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• Soldier found dead on N.B. base remembered as 'a good dad'

  01-03-2019 23:46
  A Canadian soldier found dead on a base in New Brunswick earlier this week is being remembered as a loving father who served overseas four times. Warrant Officer Mark Boychuck, 41, died Monday at New Brunswick’s Gagetown base. Officials have not released his cause of death but say it was not the result of a training accident. Over a 20-year career in the military as a combat engineer, Boychuck served three times in Afghanistan and once in Bosnia. He was born in Montreal. Friend Fabian Henr
  
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• Lethbridge 311 goes live on March 11th - Lethbridge News Now

  01-03-2019 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge 311 goes live on March 11th  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It'll soon be a lot easier to get a question answered about specific programs and services in the City of Lethbridge. Starting on Monday, Mar.
  
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• Lethbridge 311 goes live on March 11th

  01-03-2019 23:42
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – It’ll soon be a lot easier to get a question answered about specific programs and services in the City of Lethbridge.
  Starting on Monday, Mar. 11, there will be one easy answer to any questions that residents might have - Lethbridge 311.
  By dialling 311, residents will reach the new customer contact centre, staffed with trained customer service specialists who can help callers, regardless of what questions they have.
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• Community association seeks to build first fully-accessible outdoor rink in Western Canada

  01-03-2019 23:42
  A community association in northwest Calgary has needed to replace its aging outdoor rink for some time and they hope that a fully accessible rink will be the perfect replacement. The rink at the Parkdale Community Association has been in operation for approximately 30 years and officials say it’s reached the end of its lifetime. Instead of renovating the outdoor rink to make it last another 30 years, members say it might be time to choose a different path for the facility, one that’
  
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• Lethbridge Family Announcing Green Shirt Day Will Happen April 7th

  01-03-2019 22:00
  To spur the awareness of organ donation and registration, the Boulet family announced the inaugural Green Shirt Day will go annually on April 7.
  
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• Neurological concerns prompt forensic assessment order for Douglas Bagnall

  01-03-2019 21:50
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A 30-day forensic assessment has been ordered by a Lethbridge judge, in the case of a 62-year-old man accused in the impaired driving death of Pikanii Band Councillor Barney Provost last year.
  Douglas Bagnall appeared via CCTV Friday, March 1, from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre. Crown Counsel Erin Olsen told the court that there were serious concerns not only about Bagnall's overall health, but also whether he may even be fit to stand
  
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• Parkland Fuel CEO links Alberta oil curtailments to lower refinery margins

  01-03-2019 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  His comments echo complaints by major producers with refining assets which have all said the Alberta curtailment program is an unwanted intervention in the marketplace.
  
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• April 7 to be known as Green Shirt Day in honour of the Logan Boulet Effect

  01-03-2019 21:07
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – A nation was gripped by tragedy on April 6, 2018, but now nearly a year later the memories of those lost in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash give rise to hope moving forward in the form of Green Shirt Day.
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• Feds unveil legislation for no-cost pardons for simple pot crimes

  01-03-2019 20:58
  OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced legislation to provide pardons to people convicted of simple cannabis possession with no application fee and no wait time. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the legislation will allow people to shed the stigma of a record, eliminating barriers to job opportunities, education, housing, and even the ability to volunteer for a charity in their community. The government says fees and the wait period are being waived for those seeking pardons for
  
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• Federal legislation for cannabis-possession pardon not enough, critics say

  01-03-2019 20:58
  OTTAWA -- Long-awaited legislation that makes getting a pardon for simple possession of cannabis cheaper and quicker made it to the House of Commons Friday, but critics say it won't be enough to right decades of problems caused by cannabis criminalization. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said his new bill would waive the $631 application fee and remove the usual five-year waiting period after a conviction before an application will be accepted. A successful application seals a criminal reco
  
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• Logan Boulet’s family announce inaugural Green Shirt Day to promote organ donation

