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• Calgarian confirmed as one of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

  10-03-2019 23:52
  A Calgarian is among the 18 Canadians killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday. CTV News has learned that Derick Lwugi, the past president of the Calgary-Kenya Association and a current City of Calgary employee was onboard the flight that crashed, killing all 157 onboard. Lwugi leaves behind his wife Gladys Kivia and three children. Gladys spoke with CTV News on Sunday and says she feels "horrible" and "confused." "He is a man who loves peace. He's a man wh
  
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• Airdrie mother reaches out to parents of children with addiction

  10-03-2019 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Shawna Taylor started her own opioid addiction support group in Airdrie called Here Together.
  
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• Alberta WWII veteran Jack Hilton dies at 99

  10-03-2019 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  As a Typhoon fighter pilot, Hilton completed more than 100 operations flights across Europe during the Second World War and later went on to train hundreds of other young men to fly.
  
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• Three Albertans killed in Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 20:59
  CTV News has confirmed an Edmonton woman and her daughter, as well as a Calgary man, are among the 157 people who died when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed Sunday. Mohamed Hassan Ali says his sister, Amina Ibrahim Odowaa, and five-year-old niece, Sofia Faisal Abdulkadir, were on the connecting flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya. The mother and daughter had flown from Edmonton to Toronto on Friday. Odowaa’s brother, a Toronto resident, said he had originally hoped she
  
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• Southern Alberta family builds Saddledome replica in their basement

  10-03-2019 20:52
  The home of the Calgary Flames definitely draws some criticism from fans who’d like to see a new rink for the club, but one family says the arena is still dear to their hearts. About an hour northwest of the city, the basement of the Thompson’s home has been completely transformed into what they call the ‘Mini-Dome.’ Greg Thompson says the homage was partially spawned from a desire to get the kids away from technology. “The kids are down here playing non-stop anyway
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines crash: These are the Canadian victims

  10-03-2019 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Carleton University professor Pius Adesanmi was among the 18 Canadians killed in Sunday's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet, the university has confirmed. 
  
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• Study shows Canadians still confused over travel insurance

  10-03-2019 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians still aren't completely clear on what they need when it comes to travel insurance, according to a recent study.
  
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• 4.3 magnitude earthquake felt near Rocky Mountain House

  10-03-2019 19:14
  In less than a week, a second earthquake has shaken central Alberta. According to Earthquakes Canada, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake was detected at 4 a.m. about 32 kilometres northwest of Rocky Mountain House. The quake was about 10 kilometres deep. A spokesperson with Alberta Energy Regulator told CTV News the area is prone to naturally occurring seismic activity, unrelated to industrial activity. Rocky Mountain House is located 80 kilometres west of Red Deer, and more than 200 kilometres southwes
  
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• Family of former Stampeder files lawsuit against Calgary nightclub

  10-03-2019 18:37
  The family of Mylan Hicks has filed a lawsuit against the establishment where their son was shot to death just over two years ago. Hicks, 23, was a member of the Calgary Stampeders practice roster and was with other member of the team when they were at the Marquee Beer Market on September 25, 2016. The young player was shot to death outside the bar, the result of an altercation that had taken place earlier that evening. Nelson Lugela was arrested and charged with second-degree murder a short tim
  
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• Port of Montreal busier than ever, creating opportunities for smugglers

  10-03-2019 15:38
  MONTREAL -- On a crisp day in early March, Tony Boemi looks out on the stacked shipping containers that stretch into the horizon of the 26 kilometre-long Port of Montreal. "We've been going up tremendously," the port authority vice-president says. Traffic at Canada's second-largest port rose nine per cent in 2018 to the equivalent of more than 1.6 million 20-foot containers for the fifth straight year of record volumes, prompting concerns the docks will be overloaded by 2022. Vancouver and Halif
  
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• Mexico's leftist president creates new style of government

  10-03-2019 15:13
  MEXICO CITY -- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's first 100 days in office have combined a compulsive shedding of presidential trappings with a dizzying array of policy initiatives, and a series of missteps haven't even dented his soaring approval ratings. Lopez Obrador has answered more questions from the press, flown in more economy-class flights, posed for more selfies with admiring citizens and visited more genuinely risky areas with little or no security than several combined d
  
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• Ontario government open to ban on single-use plastics

  10-03-2019 14:50
  TORONTO -- Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills. Nearly a tonne of waste per person in Ontario is generated each year, and the rate at which that waste is diverted away from landfills -- through recycling and composting, for example -- has stalled around 30 per cent for the past 15 years. The government recently released a discussion paper on reducing litter and waste, and is asking the public and stakeholders for input on
  
