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• Political leaders make final push for votes

  15-04-2019 22:58
  Alberta’s political leaders are spending the last day of the campaign making a final pitch to voters. NDP Leader Rachel Notley started Monday at a Calgary fabrication business, where she again made an appeal to voters who are undecided or disaffected while taking verbal jabs at UCP Leader Jason Kenney. “At the start of this campaign I asked, who do you trust to fight for you, me or Mr. Kenney? Do we move forward with his kind of a plan, or we do move forward with my very clear plan,&
  
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• Lethbridge Police Seize Shotgun, Ammunition and Drugs from Downtown Apartment

  15-04-2019 22:20
  Police recovered a shotgun, ammunition, drugs and other weapons from the apartment.
  
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• Decision Alberta: The Final Push

  15-04-2019 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  630 CHED host Ryan Jespersen and Danielle Smith with 770 CHQR take their shows province-wide to reflect on the 2019 Alberta election campaign.
  
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• Jeff Callaway files new court challenge against Alberta’s election commissioner

  15-04-2019 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Jeff Callaway is fighting an order that he pay back $25,600 in contributions Alberta's election commissioner has deemed to be impugned.
  
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• Four dead after shootings in Penticton, B.C.; arrest made

  15-04-2019 21:55
  PENTICTON, B.C. -- The RCMP say four people were found dead Monday in three locations after targeted shootings within a five-kilometre radius in Penticton, B.C.For more on this story, visit CTV VancouverSupt. Ted De Jager said a man turned himself in at the city's police headquarters and officers were searching his car. "We're still trying to find the motive for this whole incident, so that's part of the ongoing investigation," he told a news conference. "Indications right now are that all four
  
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• Four dead after shooting in Penticton, B.C.; arrest made

  15-04-2019 21:55
  PENTICTON, B.C. -- The RCMP say four people were found dead Monday in three locations after targeted shootings within a five-kilometre radius in Penticton, B.C.For more on this story, visit CTV VancouverSupt. Ted De Jager said a lone male suspect turned himself in at the city's police headquarters and officers were searching his car. "We're still trying to find the motive for this whole incident, so that's part of the ongoing investigation," he told a news conference. "Indications right now are
  
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• Local man facing drug trafficking charges - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 21:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Local man facing drug trafficking charges  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a 44-year-old man with drug offences as part of ongoing efforts to target drug traffickers in the downtown ...
  
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• University Drive West Twinning Project to Start April 23rd

  15-04-2019 21:33
  Traffic flows on that stretch of roadway have been increasing and the roughly year-and-a-half project will help alleviate those issues.
  
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• Wisconsin man's wager on Tiger earns him more than US$1.2M

  15-04-2019 20:16
  LAS VEGAS -- A Wisconsin man who claims to have never placed a bet on sports before he risked US$85,000 on Tiger Woods winning the Masters is now more than a million dollars richer. James Adducci was presented with a check for more than $1.2 million Monday at a sportsbook in Las Vegas. Adducci's win represents the largest golf payout ever for sportsbook operator William Hill US. Adducci's reason for betting thousands with 14-1 odds? He said he had a feeling Woods would win because his children w
  
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• $85,000 bet on Tiger Woods nets $1.19M payoff

  15-04-2019 20:16
  LAS VEGAS -- A bettor who risked US$85,000 on Tiger Woods winning the Masters is now more than a million dollars richer. The person who placed the bet at a Las Vegas sportsbook will get a check for US$1.19 million Monday. Sportsbook operator William Hill US says the bettor's win is the largest golf payout in the company's history. William Hill US director of trading Nick Bogdanovich says Sunday was a great day for golf but a "painful" one for the sportsbook operator. Woods rallied to win the Mas
  
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• Massive Voter Turnout For Advanced Polls in Alberta Election

  15-04-2019 20:11
  Nearly 700,000 Alberta residents cast ballots over five days of advanced voting last week.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Facing Drug Trafficking Charges

  15-04-2019 19:48
  Lethbridge Police seized a bulk container of methamphetamine as well as pre-packed foils of purple carfentanil.
  
