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• Rachel Notley, Jason Kenney square off on best way to bring more women into politics

  08-03-2019 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  On International Women's Day, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Opposition Leader Jason Kenney are locking horns over the best way to recruit female political candidates.
  
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• Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announces new 100-unit continuing care facility coming to Lethbridge

  08-03-2019 23:25
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new continuing care facility is moving forward on the West Side, specifically in the neighbourhood of Garry Station, that will benefit seniors and families in Lethbridge and the surrounding area.
  The province is chipping in $10 million for the 100-unit facility, while Covenant Health who is building the facility, is going to be taking out a mortgage on $16 million which brings the total for the building to $26 million.
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• Lethbridge College preparing next generation of local chefs

  08-03-2019 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  As the saying goes: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” But some Lethbridge College culinary students are embracing the pressure of working in the fast-paced environment of a restaurant. Kyle Benning reports.
  
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• Trudeau’s focus on SNC-Lavalin controversy draws heat from western leaders

  08-03-2019 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Some western leaders are wondering why the Quebec company has garnered so much of the Trudeau government's attention.
  
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• Jason Kenney says men understand ‘tactical politics’ better than women

  08-03-2019 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  United Conservative leader Jason Kenney said Thursday that conservatives believe in “equality of opportunity, not contrived equality of outcome” and “don’t do quotas and set asides” when it comes gender representation.
  
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• Lethbridge making inroads on the issue of homelessness, but more work needed - Lethbridge News Now

  08-03-2019 22:11
  Lethbridge making inroads on the issue of homelessness, but more work needed  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Experts and regional representatives from communities around Southwestern Alberta convened at Casa in Lethbridge on Friday, Mar.
  
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• Lethbridge making inroads on the issue of homelessness, but more work needed

  08-03-2019 22:11
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Experts and regional representatives from communities around Southwestern Alberta convened at Casa in Lethbridge on Friday, Mar. 8, for the Social Housing in Action’s Regional Housing Forum.
  The forum was held as an opportunity for residents, leaders, partner agencies and those who have lived experience to network and share their ideas and perspectives.
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• Lethbridge College preparing next generation of local chefs - Global News

  08-03-2019 22:11
  Lethbridge College preparing next generation of local chefs  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: As the saying goes: “If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” But some Lethbridge College culinary students are embracing the ...
  
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• Canadian names among oil and gas shares to be dumped by Norway’s US$1 trillion fund

  08-03-2019 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  Norway's US$1-trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas companies including some Canadian names, but stopped short of barring major producers like Suncor, ExxonMobil and Chevron.
  
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• New 100 Unit Continuing Care Facility to Built in West Lethbridge

  08-03-2019 21:30
  
  
  By the fall of 2022, the west side community of Garry Station will be home to a new 100 unit continuing care facility which will be operated by Covenant Health.
  
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• Mounties search for suspect wanted in multiple offences

  08-03-2019 21:24
  RCMP are looking for the public’s help to locate a man wanted in connection with a number of crimes committed in the community of Turner Valley. There are multiple warrants for arrest for Matthew Lee Grouette who is charged with:Four counts of mischief Theft over $5,000 Theft under $5,000 Theft of motor vehicle Three counts of failing to comply with a release condition Three traffic chargesAuthorities say Grouette has already been charged with a number of other offences but has not been fo
  
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• New jobs report says Calgary’s unemployment increased

  08-03-2019 20:51
  While employment nationwide rose again for the second straight month, the news wasn’t quite so rosy here in Alberta and the City of Calgary. Statistics Canada says in its monthly jobs report that Canada added 56,000 jobs in February, with most of those being full-time positions. Alberta’s employment level was mostly unchanged from January and last February, but the agency says the number of people looking for work has increased, pushing the provincial unemployment rate up to 7.3 perc
  
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• Man facing nearly 100 stolen property-related charges pleads guilty to two unrelated charges

  08-03-2019 20:37
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - 28-year-old Kyle Blakely, who is facing dozens of charges relating to possession of stolen property, uttering a forged document, fraud, false pretenses, making/possess identity documents, possession of undelivered mail, and possession of credit card data pleaded guilty to two unrelated charges in Lethbridge Provincial Court Friday, Mar. 8.
  The Crown and Defense both made a joint submission to Justice P. McIlhargey, which involved
  
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• Three charged after police execute warrant on suspected drug house in Montgomery

  08-03-2019 20:35
  Three people are facing charges in connection to an investigation that was launched as part of a police initiative to crack down on drug trafficking in the city. On March 1, police executed a search warrant on a home in the Montgomery area that they believed was involved in the drug trade. A number of items were seized following the search including; two loaded pistols, four rifles, ammunition, edged weapons and suspected stolen property. Three people were arrested at the home and are facing cha
  
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• Hazardous driving conditions send vehicles into ditch on QEII near Gasoline Alley: RCMP

  08-03-2019 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said several vehicles went into the ditch along the QEII on Friday, and a section of the highway was closed near Red Deer due to heavy snowfall.
  
