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• Man accused in Lethbridge’s largest drug seizure pleads guilty - Global News

  18-03-2019 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Man accused in Lethbridge’s largest drug seizure pleads guilty  Global NewsA man accused in what is believed to be one of the largest drug seizures Lethbridge has ever seen pleaded guilty Monday morning.
  
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• Man accused in Lethbridge’s largest drug seizure pleads guilty

  18-03-2019 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  The drugs seized have an estimated street value of $1.2 million.
  
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• Majority of Lethbridge Residents Not in Favour of Backyard Chickens

  18-03-2019 23:26
  
  
  A recent poll conducted by Lethbridge College for City Council shows the issue of urban hens isn't very popular among residents.
  
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• City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Hurricanes successfully review lease agreement ahead of new five-year term - Lethbridge News Now

  18-03-2019 23:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Hurricanes successfully review lease agreement ahead of new five-year term  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge and the Western Hockey League's Lethbridge Hurricanes will continue to have a thriving partnership after both sides ...
  
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• City of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Hurricanes successfully review lease agreement ahead of new five-year term

  18-03-2019 23:19
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge and the Western Hockey League’s Lethbridge Hurricanes will continue to have a thriving partnership after both sides successfully reviewed their lease agreement with the ENMAX Centre.
  As part of the 15-year lease, the agreement is reviewed every five years.
  With the Hurricanes’ upcoming playoff series taking place at the same time as Lethbridge welcomes the 2019 Pioneer Hi-Bred World Men's Curling
  
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• Carstairs teacher charged with sexual assault and sexual interference

  18-03-2019 22:56
  RCMP officials confirm a 54-year-old teacher from Didsbury has been charged following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault. According to RCMP, the allegations against the man surfaced on Monday, March 11, 2019. Henry John Paulgaard has been charged with sexual interference and sexual assault as a result of the investigation. Paulgaard has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Didsbury Provincial Court on March 25, 2019. Officials with Chinook's Edge School Division
  
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• Alberta health minister introduces bill to ‘protect public health care’

  18-03-2019 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman introduces Bill 1 calling it an “act to protect public health care.”
  
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• Alberta throne speech touts protecting health care and defending public education

  18-03-2019 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell touts Bill 1, an act to protect Alberta health care from American-style health care, and defending public education in the throne speech.
  
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• Mark Neufeld selected as next chief constable of the Calgary Police Service

  18-03-2019 22:27
  The Calgary Police Commission has selected the current chief of the Camrose Police Serve as the next chief of the Calgary Police Service. Mark Neufeld will be introduced as the CPS’ incoming chief constable on Tuesday morning in a ceremony involving Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Brian Thiessen, chair of the Calgary Police Commission. According to the Calgary Police Commission, Neufeld served 24 years with the Edmonton Police Service before being selected as chief of the Camrose Police Service, a
  
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• Lethbridge Man Pleads Guilty in Connection to City's Largest Drug Bust

  18-03-2019 21:55
  Lethbridge Police seized over $1 million worth of drugs from multiple homes back in February 2017.
  
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• How Global News is covering Alberta election 2019

  18-03-2019 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  On election night, Global News will have robust election coverage online, on social media and on-air — through both television and radio broadcasts.
  
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• B.C. argues it cannot stop Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but it can protect environment

  18-03-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  B.C.'s Court of Appeal is considering a reference case filed by the province that asks if it has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.
  
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• Spike in stolen dogs could point to underground fighting rings in Alberta: animal society

  18-03-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  It's an underground crime few acknowledge, but rescue agencies on the front lines of animal care insist dog fighting rings involving stolen pets exist in Alberta.
  
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• Warm weather prompts avalanche warning for parts of western Canada

  18-03-2019 20:22
  The warm weather this week could destabilize the snowpack in the mountains west of Calgary and recreational users are being advised to take precautions if travelling in avalanche terrain. A special public avalanche warning was issued on Monday by Avalanche Canada, Parks Canada and Kananaskis country for all forecast regions in western Canada. Officials say the warm temperatures this week will increase the avalanche risk and that more people are expected to be out enjoying the mountains as spring
  
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• LPA says Member Survey Shows Toxic Work Environment, Lack of Confidence in Police Chief

  18-03-2019 20:10
  
  
  A recent survey of Lethbridge Police Association members has uncovered some concerns for the organization.
  
