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• Youth mental health patients welcomed to clean and bright new hospital units

  20-03-2019 23:44
  Bright, bold new colours and vibrant scenes now decorate the walls of the two adolescent mental health units at Foothills Hospital, creating a much more inviting environment for the young patients. The renovation is courtesy of the Smilezone Foundation, a national agency that helps to transform healthcare spaces for pediatric patients. In March, workers with the organization got together to make some upgrades to the Youth Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Units, including enhanced kitch
  
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• Youth mental health patients welcomed to bright new hospital units

  20-03-2019 23:44
  Bright, bold new colours and vibrant scenes now decorate the walls of the two adolescent mental health units at Foothills Hospital, creating a much more inviting environment for the young patients. The renovation is courtesy of the Smilezone Foundation, a national agency that helps to transform healthcare spaces for pediatric patients. In March, workers with the organization got together to make some upgrades to the Youth Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Units, including enhanced kitch
  
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• Black bin abusers and over-users could face additional costs if council approves recommendations

  20-03-2019 23:38
  Calgarians who put out more garbage every two weeks than their black bin can hold could be subjected to additional costs if recommendations to council are approved. “A tag-a-bag program is a program where any garbage that doesn’t fit into the black cart has to have a tag or a sticker attached to it that customers will purchase at a local store, we’re recommending $3 for the price of it, to have it collected,” explained Kate Trajan, leader of strategic planning and policy
  
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• Federal government says B.C. trying to impede Trans Mountain with pipeline legislation

  20-03-2019 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian government says British Columbia is trying to obstruct the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion with "Trojan Horse'' legislation that the province is passing off as a benign environmental measure.
  
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• Fire heavily damages home in community of Kincora

  20-03-2019 22:12
  A home in the city’s northwest sustained significant damage in a fire on Wednesday morning and a fire investigator is working to determine a cause. Emergency crews were called to a home along Kincora Park N.W. at about 11:50 a.m. for reports of a fire. A neighbor saw smoke coming from the basement window of the home and called 911. “When fire crews arrived, flames and heavy smoke showing from the home. They were able to do a search, nobody was found inside but we understand that a fa
  
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• Alberta Health Fourth Quarter Report Shows Decline in Opioid Related Deaths

  20-03-2019 22:00
  Alberta Health releasing it's fourth-quarter Opioid Response Surveillance Report.
  
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• UCP Leader Jason Kenney calls carbon tax “biggest lie in Alberta history”

  20-03-2019 21:40
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney made an appearance at Lethbridge Iron Works Wednesday morning, on his second campaign stop since the provincial election was called Tuesday.
  While his two Lethbridge candidates, Nathan Neudorf and Kerri Flatla stayed at or near the back of the room, Kenney stood behind a podium, flanked by about a dozen iron workers. Media were also asked to stay well back of the UCP leader.
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• From homeless to Olympic medalist: Akeem Haynes details his journey in supporting KidSport

  20-03-2019 21:28
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - Akeem Haynes is someone that's achieved a lot in his life at just 27 years of age.
  He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 4x100m relay as the lead-off runner for the Canadian team, helping Canada break a 20-year-old national record in the process.
  But despite that success, Haynes did not have an easy path to the Canadian Olympic team.
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• Young Chinese curlers train in Calgary: ‘I fell in love with the sport’

  20-03-2019 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Olympic curling medalist enjoys coaching young Chinese curlers who've come to Calgary to learn the game. "Such a delight to work with."
  
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• Opioid related deaths triple in Lethbridge from 2016 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2019 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Opioid related deaths triple in Lethbridge from 2016  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE - Since Alberta Health began releasing quarterly reports in 2016 on opioid-related deaths across the province, the number of those who have ...
  
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• Vouchers, tax credits part of Alberta Party leader’s child-care plan

  20-03-2019 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel says a government led by him would provide vouchers and tax credits to help families with kids in daycare or after-school care.
  
