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• How children’s books have changed

  07-05-2019 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Global News speaks to three literary experts to ask them what they believe have been some of the biggest changes in kids' books.
  
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• City Council Hears Positive Update from Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee

  07-05-2019 23:08
  
  
  Lethbridge City Council approved funding in its most recent operating budget for ongoing reconciliation initiatives.
  
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• Guinness reverses decision, grants marathon record to nurse who ran in pants

  07-05-2019 21:01
  Guinness World Records has reversed its decision to strip away the record title of a marathon runner who had been awarded “fastest marathon wearing a nurse's uniform.” The title was initially denied because she was wearing medical scrubs with trousers instead of a skirt when she ran the race.  In a statement, Guinness World Records now “unreservedly apologize and accept full responsibility” for their initial reversal. They said they are pleased to award U.K. nurse Je
  
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• Off-season outlook: Lethbridge Hurricanes - DUBNetwork

  07-05-2019 21:00 via dubnetwork.ca
  Off-season outlook: Lethbridge Hurricanes  DUBNetworkThis is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention.
  
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• Food trucks undergo safety inspections ahead of busy festival season

  07-05-2019 20:59
  The city and Alberta Health Services are holding a food truck inspection blitz this week to ensure that the mobile kitchens are safe and ready for a busy festival season. The three-day event is meant to streamline the inspection process for food truck operators. “We have a really short season, festival season here in Calgary, so what we do is have a multi-day blitz, safety blitz, for the food trucks,” said Cliff de Jong, Acting Coordinator of the city’s Safety Response Unit. Th
  
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• Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over 'pressing issues' - Lethbridge News Now

  07-05-2019 20:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Pompeo meeting with Merkel cancelled over 'pressing issues'  Lethbridge News NowBERLIN — The U.S. State Department says a planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chancellor Angela Merkel has been ...
  
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• Lethbridge Looking For Athletes & Coaches For Southern Alberta Summer Games

  07-05-2019 20:37
  All ages and levels are needed to represent the City of Lethbridge at the Games.
  
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• Disney slates Fox films, 'Avatar' pushed another year - Lethbridge News Now

  07-05-2019 20:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Disney slates Fox films, 'Avatar' pushed another year  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - The long wait for more "Avatar" films will go on a little longer. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday la...
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney Announces Panel to Review Alberta's Finances

  07-05-2019 20:25
  
  
  The non-partisan panel will come up with recommendations to balance the budget and to start paying down the debt.
  
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• Former Saskatchewan finance minister advising Alberta government on fiscal plan

  07-05-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Janice MacKinnon will chair a panel of experts and come up with a plan by mid-August to get the province out of deficit.
  
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• MEG Energy posts larger-than-expected loss despite bitumen price increase

  07-05-2019 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  MEG Energy posted a larger-than-expected net loss despite a rise in revenue as its average price for blended bitumen rose by 56 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2018.
  
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• Bighorn Country parks proposal will not go ahead: Alberta environment minister

  07-05-2019 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's new environment minister says he will scrap the previous government's proposed plan for protected areas in western Alberta.
  
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• Bruins put away Blue Jackets to advance to conference final - Lethbridge News Now

  07-05-2019 19:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bruins put away Blue Jackets to advance to conference final  Lethbridge News NowCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Tuukka Rask made 39 saves and recorded his sixth career playoff shutout as the Boston Bruins ...
  
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• Air Canada Now Serving Lethbridge With Larger Dash 8-300 Aircraft

  07-05-2019 19:12
  Air Canada getting a big upgrade in Lethbridge in terms of aircraft.
  
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• Alberta Historian to Receive Honourary Degree From University of Lethbridge

  07-05-2019 19:01
  Hugh A. Dempsey, one of Alberta’s most renowned storytellers, authors and historians will be recognized by the University of Lethbridge when he is awarded an honorary degree at 2019 Spring Convocation.
  
