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• Lethbridge couple facing combined 136 charges for stolen property, stolen mail and other offences

  11-02-2019 23:38
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A warrant has been issued for a Lethbridge woman who is facing 52 criminal charges including, possession of undelivered mail, possession of stolen property, possession of credit card data, making/possess identity documents, fraud and more. 
  Lethbridge Police say Tammy Judy Yolanta Kotowski and her alleged accomplice, 28-year-old Kyle Anthony Blakely, who is facing another 84 charges, victimized 30 people.
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• Lethbridge Police Charge Pair With Several Fraud-Related Offences

  11-02-2019 23:17
  A man and woman from Lethbridge are facing dozens of fraud charges relating to stolen mail and documents.
  
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• Company that advertised one-way trips to Mars goes bankrupt

  11-02-2019 23:07
  A space travel company that once advertised one-way trips to Mars has declared bankruptcy. The Netherlands-based Mars One filed for bankruptcy in Swiss court last month and has officially dissolved, according to court documents. The organization originally planned to send six groups of four to Mars beginning in 2024 and planned to fund the US$6-billion project through corporate sponsorships and a television program. Mars One received more than 200,000 applications for the Mars settlement and whi
  
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• Trial dates tentatively set for Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 22:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trial dates tentatively set for Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - A 38-year-old Lethbridge man, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, and multiple child pornography offences will stand trial early ...
  
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• Trial dates tentatively set for Lethbridge man accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old

  11-02-2019 22:57
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A 38-year-old Lethbridge man, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, and multiple child pornography offences will stand trial early next year.
  At Court of Queen's Bench in Lethbridge Monday, Feb. 11, Gary Lippa told the court he was turned down for legal aid and will likely represent himself.
  Lippa has elected a trial by judge and jury for the matter, which is expected to take 8 to 9 days sometime between Feb. 18-28, 2020.
  
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• Lethbridge church gives people with disabilities a night to shine - Global News

  11-02-2019 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge church gives people with disabilities a night to shine  Global NewsVictory Church hosted the second annual Night to Shine over the weekend, giving people with disabilities an evening to celebrate.
  
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• Lethbridge's Moriah Van't Land wins Gold at Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 21:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge's Moriah Van't Land wins Gold at Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games  Lethbridge News NowCALGARY, AB – A skater from the Lethbridge Skating Club competed at the 2019 Special Olympics Alberta Winter Games this past weekend and will be ...
  
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• Scores attend funeral for Holocaust survivor with no known Canadian relatives

  11-02-2019 21:17
  More than one hundred people attended the funeral of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor who had no known family in Canada after a Toronto rabbi issued a plea on Facebook. “What I saw was the best of humanity,” Rabbi Zale Newman of Toronto told CTVNews.ca. “It was a pure, true kindness because it can never be repaid… They’re just going to know that they did good and maybe that’s the best repayment of all.” Newman, a hedge fund manager, volunteers as a rab
  
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• John Ware legacy carries on as Calgary celebrates Black History Month

  11-02-2019 21:03
  John Ware, freed slave turned cowboy, overcame hardships to become a successful rancher in Alberta; his story continues to be told over 100 years after his death.
  
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• Twitter reacts to UCP-affiliated account posting NDP staff list

  11-02-2019 20:40
  A Twitter account that identifies itself as the official account of United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney's office sparked debate after posting a list of NDP staff.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Accused of Sex Crimes Against Teen Sets Trial Dates for 2020

  11-02-2019 20:28
  A Lethbridge man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a 13-year old girl will wait an entire year before going to trial.
  
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• Opponents support Alberta Party leader’s appeal for ‘minor administrative offence’: ‘people make mistakes’

  11-02-2019 20:15
  At least two of Stephen Mandel's political opponents support the Alberta Party leader's appeal of an Elections Alberta ruling that listed him as ineligible to run in the election.
  
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• Opponents react to Alberta Party leader’s appeal for ‘minor administrative offence’: ‘people make mistakes’

  11-02-2019 20:15
  Several of Stephen Mandel's potential political opponents support the Alberta Party leader's right to appeal an Elections Alberta ruling that listed him as ineligible to run in the election.
  
