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• U of C researchers look to demystify childhood migraine, work towards prevention

  28-03-2019 23:51
  A study at the University of Calgary is attempting to determine the cause of migraines in children and researchers are actively seeking additional migraine sufferers for analysis.  “We’re looking at childhood migraine and trying to understand what’s going on in the brain,” explained Dr. Ashley Harris, an assistant professor in the department of radiology at the University of Calgary and the study's lead. “We think that there’s a change in the underlying b
  
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• Fire Fighters for Alberta endorse NDP in provincial election

  28-03-2019 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta fire fighters have formed a Third Party Advertiser to get out the word they support the NDP in the Alberta election.
  
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• Niagara officer charged with attempted murder after altercation with fellow cop: SIU

  28-03-2019 23:11
  A Niagara Regional Police officer accused of shooting a fellow cop during an argument on a roadway in Pelham, Ont. last year is now facing criminal charges, including attempted murder. The two officers were standing on Roland Road, about 30 minutes west of Niagara Falls, on Nov. 29, 2018 when the altercation took place. The pair was collecting evidence pertaining to an earlier collision at the time. According to the Special Investigation’s Unit (SIU), Det. Shane Donovan discharged his fire
  
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• Alberta’s other municipalities hoping to finalize funding deal with province after election

  28-03-2019 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  Delegates at the AUMA leaders forum heard promises to wrap up a funding deal with those municipalities other than Edmonton and Calgary from the NDP, UCP, and Alberta Party.
  
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• Man's body recovered after incident at Barnet Marine Park

  28-03-2019 22:55
  Emergency crews recovered a man's body from the water off Burnaby's Barnet Marine Park following an apparent kayaking accident Thursday afternoon. Paramedics, firefighters and the Coast Guard were all called to the area after multiple witnesses reported seeing a kayaker capsize at around 2 p.m. A Coast Guard hovercraft, a dive team and several boats could be seen scouring the water for about an hour before crews pulled a body from the waves. Video from CTV's Chopper 9 helicopter captured what ap
  
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• 1,500 jobs impacted as FCA cuts shift at Windsor, Ont. plant

  28-03-2019 22:39
  Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada is eliminating a third shift at its automotive plant in Windsor, Ont., impacting 1,500 jobs. The company said it’s cutting back to two shifts at the plant starting on Sept. 30. “The Company will make every effort to place indefinitely laid off hourly employees in open full-time positions as they become available based on seniority,” Fiat Chrysler said in a statement. The plant, which produces the Chrysler Pacifica, the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid a
  
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• Alberta Election Fact Check: Did surgery wait times increase under NDP?

  28-03-2019 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  According to Alberta Health Services data, wait times for four key surgeries went up between 2014 and 2018. What do experts and political parties have to say about the issue?
  
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• Death at Red Carpet Inn ruled a homicide

  28-03-2019 22:35
  The Calgary Police Service is asking for information from the public in connection with the death of a man at a northwest motel. The body of 66-year-old Harry Vincent Jones, better known as Frank to his friends, was found on the property of the Red Carpet Inn & Suites in the 4600 block of 16 Avenue Northwest on the afternoon of Friday, March 15, 2019. The investigation into Jones’ death  determined an altercation had occurred in or near Room 44, the room where Jones was staying, a
  
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• 'Hairy landing' for Air Canada passengers after bird strikes engine

  28-03-2019 22:27
  Passengers on an Air Canada flight endured a tense descent into an Ottawa airport after a collision with a bird forced the plane to land with one engine. The flight from Vancouver was inbound to Ottawa’s Macdonald-Cartier International Airport just after 12 a.m. Thursday when the pilot reported the plane had hit a flock of birds, damaging one of the engines. Passengers described hearing a “huge bang”, while another saw sparks coming from the engine. Steve Adams tweeted, “
  
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• Number of grandparents in Canada continues to grow

  28-03-2019 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  At last count, there were 7.5-million grandparents aged 45 and older in Canada. That's up from 7-million in 2011 and 5.4 million in 1995.
  
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• Meet the teams competing at the men's worlds in Lethbridge - TSN

  28-03-2019 21:55 via tsn.ca
  Meet the teams competing at the men's worlds in Lethbridge  TSNKevin Koe will compete in his fourth career world men's curling championship and for the first time he'll get to represent Canada on home soil. In his previous ...
  
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• Equalization payments: SACPA discussion looks at which provinces receive them and why

  28-03-2019 21:54
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB - Is Canada's current equalization formula fair to all provinces?
  It's a question that has been discussed at length in the province of Alberta for the past few years, and it was the topic of discussion on Thursday, Mar. 28, at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs.
  The speaker on the subject was Dr. Trevor Tombe, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary, and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy.
  
