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• Rumble House a creative hub in downtown Calgary

  09-05-2019 23:53
  On Wednesday nights in downtown Calgary, a tiny building in the west end of 8th Avenue turns into a crucible of creativity. It’s called Rumble House, where for the past six years artists have gathered to paint, draw, sculpt and create. The evenings start at 7 p.m. with a wheel being spun to generate three themes, then artists get to work. At the end of each two-hour session, another crowd fills the space and the works are auctioned off. Half the proceeds stay with Rumble House to offset co
  
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• Former mortgage broker convicted of fraud loses appeal, must turn himself in

  09-05-2019 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  A former mortgage broker convicted of multiple counts of fraud and theft has had his appeal dismissed.
  
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• Ongoing Drug Activity at Lethbridge Home Results in Four Arrests

  09-05-2019 23:14
  Lethbridge Police seized drugs, weapons, and cash from a townhome on the city's south side following a short term investigation.
  
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• Alberta’s Kevin Koe earns 2 victories on mixed day for Canada at Curling World Cup

  09-05-2019 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Kevin Koe earned two victories Thursday on a mixed day for Canada at the Curling World Cup grand final.
  
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• Lethbridge Police Arrest Suspected Drug Traffickers Twice in Two Weeks

  09-05-2019 22:09
  A man and woman are back behind bars, accused in a second drug trafficking investigation in Lethbridge.
  
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• Alberta quadruplets ‘healthy and happy’ as they turn 3

  09-05-2019 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Surrounded by family, the Webb quadruplets — Abby, Grace, McKayla and Emily — blew out the candles on their third birthday cake this week at their home in Hythe, Alta.
  
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• $5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate in 2018, driving up home prices

  09-05-2019 21:51
  VICTORIA -- A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada. Some $7.4 billion overall was laundered in B.C. in 2018, out of an estimated total of $47 billion in Canada, concluded the report by an expert panel led by former B.C. deputy attorney general Maureen Maloney. The report is one of two released Thursday and says B.C. ranks fourth for money laundering among a divi
  
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• Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta Announces Spring Grant Recipients

  09-05-2019 21:38
  Executive Director Charleen Davidson says project recipients this spring are very diverse.
  
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• 'Caravan of Americans' cross into Canada just to get affordable insulin

  09-05-2019 21:09
  A self-described “caravan of Americans” with Type 1 diabetes travelled into Canada over the weekend to get dramatically cheaper, life-saving insulin. And they say this won’t be the last time they do it. "We're on a #CaravanToCanada because the USA charges astronomical prices for insulin that most people can't afford," tweeted diabetes advocate Quinn Nystrom, who documented the group’s trip online. On Saturday morning, a group of six Minnesotans -- including parents going
  
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• Area High School Students Taking Part in Lethbridge Police Youth Academy

  09-05-2019 20:57
  
  
  The 5th Annual Youth Police Academy is giving 20 local high school students an up close look at what it means to serve as a police officer.
  
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• Popular restaurant OPA! of Greece opens 100th location in Calgary

  09-05-2019 20:46
  A Calgary-based eatery celebrated a major milestone on Thursday, after it opened its centennial store in the same city where it started 20 years ago. OPA! of Greece opened its first location in 1998 in Market Mall and now, the business opened its 100th Canadian location in Country Hills. Dorrie Karras, the company’s CEO, says when they first started out, they only expected to open a few locations and enjoy a comfortable amount of success. “We opened four or five locations within a ye
  
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• Popular restaurant OPA! of Greece opens 100th location

  09-05-2019 20:46
  A Calgary-based eatery celebrated a major milestone on Thursday, after it opened its centennial store in the same city where it started 20 years ago. OPA! of Greece opened its first location in 1998 in Market Mall and now, the business opened its 100th Canadian location in Country Hills. Dorrie Karras, the company’s CEO, says when they first started out, they only expected to open a few locations and enjoy a comfortable amount of success. “We opened four or five locations within a ye
  
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• CNRL optimism up on oil curtailments, crude by rail rebound

  09-05-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian Natural Resources says fears of another Alberta oil price crisis are ebbing thanks to the government's production curtailment program and improving crude-by-rail profitability.
  
