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• Boil Water Advisory Issued for Village of Barons

  25-03-2019 23:49
  A water-line break has prompted a Boil Water Advisory in the Village of Barons.
  
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• Community Led Drug Strategy final report presented to City Council

  25-03-2019 23:09
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - The final report on the information gleaned from the community-led drug strategy was presented to Lethbridge City Council on Monday, Mar. 25, and the next steps in the process may emerge from those findings.
  The City of Lethbridge initiated a three-phase process to build a community-led, community designed strategy to respond to the drug crisis in Lethbridge back in August.
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• Canadian oilfield services companies bringing in more revenue from U.S. operations

  25-03-2019 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Large Canadian oilfield services companies with operations in the U.S. are now earning more of their revenue south of the border than they are in Canada, according to a study by AltaCorp Capital.
  
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• 2 charged after drugs and stolen coins, watches and camera equipment recovered in Nanton, Alta.

  25-03-2019 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  Meth, heroin, cocaine, camera equipment and coins — just some of the drugs and stolen items RCMP recovered.
  
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• Notley responds to UCP education plan

  25-03-2019 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley reacts to the education plan unveiled by the UCP on Monday.
  
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• Notley promises to expand $25-a-day daycare in Alberta

  25-03-2019 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley says her party would expand $25-a-day daycare if re-elected in the April 16 provincial election.
  
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• ‘I don’t think this is about vetting; this is about the party’: Notley on another UCP candidate resigning

  25-03-2019 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley reacts to the resignation of Eva Kiryakos, a UCP candidate who was running in the Calgary South-East riding.
  
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• Lethbridge School District Launches One District One Book Initiative

  25-03-2019 22:15
  A special initiative got underway Monday with the Lethbridge Public School District.
  
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• Alberta NDP would bring in $25 daycare if re-elected: Notley

  25-03-2019 22:00
  CALGARY -- Leader Rachel Notley says the New Democrats would expand $25-a-day daycare if they were to be re-elected in the April 16 Alberta vote. Speaking in Calgary, Notley said the plan would include adding 13,000 daycare spaces to the current 62,000 spots in the province. "For too many Alberta moms and dads, finding safe and affordable, quality child care is a real challenge," Notley said Monday. The promise is an expansion of a pilot program begun two years ago that capped daycare costs at $
  
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• Two people charged in downtown drug trafficking activity

  25-03-2019 21:34
  By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE --  An ongoing operation to target drug trafficking in the downtown core, has resulted in charges against two Southern Albertans. Last Thursday, March 21, the Downtown Policing Unit witnessed multiple drug transactions between the 900 and 1100 blocks of 1 Avenue South. Police confronted those involved.   In one instance the female driver of a vehicle was seen conducting several drug transactions downtown and
  
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• Lethbridge Police Continue to Target Downtown Drug Trafficking

  25-03-2019 21:15
  A Raymond woman and Coaldale man are facing charges after the one-day operation last week.
  
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• Refugee who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong arrives in Canada

  25-03-2019 20:47
  A woman who escaped violence and human trafficking, and helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong, has arrived in Canada with her daughter after being granted refugee status. Vanessa Rodel and her seven-year-old daughter Keana arrived in Toronto on Monday before travelling to Montreal, where they will settle in an apartment provided to them by a non-profit group that filed her 2016 asylum application. Rodel said as soon as the plane lifted off, she felt as
  
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• Federal finance minister visits Calgary as protesters rally for pipelines

  25-03-2019 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Protesters gathered in Calgary on Monday, hoping that Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will hear their pro-pipeline message loud and clear.
  
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• Safe with $30,000 worth of rare coins inside stolen in Calgary break-in

  25-03-2019 19:44
  Police are investigating a break-in at a southwest Calgary home last month where someone made off with a safe containing an estimated $30,000 worth of rare coins. Sometime between 8 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 9 a.m. on Feb. 23, someone broke into the garage of a home in the 3000 block of 40 Street S.W. and made off with the safe. The resident noticed the break-in just before 10 a.m. on Feb. 23 when they left for work. A number of items in the garage had also been moved around. Coin collectors and store
  
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• Handful of All-Candidates Forums Planned for Lethbridge

  25-03-2019 19:39
  Lethbridge provincial election candidates will get the chance to attend some public forums over the next couple of weeks.
  