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• United Conservatives to Review Supervised Consumption Sites if Elected April 16th

  28-03-2019 21:39
  
  
  UCP Leader Jason Kenney says a UCP government will review all existing supervised consumption sites and prospective sites to determine if there are better potential locations.
  
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• Lethbridge Fire Chief Retiring After 34 Year Career

  28-03-2019 21:28
  
  
  Rich Hildebrand has decided he will be retiring later this year, paving the way for a new Chief of Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services.
  
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• SNC warned of U.S. move, slashing workforce if no plea deal, documents show

  28-03-2019 21:24
  OTTAWA -- SNC-Lavalin warned federal prosecutors last fall about a possible plan to split the company in two, move its offices to the United States and eliminate its Canadian workforce if it didn't get a deal to avoid criminal prosecution, newly obtained documents show. The documents, part of a PowerPoint presentation obtained by The Canadian Press, describe something called "Plan B" -- what Montreal-based SNC might have to do if it can't convince the government to grant a so-called remediation
  
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• Morneau acknowledges 'clouds' hanging over possible free trade deals

  28-03-2019 21:19
  MONTREAL -- Finance Minister Bill Morneau is acknowledging "clouds" hovering over various trade talks, as Canada struggles to get U.S. tariffs removed and the trade war between the United States and China drags on. The revised free trade pact between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, known as the USMCA, has yet to be ratified, with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland warning earlier this week that Canada's support for the agreement may hinge on the removal of U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and
  
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• Fort Macleod RCMP Investigating Vandalism at Fort Museum

  28-03-2019 21:15
  Several hundred dollars in damage was caused after a break-in to the Fort Museum in Fort Macleod.
  
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• Former Alberta teacher found not guilty of sexual exploitation, child luring - Global News

  28-03-2019 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Former Alberta teacher found not guilty of sexual exploitation, child luring  Global NewsI can say it's the verdict we always expected and obviously hoped for,” the former Raymond high school teacher said on Thursday.
  
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• Former Alberta teacher found not guilty of sexual exploitation, child luring

  28-03-2019 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  “I can say it's the verdict we always expected and obviously hoped for,” the former Raymond high school teacher said on Thursday.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Mar 27

  28-03-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, March 27, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Armed man driving 209 km/h was heading to White House: police

  28-03-2019 20:23
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Missouri man who threatened U.S. President Donald Trump and sped to the White House with a gun had driven 13 hours without stopping before he was pulled over along a West Virginia highway Wednesday, a trooper said. Eric Leonardo Charron of Kansas City, Missouri, was arraigned in Preston County Magistrate Court on Thursday in Kingwood on charges of reckless driving and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. State police said Charron was going 209 km/h -- nearl
  
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• Raymond teacher found not guilty on child exploitation, luring charges

  28-03-2019 20:13
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter
  LETHBRIDGE - It took less than eight minutes for Lethbridge Court of Queen's Bench Justice E.C. Wilson to deliver his verdict in the trial of 35-year-old Raymond High School teacher Jentry Jack Salmon.
  Justice Wilson found Salmon not guilty on one count of sexual exploitation, and one count of child luring.
  The now 19-year-old alleged victim can not be identified, because she was under the age of 18 at the time of the
  
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• Former southern Alberta teacher acquitted of sexual exploitation and child luring

  28-03-2019 20:03
  A judge has acquitted a former teacher at a southern Alberta high school who was accused of having an improper relationship with a 17-year-old student. Jentry Jack Salmon, 35, a former teacher at the Raymond High School, was accused of sexual exploitation and child luring in connection with several alleged incidents that took place in the summer of 2016. The court heard from the victim, who claimed she and Salmon went on multiple drives together and he kissed her about five times on the neck and
  
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• Liberals Announce Plan to Eliminate Personal Income Tax for Most Albertans

  28-03-2019 19:59
  Under the plan, Albertans will pay no tax on the first $57,250 of personal income.
  
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• Windows smashed and antique ladder broken in vandalism spree at Fort Museum

  28-03-2019 19:30
  RCMP are investigating vandalism at well-known museum in Fort Macleod that caused hundreds of dollars in damage, leaving windows smashed and an antique ladder broken. Staff at the Fort Museum first noticed something was amiss when they arrived Monday morning to find a gate had been left open, allowing two resident goats to get out. They then found some of the windows had been smashed. Executive director Sandi Davis says a rock was thrown through one window with enough force that it left a hole i
  
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• Support Strong For New Lethbridge 311 Service

