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• Receiver named for Calgary-based Trident Exploration at request of Orphan Well Association

  03-05-2019 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Orphan Well Association says it has taken the "unprecedented'' step of having a receiver appointed to manage the oil and gas assets of failed Trident Exploration.
  
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• Pets play big role in many Canadians’ financial decision making

  03-05-2019 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  More and more Canadians are making financial and purchasing decisions based on their pets.
  
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• Lethbridge students join provincewide walkout over proposed changes to gay-straight alliances

  03-05-2019 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Students in Lethbridge took a stand against policies proposed by Premier Jason Kenney during a protest on Friday morning.
  
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• Lethbridge Steel looking for redemption as WWCFL season kicks off - Global News

  03-05-2019 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Steel looking for redemption as WWCFL season kicks off  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The Western Women's Canadian Football League season begins this weekend. Danica Ferris reports on how the Lethbridge Steel are seeking ...
  
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• Medical experts say everyone should avoid indoor tanning

  03-05-2019 23:26
  A Calgary-based study looking at the connection between indoor tanning and skin cancer has made some interesting findings but all of the doctors involved in the research agree that indoor tanning beds are unsafe. Dr. Tina Cheng, an oncologist with the University of Calgary, treats a lot of patients with melanoma and a number of other skin cancers. She says they started the study because they noticed a lot of their patients who had developed melanoma had used indoor tanning in the past. “We
  
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• Lethbridge Steel looking for redemption as WWCFL season kicks off

  03-05-2019 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  "We lost a heart-breaker last year by one point," said second-year Lethbridge Steel player Christy Weiss. "Definitely looking to settle that this year."
  
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• Taber Police Draw Sock Round Shotguns in Noon Hour Incident Friday

  03-05-2019 22:37
  Taber Police Chief Graham Abela says officers displayed their less lethal sock round shotguns but no rounds were fired.
  
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• Saskatchewan loses carbon tax challenge — what it means for the rest of Canada

  03-05-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  Chief Justice Robert Richards ruled that establishing minimum national standards for a price on greenhouse gas emissions falls under federal jurisdiction.
  
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• Crowds of Edmonton students march for climate change action

  03-05-2019 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  On Friday afternoon, students from schools across Edmonton swarmed downtown streets and marched for government action on climate change.
  
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• Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Rules Federal Carbon Tax Imposed on Province is Constitutional

  03-05-2019 21:28
  
  
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government will look into an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
  
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• Trump discusses 'Russian Hoax' in long call with Putin

  03-05-2019 20:31
  WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin discussed what Trump again dismissed as the "Russian Hoax" in their first known phone call since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia's extensive meddling during the 2016 election campaign. Putin chuckled about Mueller's conclusions, Trump said. During their conversation on Friday, which the White House and Kremlin said lasted more than an hour, they also discussed a possible three-party arms control pac
  
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• Students Participate in Provincewide Walkout in Support of Gay-Straight Alliances

  03-05-2019 20:17
  Dozens of schools and thousands of students across Alberta took part in the 20 minute long walkout Friday morning.
  
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• PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed to manage Trident Exploration’s assets

  03-05-2019 20:13
  The group that oversees thousands of abandoned energy wells in the province of Alberta has taken an unprecedented step in the wake of the collapse of Calgary-based Trident Exploration. The Orphan Wells Association, a non-profit organization funded by the energy industry to address abandoned wells, says it asked the court to appoint a receiver to manage just over 4,000 wells in Alberta, formerly owned by Trident Exploration The organization said on Friday morning that the application was granted.
  
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• Federal carbon tax is constitutional: Saskatchewan Court of Appeal

  03-05-2019 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal says Ottawa does have a constitutional right to impose a carbon tax on provinces.
  
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• Health and safety inspection teams head to flood-affected zones in New Brunswick

  03-05-2019 20:00
  FREDERICTON - Health and safety inspection teams are fanning out across flood-affected regions of New Brunswick today, assessing homes and businesses that are still drying out amid receding floodwaters. New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization says the teams will inspect electrical systems and determine if repairs are needed. Residents seeking an assessment are being asked to report any damage through a toll-free line or by registering online. Homes that have been disconnected from the el
  
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• Ontario First Nation where 5 died in blaze says it has no way of fighting fires

  03-05-2019 19:51
  A northern Ontario First Nation where a mother and four of her children died in a house fire this week has no effective means or equipment to fight fires, a spokesman said Friday as the community grappled with its loss. Sam McKay, spokesman for the chief and council of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, said the community about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay has a fire truck that doesn't work, a fire hall that was never completed and no fire hoses. There are fire hydrants in some pa
  
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• More fines levied by election commissioner in UCP leadership race

  03-05-2019 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  On Thursday, the Office of the Election Commissioner (OEC) fined Amy Davies $3,000 for contributing that same amount to Callaway “with funds given or furnished by another person.”
  
