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• Lethbridge Muslim Association hopes to build cultural bridges in the city - Global News

  22-04-2019 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Muslim Association hopes to build cultural bridges in the city  Global NewsThe Lethbridge Muslim Association took some time to share their culture and religion with hundreds of community members. Demi Knight reports.
  
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• Lethbridge Muslim Association hopes to build cultural bridges in the city

  22-04-2019 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Muslim Association took some time to share their culture and religion with hundreds of community members. Demi Knight reports.
  
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• RCMP investigate after 11-year-old shot in chest in southern Alberta

  22-04-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Police said it's believed a 13-year-old was playing with a 22-caliber pistol when it was accidentally discharged, hitting the 11-year-old in the chest.
  
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• Parks Canada calls recovery of 3 world-class climbers from Banff National Park ‘treacherous and complex’

  22-04-2019 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  Parks Canada is calling the recovery of three world-class climbers from Banff National Park treacherous and complex, involving a helicopter, a search dog and 28 people.
  
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• Child from Hutterite colony accidentally shot with .22 caliber pistol - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 23:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Child from Hutterite colony accidentally shot with .22 caliber pistol  Lethbridge News NowPINCHER CREEK, AB - An 11-year-old child has been transported to Calgary Children's Hospital, after being acci...
  
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• Preteen suffers gunshot wound to the chest after alleged accidental shooting near Pincher Creek

  22-04-2019 23:02
  An 11-year-old child has been transported to the Alberta Children’s Hospital after being shot by a teenager Monday morning. According to RCMP, an 11-year-old from the Pincher Creek Hutterite Colony was playing with a 13-year-old with the older child found a .22 caliber pistol at an undisclosed location. The elder of the two is said to have accidentally fired the handgun and the 11-year-old was struck in the chest. No adults were present at the time of the shooting. At approximately 11:30 a
  
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• Preteen shot after cousins find loaded pistol during water fight on Pincher Creek Hutterite Colony

  22-04-2019 23:02
  An 11-year-old boy has been transported to the Alberta Children’s Hospital after being accidentally shot in the upper chest by a teenager Monday morning. According to RCMP, the 11-year-old from the Pincher Creek Hutterite Colony was playing with a 13-year-old boy with the older child found a .22-calibre pistol. No adults were present at the time. "(Our) investigation so far has shown that a 13-year-old from the colony as well had found a .22 loaded pistol in one of the buildings in the col
  
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• Child Taken to Hospital After Accidental Shooting Near Pincher Creek

  22-04-2019 22:59
  The shooting happened late Monday morning at the Pincher Creek Hutterite Colony. An 11 year old child has been taken to hospital in Calgary.
  
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• Alberta government halts construction work on superlab site in Edmonton

  22-04-2019 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  During the election campaign, Premier-designate Jason Kenney vowed the medical superlab approved by the NDP would be scrapped if the United Conservatives were voted in.
  
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• Calgary Flames clean out lockers following early exit from playoffs

  22-04-2019 21:49
  The Calgary Flames were ousted from the 2019 NHL Playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night and the players were at the Saddledome on Monday cleaning out their lockers. The Flames were the top team in the west and faced the Avs in the first round of the playoffs. The eighth-seeded Avalanche defeated the Flames in five games and it was the first playoff series win for the Avs since 2008. On Monday, Flames players were down at the Dome cleaning out their lockers. Goalie Mike Smith said it
  
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• 'Slap in the face': Postal code change leaves couple facing insurance hike

  22-04-2019 20:55
  An Ontario couple saw their home and auto insurance premiums increase to the tune of hundreds of dollars per year because of a change in their address – even though they didn’t move. Christine and David Pindar live in a rural part of Oshawa, Ont., east of Toronto. They were notified by Canada Post last summer that the last three digits of their postal code would be changing. Once the change took effect, they passed on the new information to their insurance company, the Allstate Insur
  
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• Premier-designate Jason Kenney names senior staff

  22-04-2019 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier-designate Jason Kenney has announced five members of his senior staff.
  
