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• AP Exclusive: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are engaged - Lethbridge News Now

  20-05-2019 23:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP Exclusive: Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are engaged  Lethbridge News NowWedding bells are in the future for actress Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost of "Saturday Night Live." Johans...
  
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• 'Instincts just took over': High school coach describes stopping gunman

  20-05-2019 22:36
  PORTLAND, Ore. -- Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway. Lowe had just seconds Friday to react. He lunged at the gunman and wrestled with him for the weapon as other students ran screaming out a back door, Lowe told reporters Monday at a news conference. Lowe said he managed to get the gun away from the stu
  
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• Family Matters podcast: Why all same-sex twins should get genetic testing

  20-05-2019 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  Are you a twin? And if so, do you know with confidence whether you are an identical or fraternal twin?
  
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• Rescuers finally persuade Eiffel Tower climber to come down

  20-05-2019 21:26
  PARIS -- The Eiffel Tower was evacuated and closed down Monday after a man scaled nearly to the top of the Paris monument and refused to come down for several hours. Members of a special firefighter climbing unit and police negotiators eventually persuaded the man to surrender, a Paris police official said. The official said the man was "under control and out of danger" Monday night. Managers said the tower would reopen Tuesday morning as usual and promised to reimburse people with reserved tick
  
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• Money laundering report a wake-up call for Canada, authors say

  20-05-2019 21:24
  VANCOUVER - The authors of a report that found $47 billion was laundered across Canada last year debated whether to include a graph that indicated Alberta, Ontario and the Prairies were hotspots for dirty money, says the lead writer. Maureen Maloney said her expert panel used the best mathematical model available to reach the estimates, but it's more reliable at a national level than a provincial one, so they questioned whether to publish the figures. "But we thought, 'No, we need to do this, be
  
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• Wildfire burns out of control near High Level, Alta.

  20-05-2019 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  A wildfire in northwestern Alberta led to an evacuation alert on Monday morning. Here is a video taken of the wildfire near High Level on Sunday, May 19, 2019.
  
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• Injunction granted to hockey parents challenging Hockey Calgary boundary changes

  20-05-2019 20:31
  Hockey Calgary’s plan to redraw its boundaries and reduce the number of minor hockey associations in the city from 14 to 11 has been temporarily halted by the courts. A judge has granted an injunction after a group of nine hockey parents launched a legal challenge of  Hockey Calgary’s ability to make such drastic changes. According to the group, the organization’s new boundaries would dissolve or drastically alter several associations including the Northwest Warriors, Glen
  
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• Potential measles exposure in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, Nisku

  20-05-2019 19:45
  A person with lab-confirmed measles visited Edmonton, Sherwood Park and Nisku while infectious last week, says Alberta Health Services.   Members of the public who were in the below locations in the noted times may have been exposed:May 9 Sherwood Park Mall – 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. May 10 Sherwood Park Mall – 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. May 11 Sherwood Park Mall – 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Smilie’s Village, Sherwood Park – 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. May 15 Shoppers Drug Mart at 202
  
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• Highway 625 closed after serious collision near Beaumont

  20-05-2019 19:24
  Highway 625 south of Edmonton has been closed after STARS was called to a collision there. According to RCMP, a northbound pickup truck collided with a westbound tractor trailer hauling an empty low boy trailer around 8:40 a.m. at Highway 625 and Range Road 241, about two kilometres east of Beaumont. The driver, who was alone in the pickup truck, was taken to hospital by STARS with serious injuries. The other driver was not injured. Police said the highway is impassable and traffic is being redi
  
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• High Level preparing for possible wildfire evacuation

  20-05-2019 19:02
  Four wildfires remain active in the High Level Forest Area and have prompted the town to issue an evacuation alert and declare a state of local emergency.  The alert is to inform residents than an evacuation order could come.  "We advise residents to begin preparations to evacuate (fuelling vehicles, gathering documents, preparing food and water, etc.). In the event of an evacuation order you will be notified of reception centre locations and evacuation routes," the Town of High Level
  
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• High Level begins evacuating south residents

  20-05-2019 19:02
  Mackenzie County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents in the south and southeast parts of High Level, as well as south of the Bushe River Reserve.  High Level is over 700 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.  Officials said crews will soon be going door-to-door to notify those in the affected parts of the town. Manned barricades will be set up to prevent anyone from going into the evacuated areas. Evacuees have been asked to register at the Town of High Level Arena a
  
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• 'Very grateful': Mother of children rescued from mountain praises search efforts