  01-03-2019 20:45
  The family of one of the members of the Humboldt Broncos who died in a bus crash last year say a special day has been set aside to honour his life. The Broncos’ team bus was struck by a transport truck on a rural Saskatchewan highway on April 6. The crash killed 16 people, including Lethbridge’s Logan Boulet. Logan’s family was told he’d suffered a spinal-cord injury and a severe brain injury. Doctors said he would not be able to recover. Toby and Bernandine Boulet then t
  
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• New speaker series coming to Lethbridge College - Lethbridge News Now

  01-03-2019 20:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New speaker series coming to Lethbridge College  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A new speaker series is coming to Lethbridge College. The series, dubbed “Wider Horizons: An evening with…”, will see distinguished ...
  
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• New speaker series coming to Lethbridge College

  01-03-2019 20:41
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new speaker series is coming to Lethbridge College.
  The series, dubbed “Wider Horizons: An evening with…”, will see distinguished guests visit the school and speak to the public and students.
  It’s made possible thanks to a substantial $50,000 donation by Bruce McKillop of McKillop Insurance and Registry Services. He’s a University of Lethbridge alumnus from the time when the school was located on the curr
  
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• Halifax businessman sent to prison for exploiting temporary foreign workers

  01-03-2019 20:28
  HALIFAX -- A Halifax businessman who exploited foreign workers has been sentenced to two years in prison. In handing down his sentencing decision today for Hector Mantolino, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Glen McDougall said a message had to be sent to employers who rely on temporary foreign workers. Mantolino, originally from the Philippines, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to misrepresentation under provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The owner of several cleaning and
  
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• Family of Humboldt Bronco Logan Boulet announce April 7 as Green Shirt Day ‘to honour his legacy’

  01-03-2019 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  April 7 was the day Lethbridge's Logan Boulet passed away; one of 16 people killed in the Humboldt Broncos crash. Now, April 7 will be known as Green Shirt Day to promoting organ donation.
  
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• Education minister signs order banning seclusion rooms in Alberta schools

  01-03-2019 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's education minister says a ban on student seclusion rooms in schools will take effect this fall, but there can be exemptions.
  
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• Cold snap contributes to higher energy consumption by Calgary households

  01-03-2019 20:21
  Calgarians experienced some of the coldest temperatures on record last month and ENMAX says energy consumption for the month has gone up more than 22,000 megawatts hours compared to the same month last year. ENMAX is warning its customers that they will likely see a substantial increase in their energy bill this month. “All households across Alberta will be seeing the impact of cold temperature on their usage, regardless of what energy retailer they’re with, but with February’s
  
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• Lethbridge Man Going to Trial in $33,000 Drug Bust

  01-03-2019 20:17
  A Lethbridge man committed to stand trial earlier this week in relation to a $33,000 drug bust.
  
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• Canada begins extradition process in case of Huawei executive

  01-03-2019 19:58
  OTTAWA -- The federal Justice Department gave the go-ahead Friday for an extradition case to proceed against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the United States on fraud allegations. The decision marks the formal start of the high-profile extradition process for Meng, whose arrest has put Canada in a deeply uncomfortable position between two superpowers. Canada's relationship with China -- its second-biggest trading partner -- has deteriorated since Meng's December arrest in Vancou
  
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• Canada allows extradition case against Huawei CFO to proceed

  01-03-2019 19:58
  TORONTO -- Canada said Friday it will allow the U.S. extradition case against Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to proceed. Canadian Department of Justice officials issued a statement saying they diligently reviewed the evidence and the case can go ahead. Meng is due in court on March 6, at which time a date for her extradition hearing will be set. The decision to proceed is a formality and allows a judge to hear arguments on whether to grant the U.S. request. Canada arrested the daughter of
  
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• BBB releases top 10 scams targeting victims in 2018