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• Canada to pay full cost of bringing garbage back from Philippines, whatever it may be

  07-05-2019 18:55
  OTTAWA -- Canada has agreed to pay the full cost of bringing 69 garbage-laden shipping containers back across the Pacific Ocean to Vancouver -- but it remains unclear just how much that will be. A spokesman for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says the president and his cabinet spoke about the matter Monday evening. A Global Affairs Canada official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss matters not yet made public, says Canada has agreed to foot the bill. However, the department won'
  
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• Robert Leeming charged with second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, Aliyah Sanderson

  07-05-2019 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary police have officially charged Robert Leeming with the murder of Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter Aliyah Sanderson.
  
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• City Council Hears Downtown Lethbridge Seeing Positive Turnaround

  07-05-2019 17:22
  
  
  It appears some of the initiatives put forward by City Council to tackle safety concerns in the downtown are having a positive impact, according to the Downtown BRZ.
  
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• Refugee system facing largest backlog of asylum claims ever, AG finds

  07-05-2019 16:27
  OTTAWA -- Canada's refugee system is plagued with a backlog of asylum claims that is worse now than it has ever been, caused in part by systemic inefficiencies, according to findings from acting auditor general Sylvain Ricard. As part of five audits of government activities released Tuesday, Ricard's office looked at how quickly and efficiently the three government agencies involved in reviewing and processing refugee claims are doing their work. The audit found Canada's refugee system is not ab
  
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• Millions of callers to federal agencies unable to get through to a real person: AG

  07-05-2019 16:15
  OTTAWA -- If you were one of the millions who tried to reach a federal department or agency on the phone in the last year or so, this may not come as much of a surprise, but a new report from the federal auditor general has found that millions of callers have been unable to speak with a real person when they call looking for assistance. The audit — which looked at the call centres of Employment and Social Development Canada; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; and Veterans Affair
  
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• Harry and Meghan's royal newborn is no prince, yet

  07-05-2019 16:11
  Now that Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have welcomed their first child, questions are emerging about how the newest member of the Royal Family should be addressed, how he will be raised, and where he ranks in the hierarchy.Keep up-to-date with the latest royal news with our Royal Dispatch newsletterOn Monday, a glowing Prince Harry shared news that his wife Meghan had given birth to a healthy baby boy earlier that day. Although the couple is “still thinking” about
  
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• Traffic snarled by crash at Deerfoot Trail and Stoney Trail S.E.

  07-05-2019 16:05
  Police are on the scene of a serious crash at Stoney Trail and Deerfoot Trail S.E. that saw a vehicle veer off the road and land in a pond. A vehicle was heading northbound on Deerfoot Trail and took the exit to westbound Stoney Trail where it left the road, flipped, and landed in a pond. Police believe the crash may have been caused by the driver suffering a medical event. An adult female was taken to the South Health Campus in unknown condition. Initial reports said a passenger was uninjured h
  
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• Crash sends car cereening into pond in southeast Calgary

  07-05-2019 16:05
  A serious crash at Stoney Trail and Deerfoot Trail S.E. that saw a vehicle veer off the road and land in a pond has traffic backed up in the area. A car was heading northbound on Deerfoot Trail and took the exit to westbound Stoney Trail where it left the road, flipped, and landed in a pond. Police believe the crash may have been caused by the driver suffering a medical event. An adult female was taken to the South Health Campus in serious, life-threatening condition. Initial reports said a pass
  
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• Crash sends car careening into pond in southeast Calgary

  07-05-2019 16:05
  Police are looking into the cause of a serious crash at Stoney Trail and Deerfoot Trail S.E. that saw a vehicle veer off the road and land in a pond. A car was heading northbound on Deerfoot Trail just after 7 a.m. and took the exit to westbound Stoney Trail where it left the road, flipped, and landed in a pond. Police believe the crash may have been caused by the driver suffering a medical event. An adult female was taken to the South Health Campus in serious, life-threatening condition. Initia
  
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• 20 per cent of all board directors are female: StatCan

  07-05-2019 16:00
  OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says women fill 19.4 per cent of the seats on corporate boards of directors across public, government and private organizations, but more than half of all boards were composed entirely of men. The report released today is based on 2016 data and looks at gender diversity in the boardroom among companies of all types. Its analysis found that 28 per cent of the boards had just one woman and 15.2 per cent had more than one woman, but 56.8 per cent of the boards had no wom
  
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• Robert Leeming charged with two counts of second-degree murder

