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• Canadian sex abuse survivors march in Rome to demand 'zero tolerance'

  23-02-2019 23:54
  Canadians who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests marched in Rome on Saturday, demanding a zero tolerance approach from the Vatican. Gemma Hickey of St. John’s, N.L., took part in the protest. Hickey told CTV’s Daniele Hamamdjian that meeting other survivors was both comforting and heartbreaking. “This is the first time I’ve had the experience to connect with people in person from all over the world where we’re all sharing the same pain,&rdq
  
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• Batten down the hatches: winds of up to 120 km/h expected across Ont.

  23-02-2019 23:27
  People living in Ontario should brace for a blustery few days. Environment Canada has issued several warnings across the province ahead of a system that could bring wind gusts of up to 120 km/h to some places. Most of southern Ontario is under the warning, including Barrie, Kingston, Toronto and Windsor. Ottawa could also see gusts as strong as 90 km/h. The strong winds are expected to arrive Sunday morning and continue into Monday. There’s also a possibility of whiteouts and blowing snow.
  
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• Warm weather flees Calgary in face of more snow and cold

  23-02-2019 23:06
  Calgary is back into some cold weather after we all enjoyed a brief reprieve from winter this week and it’s led to some slippery conditions on a number of routes. Only a few centimetres fell during the latest storm, but it was enough to trigger a number of crashes throughout the city. Police say drivers need to take extra caution given the conditions. “As you can see, the roads are covered in snow. It’s very icy and cold. There’s lots of wind, so you’re getting blow
  
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• Boeing 767 cargo jetliner with 3 aboard crashes near Houston

  23-02-2019 22:05
  HOUSTON -- A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard disintegrated after crashing Saturday into a bay east of the city, according to a Texas sheriff. Witnesses told emergency personnel that the twin-engine plane "went in nose first," leaving a debris field three-quarters of a mile long in Trinity Bay, Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said. "It's probably a crash that nobody would survive," he said, referring to the scene as "total devastation." The cargo plan
  
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• Renovation giant Lowe’s holds hiring fair in southern Alberta

  23-02-2019 21:42
  Hundreds of positions are up for grabs in and around Calgary as Lowe’s looks to hire qualified people to help out in time for the 2019 home improvement season. The company is hiring about 300 positions at 14 stores in the city for all sorts of positions including managers, customer service associates, cashiers, stockers, truck drivers and sales specialists. Officials with the chain say that spring and summer is the busiest time at their stores and they encourage young people to pursue the
  
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• Another ‘prolonged’ Alberta extreme cold weather event to begin Sunday

  23-02-2019 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  "Extreme wind chill values near -40 expected Monday morning for most parts of Alberta," Environment Canada said.
  
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• Brooks Bandits set new win record in the AJHL

  23-02-2019 19:15
  The wins kept on coming for the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Brooks Bandits and the team notched its 54th win of the season in front of their hometown crowd on Friday night. The Bandits defeated the Camrose Kodiaks 6-2, improving the season’s record to 54-3-0.54 wins! It's a 6-2 final for your Bandits over the visiting Kodiaks and the most victories in a season in #AJHL history!Final shots 49-14 Brooks. pic.twitter.com/K431BLDLP7— Brooks Bandits (@BrooksBandits) February 23,
  
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• At least 20 killed in vehicle accident at China mine

  23-02-2019 18:25
  BEIJING - State media report at least 20 people were killed and 30 injured in a vehicle accident at a mine in northern China blamed on faulty brakes. The Xinhua News Agency says the accident occurred Saturday morning at a lead, zinc and silver mine operated by the Yinman Mining Company in the sprawling inner Mongolia region. It says the casualties occurred when a bus carrying 50 miners to the mine's underground operation went out of control and crashed into the side of the tunnel. Xinhua said a
  
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• Montreal man found guilty of manslaughter in death of ailing wife

  23-02-2019 17:27
  MONTREAL -- A Montreal man who was convicted on Saturday of killing his ailing wife said he'd finally be able to mourn her after a jury found him guilty of the lesser of the two possible charges against him. Tears rolled down Michel Cadotte's face as he walked from the courtroom with his lawyer's arm around him after a jury returned a manslaughter verdict in the suffocation death of Jocelyne Lizotte, who was in the last stages of Alzheimer's disease. In a brief statement to reporters, Cadotte th
  
