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• Family Day events in Lethbridge

  15-02-2019 23:54
  Lethbridge is celebrating the first long weekend of 2019 with numerous events across the city.
  
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• Alberta government contract to result in three new solar power plants; construction to begin in 2020

  15-02-2019 23:44
  Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips says the contract to supply about 55 per cent of the government's annual power consumption will shave $3.9 million per year from the current expiring contracts.
  
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• Oil by rail shipments collapse amid Alberta government production cuts

  15-02-2019 23:37
  Months after hitting record highs, the amount of Canadian oil being shipped by rail has fallen by more than 50 per cent as major oil companies, like Suncor and Imperial, put the brakes on their oil-by-rail operations.
  
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• Safety concerns force Alberta minor hockey team criticized for Indigenous dance video to forfeit season

  15-02-2019 23:33
  A social media video in January showed a boy beating his hockey stick against a trash-can lid as he and others jumped around and shouted to a song by Indigenous electronic group A Tribe Called Red.
  
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• Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt, B.C.

  15-02-2019 23:25
  Greg and Gerry Latham spent Friday morning scrambling to pack up family heirlooms as a series of sinkholes threatened to destroy their dream retirement home on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast.Extended coverage from CTV VancouverThe Lathams are among 14 families in an upscale seaside neighbourhood in Sechelt preparing to obey an evacuation order and they said they didn't know if they would be allowed to return. "I'm standing in my beautiful home that has absolutely no furniture in it, looking o
  
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• 2 escape avalanche unharmed at Castle Mountain Resort

  15-02-2019 23:17
  Two skiers were rescued from an avalanche Friday morning at Castle Mountain Resort.
  
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• Family Day events in Lethbridge - Global News

  15-02-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Family Day events in Lethbridge  Global NewsLethbridge is celebrating the first long weekend of 2019 with numerous events across the city.
  
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• Runner recalls desperate fight with thrashing mountain lion

  15-02-2019 22:46
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A Colorado runner who was attacked by a mountain lion says he felt a wave of fear that he wouldn't survive the encounter before he managed to stomp on its neck and suffocate it. Travis Kaufmann on Thursday recalled wrestling with the thrashing, clawing cat during the Feb. 4 attack. He says he was running on a mountain trail west of Fort Collins when the silent cat lunged at him, bit his wrist and clawed at his face, neck and body. He says he hit the cat with a rock before
  
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• Alberta-based missionary group fleeing Haiti as violence engulfs Caribbean republic

  15-02-2019 22:46
  Global Affairs raised its travel warning for Haiti Friday morning telling all Canadians to avoid all travel due to civil unrest in the country.
  
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• Police say 5 killed in suburban Chicago shooting

  15-02-2019 22:26
  AURORA, Ill. -- An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire at its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing five people and wounding five police officers before he was fatally shot, police said. Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief Kristen Ziman identified the gunman as 45-year-old Gary Martin and said he was believed to be an employee at the Henry Pratt Co. -- which makes valves for industrial purposes -- in the city about 40 miles (65 kilometres) west of Chicago. She told a news conference that
  
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• Man apprehended in shooting at Illinois industrial park

  15-02-2019 22:26
  AURORA, Ill. -- A shooter was apprehended after opening fire in an industrial park in in Aurora, Illinois, city officials said Friday, but police did not immediately say if anyone was shot. Live TV reports show dozens of first responder vehicles outside a building housing the Henry Pratt Co. Several ATF teams responded to the shooting and were at the scene, according to the agency's Chicago spokeswoman, and the FBI said it also was responding. John Probst told ABC7 that he ran out of the back do
  
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• Pair Escape Injury After Castle Mountain Avalanche

  15-02-2019 22:25
  A snow slide at a popular southwest Alberta ski hill Friday burying one person and partially burying another. Both were rescused.
  
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• Family of ISIS teen appeals to U.K. to help bring her home

  15-02-2019 22:09
  LONDON -- The family of a pregnant British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group urged the government Friday to help bring her home. Shamima Begum's family issued a statement appealing for government assistance "as a matter of urgency." Begum, now 19, resurfaced this week at a refugee camp in Syria where she gave an interview to the Times of London saying she didn't regret her decision, but wanted to come home. "Given Shamima's four-year ordeal, we are concerned that her mental h
  
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• Two people rescued following avalanche at Castle Mountain Resort

  15-02-2019 22:01
  Two people were lucky to escape uninjured from an avalanche that happened at Castle Mountain Resort on Friday afternoon. An avalanche was reported in-bounds near the Tamarack lift just after noon. One person was completely buried in slide and another was partially covered by the snow and debris. Ski patrols at the resort were able to rescue both people and they were assessed for injuries at the top of the hill. EMS crews assessed the pair again at the bottom of the hill and determined that they
  
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• Trial dates set for Lethbridge man charged with attempted murder in west side shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2019 21:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trial dates set for Lethbridge man charged with attempted murder in west side shooting  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - Four days have been set aside for a trial involving a Lethbridge man charged with four counts of attempted murder, possession of a firearm, ...
  