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• Motorists Asked to Watch for Highway Cleanup Volunteers this Weekend

  03-05-2019 19:38
  Volunteers in orange vests will be cleaning litter along the highway as part of the annual Alberta Government Highway Cleanup.
  
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• Mother charged with murder in fatal stabbing of infant

  03-05-2019 19:23
  LITTLE FERRY, N.J. - A mother accused of fatally stabbing her infant in the family's northern New Jersey home has been charged with murder. Hiralbahen Bhavsar also faces a weapons count stemming from the child's death. Bergen County prosecutors say the 29-year-old Little Ferry woman called 911 Thursday evening and said she was having a medical emergency at her apartment. Responding officers found several of Bhavsar's family members in the apartment, but she was inside a locked bedroom. She event
  
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• First responders demonstrate new interactive tool at annual Disaster Alley event

  03-05-2019 18:26
  First responders will be at McMahon Stadium this weekend to teach people how to prepare for emergencies and a new tool that helps citizens understand more about the disasters that pose the greatest risk to Calgary communities will be unveiled. First responders say disasters in Canada are increasing in frequency and severity and that people need to be prepared in the event of an emergency. Disaster Alley is in its tenth year and the goal of the event is to share information about the kinds of dis
  
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• Quebec judge declares parts of vaping legislation invalid after challenge

  03-05-2019 17:59
  MONTREAL -- Quebec is within its rights to legislate on vaping, but a provision banning demonstrations of vaping products inside shops or specialized clinics goes too far, a Quebec judge has ruled. In a judgment released Friday, the court also invalidated another section of the provincial law prohibiting the advertising of vaping products to smokers seeking to kick their habit. A legal challenge was brought by an association representing Quebec vape shops and the Canadian Vaping Association. The
  
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• Members of Hells Angels support club charged with trafficking: ALERT

  03-05-2019 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Police have charged members of an outlaw motorcycle group in central Alberta with drug trafficking.
  
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• Suspected members of Hells Angels support club busted on drug and weapons charges

  03-05-2019 16:56
  Police in Red Deer have arrested three people they believe are connected to a Hells Angels support club following a two-year investigation dubbed Project Rocker. Launched in April 2017, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation focused on suspected drug trafficking activities by the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club, which police say is a support club of the Hells Angels. Project Rocker wrapped up on Tuesday when three people were arrested and three homes were searched, whe
  
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• Members of Hells Angels support club busted on drug and weapons charges

  03-05-2019 16:56
  Police in Red Deer have arrested three people they say are connected to a Hells Angels support club following a two-year investigation dubbed Project Rocker. Launched in April 2017, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) investigation focused on suspected drug trafficking activities by the Syndicate, an outlaw motorcycle club in central Alberta police say is a support club of the Hells Angels. Project Rocker wrapped up on Tuesday when three people were arrested and three homes were s
  
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• Alberta Premier speaks to media after meeting with Doug Ford

  03-05-2019 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  Newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke to media after meeting with Doug Ford at the Ontario legislature Friday, talking about the federal carbon tax, how the majority of provinces are now led by Conservative leaders, and addressed concerns about changes to GSAs in schools.
  
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• Students walk out of class in support of GSAs

  03-05-2019 15:44
  High school students across Alberta walked out of class Friday morning as a protest against the newly minted government’s stance on GSAs. Students are upset over the United Conservative Party's plan to replace the School Act, known as Bill 24, with the Education Act of 2012, known as Bill 10. The School Act was brought in by the previous NDP government and includes wording that protects the privacy of students who join Gay-Straight Alliances at school, meaning their parents or guardians ca
  
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• School walkouts planned in support of GSAs

  03-05-2019 15:44
  Thousands of students across Alberta are planning to walk out of class Friday morning as a protest against the newly minted provincial government’s stance on GSAs. “Our plan is to have students exit class at 9:30 a.m. and to stand on the sidewalk outside their school,” reads an Instagram post advertising the event. “We advise that you bring posters to hold up. We will return to class at 9:50 (a.m.)” Students are upset over the United Conservative Party's plan to rep
  
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• Cruise ship quarantined for measles case heads to Curacao

  03-05-2019 15:12
  WILLEMSTAD, Curacao -- Authorities in Curacao debated on Friday how to respond to a ship with 300 people aboard that is heading to the Dutch Caribbean island after being placed under quarantine in nearby St. Lucia because of a confirmed case of measles. The ship left St. Lucia late Thursday after spending two days under quarantine. Authorities there said the ship's doctor requested 100 vaccines after a female crew member was diagnosed with measles. It is unclear whether she remains in St. Lucia.
  
