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• Poor highway conditions a suspected factor in fatal head-on collision near Taber

  20-02-2019 23:53
  A 39-year-old man is dead and four people, including two children, were transported to hospital following a Wednesday morning crash south of Taber. Emergency crews responded to a location on Highway 36, north of Highway 61, at approximately 9:30 a.m. following a head-on collision involving a northbound van and a southbound truck. The driver of the van, a 39-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The other occupants of the van, a 27-year-old woman and two children, were injured in the cr
  
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• Police seek suspect after girl inappropriately touched on Calgary Transit bus

  20-02-2019 23:30
  The Calgary Police Service has released surveillance images of a man who allegedly touched a girl on a Calgary Transit bus in a southwest neighbourhood. On the afternoon of Saturday, January 19, a female youth, age not released, boarded a bus in the community of Somerset. A man that the girl did not know also entered the bus at the same stop. According to police, the man proceeded to sit next to the girl and allegedly touched her in an inappropriate manner. When the girl stood up to exit the bus
  
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• Flair Airlines suspending flights to Florida, Palm Springs: ‘Expect the unexpected’

  20-02-2019 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  Ultra-low-cost carrier Flair is ending flights earlier than expected to Miami, Tampa Bay and Palm Springs, and reducing flights to Las Vegas and Phoenix-Mesa.
  
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• Airline analyst on the growing pains Flair Airlines is going through as an ultra-low-cost carrier

  20-02-2019 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  McMaster University marketing professor Marvin Ryder explains the growing pains that come with ultra-low-cost carriers, adding, as a young company, Flair Airlines is still testing to see what works and what does not when it comes to routes in the United States.
  
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• Vaccine for pregnant women to prevent whooping cough in infants now free in Alberta

  20-02-2019 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government is encouraging pregnant women to take advantage of a new vaccination program to prevent whooping cough in infants.
  
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• City decides not to replace Fairview Arena following roof collapse last year

  20-02-2019 22:50
  An arena in the southeast that was closed after the roof collapsed last year will not be reopened at its current location and the city says it will now work with its stakeholders to determine what to do with the site. A section of the roof above the rink at the Fairview Arena and Community Hall caved in on February 20, 2018. No one was injured in the incident and the building was closed to the public. An inspection was conducted at the facility and a report that was presented to the city last we
  
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• Deadly Crash South of Taber Claims One Life, Sends Several Others to Hospital

  20-02-2019 22:35
  A 39 year old man is dead and four others injured, including two kids, after a head-on crash Wednesday morning south of Taber.
  
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• Boulet parents proud of son’s legacy as they get ready to drop the puck for organ donation

  20-02-2019 22:31
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE – For Toby and Bernadine Boulet, time may pass but the legacy of their son Logan and the impact of his passing continues to resonant, in Lethbridge and around North America, thanks to his connection to organ donation.
  Logan Boulet was one of sixteen hockey players killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash on April 6, 2018, and prior to the crash, Logan shared with his parents his desire to donate his organs.
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• Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2 special edition - The Doctor Who News Page

  20-02-2019 21:53
  Lethbridge-Stewart: The HAVOC Files 2 special edition  The Doctor Who News PageCandy Jar Books has announced a special edition of The HAVOC Files 2 to be released at the beginning of March.
  
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• Lethbridge City Council Unanimously Gives Support For Info Sharing on Opioid Crisis

  20-02-2019 20:57
  
  
  A collaboration between a number of Alberta communities to share information on the opioid crisis has received unanimous support from the City of Lethbridge.
  
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• Child killer must remain at psychiatric hospital

  20-02-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  BC Review Board rules Allan Schoenborn must remain at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.
  
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• Alberta government giving new methanol plant $80M in royalty credits

  20-02-2019 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley says Nauticol Energy is to start construction on the $2-billion plant near Grande Prairie next year with an opening set for 2020.
  
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• Alberta Opposition Leader Jason Kenney says he would shelve oil by rail deal

  20-02-2019 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney says if elected, his party will attempt to cancel a new multi-billion dollar deal to ship more Alberta oil by rail.
  
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• Premier Notley to Attend Lethbridge International Peace Pow-Wow

  20-02-2019 20:18
  Rachel Notley will be the Alberta premier to attend the local Peace Pow-Wow. She's expected to receive a traditional Blackfoot name this weekend.
  