  01-03-2019 19:43
  The Better Business Bureau has released its annual list of the top scams that targeted victims in 2018 and says Canadians lost over $121M to fraudsters last year. The consumer watchdog group says the figure is double the amount that was lost in 2015, but it found that only about five percent of victims reported incidents. Mary O’Sullivan, president and CEO of the BBB in southern Alberta, says scammers are targeting a different audience in their schemes too. “Scams are evolving; they
  
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• Edmonton officer cleared of wrongdoing after police dog bites off woman's ear

  01-03-2019 19:21
  EDMONTON -- Alberta's police oversight unit says it was unexpected for a police dog to drag a suspect out from under a truck by the head and ripping off an ear. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says a 25-year-old woman was a passenger in a stolen vehicle Edmonton police were chasing in May 2017. It says the woman ran and hid under a truck and refused repeated orders to come out. Her ear could not be reattached. ASIRT says police dogs are trained to grab suspects by a limb but for some
  
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• New City of Lethbridge Customer Service Centre to Streamline Resident Inquiries

  01-03-2019 19:03
  
  
  As of March 11, there will be big changes to the way you can interact with the City of Lethbridge.
  
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• Police seek suspect in sexual assault involving teen girl on CTrain

  01-03-2019 18:58
  Police are appealing to the public to help identify a man who allegedly touched a teen inappropriately while riding on a CTrain last November. Investigators say a man boarded a CTrain at the Somerset-Bridlewood station on November 6 at about 2:20 p.m. The man then moved to the front car of the train at the Fish Creek station and then switched cars again, boarding the last car at Heritage Station. Police say the man sat next to a teen girl, started a conversation and then allegedly touched her in
  
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• Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase: Lethbridge at Regina - Canadian Hockey League

  01-03-2019 18:03 via chl.ca
  Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase: Lethbridge at Regina  Canadian Hockey LeagueThis week's Sportsnet CHL Saturday Showcase heads to the Brandt Centre where two Eastern Conference foes in the Lethbridge Hurricanes (33-18-5-5) and ...
  
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• RCMP seek owner of copper wire recovered from well site

  01-03-2019 17:42
  Police investigate dozens of cases of copper wire thefts from commercial properties in Alberta every year but this time they are looking to return a spool to its owner. In early January, a spool of copper wire was found on a well site north of Township 264 and west of Range Road 284. Crime Stoppers says, the offence is low risk for high reward but that the costs associated with the thefts to Alberta companies are in the millions. RCMP say the spool has identifying markers on it and that the owne
  
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• Dozens of CRA tax scammers busted in India takedown

  01-03-2019 16:36
  Dozens of scammers, who were swindling Canadians out of their hard-earned money, were busted in a large takedown of illegal call centres in India. Between September and January, an estimated 40 illegal call centres were targeted by RCMP, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and law enforcement in India. RCMP say organized crime groups operating throughout India were targeting Canadians through a Canadian Revenue Agency tax scam and other “mass marketing related scams.” More than 60
  
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• Jarome Iginla’s No. 12 jersey to be retired Saturday in tribute from Calgary Flames

  01-03-2019 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Calgary Flames will retire former captain Jarome Iginla’s No. 12 during a Saturda yceremony ahead of the team’s game against the Minnesota Wild.
  
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• Three Alberta Party candidates win appeal of their 5-year ban on running

  01-03-2019 15:46 via globalnews.ca
  Three Alberta Party candidates have been cleared to run in this spring's provincial election
  
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• 'I proved my innocence': Glen Assoun cleared of murder after 17 years in prison

  01-03-2019 15:18
  HALIFAX -- A Nova Scotia man who served 17 years in prison for murder was acquitted of the charge Friday after a two-decade struggle to prove he was wrongfully convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend. "I proved my innocence here today, after 21 years," Glen Assoun said as he emerged from a Halifax courtroom. "I never gave up hope. I knew this day would come. I just didn't know when." Inside the courtroom, his family cried quietly as the Crown dropped the case, effectively exonerating the
  
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• Case against N.S. man convicted of murder dropped