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• Lethbridge citizens named to Premier Designate Jason Kenney's senior staff - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 20:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge citizens named to Premier Designate Jason Kenney's senior staff  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Premier-designate Jason Kenney has announced the members of his senior staff, and included in the list of just five, are two people from ...
  
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• Jason Kenney names senior government staffers

  22-04-2019 20:42
  Premier-designate Jason Kenney announced Monday the senior staff members who will serve his office and lead his transition team. That team includes:Jamie Huckabay, chief of staff. Howard Anglin, principal secretary. Katy Merrifield, executive director of communications and planning. Christine Myatt, director of communications and press secretary. David Knight Legg, head of transition.Raised in Lethbridge, Huckabay was chief of staff to Kenney and the UCP caucus while in opposition. Anglin previo
  
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• Two Lethbridge Natives Named to Premier Designate's Senior Staff

  22-04-2019 20:19
  Jamie Huckabay and David Knight Legg, both from Lethbridge, will serve in the Office of the Premier and help lead Jason Kenney's transition team.
  
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• Trump, business organization sue Democratic House chairman - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump, business organization sue Democratic House chairman  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his business organization sued the Democratic chairman of the House ov...
  
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• 'Today' co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager expecting 3rd child - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Today' co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager expecting 3rd child  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - "Today" show co-anchor Jenna Bush Hager is pregnant with her third child. The 37-year-old journalis...
  
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• 'The Curse of La Llorona' reigns over weekend box office - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'The Curse of La Llorona' reigns over weekend box office  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES — “The Curse of La Llorona” brought good fortune at the box office. The Warner Bros. horror film based on a Mexican legend about a woman ...
  
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• Sri Lanka blocks social media after Easter Sunday bombings - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sri Lanka blocks social media after Easter Sunday bombings  Lethbridge News NowSri Lankan authorities flicked the off switch on most social media after Easter Sunday attacks on churches and...
  
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• Possible intel failures to be examined in Sri Lanka blasts - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Possible intel failures to be examined in Sri Lanka blasts  Lethbridge News NowCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Police in Sri Lanka said Monday the investigation into the Easter Sunday bombings will ex...
  
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• Police: 'New breed' of terrorists in Northern Ireland - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Police: 'New breed' of terrorists in Northern Ireland  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Police in Northern Ireland arrested two teenagers Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of a...
  
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• Philippine quake knocks over building, damages airport - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Philippine quake knocks over building, damages airport  Lethbridge News NowMANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake in the north Philippines on Monday trapped some people in a collapsed building, damaged an airport terminal and ...
  
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• P.E.I. Greens suspend activities after tragedy in campaign's final days - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  P.E.I. Greens suspend activities after tragedy in campaign's final days  Lethbridge News NowCHARLOTTETOWN - With the provincial election campaign drawing to a close in P.E.I., Green party Leader Pe...
  
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• Paris Easter Mass honours firefighters who saved Notre Dame - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Paris Easter Mass honours firefighters who saved Notre Dame  Lethbridge News NowPARIS — The archbishop of Paris and Catholics from around France and the world honoured the firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral, praying Sunday ...
  
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• News groups fight to keep Harvey Weinstein's hearing open - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  News groups fight to keep Harvey Weinstein's hearing open  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Both sides in Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault case want the media and the public barred from the ...
  
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• John Singleton of 'Boys N the Hood' hospitalized with stroke - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  John Singleton of 'Boys N the Hood' hospitalized with stroke  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — “Boyz N the Hood” director John Singleton suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, according to his family. Additional details ...
  
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• Harry and Meghan's royal baby: Questions asked and answered - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Harry and Meghan's royal baby: Questions asked and answered  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - The time is drawing near for the impending birth of the first child for Prince Harry and his wife Meg...
  
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• Happy birthday: Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Happy birthday: Queen Elizabeth II turns 93 on Easter Sunday  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 93rd birthday, which this year coincides with Easter Sunday. The queen is marking Easter by attending a ...
  