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• Trial dates set for Lethbridge man charged with attempted murder in west side shooting

  15-02-2019 21:20
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - Four days have been set aside for a trial involving a Lethbridge man charged with four counts of attempted murder, possession of a firearm, assault with a weapon and several other offences.
  Lawyer Scott Hadford appeared Friday, February 15 as an agent and spoke for 32-year-old Robert John Sheppard, who appeared via CCTV from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre.
  Sheppard's lawyer, Andre Ouellette was not able to make it fr
  
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• Large pro-pipeline convoy to roll through Winnipeg Friday

  15-02-2019 20:55
  A 300 vehicle pro-pipeline convoy is expected to roll through Winnipeg on Friday afternoon. It is not known what route the vehicles will be travelling.
  
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• Sex assault charge against Calgary chef Michael Noble stayed

  15-02-2019 19:49
  The owner and chef of two Calgary restaurants who was accused of sexual assault last year has learned that the charge against him has been stayed. Michael Noble, 57, was charged after one of his employees came forward to police alleging that Noble cornered her in the washroom at a gathering in January of 2018 and sexually assaulted her. Noble was charged with sexual assault on May 3rd and denied the allegation. On Friday, Noble’s lawyer Jennifer Ruttan emailed a statement to the media sayi
  
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• Alberta group calling on province to implement law to stop seclusion rooms in schools

  15-02-2019 19:49
  Inclusion Alberta and parents of children with autism say the Alberta government has not done enough to deal with seclusion rooms in schools.
  
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• Trial Set For Lethbridge Man Accused of Attempted Murder

  15-02-2019 19:27
  32 year old Robert Sheppard is accused of firing shots into a west side home in April 2018. He'll go to trial this year.
  
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• Care From The Heart Radio-A-Thon Surpasses $230,000 Fundraising Goal

  15-02-2019 19:04
  The 10th annual CRH Foundation Radio-a-Thon raised more than what was hoped during the Valentine'e Day event at Chinook Regional Hospital.
  
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• Enbridge confident Line 3 pipeline will open this year despite new challenge

  15-02-2019 18:14
  Enbridge said it is confident that its Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project will come into service by the end of the year despite hurdles.
  
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• Traffic Disruptions Expected in Downtown Lethbridge For Storm & Sewer Work

  15-02-2019 17:53
  The lining project around Galt Gardens is a lower-impact and lower-cost alternative to digging up and replace old pipes.
  
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• Canada's main stock index posts triple-digit gain pushing streak to six weeks

  15-02-2019 17:23
  TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index posted a triple-digit gain Friday after oil hit a three-month high to extend the market's winning streak to six weeks. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 142.26 points to 15,838.24. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 443.86 points at 25,883.25. The S&P 500 index was up 29.87 points at 2,775.60, while the Nasdaq composite was up 45.46 points at 7,472.41. The Canadian dollar traded at an average of 75.38 cents US, compared with an a
  
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• Trump's national emergency: from shutdown frying pan to constitutional fire

  15-02-2019 16:59
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump is finally ending America's shutdown standoff, but diving headlong into what's expected to trigger a fresh constitutional crisis -- virtually in the same breath. Trump is declaring a national emergency in order to secure billions of dollars for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, even as he signs a funding bill to keep the U.S. government open. The compromise by Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill the president is agreeing to falls well short of
  
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• Expect traffic delays as storm and sewer work begins in downtown Lethbridge next week - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2019 16:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Expect traffic delays as storm and sewer work begins in downtown Lethbridge next week  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge is advising residents of some infrastructure work set to start up on Monday, Feb. 18. Crews will be lining storm and ...
  
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• Expect traffic delays as storm and sewer work begins in downtown Lethbridge next week

  15-02-2019 16:53
  By Justin Goulet
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge is advising residents of some infrastructure work set to start up on Monday, Feb. 18.
  Crews will be lining storm and sanitary sewer pipes in the downtown area around Galt Gardens.
  According to the City, the lining work is a lower-impact and lower-cost alternative to digging and replacing aging pipes.
  Work will take place between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Residents and businesses in the area have been notified about noise and service i
  
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• Snow rage? Woman says plow operator deliberately blocked her in

  15-02-2019 16:42
  A Montreal woman says a plow operator deliberately piled a wall of snow around her car after a major snowfall this week. Video surveillance from the front of Vanessa Brott’s home shows the sidewalk plow driver and Brott gesturing at each other in an apparently heated exchange on Wednesday morning. Nearly 40 cm of snow had fallen overnight. Brott told CTV Montreal that one of her rear tires was stuck on the sidewalk, blocking the plow from getting by.Read more on this story from CTV Montrea
  