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• As U.S. plans in Syria shift, Canada tries to plan for own forces in Iraq

  23-02-2019 15:16
  OTTAWA -- The commander of Canada's special forces says officials are watching closely to see what impact U.S. plans to withdraw hundreds of soldiers from Syria could have on Canada's mission in neighbouring Iraq. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe said the planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria has not yet had any material impact on his soldiers' mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which is up for renewal at the end of March. "We are tracking it all
  
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• Train possibly taking Kim Jong Un to summit enters China

  23-02-2019 15:08
  DANDONG, China -- A train similar to one used in the past by Kim Jong Un entered China on Saturday evening, possibly carrying the North Korean leader on a multiday journey to Vietnam's capital for his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. An Associated Press reporter saw the green and yellow train cross into the Chinese border city of Dandong through a bridge. Russia's TASS news agency reported hours earlier that Kim departed from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on his personal train. V
  
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• North Korea leader Kim Jong Un boards train to summit

  23-02-2019 15:08
  DANDONG, China -- North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was on a train Sunday to Vietnam for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media confirmed. Kim was accompanied by Kim Yong Chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the U.S., and Kim Yo Jong, the leader's sister, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported. TV footage and photos distributed by the North's state-run news agency showed Kim inspecting a guard of honour at the Pyongyang station before waving f
  
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• North Korea confirms leader Kim Jong Un on train to summit

  23-02-2019 15:08
  DANDONG, China -- North Korea leader Kim Jong Un was on a train Sunday to Vietnam for his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media confirmed. Kim was accompanied by Kim Yong Chol, who has been a key negotiator in talks with the U.S., and Kim Yo Jong, the leader's sister, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported. Late Saturday, an Associated Press reporter saw a green and yellow train similar to one used in the past by Kim cross into the Chinese border city of D
  
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• Counting starts in Nigeria's delayed poll marked by violence

  23-02-2019 14:49
  DAURA, Nigeria -- Nigeria began counting votes in a presidential election on Saturday marked by an extremist attack and other killings, late-opening polling stations and a surprise loss for top challenger Atiku Abubakar in his hometown. Voting in Africa's largest democracy took place a week after a painful election delay. Final results are expected on Tuesday. Observers and security forces gave scattered reports of torched ballot boxes, soldiers firing on suspected vote-snatchers and people ille
  
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• Thousands attend funeral for 7 N.S. fire victims

  23-02-2019 13:47
  HALIFAX -- Thousands of mourners filled a cavernous hall on Saturday for an emotional embrace of grieving parents who lost seven children in a devastating house fire just 18 months after they arrived in Halifax as Syrian refugees. Mourners offered love and support to Kawthar Barho, who lost her children in Tuesday's fast-moving fire, and whose husband was in hospital being treated for severe burns. Barho's sobbing was the only sound in the waterfront Cunard Centre as seven white coffins, some of
  
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• A 'warm embrace' for grieving parents at funeral of seven young fire victims

  23-02-2019 13:47
  HALIFAX -- Hundreds of mourners filled a cavernous hall on the Halifax waterfront Saturday for the public funeral of seven children killed in a house fire, offering an emotional outpouring of support for their grieving parents. Coffins carrying the seven Barho children's remains arrived in a series of hearses at the Cunard Centre. The sobbing of their mother, Kawthar Barho, was the only sound in the silent hall as the white coffins, some of them quite small, were brought in by an honour guard. "
  
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• At least 93 die from tainted liquor in India's northeast

  23-02-2019 13:33
  GAUHATI, India -- At least 93 people have died and about 200 people have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India's remote northeast, authorities said Saturday. The victims of one of the most deadly bootleg liquor-related incidents ever in India were mostly tea plantation workers in Golaghat and Jorhat districts in Assam state, government official Julie Sonowal told The Associated Press. Assam is India's largest tea-producing state, with more than 1,000
  
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• Venezuelan aid convoys meet fierce resistance; 2 killed

  23-02-2019 13:16
  CUCUTA, Colombia -- A U.S.-backed campaign to force President Nicolas Maduro from power met strong resistance Saturday from Venezuelan security forces who fired tear gas on protesters trying to deliver humanitarian aid from Colombia and Brazil, leaving two people dead and some 300 injured. Throughout the turbulent day, as police and protesters squared off on two bridges connecting Venezuela to Colombia, opposition leader Juan Guaido made repeated calls for the military to join him in the fight a
  