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• Fort Macleod RCMP Investigating Jewellery Fraud and Theft

  25-03-2019 19:26
  Mounties say a man's wedding ring was stolen about two weeks ago.
  
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• Lethbridge School District 51 makes history with new book project - Lethbridge News Now

  25-03-2019 18:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge School District 51 makes history with new book project  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – For the first time ever in Canada, students and staff from all schools in one district will read the same book at the same time.
  
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• Lethbridge School District 51 makes history with new book project

  25-03-2019 18:04
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – For the first time ever in Canada, students and staff from all schools in one district will read the same book at the same time.
  On Monday morning, a special ceremony was held at Dr. Gerald B. Probe Elementary School in West Lethbridge to mark the monumental undertaking.
  Students and staff from all of School District 51’s twenty-plus institutions will read “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate over the course of the next co
  
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• Man Accused of Blood Reserve Murder Heading to Trial in March 2020

  25-03-2019 17:44
  Stanley Big Sorrel Horse is accused in the 2018 death of Rance Bearhat in Stand Off.
  
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• Human remains found near Waiparous identified as Calgary man

  25-03-2019 17:25
  Human remains that were found in the Waiparous area last fall have been identified as that of a Calgary man and police are treating his death as a homicide. The remains were found near Forestry Trunk Road in October and the deceased has been identified as Jeremy Boisseau, 29, of Calgary. Police say Boisseau was last seen in Calgary in November 2016 and that he was known to frequent the Bridgeland area. Investigators believe Boisseau was killed in Calgary and that his body was then taken to the W
  
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• Woman Charged With Beating Elderly Man in Taber Gets Four Years in Jail

  25-03-2019 16:46
  Stacey Carlson of Lethbridge has pleaded guilty to robbing and badly beating up an elderly man in his Taber home last summer.
  
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• Canadian man charged with spying in China gets visit by consular officials

  25-03-2019 16:43
  OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says consular officials in China visited today with detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig today. It is the fifth time Kovrig has received a consular visit since he was detained by Chinese authorities in early December, but the first since he and fellow detainee Michael Spavor were charged with stealing state secrets two weeks ago. Spavor has received four consular visits thus far. The two have not had access to lawyers and receive one visit from Canadian officia
  
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• Canadian man accused of spying in China gets visit by consular officials

  25-03-2019 16:43
  OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says consular officials in China paid a visit Monday to detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig. It is the fifth time Kovrig has received a consular visit since he was detained by Chinese authorities in early December, but the first since an anonymous report in Chinese state media accused him and fellow detainee Michael Spavor of stealing state secrets. Spavor has received four consular visits thus far. The two have not had access to lawyers, nor been formally cha
  
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• EU military wants to partner with Canada in Mali as it races for exit

  25-03-2019 16:20
  OTTAWA -- As Canada's military mission races to leave Mali and the United Nations pleads for it to stay, the European Union is making a fresh appeal to the Canadian Forces to partner with it in the West African country. Gen. Esa Pulkkinen, director general of the EU's military staff, told The Canadian Press that he has asked the Canadian government to bring its military training expertise to Mali as part of a broader effort to stamp out Islamic extremism in Africa's Sahel region. Pulkkinen said
  
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• Canada Revenue Agency apologizes as online services go down

  25-03-2019 16:16
  OTTAWA -- The Canada Revenue Agency says its online systems have gone down and it isn't saying when they will be back. The agency is apologizing in a tweet for the cut in services this morning, saying officials are looking into the "technical issues." Some Twitter users say the agency's services appear to have been down since last night. Currently both the "My Account" and "My Business Account" log-in pages come up with notices that they are unavailable. Both are used heavily at this time of yea
  
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• Pro-energy group rallies outside Morneau speaking event in Calgary

  25-03-2019 15:44
  Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau was in Calgary to talk about the budget and was met by a crowd of protesters when he arrived at the Fairmont Palliser hotel on Monday morning. Canada Action held a ‘Proud, Positive and Proactive’ rally at 11 a.m. outside the downtown hotel. The group is calling on the government to get going on pipelines and says the budget ‘did next to nothing’ to help the energy industry. “Let’s make sure our message is heard acro
  
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• Pro-energy group plans rally outside Morneau speaking event in Calgary

  25-03-2019 15:44
  Canada’s Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in Calgary to talk about the budget and will be met by a crowd of protesters when he arrives at the Fairmont Palliser hotel on Monday morning. Canada Action is organizing a ‘Proud, Positive and Proactive’ rally for 11:00 a.m. outside the downtown hotel. The group is calling on the government to get going on pipelines and says the budget ‘did next to nothing’ to help the energy industry. “Let’s make sure our messa
  
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• Lethbridge man charged following knife-point robbery - Lethbridge News Now

  25-03-2019 15:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man charged following knife-point robbery  Lethbridge News NowAccording to a release from the police *service*, the incident happened on March 20, 2019. At around 11:30 p.m., a taxi driver picked up a male along the 1500 ...
  