  28-03-2019 19:29
  
  
  The new customer service number has fielded more than 3000 calls in its first two weeks.
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters set up camp on Hudsons Pub's roof for Muscular Dystrophy - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2019 19:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge firefighters set up camp on Hudsons Pub's roof for Muscular Dystrophy  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Emergency *service* workers are up on the roof. Lethbridge firefighters and paramedics are camped out on the rooftop of Hudsons Pub, ...
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters set up camp on Hudsons Pub’s roof for Muscular Dystrophy

  28-03-2019 19:16
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Emergency service workers are up on the roof.
  Lethbridge firefighters and paramedics are camped out on the rooftop of Hudsons Pub, raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
  “As a firefighter, I feel like we have an obligation to give back to the community and this is a great cause for us to be able to support,” said David Skilling, a firefighter taking part in the event for the first time.
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• Lethbridge Fire Fighters Begin Rooftop Camp-Out for Muscular Dystrophy Canada

  28-03-2019 18:53
  
  
  Keeping warm and raising money will be the main goals of five fire fighters camping out on the roof of Hudson's Canadian Tap House this weekend.
  
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• Two former police officers found guilty in corruption case launch appeals

  28-03-2019 18:28
  A pair of former Calgary police officers who were sentenced last week in connection with their involvement with a private investigation firm are appealing their cases. Bradford McNish and Bryan Morton were found guilty on April 27, 2018 of improperly accessing CPS databases and criminally harassing a woman while conducting surveillance for Walton and Walton, a Calgary-based private investigator. The court heard that McNish and Morton were hired by another former Calgary police officer, Stephen W
  
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• Man in Batman costume 'an unwanted distraction' during police incident: RCMP

  28-03-2019 18:21
  A man in a Batman costume approached armed RCMP officers during a serious police incident in Kelowna last weekend, and authorities were not amused. Video obtained by Castanet shows the costumed man walking up to officers as they responded to a domestic incident in the city's downtown on Saturday afternoon. "Is this a movie set?" a bystander can be heard saying in the video. But Mounties weren't in the mood for jokes – they had reason to believe the domestic situation involved a gun. "Situa
  
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• Raymond Teacher Acquitted of Sexual Exploitation, Child Luring Charges

  28-03-2019 18:20
  
  
  A judge determining on Thursday (Mar. 28) that there's no reason to believe that a former Raymond teacher sexually exploited or lured a student two years ago.
  
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• IN PHOTOS: After months of little activity, northern lights dance across Western Canadian skies

  28-03-2019 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  It's been several months since a good northern lights display has been visible as far south as Brooks, Alta.
  
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• Development permits in Calgary can now be tracked online

  28-03-2019 18:07
  The city is changing how Calgarians are notified about development in their communities. “Whether it’s a new infill home, a multi-storey apartment project or a new office building, there’s always change happening in our city,” said Amie Blanchette, the city’s manager of partnership services, planning and development department, in a release. “We want to make it easier for Calgarians to access information and participate in the conversation around development a
  
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• Lethbridge Police Commission Addresses Chief Concerns at Monthly Meeting

  28-03-2019 18:02
  LPC Chair Peter Deys says they've made arrangements to discuss the survey with the Lethbridge Police Association, however the Commission continues to have full confidence in the changes made by Chief Rob Davis.
  
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• Two young children dropped into firefighter's arms as family escapes house fire

  28-03-2019 17:27
  WINDSOR, N.S. -- A family of four narrowly escaped a raging house fire early this morning in Windsor, N.S., where a baby and a toddler were dropped from the second floor into the arms of a firefighter as flames engulfed the home. Windsor fire Chief Jamie Juteau says a vehicle fire had spread to the duplex at 2:15 a.m. When he arrived at the scene, two vehicles in the driveway were burning and the flames had jumped to the house, with thick smoke enveloping the property. Juteau says a firefighter
  
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• One Dead Following Crash Near Okotoks

  28-03-2019 17:20
  A three vehicle crash north of Okotoks Tuesday night has claimed the life of one person.
  
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• Alberta man dead, ‘significant’ amount of fuel spilled into B.C. river after Kootenay Pass crash

  28-03-2019 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Kootenay Pass is closed as crews conduct an environmental emergency response and assess the safety of the area.
  
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• Much of East Coast is one 'perfect storm' away from being cut off from Canada

  28-03-2019 16:10
  John Atkinson stands atop an aging dike, with the rising tides of the Bay of Fundy before him and family farmland behind, imagining the storm that could turn Nova Scotia into a virtual island. "The water can go over this whole flat marsh," said the 67-year-old landowner, gesturing to the grassy lands near Amherst. "If there were to be one perfect storm ... it would be very bad." This is a potential ground zero of a Canadian climate change disaster, where sea-level communities face rising oceans
  
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• Alberta election panel discusses issues facing province’s oil and gas industry

  28-03-2019 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Ahead of Alberta’s 2019 provincial election, Dallas Flexhaug sat down with a panel of experts to discuss issues facing the province’s oil and gas industry.
  
