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• Victim of fatal assault in Rundle identified

  10-05-2019 23:24
  The Calgary Police Service has released the name of the man who died Friday, May 3 in a northeast home following a suspected domestic assault. Police were called to a home in the 4900 block of Rundlewood Road N.E. at approximately 10:30 p.m. following reports of an assault. A man was located in medical distress and he succumbed to his injuries on scene a short time later. The deceased has been identified as 47-year-old Dwaine Charles Lanois. A 50-year-old woman has been charged with second-degre
  
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• 'There was justice:' Winnipeg man guilty of murdering Indigenous woman - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 22:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'There was justice:' Winnipeg man guilty of murdering Indigenous woman  Lethbridge News NowWINNIPEG — The family of an Indigenous woman whose death prosecutors described as worse than any horror movie says there is finally justice now that her ...
  
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• Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 22:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Refugee changes will hurt women asylum seekers, women's organizations say  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — A group of Canadian women's organizations has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum laws in his ...
  
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• Conan O'Brien settles joke-theft lawsuit weeks before trial - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 22:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Conan O'Brien settles joke-theft lawsuit weeks before trial  Lethbridge News NowSAN DIEGO — Conan O'Brien has made peace with a man who heckled him not from the crowd but the courts. O'Brien and several co-defendants, including his ...
  
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• Pincher Creek RCMP Investigating Feedlot Break-in

  10-05-2019 22:20
  A gun from a locked storage room and meat from a freezer were stolen in an early morning break and enter near Pincher Creek.
  
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• Lethbridge Pair Accused of Selling Stolen Property Online

  10-05-2019 21:27
  Police say a number of items, including a designer wool coat and high end gym clothes, were stolen from a west side vehicle last week and then posted for sale online.
  
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• Coyote pups prompt safety warning from city

  10-05-2019 21:23
  A litter of coyote pups are drawing a crowd in Arbour Lake, prompting a safety warning from city officials. Nearly a dozen coyote pups, and a protective parent, have taken up residence in a stack of boulders in the northwest community, drawing interest from area residents. City officials are now asking the public to keep a respectable distance from the animals. A media availability is planned at 2 p.m. Friday to update Calgarians about animal cohabitation information. More to come ...
  
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• Kidnap claim unravels: Baby thrown down hill, mom charged

  10-05-2019 21:21
  A mother's claim that her 7-week-old baby was kidnapped quickly unraveled after her infant was found at the bottom of a 75-foot ravine in the North Carolina mountains, law enforcement officials said Friday. Henderson County Sheriff Lowell Griffin announced that the child's mother, Krista Noelle Madden, 35, has been jailed on a count of attempted first-degree murder. The child was found in "very good condition" despite being thrown down the ravine, Griffin said. The baby was in her car seat when
  
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• Child dies after being found in hot car in B.C.

  10-05-2019 20:58
  A 16-month-old child died Thursday afternoon after being left alone in a hot car for hours in British Columbia. The little boy was found unconscious in a car at Kingsway Avenue and Inman Street in Burnaby, B.C., RCMP said. The child was transported to hospital, where he was declared dead.For more on this story visit CTV News VancouverPolice said the child had been left alone in the car “for a number of hours.” The toddler’s father was located at the scene and both parents are c
  
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• 16-month-old baby dies after being found in hot car in B.C.

  10-05-2019 20:58
  A 16-month-old baby has died after being left alone in a hot car for hours in British Columbia, RCMP say. The infant, whose gender has not been disclosed, was found in a car at Kingsway Avenue and Inman Street in Burnaby, B.C. on Thursday afternoon. The baby was transported to hospital and declared deceased, Burnaby RCMP said.For more on this story visit CTV News Vancouver“Initial information provided to police is that the child had been left unaccompanied in the car for a number of hours,
  
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• Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 20:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting  Lethbridge News NowHIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, ...
  
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• Clooney hopes media will be 'kinder' to Meghan the mom - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 20:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Clooney hopes media will be 'kinder' to Meghan the mom  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES — George Clooney is hoping the media will be gentler to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after she gave birth to a baby boy. “I think people ...
  
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• B.C. report says Alberta is to blame for the majority of Canada’s money laundering

  10-05-2019 20:35
  A new report from a B.C. panel states that Alberta tops the list of targets for money launderers, accounting for about one quarter of the total flushed through the system in the country. Approximately $41.7B was laundered in Canada in 2015, with $6.3B of that in B.C. alone. According those same statistics, Alberta recorded $10.2B in laundered money. Officials say the province’s rising crime rate and low GDP due to the drop in oil prices is mainly to blame. The Criminal Code of Canada defin
  
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• Southern Alberta MLA Asks for Immediate Suspension of Supervised Consumption Site Development

  10-05-2019 20:31
  Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes is asking for the immediate relocation of money that has been earmarked for the establishment of the Medicine Hat supervised consumption site.
  
