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• Highway 3 bus service will connect Medicine Hat and Lethbridge - CBC.ca

  12-04-2019 23:57 via cbc.ca
  Highway 3 bus service will connect Medicine Hat and Lethbridge  CBC.caA new bus *service* between the southern Alberta cities of Lethbridge and Medicine Hat will hit the road next week.
  
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• Political rivals united in their support of the Flames’ playoff run

  12-04-2019 23:54
  The party leaders vying to lead Alberta for the next four years are divided on a number of issues but the political adversaries find themselves aligned behind the Calgary Flames in the Stanley Cup playoffs. United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney donned a Flames jersey when he took in Game 1 of the Flames’ first round series with the Colorado Avalanche at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday night alongside federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer. David Khan, leader of the A
  
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• Final days in Alberta’s election campaign

  12-04-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans find out on Tuesday night whether they’ve elected a new premier, or given Rachel Notley another four years in power. David Akin looks at the record number of people showing up at advance polls, and where Notley and Jason Kenney are focusing their efforts to get as many votes as possible.
  
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• What happens if Alberta abandons emissions regulations?

  12-04-2019 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  The United Conservative Party in Alberta is promising to cut the carbon tax as it vies for votes during that province’s election. As Heather Yourex-West explains, the candidates have very different climate change plans, but mishandling this could have major consequences.
  
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• Lethbridge-West UCP candidate questioned by NDP over stance on mental health - Global News

  12-04-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge-West UCP candidate questioned by NDP over stance on mental health  Global NewsLethbridge-West UCP candidate Karri Flatla is drawing criticism over a 2011 social media post on mental health.
  
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• Lethbridge-West UCP candidate questioned by NDP over stance on mental health

  12-04-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge-West UCP candidate Karri Flatla is drawing criticism over a 2011 social media post on mental health.
  
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• Environment Canada warns of snow for B.C.’s southern mountain passes

  12-04-2019 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada is calling for five to 25 cm of snow on the weekend.
  
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• 5 young Calgarians recognized with 911 Heroes Award

  12-04-2019 23:22
  When six-year-old Dyllan Domagala found himself at home alone one day, the Calgary boy knew he needed to find help. The youngster’s dad had left the house with his sister and he couldn’t find his mom, so he called 911. In tears, he talked to an emergency communications officer, explaining the situation until he heard his mom’s voice. Taking the phone, his mother explained to the 911 operator she had fallen asleep in the family’s basement, at the same time praising her son
  
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• Animal sanctuary reeling after 9 animals killed in Thursday night barn fire

  12-04-2019 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  Nine animals were killed and one badly burned after a fire broke out at an animal sanctuary southeast of Edmonton Thursday night.
  
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• Traffic Stop in Downtown Lethbridge Nets $12,000 in Carfentanil

  12-04-2019 22:18
  A member of the Downtown Policing Unit noticed a truck being driven erratically and initiated a traffic stop.
  
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• Former Calgary mayoral candidate charged with drug trafficking

  12-04-2019 22:12
  A former Calgary mayoral candidate is facing drug trafficking charges after investigators seized 2.2 pounds of what they describe as “high potency fentanyl.” The Guns and Gangs Unit identified a suspect believed to be trafficking drugs in the city in late 2018 and launched an investigation. That led to a traffic stop in January just outside Canmore, where a search of the vehicle revealed 2.2 pounds of powdered fentanyl along with 4.5 grams of a green substance later determined to be
  
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• Lethbridge Police charge local man with drug trafficking offences - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2019 21:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Police charge local man with drug trafficking offences  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a 48-year-old man with drug trafficking offences after a recent vehicle stop. According to police, at 8 p.m. on ...
  
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• Precise form of radiation may improve survival for patients with metastatic cancer: study

  12-04-2019 20:42
  Cancer researchers in B.C. say a highly precise form of radiation treatment may improve survival rates in cases where the disease has spread to different parts of a patient’s body. The study, recently published in the journal The Lancet, was led by BC Cancer along with a team of international researchers. The group sought to find out how Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) technology could be used to treat patients with metastatic cancer, which is when the disease has spread from the
  
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• 'Trivago guy' arrested on intoxicated driving charge

  12-04-2019 20:40
  HOUSTON -- An actor and spokesman for the discount hotel website Trivago.com has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanour driving while intoxicated charge. Court records show 52-year-old Timothy Williams was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Houston and freed on $100 bond. Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said Friday that Williams was stopped in traffic and passed out with his foot on the brake. Silva says Williams, who's from Houston, failed a field sobriety test and agreed to having blood d
  
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• 'Trivago guy' arrested in Texas on DWI charge

