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• Lethbridge Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder, to be Sentenced for Manslaughter Instead

  08-05-2019 23:35
  Addison Wakefield was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of second degree murder in the January 2013 stabbing death of George Span.
  
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• Canada’s 2 largest railways moved record amounts of grain in April

  08-05-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's two largest railways say they moved a record amount of grain out of Western Canada in April.
  
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• Teenager dead, two seniors transported to hospital following fatal crash east of Airdrie

  08-05-2019 23:21
  A teenage girl is dead and two seniors were transported to hospital following an early afternoon highway crash outside of Airdrie. Two cars, a wagon and a sedan, collided shortly before 1:00 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Highway 567 and Range Road 285. RCMP say the teenager was driving eastbound when she encountered poor weather and lost control of the vehicle. The teenager's car entered the westbound lane of the highway and collided with an oncoming car. According to EMS, one person w
  
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• One dead, two transported to hospital following fatal crash east of Airdrie

  08-05-2019 23:21
  One person is dead and two people were transported to hospital following an early afternoon highway crash outside of Airdrie. Two cars, a wagon and a sedan, collided shortly before 1:00 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Highway 567 and Range Road 285. According to EMS, one person was pronounced dead at the crash scene. The identity of the deceased has not been released. STARS Air Ambulance officials confirm an elderly man, approximately 75 years old, was airlifted to the Foothills Medical
  
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• Young Girl Offered Ride to School by Two Unknown Men, Lethbridge Police Investigating

  08-05-2019 23:00
  LPS are looking into a report of two suspicious men who allegedly offered a 10 year old girl a ride to school earlier in the week on the city's north side.
  
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• Airdrie RCMP investigate indecent exposure

  08-05-2019 22:52
  Mounties in Airdrie are looking for the public’s help to identify a suspect wanted in connection with another indecent act involving a minor. Airdrie RCMP were called to respond to a complaint at a park south of Meadowbrook Middle School at about 4:00 p.m. on May 7. It is alleged a male suspect exposed himself to a young girl. The suspect is described as:White male 30-40 years old Brown hair in a buzz cut Brown eyes Between 173 and 178 cm or 5’8” to 5’10” tallHe was
  
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• Lethbridge Police Searching For Suspects Brandishing Knives Near SCS

  08-05-2019 22:28
  An incident involving knives near the Supervised Consumption Site has Lethbridge Police looking for a pair of suspects.
  
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• On-farm canola stocks increase while wheat stocks drop - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 21:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  On-farm canola stocks increase while wheat stocks drop  Lethbridge News NowSASKATOON -- Statistics Canada reports canola stocks were 10 million tonnes at the end of March, an increase o...
  
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• Ontario court upholds murder conviction for man tried four times in 1981 killing

  08-05-2019 21:41
  A chapter has closed in a decades-long legal saga after Ontario's highest court upheld a first-degree murder conviction for a man who was tried four times in the killing of a Hamilton nursing assistant. Robert Badgerow was arrested in the late 1990s and charged in the death of Diane Werendowicz, a 23-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped in a ravine in Hamilton in 1981. Badgerow, who was 23 at the time of the crime, was convicted of first-degree murder, but the verdict
  
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• Info sought on Good Samaritan who stepped in to help child

  08-05-2019 21:27
  Calgary police are looking for the public’s help to identify a man who helped a young child who was in medical distress last month. Officials say a man was walking in Taradale at about 10:20 p.m. on April 25 when he spotted a young child in need of help at a home on Tarington Road N.E. The Good Samaritan rendered first aid to the child and then remained with the child’s mother until EMS arrived. After emergency crews arrived, the man walked away, continuing south on Tarington Road. P
  
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• Rattlesnake removed from University of Lethbridge office

  08-05-2019 21:08
  The University of Lethbridge had an unwelcome visssssitor on Tuesday, a small rattlesnake that managed to fall through a mechanical grate and make its way into an office. In a video posted to social media, snake catcher Ryan Heavy Head takes only a few seconds to corral the wayward reptile, which was sitting between a bookshelf and a desk in a fourth floor office. The snake was placed in a box and released nearby outside, all while sounding its tell-tale rattle. “I think it probably came o
  
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• Construction Begins on New Visitor Centre at Waterton Lakes National Park

  08-05-2019 21:07
  The $17.3 million dollar building contract has been awarded to Graham Construction from Calgary and work is already underway.
  
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• Renewed Search for Missing Couple, Including Lethbridge Woman, Starts Wednesday

  08-05-2019 21:00
  Search volunteers will be looking to the north of Kimberley for Alex Simons of Kamloops and Sydney Robillard of Lethbridge after the pair went missing nearly two years ago.
  