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• Canada says B.C.'s proposed permitting regime for pipelines is unconstitutional

  20-03-2019 19:46
  VANCOUVER -- A lawyer for the federal government says British Columbia is overreaching with an unconstitutional effort to regulate oil and gas shipments through its lands and waters. The B.C. Court of Appeal is hearing a reference case that asks if the provincial government can create a permitting regime for companies that transport hazardous substances through the province. Lawyer Jan Brongers says the Canadian government agrees that environmental protection is of critical importance and that t
  
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• Driver charged in serious collision on Highway 4 near Lethbridge - Global News

  20-03-2019 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  Driver charged in serious collision on Highway 4 near Lethbridge  Global NewsLogan Drake of Lethbridge has been charged with obstruction, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and possession of property obtained by crime after ...
  
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• Driver charged in serious collision on Highway 4 near Lethbridge

  20-03-2019 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  Logan Drake of Lethbridge has been charged with obstruction, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and possession of property obtained by crime after investigators found he was the driver causing a serious collision.
  
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• Sundre rancher on the lookout for missing bison

  20-03-2019 19:28
  Sundre RCMP are seeking the public’s help to track down what happened to a group of four bison that went missing from a local rancher’s herd. Police were first notified about the missing animals on January 8 when they were contacted by the rancher who noticed that several bison cows had gone missing. The man told police that his entire herd was accounted for at the end of October 2018, but a second count, done two months later, found four bison were missing. With the assistance of po
  
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• Outspoken Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits caucus

  20-03-2019 19:23
  MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has quit the Liberal caucus. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the news to reporters on his way into the House of Commons on Wednesday. "I have just been notified by my office that Celina Caesar-Chavannes has decided to sit as an independent. I want to thank her for her service to the Liberal party and to her constituents and wish her the best in her continued service to constituents," Trudeau said. Caesar-Chavannes has yet to reveal the reason for her decision t
  
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• RCMP need help locating missing bison for an Alberta rancher

  20-03-2019 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are looking to the public for help locating bison that went missing from an Alberta ranch.
  
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• Notley kicks off election Day 2 with vow to double Alberta’s oil and gas incentives

  20-03-2019 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Rachel Notley announced that if re-elected, she would double incentives for petrochemical and upgrading projects, from the current $3.6 billion up to $7 billion over the next decade.
  
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• Integrity commissioner says Ford did nothing wrong in Taverner hiring

  20-03-2019 19:02
  TORONTO -- Ontario's integrity commissioner has found Premier Doug Ford did not break any rules when one of his close friends was hired as the province's top cop last fall, but the recruitment process itself was flawed. In a report issued Wednesday, J. David Wake said Ford stayed at arm's length from the process that resulted in Toronto police Supt. Ron Taverner being appointed head of the Ontario Provincial Police. "Although I have concerns about the process that led to the recommendation of th
  
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• Jason Kenney in Lethbridge to Announce Repealing Carbon Tax will be Job One of UCP Government

  20-03-2019 19:01
  
  
  United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney visited Lethbridge Wednesday to promote his "scrap the Carbon Tax" campaign promise.
  
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• B.C. to start measles 'catch-up' campaign, offering shots at schools, clinics

  20-03-2019 19:00
  VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 19 confirmed cases of measles this year and the province is responding by launching a measles immunization catch-up drive next month, aiming to vaccinate 95 per cent of the province's youth. Health Minister Adrian Dix says provincial data from 2018 indicates 82 per cent of seven-year-olds in B.C. have been immunized against measles, a number he says needs improvement. Dix says the catch-up program will run from April to June, protecting as many Kindergart
  
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• Sentences handed down for three former officers found guilty of corruption

  20-03-2019 18:38
  Three Calgary police officers who were found guilty of misusing CPS resources while on the job and harassing a woman were sentenced on Wednesday. Bradford McNish, Bryan Morton and Anthony Braille were all found guilty on April 27, 2018 for a number of duties their performed for a private investigation firm called Walton and Walton. The court heard that the trio of police officers had been approached by Walton and Walton’s owner, retired police officer Stephen Walton, to enlist their help t
  
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• Lethbridge man faces charges following serious crash in November - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2019 18:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man faces charges following serious crash in November  Lethbridge News NowCOALDALE, AB – A Lethbridge man has been charged after a serious collision at the end of last year. 27-year-old Logan Drake faces numerous charges ...
  