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• Lethbridge College gets Official Approval for New Architectural Animation Technology Program

  09-05-2019 19:49
  
  
  The program was announced in early April pending government approval.
  
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• Newly found underground chamber may be U.K. equivalent of King Tut's tomb

  09-05-2019 19:10
  SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England -- An underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers appears to be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial ever found in Britain, archeologists say, calling it the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of King Tutankhamun's tomb. The chamber, uncovered between a road and a railway line in the southeastern English village of Prittlewell in 2003, turned out to be a 1,400-year-old tomb. New details were published Thursday about the finding, which archeologists say is
  
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• Man injured while unloading trailer in southeast Calgary

  09-05-2019 19:02
  A man has been taken to hospital with multiple serious injuries after he was pinned between a set of windows he was taking out of a trailer on Thursday morning. Emergency crews were called to a business in the 7000 block of 40 Street S.E. at just after 9:40 a.m. for reports of an accident. Officials say the man was unloading a trailer when the load, weighing approximately 500 pounds, fell onto him. The victim was found unconscious and sustained unspecified injuries to his neck and chest. He was
  
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• Suspect sought after snatching 10-karat gold chain worth $12,000

  09-05-2019 17:49
  Calgary police are asking for help from the public to identify a suspect who stole a 10-karat gold chain worth about $12,000 from a southeast jewelry store. A man went into the Michael Hill store in Southcentre Mall about 8 p.m. on Jan. 26 and asked to see the chain. As the employee was about to put the chain back in a display case, the suspect reached over the counter and snatched it out of their hands then fled. Once outside, the suspect was picked up by a dark-coloured SUV. Police have releas
  
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• Deals, convenience drive popularity of dealership financing for vehicle buyers

  09-05-2019 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  When it comes to buying a car, Canadians can't get enough of the zero per cent loan, no-down-payment and cashback options offered by their car dealers.
  
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• CNRL reports $961M Q1 profit up from $583M a year ago

  09-05-2019 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of $961 million as it benefited from higher prices due in part to Alberta's mandatory production curtailment.
  
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• Court to hear appeal from Douglas Garland in Calgary triple murder

  09-05-2019 15:22
  The man who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Calgary couple and their grandson in 2014 is appealing his convictions and the Alberta Court of Appeal is expected to hear arguments from his lawyers on Thursday. Douglas Garland, 59, was found guilty of killing five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and the boy's grandparents, Kathryn and Alvin Liknes, in 2014. The three disappeared from the Liknes’ Parkhill home after an estate sale and were reported missing by Nathan’s mother when sh
  
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• Court hears appeal from Douglas Garland in Calgary triple murder

  09-05-2019 15:22
  The man who was sentenced to life in prison for killing a Calgary couple and their grandson in 2014 is appealing his convictions and the Alberta Court of Appeal is hearing arguments from his lawyer on Thursday. Douglas Garland, 59, was found guilty of killing five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and the boy's grandparents, Kathryn and Alvin Liknes, in 2014. The three disappeared from the Liknes’ Parkhill home after an estate sale and were reported missing by Nathan’s mother when she went to
  
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• Crash sends cyclist to hospital with life-threatening injuries

  09-05-2019 15:14
  A cyclist was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries late Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle at a northwest intersection. The crash happened just after 10 p.m. at 8th Avenue and 19th Street N.W. The area was shut down for several hours while police investigated but has since been re-opened. No charges have been laid and police continue to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• BBC radio host fired over royal baby chimp tweet

  09-05-2019 14:16
  A veteran BBC radio host has been fired over a “racist” tweet about the new royal baby. Danny Baker, who presents a show on BBC Radio 5 Live, tweeted then deleted an image comparing newborn Archie Harrison to a chimp. The 61-year-old apologized and deleted the tweet but later slammed the BBC for the way he was fired. “The call to fire me from @bbc5live was a masterclass of pompous faux-gravity,” he tweeted Thursday. “Took a tone that said I actually meant that ridic
  
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• Ransomware attack forces Baltimore government to go 'manual'