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• Egyptians vote on changes that would extend el-Sissi's rule - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Egyptians vote on changes that would extend el-Sissi's rule  Lethbridge News NowCAIRO — Egyptians cast their ballots Saturday on the first of three days of voting on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ...
  
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• Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Comedian headed for landslide victory in Ukraine  Lethbridge News NowKIEV, Ukraine — A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV cruised toward a landslide victory in Ukraine's presidential ...
  
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• 'Catastrophically' injured van attack survivor, 92, thankful to be alive - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Catastrophically' injured van attack survivor, 92, thankful to be alive  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO - Aleksandra Kozhevnikova doesn't remember being hit by the van that careened through north Toron...
  
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• Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Buttigieg scrambles to turn 2020 buzz into momentum  Lethbridge News NowMANCHESTER, N.H. - There are no policy positions on his website. He has virtually no paid presence in the stat...
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump, AG spread untruths on Mueller report - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP FACT CHECK: Trump, AG spread untruths on Mueller report  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is still distorting the truth about the Russia investigation , claiming exoneration from a special counsel's report that he ...
  
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• More than 6,700 Afghan war veterans receiving federal assistance for PTSD

  22-04-2019 19:27
  OTTAWA -- Canada's war in Afghanistan ended five years ago, but the price of that effort continues to grow. Newly revealed figures show the number of veterans from the war in Afghanistan receiving federal support for mental-health conditions nearly doubled between March 2014 and March 2018. The figures obtained from Veterans Affairs Canada through access to information show more than 6,700 military members who served in Afghanistan were receiving disability benefits for mental-health conditions
  
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• Trump 'not even a little bit' worried about impeachment

  22-04-2019 19:06
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump says that "nobody" disobeys his orders, a reference to the Mueller report, which paints a deeply unflattering picture of his presidency. Trump made the comments Monday during the annual Easter Egg roll when asked by reporters about special counsel Robert Mueller's portrayal of a White House in which staffers often ignore the president's orders. The report suggested that some of those refusals helped protect the president from himself. But Trump insisted
  
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• Smoak nabbed after Laureano overthrow, but Jays sweep A's - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2019 19:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Smoak nabbed after Laureano overthrow, but Jays sweep A's  Lethbridge News NowOAKLAND, Calif. — Justin Smoak got thrown out on a wild sequence that began with another sensational play by Oakland centre fielder Ramon Laureano, but ...
  
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• Investigation ongoing, House subpoenas ex-White House lawyer

  22-04-2019 19:06
  WASHINGTON -- A House chairman subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn as Democratic leaders moved to deepen their investigation of President Donald Trump while bottling up talk among their rank-and-file of impeaching him. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler was one of six powerful committee leaders making their case on a conference call Monday with other House Democrats late in the day that they are effectively investigating Trump-related matters ranging from potential obstruction to his
  
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• House chairman issues subpoena to former White House lawyer

  22-04-2019 19:06
  WASHINGTON -- A House chairman subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn as Democratic leaders moved to deepen their investigation of President Donald Trump while bottling up talk among their rank-and-file of impeaching him. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler was one of six powerful committee leaders making their case on a conference call Monday with other House Democrats late in the day that they are effectively investigating Trump-related matters ranging from potential obstruction to his
  
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• Democrats subpoena former White House lawyer McGahn

  22-04-2019 19:06
  WASHINGTON -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday subpoenaed former White House Counsel Don McGahn for testimony following the special counsel's report that said McGahn refused U.S. President Donald Trump's request to curb or cut off the Russia investigation. The New York Democrat announced his court action to compel McGahn to testify before the panel and provide documents. According to special counsel Robert Mueller's report, McGahn was among the Trump aides who effectiv
  
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• Dem leaders stress more Trump probes, downplay impeachment

  22-04-2019 19:06
  WASHINGTON -- A House chairman on Monday subpoenaed former White House Counsel Don McGahn as Democratic leaders moved to deepen their investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump while bottling up talk among their rank-and-file of impeaching him. Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler was one of six powerful committee leaders making their case on a conference call with other House Democrats late in the day that they are effectively investigating Trump-related matters ranging from potential obstructio
  
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• Trial Set for Lethbridge Woman Charged with Counterfeit Money Offences

  22-04-2019 18:10
  A trial is expected to go ahead late this summer for a Lethbridge woman accused of using counterfeit money.
  