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• Preschool program brings ‘light’ to parents of child with disabilities

  08-03-2019 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  “It’s brought light to everything, it’s totally changed our world," Angelina Shirley talking about the early education program at Getting Ready for Inclusion Today or GRIT, a preschool for children facing physical and medical challenges.
  
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• ‘Big Brother Canada:’ First evicted houseguest says ‘it is just luck of the draw’

  08-03-2019 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  Global News spoke with the first houseguest evicted from the 'Big Brother Canada' house this season.
  
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• New child porn charges laid against Eckville man

  08-03-2019 19:16
  Authorities say more charges have been laid against a central Alberta man after further investigation discovered a number of other offences as well as child victims. Christopher Juneau was originally arrested in January when ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit received information from Australian police about a suspect trading child porn images online. As a result of that investigation, police arrested the 34-year-old and searched two homes, in Eckvile and Fox Creek, and seized
  
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• Freeland thanks U.S. lawmakers for bipartisan support on Meng arrest

  08-03-2019 19:05
  OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is applauding a bipartisan American political effort to support Canada in its fight with China over its detention of Huawei's chief financial officer. The U.S. Senate foreign relations committee introduced bipartisan legislation this week that commends Canada for its role in arresting Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver to fulfil an American extradition request. Meng is wanted in the U.S. on fraud related charges in connection with violating sanctions on
  
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• More charges laid against Alberta man accused of sharing child pornography

  08-03-2019 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  Eight alleged victims have been identified after police launched a child pornography investigation in January.
  
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• Speaker of Alberta legislature scolds staff for ‘unbecoming’ video recording

  08-03-2019 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Bob Wanner made it clear he was not impressed with a UCP video that appears to have secretly recorded opponents in the Edmonton Federal Building.
  
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• U.S. congressman declares Nickelback as ‘One of the greatest bands of the ’90s’ during House floor debate

  08-03-2019 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  That’s right, two congressmen got into a discussion about the merits of the rockers from Alberta.
  
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• MEG Energy unlikely to expand oilsands project with Line 3 pipeline delays

  08-03-2019 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  The CEO of MEG Energy Corp. says a one-year delay in Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 pipeline replacement project makes it highly unlikely it will approve an option to spend about $75 million to complete an expansion of its Christina Lake oilsands project in northern Alberta.
  
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• HumboldtStrong allocates $1.9M to Humboldt Broncos bus crash families

  08-03-2019 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  The foundation was set up in the aftermath of the tragedy by community members to steward funds for the benefit of those affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash
  
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• Lethbridge Group Helps Build Homes For Needy People in El Salvador

  08-03-2019 18:06
  For the 4th consecutive year, a local group has returned from an eight-day trip to El Salvador to help build 20 homes for those in extreme need.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin loses court bid for special agreement to avoid criminal prosecution

  08-03-2019 17:41
  OTTAWA -- SNC-Lavalin has a lost a court bid to overturn the public prosecutor's refusal to negotiate an agreement that would see the company avoid a criminal trial. In a ruling Friday, the Federal Court of Canada tossed out the Montreal-based engineering firm's plea for judicial review of the 2018 decision by the director of public prosecutions. SNC-Lavalin faces accusations it paid bribes to obtain government business in Libya -- a criminal case that has prompted a political storm for the Trud
  
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• Police issue warning after seizing $1.7M of cannabis edibles that look like candy

  08-03-2019 17:41
  Ontario police are issuing a warning after seizing $1.7 million worth of illegal cannabis and cannabis-related products that appear to look like lollipops, gummy bears, chocolate bars and cotton candy. York Regional Police say they seized a large quantity of illegal cannabis and cannabis edibles that look candy from a dispensary located downtown Toronto. Investigators observed the suspect in a suspicious transaction on Thursday, February 28, 2019, in a building located in the North York area of
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Jobless Rate Jumps to 5.8% in February

  08-03-2019 17:24
  It's the third straight month this region has experienced an increase in the local jobless rate.
  
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• Notley suggests Alberta oil woes impact jobs more than SNC-Lavalin

  08-03-2019 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told reporters Thursday that Alberta’s struggle to get its oil to market has a far greater impact on jobs than SNC-Lavalin.
  
