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• Woodstock 50 festival: Investment bank is lining up money - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2019 23:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Woodstock 50 festival: Investment bank is lining up money  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Organizers of the Woodstock 50 festival are signalling progress toward resolving a financial crunch...
  
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• Downtown Watch: New Lethbridge Safety Initiative Making a Difference

  17-05-2019 23:53
  The program, approved last fall by City Council, was set up to try and curb safety concerns downtown and although still very early, it appears so far to be working.
  
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• 12 arrested in downtown Lethbridge 'targeted enforcement project' - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2019 23:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  12 arrested in downtown Lethbridge 'targeted enforcement project'  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Police officers in Lethbridge have arrested one dozen people after conducting what they call a 'targeted enforcement project' in downtown ...
  
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• UPDATE: Missing "High-Risk" Youth Located Safe

  17-05-2019 23:48
  14 year old was reportedly in Lethbridge on Thursday, however she went missing a few days earlier.
  
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• Missing "High-Risk" Youth Being Sought by Lethbridge Police

  17-05-2019 23:48
  14 year old was reportedly in Lethbridge on Thursday, however she went missing a few days earlier.
  
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• Lethbridge Police Lay Dozens of Charges in Downtown Enforcement Project

  17-05-2019 23:35
  The ongoing initiative targets criminal activity in Lethbridge's downtown area.
  
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• Two dead, two injured in north Winnipeg house fire

  17-05-2019 23:25
  WINNIPEG -- Two people were found dead after crews doused a house fire in north Winnipeg. Fire crews and paramedics responded to the home on Selkirk Avenue near Arlington Street Friday morning and found heavy flames coming from the windows. Two people in the home were able to get out before fire crews arrived. They were taken to hospital in unstable condition. Once the fire was put out, crews found the two people who died inside. The fire is still under investigation.
  
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• Powerhouses in women's footy to compete in Calgary

  17-05-2019 23:20
  Fifty of the country’s best Australian rules football players will assemble in Calgary this weekend for a training camp and for a shot at Team Canada glory. It’s the first camp to prepare the women’s team for the 2020 International Cup, a tournament hosted every three years in Melbourne, Australia. Team Canada has advanced to the finals three times since attending the competition, winning once and losing twice, each time to Ireland. “The Northern Lights have competed at e
  
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• Calgary Company Awarded Contract For New Coaldale RCMP Building

  17-05-2019 23:14
  There will soon be a flurry of building activity on the east end of Coaldale.
  
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• Warriors rally from 15 down at halftime, hold off Blazers - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2019 23:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Warriors rally from 15 down at halftime, hold off Blazers  Lethbridge News NowOAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 37 points, and the Golden State Warriors rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit before holding off the Portland Trail ...
  
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• Mountain travellers now have an easier way to ride

  17-05-2019 22:28
  Banff visitors looking to explore the mountains can now leave their vehicles parked thanks to a new bus route. Starting Friday, Roam Public Transit, started running a transportation line between Banff and Lake Louise. The schedule includes four coaches running an express route along the Trans-Canada Highway.According to the schedule on Roam’s website, it takes about 50 minutes for the bus to complete the trip. Later this month, passengers will also be able to enjoy a more scenic route with
  
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• Blind students get a kick out of karate classes

  17-05-2019 22:00
  A Calgary karate dojo is training students who are blind or visually impaired in the traditional Japanese martial arts. Osuna Karate teamed up with Alberta Sports and Recreation for the Blind (ASRAB) to offer the lessons, which run evenings on May 16 and 26. The classes come after a successful test of the program on March 1. “It was super challenging but at the same time it was exciting. I believe karate can be for everyone,” said Sensei Juan Osuna. “We don’t look at
  
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• What’s causing fatal crashes on Alberta roads? A reminder ahead of the May long weekend

  17-05-2019 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  Last May long weekend, 110 people were charged with impaired driving after being stopped by Alberta RCMP, according to Sgt. Darrin Turnbull.
  
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• Former polygamous leader guilty in child bride case - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2019 21:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Former polygamous leader guilty in child bride case  Lethbridge News NowCRANBROOK, B.C. – A former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., has been found guilty of removing an ...
  
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• Illinois man who called in bomb threat won’t stand trial

  17-05-2019 20:42
  The man who was charged after he made a series of fake bomb threats in a southern Alberta community earlier this year will not stand trial, U.S. authorities say. The Jackson County Sherriff’s Office confirmed to CTV News on Friday that Justin Bagley, of Elkville, Illinois, was found unfit to stand trial in a hearing on April 22. Bagley, 36, was charged with 11 counts of disorderly conduct after he was connected to a series of threats made to three schools in Taber as well as a number of bu
  
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• Grande Prairie chamber demands solution for unpaid sub-contractors, sub-trades in hospital construction

  17-05-2019 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  In July 2018, the province issued a notice of default to the company it deemed responsible for the delayed, costly Grande Prairie Regional Hospital construction.
  
