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• WestJet going to Canada’s highest court to quash proposed class action harassment lawsuit

  18-04-2019 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Former WestJet flight attendant Mandalena Lewis alleges that the company failed to provide a harassment-free workplace for women.
  
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• Lower price discounts to boost Q1 oil profits but sector still faces uncertainty

  18-04-2019 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  Lower discounts on western Canadian oil prices have swollen producer coffers in the first three months of the year, but analysts say they don't expect to see big increases in drilling budgets as companies report results over the coming weeks.
  
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• Ground Officially Breaks on New Huntsville School in Iron Springs

  18-04-2019 23:14
  The original school was built back in 1941.
  
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• Gambler sets another 1-day winnings record on 'Jeopardy!' - Lethbridge News Now

  18-04-2019 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gambler sets another 1-day winnings record on 'Jeopardy!'  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - A professional sports gambler from Las Vegas has broken his own single-episode winnings record o...
  
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• France to hold daylong tribute to Notre Dame firefighters - Lethbridge News Now

  18-04-2019 23:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  France to hold daylong tribute to Notre Dame firefighters  Lethbridge News NowPARIS - It's a day of tribute to the Paris firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse and rescu...
  
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• Shared grief and memories make Notre Dame a unifier online - Lethbridge News Now

  18-04-2019 23:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Shared grief and memories make Notre Dame a unifier online  Lethbridge News NowWARSAW, Poland — As foreign leaders expressed solidarity with France as it mourned the damage at Notre Dame Cathedral, people around the world shared ...
  
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• Librarians archiving Alberta’s scientific reports before change in government

  18-04-2019 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta librarian has been archiving much of the provincial government's online content — including studies on health and climate change policy — to prepare for a change in government.
  
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• Transfer of power in Alberta begins following Alberta election

  18-04-2019 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  Outgoing premier Rachel Notley and incoming premier Jason Kenney are beginning the transfer of power following the Alberta election.
  
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• STARS Air Ambulance receives first new H145 helicopter

  18-04-2019 22:06
  STARS Air Ambulance received the first of nine new Airbus H145 helicopters on Thursday, which will eventually replace its fleet of BK117s. “This is an epic, unbelievable day for us,” said CEO Andrea Robertson. The current fleet of helicopters have been in use by STARS since the organization that provides life-saving missions across western Canada was formed in 1985. “They’re getting costlier to maintain, parts are harder to find and they’re 34 years old, so the deci
  
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• City of Lethbridge Taking Over Ownership of Stafford Drive YMCA Building

  18-04-2019 21:35
  As the owner of the land, the City of Lethbridge will now take ownership of the old YMCA building.
  
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• 6 people arrested after series of alleged distraction-style jewelry thefts in Edmonton

  18-04-2019 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  Six people are believed to have been involved in more than 20 alleged distraction-style thefts in Edmonton since March.
  
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• Man attacked by bobcat on Connecticut golf course

  18-04-2019 21:01
  SPRAGUE, Conn. -- A bobcat that attacked a golfer in Connecticut was beaten off by golf clubs before environmental police tracked it down and shot it. Mohegan Sun Golf Course general manager Philip Krick Jr. tells The Day a foursome was near a bunker on the seventh hole when the cat jumped on one man's back around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. State environmental police Sgt. Christopher Dwyer says the man's fellow golfers used their clubs to beat the bobcat, who was tracked to a culvert and shot. The bobc
  
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• Transportation Safety Board issues 2 safety advisories after Field train derailment

  18-04-2019 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  The TSB said it has advised Transport Canada to review the efficacy of air brake system inspection and maintenance procedures for grain hopper cars used in unit train operations.
  
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• Three climbers presumed dead in avalanche in Banff National Park

  18-04-2019 20:07
  Officials say three people are believed dead after an avalanche in Banff National Park on Wednesday afternoon. The victims are three men, one American and two Europeans, who were attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. A representative of The North Face identified the group as David Lama, Jess Roskelley and Hansjörg Auer, members of the Global Athlete Team: They are missing, and local search and rescue has assumed the worst. We are waiting to lear
  
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• Sleepy drivers get wake-up call with new impairment suit

  18-04-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Ford has come up with its latest impairment suit — the sleep suit — which is intended "to simulate driver fatigue.”
  