  01-03-2019 15:18
  HALIFAX - The conviction of a Nova Scotia man who served 17 years in prison for murder has been quashed and he has been acquitted of the charge. Glen Assoun's family cried quietly today as the Crown dropped the case, effectively exonerating Assoun in the 1995 murder of Brenda Way. Earlier in the day, federal Justice Minister David Lametti quashed the conviction, saying Assoun should be granted a new trial because he was a victim of a miscarriage of justice. A few hours later, Assoun pleaded not
  
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• Trudeau shuffles three ministers to fill vacancy left by Wilson-Raybould

  01-03-2019 14:53
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shuffled his federal cabinet for the second time in less than two months, to fill the vacancy left following Jody Wilson-Raybould's abrupt departure. No new faces are joining the team; rather Trudeau moved around current ministers:The new Veterans Affairs Minister is Lawrence MacAulay, who was previously the minister for agriculture and agri-food. Replacing MacAulay as Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister is Marie-Claude Bibeau. She was previously the minister for
  
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• Taber Area Student Receives $10,000 Agriculture Scholarship

  01-03-2019 14:51
  Lauren Machacek, a 4th year student at the U of L, has received a scholarship thanks to Exhibition Park and the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East.
  
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• Economic growth slowed to 0.4 per cent annual pace in Q4: StatCan

  01-03-2019 14:41
  OTTAWA -- The Canadian economy expanded at an annualized pace of 0.4 per cent over the final three months of 2018 as the country posted its weakest quarterly growth since the middle of 2016. Statistics Canada's latest figures for real gross domestic product show that for all of last year the economy grew 1.8 per cent, which was slower than the three per cent expansion in 2017. The fourth-quarter reading of 0.4 per cent came in lower than Canada's two per cent growth in the third quarter. Economi
  
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• Canadian economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter

  01-03-2019 14:41
  OTTAWA -- The economy expanded at an annualized pace of 0.4 per cent over the final three months of 2018 as the country posted its weakest quarterly growth since the middle of 2016, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency's latest figures for real gross domestic product show that for all of last year the economy grew 1.8 per cent, compared with the three per cent expansion in 2017. The fourth-quarter reading of 0.4 per cent came in lower than Canada's two per cent growth in the previous quarte
  
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• U.S. expert explains 'unacceptable' rise of measles cases

  01-03-2019 13:59
  WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 -- and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday. Yet the vaccine is hugely effective and very safe -- so the rise of measles cases "is really unacceptable," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes of Health. The disease was declared eliminated in the
  
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• World Cup downhill in Sochi called off for poor snow surface

  01-03-2019 13:50
  KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- The second-to-last women's downhill of the World Cup season has been cancelled in Russia after poor course conditions meant a mandatory training session was cancelled for three straight days. The International Ski Federation said the Saturday morning race slot at the Rosa Khutor venue will now go to a super-G, which was scheduled for Sunday. A second super-G will be raced Sunday, using the vacant day to reschedule a race cancelled in January at St. Anton, Austria, the
  
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• Lethbridge cardiologist launching book on heart health - Lethbridge Herald

  01-03-2019 10:41 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge cardiologist launching book on heart health  Lethbridge HeraldGreg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Local cardiologist Dr. Sayeh Zielke and author Naomi Lewis are helping the community ...
  
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• Canada, Mexico divided on Venezuela amid united push for new NAFTA

  01-03-2019 10:34
  OTTAWA -- Canada and Mexico may be united in wanting to bring closure to North America's unresolved trading future, but they are diametrically opposed on how to solve Venezuela's political and economic crisis. The cleavage between Canada and Mexico over the upheaval enveloping their broader hemispheric neighbourhood -- the meltdown of once prosperous Venezuela that has spawned a three-million-plus refugee crisis -- was on full display this week as lawmakers from both countries met in Ottawa to d
  
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• UPDATE: Fatality at Lethbridge water treatment plant - Lethbridge News Now

  01-03-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  UPDATE: Fatality at Lethbridge water treatment plant  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - UPDATE: Trent Bancarz, a spokesperson for Alberta Labour, confirmed that the victim in Friday's incident was a 51-year-old male. He could not ...
  