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• Soldiers unleash tear gas amid tension on Venezuela's border

  23-02-2019 13:16
  CUCUTA, Colombia -- Venezuela's National Guard fired tear gas on residents clearing a barricaded border bridge to Colombia on Saturday, as the opposition began making good on its high-risk plan to deliver humanitarian aid to Venezuela despite objections from President Nicolas Maduro. By midday, opposition leader Juan Guaido pulled himself onto a semitruck and shook hands with its driver as he and Colombian President Ivan Duque gave a ceremonial send-off to an aid convoy looking to transport near
  
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• Maduro's opponents brave tear gas in push to deliver aid

  23-02-2019 13:16
  CUCUTA, Colombia -- Opponents of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro braved tear gas as they rescued boxes of emergency food and medicine from burning trucks during violent clashes on the Colombian border with security forces blocking the entry of U.S.-supplied humanitarian aid. The panicked scene Saturday on the binational Santander bridge was the dramatic high point of a day that also saw two people killed in unrest near Brazil, at least 23 soldiers switch loyalties to opposition leader Juan Gu
  
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• LETHBRIDGE: Solidarity, symbolism speak loudly - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  23-02-2019 11:02
  LETHBRIDGE: Solidarity, symbolism speak loudly  TheChronicleHerald.caThere are no words. This phrase has been repeated over and over again this week in the mainstream media, on social media and around the water cooler in ...
  
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• No Drilling Lethbridge begins letter-writing campaign - Lethbridge Herald

  23-02-2019 10:48
  No Drilling Lethbridge begins letter-writing campaign  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald No Drilling Lethbridge launched a letter-writing campaign Wednesday night at the Owl Acoustic Lounge to protest Tamarack Valley Energy's.
  
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• Lethbridge International Film Fest opens March 4 - Lethbridge Herald

  23-02-2019 10:48
  Lethbridge International Film Fest opens March 4  Lethbridge HeraldDave Mabell Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Politics, religion and the fate of our environment: they're all open for debate during this.
  
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• WHL Tonight: Lethbridge Hurricanes dial up style meter in win over Tigers - Western Hockey League

  23-02-2019 09:00
  WHL Tonight: Lethbridge Hurricanes dial up style meter in win over Tigers  Western Hockey LeagueWestern Hockey League Three Stars: Friday, February 22, 2019. 1. David Tendeck, Vancouver Giants: Arizona Coyotes prospect David Tendeck of the ...
  
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• Tonight: Lethbridge Hurricanes dial up style meter in win over Tigers – WHL Network - Western Hockey League

  23-02-2019 08:38
  Tonight: Lethbridge Hurricanes dial up style meter in win over Tigers – WHL Network  Western Hockey LeagueWestern Hockey League Three Stars: Friday, February 22, 2019. 1. David Tendeck, Vancouver Giants: Arizona Coyotes prospect David Tendeck of the ...
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, February 22, 2019

  23-02-2019 08:22 via globalnews.ca
  BRANDON, Man. - Jiri Patera made 37 saves as the Brandon Wheat Kings downed the Saskatoon Blades 6-2 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Hurricanes double up rival Tigers 6-3

  23-02-2019 06:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes took the first of back-to-back games against the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday with a 6-3 win at the Enmax Centre. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• Enhanced checkstops target impaired drivers in an effort to improve road safety

  23-02-2019 06:27
  The Calgary Police Service traffic section operated a provincially-funded, enhanced checkstop in the southwest on Friday night in an effort to remove dangerous drivers from city streets. “We’ll be doing different locations around the city to check for sobriety of drivers involved with alcohol, drugs or possibly a combination of both,” explained Acting Sergeant Spencer Rusk  of the CPS Traffic Section. Funding for the enhanced checkstops, which operate outside of the regula
  
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• Online criticism ahead of Premier Notley’s Lethbridge visit

  23-02-2019 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  The 20th Annual International Peace Pow-Wow and Festival is soon to kick off in Lethbridge. This cultural event is one that draws in thousands from across the region for traditional Blackfoot song and dance. However, the event is drawing some criticism on social media, with people questioning the decision to give Alberta Premier Rachel Notley...
  