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• Enbridge aiming to boost Mainline throughput as Q1 results top expectations

  10-05-2019 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Enbridge is working with shippers to optimize its Mainline pipeline system in a bid to boost throughput by 50,000 to 100,000 barrels per day.
  
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• City of Lethbridge opens new MRF featuring Machinex sorting system - Recycling Product News

  10-05-2019 19:59 via recyclingproductnews.com
  City of Lethbridge opens new MRF featuring Machinex sorting system  Recycling Product NewsThe City of Lethbridge, Alberta held the grand opening of their new single-stream material recovery facility on May 8. According to Machinex, their sorting system ...
  
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• House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 19:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief ...
  
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• April Irving Released on Bail in Milk River Animal Cruelty Case

  10-05-2019 19:50
  A former southern Alberta woman accused in an animal cruelty case from more than four years ago being released from custody on Friday (May 10).
  
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• April Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.4% in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat Region

  10-05-2019 19:48
  This region continues to struggle in terms of unemployment with another month-over-month increase in the local jobless rate.
  
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• U.S. senator says Canadians Kovrig, Spavor face 'harsh' treatment in China

  10-05-2019 19:12
  OTTAWA -- China is detaining two Canadians in harsh conditions and U.S. lawmakers won't rest until they are freed, says a powerful Republican senator. The full-throated American support for Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor came as the China-U.S. trade war reached new extremes Friday, with $200 billion in new U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. "I -- and many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle -- am very concerned about both Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor. We w
  
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• Calgary cab driver charged with assault, passenger suffers life-threatening injuries: police

  10-05-2019 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary police have charged a local taxi driver after he allegedly assaulted a passenger with a blunt object.
  
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• Police investigate potential threat to Cochrane High School

  10-05-2019 19:05
  Police in Cochrane are investigating a threat that was made against an area high school but say they don’t believe there is any imminent danger to the school, staff or students. On Thursday, a student found graffiti in a bathroom at about 4:00 p.m. and police say it suggested that a threat would be carried out against Cochrane High School and a certain student on Friday. Police say they are taking precautionary measures but that they don’t feel the school, staff or students are in da
  
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• Lethbridge's Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society Receives $350,000 in Federal Funding

  10-05-2019 18:57
  The money will be used for a three year project called "Blackfoot Women's Empowerment from Security to Prosperity."
  
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• Taxi driver arrested and charged after alleged attack on passenger

  10-05-2019 18:49
  Police are seeking information about a serious assault that allegedly occurred between a taxi driver and his passenger late Wednesday night. Officers were called to a gas station in the 3100 block of Edmonton Trail N.E. for reports of an altercation between a taxi driver and his passenger at around 10:00 p.m. When they arrived, they found the male passenger in life threatening condition. He was taken to hospital and his status is unchanged. A preliminary investigation determined the victim was h
  
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• Wild Rose Brewing to be acquired by Sleeman

  10-05-2019 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  The sale was approvedduring a meeting of shareholders on Thursday.
  
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• Wild Rose Brewery shareholders approve sale to Sleeman

  10-05-2019 17:39
  Wild Rose Brewery shareholders have voted to approve its sale to Sleeman Brewery, the company announced Friday. “We feel there is a strong connection between the way we’ve crafted our culture and the way Sleeman does business, and we are excited about our new joint vision for taking the growth of the Wild Rose brand to the next level,” said Wild Rose CEO Bill McKenzie in a statement. The deal will be finalized May 31. Started in 1996 by Mike Tymchuk and Alan Yule, the brewery w
  
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• Party City to close stores amid helium shortage

  10-05-2019 17:34
  The largest party supply store chain in North America announced this week it will be closing 45 stores amid a global helium shortage. Party City said in a statement Thursday that it typically closes 10 to 15 stores every year. “This year, after careful consideration and evaluation of our store fleet, we’ve made the decision to close more stores than usual in order to help optimize our market level performance, focus on the most profitable locations and improve the overall health of o
  
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• Farrakhan says he doesn't hate Jewish people - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 16:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Farrakhan says he doesn't hate Jewish people  Lethbridge News NowCHICAGO — Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday that despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its platform, he is not ...
  
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• Mounties seek owner of motorized scooter recovered from Airdrie alley

  10-05-2019 16:46
  Police in Airdrie are looking for the owner of a motorized scooter that was found in an alley in the community earlier this week. RCMP say they received a call on Wednesday about a scooter that was left in the 600 block of First Avenue. The motorized scooter did not have a VIN number or licence plate. Police are asking the owner or anyone who knows who the owner is to give them a call at 403-945-7200.
  