  07-05-2019 15:14
  Accused killer Robert Leeming has been formally charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sanderson.  The 34-year-old appeared in a Calgary courtroom on Tuesday morning by CCTV.Watch Robert Leeming speak to reportersLeeming is being represented by well-known defence lawyer Balfour Der. "This is obviously a highly stressful time for him but beyond that, the case is just so new, so fresh that ... there isn’t a
  
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• Leeming charged, autopsy identifies bodies as Lovett and Sanderson

  07-05-2019 15:14
  Accused killer Robert Leeming has been formally charged with two counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter, Aliyah Sanderson.  The 34-year-old appeared in a Calgary courtroom on Tuesday morning by CCTV.Watch Robert Leeming speak to reportersLeeming is being represented by well-known defence lawyer Balfour Der. "This is obviously a highly stressful time for him but beyond that, the case is just so new, so fresh that ... there isn’t a
  
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• Accused double killer to appear in Calgary courtroom

  07-05-2019 15:14
  Charges are pending against a man accused of killing Jasmine Lovett and her 22-month-old daughter Aliyah Sanderson. Police haven’t yet identified the man arrested Monday morning, however they said it is the same man who was arrested two weeks ago then released.Watch Robert Leeming speak to reporters after being releasedRobert Leeming, 34, who lived with Lovett in his Cranston condo, has previously confirmed he was the man arrested. The bodies of a woman and child, believed to be Lovett and
  
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• UN says sand overuse contributing to flooding and droughts

  07-05-2019 13:38
  GENEVA — The UN’s environment program is warning about the overuse of sand resources, saying a three-fold increase in demand over the last 20 years amid increasing population, urbanization and building work has contributed to beach erosion, flooding and drought. In a new report launched Tuesday, UNEP urged a re-think about the use of the world’s second-most extracted resource, after water, by industry, governments and the public. UNEP said demand for sand and gravel amounts to
  
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• Moscow plane crash survivor recalls strong lightning strike

  07-05-2019 13:30
  MOSCOW -- A survivor of the Russian commercial airliner that crash-landed in Moscow on Sunday, killing 41 people, says a flash of lightning was noticed moments before the plane began its emergency descent. Investigators are still working to understand what happened to cause the plane to ignite in a fireball upon landing. A lightning strike is one theory. Dmitry Kharinin, an engineer and resident of Volgograd told a local news outlet Tuesday that he saw the lightning: "It was very strong, and cou
  
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• Canada welcomes any U.S. help on dispute with China, says rural minister

  07-05-2019 10:23
  OTTAWA -- A Nova Scotia cabinet minister says the federal government would welcome any help the United States could offer in helping Canada in its ongoing dispute with China. "I would say that it would be helpful, for sure," Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan said in an interview. "It's different times now in the world than we've faced even four years ago. We see challenges all around the world. And we will continue, as a government, to stand up for our Canadian products." Chi
  
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• Canada calls out China at WTO council meeting for evidence to back canola ban

  07-05-2019 10:23
  OTTAWA -- Canada has used a major World Trade Organization gathering to demand China deliver evidence that Canadian canola is contaminated. Stephen de Boer, the Canadian ambassador to the world's leading trade body in Geneva, told the WTO's general council on Tuesday that Canada wants to meet in China in good faith to hear its science-based concerns that recent Canadian canola shipments were, in fact, tainted. China banned shipments from two Canadian canola companies last month. This week, the g
  
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• Meatsplainer: How new plant-based burgers compare to beef

  07-05-2019 10:12
  NEW YORK -- If you want to skip meat, a new era of options is here. Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are among the companies racing to tap into the massive U.S. market of meat eaters by more closely mimicking the taste of beef than vegetarian patties of the past. Others are working to grow meat in labs. So are the plant-based patties better for you or for the planet? Here's what you might want to know before taking a bite: ARE THEY HEALTHIER? As with many questions about diet, it depends. For be
  
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• All directly involved in Sri Lanka attacks dead or arrested