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• 'Everything is burning': Fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

  15-04-2019 19:17
  PARIS -- A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of the French capital Monday, toppling its spire and sending thick plumes of smoke high into the blue sky as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. A spokesman said the entire wooden frame of the cathedral would likely come down, and that the vault of the edifice could be threatened too. "Everything is burning, nothing will remain from the frame," Notre Dame spokesman Andre Finot told French m
  
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• Trump keeps attacking as redacted Russia report due Thursday

  15-04-2019 19:05
  WASHINGTON -- The U.S. president isn't waiting. As Washington counts down the final hours until publication of the redacted special counsel report -- now expected Thursday -- Donald Trump stepped up his attacks in an effort to undermine potential disclosures on Russia, his 2016 campaign and the aftermath. He unleashed a series of tweets Monday focusing on the previously released summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's conclusions -- including a crucial one on obstruction of justice that Trum
  
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• North Lethbridge Neighbourhoods Receiving Blue Carts as City Rolls Out Curbside Recycling

  15-04-2019 18:48
  North Lethbridge residents are starting to receive their blue carts.
  
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• Elder Noel Starblanket passes away at age 72

  15-04-2019 18:42
  Elder Noel Starblanket, a respected Indigenous leader, has passed away. Starblanket passed away early Monday morning in the company of his family. He passed at the Regina General Hospital, due to complications with diabetes. Starblanket was 72 years old. Starblanket was renowned for his leadership, and was respected as a champion for Indigenous peoples. He became Chief of Star Blanket Cree Nation in 1971, at the age of 24. Starblanket was the youngest chief in the country at the time. He was ele
  
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• Elder Noel Starblanket passes away, age 73

  15-04-2019 18:42
  Elder Noel Starblanket, a respected Indigenous leader, has passed away. Starblanket passed away early Monday morning in the company of his family. He passed at the Regina General Hospital, due to complications with diabetes. Starblanket was 73 years old. Starblanket was renowned for his leadership, and was respected as a champion for Indigenous peoples. He became Chief of Star Blanket Cree Nation in 1971, at the age of 24. Starblanket was the youngest chief in the country at the time. He was ele
  
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• 'First' 3D print of heart with human tissue, vessels unveiled

  15-04-2019 18:31
  Scientists in Israel unveiled a 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels on Monday, calling it a first and a "major medical breakthrough" that advances possibilities for transplants. While it remains a far way off, scientists hope one day to be able to produce hearts suitable for transplant into humans as well as patches to regenerate defective hearts. The heart produced by researchers at Tel Aviv University is about the size of a rabbit's. It marked "the first time anyone anywhere has
  
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• Canada joins new German-France 'alliance' that doesn't include U.S.

  15-04-2019 18:06
  OTTAWA -- Canada has formally joined a German-French coalition aimed at saving the international world order from destruction by various world dictators and autocrats -- and U.S. President Donald Trump. The initiative is part of ongoing government efforts to shore up international co-operation at a time of waning American leadership and Trump's outspoken disdain of institutions created after the Second World War, including the G7, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. Foreign Affa
  
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• Highway 3 Shuttle Now in Operation

  15-04-2019 17:48
  The Highway 3 Connector service between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge starts on Monday (Apr. 15).
  
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• Police seek man who posed as a delivery person, shot woman with concealed crossbow

  15-04-2019 17:47
  A Mississauga, Ont. woman was nearly killed after a man posing as a delivery person shot her with a crossbow, in what police have described as a targeted attack. According to police, the 44-year-old woman answered her door to find a supposed delivery man carrying a large box. The two engaged in brief conversation before the suspect fired an arrow at the woman from a crossbow concealed inside the box.Read more from CTV Toronto: Suspect posing as delivery person shot woman with crossbow at her Mis
  
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• Canadian business sentiment drops from high levels: central bank survey

  15-04-2019 17:37
  OTTAWA -- Canadian business sentiment has fallen from elevated levels as companies point to uncertainty around global trade, the housing sector and the energy industry, according to a new Bank of Canada survey. The central bank's measure for corporate confidence dropped from its near-record heights last year and down into negative territory for the first time since the third quarter of 2016. "The business outlook survey indicator declined from a strongly positive level in the winter survey," the
  
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• Seniors at increased risk as H3N2 flu strain gains strength

  15-04-2019 17:31
  Cases of a flu strain that is particularly hard on seniors and older adults have been steadily increasing since mid-January, according to the latest public health data. Although the H1N1 strain dominated Canada’s early start to the flu season, over the past five weeks a second smaller wave dominated by the H3N2 strain has been reported. According to the latest FluWatch report from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), H3N2 accounted for 89 per cent of influenza A cases in the week end
  
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• Alberta election Day 28: One last push on the eve of election day

  15-04-2019 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Four weeks after the writ was dropped, Alberta's party leaders are making one final push before Tuesday's Alberta election. 
  