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• Passenger numbers up at Lethbridge Airport

  11-02-2019 20:09
  By Justin Goulet
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new tourism review shows that passenger numbers are on the rise at the Lethbridge Airport.
  William Slenders is the Executive Director of Tourism Lethbridge. The organization is set to publish its Tourism Lethbridge Review for the public.
  “The Tourism Lethbridge Review is a review that we’re trying to create that emulates other tourism industry statistics,” Slenders said.
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• RCMP arrest suspect connected to abduction of Alberta woman

  11-02-2019 20:07
  RCMP have charged a Red Deer man with 19 different offences after what they call a “targeted abduction.”
  
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• Hufnagel says Stamps ‘optimistic’ about re-signing quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell

  11-02-2019 20:01
  Calgary Stampeders’ quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell has worked out with a number of NFL teams in the off-season and rumours are swirling that he could end up on another team if he comes back to the CFL. Mitchell, 28, became a starter for the Stamps in 2014 and has led the team to two Grey Cup victories during that time. The Texas-native has worked out with several NFL clubs this winter but has not yet signed a contract. According to TSN sources, Mitchell may not necessarily return to the Stam
  
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• Psych Assessment Ordered by Lethbridge Judge For Woman Accused of Animal Cruelty

  11-02-2019 19:37
  April Dawn Irving, 59, will undergo a psychiatric evaluation at the Calgary Remand Centre.
  
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• United Conservative nomination in Lethbridge-East won by Nathan Neudorf - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  United Conservative nomination in Lethbridge-East won by Nathan Neudorf  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The battle lines in the upcoming provincial election have officially been drawn, with Nathan Neudorf winning the United Conservative Party ...
  
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• United Conservative nomination in Lethbridge-East won by Nathan Neudorf

  11-02-2019 19:32
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – The battle lines in the upcoming provincial election have officially been drawn, with Nathan Neudorf winning the United Conservative Party nomination for Lethbridge-East over the weekend.
  More than 800 eligible conservative voters selected Neudorf over fellow nomination contestants Robin James, Bryan Litchfield, Kim Lyall, and Angela Zuba.
  Neudorf has started three successful businesses during his time in Lethbridge, and until rece
  
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• Trudeau 'welcomes' ethics commissioner probe of alleged PMO interference in SNC-Lavalin case

  11-02-2019 19:27
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he "welcomes" the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's newly-announced investigation into whether he or anyone in his office tried to have former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould abandon the prosecution of a case against SNC-Lavalin. "This is an issue that has been much talked about over the past few days and I think that it's extremely important that Canadians can continue to have confidence in our system," Trudeau told reporters
  
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• Canadian mother fighting for return of kids taken to Lebanon by father

  11-02-2019 19:15
  A Canadian mother has spent the past month in Lebanon, attempting to have her kids returned to her after they were allegedly flown to the Middle East by her ex-husband. Shelley Beyak told CTV News Channel Sunday that her 10-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son were secretly taken to Lebanon last March. She said she and her ex-husband had shared custody of the children as they lived in Abbotsford, B.C., and he told her he was taking them to Seattle for a vacation. “I figured I would see
  
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• Ontario police free 43 from 'modern day slavery'

  11-02-2019 18:23
  Police in Ontario have freed dozens of people from a human trafficking operation officials likened to “modern day slavery.” The Ontario Provincial Police announced Monday that an investigation revealed 43 people were brought to Canada with the promise of work visas and permanent residency status. The majority male, Mexican-born victims paid large sums of money to leave their home country, police said, but were often left with less than $50 a month to live in “squalid conditions
  
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• Toronto police investigating video of woman tossing chair off condo balcony

  11-02-2019 17:41
  Police are investigating after a video surfaced online of a woman throwing a chair off a Toronto condo balcony. The clip, which has been shared thousands of times on Facebook since Saturday, shows a woman with blonde hair in black leather tossing a metal and wood chair from a condo balcony. The chair falls from several floors above ground, though it’s not clear how high. The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the woman, who is wanted in a misc
  
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• Lethbridge Group Hears About Potential Backyard Hen Pilot Project

  11-02-2019 17:30
  
  
  Kelti Baird telling the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, the time is right for Lethbridge to allow residents to keep up to four hens in their backyard.
  
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• Provincial Working Group Examining Measures to Ban Conversion Therapy

  11-02-2019 16:56
  A pair of Lethbridge groups have been working hard over the last several months to have the controversial practice banned not only in Alberta, but across Canada.
  