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• Stampede fans enjoy a super early sneak peek of new summer show

  08-05-2019 20:57
  Now that the warm weather has returned, many Calgarians are looking forward to summer and the upcoming Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. A group of performers helped out in the Stampede fever on Wednesday with a pop-up event for the 2019 Bell Grandstand Show called “Trailblazer.” Inspired by the travelling shows of the early 20th century, the new performance brings all of that excitement onto a state-of-the-art outdoor stage. Trailblazer is created by Grammy and Emmy award winner David
  
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• Lethbridge's Material Recovery Facility Officially Opens at Landfill

  08-05-2019 20:53
  
  
  The MRF is up and running just ahead of the first curbside pick-up.
  
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• 72-year-old man driving lawn tractor faces charge over breath sample

  08-05-2019 20:53
  ALBERTON, P.E.I. -- It's unlikely there was a high-speed chase when police in western P.E.I. pulled over a 72-year-old man behind the wheel of a lawn tractor. The Mounties say he was stopped in the town of Alberton on Tuesday night after they received a tip suggesting he had been drinking. The man is facing a charge of failing to give a proper breath sample. He is scheduled to appear in court in June. A spokesman for the RCMP detachment in Rosebank declined to release further details.
  
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• New public art sculpture installed at new 12 Street Bridge

  08-05-2019 20:04
  Art lovers in the City of Calgary have a new piece of public art to enjoy, this time in the southeast community of Inglewood. Wolfe and the Sparrows, a cast bronze sculpture from Canadian artist Brandon Vickerd, sits on the southwest corner of the new 12 Street Bridge in Inglewood. In creating his work, Vickerd drew inspiration from an existing statue of General James Wolfe, created by John Massey Rhind in 1898, that stands in park in Mount Royal. Wolfe led British forces to victory over the Fre
  
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• Alberta’s Freedom Conservative Party names David White new interim leader

  08-05-2019 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  David White has been announced as the interim leader of Alberta's Freedom Conservative Party, after running for the party in last month's provincial election.
  
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• Lethbridge man charged with kidnapping, death threats to remain behind bars - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 19:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man charged with kidnapping, death threats to remain behind bars  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A 54-year-old Lethbridge man facing six charges including assault causing bodily harm, kidnapping, threats causing death, intimidation and ...
  
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• Family pleads for answers in 2016 homicide of Jeremy Boisseau

  08-05-2019 18:39
  The sister of Calgary man whose remains were found in a wooded area near Waiparous two years after he disappeared made a tearful appeal for answers Wednesday. Stephanie Lewis, the sister of Jeremy Boisseau, said her family was devastated when he went missing in November 2016 and again when his remains were found in October 2018. "We loved Jeremy and there isn't a day that passes without our hearts longing for him," she said. "We miss him very much and so does the rest of our family and friends.
  
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• Construction accident in Alberta’s energy sector kills two workers

  08-05-2019 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  Source Energy Services said two contractors died on Tuesday during work on additional storage capacity for what's known as fracking sand at the company's terminal near Fox Creek.
  
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• Lethbridge artist opens exhibition in Fernie - Fernie Free Press

  08-05-2019 17:42 via thefreepress.ca
  Lethbridge artist opens exhibition in Fernie  Fernie Free PressDonna Bilyk is showing at The Arts Station until May 28.
  
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• Residents continue opposition to Springbank Dam

  08-05-2019 17:36
  A group of residents opposed to the Springbank Dam gathered Tuesday to discuss the project ahead of another community meeting planned for Wednesday. Instead, the residents say building a dry dam and reservoir to protect against catastrophic flooding makes more sense at McLean Creek. “We have always very strongly felt this was not the appropriate project. It was not good public policy and our reasoning for that is the Springbank project only protects one community, and that’s a small
  
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• Health Canada approves reducing blood donation ban for gay men to three months

  08-05-2019 16:08
  OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved a request from the Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec to reduce the blood donation ban on men who have sex with men from one year to three months. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor made the announcement on Parliament Hill Wednesday morning, saying that the three month wait period is now in effect.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics news“It’s a very significant announcement… As a result, m
  
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• Ban on blood donation for men who have sex with men reduced to 3 months

  08-05-2019 16:08
  OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved a request from the Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec to reduce the blood donation ban on men who have sex with men from one year to three months. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor made the announcement on Parliament Hill Wednesday morning.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics news“It’s a very significant announcement… As a result, men who have sex with men will be able to give blood after
  
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• Man arrested after hours-long standoff in High River