  20-05-2019 18:28
  Two children are now safe after spending the night on steep terrain on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, after getting lost while on a hike with their father on Sunday. The pair were longlined out to safety Monday morning by search and rescue crews. "This was really kind of a miraculous rescue," said Coquitlam Search and Rescue Search Manager Ian MacDonald. Crews had spent the night searching for the children after getting a call from their father just after seven Sunday evening. The family had been
  
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• 'Miraculous rescue': 2 children rescued, safe after overnight search on Burke Mountain

  20-05-2019 18:28
  Two children are now safe after spending the night on steep terrain on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, after getting lost while on a hike with their father on Sunday. The pair were longlined out to safety Monday morning by search and rescue crews. "This was really kind of a miraculous rescue," said Coquitlam Search and Rescue Search Manager Ian MacDonald. Search and rescue crews had spent the night searching for the children after getting a call from their father just after seven Sunday night. The
  
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• 'Miraculous rescue': 2 children rescued after overnight search on Burke Mountain

  20-05-2019 18:28
  Two children are now safe after spending the night on steep terrain on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, after getting lost while on a hike with their father on Sunday. The pair were longlined out to safety Monday morning by search and rescue crews. "This was really kind of a miraculous rescue," said Coquitlam Search and Rescue Search Manager Ian MacDonald. Crews had spent the night searching for the children after getting a call from their father just after seven Sunday evening. The family had been
  
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• 2 children rescued, safe after overnight search on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam

  20-05-2019 18:28
  Two children are now safe after spending the night on steep terrain on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, after getting lost while on a hike with their father on Sunday. Search and rescue crews spent the night searching for the children after getting a call from their father just after seven Sunday night. The family is visiting from the state of Georgia, and had been planning to head to Munro Lake to do some fishing. They got off track and ended up slipping down into a steep creek bed area, according
  
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• Alberta legislature resumes with carbon tax, desk thumping on agenda

  20-05-2019 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs.
  
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• Canadian retaliatory tariffs lifted as U.S. kills steel aluminum penalties

  20-05-2019 17:11
  OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Bill Morneau says Canadian tariffs on U.S. bourbon, playing cards and licorice have officially been lifted. The tariffs targeting products to have political impact in the states of prominent Republican lawmakers were retaliation for the steel and aluminum tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on Canada almost a year ago. Canada and the U.S. reached a deal Friday to lift those tariffs and they were physically removed today. This morning Morneau issued a statement sayin
  
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• Brexiteer Farage splattered in latest U.K. milkshake attack

  20-05-2019 17:02
  LONDON -- Pro-Brexit British politician Nigel Farage was hit with a milkshake while campaigning in the European Parliament election on Monday -- the latest in a spate of attacks on politicians with the sticky beverages. Farage was left with milkshake dripping down his lapels during a walkabout in Newcastle, northeast England. Police said a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault. Paul Crowther, who was detained in handcuffs at the scene, said he threw the banana-and-salted caramel F
  
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• More women, few minorities: Docs detail results of Liberal patronage overhaul

  20-05-2019 16:16
  OTTAWA -- The Liberal government's overhaul of the patronage system has led to gender parity in government appointments, but new figures show few of those women are in leadership posts and visible minorities are being left out. Documents from the Privy Council Office obtained through the access-to-information law, show that as of last year, 55.5 per cent of appointees to federal agencies, boards and organizations were women, slightly above their proportion in the Canadian population. But the Lib
  
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• Plastic water bottles spotted in 'Game of Thrones' finale

  20-05-2019 15:08
  Eagle-eyed Game of Thrones viewers spotted more modern beverage containers in the fantasy drama during Sunday’s series finale. Plastic water bottles were seen sitting behind the legs of actors John Bradley and Liam Cunningham’s characters Samwell Tarly and Davos Seaworth. “A water bottle in King’s Landing!” wrote a viewer on Twitter who posted a short clip of the scene. “It's not just there, I actually found the second water bottle next to Ser Davos,” ad
  
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• Kawhi Leonard scores big in Raptors double-overtime win despite injury

  20-05-2019 13:31
  TORONTO -- Kawhi Leonard's teammates had long gone by the time he emerged from the nether-regions of the Raptors locker-room to get dressed. It was 11:29 p.m. local time. Treatment beckoned after leading Toronto to a 118-112 double-overtime win over Milwaukee, cutting the Bucks' lead in the Eastern Conference final to two games to one.Read More: Kawhi Leonard scores 36 points in Raptors' 118-112 double OT win over BucksLeonard appeared to favour his leg during a gritty 52-minute performance Sund
  
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• And the winner of the 'Game of Thrones' is ...

