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• OHS investigating worker death at Lethbridge water treatment plant - CBC.ca

  02-03-2019 22:37 via cbc.ca
  OHS investigating worker death at Lethbridge water treatment plant  CBC.caOccupational Health and Safety says it is investigating after a worker died following an incident at the water treatment plant in Lethbridge, Alta., on Friday.
  
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• Worker dies in accident at Lethbridge water treatment plant

  02-03-2019 21:52
  Lethbridge police say a worker has died following a workplace accident at the city’s water treatment plant on Friday afternoon. Officials say they were called to the facility, near Indian Battle Park, at about 12:50 p.m. on March 1 for reports of an accident. When they arrived, they found a male worker in life threatening condition. The patient was taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital where he later died. Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the incident. The victim’s id
  
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• Spectators flock to see massive ice wall in N.S.

  02-03-2019 20:13
  A massive wall of ice has crashed ashore near Bras d’Or Lake in Cape Breton, N.S., creating a surreal scene that would not appear out of place in an episode of the HBO hit “Game of Thrones.” Dozens of residents stopped to take photos with the chunks of ice that had piled up on Saturday afternoon, remarking that Cape Breton – one of Canada’s top summer destinations – can be beautiful in the winter, too. This isn’t the first ice wall this year to have garn
  
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• Organizers confident Canada Winter Games legacy will live on in Alberta

  02-03-2019 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  The CEO of the 2019 Canada Winter Games says Red Deer is now poised to host more major events in the future.
  
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• 13-year-old driver crashes SUV on Ontario highway, two other teens injured

  02-03-2019 19:35
  OAKVILLE, Ont. -- Police say three teenage boys, including a 13-year-old driver, are in hospital after a collision in Oakville, Ont., early Saturday. Halton regional police say an SUV lost control and crashed through a chain-link fence before it struck a concrete median around 4:45 a.m. They say a 14-year-old male passenger is in critical condition and a 16-year-old male passenger is in serious but stable condition. Police say the 13-year-old driver has minor injuries. Det.-Const. Oliver Caves s
  
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• Bernie Sanders vows to unseat Trump in 2020

  02-03-2019 19:20
  NEW YORK -- Bernie Sanders kicked off his presidential campaign Saturday miles from the rent-controlled apartment where he grew up in Brooklyn and forcefully made the case that he is nothing like fellow New Yorker Donald Trump, proclaiming himself the Democrat best prepared to beat the incumbent in 2020. "My experience as a child, living in a family that struggled economically, powerfully influenced my life and my values. I know where I came from," Sanders boomed in his unmistakable Brooklyn acc
  
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• Extreme cold warning remains in place for Alberta

  02-03-2019 19:14
  An extreme cold warning remains in place for much of the province of Alberta, including both Calgary and Edmonton on Saturday. Environment Canada put the warning in place on Friday afternoon after it forecasted frigid wind chill values reaching into the -40s. Now, the agency says those wind chills are expected to remain in place for much of the Alberta region, with wind chill values between -40 and even -50 in some areas. The warning was called off in a few regions in northern Alberta earlier on
  
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• Trump warns of 'socialist nightmare,' predicts 2020 win in off-script speech

  02-03-2019 18:51
  OXON HILL, Md. -- In a slashing speech packed with braggadocio and grievance, President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as the party of "the socialist nightmare," relitigated his crowd sizes back to the inauguration and took on "sick," "lunatic" and "dirty" foes at every turn, earning him the unvarnished adoration of cheering conservatives Saturday. After a trying week of tumult and setbacks, Trump delivered a stemwinder that extended beyond two hours and hardly left him winded. Trump let loose
  
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• Trump rouses right with prediction of a big 2020 win

  02-03-2019 18:51
  OXON HILL, Md. -- U.S. President Donald Trump told an appreciative audience of conservatives Saturday that he will win re-election in 2020 and by a bigger margin than his 2016 victory. He mocked Democrats for their framework to combat climate change and said House lawmakers pushing to expand their investigations of him are "sick." In a wide-ranging speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump rehashed his outsider campaign that overcame long odds and a crowded field of establish
  