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• Lethbridge man faces charges following serious crash in November

  20-03-2019 18:37
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  COALDALE, AB – A Lethbridge man has been charged after a serious collision at the end of last year.
  27-year-old Logan Drake faces numerous charges stemming from the incident on November 12, 2018.
  That morning, Coaldale RCMP attended the scene with the Coaldale Fire Department/EMS at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 845.
  The two-vehicle collision involved an older couple from the Yukon in a white Ford F-150 truck and two males and a female in the
  
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• Lethbridge man faces charges following serious Coaldale crash in November

  20-03-2019 18:37
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  COALDALE, AB – A Lethbridge man has been charged after a serious collision in Coaldale.
  27-year-old Logan Drake faces numerous charges stemming from the incident on November 12, 2018.
  That morning, Coaldale RCMP attended the scene with the Coaldale Fire Department/EMS at the intersection of Highway 4 and Highway 845.
  The two-vehicle collision involved an older couple from the Yukon in a white Ford F-150 truck and two males and a female in their 20’
  
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• Kenney heads to Lethbridge on day two of campaign - CityNews Edmonton

  20-03-2019 17:57 via edmonton.citynews.ca
  Kenney heads to Lethbridge on day two of campaign  CityNews EdmontonUnited Conservative leader Jason Kenney is spending the day in Lethbridge as he lays out parts of his platform on day 2 of the election campaign.
  
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• Joe McFarland: Can Albertans say ‘minority government’?

  20-03-2019 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  After swinging from centre-right to hard left, perhaps a minority government would do Albertans some good, writes Joe McFarland.
  
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• Calgary massage therapist accused of sexual assault while employed at southwest clinic

  20-03-2019 17:54
  Charges have been laid against a Calgary massage therapist after three men came forward to police with allegations of sexual assault. Police say a man came forward last November and said that he had been sexually assaulted in April during a massage at the Movement Sports Clinic, located in the 100 block of 9 Avenue S.W. An investigation was launched and two additional victims were identified. Two men told police that they had similar experiences while attending the same clinic in August and Sept
  
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• New parking services office at Chinook Regional Hospital to open in early April

  20-03-2019 17:53
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Parking services at the Chinook Regional Hospital are getting a boost.
  Construction is almost finished on the new parking services office. The work is scheduled to be finished early next month. The new office is being built in the atrium of the hospital, giving patients, visitors and staff who require parking a centrally located storefront.
  Once the new office opens in April, guests will be able to speak with a parking services attendant
  
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• Criminal Charges Laid in November Crash South of Coaldale

  20-03-2019 17:45
  Coaldale RCMP have laid a number of charges against a Lethbridge man in relation to the two vehicle collision.
  
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• Extras Needed for Movie Being Filmed in Southern Alberta

  20-03-2019 17:40
  Actors are being called to Fort Macleod this weekend for the chance to be featured alongside Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in an upcoming movie.
  
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• Alberta election Day 2: Politicians hit the road for votes

  20-03-2019 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  After firing up supporters at campaign kickoff events, the leaders of Alberta's two main political parties are heading out to stump for votes on day two of the election.
  
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• Alberta election Day 2: Carbon tax, oil and gas investment dominate campaign trail

  20-03-2019 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  After firing up supporters at campaign kickoff events, the leaders of Alberta's two main political parties are heading out to stump for votes on day two of the election.
  