  09-05-2019 13:53
  Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young says a ransomware virus that hit the city's computer systems has forced operations to "revert back to manual." The Baltimore Sun reports the extent of the Robbinhood ransomware attack was noticeable Wednesday as some city systems remained offline and several departments reported email and phone issues. The 911 system hasn't been affected, at least. The FBI is investigating after authorities announced Tuesday that hackers were demanding about $76,000 to unlock
  
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• Art Gallery of Ontario offers free entry to those 25 and under

  09-05-2019 13:21
  TORONTO -- The Art Gallery of Ontario is reaching out to its young audience with free admission to those aged 25 and under, and hoping to broaden its reach with a $35 annual pass. The changes are being floated as a one-year experiment beginning May 25. Gallery director and CEO Stephan Jost says he expects the pass will entice more people to visit regularly instead of buying single-ticket admissions, which are going to increase to $25 from $20 and will include special exhibitions. Jost says the s
  
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• Douglas Garland appeals triple-murder convictions in deaths of Nathan O’Brien and grandparents

  09-05-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Douglas Garland is seeking to have his convictions overturned.
  
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• North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in possible new warning

  09-05-2019 11:02
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its second weapons launch in five days and a possible warning that nuclear disarmament talks with Washington could be in danger. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the weapons flew 420 kilometres (260 miles) and 270 kilometres (167 miles), respectively. It said it is working with the United States to determine more details, such as the types of weapons
  
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• Australia takes responsibility for typos on 46M bank notes

  09-05-2019 10:24
  CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's central bank has taken responsibility for typos on 46 million bank notes after a radio station posted an image of the microscopic error on social media. Triple M radio posted on Instagram on Thursday a magnified photograph of a 50 Australian dollar ($35) note showing the misspelling of "responsibility." The word appears three times on the note and the third "i" is omitted every time. The Reserve Bank of Australia said the spelling error will be corrected at the
  
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• Lethbridge students try out policing at Youth Police Academy - Global News

  09-05-2019 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge students try out policing at Youth Police Academy  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Local high school students are getting a first-hand look at what it means to be police officers. The fifth annual Youth Police Academy began on ...
  
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• Lethbridge College to host 2019-2020 ACAC Men's Volleyball Championship - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge College to host 2019-2020 ACAC Men's Volleyball Championship  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – For the first time in the school's history, Lethbridge College will host a conference volleyball championship. The 2019-2020 Alberta Colleges ...
  
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• Four people facing drug charges from Lethbridge Police following search warrant - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Four people facing drug charges from Lethbridge Police following search warrant  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged four people following a short-term investigation into drug activity at a south side home. Members of the ...
  
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• Witness says she was forced into sex act with self-help guru

  09-05-2019 08:17
  NEW YORK -- A woman has told a jury she was forced to perform a sex act with the leader of a secretive upstate New York self-help group. The witness gave the graphic testimony Wednesday at the federal trial of Keith Raniere (rah-NEER'-ee). The woman described her experiences as a member of a master-slave society within NXIVM (NEX'-ee-um), a group that's been compared to a cult. She says after her designated master ordered her to meet Raniere in private, he had her strip and performed oral sex on
  
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• Singapore reportedly criminalizes publication of fake news

  09-05-2019 07:57
    Singapore has passed a law criminalizing publication of fake news and allowing the government to block and order the removal of such content. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill passed Wednesday night by a vote of 72-9, a lawmaker with the opposition Worker's Party, Daniel Goh, said on Facebook. The law bans falsehoods that are prejudicial to Singapore or likely to influence elections and requires service providers to remove such content or allows the government to
  
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• ‘Oh my goodness, we have a scorpion’: Vancouver woman finds venomous creature on kitchen floor

  09-05-2019 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  Gail Hammond says she was washing dishes when she thought she saw a fridge magnet on the floor. Then it started moving.
  
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• Lethbridge taekwondo star makes international impact - Global News

  09-05-2019 06:46 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge taekwondo star makes international impact  Global NewsA Lethbridge taekwondo star was recently the most decorated Canadian athlete to come out of the ITF World Championships in Germany.
  
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• Lethbridge taekwondo star makes international impact

  09-05-2019 06:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Lethbridge taekwondo star was recently the most decorated Canadian athlete to come out of the ITF World Championships in Germany.
  