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• RCMP arrest 15 in alleged international money laundering scheme

  11-02-2019 16:45
  The RCMP say they've dismantled an international money laundering operation with a series of arrests in Quebec and Ontario today. Sgt. Luc Thibault says the force has been investigating the operation since the spring of 2016. He provided few details about the operation, saying more would be revealed at a news conference scheduled for Tuesday morning. Thibault says 300 RCMP officers are in the process of executing 11 searches in the Montreal and Greater Toronto areas. They have seized more than $
  
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• Quebec skier dies after crashing into trees at Vermont's Jay Peak resort

  11-02-2019 16:41
  JAY, United States -- A 68-year-old Quebec man has died in a ski accident at the Jay Peak ski resort in northern Vermont. According to Vermont State Police, Bruce Charron of Montreal West lost a ski and then crashed into trees at the edge of a trail at around 12:45 p.m. Sunday. He was treated by emergency personnel but died at the resort. The state police have opened an investigation and are asking people who witnessed the accident to contact them. Jay Peak is just south of the Canada-U.S. borde
  
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• Morgan Stanley signs deal to buy Calgary-based Solium Capital

  11-02-2019 15:49
  U.S. bank Morgan Stanley has signed a deal to buy Calgary-based Solium Capital Inc. in a cash deal valued at about $1.1 billion.
  
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• More snow overnight creates icy road conditions for Calgary drivers

  11-02-2019 15:29
  Roads in and around the city are snow-covered and slick in sections and motorists are being advised to slow down and drive to the conditions. The overnight snowfall reduced visibility in some areas on Monday morning and made it difficult to see the lanes on some roadways. The light snow ended at about 8:00 a.m. but it will remain bitterly cold for the rest of the day. The AMA says it has received a record amount of calls this month and that the wait time for service is currently about 16 hours.
  
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• B.C. braces for second winter storm in two days

  11-02-2019 15:16
  As British Columbians dig out from one of their first significant snowfalls of the season, Environment Canada is warning of a second winter wallop on Monday.IN PHOTOS: Rare heavy snowstorm blankets B.C.The weather agency has issued snowfall warnings for most of Vancouver Island, including Victoria and the southern Gulf Islands, as well as for the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley, and Metro Vancouver. According to the warning, snow is expected to begin falling Monday afternoon and continue into Tues
  
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• Watching TV might be the worst sedentary behaviour for kids: study

  11-02-2019 15:15
  Recent Australian research has found that sitting down and watching television may increase a child's risk of obesity more than other sedentary behaviours such as playing computer games. Carried out by researchers at the University of South Australia, the new study looked at 234 Australian children aged 10 to 13 years, including 130 who were of a healthy weight and 104 who were classified as obese. The researchers looked at several sedentary behaviours, including watching television, playing vid
  
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• Extreme cold warning continues for Lethbridge and surrounding areas - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 15:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Extreme cold warning continues for Lethbridge and surrounding areas  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It's going to be especially important to stay bundled up this week. Environment Canada's extreme cold warning continues for many parts of ...
  
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• Boy with autism orphaned by Quebec apartment fire

  11-02-2019 14:43
  A boy with autism has been orphaned after three of his family members were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Longueuil, Que. The fire, which broke out during the early hours of Feb. 9, claimed the lives of the boy’s parents, both in their 40s, and his grandmother, who was in her 60s. The City of Longueuil sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, directly across from Montreal. According to CTV Montreal, witnesses described seeing the boy jump from a third f
  
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• SNC-Lavalin warns 2018 profit will be even lower than it cautioned last month

  11-02-2019 14:36
  MONTREAL - SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is warning that its profit for 2018 will be even lower that it cautioned in January, due to problems at an unidentified mining project in Latin America. The company says it has agreed to settle the dispute with its client for the project through an accelerated arbitration process. However, SNC says the loss in its mining and metallurgy business will be higher than it expected on Jan. 28 because it won't achieve the required level of agreement at this time to mee
  
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• 'Truly a hero': Bus driver saves man in distress during -40 wind chill

  11-02-2019 14:23
  An Edmonton bus driver who stopped his bus to help a man in need is being credited with saving the man’s life. Douglas Cowan was taking the bus to church Sunday morning when he noticed the driver pull over in front of a bus shelter. A man was sitting on the bench in the shelter, slumped over and seeming not to have noticed the bus. The driver called out to the man, asking if he needed help. “There was no response, so the driver quickly got him on the bus,” Cowan told CTV Edmont
  
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• Alberta’s Kevin Koe wins Brier berth with reconstructed curling team

  11-02-2019 14:22
  Kevin Koe returns to the Canadian men's curling championship attempting to win it a fourth time with a revamped lineup.
  