  12-04-2019 20:40
  HOUSTON -- The actor who has become something of a sex symbol as the scruffy-faced, somewhat rumpled star of ads for the travel booking site Trivago has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanour driving while intoxicated charge. Court records show 52-year-old Timothy Williams was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Houston and freed on $100 bond. Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva said Friday that Williams was stopped in traffic and passed out with his foot on the brake. Silva says Williams, who's
  
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• UN votes to end peacekeeping operations in Haiti in October

  12-04-2019 20:30
  The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to completely end its peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Oct. 15 and establish a political mission to support government efforts to promote order and development in Latin America's poorest country. U.N. military peacekeepers had already left the country on Oct. 15, 2017, but a stabilization group stayed behind to train national police, help the government strengthen judicial and legal institutions and monitor human rights. The resolution approv
  
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• Women say drinks were spiked at Nanaimo nightclub

  12-04-2019 19:55
  Nanaimo RCMP are warning the public after two women say their drinks were tampered with at a local nightclub. The alleged tampering occurred in two separate incidents on April 5 at an unidentified club. Police say they were notified of the complaints on April 10. "Drink spiking or tampering often involves a drug known as Rohypnol, GHB or Ketamine being discreetly added to a beverage," Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson Cst. Gary O'Brien said in a news release Friday. "Within 10 to 20 minutes of the drug
  
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• Waterton Lakes National Park Launches Engagement Process for New Manangement Plan

  12-04-2019 19:45
  Parks Canada is inviting people to join the discussion and share their vision of what Waterton Park might look like in the future.
  
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• Alberta Election Fact Check: myths and misconceptions of the carbon tax

  12-04-2019 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The carbon tax has always been contentious and it's also become a divisive issue on the Alberta election campaign trail. We dig into some of the biggest questions, myths and misunderstandings.
  
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• Police seek tips to locate Calgary woman reported missing 2 years ago

  12-04-2019 18:53
  Calgary police are asking for help from the public to locate a woman reported missing two years ago. Tammie Doreen Howard, 49, known as Irish to her friends, was last heard from on Christmas Eve 2016. She was reported missing by her family in April 2017. Police say it was not unusual for Howard to be out of contact with family members for periods of time, as she lived a high-risk lifestyle, and they became concerned when that extended into months. In November 2017 there was a report Howard had c
  
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• Facebook faces possible class action lawsuit in Canada over discriminatory job ads

  12-04-2019 18:38
  A Montreal law firm has accused Facebook of facilitating discrimination against prospective employees and housing tenants based on factors such as age and gender. In an application to launch a class action lawsuit against the tech giant, IMK LLP alleges that Facebook facilitates discrimination by allowing advertisers to micro-target specific user groups while excluding others based on “race, sex, civil status, age, ethnic or national origin or social condition.” The application &ndas
  
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• Moose Jaw dance studio to move locations after noise complaints

  12-04-2019 18:37
  A dance studio in Moose Jaw that has been the target of multiple noise complaints has decided to move. Dance Fitness with Kyra is facing several noise bylaw charges. Canadian rocker Burton Cummings lives near the studio, and it’s alleged that he is one of the complainants. The owner of the studio, Kyra Klassen, confirmed to CTV News on Friday her company will be moving. The studio is moving to a new location at 244 River Street and hopes to be open again on May 1. Klassen says the new stud
  
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• Trial Expected to Continue for Lethbridge Mother Accused of Abducting Son After Months of Delays

  12-04-2019 18:26
  A trial continuation is expected to be scheduled next month for a Lethbridge woman accused of abducting her infant son and fleeing to Central America five years ago.
  
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• Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival results - Lethbridge Herald

  12-04-2019 18:21 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival results  Lethbridge HeraldWednesday results from Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival: Strings Class 30810 - Violoncello Solo - Own Choice - 8 and under 1.
  
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• Advertise With Us - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2019 18:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Advertise With Us  Lethbridge News NowAdvertise With Us Lethbridgenewsnow.com is the go-to Online Newspaper for up to the minute News and Community ...
  
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• Former British sailor acquitted in N.S. gang rape case wants accuser charged

  12-04-2019 18:04
  A former British sailor acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman at a military base near Halifax is trying to have his accuser charged with lying in the case, according to reports. Darren Smalley was one of four members of the British Royal Navy charged with sexually assaulting a woman after a party in a barracks at the Canadian Forces Base 12 Wing Shearwater in April 2015. He was charged with sexual assault causing bodily harm and participating in a sexual assault involving one or more people.
  