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• U.S. military says airstrike in Somalia kills 26 al-Shabab

  01-03-2019 07:53
  NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United States military on Friday said it had killed 26 fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike in central Somalia, after a pair of strikes earlier this week killed 55. The U.S. has carried out 24 such strikes this year, more than half the number in all of 2018. Several have had death tolls in the double digits, including one in mid-January that killed 52 fighters and one in late January that killed 24. A U.S. Africa Command statement said the attack oc
  
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• Train derails near Banff

  01-03-2019 06:47
  Officials say 20 cars from a CP freight train have fallen off the tracks west of the Town of Banff on Thursday evening. The Transportation Safety Board says 10 empty auto carrier cars and 10 loaded grain cars fell off the tracks at the mile 87 of the Laggan SubDivision at around 8:00 p.m. The location of the crash is very remote and is only accessible is by high rail. No one was injured in the incident and no dangerous goods were spilled either. The TSB is gathering information on the incident b
  
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• No injuries reported after train derails west of Banff

  01-03-2019 06:47
  CP investigators are at the scene of a train derailment west of Banff and say no injuries were reported after several cars left the tracks on Thursday evening. Officials say 20 rail cars jumped the tracks at about 4:30 p.m. The TSB says 10 empty auto carrier cars and 10 loaded grain cars derailed near Mile 87 of the Laggan Subdivision. The location of the crash is remote and only accessible by high rail. No one was injured in the incident and officials say there is no threat to the public. CP sa
  
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• Chinook Country Tourism Association folds, closes visitor centre

  01-03-2019 06:18 via globalnews.ca
  A long-standing visitor centre is going to be closing its doors in a matter of weeks. The centre has been helping travellers for decades and the organization hopes another will fill the gap in service. Kyle Benning has more.
  
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• Pakistan hands captured Indian pilot back to India

  01-03-2019 05:50
  :Pakistan hands captured Indian pilot back to India@ By Zaheer Babar@ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS@ WAGAH, Pakistan -- Pakistani officials handed over a captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India on Friday in a "gesture of peace" promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country's archrival over the disputed region of Kashmir. The pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was taken in a convoy that set out from the eastern Pakistani ci
  
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• Pakistan brings captured Indian pilot to border for handover

  01-03-2019 05:50
  WAGAH, Pakistan -- Pakistani officials brought a captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India for handover on Friday, a "gesture of peace" promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country's archrival over the disputed region of Kashmir. The pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was taken in a convoy that set out from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore to the border crossing at Wagah earlier in the day, escorted by military
  
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• 20 train cars derail between Banff, Alberta and Field, B.C.: TSB

  01-03-2019 05:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating following a train derailment between Banff, Alta., and Field, B.C., on Thursday.
  
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• Fort Macleod assault investigation involves several males and a firearm, RCMP says

  01-03-2019 05:31 via globalnews.ca
  The investigation into an assault on a man in Fort Macleod has uncovered the involvement of several men and a firearm, police said.
  
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• Cold snap leads to slippery sidewalks throughout the city

  01-03-2019 05:26
  As winter drags on in the City of Calgary, icy sidewalks will continue to be a hazard in many areas of the city and officials say it’s a real problem. Over the past two months, EMS has responded to 50 calls related to pedestrians falling because of ice. One of those cases even involved a man in his 60s who died of the injuries he sustained when he slipped. “It’s a significant concern, especially when we have this type of weather where we have somewhat mild temperatures during t
  
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• RCMP in Fort Macleod Investigating Incident Involving Firearm

  01-03-2019 05:14
  A large police presence in Fort Macleod this week after a incident early Wednesday morning involving several people.
  
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