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• New Lethbridge Back Lane Addressing Bylaw Coming Into Effect April 24

  22-04-2019 17:48
  Anyone with property in Lethbridge that borders an alley will have to put their house number at the back as well as the front.
  
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• More than 23 million people have used the world’s most hackable password

  22-04-2019 17:29
  Millions of web users have ignored the advice of security professionals, using easily hackable and insecure passwords such as "123456" and "password" to protect their online accounts. Despite annual warnings on the dangers of weak passwords, 23.2 million user accounts hacked worldwide used the password “123456," according to data provided to the U.K. government’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). The six-digit login has topped the list of the worst passwords since 2011. Surprisi
  
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• Acquisitions, insolvencies cited as drilling company count tumbles by 40%

  22-04-2019 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  A new analysis cites industry data which shows only 26 drilling contractors have been working so far in 2019, 17 fewer than observed in 2014.
  
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• Trudeau congratulates Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy

  22-04-2019 17:05
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a statement congratulating Ukraine president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on winning the presidential runoff vote. • Read more about the Ukraine election result “The future of Ukraine must be decided by the people of Ukraine,” PM Trudeau said in a statement issued Monday. “In casting their ballots, Ukrainians have inspired people across the region and around the world.” The statement goes on to confirm that “Canada stands f
  
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• Parks Canada to give update after four killed in two separate slides

  22-04-2019 16:51
  Officials are expected to provide an update Monday on avalanche conditions in the Rocky Mountains after four people were killed in two separate slides in recent days. A press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. MT. The first avalanche happened Wednesday when three experienced climbers, 35-year-old Hansjörg Auer and 28-year-old David Lama of Austria, and 36-year-old Jess Roskelley of the United States, were scaling the Howse Peak route along the Icefields Parkway. All three were members of Th
  
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• Climbers summitted Howse Peak before fatal avalanche hit, say family members

  22-04-2019 16:51
  Three men killed in an avalanche in Banff National Park had successfully summited Howse Peak and were on their way back down when the slide hit, according to family members. Jess Roskelley, David Lama and Hansjörg Auer were reported missing Wednesday after failing to check in with family following a summit attempt on the east face of Howse Peak, near the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park. The three were members of The North Face’s Global Athlete Team. Their bodies were recovere
  
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• Danish billionaire loses three children in Sri Lanka bombings

  22-04-2019 15:42
  Three of the four children of Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen died in the Sri Lanka bombing attack, according to local media reports.Read the latest coverage on the Sri Lankan attacksThe family was reportedly visiting the country over the Easter holiday. The names of the children have not been released at this time. Holch Povlsen is one of Denmark’s richest men, being the owner of the clothing chain Bestseller and the biggest single shareholder in online clothing retailer ASOS. He
  
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• Fire at home in city’s southeast under investigation

  22-04-2019 15:19
  A home in the Ogden area was damaged in a fire early Monday morning and the cause of the blaze is now under investigation. Emergency crews were called to a fire on the porch of a home in the 6000 block of 18A Street S.E. at about 5:30 a.m. Two people who lived in the home were able to get out safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• Over 1,000 arrested since mass climate protests began in London

  22-04-2019 14:42
  LONDON -- British police say more than 1,000 people have been arrested since mass climate change protests began in London one week ago. Police said Monday the arrest total stands at 1,065 since Extinction Rebellion set out to paralyze parts of central London to emphasize the need for sharp reductions in carbon use. Only 53 of those people have been formally charged with criminal offences. Police say Waterloo Bridge was reopened to vehicles overnight, having been occupied by the demonstrators sin
  
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