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• Lethbridge-East candidates all set for upcoming provincial election

  11-02-2019 13:55
  The political landscape in Lethbridge is broadening, as new candidates have announced their bid for the upcoming provincial election.
  
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• Amazon invests in self-driving car startup Aurora

  11-02-2019 13:41
  A self-driving car technology startup founded by former Google, Tesla and Uber executives said Thursday it secured US$530 million in new funding that included a "significant" investment from Amazon. The funding round for Aurora Innovation led by Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse Sequoia reportedly valued the startup launched just two years ago at more than $2.5 billion. "We are always looking to invest in innovative, customer-obsessed companies, and Aurora is just that," Amazon said in r
  
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• Lethbridge-East candidates all set for upcoming provincial election - Global News

  11-02-2019 10:55 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge-East candidates all set for upcoming provincial election  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The United Conservative Party has nominated its candidate for Lethbridge-East in the upcoming provincial election. Chris Chacon has more on ...
  
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• Passenger numbers up at Lethbridge Airport - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Passenger numbers up at Lethbridge Airport  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A new tourism review shows that passenger numbers are on the rise at the Lethbridge Airport. William Slenders is the Executive Director of ...
  
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• Lethbridge couple facing combined 136 charges for stolen property, stolen mail and other offences - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge couple facing combined 136 charges for stolen property, stolen mail and other offences  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - A warrant has been issued for a Lethbridge woman who is facing 52 criminal charges including, possession of undelivered mail, possession of ...
  
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• Trudeau says Liberals will win in B.C. byelection where Singh seeks seat

  11-02-2019 07:53
  BURNABY, B.C. -- Justin Trudeau said the Liberal candidate in Burnaby South will be a strong voice for the community, as he campaigned on Sunday in the riding where New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is seeking a seat. The prime minister told a crowd of supporters that Richard T. Lee served Burnaby, B.C., for 16 years as a provincial legislator and continues to work hard every day to put the best face forward for the city. "We need strong local voices standing up for you, fighting for you in Otta
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, February 10, 2019

  11-02-2019 05:22
  The Vancouver Giants are the third Western Hockey League club to clinch a playoff spot.
  
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• Toronto church holds vigil in wake of sentencing of serial killer Bruce McArthur

  11-02-2019 02:10
  TORONTO -- A Toronto pastor says it's time to "begin the journey of healing" in the wake of the sentencing of a serial killer who terrorized the city's gay community. Rev. Jeff Rock told attendees at a vigil for eight men murdered by Bruce McArthur that "We will not let hate win." McArthur was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years, meaning he will be 91 before he can apply for any form of release. McArthur, a self-employed landscaper, pleaded guilty last mon
  
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• Calgary superfans get engaged at Arkells’ appearance

  11-02-2019 01:49
  A Calgary man who is obsessed with the Canadian rock band Arkells chose their show at the Saddledome as the perfect moment to pop the question to his equally fanatical girlfriend. Chris Schneider and his girlfriend, Hannah Escallier, have been going out for the past two years. Their first date was at an Arkells show, so Chris knew he wanted to take the next step at one of their concerts. “She got us the Arkells tickets for Christmas and then I knew I wanted to do the proposal during the sh
  
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• Indigenous pro-oil rally in Alberta stresses energy industry is vital for them

  11-02-2019 01:46
  LAC LA BICHE, Alta. -- Indigenous supporters of Canada's oil and gas industry turned out here in force Sunday to make the point that the sector plays a vital role in their lives. "It doesn't matter if you're a business owner or a worker or an aboriginal community. We're all in this together," Lee Thom, a councillor from Kikino Metis Settlement, told a crowd gathered in a recreation centre in Lac La Biche, Alta. Rene Houle from Whitefish Lake First Nation said the energy industry generates spinof
  
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• Former finance minister Michael Wilson dead at 81

  11-02-2019 01:20
  Condolences are pouring in for former Progressive Conservative finance minister Michael Wilson, who has died at the age of 81. Wilson was sent to Ottawa as the MP for Etobicoke Centre in 1979. He ran for the leadership of the PC Party in 1983, and lost to Brian Mulroney. Mulroney became prime minister the following year and appointed Wilson finance minister. In that role, Wilson ushered in the Goods and Services Tax. He was shuffled to the industry and international trade file in 1991, and helpe
  
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• Indigenous group leads northern Alberta rally in support of energy industry

  11-02-2019 00:26
  A rally and truck convoy was held in Lac La Biche on Sunday, in support of Alberta's energy industry.
  
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