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• Ottawa advises against all travel to Haiti as Canadians remain trapped amid unrest

  15-02-2019 15:50
  MONTREAL -- The federal government has issued a new advisory for Haiti, saying Canadians should avoid all travel to the Caribbean country as it works to get out citizens trapped there. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa Friday the government is deeply concerned about what's going on in Haiti. "Many Canadians have family members and friends in Haiti that they are of course worried about, and our hearts go out to them," Trudeau said. Global Affairs said it upgraded its advisory
  
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• Man in Paris metro burned after serious 'liquid' attack

  15-02-2019 15:19
  Paris police said a man on the city's subway was seriously injured Friday after being burned with an "unknown liquid" in what French media have described as an acid attack. Paris prosecutors' office said an investigation for attempted murder has been opened. The unidentified victim was attacked in the metro's line one, near the station of Bastille, during rush hour Friday morning. The person is being treated for major burns to the face and hands after being evacuated by the emergency services. P
  
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• Forecast calls for more snow for Calgary and southern Alberta

  15-02-2019 14:59
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for parts of southern Alberta and some areas could see as much as 20 cm before the weather system moves out of the area on Sunday. CTV Calgary Meteorologist David Spence says the heaviest snowfall will be on Friday but flurries will continue off and on until Sunday. The city will receive between 5 – 10 cm of snow on Friday and between 10 – 20 cm of snow is expected for the mountain parks and southern portion of the province. A snowfall
  
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• Foreign exchange drags Air Canada to Q4 loss, but operating revenue up

  15-02-2019 14:37
  MONTREAL - Air Canada says that negative changes to foreign exchange rates drove it to a $231-million net loss in the fourth quarter, but it would have otherwise turned a profit during the three-month period. The Montreal-based airline's revenue was $4.24 billion, which was up from $3.82 billion a year earlier. Its net loss amounted to 85 cents per diluted share for the three months ended Dec. 31, including $269 million of foreign exchange losses recorded under generally accepted accounting rule
  
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• Haiti to unveil economic measures to quell violent protests

  15-02-2019 14:11
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haitians on Friday vowed to keep protesting until President Jovenel Moise resigns despite his announcement of upcoming economic measures designed to quell more than a week of violent demonstrations across the country. Moise said during a televised address late Thursday that he would not surrender the country to armed gangs and drug dealers and accused people of freeing prisoners to kill him. It was the first time Moise had spoken since the demonstrations began, and he ma
  
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• Snowfall warning in effect for Lethbridge and surrounding areas - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2019 14:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Snowfall warning in effect for Lethbridge and surrounding areas  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Earlier this week it was the extreme cold, now it's the snow. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Lethbridge and ...
  
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• Amid an opioid crisis, Canadians back ‘compulsory treatment,’ poll shows. But does it work?

  15-02-2019 13:44
  When it comes to decriminalizing all drugs, Canadians aren't quite there yet, says the executive director of the Angus Reid Institute.
  
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• Spain readies for another general election on April 28

  15-02-2019 11:57
  MADRID -- Spain's prime minister on Friday called an early general election for April 28 that will likely highlight the deep political divisions in the country. The news that Spaniards are having to go to the polls for the third time in less than four years came after the minority Socialist government, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, lost a budget vote in Parliament. Sanchez, who was already under pressure from within his own party ranks to cut his term short, lost the budget vote after Cat
  
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• Dubai airport briefly halts flights over drone sighting

  15-02-2019 10:50
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest airport for international travel, has briefly halted flights over an alleged drone sighting. The airport says it halted flights from 10:13 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. on Friday over "suspected drone activity." It says flights were later resumed. Alleged drone sightings have previously disrupted flights into the airport, which is the base of the long-haul carrier Emirates. Drone owners are now required to register with the Uni
  
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• Trudeau to face more questions on SNC-Lavalin at BlackBerry announcement

  15-02-2019 10:25
  OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to face a fresh round of questions on the SNC-Lavalin controversy today when he hands out some money to a technology firm. Trudeau will be in the Ottawa suburb of Kanata to announce $40 million of federal money for BlackBerry, the one-time smartphone leader that is now working on software to enable self-driving cars. BlackBerry says its QNX software is already in tens of millions of cars, guiding systems related to driver assistance, hands-free
  
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• PM: Wilson-Raybould would still be justice minister if Brison hadn't resigned

  15-02-2019 10:25
  OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that, if Scott Brison had not stepped down from cabinet, "Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be minister of justice and attorney general." Trudeau’s remarks come after reports that the Prime Minister's Office allegedly tried to influence Wilson-Raybould to ask prosecutors to strike a deal with the Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin, which is facing corruption charges. Shortly after being shuffled to the Veterans Affairs file, Wilson-Raybould res
  