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• Edmonton senior fighting for his life after alleged random attack

  02-03-2019 17:27
  A 65-year-old Edmonton man is fighting for his life after he was assaulted outside of his home on Wednesday afternoon in what police are describing as an unprovoked attack. Multiple neighbours identified the man as William Vernon, a retired family man who has lived in the Pollard Meadows neighbourhood for decades and is well known within the community. Edmonton police said they have a suspect in custody and that charges are pending. They believe that Vernon was violently attacked while out on hi
  
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• Former Yazidi captives of ISIS reunite with families in Iraq

  02-03-2019 17:23
  GERSHIN, Iraq -- A group of Yazidi women and children reunited with their families in Iraq Saturday after five years of captivity at the hands of the Islamic State group, hugging and kissing relatives in emotional scenes that underscored their yearslong ordeal and that of their devastated community. Elated families met their loved ones at a rural truck stop on the road between Sinjar and Dohuk, tossing candy in the air like confetti, the women ululating with joy. The 18 returning children, aged
  
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• Many 'still hurting' nearly 5 months after Hurricane Michael

  02-03-2019 16:37
  PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- Paulina "Bela" Sebastiao would give almost anything to be able to do a load of laundry without having to drive miles from her Mexico Beach home. Anthony Campbell would appreciate having a gas station closer than an hour away from his house in Parker. And Patrick Muth just hopes it doesn't rain when it's time to go to work: His "office" in Panama City consists of a desk surrounded by rubble under an open sky. Life is still a struggle in the county hardest hit by Hurricane Mic
  
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• Suspect found not criminally culpable in Halifax nursing home death: police

  02-03-2019 16:17
  HALIFAX - Police say charges won't be laid in the death of a 94-year-old resident of a Halifax-area nursing home this summer because the suspect is "cognitively impaired." Halifax Regional Police say officers were called to Parkland at the Lakes in Dartmouth on July 16, 2018, after an assault. They say the woman died on Aug. 4 from complications of her injuries during an altercation with an 81-year-old woman who also lived at the facility. The Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy on Au
  
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• Growing support for separating roles of justice minister, AG

  02-03-2019 16:08
  OTTAWA -- Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is publicly musing about whether Canada should consider separating the offices of its attorney general and its minister of justice in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, an idea that has backing from others who know the job intimately. The woman at the centre of the political storm has herself called for this separation to be studied. As part of her explosive testimony to the House of Commons justice committee earlier this week, Jody Wilson-R
  
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• Wings of two planes collide at New Jersey airport

  02-03-2019 15:28
  The left wing of a plane taxiing at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey struck the wing of another aircraft on Saturday morning. The incident happened as a Southwest Airlines plane was taxiing for takeoff and clipped a parked airplane, airport authorities said. According to the News 12 New Jersey, the plane was bound to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and had just finished being deiced. At least one passenger took to social media to share an image of the wings of the two airplanes touching.
  
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• LETHBRIDGE: Little Tartan’s topsy-turvy privacy sandbox - TheChronicleHerald.ca

  02-03-2019 14:41 via thechronicleherald.ca
  LETHBRIDGE: Little Tartan’s topsy-turvy privacy sandbox  TheChronicleHerald.caMeanwhile, back in The Little Tartan Republic, we have the seemingly incongruous problem of too much government secrecy and not enough privacy protection ...
  