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• Man rushed to hospital following stabbing at Victoria Park/Stampede LRT station, suspect arrested

  09-05-2019 06:36
  A Wednesday night stabbing at a southeast LRT station sent one man to hospital, landed a suspect in police custody, and inconvenienced a number of concert-goers who were attempting to leave Stampede Park. According to police, a man was standing on the upper level of the Victoria Park/Stampede LRT station at approximately 10:00 p.m. when he was stabbed multiple times by a male offender. Emergency crews responded and located the injured 20-year-old man with a group of people standing around him. E
  
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• Man in critical condition following stabbing at Victoria Park/Stampede LRT station, suspect arrested

  09-05-2019 06:36
  A Wednesday night stabbing at a southeast LRT station sent one man to hospital, landed a suspect in police custody, and inconvenienced a number of concert-goers who were attempting to leave Stampede Park. According to police, a man was standing on the upper level of the Victoria Park/Stampede LRT station at approximately 10:00 p.m. when he was stabbed multiple times by a male offender. Emergency crews responded and located the injured man, believed to be approximately 30 years old, with a group
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, May 8, 2019

  09-05-2019 06:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Prince Albert Raiders are a win away from the Memorial Cup.
  
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• Where's the party? Survey finds Canadians losing interest in legalized cannabis

  09-05-2019 06:00
  Canadians appear to be sticking to pre-legalization methods of buying cannabis, while the stigma around the drug remains high and overall support for legalization seems to be fading, a new survey suggests. The survey by researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and the University of Guelph in Ontario found that 50.1 per cent of surveyed Canadians agree with the federal government’s decision to legalize cannabis, down from 68.6 per cent in 2017. The percentage of people who say the
  
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• George Clooney hopes media 'kinder' to Meghan Markle - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2019 04:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  George Clooney hopes media 'kinder' to Meghan Markle  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - George Clooney says the media should "be a little kinder" to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, afte...
  
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• Why can’t we be friends? Callers from B.C., Alberta sound off on pipelines, climate change and gas taps

  09-05-2019 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  During a simulcast on Global News Radio in Vancouver and Edmonton, both sides tried to find common ground.
  
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• Rattlesnake removed from University of Lethbridge office - CTV News Calgary

  09-05-2019 03:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Rattlesnake removed from University of Lethbridge office  CTV News CalgaryThe University of Lethbridge had an unwelcome visssssitor on Tuesday, a small rattlesnake that managed to fall through a mechanical grate and make its way ...
  
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• Rattlesnake captured after it fell from grate into University of Lethbridge office - CBC.ca

  09-05-2019 02:58 via cbc.ca
  Rattlesnake captured after it fell from grate into University of Lethbridge office  CBC.caA rattlesnake was caught and released Tuesday after it slithered into a University of Lethbridge office.
  
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• Calgary mother shares survival story after the flu forced her into a coma

  09-05-2019 02:57 via globalnews.ca
  "I never would have thought in a million years that a flu would take somebody down like this."
  
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• Lethbridge one step closer to curbside recycling as materials recovery facility opens - Global News

  09-05-2019 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge one step closer to curbside recycling as materials recovery facility opens  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Lethbridge is one step closer to curbside recycling. The materials recovery facility is now up and running, a week ahead of the program launch.
  
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• Lethbridge one step closer to curbside recycling as materials recovery facility opens

  09-05-2019 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  The 45,000 square foot facility will sort and process materials before they are baled and sold to companies to make new products.
  
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• Denver becomes first U.S. city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'

  09-05-2019 02:33
  DENVER -- Voters narrowly made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary figures on Tuesday's election released by Denver's Election Division. As many as 1,300 votes still remain to be counted, but that figure was not enough to swing the vote the other way, division spokesman Alton Dillard said. Final election results will be released on May 16, he said. "I think today's
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: May 8

  09-05-2019 01:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, May 8, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Canadian researchers make important progress in distinguishing between types of ovarian cancers

  09-05-2019 01:53 via globalnews.ca
  The promising news was released Wednesday, which was World Ovarian Cancer Day.
  
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