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• Fire-breathing dragon, sword fights highlight Calgary Game of Thrones festivities

  17-05-2019 20:32
  The much-anticipated Game of Thrones finale airs Sunday evening and several Calgary venues are planning parties to send the series off in royal style. At TELUS Spark, fans can actually sit on a replica of the Iron Throne. Staff predict it will be a hit. “It’s really cool,” says Spark’s Lori Masse. Masse expects several hundred people to line up to be photographed on the throne.There’s also the fire-breathing Notorious B.A.D. (Bad Ass Dragon), foods inspired by the s
  
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• 'Big Bang Theory' exits TV airwaves with emotional episode - Lethbridge News Now

  17-05-2019 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Big Bang Theory' exits TV airwaves with emotional episode  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - "The Big Bang Theory" is over. CBS aired the sitcom's last two episodes "The Change Constant" th...
  
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• Former Bountiful sect leader James Oler guilty in child bride case

  17-05-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Oler was self-represented and did not call any witnesses or make a case in his defence during the retrial.
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney says he's Ending the War on Fun by Relaxing Liquor Constraints

  17-05-2019 20:04
  For the past 15 years, a total of eight provincial parks and campgrounds have had liquor bans in place for the May long weekend.
  
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• WinSport switches into summer mode in Calgary

  17-05-2019 19:56
  WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park is scheduled to open its summer schedule this weekend and it’s full of family friendly activities. On Sunday, visitors to the park will be able to get onboard the Monster Zipline, the fastest zipline in North America, flying a distance of 500 metres and hitting speeds of 120 km/h. The bobsleigh track will also be open on May 18, where a professional pilot takes participants down the same course used in the 1988 Olympics, experiencing speeds in excess of
  
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• From the fair to the fairway: What to do in Calgary this long weekend

  17-05-2019 19:49
  If you don’t mind a little rain, there are plenty of ways to stay busy in Calgary this Victoria Day long weekend but watch out for traffic snarls. Great golfAfter a more than $6-million renovation, the McCall Lake Golf Course has now reopened. Only nine holes are open for now with the rest coming into play in June. Head to the City of Calgary’s website to book a tee time.   Amusement park excitementMay long is also opening weekend for Calaway Park. The amusement park is celebrat
  
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• Alberta's Infrastructure Ministry says Pride Flag Can Fly at Taber's Provincial Building

  17-05-2019 19:28
  In a written statement, the provincial Infrastructure Ministry says it will be permitting the Taber Equality Alliance to raise the rainbow flag for one week in June.
  
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• West Nile Virus Cases Way Up in Southern Alberta in 2018

  17-05-2019 19:22
  A huge jump last year in the number of West Nile virus cases reported across southern Alberta.
  
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• No home birth: Harry and Meghan's Archie born in a hospital

  17-05-2019 19:19
  LONDON -- The birth certificate for the son of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, reveals that Archie was born in a private hospital in London. The certificate filed Friday makes clear that Meghan did not give birth to the child in the couple's Frogmore Cottage home, as had been rumoured.Keep up-to-date with the latest royal news by subscribing to our Royal Dispatch newsletterArchie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born at the Portland Hospital in central London on May 6. He is seve
  
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• Vader appeal fails

  17-05-2019 18:08
  Travis Vader's appeal has been dismissed. According to the decision, there is "no benefit in a trial to test again whether the appellant should be been convicted of manslaughter in the robbery killing of the McCanns." More to come...
  
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• Canada-U.S. breakthrough on cheap foreign steel could herald end of tariffs

  17-05-2019 17:33
    OTTAWA -- Canada has finally persuaded the Trump administration it can help protect the United States against a flood of cheap Chinese steel, a development that could lead to the imminent lifting of punitive metal tariffs, sources say. Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that the U.S. is close to lifting its 25-per-cent and 10-per-cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports -- a controversial decision imposed almost a year ago as pressure during the hard-fought renegotia
  
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• 'A good day': Canada reaches deal with U.S. to drop steel, aluminum tariffs