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• 4 children, 1 adult killed in German house fire

  02-03-2019 14:39
  BERLIN -- German firefighters say that five people, including four children, have been killed after a blaze ripped through their home in the southern city of Nuremberg. Firefighters told the dpa news agency they received an emergency call at 3 a.m. (0200 GMT) Saturday and when they arrived at the scene of the single-family home, half of the ground floor was already fully engulfed in flames. Four adults were able to flee the burning building and were hospitalized with non-life threatening injurie
  
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• 50-plus people missing after pipeline explodes in Nigeria

  02-03-2019 14:38
  WARRI, Nigeria -- More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said Saturday. The blast early Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state, the Nembe Chiefs Council spokesman, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, told The Associated Press. The Nembe trunk line is operated by the Port Harcourt-based Aiteo Group and carries crude to the Bonny export terminal. Aiteo had yet to comment on the expl
  
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• Energy reform bill will fail if not accepted by Senate, granted royal assent by spring

  02-03-2019 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  If the bill doesn't get royal assent this spring, it will fail because any bills on the order paper go back to square one after the election.
  
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• Bill C-69 will fail if not accepted in Senate, granted royal assent by spring

  02-03-2019 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  If the bill doesn't get royal assent this spring, it will fail because any bills on the order paper go back to square one after the election.
  
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• Worker dies in accident at Lethbridge water treatment plant - CTV News

  02-03-2019 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Worker dies in accident at Lethbridge water treatment plant  CTV NewsLethbridge police say a worker has died following a workplace accident at the city's water treatment plant on Friday afternoon.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, March 1, 2019

  02-03-2019 07:29 via globalnews.ca
  Milos Roman scored the winner on a power play and added three assists to lead the Vancouver Giants past the Kelowna Rockets 7-4 on Friday night in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Eggen pushes back implementation of new training for entry-level school bus drivers

  02-03-2019 07:23 via globalnews.ca
  New training requirements for entry-level school bus drivers in Alberta were supposed to take effect on Friday but instead, the province's education minister announced he was pushing back their implementation amid concerns raised by some school boards.
  
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• Lethbridge townhouse complex goes 2 days without running water

  02-03-2019 06:55 via globalnews.ca
  Friday's snowfall was a blessing for dozens in Lethbridge's Highland Park townhouse complex who went over two days without running water
  
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• Family heirlooms returned to teen after treasured items left on Calgary Transit bus

  02-03-2019 06:24
  The efforts of Calgary Transit workers led to a reunion between a 13-year-old Calgarian and some of his  family’s prized possessions. Mieszko Albert, a Grade 8 student, brought a collection of mementos to school on Thursday for a presentation. “The reason that I had all these antiques and collectibles and all this stuff at school was because I had to do a presentation for marketing and management for my business class.” After taking the bus home, Albert exited the bus and
  
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• Lethbridge townhouse complex goes days without water

  02-03-2019 06:09 via globalnews.ca
  Some north Lethbridge residents are breathing a sigh of relief after going nearly three full days without running water. The situation unfolded at a townhouse development. As Kyle Benning explains, it’s not the first time their taps have run dry.
  
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• Hurricanes hammer Warriors 5-0

  02-03-2019 06:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes added to their win total on Friday thanks to a 5-0 win in Moose Jaw against the Warriors. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• Train derailment site in Banff National Park could attract hungry grizzlies: Parks Canada

  02-03-2019 05:57 via globalnews.ca
  Grizzlies are emerging from hibernation, and could be attracted to spilled grain from the train.
  
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• Lethbridge townhouse complex goes 2 days without running water - Global News

  02-03-2019 05:55 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge townhouse complex goes 2 days without running water  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Some north Lethbridge residents are breathing a sigh of relief after going nearly three full days without running water. The situation unfolded at ...
  
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• Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher back in the Brier, beats John Epping 8-4 in wild card game

  02-03-2019 05:31 via globalnews.ca
  Brendan Bottcher defeated John Epping 8-4 in Friday's wild-card game to gain entry into the main draw of the Canadian men's curling championship.
  
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• Warriors Shutout by Lethbridge Friday - DiscoverMooseJaw.com

  02-03-2019 05:25 via discovermoosejaw.com
  Warriors Shutout by Lethbridge Friday  DiscoverMooseJaw.comThe Moose Jaw Warriors couldn't finish and that's exactly what the Lethbridge Hurricanes did on Friday night at Mosaic Place. Moose Jaw outshot Lethbridge, ...
  