  07-05-2019 08:26
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Two bomb experts were among the suicide attackers who struck churches and hotels on Easter in Sri Lanka and all those directly involved in the bombings are either dead or under arrest, police said. Acting police chief C.D. Wickramaratne also said in a statement late Monday that explosives the Islamic State-linked group stocked for use in more attacks have been seized. The bombings killed 257 people and wounded hundreds at three churches and three hotels. Seven suicide bombe
  
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• Green Party's Paul Manly wins B.C.'s Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection

  07-05-2019 07:30
  NANAIMO, B.C. -- Voters in Nanaimo, B.C., elected the Green Party's Paul Manly as their new member of Parliament, barely six months before October's federal election. With about 93 per cent of the ballots counted in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection, Manly has taken about 38 per cent of the vote. John Hirst, the Conservative candidate, is a distant second with 25 per cent of the vote. Manly will become the second Green Party member in Parliament, joining Leader Elizabeth May. "This bodes well for
  
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• Sask. man faces sex assault, other charges in case that almost sparked Amber Alert

  07-05-2019 06:55
  MEADOW LAKE, Sask. -- Charges have been laid against a man in Saskatchewan in a case that almost led police to issue an Amber Alert. RCMP began searching for the man Sunday after they were called about a serious assault on a woman at a home in Meadow Lake, where they say the suspect went to another home in the community and allegedly took a three-year-old girl. Investigators immediately determined an Amber Alert would be necessary, but officers soon spotted a vehicle south of Meadow Lake that ma
  
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• Pressured over press rights, Myanmar frees Reuters reporters

  07-05-2019 06:22
  YANGON, Myanmar -- Two Reuters journalists whose reporting on the Myanmar military's abuses of Rohingya Muslims got them imprisoned and drew the world's attention to curbs on freedom of the press were freed Tuesday as part of a mass presidential pardon. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, walked out of Yangon's notorious Insein Prison at about 9:40 a.m. As they passed through the front gate, waving to the gathered crowd, they were mobbed like rock stars by fellow reporters who as professionals had
  
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• New community well-being and safety strategy presented to Lethbridge community issues committee

  07-05-2019 05:57 via globalnews.ca
  Community well-being and safety in Lethbridge was front and centre Monday as members of city council met as the community issues committee. Danica Ferris has the details.
  
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• New community well-being and safety strategy presented to Lethbridge city committee - Global News

  07-05-2019 05:45 via globalnews.ca
  New community well-being and safety strategy presented to Lethbridge city committee  Global NewsAfter months of community engagement, including a survey filled out by more than 2000 people, a new community well-being and safety strategy was submitted ...
  
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• New community well-being and safety strategy presented to Lethbridge city committee

  07-05-2019 05:45 via globalnews.ca
  After months of community engagement, including a survey filled out by more than 2,000 people, a new community well-being and safety strategy was submitted and presented to a city committee in Lethbridge on Monday.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: May 6

  07-05-2019 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, May 6, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Calgary driver fights ticket from private parking lot citing ‘simple mistake’

  07-05-2019 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  A private parking lot ticket is being disputed by a Calgary woman after she said she did pay to park, but for the wrong vehicle.
  
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• Pats acquire 17-year-old forward from Lethbridge - 620 CKRM.com

  07-05-2019 02:00 via 620ckrm.com
  Pats acquire 17-year-old forward from Lethbridge  620 CKRM.comThe Regina Pats are hoping they picked up a player Monday afternoon who can be an offensive contributor for th...
  
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• Alberta syphilis rate 10 times higher than 5 years ago

  07-05-2019 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  AHS recently sent a letter to all family doctors, urging them to talk to their patients about the importance of STI testing.
  
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• One woman injured in downtown shooting

  07-05-2019 01:32
  One woman is in hospital in stable condition following a shooting downtown. Police were called to Riverfront Avenue and 4th Avenue Southeast around 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon and found a woman in medical distress. A man and a woman were seen running away from the area. Police have closed off Dermot Baldwin Way Southeast and Riverfront Avenue Southeast between 4th Avenue and 6th Avenue to allow for their investigation. More to come.
  
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• Police issue new warnings for scams in Coaldale

  07-05-2019 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  A Coaldale man is facing fraud charges after a popular scam made its way to southern Alberta on Monday. As Quinn Campbell reports, it’s just one of many ways people are trying to make a quick buck these days.
  
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