  17-05-2019 17:33
  OTTAWA –Canada and the United States have reached an agreement to lift steel and aluminum tariffs, a year after they were first imposed, reviving momentum for the renegotiated USMCA deal to be ratified. "These continued tariffs on steel and aluminum, and our countermeasures, represented significant barriers to moving forward with the new NAFTA agreement. Now that we’ve had a full lift on these tariffs we are going to work with the United States on timing for ratification," said Prime
  
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• Soggy start to the May long weekend for campers

  17-05-2019 16:57
  Wet weather is in the forecast for the next few days but a little snow and rain won’t damper the start of the camping season for Albertans. CTV Calgary Meteorologist Kevin Stanfield says 10 to 20 mm of rain is expected over the next two days for the city and surrounding areas.The days are still chilly and rainy, but they warm and dry out as we get closer to Victoria Day. Here's our three-day forecast leading us into the long weekend. #yyc #Calgary pic.twitter.com/rjdsv17IxE — Kevin S
  
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• Handling the high: Can a genetic test make cannabis consumption safer?

  17-05-2019 16:49
  Cannabis users experience their high in many different ways, from a sleepy kind of mellowness, to anxious paranoia. But it turns out how users handle the high isn’t entirely dependent on the strain or strength of the marijuana—genetics may also be a factor.The Pot Post: Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to your inboxToronto-based healthcare technology company Lobo Genetics has developed a test to help consumers understand their genetic sensitivity to THC, the intoxicating compo
  
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• Northeast Calgary murder victim identified by police

  17-05-2019 16:20
  Police have identified the man found dead in a vehicle in Taradale on Tuesday as Rishabh Saini, 23. He was found shot to death in a silver car that had crashed into two other parked vehicles just before midnight Tuesday in the 200 block of Taracove Road N.E. Area residents said they heard a loud crash just before midnight and rushed outside to see a man slumped over inside a vehicle and at least two other men running away. They ran into a nearby alleyway and got into a dark-coloured vehicle whic
  
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• Four recent murders could be connected, say Calgary police

  17-05-2019 16:20
  Calgary police are asking for help from the public to determine whether a series of recent murders in the city are connected. The most recent happened just before midnight on Tuesday when police were called to a collision in the northeast neighbourhood of Taradale, where they found a man shot to death in a vehicle that had crashed in the 200 block of Taracove Road N.E. Police identified the victim as Rishabh Saini, 23. And on Sunday, a man was found dead in the northwest community of Hamptons. T
  
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• Asylum claims have more than tripled since 2015, Statistics Canada says

  17-05-2019 16:05
  OTTAWA -- New figures out this morning from the national statistics office says the number of asylum claims in Canada more than tripled between 2015 and 2018. Statistics Canada says that in 2015, the year the Trudeau Liberals were elected, there were about 16,000 asylum claimants. Two years later, in 2017, there were more than 50,000 claims. Last year, Statistics Canada says, there were 55,000 claimants, showing the pace of growth had slowed, but the total was well above the previous peak for cl
  
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• Lethbridge Public Library welcomes local authors into Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection - Global News

  17-05-2019 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Public Library welcomes local authors into Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: The Lethbridge Public Library celebrated local authors on Thursday as the Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection was announced. Danica Ferris has ...
  
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• Lethbridge Public Library welcomes local authors into Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection

  17-05-2019 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Public Library celebrated local authors Thursday at the Indi-Lethbridge 2019 collection.
  
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• UEFA launch women's soccer strategy plan ahead of World Cup

  17-05-2019 13:30
  BUDAPEST, Hungary -- With the World Cup looming and women's soccer gaining ground around Europe, UEFA launched a new five-year plan for the sport on Friday. The strategy document, Time for Action, sets out how the European soccer body aims to double the number of women and girls playing the game, and to change perceptions. "Every girl (should) feel like it's the most normal thing in the world to play football," UEFA's head of women's soccer, Nadine Kessler, told The Associated Press, "whether ju
  
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• Woman behind Cuban Lunch bar’s revival hopes to unravel mystery ingredients in original

  17-05-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta woman who has revived the Cuban Lunch chocolate bar says she's still working to get the recipe exactly right, despite having sold one million bars so far.
  
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• Former polygamous leader guilty in child bride case

  17-05-2019 10:13
  CRANBROOK, B.C. -- A former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., has been found guilty of removing an underage girl from Canada to be married in the United States. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin says it is reasonable to believe that James Oler knew the 15-year-old girl would be subject to sexual activity when he arranged her marriage to an older member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Devlin says Oler sa
  
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• Former B.C. polygamous leader guilty in taking child bride to United States

  17-05-2019 10:13
  CRANBROOK, B.C. -- There's "no room for doubt" that a former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., knew that an underage girl who he removed from Canada to be married in the United States would be subject to sexual contact, a judge said Friday. James Oler was found guilty of removing a 15-year-old girl from the community to the United States to be married to an older member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2004.
  