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• Lethbridge residents concerned over installation of bike boulevard

  23-02-2019 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  Residents and local businesses are frustrated with what they call a lack of functionality and safety when it comes to the bike boulevard along 7 Avenue south. As Demi Knight reports, they’re asking the city for help.
  
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• Global News at 6: February 22

  23-02-2019 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 22, 2019 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Lethbridge.
  
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• Family identifies man killed in highway collision near Taber, Alta.

  23-02-2019 05:59 via globalnews.ca
  39-year-old Charles Russell has been identified by family as the man who died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 36 near Taber, Alta. on Wednesday. Tom Roulston has more.
  
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• Tigers losing streak reaches five games after falling in Lethbridge - CHAT News Today

  23-02-2019 05:56
  Tigers losing streak reaches five games after falling in Lethbridge  CHAT News TodayLETHBRIDGE, AB — Rookie Corson Hopwo recorded his first multi-goal game of his career, but the Medicine Hat Tigers couldn't hold off a high-powered ...
  
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• National ad blitz promotes benefits of Canadian beef

  23-02-2019 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  A new advertising campaign aims to give the beef industry a boost, just weeks after the release of Canada's new food guide, which has a greater emphasis on plant-based proteins.
  
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• Kent Hehr accusers willing to forego privacy to see full conduct report

  23-02-2019 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  In an interview with Rob Breakenridge, Kristin Raworth says she and her co-accuser are willing to waive their privacy in order to see the third-party investigation and report into Kent Hehr's conduct.
  
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• United Conservative Party unveils plan to fight human trafficking in Alberta

  23-02-2019 01:22 via globalnews.ca
  According to Statistics Canada, there have been 90 human trafficking violations in Alberta between 2009 and 2016.
  
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• ‘It’s a dangerous intersection for pedestrians and cyclists’: Residents concerned over installation of bike boulevard

  23-02-2019 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  Residents and local businesses are frustrated with what they call a lack of functionality and safety when it comes to the bike boulevard along 7 Avenue south.
  
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• High River RCMP seek tips following commercial break-and enters

  23-02-2019 01:10
  Police in RCMP are asking for public assistance as they investigate three Friday morning break-and-enters in the High River area. Shortly before 4:00 a.m., three suspects entered a business on 11 Avenue in High River using a large cube van and tripped the alarm. The trio fled the business on foot and entered a dark coloured truck that had been parked near the intersection of 11 Avenue and 9 Street Southeast.  The cube van was left at the scene. Nearly two hours later, an unknown number of p
  
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• Ont. man facing 37 charges, including sexual assault of young hospice patient

  23-02-2019 00:44
  Ottawa police say a man is facing 37 sex-related charges in connection with four male victims, including one boy who was a patient at a hospice. They say that charges against 41-year-old Danyiel Walker include aggravated sexual assault, sexual interference with minors, sexual exploitation and threats. The four alleged victims range in age from six to 24 years old, and police say the alleged crimes span a 15-year period beginning in 2004. Sources tell CTV Ottawa that one of the alleged victims wa
  
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• Councillor calls for open minds ahead of motion on review of fluoride research

  23-02-2019 00:35
  Ward 13 councillor Diane Colley-Urquhart is asking her fellow council members to review the research before cementing their opinion on whether fluoride should be reintroduced into Calgary’s water supply.  “These are well-respected, objective researchers that can look at all the evidence that’s out there and examine (it) and bring back their recommendations and their findings and, if they have any recommendations, make those to council,” said Colley-Urquhart of the O&
  
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• Shoppers Drug Mart in Alberta will no longer be open 24 hours

  23-02-2019 00:22 via globalnews.ca
  It's a go-to place for many needing medicine in the middle of the night, but come April, eight around-the-clock Shoppers Drug Marts will be scaling back their hours.
  
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• Boil Water Order in Part of Lethbridge County Lifted

  23-02-2019 00:20
  People living in the Edgemoor and Sunset Acres areas no longer have to boil their water.
  
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• Notley cautiously calls NEB Trans Mountain decision a step in the right direction

  23-02-2019 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  The NEB says the project could cause environmental harm but that the benefits of the pipeline outweigh the effects.
  
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