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• Abandoned tents, foxholes left behind by ISIS in Syria: video

  08-03-2019 17:18
  AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria -- Abandoned tents, vehicles and foxholes to hide from airstrikes are all that are left from evacuated parts of the Islamic State group's last shred of territory in Syria. An exclusive video obtained by The Associated Press on Friday showed parts of the tiny pocket of land in the village of Baghouz vacated recently by IS members and their families. The area has been under attack since September by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces who in recent weeks have adv
  
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• Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on Wikileaks

  08-03-2019 16:48
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who served years in prison for leaking one of the largest troves of classified documents in U.S. history, has been sent to jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating Wikileaks. U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton ordered Manning to jail for contempt of court Friday after a brief hearing in which Manning confirmed she has no intention of testifying. She told the judge she "will accept whatever you bring upon me
  
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• Alberta’s Kevin Koe alone in first at the 2019 Brier curling championship

  08-03-2019 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  Kevin Koe's team secured a playoff berth and was the only undefeated team left at the 2019 Tim Hortons Brier with a 9-0 record Thursday.
  
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• Trudeau apologizes for government's past mistreatment of Inuit with TB

  08-03-2019 16:13
  IQALUIT, Nunavut -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shed tears while he apologized on Friday for the way Inuit in northern Canada were treated for tuberculosis in the mid-20th century, calling it colonial and misguided. Trudeau delivered an apology to the Inuit on behalf of the federal government -- words that prompted many in the room to openly weep. "Today, I am here to offer an official apology for the federal government's management of tuberculosis in the Arctic from the 1940s to the 1960s," h
  
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• Georgia girl buried in backyard had been caged and starved: sheriff

  08-03-2019 15:11
  GUYTON, Ga. - An investigator with the Effingham County Sheriff's Office in Georgia says a girl whose body was buried in her father's backyard had been beaten, bound, starved and shocked with a stun gun. The Savannah Morning News reports Investigator Abby Brown testified Tuesday that 14-year-old Mary Crocker also was kept naked in a dog cage and duct taped to a ladder to straighten her stiff limbs. Mary's body was found in December along with that of her older brother Elwyn Crocker Jr., also 14
  
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• Sentencing hearing begins for man convicted of killing Calgary mother and daughter

  08-03-2019 15:10
  The man convicted of killing five-year-old Taliyah Marsman and her mother Sara Baillie was back in a Calgary courtroom on Friday for his sentencing hearing. (**Warning: Graphic content) Last December, it took a jury less than three hours to find Edward Downey guilty of two counts of first degree murder, in the death of Marsman and Baillee. Baillie’s body was found with duct tape wrapped around her neck and face, stuffed into a laundry basket in a closet, in her Panorama Hills home on July
  
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• Emotional victim impact statements read at Downey sentencing hearing

  08-03-2019 15:10
  The man convicted of killing five-year-old Taliyah Marsman and her mother Sara Baillie was back in a Calgary courtroom on Friday for his sentencing hearing. (**Warning: Graphic content) Last December, it took a jury less than three hours to find Edward Downey guilty of two counts of first degree murder, in the death of Marsman and Baillee. Baillie’s body was found with duct tape wrapped around her neck and face, stuffed into a laundry basket in a closet, in her Panorama Hills home on July
  
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• Unvaccinated six-year-old boy gets tetanus; treatment costs US$800K

  08-03-2019 15:05
  An unvaccinated six-year-old boy from Oregon required treatment costing more than US$800,000 after he was diagnosed with tetanus in the state’s first case of the disease in 30 years, according to a new report. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published details of the case in a new report released on Thursday. The report said the boy was playing outdoors on a farm when he cut his forehead in 2017. His parents cleaned and stitched up the wound at home. Six days later, the
  
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• Economy added 55,900 jobs in February: StatCan

  08-03-2019 14:40
  OTTAWA -- The labour market generated a second straight month of strong job gains in February with the creation of 55,900 net new positions, all of which were full time, Statistics Canada said Friday. The surge followed an even bigger gain of 66,800 positions in January. The back-to-back results gave Canada its strongest two-month stretch of job creation since the spring of 2012 -- and its best two-month start to a year since 1981. The unemployment rate held firm last month at 5.8 per cent as mo
  
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• Trump budget to include $100M for daughter Ivanka's project

  08-03-2019 13:30
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal will include $100 million for a global women's fund spearheaded by his daughter Ivanka Trump. The White House said the budget, expected to be released Monday, will include the funding for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative. The administration last month launched the government-wide project, which she leads. In a statement to The Associated Press, Ivanka Trump noted that Friday was International Women's Day and
  
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• Elderly found drugged, locked up at Spain's nursing 'house of horrors'

  08-03-2019 13:17
  MADRID - Spain's Civil Guard says it has arrested six people for possibly swindling 1.8 million euros (US$2 million) from elderly people held at an alleged "house of horrors." In a tweet, the police force said it found foreign elders locked up, drugged and often fed through tubes at the private nursing home near the southern city of Cadiz. An elderly German man and a Dutch woman were found to be in a "terrible state." According to the local Diario de Cadiz newspaper, a Cuban woman and a German m
  