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• Psych Evaluation Extended for Man Charged in Fatal Highway Crash

  18-04-2019 20:07
  It's going to take a bit longer to complete a psychiatric assessment for a Lethbridge man accused of causing a fatal crash on Highway 3 west of Coalhurst.
  
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• 3 climbers believed killed in Banff National Park avalanche

  18-04-2019 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Due to dangerous conditions at the scene, recovery efforts weren't possible on Thursday.
  
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• 3 believed killed in Banff National Park avalanche

  18-04-2019 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Due to dangerous conditions at the scene, recovery efforts weren't possible on Thursday.
  
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• Hollywood studios' 'torrent of lawsuits' target illegal downloaders in Canada

  18-04-2019 19:45
  Over the past year, Hollywood TV and movie studios have been suing “hundreds of everyday” Canadians for allegedly sharing and downloading copyrighted material, an Atlantic-based law firm says in a press release. “A torrent of lawsuits are descending on Canadians accused of online file sharing. If you get one of these, it can't be ignored,” privacy lawyer and partner at McInnes Cooper David T.S. Fraser said in a tweet on Monday. He stressed this wasn’t a hoax and tha
  
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• Hollywood movie studios' 'torrent of lawsuits' target illegal downloaders in Canada

  18-04-2019 19:45
  Over the past year, Hollywood TV and movie studios have been suing “hundreds of everyday” Canadians for allegedly sharing and downloading copyrighted material, an Atlantic-based law firm says in a press release. “A torrent of lawsuits are descending on Canadians accused of online file sharing. If you get one of these, it can't be ignored,” privacy lawyer and partner at McInnes Cooper David T.S. Fraser said in a tweet on Monday. He stressed this wasn’t a hoax and tha
  
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• Slight cannabis supply increase leads to 26 new Alberta retail licences

  18-04-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  AGLC says since issuing 10 additional retail licences in January, there's been "a modest increase in cannabis inventory available to retailers."
  
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• NDP Leader Rachel Notley speaks about her ‘incredibly seasoned’ caucus

  18-04-2019 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  When asked about who NDP Leader Rachel Notley might place in critic positions, she said she’s encouraged by her “incredibly seasoned, well-informed” caucus.
  
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• NDP Leader Rachel Notley disappointed in delay on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion decision

  18-04-2019 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley said while she is disappointed in the federal government’s move to delay its decision on Trans Mountain, she said there is a need to get it right.
  
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• ‘We had a good discussion’: NDP Leader Rachel Notley on meeting with Premier-designate

  18-04-2019 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  NDP Leader Rachel Notley said her meeting with Premier-designate Jason Kenney went well. She said she is looking forward to taking over her position as leader of the Official Opposition.
  
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• Alberta Premier-designate Jason Kenney weighs in on Trans Mountain decision being delayed

  18-04-2019 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier-designate Jason Kenney said he has spoken with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the delay in the decision regarding Trans Mountain. Kenney said he certainly doesn’t want the government to go back to the drawing board for a third time.
  
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• Premier-designate Jason Kenney hopes for civility after division Alberta election campaign

  18-04-2019 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Premier-designate Jason Kenney said he hopes there will be civility in the Alberta legislature between the two parties following a divisive election campaign.
  
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• Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire: police official

  18-04-2019 18:33
  Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark. A judicial police official told The Associated Press that investigators made an initial assessment of the cathedral Wednesday but don't have a green light to search Notre Dame's charred interior because of ongoing safety hazards. The cathedral's fragile walls w
  
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• Short-circuit 'likely caused' Notre Dame fire

  18-04-2019 18:33
  PARIS -- The latest on the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and its aftermath (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A French judicial police official said investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral fire. The official, who spoke anonymously about the ongoing investigation, said investigators still don't have the green light to work in the cathedral and search in the rubble for safety reasons. He told The Associated Press the monument is still being consoli
  
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• Police official: Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire