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• Ticket tally from snow route parking ban tops 1,800

  20-02-2019 20:09
  A snow route parking ban that was issued by the city on Monday will end Wednesday afternoon and, so far, over 1800 tickets have been issued to motorists who have not moved their vehicles. The ban was called to give road crews room to clear priority 2 routes and lasts for 72 hours after it is implemented or until it is lifted by the city. The City of Calgary announced the ban would be lifted as of 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. During the ban, parking is restricted on those routes designated by a blue sign
  
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• Lethbridge Man Convicted in Violent Assault Added to Sexual Offender Registry

  20-02-2019 19:10
  Denzel Bird, the man responsible for a brutal sexual assault on a young woman, will be placed on the Sexual Offender Registry for the rest of his life.
  
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• United We Roll convoy organizer denies allegations he ran off with the GoFundMe cash

  20-02-2019 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  Supporters of the United We Roll convoy have called the disbursement and handling of the crowdfunding account into question.
  
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• Liberals promise $638M for urban Indigenous housing

  20-02-2019 18:55
  OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to spend $638 million on housing for Indigenous people in cities and urban centres. The money is part of the Liberals' $40-billion housing plan, which is spread over 10 years and aims to reduce homelessness by half. Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan are making the announcement this afternoon. About two-thirds of the money is to address Indigenous homelessness and one-third is to improve existin
  
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• United Conservatives Plan Performance Review of Alberta Health Services if Elected

  20-02-2019 18:47
  Jason Kenney says Alberta spends $22 billion a year of taxpayers’ money on health. Of that, Alberta Health Services spends $15.2 billion.
  
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• Highway 36 closed as RCMP respond to 2-vehicle collision near Taber

  20-02-2019 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  According to RCMP, the crash happened just north of Highway 61. 
  
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• 1 dead, 4 injured in 2-vehicle collision near Taber

  20-02-2019 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  Mounties say their preliminary investigation has determined that a southbound truck collided head-on with a northbound van.
  
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• Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre to retire, source says

  20-02-2019 18:31
  Georges St-Pierre, a two-division UFC champion who put mixed martial arts on the map in Canada, is retiring. The UFC has scheduled a "special press conference" with St-Pierre for Thursday at Montreal's Bell Centre. A source confirmed to The Canadian Press that the fighter is retiring. The 37-year-old from St-Isidore, Que., last fought in November 2017 when he dethroned middleweight champion Michael (The Count) Bisping. He gave up the 185-pound crown a month later, citing health issues (ulcerativ
  
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• Canada's Georges St-Pierre set to end glittering mixed martial arts career

  20-02-2019 18:31
  Georges St-Pierre's fighting days are over. For good this time, it seems. The 37-year-old mixed martial arts star from St-Isidore, Que., will make it official at a news conference Thursday at Montreal's Bell Centre, according to a source. It is a reluctant departure, in part. St-Pierre wanted a high-profile fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. But it appears the UFC has other plans for the unbeaten Russian. Nurmagomedov, via social media, responded to news of GSP's imminent r
  
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• Boulet Family to Drop Puck at Upcoming Lethbridge Hurricanes Game

  20-02-2019 18:21
  Logan Boulet's family will be dropping the puck Friday night against the Tigers to support organ donation.
  
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• Community asked to put out teddy bears in honour of 7 children killed in Halifax fire

  20-02-2019 18:04
  To honour the seven children killed in the Halifax fire, one woman is leading an effort to have neighbours put out teddy bears on their front porches and window sills. Andrea Bennett and her children were among dozens of people gathered outside the destroyed house on Tuesday night to mourn the children. She told CTVNews.ca she felt it was important to show support for the grieving parents from Syria who had started a new life for their family in Canada. “I can’t even comprehend what
  
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• Home Building Up in Lethbridge Region to Start 2019

  20-02-2019 17:28
  Ground broke on 47 homes in the Lethbridge region in January. Up from 40 during the same time last year.
  
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• Pro-pipeline convoy arrives in Ottawa for day two of protests

  20-02-2019 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  The United We Roll convoy, a convoy of Canadians fed up with the Liberal government, continued their protests in the nation’s capital Wednesday.
  
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• U.S. based Devon Energy says it intends to exit Canadian oilsands sector

  20-02-2019 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp. says it's getting out of the Canadian oilsands, as well as the Barnett Shale area in Texas.
  
