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• N.S. doctors say cancer patient's plea shows system 'in crisis'

  26-04-2019 23:54
  A tear-filled plea from a woman who believes her cancer was missed for years because she didn’t have a family doctor is proof of a system “in crisis,” a Nova Scotia doctor says. The province says it’s working on it. Inez Rudderham said in a video now viewed more than 2.6 million times online that her stage 3 rectal cancer went undiagnosed for two years, despite having made three visits to emergency rooms. She blamed the government and directly challenged Liberal Premier S
  
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• Police arrest third man in alleged abduction of Chinese student

  26-04-2019 23:48
  MARKHAM, Ont. -- Police say they've arrested a third man in the alleged abduction of a Chinese student from Markham, Ont. York Regional Police say they arrested Nathan Plater, 22, of the Ontario Township of Clearview, on Thursday for the disappearance of 22-year-old Wanzhen Lu. They allege Lu was approached from behind on March 23 in the underground lot of his condominium by three men who jumped out of a van, shocked him with a stun gun and forced him into the vehicle. Lu was found three days la
  
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• Environment Canada calling for late season snowfall along B.C. mountain passes

  26-04-2019 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  The national weather agency is predicting five to 10 cm of snow between Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Record number of votes cast in the 2019 Alberta Election

  26-04-2019 23:28
  Just over 1.9 million Albertans cast ballots in the provincial election earlier this month that saw an end to four years of NDP rule in Alberta. Elections Alberta released the official results for the election on Friday and say 1,905,520 ballots were cast during the entire voting period amounting to 64 percent of eligible voters. The agency says a record number of people also voted during the advance polls that accounted for 36.7 percent of votes. Officials say it was the highest number of votes
  
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• ‘Findings of the investigation are unreasonable’: Jeff Park’s lawyer responds to Alberta’s election commissioner

  26-04-2019 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Park was fined a total of $10,500 for donating to Jeff Callaway's UCP leadership campaign "with funds given or furnished by another person."
  
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• Creator of Calgary’s own superhero comic releases second edition at expo

  26-04-2019 22:29
  The 14th annual Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo is on at Stampede Park and the creator of Blackthorne, Calgary's very own superhero vigilante, is among the artists who are displaying their works. Colin Work is a self-taught artist from Calgary who now lives in Saskatchewan.  He says he started writing comics as a teenager to escape and the first comic he ever bought was Batman. “Rumour has it from what my mom says, that I’d learn how to read, reading the Sunday comics,&rdq
  
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• Police make third arrest in abduction of international student in Markham

  26-04-2019 22:11
  A third man wanted in connection with the kidnapping of a Chinese international student in Markham last month has now been arrested, York Regional Police confirmed Friday. The suspect, who police allege helped kidnap 22-year-old Wanzhen Lu from an underground parking garage near Highway 7 and Birchmount Road, was arrested on Thursday. Police previously said that Lu, a Chinese national who is currently studying in Toronto, was with a female friend in the parking garage at around 6 p.m. on March 2
  
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• Manslaughter charge laid after Innisfail man killed

  26-04-2019 21:59
  Innisfail RCMP have laid a charge of manslaughter after a man found injured on a sidewalk died earlier this week. Winston “Drew” Grant, 27, of Innisfail, was found injured on a sidewalk near 51st Avenue and 49th Street in the central Alberta town about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was rushed to hospital, where he later died. The RCMP major crimes unit took over the investigation and on Thursday, Nathaniel Bourgeois, 40, was charged with manslaughter. He has been remanded into custody and
  
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• Lethbridge’s Chinook Regional Hospital gets a refresh as spring cleanup gets underway - Global News

  26-04-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge’s Chinook Regional Hospital gets a refresh as spring cleanup gets underway  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Spring cleaning is underway at Chinook Regional Hospital, and more than a dozen Lethbridge-area volunteers answered the call to lend a ...
  
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• Lethbridge’s Chinook Regional Hospital gets a refresh as spring cleanup gets underway

  26-04-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  The main focus on Friday was mulching flowerbeds and under trees around the facility.
  