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• Lethbridge man charged following knife-point robbery

  25-03-2019 15:14
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have arrested and charged a man in connection to a knife-point robbery.
  According to a release from the police service, the incident happened on March 20, 2019. At around 11:30 p.m., a taxi driver picked up a male along the 1500 block of 1 Avenue North and drove him to the 500 block of 12 B Street North.
  The 31-year-old passenger pulled a knife and demanded cash and the driver’s cell phone. Both were turned over a
  
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• Man charged after Lethbridge taxi driver robbed a knifepoint - Global News

  25-03-2019 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  Man charged after Lethbridge taxi driver robbed a knifepoint  Global NewsLethbridge police say a taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint, and the suspect got away with cash and the driver's cellphone.
  
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• Man charged after Lethbridge taxi driver robbed a knifepoint

  25-03-2019 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge police say a taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint, and the suspect got away with cash and the driver's cellphone.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Charged With Allegedly Robbing Taxi Driver

  25-03-2019 14:47
  A 31-year old man has been charged by Lethbridge Police after a taxi driver was allegedly robbed at knife point.
  
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• UCP candidate pulls out of election race alleging ‘smear' campaign by outsider

  25-03-2019 14:44
  The UCP candidate in the riding of Calgary-South East has resigned from the election race saying someone outside the party was trying to ‘smear’ her campaign by releasing images of past comments she made on social media. Eva Kiryakos is the second UCP candidate to pull out of the campaign in less than a week.Someone outside of our party, has been threatening to smear me, and I decided I am going to speak up and communicate openly. This video, done by me, is my statement. Please view
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines says pilots got appropriate training

  25-03-2019 14:42
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Ethiopian Airlines' CEO says the pilots who flew the plane that crashed on March 10 had trained on "all appropriate simulators," rejecting reports that they had not been adequately prepared to handle the new aircraft. Tewolde Gebremariam said in a statement Monday that the airline owns simulators to help pilots train on the Boeing 737 Max, which has software installed that requires new training. The software can pitch the plane's nose down in some cases to keep it from s
  
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• Ethiopian Airlines CEO says pilots got correct training

  25-03-2019 14:42
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Ethiopian Airlines' CEO says the pilots who flew the plane that crashed on March 10 had trained on "all appropriate simulators," rejecting reports that they had not been adequately prepared to handle the new aircraft. Tewolde Gebremariam said in a statement Monday that the airline owns simulators to help pilots train on the Boeing 737 Max, which has software installed that requires new training. The software can pitch the plane's nose down in some cases to keep it from s
  
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• Alberta election Day 7: Leaders kick off 2nd week of campaigning in Calgary

  25-03-2019 14:15 via globalnews.ca
  Monday marks Day 7 of the Alberta election campaign and all four of the leaders of the province's main political parties will be in Calgary.
  
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• Drugs, mobile phones delivered to U.K. prison inside dead rats

  25-03-2019 13:37
  LONDON -- British officials say dead rats stuffed with drugs and mobile phones have been thrown over prison fences to provide contraband to prisoners. Officials said Monday that staff had found the rats inside the perimeter fence of a prison in Dorset, 210 kilometres southwest of London. The staff noticed the bodies appeared to have stitches along their stomachs and opened the rodents. The three rats contained five mobile phones and chargers, three SIM cards, cigarette papers, marijuana and the
  
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• TransAlta strikes $750M investment deal with Brookfield Renewable Partners

  25-03-2019 12:51
  CALGARY -- TransAlta Corp. says Brookfield Renewable Partners and its institutional partners have signed a $750-million deal to invest in the company's hydro assets. Under the terms of the agreement, Brookfield will acquire exchangeable securities, which will be convertible into an equity ownership interest in TransAlta's Alberta hydro assets. Brookfield will also purchase TransAlta common shares on the open market to increase its share ownership stake to nine per cent. TransAlta says it will in
  
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• Alberta judge rules Omar Khadr’s war crimes sentence has expired

  25-03-2019 11:57 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired.
  