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• Survey finds a 'lack of trust' within Lethbridge Police Service - Lethbridge News Now

  18-03-2019 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Survey finds a 'lack of trust' within Lethbridge Police Service  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - It appears as though there is discord within the Lethbridge Police *Service*. An internal survey was conducted in December by the Lethbridge ...
  
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• Survey finds a 'lack of trust' within Lethbridge Police Service

  18-03-2019 20:05
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - It appears as though there is discord within the Lethbridge Police Service.
  An internal survey was conducted in December by the Lethbridge Police Association, the unit which represents members of the LPS.
  The survey was in turn released to a local media outlet. However, according to the LPA's President Jay McMillan, results were supposed to remain in-house and not made available to outside sources.
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• PM names special adviser to examine issues at heart of the SNC-Lavalin scandal

  18-03-2019 20:05
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that former Liberal minister and deputy prime minister Anne McLellan has been appointed as a "special" adviser to examine some of the machinery of government issues at the heart of the SNC-Lavalin controversy. "Canadians expect and deserve to have faith in their institutions and the people who serve within them. The events of the last few weeks have raised important questions," Trudeau said in a statement that was sent as he rose in the
  
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• Guilty plea for man facing trial after Lethbridge's biggest ever drug bust

  18-03-2019 20:01
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - A five-day judge alone trial at Court of Queens Bench in Lethbridge that was to begin Monday morning, was over before it began.
  29-year-old Drew Boake, who was facing four charges including two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of the proceeds of crime, has pleaded guilty in Court of Queen's Bench to one count of possession of a controlled substance exceeding 3 kg.
  ALERT Lethbridge's organized crime an
  
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• Alberta election promise tracker: Where do the parties stand on the major issues?

  18-03-2019 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  From health care and education to infrastructure and the economy, we're keeping track of every promise made by the main political parties vying for your vote.
  
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• Special avalanche warning issued for western Canada

  18-03-2019 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  The warning applies to all of the mountain ranges Avalanche Canada forecasts for, as well as those covered by Parks Canada and Kananaskis Country.
  
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• Alberta election 2019: Find your riding and candidates

  18-03-2019 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans will head to the polls by the end of May for a spring election. This story has all the information you need to find out who is running in your riding.
  
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• National strategy announced to protect Canada’s high-performance athletes from concussions

  18-03-2019 19:10
  A national concussion strategy was unveiled in Calgary on Monday and officials say the guidelines will help protect Canada’s high-performance athletes from sports-related concussions. The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network, Own the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee developed the standardized sport-related concussion guidelines to help protect and assess the health and safety of athletes. “The purpose of this is to provide a stan
  
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• Frequent drinkers of sugary beverages more likely to die early: study

  18-03-2019 19:07
  The more sugary drinks you consume, the more likely you are to die early, according to a new study. The study, which was published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, links the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages to premature death. Researchers reviewed the deaths of more than 36,000 people whose health had been tracked dating back to 1980 for research purposes. Controlling for physical activity levels and other health indicators, they compared the subjects’
  
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• Rural Road Bans Issued With Spring Thaw in Full Swing

  18-03-2019 18:59
  Road bans have been issued in the MD of Willow Creek.
  
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• PCO Clerk Michael Wernick retiring before next election, cites opposition's lack of trust

  18-03-2019 18:58
  OTTAWA – Canada's most senior bureaucrat, Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, has announced his "upcoming retirement," prompting Trudeau to name a replacement that will take the helm of the federal public service before the next federal election. In an open letter to the prime minister published on the Government of Canada website, Wernick said that "recent events have led me to conclude that I cannot serve as Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet during the upcoming
  
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• Canada extends Iraq and Ukraine military missions to 2021 and 2022

  18-03-2019 18:39
  OTTAWA -- Canada has learned a lot about how to protect against foreign election meddling through its support of Ukraine in its ongoing battles with Russia, says Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Freeland described Ukraine as a "laboratory" for Russia's disinformation campaigns in cyberspace as she and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Monday that Canada is extending its military missions in the eastern European country and Iraq -- commitments that were both due to expire at the end of
  
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• Alberta election: Lethbridge-West - Globalnews.ca

  18-03-2019 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta election: Lethbridge-West  Globalnews.caA full list of the incumbent and candidates in the riding of Lethbridge-West, one of two ridings in the southern Alberta city.
  