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• More charges laid in investigation targeting methamphetamine trafficking

  20-03-2019 17:07
  Three people are facing numerous charges in connection to an ongoing police investigation aimed at targeting methamphetamine dealers in the city. Police executed search warrants on two residences in the 2400 block of 43 Street S.E. last Wednesday after receiving a number of calls from the public about possible criminal activity at the properties. “We see the communities as our partner and we want to do whatever we can to help them and with Crime Stoppers and people able to contact us anony
  
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• Danielle Smith: This campaign is going to get dirty — in fact it already has

  20-03-2019 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  When voters go to the polls on April 16, it will probably be with a sigh of relief over the end of one of the ugliest campaigns in Alberta history.
  
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• Tories likely to trigger marathon voting session tonight over SNC-Lavalin

  20-03-2019 15:55
  OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives are likely to launch a marathon voting session in the House of Commons Wednesday evening, the latest procedural move being made over what they say is a Liberal "cover up" of the SNC-Lavalin controversy. The more than 200 fiscal votes the Conservatives had put on notice could be called today by the party, starting this evening, depending on the outcome of the vote on their opposition day motion. The Conservative motion calls on the government to have the H
  
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• Tories launch what could be overnight marathon voting session over SNC-Lavalin

  20-03-2019 15:55
  OTTAWA -- The federal Conservatives have launched a marathon voting session in the House of Commons Wednesday evening, the latest procedural move being made over what they say is a Liberal "cover up" of the SNC-Lavalin controversy. The more than 200 fiscal votes the Conservatives had put on notice have started to be called, and if all go ahead it could be into Thursday before they’re done. For now, it’s shaping up to at least be an all-nighter of continuous voting. The marathon sessi
  
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• Calgary woman convicted in death of son seeks full parole

  20-03-2019 15:35
  A Calgary mother who was found guilty in 2017 in the death of her seven-year-old son is expected to appear in court on Wednesday for a parole hearing. Tamara Lovett, 50, was convicted of criminal negligence causing death in January 2017. Her son Ryan died from sepsis after he contracted a strep infection and his organs failed. Lovett treated the little boy with holistic remedies including dandelion tea and oil of oregano and during the trial court heard that Ryan’s body was full of Gr
  
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• Calgary woman convicted in death of son granted full parole

  20-03-2019 15:35
  A Calgary mother who was found guilty in 2017 in the death of her seven-year-old son appeared in court on Wednesday and was granted full parole. Tamara Lovett, 50, was convicted of criminal negligence causing death in January 2017. Her son Ryan died from sepsis after he contracted a strep infection and his organs failed. Lovett treated the little boy with holistic remedies including dandelion tea and oil of oregano and during the trial court heard that Ryan’s body was full of Group A
  
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• Trump escalates feud with Kellyanne Conway's husband

  20-03-2019 14:53
  WASHINGTON -- Kellyanne Conway's spouse is a "husband from hell!" U.S. President Donald Trump declared Wednesday, escalating his awkward public fight with the husband of one of his closest advisers. A "whack job," he added later. Trump's feud with George Conway played out with ever more heated rhetoric on social media. Conway, an attorney who has questioned Trump's mental health, fired back after Trump's latest tweet, saying the president seems "determined to prove my point." The caustic exchang
  
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• 'We don't know what happened': Search expands for Quebec diver missing in Mexico

  20-03-2019 14:33
  As supporters continue to donate money to a GoFundMe campaign, a friend of a Quebec man who went missing while diving in Mexico says those funds are going towards expanding the search for him. Ray Moore, who helped set up the fundraiser, said they’ve been expanding their search efforts to locate his friend Cameron Donaldson who has been missing since Saturday. “The GoFundMe page has made a huge difference in our ability to reach further out. As the time goes on, the search has to spr
  
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• A look at every Alberta election since the province was created in 1905

  20-03-2019 14:25 via globalnews.ca
  Since the formation of the province in 1905, parties have governed in multi-year dynasties: the Liberals, the United Farmers, and Social Credit followed by 44 consecutive years of Progressive Conservative governments.
  