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• McGill announces removal of Redmen name from its varsity teams

  12-04-2019 16:42
  Following months of protests, petitions, and grassroots action from students and supporters, McGill University announced Friday it will be removing the Redmen name from its varsity teams.  Principal Suzanne Fortier says the Redmen name is not one the university would choose today, and it is not one that McGill should carry forward. "Over the recent months, I have learned about the true depths of the pride that our student-athletes and alumni feel for the rich tradition and history of varsit
  
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• Spring snowstorm catches some southern Alberta drivers off guard

  12-04-2019 16:34
  Some roads and highways in and around the city were a little slick on Friday morning after a blanket of snow fell on southern Alberta overnight. Snow started falling in Calgary and the surrounding area late Thursday, catching some drivers off guard. Emergency crews were called to an eight car pileup in the northwest that shut down a stretch of 144th Avenue, from 69th to 85th street, for several hours. No serious injuries were reported and the roadway was reopened later in the evening. Police say
  
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• Alberta election Day 25: We’re in the endgame now

  12-04-2019 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  On Day 25 of the Alberta election campaign, Rachel Notley and David Khan will be in Calgary, and Stephen Mandel will be making a health-care announcement in Edmonton.
  
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• School bus rolls over east of Toronto

  12-04-2019 15:48
  Ontario Provincial Police said a driver and two students have been transported to hospital with minor injuries after the school bus they were riding in with eight other children rolled over into a ditch east of Toronto. Sgt. Jason Folz said the collision occurred on Cold Springs Camp Road, just north of Ganaraska Road, in the municipality of Clarington on Friday morning at approximately 8:30 a.m. He said the bus appeared to be on its side when first responders arrived. It’s unclear the age
  
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• School bus carrying children rolls over east of Toronto

  12-04-2019 15:48
  A driver and two students were transported to hospital with minor injuries Friday morning after the school bus they were in rolled into a ditch east of Toronto, Ontario Provincial Police said. Investigators said the school bus was travelling northbound on Cold Springs Camp Road, just north of Ganaraska Road, in Durham Region at approximately 8:30 a.m. when it crossed into the opposite lane and rolled over the embankment and into the ditch. OPP told CTV Toronto’s Janice Golding there were e
  
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• Smith backstops Flames to 4-0 win over Avalanche

  12-04-2019 15:47
  The C of Red washed over Colorado in Game 1 of the first round of Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday. Goaltender Mike Smith was spectacular in net, making 26 saves, while rookie left-winger Andrew Mangiapane scored the eventual winner as the Calgary Flames shut out the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 to open their first-round series. Beginning with a key sequence of glove saves early in the second to keep the game scoreless, chants of "Smitty, Smitty, Smitty" broke out regularly from the raucous, sold-out, je
  
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• Southwest removes 737 Max from flight schedule until August

  12-04-2019 14:29
  Southwest is removing flights with the troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft from its schedule through Aug. 5, a period that includes the peak of the airline's busy summer travel season. The company did not specify how many flights would be cancelled because of the new schedule. It removed all 34 of its Max 8 jets from service on March 13 following two deadly crashes involving other airlines. The grounded aircraft account for a small percentage of the more than 750 Boeing 737 models in the airline's
  
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• Suspected Islamic extremists abduct 2 Cuban doctors in Kenya

  12-04-2019 14:10
  NAIROBI, Kenya -- Suspected Islamist militants abducted two Cuban doctors in an ambush that killed a police bodyguard in northern Kenya near the Somali border, officials said Friday. It was the second abduction of a foreigner in five months likely carried out by the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which is based in Somalia. The gunmen may have taken the doctors into Somalia, police spokesman Charlse Owino said. He said the doctors' driver had been detained to help with investigations.
  
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• Congo's Ebola outbreak might be declared global emergency

  12-04-2019 13:59
  GENEVA -- A top Red Cross official said Friday he's "more concerned than I have ever been" about the possible regional spread of the Ebola virus in Congo after a new spike in cases. Emanuele Capobianco spoke ahead of a key World Health Organization meeting taking place Friday about whether to declare the Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo an international health emergency. To be designated a public health emergency of international concern, a situation must be "serious, unusual or unexpected,"
  
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• Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition

  12-04-2019 13:54
  SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron will buy Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in a cash-and-stock, energizing its deep water exploration in the gulf and in the energy-rich southwest region of Texas called the Permian Basin. The deal announced Friday comes with U.S. crude prices up 40% this year and vaults Chevron into a new league. While the combined company will remain far behind Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc. in market capitalization, it jumps from the fourth biggest producer among ma
  
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• Stage set for epic extradition fight over WikiLeaks' Assange

  12-04-2019 10:23
  LONDON -- What is expected to be an epic legal and political battle over whether to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S. began to take shape, with Britain's opposition Labour Party urging the government Friday not to hand the WikiLeaks founder over to the Americans. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted that the U.S. is prosecuting Assange because he exposed "evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan." Diane Abbott, Labour's spokeswoman for domestic affairs, said the case is about the "embarra
  
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• Assange could face second extradition request from Sweden on rape allegations

  12-04-2019 10:23
  LONDON -- Key figures in Britain's opposition Labour Party said Friday the government should oppose the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on charges of conspiring to break into a Pentagon computer. Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a tweet that the U.S. is trying to extradite Assange because he exposed "evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan." Diane Abbott, Labour's spokeswoman for domestic affairs, said the government should block the extradition on h
  