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• 30 nations pitch internet security rules amid Huawei concern

  03-05-2019 14:47
  PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- Cybersecurity officials from dozens of countries on Friday proposed a set of principles to ensure the safety of next generation mobile networks amid concerns over the use of gear made by China's Huawei. The non-binding proposals were published at the end of a two-day meeting in Prague to discuss the security of new 5G networks. The U.S. has been lobbying allies to ban Huawei from 5G networks over concerns China's government could force the company to give it access to d
  
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• Home invasion sends man to hospital with stab wounds

  03-05-2019 14:42
  A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds after a home invasion in the community of Saddle Ridge early Friday. Police say "a number of people" entered a home on Saddlecrest Crescent N.E. just after 6 a.m. and they are now looking for four to five suspects. No descriptions are available. A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with stab wounds in serious condition, according to EMS.
  
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• TransCanada shareholders agree to drop 'Canada' from the name

  03-05-2019 14:10
  CALGARY -- TransCanada Corp. is officially dropping the "Canada" from its name, but CEO Russ Girling isn't saying he expects it will make it any easier to get pipelines approved in Canada or the United States. The company is now to be called TC Energy Corp., after shareholders approved the change at its annual meeting Friday. "The name TC Energy acknowledges our origin as TransCanada Pipelines, while adding the world 'energy' speaks to the breadth of our business, which includes pipelines, power
  
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• TransCanada reports $1B first-quarter profit, up from $734M a year ago

  03-05-2019 14:10
  CALGARY -- TransCanada Corp. topped expectations as it reported a profit of $1.00 billion in its latest quarter, up from $734 million a year ago, as its revenue edged higher. The pipeline company says the profit amounted to $1.09 per share for the quarter ended March 31. That compared with a profit of 83 cents per share in the same quarter last year. Revenue for what was the company's first quarter totalled $3.49 billion, compared with $3.42 billion in the first quarter of 2018. On a comparable
  
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• Premier Doug Ford to meet with Jason Kenney at Ontario legislature

  03-05-2019 14:02 via globalnews.ca
  A statement from Ford's office says the pair will discuss the federal carbon tax, pipelines and interprovincial trade.
  
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• Premier Doug Ford meets with Jason Kenney at Ontario legislature

  03-05-2019 14:02 via globalnews.ca
  A statement from Ford's office says the pair will discuss the federal carbon tax, pipelines and interprovincial trade.
  
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• First Nation community mourning mother, four kids killed in house fire

  03-05-2019 13:26
  A mother and four of her children were killed in a house fire on a northern Ontario First Nation on Thursday, leaving the remote community struggling to deal with the tragedy. There was no immediate word on what caused the early morning fire on the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, located about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont. Chief Donny Morris said every member of the community of roughly 1,000 was affected. "We are in utter disbelief," he said in a statement. "Today, our co
  
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• 3 years after Fort McMurray wildfire, rebuild continues: ‘We just want our home back’

  03-05-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  It's been three years since a raging wildfire tore through Fort McMurray and for some, the rebuild continues.
  
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• European, American authorities make major darknet bust

  03-05-2019 12:48
  BERLIN -- European and American investigators have broken up one of the world's largest online criminal trafficking operations in a series of raids in the United States and Germany, authorities said Friday. Three German men, ages 31, 22 and 29, were arrested after the raids in three southern states on allegations they operated the so-called the "Wall Street Market" darknet platform, which hosted some 5,400 sellers and 1.15 million customer accounts, Frankfurt prosecutor Georg Ungefuk told report
  
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• Venezuela thrust to forefront of U.S.-Russia clashes

  03-05-2019 12:30
  WASHINGTON -- Russia's support for Venezuela's embattled President Nicolas Maduro has become the latest flashpoint in deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, moving to the top of a list of long-simmering spats between the Cold War foes. As the dispute intensifies with both sides trading accusations and entrenched in diametrically opposed positions from which they are unwilling to retreat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to meet Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov n
  
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• Cyclone Fani hits India's east coast; 1.2M evacuated

  03-05-2019 10:52
  KOLKATA, India -- Cyclone Fani tore through India's eastern coast on Friday as a grade 5 storm, lashing beaches with rain and winds gusting up to 205 kilometres (127 miles) per hour and affecting weather as far away as Mount Everest as it approached the former imperial capital of Kolkata. The India Meteorological Department said the "extremely severe" cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hit the coastal state of Odisha around 8 a.m., with weather impacted across the Asian subcontinent. Dust storms were
  
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• Lethbridge Tennis Club offering introductory programs - Lethbridge Herald

  03-05-2019 10:44 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Tennis Club offering introductory programs  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Tennis Club offering introductory programs Lethbridge With another summer on the court starting this weekend, the Lethbridge Tennis Club is.
  