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• Shares in Germany's Bayer plunge on U.S. weed killer ruling

  20-03-2019 14:18
  BERLIN -- Shares in Germany's Bayer have plunged after a U.S. jury found the Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man's cancer -- the second case that has gone against manufacturer Monsanto, acquired by Bayer last year. Bayer AG shares dropped 13 per cent to 60.66 euros ($68.84) in Frankfurt Wednesday. On Tuesday, a federal court jury in San Francisco ruled unanimously in a lawsuit against Monsanto. Attorneys say the trial, which will determine in a second phase whether t
  
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• Blaze extinguished at Texas petrochemicals facility

  20-03-2019 14:08
  HOUSTON -- Crews have extinguished a fire that's burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility. International Terminals Company says the blaze in Deer Park was extinguished as of 3 a.m. Wednesday. The fire began Sunday at the facility southeast of Houston, sending a huge, dark plume of smoke thousands of feet in the air, though officials said air quality remained safe. ITC says crews will continue to spray foam and water on the storage tanks that caught fire to cool them down
  
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• Italy: Bus driver abducts 51 children, sets vehicle on fire

  20-03-2019 13:53
  MILAN -- A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their school chaperones Wednesday, threatening the hostages' lives for 40 minutes and setting the bus on fire at a Carabinieri blockade. Officers from the national police force broke windows at the back of the bus to reach the passengers and got all of them out without serious injuries before flames destroyed the vehicle, authorities said. The driver was apprehended and treated for burns. Prosecutors described him as a 47-year-old
  
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• Driver abducts schoolchildren, sets bus ablaze: Italy

  20-03-2019 13:53
  MILAN -- A bus driver in northern Italy abducted 51 children and their chaperones Wednesday, ordering the children's hands to be bound and threatening them with death during the 40-minute ordeal, before setting the vehicle on fire when he was stopped by a Carabinieri blockade. Officer broke glass windows in the back of the bus and got all the passengers to safety without serious injury before the flames destroyed the vehicle, authorities said. As he was apprehended, the driver said he was protes
  
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• Pakistan sentences Czech model to 8 years in drug trafficking case

  20-03-2019 13:04
  LAHORE, Pakistan -- A Pakistani court has sentenced a 22-year-old Czech model to eight years and eight months in prison on charges of drug trafficking. The court in the eastern city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, sentenced Tereza Hluskova on Wednesday. According to the court, Hluskova was arrested in possession of 8.5 kilograms, or 19 pounds, of heroin in January 2018 at the Lahore airport from where she was heading to Ireland via Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Her lawyer, Sardar A
  
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• Canada falls to ninth in World Happiness Report, Finland first again

  20-03-2019 13:00
  HELSINKI - Finland has topped an index of the happiest nations for the second consecutive year, with researchers saying the small Nordic country of 5.5 million has succeeded in generating a happiness recipe for a balanced life not simply dependent on economic and material wealth. The World Happiness Report, produced by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens see themselves to be. It's based on factors including economic wealth, life expec
  
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• Billionaire celebrity jeweller arrested in U.K.

  20-03-2019 12:50
  LONDON -- Diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, whose jewels once adorned stars from Bollywood to Hollywood, was ordered held without bail in London on Wednesday, more than a year after Indian authorities alleged he was involved in a $1.8 billion bank fraud. A judge remanded Modi into custody at the end of a Westminster Magistrates' Court hearing. District Judge Marie Mallon said there was a risk Modi wouldn't appear for future hearings because of his access to large sums of money that could help him evade
  
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• Politicians hitting the road for votes in Alberta election campaign

  20-03-2019 09:23
  EDMONTON -- After firing up supporters at campaign kickoff events, the leaders of Alberta's two main political parties are heading out to stump for votes. NDP Leader Rachel Notley called the election Tuesday morning in Calgary before a crowd of cheering supporters, but is to start today in Edmonton with a campaign announcement. Notley is then to speak at events in Red Deer and Lethbridge. United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney spoke at a rally in Edmonton Tuesday night, urging supporters to get
  
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