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• Man charged with sexual assault involving two teens

  20-02-2019 16:34
  A 60-year-old man is facing charges in connection to the alleged sexual assault of two teens over a five year period. Police say the assaults are believed to started when the victims were about 12-years-old and happened between 2011 and 2016. Last Tuesday, Daryl Patrick Gillespie, 60, was charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual interference with a person under 16 years of age. Police say the victims and the accused are known to each other but their relationship will no
  
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• Firearms stolen from Alberta house party recovered after ‘high-risk traffic stop’: RCMP

  20-02-2019 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP used a 'high-risk' takedown to stop a vehicle they say was carrying firearms stolen from a home in Airdrie during a house party.
  
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• Digital billboard campaign puts question of separation to Albertans

  20-02-2019 15:59
  A new billboard campaign released in Calgary and Edmonton is attracting attention and questions whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada. The ad campaign was launched by Alberta Fights Back, a political action group, and asks the question, ‘Should Alberta Ditch Canada?’ The digital billboard in Calgary is at 700 - 58 Avenue S.E. and the one in Edmonton is located at 99 Street & 63 Avenue. According the group’s website, the goal of the campaign is to take the discu
  
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• Grand Canyon looking into possible radiation exposure

  20-02-2019 14:27
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park officials say they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to radiation at unsafe levels while samples of uranium ore sat in plastic buckets in a park research building. Three 5-gallon (18.93-litre) buckets have been removed from a building about a half mile (8 kilometres) from the South Rim that houses the park's archives and artifacts. About 550 people tour the collections each year, mostly by appointment. The National Park Service is working
  
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• Final Crown witnesses to take stand in Oland trial as prosecutors near end

  20-02-2019 14:23
  SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- Crown prosecutors are expected to conclude their case against Dennis Oland this week in Saint John, N.B. They will have one of their final witnesses on the stand today -- John Ainsworth, who was working in the office below the murder scene on July 6, 2011, the day Richard Oland was bludgeoned to death. Ainsworth was one of two men who heard loud thumps coming from Oland's office that evening, likely the sounds of the murder. But unlike his friend Anthony Shaw, who thinks the
  
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• Prosecutors say Philadelphia man had more than 56,000 child porn files

  20-02-2019 14:10
  PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia man who worked at a suburban pediatric centre has admitted collecting thousands of child pornography videos and images. U.S. federal prosecutors say 27-year-old Cameron Carlucci pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing and distributing child porn. He now faces at least five years in prison and could receive a life term when he's sentenced this year. Prosecutors say that from 2015 until his arrest last year, Carlucci amassed more than 56,000 images and videos of mainly
  
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• Samsung poised to unveil new phones in bid to revive sales

  20-02-2019 14:03
  SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung is expected to show off its latest smartphones Wednesday, the latest effort by a phone maker to come up with new features compelling enough to end a sales slump. The new models expected in San Francisco will commemorate the 10th anniversary of Samsung's first smartphone. Samsung is also expected to provide a glimpse at a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen. Apple touted the iPhone's 10th-anniversary edition as a breakthrough when it was released in late 2
  
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• U.S. Customs intercepts over $12M in meth hidden in strawberries at border crossing

  20-02-2019 13:55
  PHARR, Texas -- Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted nearly $13 million worth of methamphetamine inside a truck carrying frozen strawberries that crossed into the U.S. from Mexico. The agency on Tuesday said officers working at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility in Texas used imaging equipment and dogs to inspect the truck on Feb. 16. Officers discovered 350 packages concealed within the trailer and seized 906 pounds (411 kilograms) of meth. The 42-year-old Mexican
  
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• Putin sternly warns U.S. against putting missiles in Europe

  20-02-2019 13:25
  MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take just as little time to reach their targets. While the Russian leader didn't say what specific new weapons Moscow could deploy, his statement further raised the ante in tense relations with Washington. Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin charged that the U.S. has abandoned a key arms
  
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• Tilray to acquire hemp food company Manitoba Harvest for up to $419M

  20-02-2019 13:23
  Cannabis producer Tilray Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Hemp Hearts-maker Manitoba Harvest for up to $419 million in cash and stock as the two companies look to launch CBD-infused products where permissible in the U.S. The acquisition accelerates the Nanaimo, B.C.-based pot grower's entry into the U.S. market as the hemp food manufacturer's products are already on the shelves of retailers such as Wal-Mart, Costco and Whole Foods on both sides of the border, said Tilray chief executive Brendan
  
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• Market volatility, mortgages loom over upcoming earnings of Canada's big banks