  08-05-2019 15:58
  High River RCMP arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a car following an hours-long standoff south of Calgary on Tuesday. The Calgary police HAWCS helicopter was used to track a pair of stolen vehicles heading south on Highway 2 at high rates of speed about 4:30 p.m. The vehicles split up and one of them, a 2010 Audi A4, crashed in an alleyway near 3rd Avenue and 18th Street S.E. in High River. A 17-year-old girl from Airdrie was taken into custody a short distance away but a 22-ye
  
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• Crown stays breach of trust charge against suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman

  08-05-2019 15:43
  OTTAWA – Federal prosecutors have stayed the charge of breach of trust against suspended Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, citing no “reasonable prospect of conviction,” meaning he is a free man and there will be no pre-election trial. Norman says he is now looking forward to returning to work, and has vowed to tell his story in the coming days. Inside the Ottawa courthouse on Wednesday, prosecutors outlined their reasoning behind the dropped charge in the high-profile case, prompted b
  
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• Golf Town opens pop-up stores in Kamloops and Lethbridge - Canada NewsWire

  08-05-2019 15:25 via newswire.ca
  Golf Town opens pop-up stores in Kamloops and Lethbridge  Canada NewsWireTORONTO, May 8, 2019 /CNW/ - Golf Town is opening two "pop-up" stores in key Western Canadian markets, offering Kamloops, BC, and Lethbridge, AB, the ...
  
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• Calgary researchers turn greenhouse gases into carbon fibre

  08-05-2019 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning greenhouse gases into valuable carbon nanofibres.
  
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• Verdict expected in trial for man accused of killing Calgary teen in 2013

  08-05-2019 15:22
  A Calgary judge is expected to hand down a decision in the first-degree murder trial for Nathan Gervais on Wednesday. Gervais, 24, is accused of killing 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird in an alley outside the former Vinyl Nightclub in November 2013. Strasser-Hird was swarmed, beaten and stabbed outside the club and later died from his injuries in hospital. Gervais failed to show up for his original trial in 2016. He was arrested in Vietnam in November 2017 and returned to Canada to face the
  
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• Nathan Gervais found guilty of first-degree murder in 2013 homicide

  08-05-2019 15:22
  Nathan Gervais has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the swarming and stabbing death of Lukas Strasser-Hird over five years ago. Gervais, 24, was accused of killing 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird in an alley outside the former Vinyl Nightclub in November 2013. Strasser-Hird was swarmed, beaten and stabbed outside the club and later died from his injuries in hospital. Justice Tilleman found Gervais guilty on Wednesday morning. The conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no c
  
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• Ark. sex offender said he would 'rape the first woman he sees'

  08-05-2019 14:00
  A sex offender who was released into an Arkansas community this week despite claiming that he would rape the first woman he encountered is back in custody. The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office posted a warning about John West to its Facebook page on Monday. “I am at a loss for words, I have no idea why they would make such a decision. to release [him] back to Hempstead County,” the office said in a reply to the post. According to the post by Sheriff James Singleton, West was c
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan reveal royal baby's name

  08-05-2019 13:40
  After introducing their newborn son to his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed the name they have chosen for their first child.For royal news delivered to your inbox sign up for the Royal Dispatch newsletterIn a touching post on the couple’s joint Instagram account Wednesday, Prince Harry and Meghan announced the royal baby’s highly anticipated name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The announcement was accompanied by a photo showing Prin
  
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• 'It's magic': Prince Harry, Meghan show off royal baby

  08-05-2019 13:40
  Bundled in his father’s arms, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex finally revealed their newborn son to the world during a photo call at Windsor Castle.For royal news delivered to your inbox sign up for the Royal Dispatch newsletterWrapped in a white blanket with a matching cap, the royal baby slept soundly as a beaming Prince Harry and his wife Meghan posed for photos and answered reporters’ questions in St George’s Hall on Wednesday. “It’s great,” Prince Harry sa
  
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• Students who owe lunch money to get cold sandwiches

  08-05-2019 13:24
  WARWICK, R.I. -- A Rhode Island school district will begin serving cold sandwiches instead of hot lunches to students whose families owe lunch money. Warwick Public Schools says it is owed more than US$40,000 from outstanding lunch payments and cannot afford to absorb the costs. The new policy begins next Monday. A local restaurant owner wrote on Facebook that the district twice turned down a $4,000 donation for the lunch debt. The district responded in a statement saying it must treat all stude
  
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• Hold your horses: Alberta court to review disqualification in 2017 Canadian Derby

  08-05-2019 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  Chief Know It All, Double Bear or Trooper John? A fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race in 2017 is to be heard in court this week.
  