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• Doug Ford meets with Jason Kenney at Ontario legislature

  03-05-2019 10:32
  TORONTO -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney visited Ontario on his fourth day on the job to meet with Premier Doug Ford and discuss their mutual opposition to the federal carbon tax. Both premiers are strongly against the levy, and Kenney noted an important decision was coming Friday from Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal on whether it is constitutional. "I want to thank Premier Ford and his government for being key players in the coalition fighting the carbon tax cash grab," Kenney said. "Premier, as
  
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• Carbon tax on the agenda for Ford, Kenney

  03-05-2019 10:32
  TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is meeting with newly elected Alberta Premier Jason Kenney today at the Ontario legislature, where they are discussing the federal carbon tax. Both premiers have strongly opposed the tax, and Kenney noted an important decision is coming today from Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal on whether it is constitutional. Ontario's Appeal Court has also heard a challenge from Ford's Progressive Conservative government over the carbon tax imposed on provinces without thei
  
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• Federal carbon tax ruled constitutional; Ottawa pressures premiers to get on board

  03-05-2019 10:16
  REGINA -- The federal government used a favourable court decision on its carbon tax Friday to put pressure on premiers who don't like it to stop fighting it. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled in a split decision that the tax imposed on provinces without a carbon price of their own is constitutional. "Today's decision is a win for Canadians and for future generations," Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said in Ottawa. "This decision confirms that putting a price on carbon pollution ...
  
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• Federal carbon tax is constitutional: Saskatchewan's appeal court

  03-05-2019 10:16
  REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has ruled in a split decision that a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. The Saskatchewan Party government had asked the court for its opinion on the levy that came into effect April 1 in provinces without a carbon price of their own. In a 155-page decision on the reference case, Chief Justice Robert Richards writes that establishing minimum national standards for a price on greenhouse gas emissions falls under federal jurisdiction. He writes
  
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• Appeal Court to rule on Saskatchewan's court challenge of federal carbon tax

  03-05-2019 10:16
  REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is to make the first ruling in Canada on whether a federally imposed carbon tax is constitutional. The Saskatchewan Party government filed a legal challenge of Ottawa's levy that came into effect April 1 in provinces without a carbon price of their own. Over a two-day hearing in February, Saskatchewan argued that the question isn't one of climate change, but rather the division of power. It argued a carbon tax is unconstitutional because it's not applied e
  
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• Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid

  03-05-2019 09:48
  BOSTON -- A pharmaceutical company founder accused of paying doctors millions in bribes to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tactics as using a stripper-turned-sales-rep to give a physician a lap dance. John Kapoor, the 76-year-old former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy after 15 days of jury deliberations. Four ex-employees of the Chandler, Arizona-based company, including the forme
  
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• TSX rises on oil and gold prices but not enough to salvage losing week

  03-05-2019 09:26
  TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index rebounded Friday on higher metals and oil prices and a strong U.S. jobs report, but still ended the week lower. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 83.55 points at 16,494.43, but was down 119 points for the week, following four days of losses. Ten of the 11 major sectors were up on the day, led by materials and energy on higher commodity prices. The June gold contract was up US$9.30 at US$1,281.30 an ounce and the July copper contract was up 3.95 cents
  
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• Materials sector leads Toronto stock market higher, U.S. stocks also up

  03-05-2019 09:26
  TORONTO -- The materials sector led Canada's main stock index higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also gained ground. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 68.20 points at 16,479.08. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 132.26 points at 26,440.05. The S&P 500 index was up 21.40 points at 2,938.92, while the Nasdaq composite was up 99.16 points at 8,135.93. The Canadian dollar traded for 74.56 cents US compared with an average of 74.28 cents US on Thursda
  
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• Wide range of farmland prices across Alberta in 2018 - Lethbridge News Now

  03-05-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Wide range of farmland prices across Alberta in 2018  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE — A new report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) found the average value of Canadian farmland rose nearly seven per cent last year.
  
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• Staff at Lethbridge automotive shop beaten while on the job - Lethbridge News Now

  03-05-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Staff at Lethbridge automotive shop beaten while on the job  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A Lethbridge business owner is upset, angry and fed up after two of his employees were beaten while on the job Wednesday morning at a ...
  
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