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• Is pursuit of Canadian oil independence more of a political pitch than economics?

  28-05-2019 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Like the Conservatives, the Greens have also made a pre-election pledge -- for different reasons -- to end Canada's reliance on foreign oil imports.
  
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• Warriors embrace a new NBA Finals challenge with Raptors - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Warriors embrace a new NBA Finals challenge with Raptors  Lethbridge News NowOAKLAND, Calif. — After four straight years of facing LeBron James and Cleveland in the NBA Finals, this feels refreshing for the two-time defending champion ...
  
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• Proposed site of Coaldale's new school draws concerns over students crossing highway and railway tracks

  28-05-2019 23:40
  Town of Coaldale officials say safety was a key factor in selecting the location of the town's new school and community recreation centre but some residents are questioning the decision to build on the opposite side of the highway from the majority of the town's population. A group of community members gathered in protest on Tuesday and suggested the town ignored significant safety concerns in choosing the site, known as Site A, in northwest Coaldale. The majority of the town's students will nee
  
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• Proposed site of Coaldale school draws concerns over students crossing highway and railway tracks

  28-05-2019 23:40
  Town of Coaldale officials say safety was a key factor in selecting the location of the town's new school and community recreation centre but some residents are questioning the decision to build on the opposite side of the highway from the majority of the town's population. A group of community members gathered in protest on Tuesday and suggested the town ignored significant safety concerns in choosing the site, known as Site A, in northwest Coaldale. The majority of the town's students will nee
  
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• Capitals investigating Kuznetsov video showing white powder - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Capitals investigating Kuznetsov video showing white powder  Lethbridge News NowThe Washington Capitals said Monday they have confirmed star Evgeny Kuznetsov is shown in a now-deleted video ...
  
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• Roosters found abandoned in Alexander Wilderness Park - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 23:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Roosters found abandoned in Alexander Wilderness Park  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It may be one of the more unusual finds for Lethbridge Animal Services. According to a social media post from the organization, officers ...
  
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• How to teach kids to hunt out fake news? With dinosaurs, of course.

  28-05-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  A Canadian couple has created a graphic novel to help combat inaccurate media sources.
  
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• Snake Safety Presentation This Weekend at Helen Schuler Nature Centre

  28-05-2019 23:14
  A special presentation will take place Saturday, June 1st called "Living With Snakes".
  
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• TC Energy inks deal to sell stake in Northern Courier pipeline to AIMCo for $1.15B

  28-05-2019 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  TC Energy Corp. has signed a deal to sell an 85 per cent stake in its Northern Courier Pipeline to Alberta Investment Management Corp. for roughly $1.15 billion.
  
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• Anti-abortion group takes Lethbridge to court over refusal to run ads - Toronto Star

  28-05-2019 23:08 via thestar.com
  Anti-abortion group takes Lethbridge to court over refusal to run ads  Toronto StarAfter a woman who had two miscarriages and a medical abortion complained about the anti-abortion ad on the back of a city bus, Lethbridge pulled Lethbridge ...
  
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• Push to bring 2022 Alberta Summer Games to Okotoks and Black Diamond

  28-05-2019 22:57
  Okotoks is teaming up with Black Diamond to bid for the 2022 Alberta Summer Games. The joint bid was approved during the May 27th Okotoks council meeting. “Council is pleased for Okotoks to share the opportunity to host the Summer Games with Black Diamond,” said Mayor Bill Robertson. “These games are an excellent way to showcase Okotoks as a community that supports arts and culture, sports, and economic growth.” Legacy infrastructure would be built for the games including
  
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• Why is the C-section rate still climbing in Canada?

  28-05-2019 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  Every year the rate of delivering a baby via surgery continues to climb and is far above the ideal rate put forward by the World Health Organization.
  
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• Wildfire Smoke Potential Concern For Southern Alberta This Summer

  28-05-2019 22:37
  It doesn't look like drought conditions or extremely hot temperatures will be the biggest issues for southern Albertans this summer.
  
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• Health Canada suspends sale of textured breast implants linked to cancer

  28-05-2019 22:25
  Following a safety review, Health Canada has suspended the sale and use of Allergan’s Biocell textured breast implants due to a “rare but serious risk” of cancer. After a 2017 safety review on “breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma” (BIA-ALCL), licences for Allergan’s Biocell textured breast implants have been suspended, Health Canada said in a release today. Health Canada found the rate of BIA-ALCL is “significantly higher” in p
  
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• Police describe death in Kincora home as domestic related homicide

  28-05-2019 22:20
  The Calgary Police Service is now investigating the deaths of two people in the northwest community of Kincora as a domestic related homicide and attempted murder. Police were called to 100 block of Kincora Drive Northwest around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 25 for reports of a fire. Officers arrived and found two people dead inside the home and a third suffering life-altering injuries. “It’s believed an altercation occurred inside the home and a fire was intentionally set. Evidence at
  
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• Midnight sittings in Commons set to begin, as MPs take stock of Liberal House record