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• Screening equipment outage causes delays for passengers at Calgary Airport

  15-04-2019 16:58
  Travellers heading out of the Calgary International Airport on Monday are being asked to arrive early because of an outage at a couple of screening points. Officials say CATSAs screening equipment at the D and E checkpoints has been affected and they have made other plans for screening those passengers. US-bound guests at screening point E will be delayed by about 75 minutes and they are being screened using alternative procedures. International guests travelling through Gate D are being reroute
  
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• House prices down 1.8% year-over-year in March, sales also lower: CREA

  15-04-2019 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  In B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan home sales were more than 20 per cent below their 10-year average for the month, the association said.
  
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• Canadian dies in Thailand, reportedly in fall from zipline

  15-04-2019 15:59
  A Canadian man was killed while on vacation in Thailand when a cable from a zipline he was riding became disconnected, according to local media reports. The Bangkok Post reports that Spencer Charles, 25, fell 100 metres to a creek below the zipline and was pronounced dead Saturday morning. A Global Affairs Canada spokesperson confirmed to CTV News Monday that a Canadian citizen had died in Thailand. “Consular services are provided to the family and loved ones of the Canadian,” the sp
  
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• Weed prices soar since legalization, illegal pot selling for half the price: StatCan

  15-04-2019 15:30
  Cannabis prices in Canada have soared since legalization with prices on the black market now reportedly less than half that of licensed dispensaries. The average cost of a dried gram has rocketed since legalization last October, according to users who voluntarily entered what they paid into a Statistics Canada app. The difference between legal and illegal prices is even more dramatic, with a gram in regulated stores averaging $9.99 per gram compared to less than $6.40 on the black market, some 5
  
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• U.K. looks at banning social media 'likes' for children

  15-04-2019 13:49
  LONDON -- Britain's privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to "like" posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it's proposing to protect children's online privacy. Under the draft rules, which were released for consultation on Monday , tech companies would not be allowed to use "nudge techniques" that encourage children to keep using a site. The Information Commissioner's Office said examples of "reward loops" that keep people using a site so that mo
  
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• Former Volkswagen CEO charged with fraud in Germany

  15-04-2019 13:29
  FRANKFURT -- German prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud and other offences in connection with the company's massive, multi-year effort to cheat on diesel emissions testing. Prosecutors said Monday that Winterkorn knew about the deceptive practice since at least May 2014, and failed to put a stop to it. That contradicted Winterkorn's claim that he didn't learn of the problem until shortly before U.S. investigators announced it in September 2
  
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• EU approves conditions for limited trade talks with U.S.

  15-04-2019 13:23
  BRUSSELS -- The European Union approved Monday its terms for negotiating a new trade deal with the United States, but set up a possible show-down with Washington by refusing to include agricultural products in the talks. Making public the mandate for the EU's executive commission to conduct negotiations on their behalf, the bloc's member countries said that the new deal will focus exclusively on eliminating tariffs on industrial goods. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said the commission
  
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• NDP bridging the gap, but not enough, as Alberta election campaign draws to a close: poll

  15-04-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  With one day left for those Alberta voters who still haven't cast a ballot, a new poll suggests the majority of the province's support remains with the United Conservative Party. 
  
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• NDP bridging the gap, but not enough, as Alberta election campaign draws to a close: Ipsos poll

  15-04-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  With one day left for those Alberta voters who still haven't cast a ballot, a new poll suggests the majority of the province's support remains with the United Conservative Party. 
  
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• Alberta election promised titanic clash, delivered name calling, bozo eruptions

  15-04-2019 10:19
  EDMONTON -- Alberta's election campaign promised a titanic clash of ideas and ideologies between two nationally known leaders, but delivered a burlesque of biting attacks and bozo eruptions -- and a surprise guest appearance by the RCMP. Rachel Notley will make history Tuesday as either the first Alberta NDP premier to win re-election or the first-ever leader of an Alberta party that failed to win a renewed mandate on its first try. A win for Jason Kenney's United Conservatives, as predicted by
  
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• Ontario's court challenge against federal carbon tax gets underway

  15-04-2019 10:13
  TORONTO -- Ontario's battle against Ottawa's carbon tax gets underway in the province's top court today. The province's Progressive Conservative government has denounced the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act as an illegal tax grab that will drive up the price of gasoline and heating fuel. The federal Liberal government, on the other hand, insists it's responding appropriately to an issue of national concern -- climate change. The climate change law applies in provinces that have no carbon-pri
  
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• Feds could tell you when to drive if carbon price law stands, court told

  15-04-2019 10:13
  TORONTO -- The federal government will end up with the power to regulate almost every facet of life -- such as when you can drive or where you can live -- if its law aimed at curbing harmful greenhouse gas emissions is allowed to stand, Ontario's top court heard Monday. Ottawa's climate-change law is so broad, a lawyer for the province told the start of a four-day Appeal Court hearing, that it would give the federal government powers that would be destabilizing to Canada in the name of curbing t
  
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• Local man facing drug trafficking charges LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Local man facing drug trafficking charges LETHBRIDGE, AB  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a 44-year-old man with drug offences as part of ongoing efforts to target drug traffickers in the downtown ...
  