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• B.C. fire chief says 911 dispatch system change in B.C. risks patient safety

  12-04-2019 10:16
  VANCOUVER -- Patient safety is at risk in British Columbia because of changes to the 911 dispatch system, says a fire chief who has instructed city staff not to call an ambulance during medical emergencies. Nick Delmonico of the Port Coquitlam Fire Department said aspects of a so-called clinical response model adopted by BC Emergency Health Services last May are ineffective, leaving people waiting too long for an ambulance while firefighters are not contacted in many situations. Both firefighter
  
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• Fight against caribou recovery plan a human rights issue: Sicamous mayor

  12-04-2019 09:20 via globalnews.ca
  "This is not so much about caribou. This is not so much about grizzlies. This is about land control."
  
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• Shock at arrest of Louisiana deputy's son in black church fires

  12-04-2019 07:25
  OPELOUSAS, La. -- Authorities said he had no known criminal record. A friend described him as an introverted animal lover who showed no animosity toward any race, and a talented, if frustrated heavy metal guitar player and singer. A fellow musician called him "a really sweet guy." But Holden Matthews, the white, 21-year-old son of a Louisiana sheriff's deputy, was behind bars Thursday, accused of torching three century old African American churches during a 10-day period in and around Opelousas.
  
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• Alberta MP calls on Ottawa to allow jurors improved access to mental health support

  12-04-2019 07:08
  The disturbing details and graphic images many jurors are subjected to during their duties can take their toll and now a Member of Parliament is taking steps to remove legislation that forbids them from discussing deliberations. “The fact is no one should have to suffer for doing more than their civic duty,” explained Michael Cooper, St. Albert-Edmonton M.P. Cooper is calling for an amendment to the jury secrecy rule so that ‘a former juror who is suffering from mental health i
  
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• WHL Roundup: Thursday, April 11, 2019

  12-04-2019 06:49 via globalnews.ca
  Jared Dmytriw scored and added two assists as the Vancouver Giants down the Victoria Royals 6-1 on Thursday to win their Western Hockey League playoff series.
  
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• Global stocks rise after China reports stronger exports

  12-04-2019 06:00
  BEIJING -- Global stock prices rose Friday after China reported unexpectedly strong exports and an increase in sales to the U.S. despite its tariff war with Washington. Market benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong all advanced and Wall Street was on track to open higher. China reported exports rose 14.2% over a year earlier, rebounding from March's 20.8% contraction in a sign of stronger global demand. Sales to the American market also accelerated despite U.S. President Donald Tru
  
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• Canada's main stock index up moderately, still near 2019 high

  12-04-2019 06:00
  TORONTO - Canada's main stock index set another 2019 high this morning before easing back on its advance. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 45.61 points at 16,445.08 after 90 minutes of trading. It had set an intraday high of 16,487.14 shortly after the open, with the previous 2019 high of 16,471.82 set on Thursday In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 198.53 points at 26,341.58. The S&P 500 index was up 12.69 points at 2,901.01, while the Nasdaq composite was up 15.92 at
  
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• Ali Al Aazawi to be charged with kidnapping in daughter's disappearance

  12-04-2019 05:13
  A 38-year-old man who failed to return his daughter to Canada in the fall following their trip to Egypt will now be charged with kidnapping. Ali Al Aazawi was arrested earlier this month at Pearson International Airport in Ontario in connection with the disappearance of his 12-year-old daughter Zahraa Al Aazawi. Ali and Zahraa left Calgary for Egypt in June 2018. According to a travel agreement between Ali and Zahraa’s mother, the girl was to be returned to Canada in September 2018. Ali Al
  
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• In Alberta's election, a Lethbridge site for drug users straddles one of many political divides - The Globe and Mail

  12-04-2019 04:50 via theglobeandmail.com
  In Alberta's election, a Lethbridge site for drug users straddles one of many political divides  The Globe and MailExecutive director Stacey Bourque, middle, meets with staff at the supervised drug consumption site in Lethbridge. 'This drug crisis in general has been an ...
  
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• Southern Alberta-based company looking to set green living standard - Global News

  12-04-2019 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  Southern Alberta-based company looking to set green living standard  Global NewsThe company's owner talked about his and his company's efforts with green living at Thursday afternoon's SACPA forum.
  
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• Southern Alberta-based company looking to set green living standard

  12-04-2019 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  The company's owner talked about his and his company's efforts with green living at Thursday afternoon's SACPA forum.
  
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• Lawsuit filed against Alberta government over provincial driver examination changes

  12-04-2019 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Certified Driver Examiner's Association and nine formerly privately-employed individuals filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government on Wednesday over its move to deprivatize the industry.
  
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