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• Calgary set to open community cleanup events this weekend

  26-04-2019 21:52
  Calgarians who are looking to get rid of some unwanted household items will have a chance to do so at one of 100 cleanup events scheduled this year. Between April 27 and October 5, Calgarians will be able to bring any household waste or organic items that don’t fit into their regular receptacles to the nearest community cleanup event. Accepted items include, but are not limited to:Furniture (desks, chairs, sofas, old mattresses) Toilets Recalled or broken recreational products (i.e. treadm
  
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• Global News’ Quinn Ohler, Troy Reeb celebrated at Lethbridge College’s Honouring Excellence event - Global News

  26-04-2019 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  Global News’ Quinn Ohler, Troy Reeb celebrated at Lethbridge College’s Honouring Excellence event  Global NewsGlobal Edmonton anchor Quinn Ohler and Executive Vice President of Broadcast Networks at Corus Entertainment Troy Reeb were among those honoured at ...
  
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• Recommended TransAlta directors elected by shareholders despite activist complaints

  26-04-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  All 12 recommended directors were endorsed by shareholders.
  
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• ‘Primary suspect’ released as police continue search for Jasmine Lovett, Aliyah Sanderson

  26-04-2019 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter Aliyah Sanderson were last seen in the community of Cranston on the evening of Tuesday, April 16.
  
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• Alberta breaks record for most votes cast in provincial election

  26-04-2019 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Election Alberta's final 2019 provincial election numbers have been released and it shows a record number of Albertans came to the polls.
  
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• Cardston business owners look to sell property for $100 and a well-written essay

  26-04-2019 20:00
  A Cardston couple looking to retire is hoping to find just the right person who will appreciate the history and beauty of their building in the same way that they do. Ivan and Marsha Negrych, current owners of the Cobblestone Manor, have operated the bed and breakfast for the past 20 years. It was built in 1921 and features a 100-seat restaurant and a number of unique features like 13 different rare hard woods and distinct stained glass windows. “This coloured stained glass was imported fr
  
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• Kenney meets caucus, says election win already rippling through Alberta economy

  26-04-2019 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  Jason Kenney met with his new caucus and told members he has been receiving phone calls this week from business leaders of major corporations in Canada and abroad who want to begin investing in Alberta.
  
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• American Airlines expects $350-million hit from grounded Boeing plane

  26-04-2019 19:13
  DALLAS -- American Airlines expects to take a $1 billion hit from two things it didn't expect when 2019 started: That its newest Boeing jet would be grounded for months after two deadly crashes, and that oil prices would rise. The airline's top executives are confident that U.S. regulators will soon allow the Boeing 737 Max to fly again after Boeing completes changes to the jet. In the meantime, however, American is rebooking nearly 700,000 passengers who were supposed to be on the 15,000 Max fl
  
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• Alberta RCMP officer facing charges of pointing gun and confining driver while off duty

  26-04-2019 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  ASIRT said Wood Buffalo RCMP Const. Barnaby Seregelyi is facing several charges in connection to a 2017 road rage incident near Barrhead, Alta.
  
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• Alberta oil curtailment pluses outweighed by ‘social costs,’ says Husky CEO

  26-04-2019 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  The CEO of Husky Energy Inc. called on the newly elected United Conservative Party to kill off the curtailment program brought in by the NDP in January.
  
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• University of Lethbridge Reappoints Vice-President of Research

  26-04-2019 18:27
  Dr. Erasmus Okine has had a major impact on the U of L and will be around for another term as VP of Research.
  
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• RCMP officer charged in connection with road rage incident in 2017

  26-04-2019 18:16
  An RCMP officer with the Wood Buffalo detachment has been charged with dangerous driving, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and pointing a firearm in connection with an incident that happened in 2017. According to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, Const. Barnaby Seregelyi was involved in a confrontation with a motorist near Barrhead while off-duty on Dec. 28, 2017. During the incident, Const. Seregelyi allegedly drove his vehicle in a dangerous way and confronted a woman driv
  
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• Victoria mayor says she’ll keep an open mind on oil sands tour

  26-04-2019 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  "Even if I continue to have challenges and problems with the oil industry ... I'll have a broader perspective," said Lisa Helps ahead of the tour.
  