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• 'I lacked respect': PM Trudeau apologizes for response to protester

  28-03-2019 15:26
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized for a “lack of respect” he showed towards a protester who confronted him about mercury contamination in a First Nation community during a Liberal fundraiser in Toronto. During a media scrum in Halifax on Thursday morning, Trudeau said he always tries to be respectful and to engage with protesters in a “positive” way, but admitted he didn’t do that the night before. “Last night I lacked respect towards them and I apo
  
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• Stateless twins born in Kenya on path to Canadian citizenship

  28-03-2019 15:25
  Three months after an unexpected citizenship hurdle left him stranded in Kenya with his newborn daughters, a single dad from Toronto is happy to be back home and learning what fatherhood is all about. “I am tired, but I love it,” Joseph Tito told CTV’s Your Morning Thursday. Tito’s twin daughters, Mia and Stella, were born via surrogate on Nov. 30, 2018. He met them shortly after their birth, getting a brief chance to hold them while they were in the neonatal intensive ca
  
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• Alberta election Day 10: Leaders making announcements in Calgary and Red Deer

  28-03-2019 14:31 via globalnews.ca
  On Day 10 of the Alberta election campaign, all of the party leaders will be in central and southern Alberta, with the main focus in the key battleground of Calgary.
  
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• Canadians waiting longer for hip, knee replacements, and cataract surgeries: CIHI

  28-03-2019 14:27
  As Canada’s population ages and rates of osteoarthritis and obesity continue to rise, patients are waiting longer than the recommended six months for priority procedures such as joint replacement or cataract surgery, according to a new report. The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released new data detailing the average wait times for hip and knee replacement, hip fracture repair, cataract surgery, and radiation therapy across the different provinces in 2018. The report did
  
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• Water main repair impacts traffic in downtown core

  28-03-2019 14:08
  City crews will start work to fix a water main along 9th Avenue SW on Thursday morning and the construction will have a significant impact on traffic in the area over the next few days.CLOSURE: Significant traffic impacts on 9 Avenue S.W. between 11 Street S.W. and 14 Street S.W. from 9 am today thru 8 pm Sunday March 31 for emergency water main repair. Alternate routes are recommended, and delays in the area should be expected. #yyctraffic — YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) March 28, 20
  
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• Scientists calling for widespread cull of cats and rats to save endangered species

  28-03-2019 14:07
  Scientists are calling for entire populations of cats, rats and other mammals to be culled from more than 100 islands in the near future to help save some of the world’s most endangered species. A paper published Thursday in the journal Plos One identifies 107 “globally important islands” where it says planning for eradications could start next year. Most of the islands are in key biodiversity areas such as French Polynesia and the Caribbean. The eradications would target only
  
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• Pope explains reluctant ring kiss: fear of spreading germs

  28-03-2019 13:36
  VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has set the record straight about why he pulled his hand away when throngs of people lined up this week to kiss his ring: for fear of spreading germs. Vatican spokesman Alessandro Gisotti said Thursday that Francis was concerned about hygiene when, after greeting throngs of well-wishers in a lengthy receiving line Monday in Loreto, he began pulling his hand away to discourage people from kissing his ring and spreading germs to others. Video of the incident went viral,
  
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• 1 person killed in 3-vehicle crash south of Calgary

  28-03-2019 13:17 via globalnews.ca
  One person was killed in a three-vehicle crash south of Calgary near Okotoks on Wednesday night.
  
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• Ontario man calls 911 seeking 'police assistance' after seeing bugs: OPP

  28-03-2019 13:15
  SIMCOE, Ont. -- Ontario Provincial Police are reminding people that finding bugs in your home is not a valid reason to call 911. Officers with the Norfolk County detachment issued the reminder after a man called for police assistance on Monday. They say he called at about 3:50 a.m. because he found bugs inside his house. Police say the man told the dispatcher he wanted police assistance. OPP say that when people call 911 for non-emergencies, it could mean that officers are slower to respond to m
  
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• Highway south of Calgary reopens following fatal crash

  28-03-2019 13:12
  One person was killed in a crash on Highway 2A, south of the city, on Wednesday evening and the roadway was closed for several hours while police investigated. Emergency crews were called to a three vehicle crash on the highway, about 3 km north of Okotoks, at about 11:00 p.m. One person was pronounced dead at the scene. There is no word on whether anyone else was injured. The southbound lanes of the highway were closed for several hours overnight and were reopened at about 4:00 a.m. Thursday.Up
  
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