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• Local Health Officials Encourage Residents to Get Educated on Vaccinations

  18-03-2019 17:58
  
  
  There's been plenty of talk lately about vaccinating kids or in some instances the lack of people getting immunizations.
  
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• 'Disgusting and heartbreaking': Dead whale swallowed 40 kilograms of garbage

  18-03-2019 17:47
  A dead Cuvier's beaked whale swallowed roughly 40 kilograms of garbage which included grocery bags, rice sacks and banana plantation bags, before it washed up on a Philippine shore. On Saturday, Philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources reported that a recently deceased, 4.69-metre whale was stuck on the shores of the Mabini Campostela Valley, just 93 kilometres east of Davao City. Darrell Blatchley, who founded the non-government organization D’ Bone Collector Museum In
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Should schools have a ‘no-cut’ rule for sports teams?

  18-03-2019 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton junior high school is embracing a 14-member curling squad and a 37-person basketball team.
  
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• City council to consider motion aimed at easing tax burden on businesses

  18-03-2019 16:47
  Calgarians are invited to a public hearing to learn more about how the city plans to deal with its growing tax problem. The city must make up $250 million in lost property taxes from downtown office towers and councillor Evan Woolley plans to put forward a notice of motion that hopes to alleviate some of the tax burden on businesses. In 2017 and 2018, the city limited business property tax increases to no more than five percent and made up the difference by taking money from reserves. This year,
  
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• Alberta Government Launches MyHealth Records

  18-03-2019 16:27
  MyHealth Records is accessible through any computer, tablet or smartphone.
  
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• Ask the expert: Spring skiing tips

  18-03-2019 14:52 via globalnews.ca
  Warmer weather doesn’t necessarily mean you have to pack up your skis and call it a season.
  
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• ‘Tiny homes’ provide shelter, job skills for central Alberta First Nation

  18-03-2019 14:14 via globalnews.ca
  After six months of hard work, eleven students officially graduated from a tiny home building program on the Montana First Nation in central Alberta.
  
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• Pediatrician to be sentenced for assaulting 31 children

  18-03-2019 14:06
  EBENSBURG, Pa. -- A former Pennsylvania pediatrician is scheduled for sentencing Monday in the sexual assault of 31 children, most of them patients, in a case that state medical regulators failed to act on nearly two decades ago. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown will be sentenced on dozens of counts, including aggravated indecent assault and child endangerment. Prosecutors say he spent decades abusing boys and girls in the exam room at his pediatric practice in western Pennsylvania and at local ho
  
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• Pediatrician gets at least 79 years for assaulting patients

  18-03-2019 14:06
  EBENSBURG, Pa. -- A former Pennsylvania pediatrician was sentenced to at least 79 years in prison on Monday for the sexual assault of 31 children, most of them patients, in a case that state medical regulators failed to act on nearly two decades ago. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown was sentenced on dozens of counts, including aggravated indecent assault and child endangerment. Prosecutors say he spent decades abusing boys and girls in the exam room at his pediatric practice in western Pennsylvani
  
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• Former NHL players to be given cannabis for post-concussion treatment

  18-03-2019 13:44
  Dozens of former NHL players will be given CBD as part of a study examining whether the cannabis compound might help alleviate symptoms of brain injuries. “We see a lot of athletes who have chronic pain and have other problems related to repetitive brain trauma,” neurosurgeon and concussion expert Dr. Charles Tator told CTV’s Your Morning Monday. “We are reasonably optimistic that cannabis and especially the CBD part of cannabis can relieve a lot of that suffering.”
  
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• Throne speech to be delivered at Alberta legislature as election nears

  18-03-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's lieutenant governor is set to deliver the Speech from the Throne on Monday afternoon, and by doing so, open the fifth session of the 29th legislature.
  
