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• March 2019 Lethbridge Real Estate Market Report - Lethbridge News Now

  02-04-2019 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  March 2019 Lethbridge Real Estate Market Report  Lethbridge News NowSpring has finally sprung, and with it, the market has definitely seen some significant action. Overall, March 2019 was over compared to March of last year for the ...
  
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• Police seize close to 500 carfentanil pills in Lethbridge - Calgary Sun

  02-04-2019 23:53 via calgarysun.com
  Police seize close to 500 carfentanil pills in Lethbridge  Calgary SunTwo people have been charged after police in southern Alberta seized 468 suspected carfentanil pills as part of a joint investigation.The seizure, which also ...
  
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• Ontario licence plate changes coming, no cost to taxpayers, Doug Ford says

  02-04-2019 23:36
  TORONTO -- Premier Doug Ford says the look of Ontario's licence plates will soon be changing, at no cost to taxpayers. Ford says the changes for both commercial and regular plates will be detailed in the April 11 budget, although he didn't specify what they would be. He says the province will continue manufacturing the plates and any changes in plate design won't increase costs. The premier's office has said new designs being considered include one of the Progressive Conservative's campaign slog
  
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• Suspect charged in fatal 2017 hit-and-run on Siksika Nation

  02-04-2019 23:24
  A Siksika man has been charged nearly a year-and-a-half after a woman was fatally struck on a highway on the Nation. According to Gleichen RCMP, 52-year-old Mariam Raweater was walking in the middle of Highway 901 on November 28, 2017 when she was hit by a passing vehicle and left to die. The driver failed to stop and investigators later found the suspect vehicle abandoned at an undisclosed location. On Friday, March 29, 2019, 25-year-old Justin Lee Cutter was identified as the suspect and subse
  
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• Exhibition Park Announces Whoop Up Days 2019 Details

  02-04-2019 23:14
  
  
  Lethbridge Exhibition Park unveiling its entertainment line-up for Whoop Up Days 2019.
  
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• More security, lower ticket prices and new musical lineup for this year's Whoop-Up Days

  02-04-2019 22:57
  By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff
  LETHBRIDGE - Exhibition Park is changing things up this year.
  Rather than the mostly classic rock lineup of previous years, this year there will be a cornucopia of Country, Rap, Folk, R&B, and Indie or Alternative Rock bands.
  The headliners this year include:
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• Reporter Paul Bliss was fired for repeated sexual misconduct, CTV alleges

  02-04-2019 22:23
  TORONTO -- A veteran television reporter who left CTV after a woman accused him of lewd behaviour at the Ontario legislature was fired for repeated sexual misconduct involving young women, new court documents allege. In an untested filing in Superior Court, CTV and its owner Bell Media say they began investigating complaints against Paul Bliss after a former freelancer, Bridget Brown, went public in January 2018 with accusations against him. "The investigation revealed that Mr. Bliss had been en
  
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• Alberta election: Get to know the provincial party leaders

  02-04-2019 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  The leaders vying for your vote have changed somewhat drastically since the 2015 vote, with Rachel Notley the only leader still representing her party four years later.
  
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• Driver, passenger seriously injured after truck hits school bus

  02-04-2019 21:27
  A driver and passenger suffered serious injuries and a student suffered minor injuries when a truck slammed into the back of a school bus stopped in Wheatland County, east of Calgary on Tuesday. Police say the bus had stopped to pick up students on Township Road 240 near Range Road 255 about 7:30 a.m. when it was hit from behind by an eastbound pickup truck. The female driver of the truck was flown to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance and a male passenger was taken to hospital by ambulance in seri
  
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• What does it mean if your child is considered ‘highly sensitive’?

  02-04-2019 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  Despite its prevalence, some parents say highly sensitive kids are often misunderstood.
  
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• Alberta election: Get to know Alberta UCP Leader Jason Kenney

  02-04-2019 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans head to the polls on Tuesday, Alberta 16 for the provincial election. Ahead of election day, get to know Alberta UCP Leader Jason Kenney.
  
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• Alberta election: Get to know Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel

  02-04-2019 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans head to the polls on Tuesday, Alberta 16 for the provincial election. Ahead of election day, get to know Alberta Party Leader Stephen Mandel.
  
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• Alberta election: Get to know Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley

  02-04-2019 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans head to the polls on Tuesday, Alberta 16 for the provincial election. Ahead of election day, get to know Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley.
  
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• Alberta election: Get to know Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan

  02-04-2019 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans head to the polls on Tuesday, Alberta 16 for the provincial election. Ahead of election day, get to know Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan.
  