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• Tornado touched down west of Edmonton on Wednesday

  26-04-2019 17:55
  CTV News has confirmed reports of a tornado west of Edmonton on Wednesday. According to Environment Canada, they have received credible reports of a tornado in the Niton area on Wednesday.  They have confirmed that it will go in their records as a verified tornado. The location of the property that was damaged is about 7km north of Peers in the McLeod valley. The earliest reported tornado in Alberta was Feb. 17, 1937 near Nanton, AB. More to come… 
  
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• N.B. declares gonorrhea outbreak, blames dating apps and anonymous sex

  26-04-2019 17:42
  FREDERICTON -- New Brunswick has declared a provincial gonorrhea outbreak, with a steep rise in cases being blamed in part on anonymous sexual encounters arranged through dating apps. Public health authorities say 96 gonorrhea cases were reported last year, compared to the five-year average of 54 cases. Another 20 cases were reported in the first quarter of this year, versus an average of 12. The chief medical officer of health, Dr. Jennifer Russell, says social media tools enable anonymous sex
  
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• 4 dead in fiery pileup near Denver; trucker arrested

  26-04-2019 17:36
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Four people died after a semi-truck hauling lumber lost control and plowed into vehicles on a crowded section of Interstate 70 near Denver, triggering explosions and a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars, authorities said Friday. "It was crash, crash, crash and explosion, explosion, explosion," said John Romero, a spokesman for the Lakewood, Colorado, police department, describing the 28-vehicle chain reaction of blasts from ruptured gas tanks. The
  
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• Permit Approved Burn Sparks Out of Control Grass Fire East of Lethbridge

  26-04-2019 17:26
  Local fire officials are again reminding people to be very careful when it comes to burning in very dry conditions.
  
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• Montreal declares state of emergency as flooding risk rises across Quebec

  26-04-2019 17:02
  MONTREAL -- As a steady rain moved into Quebec Friday, Montreal declared a state of emergency and authorities closely monitored a dam and a dike that were placing residents at risk to the west of the city. Provincial police were patrolling an area of homes and cottages along the Rouge River, about 140 kilometres west of Montreal, where 75 people were forced out when a hydro dam was declared to be at risk of failing. Meanwhile, Canadian Forces soldiers were dispatched to reinforce a dike in Point
  
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• Global News’ Quinn Ohler, Troy Reeb celebrated at Lethbridge College’s Honouring Excellence event

  26-04-2019 16:54 via globalnews.ca
  Global Edmonton anchor Quinn Ohler and Executive Vice President of Broadcast Networks at Corus Entertainment Troy Reeb were among those honoured at Lethbridge College's Honouring Excellence event.
  
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• Mounties appeal for information in 2006 hit and run death of teen on Trans-Canada Highway

  26-04-2019 16:37
  RCMP in Cochrane continue to investigate a hit and run crash on the Trans-Canada Highway that killed a 16-year-old Morley girl over 13 years ago. Brittany Bearspaw tried to cross the highway near the Morley turnoff (Exit 131) on January 1st 2006 and was hit by at least three vehicles before police were called to the scene. Investigators say the teen was struck in the westbound lanes between 7 and 8 a.m. Police made an appeal to the public for help in a Crime Stoppers re-enactment in January 2009
  
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• 'It gives us hope' Family of Morley teen encouraged by RCMP review of fatal 2006 hit-and-run case

  26-04-2019 16:37
  RCMP in Cochrane continue to investigate a hit and run crash on the Trans-Canada Highway that killed a 16-year-old Morley girl over 13 years ago and are asking the public for information. Brittany Bearspaw tried to cross the highway near the Morley turnoff (Exit 131) on January 1st 2006 and was hit by at least three vehicles before police were called to the scene. Investigators say the teen was struck in the westbound lanes between 7 and 8 a.m. Police made an appeal to the public for help in a C
  
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• Imperial Oil reports first quarter profit down from year ago, raises dividend

  26-04-2019 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  Imperial Oil Ltd. raised its dividend nearly 16 per cent as it reported that its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago.
  