  20-05-2019 13:16
  LOS ANGELES -- Winter has come and winter has gone, thelast of the heads have been lopped off and the last of the dragon fire has been spit as "Game of Thrones" aired its 73rdand final episode Sunday night. While the results of the game were a split decision as they were in most other episodes in the show's eight seasons -- the finale brought some clear winners, at least one clear loser, and a major upset. (MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.) Brandon Stark, who until recently appeared happy to remain a mysti
  
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• U.S. stocks fall as Huawei ban prompts sell-off in chipmakers

  20-05-2019 12:57
  Chipmakers and other technology companies pulled U.S. stocks lower Monday, extending the market's losses into another week. The U.S. decision to ban technology sales to China's Huawei hammered the tech sector, particularly chipmakers. About one-third of Huawei's suppliers are American chipmakers and investors are worried that the action against Huawei could crimp sales for companies with revenue heavily tied to China. Apple also skidded after an analyst warned that the iPhone maker's growth pros
  
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• Technology stocks push the market lower, extending losses

  20-05-2019 12:57
  Technology companies led a broad slide in stocks Monday afternoon on Wall Street, extending the market's losses into another week. The U.S. decision to ban technology sales to China's Huawei hammered the technology sector, particularly chipmakers. About one-third of Huawei's suppliers are American chipmakers and investors are worried that the action against Huawei could crimp sales for companies with revenue heavily tied to China. Broadcom and Qualcomm are both Huawei suppliers and each get at l
  
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• Wildfire near Edson forces evacuations; Highway 16 to reopen at midnight

  20-05-2019 04:33 via globalnews.ca
  Several homes were evacuated near Marlboro, Alta., about 15 kilometres west of Edson, due to a wildfire in the Alberta foothills on Sunday.
  
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• Brooks Bandits win National Junior A Championship on home ice

  20-05-2019 02:05
  The Brooks Bandits have capped off a record setting season by winning the National Junior A Championship. The Bandits beat the Prince George Spruce Kings 4-3 on Sunday afternoon in front of a hometown crowd. The team started strong against Prince George and scored three goals in the first period. The Spruce Kings battled back and scored with just 45 seconds left on the clock to make it a 4-3 game. The packed house cheered the team on as the final seconds ticked off the clock and went wild when t
  
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• Police suspect missing Calgarian may be in British Columbia

  20-05-2019 00:54
  The Calgary Police Service has extended its request for tips from the public into British Columbia as the effort continues to find a Calgary man who was last seen in mid-May. Brian Gresl, 35, was last seen in the 8400 block of Elbow Drive S.W. on May 15. Gresl is described as:185 cm or 6'1" tall 68 Kg or 150 pounds Blue eyes Long brown curly hair Wearing a black hoodie with a white zipper and strings, dark blue jeans, dark brown shoes and glassesPolice say he was driving a 2002, red Volkswagen G
  
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• Calgary police appeal to public to locate missing man

  20-05-2019 00:54
  Police in Calgary are asking the public for help to find a missing man who was last seen in the city’s southwest last week. Brian Gresl, 35, was last seen in the 8400 block of Elbow Drive S.W. on May 15. Gresl is described as:185 cm or 6'1" tall 68 Kg or 150 pounds Blue eyes Long brown curly hair Wearing a black hoodie with a white zipper and strings, dark blue jeans, dark brown shoes and glassesPolice say he was driving a 2002, red Volkswagen Golf and that the vehicle has a European licen
  
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• Man, 21, dead after falling off mountain near Lac des Arcs

  20-05-2019 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  The hiker feel 60 feet, police said Sunday.
  
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• Edmonton man dead after falling off mountain near Lac des Arcs

  20-05-2019 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  The hiker feel 60 feet, police said Sunday.
  
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• Hiker dies after falling from mountain in Kananskis area

  20-05-2019 00:18
  RCMP and search crews have recovered the body of a hiker who reportedly fell from a mountain in the Bow River Valley area on Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Heart Mountain, near Exshaw, at about 1 p.m.Officials say a 21-year-old man was with at least one other hiker when he fell about 18 metres down the mountain. Crews have recovered his body and police are in the process of notifying next of kin.
  
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• Hiker dies after falling from mountain in Kananaskis area

  20-05-2019 00:18
  RCMP and search crews have recovered the body of a hiker who reportedly fell from a mountain in the Bow River Valley area on Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Heart Mountain, near Exshaw, at about 1 p.m.Officials say a 21-year-old man was with at least one other hiker when he fell about 18 metres down the mountain. Crews have recovered his body and police are in the process of notifying next of kin.
  
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