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• Decision expected today in case of child bride from Bountiful, B.C.

  17-05-2019 10:13
  CRANBROOK, B.C. -- The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision today in the case of a former leader in a fundamentalist Christian sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C. James Oler is accused of removing an underage girl from Canada to marry a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which operates in British Columbia and the United States. He was acquitted in 2017 by a judge who was not convinced Oler did anything within Canada's borders to ar
  
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• Lethbridge Public Library welcomes local authors into Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection - Globalnews.ca

  17-05-2019 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Public Library welcomes local authors into Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection  Globalnews.caWATCH ABOVE: The Lethbridge Public Library celebrated local authors on Thursday as the Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection was announced. Danica Ferris has ...
  
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• Boeing finishes software update for grounded 737 Max airliner

  17-05-2019 06:49
  Boeing says it has finished with its updates to the flight-control software implicated in two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max, moving a step closer to getting the plane back in the sky. Aviation regulators still have more questions about how pilots interact with the plane's controls under different circumstances, and Boeing says it is providing that information. The Federal Aviation Administration, foreign regulators and airlines are reviewing Boeing's plans for additional pilot training, t
  
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• Special doughnut benefits assistance dog program and Calgary Police Foundation

  17-05-2019 06:46
  Jelly Modern Doughnuts has created a unique confection to help raise funds for two charitable causes. Proceeds from the ‘Paws for Compassion’ doughnuts will be shared equally between the Calgary Police Foundation and the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (PADS). “PADS provided our dogs, Calibri and Hawk, to the Calgary Police Service free of charge,” explained Cst. Steve Hill of the Calgary Police Service. “They support victims of crime and trauma throughout the city
  
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• Library welcomes local authors to Indie-Lethbridge 2019 Collection

  17-05-2019 06:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Public Library celebrated local authors on Thursday as the Indie-Lethbridge 2019 Collection was announced. Danica Ferris has more on the event.
  
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• Library welcomes local authors to Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection

  17-05-2019 06:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Public Library celebrated local authors on Thursday as the Indi-Lethbridge 2019 Collection was announced. Danica Ferris has more on the event.
  
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• FC Edmonton prepares to play Cavalry FC in CPL’s first-ever Battle of Alberta

  17-05-2019 05:42 via globalnews.ca
  Saturday is set to be a sensational day for soccer soccer fans Calgary as the Canadian Premier League's only two undefeated teams go head-to-head in what will be the first-ever Battle of Alberta in the CPL.
  
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• RCMP will be out in force this Victoria Day long weekend

  17-05-2019 05:31
  May long weekend kickstarts summertime fun in Alberta and RCMP want motorists to be sober and safe on the highways. “We’re out here, Alberta RCMP, with our enforcement partners the Alberta Sheriffs, Fish and Wildlife, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement,” said Sergeant Darrin Turnbull. “It’s the Thursday of the May long weekend and we’re working hard to get the message out to the public that we want them to be safe!” Select RCMP officers, trained as drug reco
  
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• Province lifts May long weekend campground liquor bans, eases festival alcohol rules

  17-05-2019 04:44
  The provincial government has done away with the last of its provincial park liquor bans ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend and will remove some of the restrictions governing alcohol consumption at festivals. “It’s time to life prohibition-era restrictions around liquor consumption in Alberta and give adults the freedom to act responsibly,” said Premier Jason Kenney. “Today is the beginning of the end of the war on fun with regulations that we are announcing to make i
  
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• Ban on liquor in provincial parks lifted by premier

  17-05-2019 04:44
  The provincial government has done away with the last of its provincial park liquor bans ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend and will remove some of the restrictions governing alcohol consumption at festivals. The May long weekend liquor ban was put in place in 2010 in the eight parks as well as Ghost Reservoir Recreation Area and Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. “It’s time to lift prohibition-era restrictions around liquor consumption in Alberta and give adults the freedom to
  
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• With test flight, German company inches closer to flying taxi service

  17-05-2019 04:00
  It might seem like something out of The Jetsons or a sci-fi flick, but an aerospace company in Germany has unveiled a prototype it hopes will one day make the flying car a reality. The Munich-based Lilium released a video on Wednesday of its five-seater air taxi's first test flight. Complete with 36 fully electric engines, the aircraft can be seen in the video rising off the ground and hovering in the air while the employees celebrate. The plan is for the aircraft to one day work as a taxi that
  
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