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• Hamilton, Ont. mobster in 'life-threatening' condition after shooting: reports

  26-04-2019 16:12
  A convicted mobster who was shot in a Mississauga, Ont. parking lot continues to fight for his life in a Toronto hospital, according to reports. Pasquale (Pat) Musitano of Hamilton, Ont. was shot multiple times after leaving the office of his lawyer about 7 a.m. on Thursday, according to The Hamilton Spectator. Peel police said Friday morning that a shooting victim is still in “life-threatening condition” but did not confirm his identity. Sources told reporters at The Spectator that
  
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• Search for missing mother and child continues in Cranston and Bragg Creek areas

  26-04-2019 16:04
  Calgary police are continuing to focus on two areas in their search for a mother and her child reported missing earlier this week who are now believed to be deceased. Searchers are scouring the southeast neighbourhood of Cranston, where Jasmine Lovett, 25, lived with her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sanderson, as well as wooded areas around Bragg Creek and Priddis, particularly a public restroom along Highway 66. Police are also searching around several properties about 10 kilometres to the eas
  
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• Man released but remains prime suspect in disappearance of Calgary mother and her child

  26-04-2019 16:04
  The man taken into custody in relation to the disappearance of a Calgary mother and her 22-month-old daughter has been released but remains the prime suspect, police said Friday. And investigators would now like to speak to anyone who saw a man in his 30s driving a grey, luxury SUV in the Bragg Creek and East Kananaskis areas between April 16 and 18. Officers believe he was in the area of the Fullerton Loop and Elbow Falls between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. on April 18. He may have been alone or with on
  
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• Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson's live-in landlord speaks out following his arrest

  26-04-2019 16:04
  The man taken into custody in relation to the disappearance of a Calgary mother and her 22-month-old daughter has been released but remains the prime suspect according to police. The owner of a southeast townhouse where Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson live confirmed to CTV on Friday afternoon that he has been arrested and interviewed by police in connection with their suspected deaths. Speaking outside of his home, Robert Leeming told reporters that he had been questioned as part of the doub
  
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• Cranston townhouse owner says he was interviewed by police in disappearance of Calgary mother and daughter

  26-04-2019 16:04
  The man taken into custody in relation to the disappearance of a Calgary mother and her 22-month-old daughter has been released but remains the prime suspect according to police. The owner of a southeast townhouse where Jasmine Lovett and Aliyah Sanderson live confirmed to CTV on Friday afternoon that he has been arrested and interviewed by police in connection with their suspected deaths. Speaking outside of his home, Robert Leeming told reporters that he had been questioned as part of the doub
  
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• Husky Energy reports $328M first quarter profit, up from $249M a year ago

  26-04-2019 15:28 via globalnews.ca
  Husky Energy says it experienced an increase in profit in its latest quarter compared to a year ago.
  
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• Communities in Eastern Canada brace for the worst as flooding continues

  26-04-2019 13:19
  Flooding in several areas of Eastern Canada had many communities bracing for the worst Thursday with Quebec officials warning of a dam failure, Montreal's mayor signalling a "very concrete and direct" threat to some homes and Ottawa declaring a state of emergency. Public security officials in Quebec called for the immediate evacuation of an area along the Rouge River downstream of Chute Bell because of the risk a Hydro-Quebec dam could collapse. The largely rural section of river is in Quebec's
  
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• The Louvre imposes timed tickets ahead of Leonardo da Vinci retrospective

  26-04-2019 13:10
  The Musée du Louvre has announced that visitors will have to book timed tickets in advance for its Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, opening on October 24. This mandatory booking policy is part of an effort to control large crowds. Timed tickets will be sold at 30-minute intervals. Reservations, which will be mainly online, will be obligatory for all visitors, including the 40 percent who enter the Louvre for free. "This will enable us to manage the flow of visitors and prevent them from queu
  
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• No guarantee of federal decision on Trans Mountain pipeline before election: Sohi

  26-04-2019 12:52
  CALGARY -- The federal government can't guarantee it will have a decision on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion prior to the next election, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said. The deadline was pushed back to June 18 from May 22 on the recommendation of Indigenous communities and former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who is advising the government on the consultation process. The proposal to twin the existing Trans Mountain pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C
  
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• Lethbridge Little Leaguers hit a home run in 1981 - Lethbridge Herald

  26-04-2019 10:42 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Little Leaguers hit a home run in 1981  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame is preparing to host its 34th Banquet and Induction Ceremony May 3 at 6 p.m. in the Canadian Western.
  