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• Lethbridge College Launches New Technology-Based Programs

  02-04-2019 21:02
  
  
  Architectural Animation Technology and Virtual and Augmented Reality will begin this fall at Lethbridge College.
  
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• Calgary-based Gibson Energy sells trucking assets, focuses on core business

  02-04-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Export pipeline capacity limits in Western Canada are expected to continue to drive strong demand for crude storage services offered by Gibson Energy Inc., investors heard Thursday.
  
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• Chris Joseph’s crusade to make roads safer 1 year after Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  02-04-2019 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  One year after his son Jaxon was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Chris Joseph is pushing for national legislation to make roads safer.
  
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• Cenovus asks investors to vote against emissions target motion at AGM

  02-04-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Cenovus is recommending investors at its annual general meeting vote against a shareholder motion requiring it to set greenhouse gas emission targets aligned with the goals of the Paris climate accord.
  
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• Nearly 900 Canadians found in Panama Papers, but no charges have yet been laid

  02-04-2019 20:29
  OTTAWA -- Three years after the explosive Panama Papers leak, Canada's tax agency has identified nearly 900 Canadian people and corporate entities in the papers and five criminal investigations are underway, but so far no charges have been laid. The Canada Revenue Agency is providing new details about the status of its probe of information leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca on April 3, 2016, which detailed hundreds of billions of dollars from around the world sheltered in tax havens
  
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• Third Canadian canola exporter received quality complaint from China: Bibeau

  02-04-2019 20:17
  OTTAWA -- A third Canadian canola exporter has received a non-compliance notice from China over quality concerns, the federal agriculture minister said Tuesday, the latest development in an escalating feud with the Asian country. Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed the Chinese government's complaint to a third, unnamed company as she testified before a parliamentary committee studying a trade dispute that has seen China suspend the canola-seed sale permits of two other Canadian firms. "We've been info
  
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• Employee accused of stealing $580K in product from company

  02-04-2019 19:54
  A couple is facing charges after a man was accused of stealing $580,000 in product from his oil-and-gas employer and, with his partner, creating a shell company to sell it in the U.S. Edmonton residents Timothy and Michelle Gray, 49 and 44 years old, respectively, have been charged with theft over $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000. Timothy also faces a charge of fraud over $5,000. According to police, a local company reported theft of oil and gas conversion chemical in Novembe
  
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• Two new groundbreaking programs announced by Lethbridge College - Lethbridge News Now

  02-04-2019 19:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two new groundbreaking programs announced by Lethbridge College  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge College is diving deeper into the world of virtual reality. On Tuesday, the school announced two new programs to start up in the ...
  
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• Two new groundbreaking programs announced by Lethbridge College

  02-04-2019 19:45
  By Justin Goulet (@JustinGoulet21)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge College is diving deeper into the world of virtual reality.
  On Tuesday, the school announced two new programs to start up in the fall. The first, pending final approval, is a two-year diploma in Architectural Animation Technology (AAT) program.
  The second is the one-year Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) certificate program.
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• Woman injured after truck, school bus collide east of Calgary

  02-04-2019 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  One woman was transported to hospital on Tuesday after a collision between a pick-up truck and a school bus east of Calgary.
  
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• Lethbridge rink to be renamed in honour of Humboldt Broncos' Logan Boulet - CTV News

  02-04-2019 19:16 via ctvnews.ca
  Lethbridge rink to be renamed in honour of Humboldt Broncos' Logan Boulet  CTV NewsLethbridge city council has unanimously approved a resolution to rename a local arena in honour of Logan Boulet, the Humboldt Broncos player who inspired a ...
  
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• Butts releases text conversations with Wilson-Raybould

  02-04-2019 18:53
  The prime minister’s former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, has submitted text conversations he had with Jody Wilson-Raybould that show the tensions between the PMO and the former justice minister as she was being shuffled into a different portfolio. In the documents Butts submitted to the House Justice Committee, obtained by CTV News ahead of their public release, he reiterates his “strong disagreement” with some of the evidence Wilson-Raybould has provided to the committee
  
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• Butts' newly released texts with Wilson-Raybould show tension over shuffle

  02-04-2019 18:53
  The prime minister’s former principal secretary, Gerald Butts, has submitted text conversations he had with Jody Wilson-Raybould that show the tensions between the PMO and the former justice minister as she was being shuffled into a different portfolio. In the documents Butts submitted to the House Justice Committee, obtained by CTV News ahead of their public release, he reiterates his “strong disagreement” with some of the evidence Wilson-Raybould has provided to the committee
  
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• Foothills MP Calling For Immediate Federal Action on "Canola Crisis"

  02-04-2019 18:30
  John Barlow says canola prices keep dropping over what has turned out to be a back-and-forth issue between China and Canada.
  