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• Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain aging

  15-02-2019 08:50
  WASHINGTON -- Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age but now scientists are peeking inside living brains to tell if depression might worsen that decline -- and finding some worrisome clues. Depression has long been linked to certain cognitive problems, and depression late in life even may be a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's. Yet how depression might harm cognition isn't clear. One possibility: Brain cells communicate by firing messages across connections called synaps
  
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• Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York

  15-02-2019 08:15
  NEW YORK -- Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine's Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion in tax breaks and the company's anti-union stance. With millions of jobs and a bustling economy, New York can withstand the blow, but experts say the decision by the e-commerce giant to walk away and take with it 25,000 promised jobs could scare off other companies considering moving to or expanding in t
  
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• Risk of flooding, mudslides remains after California storm

  15-02-2019 07:58
  SAUSALITO, Calif. -- Authorities warn that mudslides are still possible Friday even after a damaging storm moved through California, trapping people in floodwaters, triggering a debris flow that destroyed homes, and forcing residents to flee communities scorched by wildfires last year. The powerful system swept in from the Pacific Ocean and unleashed rain, snow and wind across the U.S. West into Wyoming and Colorado after walloping Northern California and southern Oregon earlier. The rain mostly
  
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• Thank you, Southern Alberta - Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon surpasses goal

  15-02-2019 07:37
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE -- The final tally is not official, as all donations have not been counted but, as of 10:00-pm Thursday night, the 2019 Care from the Heart Radio-a-thon had surpassed its goal of $230,000 by almost $6.000.
  Among the major contributors were Lethbridge Costco ($76,662.88), Balog Auctions ($49,416.42), Tim Horton’s ($18.033) and Shopper’s Drug Mart ($14,164).
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• WHL Roundup: Thursday, February 14, 2019

  15-02-2019 07:22
  MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Vince Loschiavo scored twice and Todd Scott made 31 saves as the Edmonton Oil Kings edged the Moose Jaw Warriors 3-2 on Thursday night in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Two people dead in crash on rural Alberta highway

  15-02-2019 06:37
  Officials say two people have died in a serious crash on Highway 9 near Beiseker on Thursday night. RCMP say emergency crews were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash between Range Road 251 and 253 at about 9:30 p.m. Both drivers of the vehicles succumbed to their injuries at the scene. There were no other occupants in either vehicle. The investigation is still ongoing into the cause of the crash. The victims have not been identified. A section of Highway 9 is expected to be closed for sev
  
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• First-degree murder charge for father of girl, 11, found dead after Amber Alert: police

  15-02-2019 05:47
  The father of an 11-year-old girl found dead at her dad’s home is to be charged with first-degree murder, police say. Peel police issued an Amber Alert after 11 p.m. Thursday, several hours after 41-year-old Roopesh Rajkumar failed to return his daughter, Riya, to her mother. Riya was allegedly abducted by her dad after he took her out for her birthday Thursday afternoon. Her father was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body, at around midnight on Thursday, and is expected to be
  
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• 11-year-old Ontario girl, subject of Amber Alert, found dead: police

  15-02-2019 05:47
  An 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted by her father after he took her out for her birthday Thursday afternoon, has been found dead at a home west of Toronto. Her father was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body and is expected to be formally charged Friday. Peel police issued an Amber Alert after 11 p.m. Thursday, several hours after 41-year-old Roopesh Rajkumar failed to return his daughter, Riya, to her mother. The father made threats to harm his daughter and himself to hi
  
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• Province says it’s still working to fix Calgary charter school building

  15-02-2019 05:00
  Administrators at the Foundations for the Future Learning Academy in Calgary say urgent repairs at one of their buildings have been ignored for years, but the government says the school is still on their radar. Staff, parents and students attended an information session at FFCA on Wednesday night to learn more about what’s being done about the crumbling high school building. Students that attend the secondary school say there are cracks in the walls, broken ceiling tiles and a lot of water
  
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• Lethbridge boxers put in final training session before Canada Winter Games

  15-02-2019 04:43
  A pair of boxers are awaiting the first bell for their bouts in Red Deer this weekend as they head north for the Canada Winter Games. As Kyle Benning reports, the duo is hoping to take the tournament by storm.
  
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• Former pharmacist fined and given conditional sentence

  15-02-2019 04:16
  A Calgary woman who forged information in order to acquire prescription drugs from the pharmacy where she worked was sentenced on Wednesday. Leanne Rogalsky was arrested in 2017 after loss prevention officers at the Safeway store in Okotoks discovered that some of the drugs were missing. Rogalsky was employed at the store as a pharmacist. A thorough examination of the drugstore’s records found that over 33,000 pills had been stolen over a five year period. On February 13, Rogalsky was conv
  
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