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• City committee to consider fieldhouse proposal

  10-05-2019 16:37
  A new report going before a city committee on Friday recommends $19 million in funding be approved to move a proposed Fieldhouse project forward. The current proposal will see a fieldhouse constructed in the Foothills Athletic Park, near where McMahon Stadium currently sits. Cost estimates for the project range from $200 million to $500 million. The current design calls for the project to include an indoor track and field venue for national and international events, along with an artificial turf
  
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• Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 15:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — Tired but beaming, new parents Meghan and Prince Harry presented their 2-day-old son to the world as he slumbered Wednesday and also ...
  
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• Suspects in Colorado school shooting due back in court

  10-05-2019 14:30
  DENVER -- Both suspects in a suburban Denver school shooting are due back in court Friday as prosecutors file charges in the attack that killed a student and wounded eight others. The district attorney's office also is expected to decide whether the younger suspect will be charged as an adult in Tuesday's shooting. Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old senior killed during the shooting, and two classmates at the STEM School Highlands Ranch have been credited with helping thwart the attack by chargi
  
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• Quebec furniture maker recalls dresser sold in Canada, U.S. after toddler's death

  10-05-2019 14:28
  A Quebec furniture manufacturer is recalling a three-drawer dresser linked to a child’s death in the United States. South Shore Furniture of Canada’s Libra unit “may tip over if not securely anchored to the wall, posing an entrapment hazard that can result in serious injury or death to children,” says the notice posted by Health Canada on Thursday. The unit has been linked to two incidents in the U.S., one involving a death of a two-year-old and the other resulting in bru
  
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• Fuel truck driver charged after collision with plane at Toronto Pearson airport

  10-05-2019 13:50
  A fuel truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving after the vehicle hit a plane at Toronto’s Pearson airport. Five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the truck collided with an Air Canada plane on the tarmac at around 1:36 a.m. Friday morning. The aircraft was taxiing to its gate, according to a spokeswoman for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which operates Pearson. Peel Regional Police told CP24 the truck driver was charged with one count of dangerou
  
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• Five taken to hospital after plane hits fuel truck at Toronto Pearson airport

  10-05-2019 13:50
  Five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after an Air Canada plane collided with a fuel truck on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson airport. The incident happened at around 1:36 a.m. Friday morning while the aircraft was taxiing, according to a spokeswoman for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which operates Pearson. Flight 8615, an air Canada Express flight operated by Jazz Aviation, was cleared to taxi to the gate after landing when the collision happened, Debra Williams
  
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• Five taken to hospital after fuel truck hits plane at Toronto Pearson airport

  10-05-2019 13:50
  Five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a fuel truck collided with an Air Canada plane on the tarmac at Toronto’s Pearson airport. The incident happened at around 1:36 a.m. Friday morning while the aircraft was taxiing, according to a spokeswoman for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, which operates Pearson. Flight 8615, an Air Canada Express flight operated by Jazz Aviation, was cleared to taxi to the gate after landing when the collision happened, Debra Williams
  
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• Mexico City bans disposable plastics

  10-05-2019 13:23
  Mexico City's legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics, a major shift for a sprawling capital that is awash in them. The ban, set to come into force in December 2020 or January 2021, includes such articles as non-biodegradable plastic bags, straws, cutlery, cups and coffee capsules, the legislature said in a statement, calling them a "serious environmental problem." It puts the city of nine million people at the forefront of
  
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• Admitted Kremlin secret agent saw U.S. political analysis as 'valuable' to Russia

  10-05-2019 11:42
  WASHINGTON -- A Russian gun rights activist who admitted she was a secret agent for the Kremlin and tried to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups while Donald Trump rose to power says she believed her notes and analysis would be "valuable" for Russian officials. Maria Butina, who admitted covertly gathering intelligence on the National Rifle Association and other groups at the direction of a former Russian lawmaker, spoke to National Public Radio in an interview airing Friday. Butina pl
  
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• WHO warns Ebola could spread elsewhere if attacks don't stop

  10-05-2019 11:02
  DAKAR, Senegal -- The World Health Organization warned Friday that it may not be possible to contain Ebola to the two affected provinces in eastern Congo if violent attacks on health teams continue. The ominous statement comes amid escalating violence nine months after the outbreak began, crippling efforts to identify suspected cases in the community and vaccinate those most at risk. Earlier this week, Mai-Mai militia fighters attacked the town of Butembo at the epicenter of the crisis. Friday's
  
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• First Nation tells court it should have been consulted after artifacts found