  18-04-2019 18:33
  Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned landmark. A French judicial police official told The Associated Press that investigators made an initial assessment of the cathedral Wednesday but don't have a green light to search Notre Dame's charred interior because of ongoing safety hazards. The official, who spoke o
  
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• Lethbridge Man Gets Jail Time For Assaulting Elderly Man in Taber

  18-04-2019 17:46
  22 year old Heinrich Froese will spend three and a half months behind bars for being part of a violent assault in Taber last summer.
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada sides with police in internet child luring case

  18-04-2019 16:21
  OTTAWA -- Undercover police officers do not need to obtain a judicial warrant before using email or instant-message services to communicate with someone suspected of child luring, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The high court decision came Thursday in the case of Sean Patrick Mills, a Newfoundland man convicted of internet luring after a police officer posed online as a 14-year-old girl named "Leann." The constable created an email account and Facebook page for the fictitious girl in 201
  
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• Ottawa extends deadline on Trans Mountain Pipeline decision

  18-04-2019 15:17
  The federal government has given itself some more time to hammer out a decision for the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline. The decision was supposed to come out on May 22 but the government has pushed that date back to June 18. Amarjeet Sohi, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, released a statement on Thursday and said they want to make sure consultations with First Nations groups move forward in a meaningful way.Today I provided an important update on the Trans Mountain Expansion
  
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• Flames fall to Avs in OT, now face must-win scenario at home on Friday

  18-04-2019 15:05
  It’s now do-or-die for the Calgary Flames. After giving up a tying goal late in regulation time against the Colorado Avalanche, the Flames fell 3-2 in overtime for the second straight game and now trail 3-1 in their opening round Stanley Cup playoff series. Game 5 goes Friday in Calgary when the Flames, who finished the regular season first in the Western Conference, will look to avoid a similar fate as the Tampa Bay Lightning, who finished first in the Eastern Conference and were swept in
  
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• Drumheller building evacuated amid possible bomb scare

  18-04-2019 15:04 via globalnews.ca
  More details are expected to be released Thursday regarding a possible bomb scare in Drumheller.
  
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• Ottawa extends deadline for Trans Mountain decision to June 18

  18-04-2019 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government is extending the deadline to make a decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to June 18.
  
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• Trump tried to seize control of Mueller probe: report

  18-04-2019 13:59
  WASHINGTON -- Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. The report said that in June 2017, Trump directed White House Counsel Don McGahn to call the acting attorney general and say that Mueller must be ousted because he had conflicts of interest. McGahn refu
  
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• Trump tried to choke Russia probe, oust Mueller, report says

  18-04-2019 13:59
  WASHINGTON -- Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. Trump was largely thwarted by those around him. Mueller laid out multiple episodes in which Trump directed others to influence or curtail the Russia investigation after the special counsel's appointment in May 2
  
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• After 2 years of waiting, Americans will see Mueller report

  18-04-2019 13:59
  WASHINGTON -- After nearly two years of waiting, America is about to get some answers straight from Robert Mueller-- but not before U.S. President Donald Trump's attorney general has his say. The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of the special counsel's report on Russian election interference and the Trump campaign, opening up months, if not years, of fights over what the document means in a deeply divided country. Even the planned release of the nearly 40
  
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• Japan's Suzuki in domestic recall of 2 million vehicles

  18-04-2019 13:46
  Japanese small car manufacturer Suzuki announced Thursday it was recalling two million vehicles shipped domestically, citing improper inspections and a series of other faults including false fuel efficiency data. The recall affects vehicles running for four years or less that have not yet received a routine check-up. Last week, Suzuki admitted that an internal review had uncovered a host of problems at its factories, including faulty brake checks, falsified fuel-efficiency data, and uncertified
  
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• More help arriving for mother who lost 7 children in Halifax house fire

  18-04-2019 13:32
  HALIFAX - More relatives of Kawthar Barho are set to arrive in Canada Friday, exactly two months after a fast-moving Halifax house fire killed her seven children and left her husband badly burned. Halifax MP Andy Fillmore and the Hants East Assisting Refugees Team (HEART Society) say in a news release issued Thursday that an additional group of family members is arriving, although it didn't specify who, how many or where they're coming from. The Barho family arrived in Halifax in September 2017
  