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• Less than half of young Canadian women feel equal to men: survey

  08-03-2019 12:00
  As countries around the world celebrate International Women’s Day, new statistics show that as teenage girls enter adulthood, they begin to experience roadblocks that challenge their confidence, power and equality. Plan International Canada and Nanos Research partnered to conduct an online survey of more than 1,000 Canadian women aged 18 and older on their experiences with issues related to gender inequality and discrimination. The questions covered a range of themes including leadership,
  
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• Thailand pulls out of 2020 Olympic weightlifting over doping

  08-03-2019 10:46
  BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Thailand has volunteered to ban itself from Tokyo Olympic Games weightlifting next year because of doping, another blow to a sport whose place on the Olympic program is precarious. The self-imposed ban also means Thailand will still stage the world championships in Pattaya in September but with no home competitors, the International Weightlifting Federation said on Friday. The decisions follow eight failed drug tests for the Thai team that competed at the last worlds in Nove
  
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• Salmon habitat to recover from Trans Mountain pipeline work within 2 years: DFO

  08-03-2019 10:38
  VANCOUVER -- Work on a Trans Mountain pipeline crossing in a British Columbia stream altered habitat for young salmon, but the creek is expected to return to normal in one to two years, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Two biologists with the department visited Stewart Creek in Chilliwack on Jan. 30 after receiving a complaint from Mike Pearson, a biologist with 30 years of experience who raised concerns about the work done by Trans Mountain Corp. Pearson said in January that the placement of 1
  
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• China endorses Huawei legal defence against U.S.

  08-03-2019 08:53
  BEIJING -- China's foreign minister on Friday promised "all necessary measures" to defend Chinese companies and citizens abroad amid legal clashes between tech giant Huawei and Washington. Recent legal action against Chinese companies and individuals is "deliberate political suppression," said Wang Yi at a news conference. Wang was responding to a question about Beijing's stance on Canada's arrest of a Huawei Technologies Ltd. executive on U.S. criminal charges and the company's lawsuit in an Am
  
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• Massive Venezuela power outage raises tensions amid crisis

  08-03-2019 07:08
  CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hospitals struggled to get back-up generators running, businesses shuttered and families anxiously tried to contact loved ones amid Venezuela's worst-ever power outage Friday, raising tensions in a country already on edge from ongoing political turmoil. Much of the nation of 31 million people was still without electricity as the blackout stretched into a second day and patience began to wear thin. "This has never happened before," a frustrated Orlando Roa, 54, said, decryin
  
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• Southbound QEII closed near Carstairs, poor driving conditions between Calgary and Bowden

  08-03-2019 06:36
  Severe weather and deteriorating highway conditions has prompted officials to advise against all non-essential travel on Highway 2 between Calgary city limits and the Town of Bowden. According to 511 Alberta, the southbound lanes of the QEII Highway were closed at the Carstairs overpass as of 10:00 p.m. as a semi jack-knifed. Vehicles are being detoured around the closure and motorists should expect delays.. At the time, sections of the highway were considered to be snow covered or partly snow c
  
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• QEII Highway reopens near Carstairs following crash

  08-03-2019 06:36
  Severe weather and deteriorating highway conditions prompted officials to advise against all non-essential travel on Highway 2 between Calgary city limits and the Town of Bowden on Thursday evening. The southbound lanes of the QEII Highway were closed at the Carstairs overpass at 10:00 p.m. after a semi jack-knifed and vehicles were detoured around the closure for several hours. At the time, sections of the highway were considered to be snow covered or partly snow covered and visibility ranged b
  
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• Store in Kensington eliminates unnecessary packaging and single-use plastics

  08-03-2019 06:20
  A new shop in northwest Calgary is encouraging its customers to bring reusable vessels to transport the unpackaged cleaners, soaps, and personal care items that are available for sale. The Canary Refillery and Zero Waste Market in the 1200 block of Kensington Road sells the majority of its products based on weight but also offers containers, such as mason jars, to help introduce customers to the waste-free approach. While the store isn’t 100 per cent plastic-free or zero waste at this time
  
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• Snowfall warning as 10 – 20 cm expected in Edmonton, central Alberta

  08-03-2019 06:04 via globalnews.ca
  General snowfall amounts will be 10 to 15 cm, however, locally heavier amounts of 20 to 25 cm are possible by the time the snow ends Friday afternoon.
  
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• Teams tap into hockey’s roots for Alberta Pond Hockey Championship

  08-03-2019 04:54 via globalnews.ca
  Sixty-four teams from across the province -- and as far away as Australia -- will be taking part in this year's Alberta Pond Hockey Championship.
  
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