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• Joyce Murray tapped as new Treasury Board President in latest Trudeau shuffle

  18-03-2019 12:27
  OTTAWA – Longtime Liberal MP Joyce Murray has been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to join cabinet as the new Treasury Board President and Minister of Digital Government. Trudeau appointed the Vancouver-Quadra, B.C. MP and one-time leadership contender to the role at the mini, single person shuffle at Rideau Hall on Monday. This is Trudeau's third shuffle in as many months. Murray has held the position as parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board throughout the current governme
  
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• Operations largely back to normal at Toronto's Pearson airport after fire

  18-03-2019 12:13
  TORONTO -- Operations at Toronto's Pearson International Airport had largely returned to normal Monday morning after a fire the night before triggered an evacuation and major flight disruptions. The airport said on its Twitter feed early today that both Terminal 1 and 3 were operating normally, though U.S. departures at Terminal 1 where the fire started were expected to see continued delays. Travellers were advised to check their flight status today before heading to the airport, which is Canada
  
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• Suspect arrested after gunman kills 3 on Dutch tram

  18-03-2019 12:10
  UTRECHT, Netherlands -- A gunman killed three people and wounded five during a mid-morning tram ride Monday in the Dutch city of Utrecht, raising the spectre of another extremist attack only days after the murderous rampage in New Zealand. Authorities seized a Turkish-born suspect after a manhunt that convulsed the historic city of nearly 350,000 people for most of the day. As night set in, three victims lay in critical condition, and the motive for the bloodshed remained under investigation. Pr
  
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• Manhunt launched after shooting on Dutch tram wounds many

  18-03-2019 12:10
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A shooting on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday left "multiple" people wounded, police said, adding that they are considering the possibility of a "terrorist motive." A manhunt was launched for the shooter. Police, including heavily armed officers, flooded the area after the shooting that happened in the morning on a tram at a busy traffic intersection in a residential neighbourhood. Utrecht police said that trauma helicopters were sent to the scene
  
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• Gunman kills 3 on Dutch tram, mayor says terror likely

  18-03-2019 12:10
  UTRECHT, Netherlands -- A gunman killed three people and wounded nine others on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning in what the mayor said appeared to be a terror attack, touching off a manhunt that saw heavily armed officers with dogs zero in on an apartment building close to the shooting. Authorities immediately raised the terror alert for the area to the maximum level. Dutch military police went on extra alert at Dutch airports and at key buildings in the country as
  
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• U.K. speaker stymies May's bid for 3rd vote on Brexit deal

  18-03-2019 10:19
  LONDON -- The speaker of Britain's House of Commons dealt a potentially fatal blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's ailing Brexit deal on Monday, saying the government couldn't keep asking lawmakers to vote on the same deal they have already rejected twice. The government intends to try a third time to get lawmakers to back the deal, ideally before May joins EU leaders Thursday at a Brussels summit where she is set to ask the bloc to postpone Britain's departure. May has warned opponents that fai
  
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• U.K. prime minister in last-minute push to win Brexit support

  18-03-2019 10:19
  LONDON -- British Prime Minister Theresa May was making a last-minute push Monday to win support for her European Union divorce deal, warning opponents that failure to approve it would mean a long -- and possibly indefinite -- delay to Brexit. Parliament has rejected the agreement twice, but May aims to try a third time this week if she can persuade enough lawmakers to change their minds. Her aim is to have the deal agreed before EU leaders meet Thursday for a summit in Brussels. But there was n
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal will begin hearing oil-transport reference case today

  18-03-2019 09:15
  VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's Court of Appeal will consider the question of provincial powers over the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project during a five-day hearing that starts today. The B.C. government's reference case asks the court if the province has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say only Ottawa -- not the provinces -- has t
  
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• B.C. admits in court that it cannot stop Trans Mountain

  18-03-2019 09:15
  VANCOUVER -- A lawyer for the British Columbia government says the province knows it cannot stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but it can enact environmental laws to mitigate the harm it may cause. B.C.'s Court of Appeal is considering a reference case filed by the province that asks if it has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta. Joseph Arvay, who represents B.C., told a panel of five judges on Monday that his o
  
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• Facebook announces changes to political advertising to meet new federal rules

  18-03-2019 08:41
  OTTAWA -- Facebook is launching a new advertisement library that will capture detailed information about political ads targeted at voters in Canada, including who pays for them and whom they target. The move is part of the social-media giant's response to changes the Trudeau government has made to Canada's election laws aimed at stopping bad actors -- foreign or domestic -- from interfering with Canada's upcoming federal election through advertising. Bill C-76, which received royal assent in Dec
  
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• Survey finds members of Lethbridge Police Service unhappy with leadership - Global News

  18-03-2019 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  Survey finds members of Lethbridge Police Service unhappy with leadership  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The Lethbridge Police Association says the results of an internal survey show its members are dealing with a toxic work environment and a lack ...
  
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