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• Sudan sentences 9 women to prison for protesting, backs down on 20 lashes

  10-03-2019 13:58
  CAIRO -- Sudan sentenced nine women to a month's imprisonment for taking part in anti-government protests, an opposition group said Sunday, the latest in a crackdown aimed at quashing almost three months of protests calling for the country's autocratic president to step down. The emergency court in Khartoum, which handed down the verdict on Saturday, also ordered 20 lashes for each woman but then waived the flogging, apparently giving in to pressure from the women's families rallying outside the
  
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• Stolen picker truck used to steal safe from Alberta bank

  10-03-2019 12:25
  EDMONTON -- RCMP are investigating a dramatic bank heist in the community of Winfield, Alta. They say that during the wee hours of Friday morning bandits crashed a stolen picker truck through the front wall of an Alberta Treasury branch in the tiny hamlet southwest of Edmonton. Police say two male suspects then used the picker truck to pull a safe containing an unspecified amount of Canadian currency from a wall, causing extensive damage to the building. Investigators say the bank robbers made t
  
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• Ethiopian plane crash kills 157, spreads global grief

  10-03-2019 12:11
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from the country’s capital, carving a gash in the earth and spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the 157 people who were killed. There was no immediate indication why the plane went down in clear weather while on a flight to Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya. The crash was strikingly similar to that of a Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea off I
  
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• Carleton University professor killed in Ethiopian plane crash

  10-03-2019 12:11
  The president of Carleton University has confirmed that a professor with the school is among the victims of a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the entire Carleton community is mourning the death of Pius Adesanmi, a professor in the English department. Bacon says Adesanmi received The Penguin Prize for African Writing in 2010. He was one of 18 Canadians killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane went down shortly after departing from Bole Airport in Ethiopia's capital Addis
  
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• Calgary man, mother-daughter pair among 18 Canadians killed in plane crash

  10-03-2019 12:11
  A Calgary man, an Edmonton mother-daughter pair, and an Ottawa professor are among 18 Canadians killed in an Ethiopian plane crash, which killed all 157 people on board. CTV News has confirmed Calgary man Derrick Lwugi was en route to Kenya when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. He was the past president of the Calgary-Kenya association and leaves behind his wife Gladys and four children. Edmonton mother Amina Ibrahim Odowaa, her five-year-old daughter Safiya and Pius Adesanmi, a profes
  
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• 18 Canadians among 157 dead in Ethiopian Airlines crash: officials

  10-03-2019 12:11
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his thoughts are with the victims of a deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash today, including the 18 Canadians on board. They are among the victims of a crash that killed all 157 people thought to be on board today. In a tweet today, Trudeau calls the crash devastating news and says thoughts are with all the victims, including the Canadians, and everyone who lost friends, family or loved ones. It is not yet clear what caused the crash of the new Boeing 737-8 MAX plan
  
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• Critics question SNC-Lavalin 'jobs' defence as minister can't give evidence

  10-03-2019 12:00
  OTTAWA -- Protecting at-risk jobs has been at the centre of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government’s defence of its conduct in relation to the still-simmering SNC-Lavalin scandal, but when asked what evidence they have to back that stance, one federal minister was unable to give any. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period, Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility Minister Carla Qualtrough said that there would “definitely” be jobs in jeopardy, but she
  
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• UP-DATE - Charges laid in Saturday night Hwy-3 collision

  10-03-2019 09:54
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter) and Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE -  UPDATE MONDAY: Lethbridge Police say a collision between a semi-truck and a truck late Saturday night (Mar. 9), involved an impaired driver, travelling in the wrong lane. According to police, a truck going westbound in the eastbound lanes on Highway 3, collided head-on with a semi-truck. A 28-year-old man from Sylvan lake was arrested, and has been charged with impaired driving, driving over .
  
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• Collision on Hwy-3 causes temporary closure to traffic at midnight

  10-03-2019 09:54
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE -  A collision between a semi-truck and another vehicle around 11:30 Saturday (Mar 9) night, occurred in the eastbound lanes of Highway 3 near the Oldman River Bridge.  As a result of the collision Highway 3 was closed at the Highway 25 overpass to eastbound traffic.
  There was no report of serious injuries at the time. The highway was re-opened to traffic about an hour later....
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, March 9, 2019

  10-03-2019 07:49 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Hughes scored twice and Eric Florchuk added three assists as the Saskatoon Blades extended their win streak to six games with a 6-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Picker truck used to steal safe from bank in Winfield: RCMP

  10-03-2019 06:26 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said a stolen picker truck was allegedly used by two men to steal a safe containing Canadian money from a bank in Winfield, Alberta, west of Pigeon Lake. 
  