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• Hold your horses: Alberta court hears details of fight over disqualified horse in Canadian Derby

  08-05-2019 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  Chief Know It All, Double Bear or Trooper John? A fight over which horse won a Canadian Derby race in 2017 is to be heard in court this week.
  
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• GM to save 300 jobs at Oshawa, Ont. plant as part of $170M investment

  08-05-2019 12:45
  Hundreds of jobs have been saved at an Oshawa, Ont. General Motors plant as the company invests $170 million to transform the facility. GM Canada and Unifor announced that the current facility, which manufacturers several vehicles, will transition to stamping and sub-assembly. The company says the move is expected to save 300 of the 2,600 jobs that will be affected by the ceasing of vehicle production at the facility by the end of 2019. “GM plans to be one of Oshawa’s leading compani
  
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• GM preserves 300 jobs as part of $170M investment at Oshawa, Ont. plant

  08-05-2019 12:45
  Hundreds of jobs have been preserved at the Oshawa, Ont. General Motors plant as the company invests $170 million to transform the facility. GM Canada and Unifor announced that the current facility, which manufacturers several vehicles, will transition to stamping and sub-assembly. The company says the move is expected to save 300 of the 2,600 jobs that will be affected by the ceasing of vehicle production at the facility by the end of 2019. “GM plans to be one of Oshawa’s leading co
  
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• Arctic explorers right a historic wrong with epic journey

  08-05-2019 12:11
  Two explorers have completed an ambitious hike in the Arctic, retracing a route first followed by a historic explorer they say hasn’t been given the credit he deserves. David Reid and Richard Smith camped out and skied in -50 C temperatures to follow the original 650-kilometre Arctic route Scottish explorer Dr. John Rae took in the 19th century. "Rae was ripped off by history and we feel he should have more prominence," said Smith in an interview with CTV's Parliament Hill Correspondent Ke
  
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• Secret sauce: Calgary researchers turn greenhouse gases into carbon fibre - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 10:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Secret sauce: Calgary researchers turn greenhouse gases into carbon fibre  Lethbridge News NowCALGARY - A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning green...
  
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• Cortizo declared winner in Panama president race - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 09:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Cortizo declared winner in Panama president race  Lethbridge News NowPANAMA CITY — Panama's Electoral Court has declared opposition candidate Laurentino Cortizo the winner of the country's presidential elections. The court ...
  
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• Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan arrives in Canada

  08-05-2019 09:30
  ISLAMABAD -- A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan, but who still faced death threats from Islamic extremists upon her release, flew to Canada on Wednesday to join her daughters, Pakistani officials and others involved in the case said. Aasia Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in 2009 after a quarrel with two fellow farmworkers, who refused to drink from the same water container as a Christian. Five days later, the women said Bibi had insulted
  
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• Construction underway on new Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Construction underway on new Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre  Lethbridge News NowWATERTON LAKES NP – After several years of planning, public engagement, engineering and design work, construction is now underway on the new Waterton ...
  
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• Trump invokes 'privilege' over the full Mueller report

  08-05-2019 08:35
  WASHINGTON -- The White House invoked executive privilege Wednesday, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller on his Trump-Russia probe and escalating the battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress. The administration's decision was announced just as the House Judiciary Committee was gaveling in to consider holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress over failure to release the full report. Committee Chairman Je
  
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• At least 2 handguns used in school shooting near Columbine

  08-05-2019 08:29
  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- Two high school students used at least two handguns in the shooting at a charter school that killed one of their classmates and injured eight others in a Colorado community that just weeks ago marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation's worst school shootings, authorities said Wednesday. That Tuesday afternoon's attack at STEM School Highlands Ranch happened just miles from Columbine High School was sure to raise questions about whether it was inspired by the 199
  
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• Gaza quiet after Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 07:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gaza quiet after Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire  Lethbridge News NowJERUSALEM - The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaz...
  
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• South Africa starts voting amid corruption, unemployment - Lethbridge News Now

  08-05-2019 07:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  South Africa starts voting amid corruption, unemployment  Lethbridge News NowJOHANNESBURG - South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of c...
  
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

  08-05-2019 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  Brett Leason and Parker Kelly had two goals apiece as the Prince Albert Raiders routed the Vancouver Giants 8-2 on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Hockey League's final.
  
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• Former Southern Alberta Hutterite Teacher, Minister Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Students

  08-05-2019 06:19
  48 year old Johan John Hofer of the Waterton Colony was sentenced to house arrest in Lethbridge Provicnial Court Tuesday.
  
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