The clerk was not injured in the incident. The investigation is ongoing.
  
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• Brooks Bandits set new AJHL win streak

  10-02-2019 19:36
  A southern Alberta minor hockey team celebrated a big win on Saturday night that helped them shatter a record in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The Brooks Bandits defeated the Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-1 at the Centennial Regional Arena, setting a new record of 25 wins in a row. The team is first in the league and is now three wins away from the record for most wins in a single season in the AJHL. The team will be hosting the national Junior A championship in the spring and coaches say that
  
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• Fire that ripped through N.S. funeral home may have been intentionally set: police

  10-02-2019 19:00
  The owners of a fire–ravaged funeral home say they weren’t surprised to find out police were investigating the blaze as arson. Fire heavily damaged Chant’s Funeral Home in Sydney, N.S., last Saturday. While the damage is still being fully assessed, the province has temporarily pulled the owners’ licence. The province’s Department of Community Services -- which oversees funeral homes -- said the damage to the building meant it no longer met the minimum requirements f
  
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• China, Russia concerns top Pompeo agenda in Central Europe

  10-02-2019 18:45
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. fears about China and Russia's growing influence in Central Europe will top Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's agenda as he heads to the region this week, Trump administration officials say. Pompeo leaves Sunday on a five-nation tour of Europe that will begin in Hungary and Slovakia where he will raise those concerns and the importance of promoting democracy and the rule of law to counter Beijing and Moscow's efforts to pull the countries away from the West and sow divisions in
  
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• U.S. budget talks resuming amid pessimism over border differences

  10-02-2019 18:28
  WASHINGTON -- Budget negotiators will meet Monday to revive talks over border security issues that are central to legislation to prevent key parts of the U.S. government from shutting down on Saturday, but an air of pessimism remains after talks broke down over the weekend. They collapsed over Democratic demands to limit the number of migrants authorities can detain, and the two sides remained separated over how much to spend on President Donald Trump's promised border wall. A Friday midnight de
  
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• American man arrested after Taber bomb threats

  10-02-2019 17:59
  An American man has been arrested after several bomb threats were made in the community of Taber, Alta. late last week.
  
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• Scheer demands PM let Wilson-Raybould talk about SNC-Lavalin discussions

  10-02-2019 17:58
  OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to waive solicitor-client privilege so former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould can publicly talk about what happened with SNC-Lavalin. The request is contained in an open letter dated Sunday, in which Scheer says he also wants all communications to or from the prime minister or members of his staff about the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin to be opened up to public scrutiny. "Sol
  
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• Conservative senator says ‘parts of the government’ want to kill the oilsands with Bill C-69

  10-02-2019 17:20
  The Conservative senator is among those on a committee studying the bill pushing to travel to hear from natural resource workers about the impact it will have on them.
  
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• Alberta senator says ‘parts of the government’ want to kill the oilsands with Bill C-69

  10-02-2019 17:20
  The Alberta senator is among those on a committee studying the bill pushing to travel to hear from natural resource workers about the impact it will have on them.
  
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• National Enquirer CEO's lawyer says tabloid didn't blackmail Jeff Bezos

  10-02-2019 17:05
  WASHINGTON -- The National Enquirer committed neither extortion nor blackmail by threatening to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, an attorney for the head of the tabloid's parent company said Sunday. Elkan Abromowitz, an attorney for American Media Inc. chief executive David Pecker, said on Sunday a "reliable source" well-known to Bezos and his mistress provided the story about the billionaire's extramarital affair. Bezos has said AMI threatened to publish the explicit photos of
  
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• American man arrested after Taber bomb threats - Global News

  10-02-2019 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  American man arrested after Taber bomb threats  Global NewsAn American man has been arrested after several bomb threats were made in the community of Taber, Alta. late last week.
  
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• Nathan Neudorf Wins UCP Nomination in Lethbridge-East

  10-02-2019 16:58
  The United Conservatives in both Lethbridge riding officially have their candidates for the upcoming provincial election.
  