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• Death at Lethbridge water treatment plant under investigation

  02-03-2019 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge police confirmed the death Friday evening and said Occupational Health and Safety is now investigating.
  
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• Water supply alert issued for Foremost, Alta.

  02-03-2019 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  Residents are being asked to limit the use of water for emergencies only until further notice.
  
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• Foremost residents urged to stop using water following critical water line break

  02-03-2019 04:03
  As of Friday evening, the Village of Foremost, located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Medicine Hat, is under am emergency water use restriction following a critical water line break. The restriction, which impacts roughly 600 residents, was announced on the village’s website shortly after 7:00 p.m. ‘At the request of the village council, please limit your water consumption to emergency use only. A water line break has resulted in extra stress on the water treatment plant a
  
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• Foremost residents urged to reduce water usage following critical water line break

  02-03-2019 04:03
  Officials with the Village of Foremost say residents can use their water again following an emergency repair to the community's water main. On Friday evening, an emergency water alert was issued for the Village of Foremost, located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Medicine Hat, following a critical water line break. The restriction, that impacted roughly 600 residents, was announced on the village’s website shortly after 7:00 p.m. Staff and volunteers completed an emergency bypass
  
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• Death at Lethbridge water treatment plant under investigation - Global News

  02-03-2019 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  Death at Lethbridge water treatment plant under investigation  Global NewsLethbridge police confirmed the death Friday evening and said Occupational Health and Safety is now investigating.
  
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• Water supply alert issued for Foremost, Alta. - Global News

  02-03-2019 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  Water supply alert issued for Foremost, Alta.  Global NewsResidents are being asked to limit the use of water for emergencies only until further notice.
  
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• Federal cabinet shuffle draws reaction from Calgary veterans advocates

  02-03-2019 02:43 via globalnews.ca
  Veterans advocates say the latest cabinet moves highlight the revolving door of politicians tasked with the veterans affairs portfolio.
  
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• UPDATE: Fatality at Lethbridge water treatment plant

  02-03-2019 01:32
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - 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 confirm if the individual was from Lethbridge, and said the victim's name will not be released. However, he also confirmed that the worker was struck by a wheeled piece of equipment, specifically a telehandler, which helps lift heavy items.
  He added that a Stop Work Order has been issued at the s
  
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• Fatality at Lethbridge water treatment plant

  02-03-2019 01:32
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - Lethbridge Police have confirmed that a worker died Friday, after an accident at the Lethbridge water treatment plant near Indian Battle Park. Police say they were called out to the facility just after the noon-hour, but because Occupational Health and Safety is now investigating the matter, they can not reveal any other information. It appears as though the accident occurred outside of the plant, where a Genie lift or&n
  
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• Iginla excited and nervous ahead of jersey retirement ceremony

  02-03-2019 01:31
  The Calgary Flames’ all-time leader in points and games played is set to return to the Scotiabank Saddledome ice on Saturday night to witness the retirement of his number 12. “I never dreamt in my first years in the league that I’d ever have my jersey up there,” admitted Jarome Iginla on Friday afternoon. “Didn’t even dream like that, I was thrilled to be in the league, wanted to make the NHL.  It’s beyond my wildest dreams and it is surreal but I t
  
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• Family of Logan Boulet announce Green Shirt Day ‘to honour his legacy’

  02-03-2019 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  On April 7, 2018, Lethbridge’s Logan Boulet passed away following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Now, April 7 will be known as Green Shirt Day, a day dedicated to promoting organ donation awareness, while honouring the “Logan Boulet effect.” Matt Battochio reports.
  
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• Kenney slams NDP’s tax changes: ‘A record of economic failure’

  02-03-2019 00:14 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's Opposition leader says tax changes under the NDP government have been a disaster and he's hinting that his party would immediately cut corporate income taxes if elected.
  
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• Extreme cold warning issued for all of Alberta

  02-03-2019 00:12 via globalnews.ca
  The entire province of Alberta is under an extreme cold warning.
  
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