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• Portugal says all 29 dead in bus crash were German

  18-04-2019 12:05
  LISBON, Portugal -- All the 29 people killed in a tour bus crash on Portugal's Madeira Island were German, Portugal's foreign ministry confirmed Thursday. The bus carrying 55 people, all German tourists except a Portuguese driver and guide, rolled down a steep hill after veering off the road on a bend east of Madeira's capital, Funchal, on Wednesday evening when it was still light and in fine weather. The crash injured 28 others. A foreign ministry statement reiterated the government's condolenc
  
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• Lethbridge College presenting second 'Merging Realities' conference - Medicine Hat News

  18-04-2019 11:21 via medicinehatnews.com
  Lethbridge College presenting second 'Merging Realities' conference  Medicine Hat NewsDave Mabell. Lethbridge Herald. [email protected]. Last year, participants from 84 cities in 16 nations joined students in Lethbridge – and they ...
  
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• No official Lethbridge-West result - Lethbridge Herald

  18-04-2019 11:19 via lethbridgeherald.com
  No official Lethbridge-West result  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald As of press time Wednesday there were still no official results published for the Lethbridge-West riding. The Lethbridge-West returning.
  
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• Red Deer metal shop goes up in flames - Lethbridge News Now

  18-04-2019 11:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Red Deer metal shop goes up in flames  Lethbridge News NowRED DEER, AB – Smoke could be seen for miles after a Red Deer metal shop went up in flames Wednesday morning. Red Deer firefighters were called to Red ...
  
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• NYC cathedral suspect had booked a flight to Italy, police say

  18-04-2019 10:57
  NEW YORK -- A college teacher arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral this week and had booked a Thursday flight to Rome, the New York Police Department said. Marc Lamparello, 37, is facing charges including attempted arson and reckless endangerment after his arrest Wednesday night at the New York City landmark, said John Miller, the New York Police Department's deputy commis
  
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• Man with gas cans arrested at St. Patrick's church in NYC

  18-04-2019 10:57
  NEW YORK -- A New Jersey man was arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters, the New York Police Department said, just days after flames ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.Around 7:55pm, a man walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with gas cans and lighter fluid, and was subsequently apprehended by @NYPDCT without incident. We thank our partners for their help, and remember - if you see something, say s
  
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• Lethbridge College presenting second 'Merging Realities' conference - Lethbridge Herald

  18-04-2019 10:43 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge College presenting second 'Merging Realities' conference  Lethbridge HeraldDave Mabell Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Last year, participants from 84 cities in 16 nations joined students in Lethbridge - and they.
  
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• Canadian sentenced to life in U.S. airport attack

  18-04-2019 07:21
  FLINT, Mich. -- A Canadian man convicted of terrorism for nearly killing an airport police officer in Michigan was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. U.S. prosecutors said Amor Ftouhi drove 1,609 kilometres from Montreal to the airport in Flint, Michigan, where he yelled "God is great" in Arabic and repeatedly stabbed Lt. Jeff Neville in 2017. Investigators said Ftouhi wanted to stab Neville, take his gun and start shooting people in the airport. He legally drove into the U.S. at Champlain, N
  
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• Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson returns to Calgary for filming of Jumanji sequel

  18-04-2019 06:52
  A scheduled three-day shoot has brought several big name stars to Calgary including a former member of the Calgary Stampeders practice roster who found success after his playing days came to an end. Filming is underway on the sequel to ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ at an undisclosed location in the neighbouring mountains and industry insiders say the call sheet includes Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Nick Jonas. For Johnson, the return to Albert
  
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• TSX hits all-time high on lift from health care, financials and industrials sectors

  18-04-2019 06:14
  TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index hit an all-time high on strength in the health-care sector, which includes many of the country's big cannabis companies, as well as gains in the financial and industrial sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 22.70 points at 16,566.94 after hitting 16,597.37 in early trading. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 55.68 points at 26,505.22. The S&P 500 index was down 2.23 points at 2,898.22, while the Nasdaq composite was down 21.61
  
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