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• More than a dozen charges after alleged arson spree in Edmonton

  15-04-2019 06:50
  A 22-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly setting more than a dozen cars on fire on a busy street in Edmonton. Police were called to a popular bar and restaurant district on Whyte Avenue around 8:40 p.m. on Friday after receiving reports that a man was pouring gasoline on vehicles and setting them on fire.Read more from CTV Edmonton: Charges laid in Whyte Avenue fire spree“He lit all four cars on the east side of 104th, crossed the street and then hit about five or six t
  
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• Thousands stolen from Ugandan kids' choir in Vancouver

  15-04-2019 03:18
  A Ugandan children’s choir raising money for poor kids to go to school in Africa is heartbroken after thousands of dollars and their possessions were stolen in Vancouver. The Sawuti Children’s Choir, which is touring Canada for six months, was performing in a shopping mall on Saturday when their truck was broken into. Chaperone Christopher Sparks says his heart sank when he made the discovery. “I thought ‘Oh no, I'm sure we left stuff in the truck,’” he told C
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, April 14, 2019

  15-04-2019 03:10 via globalnews.ca
  Dante Hannoun potted a hat trick as the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the Saskatoon Blades 6-3 on Sunday to take their Western Hockey League second-round series in six games.
  
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• One dead, one hospitalized, man in custody after shooting in B.C. church

  15-04-2019 03:07
  VANCOUVER -- A 25-year-old man is in custody following a shooting at a church in Salmon Arm, B.C., that left one dead and sent another to hospital on Sunday morning.For more on this story, visit CTV Vancouver Salmon Arm RCMP say the shooting happened during an event at the Church of Christ in the community about 100 kilometres north of Kelowna, and investigators do not believe it was religiously motivated. They say a man entered the church at about 10:30 a.m. and allegedly shot two parishioners.
  
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• Former foster child remembers B.C. shooting victim as loving and supportive

  15-04-2019 03:07
  SALMON ARM , B.C. -- A former foster child of a British Columbia man killed at a church on the weekend is remembering the shooting victim as someone who helped him discover his potential. The man gunned down while attending services at the Salmon Arm Church of Christ on Sunday has been identified as Gord Parmenter who, along with his wife, Peggy, had cared for foster children in the Interior B.C. community.For more on this story, visit CTV Vancouver "Gord and Peggy were more than foster parents.
  
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• Supreme Court upholds residential-school compensation for former student - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Supreme Court upholds residential-school compensation for former student  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — A former residential-school student is entitled to compensation for abuse at the hands of a nun, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a decision that ...
  
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• Luke Walton out as Lakers coach after 3 losing seasons - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Luke Walton out as Lakers coach after 3 losing seasons  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - Luke Walton is out as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after three losing seasons. Lakers general...
  
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• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down across US, Europe - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down across US, Europe  Lethbridge News NowFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, wer...
  
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• Capitals survive surge from Hurricanes to win Game 1 - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Capitals survive surge from Hurricanes to win Game 1  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin came out firing, the Carolina Hurricanes surged and the Washington Capitals showed why they're the ...
  
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• Trudeau Liberals link 'reckless' Ontario budget with Scheer's Conservatives - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trudeau Liberals link 'reckless' Ontario budget with Scheer's Conservatives  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The federal Liberals are attacking the Ontario Progressive Conservative government's first budget sin...
  
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• Amid scandal, audit into Baltimore non-profit's work ordered - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Amid scandal, audit into Baltimore non-profit's work ordered  Lethbridge News NowBaltimore's acting leader has ordered an audit of a non-profit's management of a city youth fund with $12 mill...
  
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• Stolen wooden fisherman known as 'Shorty' returned to NS business - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Stolen wooden fisherman known as 'Shorty' returned to NS business  Lethbridge News NowPEGGY'S COVE, N.S. — A popular wooden fisherman that was stolen from a tourist spot in Peggy's Cove, N.S., earlier this week is now safely back home.
  
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• Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby undergoes emergency appendectomy - Lethbridge News Now

  15-04-2019 02:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby undergoes emergency appendectomy  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — Another big blow for OG Anunoby. The Toronto Raptors forward underwent an emergency appendectomy on Thursday evening, two days before ...
  
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