  20-02-2019 12:13
  TORONTO -- Canada's biggest banks are set to report on what has traditionally been the strongest quarter of the year, but market volatility and slower mortgage growth during the period could weigh on their latest results. North American markets saw a sharp selloff at the end of 2018 amid a trade skirmish between China and the U.S. and political uncertainty with a partial shutdown south of the border, potentially hampering the banks' related earnings. "With markets falling through much of the fal
  
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• Lethbridge College exploring return to Taber - Lethbridge Herald

  20-02-2019 10:45
  Lethbridge College exploring return to Taber  Lethbridge HeraldDave Mabell Lethbridge Herald [email protected] As part of its regional mandate, Lethbridge College offers programs in Pincher Creek, Vulcan.
  
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• NDP candidates push for stronger climate action as Singh supports LNG Canada

  20-02-2019 10:33
  BURNABY, B.C. -- Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is facing calls from within the party for a stronger stance on climate change as he defends his support of the $40-billion LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia. Svend Robinson, the New Democrat candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour in the general election, opposes any new oil and gas infrastructure. Julia Sanchez, running for the party in a byelection in Outremont in Montreal, disapproves of the use of public funds for such projects. Sing
  
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• Wilson-Raybould says she wants opportunity to 'speak my truth'

  20-02-2019 10:25
  OTTAWA – Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould told the House of Commons Wednesday that she hopes to have "the opportunity to speak my truth," as the SNC-Lavalin affair continues to play out on Parliament Hill. In her first remarks in the Commons chamber since the scandal erupted, she appeared to take aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, saying the decision to waive solicitor-client privilege is not a decision for her to make. These comments came as she rose to formally register that she would
  
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• Trudeau welcomes Wilson-Raybould testifying on SNC-Lavalin affair

  20-02-2019 10:25
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he welcomes former minster Jody-Wilson Raybould testifying before the House Justice Committee as part of its probe into the ongoing SNC-Lavalin affair. The committee will hear from her, Trudeau told reporters on his way into the first Liberal caucus meeting on the Hill since Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet and his principal secretary Gerald Butts resigned amid continuing questions about alleged PMO interference in a criminal prosecution of
  
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• Tears, flowers at impromptu memorial for Syrian children killed in Halifax fire

  20-02-2019 10:15
  HALIFAX -- Dozens of people gathered outside the charred remnants of a suburban Halifax home Tuesday night to mourn the loss of seven children killed in a fast-moving fire and to show support for the injured, grieving parents left behind.GoFundMe: Halifax house fire tragedyThey carried flowers and wept openly in the frigid darkness, looking for solace in the company of neighbours and listening to a Christian pastor attempt to gather community strength for the Muslim refugees from Syria beginning
  
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

  20-02-2019 07:22 via globalnews.ca
  KENNEWICK, Wash. - Parker Aucoin scored two goals and set up another, and Kyle Olson had a goal and two assists to lead the Tri-City Americans to a 6-3 victory over the Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Police seek attempted robbery suspect following incident in downtown parkade

  20-02-2019 05:54
  The Calgary Police Service has released a composite sketch of the suspect in an attempted robbery in the parking garage of the Grid 5 apartment building last month and is asking for tips from the public. According to police, a woman was entering her car on the morning of Thursday, January 24 when a man approached and demanded the woman’s purse and the keys to the vehicle. While attempting to grab the woman’s possessions, the suspect pushed the woman into a wall of the parkade in the
  
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• CPS shuffles resources to address safety concerns near Sheldon Chumir

  20-02-2019 05:06
  The Calgary Police Service is beefing up its presence near the supervised consumption site in the Beltline as the opioid crisis of recent years has been exacerbated by an escalation in methamphetamine use. The area surrounding the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, near the intersection of 4 Street and 13 Avenue SW, has been plagued by an upswing in crime and violence. During Tuesday’s Police Commission meeting, CPS officials said a number of District 1 off
  
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• 6 new provincial court judges appointed in Alberta

  20-02-2019 04:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government has appointed six new provincial court judges — four women and two men.
  
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• Should Alberta ‘ditch’ Canada? Billboard campaign poses bold question

  20-02-2019 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  "We’ve got to look at our options and our options are this: we need to look at walking away."
  
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• Lethbridge library celebrates relationship with Indigenous community

  20-02-2019 02:35 via globalnews.ca
  It's a relationship, a century in the making. As the Lethbridge Public Library celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, the facility is also honouring the significant strides made to connect with Indigenous communities. Demi Knight reports.
  
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