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• Picker truck used to steal safe from Alberta bank: police

  10-03-2019 06:26 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said a stolen picker truck was allegedly used by two men to steal a safe containing Canadian money from a bank in Winfield, Alberta, west of Pigeon Lake. 
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Calgary-Lethbridge - Midland Daily News

  10-03-2019 05:52 via ourmidland.com
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Calgary-Lethbridge  Midland Daily NewsHurricanes 7, Hitmen 4. First Period. Recommended Video. Created with Sketch. An Error Has Occurred. The top news stories in Connecticut on March 7, 2019.
  
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• Daylight saving time begins Sunday

  10-03-2019 02:53
  By Charles Lefebvre
  LETHBRDGE --   It’s time to change your clocks again as Daylight saving time for 2019 begins this weekend.
  Residents will need to advance their clocks forward by one hour on Sunday March 10.
  The Fire Department reminds residents to check their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms while they’re also adjusting their clocks, to make sure they remain working.
  This year, Daylight saving time will end on November 3....
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• Students gather to protest opposition party’s comments on minimum wage

  10-03-2019 02:43 via globalnews.ca
  Protesters gathered on the steps of the Alberta Legislature Saturday to support "equal pay for all workers."
  
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• Turbulence injures at least 32 on flight into New York

  10-03-2019 02:29
  NEW YORK -- Officials say a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul has landed safely at New York's Kennedy Airport after severe turbulence that left at least 32 people injured. Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says 10 people were taken to a hospital after the plane landed Saturday at 5:35 p.m. One had a broken leg and others suffered bumps, bruises and cuts. Coleman says most of the passengers were treated inside an airport terminal. Turkish Airlines Flight
  
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• Turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York

  10-03-2019 02:29
  NEW YORK -- Severe turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean tossed passengers and crew around a Turkish Airlines plane cabin on Saturday, with 30 people suffering bumps, bruises, cuts and a broken leg before the flight landed safely at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, officials said. Dozens of ambulances lined up in front of an airport terminal to quickly treat the injured coming off the flight that left Istanbul for the 10-hour trip. Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of N
  
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• Police seek to identify suspicious person after incident involving a child

  10-03-2019 01:26
  Calgary police are looking for the public’s help to identify a man who allegedly approached a boy as he was walking home from school on Friday. Officials say a 10-year-old boy, a student at Marshall Springs Middle School in Evergreen, was walking home at about 1:00 p.m. on March 8. When the boy was in the area of Everoak Drive and Evermeadow Avenue S.W., police say a man drove up to him and attempted to offer him a ride home. The boy declined, continued home and police were contacted about
  
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• Calgary soccer team marks end of season with a special memorial

  10-03-2019 01:13
  A local soccer club is celebrating the end of its indoor season by remembering the life of a young teammate who recently lost his battle with cancer. Ryan Chen, a member of the Rangers, passed away on September 19, 2018. The young boy was only seven years old. On Saturday, Chen’s teammates gathered at the Calgary North Soccer Centre to reflect on his life and raise money for a fund named in his honour. “What we’ve done is all the full-time staff have offered private sessions an
  
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• Dozens rescued after being trapped on Lake Erie ice floe

  10-03-2019 01:01
  MARBLEHEAD, Ohio -- A sheet of ice holding fishermen on Lake Erie broke loose in windy weather Saturday morning, sending many of them scrambling to safety but leaving nearly four dozen stranded on the floe for three hours more than a mile offshore until emergency crews could rescue them. About 100 of 146 fishermen out on the ice were able to grab their gear and make it back to shore before any additional ice broke off, The Blade of Toledo reported. One of the stranded fishermen, 42-year-old Tony
  
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• Alberta documentary attempts to spark conversation about miscarriage and early infant loss

  10-03-2019 00:47
  A Calgary woman is hoping that her autobiographical film will help others grappling with the tragic situation of losing a baby and encourage conversation about the issue. Expecting Sunshine begins with the story of Alexis Marie Chute’s second son Zachary. “Everything was going fine and then we got an ultrasound report that there was a large tumour growing around his heart. That was the moment I ceased to be one person and became someone different.” Chute says she had placed so
  
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