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• Taber Telephone Bomb Threats Results in Arrest of U.S. Man South of the Border

  10-02-2019 16:49
  A man from Illinois is facing ten counts of felony bomb threats after a series of threats were made at schools and businesses in Taber.
  
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• Russian moves in Arctic put pressure on Canada

  10-02-2019 16:39
  Recent Russian moves in the Arctic have renewed debate over that country's intentions and Canada's own status at the top of the world. The newspaper Izvestia reported late last month that Russia's military will resume fighter patrols to the North Pole for the first time in 30 years. The patrols will be in addition to regular bomber flights up to the edge of U.S. and Canadian airspace. "It's clearly sending strategic messaging," said Whitney Lackenbauer, an Arctic expert and history professor at
  
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• Carbon tax court challenge hearings to start this week

  10-02-2019 16:22
  REGINA -- Legal experts, government officials and industry leaders will all watch this week as Saskatchewan and Ottawa head to court over the constitutionality of a federally imposed carbon tax. The federal government is set to impose a carbon levy on provinces that do not have one of their own starting in April. Ottawa's price on pollution starts at a minimum of $20 a tonne and rises $10 annually until 2022. The Saskatchewan Party government has always been opposed to the idea. The province say
  
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• Indonesian police apologize for terrorizing suspect with snake

  10-02-2019 15:55
  JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian police have acknowledged officers terrorized a Papuan man with a live snake after a video of the incident circulated online showing the man screaming in fear and his interrogator laughing. Police in Indonesia's easternmost Papua region apologized but also attempted to justify the officers' actions by saying the snake was not venomous and that they hadn't resorted to beating the man, who was suspected of theft. Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman said Sunday that t
  
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• Florida toddler accidentally killed himself with gun, mother says

  10-02-2019 15:41
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities say a 2-year-old Florida boy was fatally shot inside a family friend's apartment. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says the boy died Saturday hours after he was shot. News outlets quote family members as saying the boy's name was Jayden Piedra. Investigators have not said how he was shot, but said no suspects are at large. Jayden's mother, Donna Crump-Piedra, told WJAX-TV that her son found a gun and accidentally shot himself. After posting on Twitter about Jay
  
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• Jacob Markstrom leads Vancouver Canucks to 4-3 shootout win over Calgary Flames

  10-02-2019 15:01
  Vancouver rookie Elias Pettersson tallied a pair of assists and put away the shootout winner.
  
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• Cannabis co-ops springing up as smaller growers seek to compete

  10-02-2019 13:16
  VANCOUVER -- British Columbia may be famous for its bud but some say Canada's new marijuana legalization framework is excluding the small producers with established know-how. A movement is growing in the province to address that problem with a common idea: cannabis co-operatives. "Some may argue we've lost our place to either Ontario or Alberta based on the number of licensed producers based out of those provinces," said Barinder Rasode, CEO and co-founder or Grow Tech Labs, a cannabis business
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, February 9, 2019

  10-02-2019 08:22
  KENT, Wash. - Matthew Wedman completed the comeback at 3:18 of overtime as the Seattle Thunderbirds erased a two-goal deficit to beat the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-3 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action..
  
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• Extreme cold postpones Special Olympics ski race in Calgary

  10-02-2019 01:43
  Special Olympics Alberta decided to postpone Saturday’s alpine events due to extreme cold and wind chill warnings.
  
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• Juno award-winning band plays for a special audience in Calgary

  10-02-2019 00:32
  One of the biggest bands in Canadian music took some time out of their busy schedule to play at a unique venue ahead of their show at the Saddledome. Arkells participated in the CJAY 92 Jam Session at the iHeartRadio Lounge at the National Music Centre on Saturday afternoon. The small show was a good way for fans to get an up close encounter with two members of the band, an experience that many say they won’t forget. “I wanted to be among the first people here and I was actually the
  
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