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• One million recyclable bottles 'lost' daily in B.C., foundation says

  26-04-2019 10:10
  VANCOUVER -- An environmental organization based in Vancouver says one million recyclable bottles and cans "go missing" every day in British Columbia and it's calling for higher deposits to discourage consumers from littering or throwing them away. Chloe Dubois, of the Ocean Legacy Foundation, says her organization analysed data from the Brewers Recycled Container Collection Council and Encorp Pacific, the corporation in charge of container management, to compare bottles and cans sold with the n
  
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• Trump denies paying North Korea $2M for U.S. detainee's care

  26-04-2019 09:12
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. did not pay $2 million to North Korea in 2017 to get American college student Otto Warmbier released from detention. Warmbier, a student at the University of Virginia, died in June 2017 shortly after he was flown home comatose after 17 months in captivity. He had been seized from a tour group while visiting North Korea in January 2016 and convicted on charges of trying to steal a propaganda poster and sentenced to 15 years of ha
  
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• North Korea demanded U.S. pay $2M for captured student in coma

  26-04-2019 09:12
  WASHINGTON -- North Korea insisted the U.S. agree to pay $2 million in medical costs in 2017 before it released detained American college student Otto Warmbier while he was in a coma, a former U.S. official said Thursday. An envoy sent to North Korea to retrieve the 21-year-old student signed an agreement to pay the $2 million on instructions passed down from President Donald Trump, the former official told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomati
  
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• One small spark can create a blaze - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  One small spark can create a blaze  Lethbridge News NowTABER, AB – One might think that the rain and flurries in the local forecast means there's a lesser chance of a fire starting up, but that's not necessarily the case, ...
  
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• Learning to fly – without an engine: Lethbridge Soaring Club looking to expand - Lethbridge News Now

  26-04-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Learning to fly – without an engine: Lethbridge Soaring Club looking to expand  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The sports scene in Lethbridge is a thriving one, and among the reasons for that is the diversity of opportunities and the different clubs out ...
  
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• Daimler says it has no idea how Kim Jong Un got his limos

  26-04-2019 08:09
  TOKYO -- German automaker Daimler, which makes armoured limousines used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, says it has no idea where he got them and has no business dealings with the North. Kim has raised eyebrows by using Daimler-branded stretch limousines at several very high-profile summits, including his meeting this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and both of his earlier summits with President Donald Trump. The sale of luxury goods, including limousines, is banned under U. N. sa
  
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• Sri Lanka says Easter attack leader died in hotel bombing

  26-04-2019 07:32
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The suspected leader of the militant group Sri Lankan authorities said carried out a series of Easter Sunday bombings died in the blast at the Shangri-La hotel, one of six hotels and churches targeted in the attacks that killed at least 250 people, officials said Friday. Police said on an official Twitter account that Mohamed Zahran, the leader of local militant group National Towheed Jamaat known for his vitriolic extremist speeches on social media, had been killed in one
  
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• Sri Lanka military spokesman: Soldiers in gunbattle with suspects linked to Easter attacks

  26-04-2019 07:32
  A Sri Lankan military spokesman says soldiers are in a gunbattle with suspects linked to the Easter attacks.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. PREVIOUS VERSION FOLLOWS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Catholic churches in Sri Lanka cancelled all Sunday Masses until further notice over concerns that they remain a top target of Islamic State-linked extremists, even as authorities said Friday a suspected local leader blew himself up in the Easter suicide bombings. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith told journalists that c
  
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