  10-05-2019 10:31
  HOUSTON, B.C. -- Members of a northern British Columbia First Nation are arguing in court that they should have been consulted on an archaeological mitigation plan prepared by a natural gas company on their traditional territory. The Unist'ot'en house group of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation and hereditary chief Knedebeas filed an application for judicial review in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. It challenges the decision of the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission and provincial Archaeology Branch to acce
  
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• SCC rules: Jailed migrants have right to challenge detention

  10-05-2019 10:24
  OTTAWA -- A Pakistani man was deprived of his right to challenge his detention in person before a judge, the Supreme Court said Friday, opening wider appeal options for migrants facing lengthy incarceration. Although Tusif Ur Rehman Chhina was stripped of his refugee status and was sent back to Pakistan in 2017, the country's top court agreed to hear his case because it rarely gets to rule on the ancient legal recourse known as habeas corpus -- the right to have the validity of one's detention r
  
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• Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It's partly humans

  10-05-2019 09:40
  SAN FRANCISCO -- The question comes up over and over, with extremist material, hate speech, election meddling and privacy invasions. Why can't Facebook just fix it? It's complicated, with reasons that include Facebook's size, its business model and technical limitations, not to mention years of unchecked growth. Oh, and the element of human nature. The latest revelation: Facebook is inadvertently creating celebratory videos using extremist content and auto-generating business pages for the likes
  
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• Unwelcome visssssitor at Lethbridge university - rdnewsnow.com

  10-05-2019 08:00 via rdnewsnow.com
  Unwelcome visssssitor at Lethbridge university  rdnewsnow.comThe University of Lethbridge had an unwelcome visssssitor this week - a rattlesnake managed to fall through a ...
  
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• Vehicle theft suspect charged following police pursuit and standoff in High River

  10-05-2019 06:58
  A 22-year-old Calgary man faces 35 charges and four charges have been laid against a 17-year-old girl from Airdrie in connection with Tuesday’s police standoff in High River. According to RCMP officials, Branden Brett Davidson was seen driving a stolen 2010 Audi A4 on Tuesday afternoon in Calgary. Police, including HAWCS, followed the suspect vehicle through the Okotoks and High River areas as the car travelled as ‘extremely high rates of speed’. The Audi crashed in an alleyway
  
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• U.S. hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation

  10-05-2019 06:13
  BEIJING -- U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade tensions. The Trump administration raised duties on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25% from 10%. China's Commerce Ministry said it would impose "necessary countermeasures" but gave no details. The increase went ahead even after American and Chinese negotiators began more talks in Washington a
  
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• U.S.-China talks resume briefly after US hikes China tariffs

  10-05-2019 06:13
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday there was "no need to rush" to get a trade deal with China, hours after he raised tariffs on US$200 billion in Chinese goods, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions. U.S. and Chinese negotiators met briefly Friday in an effort to revive negotiations even as the Trump administration increased duties on nearly half of Chinese imports to 25% from 10%. China's Commerce Ministry said it would impose "necessary countermeasures" but g
  
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• Family confirms passing of former Calgary West MP Jim Hawkes

  10-05-2019 06:11
  The son of Jim Hawkes confirms to CTV that his father has died at the age of 84 following a battle with dementia. Hawkes, a Progressive Conservative, served as the Member of Parliament for Calgary West from 1979 until 1993 and spent time as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Chief Government Whip. Robert Hawkes says, in addition to his father's political successes, Jim Hawkes had been an accomplished Canadian university basketball star before befoming a full-tenured uni
  
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• Pilot project brings on-demand transit service to new neighbourhoods in Calgary's far north

  10-05-2019 05:37
  Residents in the communities of Livingston and Carrington will soon have access to an on-demand shuttle service to transport them to the nearest transit hub. “We’re excited about this app because we’ve got a couple of communities right now that are coming on in Ward 3 that are separated by Stoney Trail so it’s hard to walk over here to catch the bus at North Pointe station,” said Ward 3 councillor Jyoti Gondek. “What you do is simply access the app and say tha
  
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• Innovative Lethbridge College program receives final approval - Lethbridge News Now

  10-05-2019 04:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Innovative Lethbridge College program receives final approval  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge College has announced that a new program has received official, final approval fro...
  
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• Studio Bell houses studio where recently unearthed Bob Marley performances were recorded

  10-05-2019 03:37
  Long-lost audio recordings of the most iconic name in reggae are set to hit the auction block, and the performances were recorded using a mobile studio that has found a home at Studio Bell. Some of Bob Marley & The Wailers’ live performances in London and Paris from the 1970s were recorded to tape using the Rolling Stones’ mobile studio. “This truck was available for hire,” explained Jason Tawkin, manager of building audio at Studio Bell. “It was owned by the Ro
  
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