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• City of Lethbridge to Provide Water Services to New Blood Tribe Development

  02-04-2019 18:29
  
  
  Lethbridge City Council approving a request to provide water services to the Blood Tribe for a major commercial development just outside of town.
  
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• Man's body found in house fire north of Grande Prairie

  02-04-2019 18:28
  An investigation is underway after the body of a man was found inside a burning home in Bluesky, Alta. Emergency crews were called to the scene of the fire on Third Avenue around 7 p.m. on Mar. 30. While fighting the fire, firefighters found the man’s body. He has not been positively identified. Officials are now trying to determine what caused the blaze. Anyone with information about the fire is asked to call Fairview RCMP at 780-835-2211 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Bluesky is ab
  
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• Police seize nearly 500 carfentanil pills after 4-month investigation in southern Alberta - CTV News

  02-04-2019 18:02 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Police seize nearly 500 carfentanil pills after 4-month investigation in southern Alberta  CTV NewsPolice in southern Alberta seized nearly 500 pills of carfentanil and arrested two people following a four-month joint investigation involving the Alberta Law ...
  
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• Police seize nearly 500 carfentanil pills after 4-month investigation in southern Alberta

  02-04-2019 18:02
  Police in southern Alberta seized nearly 500 pills of carfentanil and arrested two people following a four-month joint investigation involving the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), Blood Tribe Police, Lethbridge Police and Taber Police. The investigation began in November 2018 after police received a tip about people being involved in the drug trade. Two homes in Lethbridge were searched on March 26 where police found:468 suspected carfentanil pills 30 grams of cocaine 48 codeine p
  
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• $20K in drugs, including carfentanil, seized in southern Alberta: ALERT

  02-04-2019 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  In a Tuesday news release, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team alleged the two people arrested were involved in trafficking carfentanil in southern Alberta.
  
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• RCMP seize drugs, weapons and cash from Rocky View County home

  02-04-2019 17:06
  An Alberta man is facing a number of charges after RCMP confiscated drugs, weapons and cash while executing a search warrant on a home in the Rocky View area last week. In February, the Crime Reduction Unit launched an investigation after learning about a man who was allegedly trafficking cocaine and conducted energy weapons in southern Alberta. Jamie Allan Moreault, 38, of Rocky View County, was arrested on March 28 and is charged with 12 criminal code offences including; possession for the pu
  
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• Airdrie RCMP to show items seized during investigation

  02-04-2019 17:06
  Police in Airdrie are holding a news conference on Tuesday morning to provide an update on an investigation they say resulted in a significant seizure. Watch the livestream HERE. More to come…
  
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• Lethbridge Residents Accused of Trafficking Carfentanil; Nearly 500 Pills Seized

  02-04-2019 16:47
  A four month long investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has lead to the seizure of nearly 500 suspected carfentanil pills and the arrest of two Lethbridge residents.
  
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• PM removes Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Philpott from Liberal caucus

  02-04-2019 16:37
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has removed Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from the federal Liberal caucus, with the backing of his MPs. Speaking to the entire national Liberal caucus at an emergency meeting on Parliament Hill, Trudeau cited the “will of caucus,” and said that while it was his decision, the trust that more than 170 Liberal members had with Wilson-Raybould and Philpott had been “broken,” and it was clear they had to be removed. “
  
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• Liberals meeting tonight, as Wilson-Raybould implores caucus to let her stay

  02-04-2019 16:37
  OTTAWA -- The entire national Liberal caucus will be meeting Tuesday night in Ottawa, sources tell CTV News. This comes after former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould sent a letter to all of her Liberal MP colleagues indicating that she wants to remain a member of the Liberal team and offering a detailed explanation of her current position on the SNC-Lavalin scandal swirling around her. In the letter, Wilson-Raybould stops short of explicitly saying that she still has confidence in Prime Min
  
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• Liberal MPs to meet, discuss fate of Wilson-Raybould, Philpott in caucus

  02-04-2019 16:37
  OTTAWA – The Ontario Liberal caucus will be meeting in the noon hour Tuesday, to discuss whether former ministers and current MPs Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott should be able to remain members of the Liberal team. Sources tell CTV News that other regional and issue-specific caucuses of Liberal MPs have either discussed the matter already, or plan to meet to discuss it. The Ontario Liberal caucus is the group of Liberal members of Parliament who represent Ontario ridings. These mee
  