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• Alberta court to decide if Omar Khadr’s war crimes sentence expired

  25-03-2019 11:57 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta judge is expected to rule Monday on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired.
  
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• Entertaining rivalry caps off ScotiaMcLeod/Charlton & Hill Lethbridge Pro-Am - Lethbridge Herald

  25-03-2019 09:43 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Entertaining rivalry caps off ScotiaMcLeod/Charlton & Hill Lethbridge Pro-Am  Lethbridge HeraldDale Woodard Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Mohamed ElSherbini and Omar Abdel Meguid continued their intense rivalry. And the standing ...
  
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• Thai parties jostle for power after 1st election since coup

  25-03-2019 09:24
  BANGKOK -- A military-backed party that based on unofficial results won the most votes in Thailand's first election since a 2014 coup said Monday that it would try to form a government, after a rival party also claimed it had the right to govern. The conflicting claims following Sunday's election highlight the deep divisions in Thailand, which has been wracked by political instability for nearly two decades. Uttama Savanayana, the head of the Palang Pracharat party that is backed by junta leader
  
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• Judge rules Omar Khadr's sentence has expired

  25-03-2019 09:10
  EDMONTON - An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired. This is a breaking news update. Our earlier story follows. EDMONTON -- An Alberta judge is expected to rule today on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired. The eight-year sentence imposed in 2010 would have ended last October had Khadr remained in custody. But the clock stopped ticking when a judge freed him o
  
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• Edmonton judge to rule on whether Omar Khadr's sentence has expired

  25-03-2019 09:10
  EDMONTON -- An Alberta judge is expected to rule today on whether a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr should be declared expired. The eight-year sentence imposed in 2010 would have ended last October had Khadr remained in custody. But the clock stopped ticking when a judge freed him on bail in 2015 pending Khadr's appeal of his military conviction. Khadr's lawyer Nathan Whitling has told an Edmonton court that Khadr has served more than seven years in custody and
  
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• Local man and woman arrested in possession of stolen items - Lethbridge News Now

  25-03-2019 08:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Local man and woman arrested in possession of stolen items  Lethbridge News NowNANTON — A Taber man and a Lethbridge woman are facing a string of charges after being arrested by Nanto...
  
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• Lightning fall in Ranchland Hockey League final - Lethbridge News Now

  25-03-2019 08:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lightning fall in Ranchland Hockey League final  Lethbridge News NowNANTON, AB – They showed energy and a positive spirit, but that didn't help the Lethbridge Lightning gain an edge over the Nanton Palominos in the final of the ...
  
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• UCP candidate for Calgary-South East resigns, says she’s ‘tired of being bullied for her beliefs’

  25-03-2019 07:14 via globalnews.ca
  UCP Calgary-South East candidate Eva Kiryakos resigned late Sunday night, saying she was "tired of being bullied for her beliefs" and claimed someone outside her party had been threatening to "smear" her. 
  
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• Trump says investigation abused him, led to 'evil things'

  25-03-2019 06:27
  WASHINGTON -- House Democrats pressed the Justice Department to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans gleefully called for them to "move on" from the Russia investigation. U.S. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mueller's probe of "treasonous things against our country" and said they "certainly will be looked into." Trump said the release of Mueller's full report "wouldn't bother me at all," and Democrats quickly put that stat
  
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• New Zealand attack note left at fire at California mosque

  25-03-2019 06:12
  ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- A note referencing the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand was found at the scene of a possible arson fire at a Southern California mosque, police said Sunday. Nobody was hurt, and members of the Islamic Center of Escondido were able to extinguish the small blaze before firefighters around 3:15 a.m., officials said. The incident was being investigated as arson and a possible hate crime, said police in the city about 30 miles (48 kilometres) north of downtown San Diego. A
  
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• Global shares stumble following retreat on Wall Street

  25-03-2019 04:45
  BANGKOK -- Shares tumbled in Europe and Asia on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with a broad retreat. Thailand's benchmark dipped following a general election that appeared likely to keep the incumbent, junta-backed prime minister in power. Wall Street was roiled Friday by fresh signs that global economic growth is slowing. The jitters spurred a sell-off in stocks and sent bond yields sharply lower, flashing warning lights for a possible recession. Among the triggers was news that facto
  
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