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• Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Philpott out of Liberal caucus

  02-04-2019 16:37
  OTTAWA -- Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott have been removed from the federal Liberal caucus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has just announced. Speaking to the entire national Liberal caucus at an emergency meeting on Parliament Hill, Trudeau said the trust caucus members had with them has been “broken.” “Whether it’s taping conversations without consent or repeatedly expressing a lack of confidence in our government and in me personally as leader, it’s become
  
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• Tories launch consultations on Ontario's autism program after public backlash

  02-04-2019 16:20
  TORONTO -- Ontario is seeking the advice of parents and experts as it introduces more supports for children with autism following backlash over its original program that based funding solely on age and family income. Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said she has taken into consideration the complaints of parents, who launched sustained protests over the plan first announced in February. "We have heard from parents and we want to take the time to listen very carefully
  
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• Local high school student heading overseas as part of winning Vimy Pilgrimage Award

  02-04-2019 16:00
  By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)
  LETHBRIDGE, AB – A high school student from Lethbridge is one of 20 winners of the prestigious national Vimy Pilgrimage Award heading out on an eight-day trip this week.
  Out of hundreds of applicants from across the country, 17-year-old Declan Sander was selected to participate in the Vimy Foundation program, which recognizes the actions of young people aged 14-17 who demonstrate outstanding service, positive contributions, and leadership in their
  
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• Nurmagomedov doubts McGregor's retirement is for real

  02-04-2019 15:57
  MOSCOW -- Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't think Conor McGregor's retirement is for real. McGregor said last week he was quitting mixed martial arts but Nurmagomedov, who beat the Irish fighter for the UFC lightweight title in October, isn't buying it. Speaking Tuesday in his native Russia at a Moscow university, Nurmagomedov said McGregor "couldn't reach a deal with the UFC and it's so they feel they've lost him and they could lose money." "I don't think he's finished," Nurmagomedov added. McGregor
  
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• Alberta election Day 15: Energy announcements in the Calgary area

  02-04-2019 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  On Day 15 of the Alberta election campaign trail, most of the leaders will be promoting the energy industry in the Calgary region.
  
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• Mother says baby named after Humboldt Broncos player a gift

  02-04-2019 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  Kelsey Fiddler said she wanted to honour Logan Boulet, who signed an organ donation card on his birthday only a few weeks before he was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
  
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• Suspect in alleged kidnapping of Chinese student turns himself in

  02-04-2019 14:47
  One of the four men suspected of kidnapping a Chinese national in the Toronto area last month has turned himself in to police. Abdullahi Adan, 37, surrendered to police overnight after York Regional Police issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest on Monday. He is the first of four suspects identified by police. Adan is facing four criminal charges including kidnapping, forcible confinement, assault with a weapon and assault. Police said 22-year-old student Wanzhen Lu was violently abducted in
  
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• Ransom demanded in alleged kidnapping of Chinese student, police say

  02-04-2019 14:47
  Court documents have revealed one of the suspects in the alleged kidnapping of a Chinese national in the Toronto area last month intended to demand a ransom for the man’s return. Documents obtained by CTV Toronto allege Abdullahi Adan, a suspect who turned himself in overnight following a nationwide warrant for his arrest, “did kidnap Wanzhen Lu with intent to hold him for ransom against his will… and did without authority unlawfully confine Wanzhen Lu.” Police have said
  
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• 71-year-old man arrested for alleged drug-dealing

  02-04-2019 14:10
  It shows you're never too old. Police in Oshawa, just east of Toronto have arrested a 71-year-old man for an alleged drug-dealing operation in Oshawa. Durham regional police say they began investigating the man last Friday as he drove around Oshawa, Ont. They allege he made several stops in the city and carried out drug transactions. Police say once officers arrested him, they recovered numerous opioids and cash from his vehicle. As well, it's reported they found more drugs, money and parapherna
  
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• Teamsters top boss tries to quell rebellion by Mickey, Goofy

  02-04-2019 14:09
  ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Teamsters' top boss is trying to quell a rebellion by Mickey, Minnie and their costumed friends. International Brotherhood of Teamsters general president James Hoffa ordered a hearing in Florida last weekend to determine whether leaders should be removed from the local Teamsters union that represents costumed character-performers, truck drivers and other workers at Walt Disney World. Accusing the local leadership of "horrible misrepresentation," hundreds of costumed characte
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: Shannon Madill’s last audition

  02-04-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Shannon Madill had everything going for her. She had just landed an audition for a television series and was looking forward to moving to Edmonton. Hours later, she vanished.
  
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