  28-05-2019 22:16
  OTTAWA –The House of Commons is poised to begin sitting until midnight most nights until the scheduled end of this Parliament, as soon as MPs vote on the government’s motion to enact the late-night sessions. The motion from Government House Leader Bardish Chagger proposes to extend the sitting hours of the House to midnight, Monday through Thursday, until the end of the session, scheduled for June 21. It is set to come to a vote later today, and if it passes, the late night sessions
  
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• Liberals launch midnight sittings in effort to pass more bills before election

  28-05-2019 22:16
  OTTAWA –The Liberal government has launched the House of Commons into weeks of late-night sittings until the scheduled end of this Parliament, in an effort to pass as many bills as possible before the session ends ahead of the fall federal election. The motion to tack on extra hours for MPs to debate government business passed on Tuesday evening, with the opposition parties voting against it. Effective immediately, the sitting hours of the House have been extended to midnight, Mondays thro
  
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• Domestic violence trial ordered in Alberta case highlighting bail delays

  28-05-2019 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  An appeal court said requiring prosecutors to staff bail hearings is creating delays that violate the rights of an accused.
  
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• Husky Energy chops $1.7B from 5 year plan, focuses on investor returns

  28-05-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Average annual capital spending will fall to $3.15 billion under a new five-year plan unveiled Tuesday by Husky Energy.
  
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• Alberta wildfire haze reaches Metro Vancouver as smoke season comes early

  28-05-2019 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Experts have forecast a summer of high wildfire danger across Western Canada and have warned that climate change will continue to worsen fire seasons in the future.
  
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• U of L Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Named a Board of Governors Teaching Chair

  28-05-2019 21:16
  Dr. Olu Awosoga is an associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge.
  
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• Alberta Wildfire official compares High Level wildfire to campfire

  28-05-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Wildfire information officer Victoria Ostendorf says a wildfire is similar to a campfire in the way it starts, spreads and acts. She uses this analogy to describe the current status of the High Level wildfire.
  
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• Fire guard ‘handled very well’ as wildfire spreads away from High Level

  28-05-2019 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Wildfire information officer Victoria Ostendorf says fire guards and preventative measures put in place to keep the fire from spreading into High Level are working well.
  
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• Smoky conditions in High Level as wildfire spreads away from town

  28-05-2019 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  West winds in northern Alberta brought smoke into the town of High Level on Tuesday. Officials said the winds are pushing the wildfire away from the town.
  
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• Okotoks and Black Diamond set to bid on 2022 Alberta Summer Games

  28-05-2019 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Two Alberta towns plan to team up in a bid to host the 2022 Alberta Summer Games.
  
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• Council grants approval for building on busy 17th Avenue corner

  28-05-2019 20:42
  City council has approved a land-use change to transform one of the busiest corners in the city. Local developer, Arlington Street Investment has now been granted permission to build on 17th Avenue and 14th Street S.W, as part of a plan to boost density in the area. Council unanimously approved the request Tuesday from B&A Planning Group, to re-designate the site and allow for a mixed-use development. Arlington Street Investments owns the busy corner, along with more than 40 other properties
  
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• Alberta wildfire continues to grow, but is spreading away from High Level

  28-05-2019 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  A fire burning near a northern Alberta town has grown slightly, but officials say firefighters are making good progress.
  
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• 'It’s real tough': Dozens of High Level evacuees waiting on provincial payment

  28-05-2019 20:25
  The Province of Alberta said it has handed out more than $4.2 million in emergency payments, but not everyone has received the money. Dozens of evacuees were waiting in line in Fort Vermilion Tuesday hoping to receive their pre-loaded debit cards. “The computers literally shut down. They couldn’t finish the cards,” said Liz Derkson, who lives outside of High Level. Each adult evacuee is entitled to a one-time payment of $1,250, while children are entitled to $500. Robin Paul de
  
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• Michigan State chooses Stony Brook president as next leader - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 19:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Michigan State chooses Stony Brook president as next leader  Lethbridge News NowEAST LANSING, Mich. — Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr., a medical researcher who has led Stony Brook University in New York for nearly a decade, was named ...
  
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• Alberta cannabis producer teams up with Harvard in $4M research collaboration

  28-05-2019 19:20
  Edmonton-based producer Atlas Biotechnologies finalized a deal on Friday to work with Harvard Medicine in what they’re calling a $4 million research collaboration. Atlas will supply cannabis products and funding to Harvard Medical School for clinical trials on chronic pain and neurological conditions. “For us, a collaboration with an institution like Harvard, it was kind of a game-changing opportunity that would allow us to not only create a collaboration with a really credible insti
  
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• High Level students affected by wildfire given multiple choices for writing final exams

  28-05-2019 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  In the wake of an evacuation due to the High Level wildfire, Alberta Education has come up with several options for students facing final exams in the coming weeks.
  
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• Alberta ethics commissioner clears Premier Kenney in conflict of interest investigation

  28-05-2019 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's ethics commissioner has cautiously cleared the premier in a conflict of interest investigation spurred by a fundraising letter signed by Jason Kenney.
  
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• MPs demand more federal assistance as mental-health issues rise on Canadian farms

  28-05-2019 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  A new report says Canada's farmers struggle with many challenges - such as market volatility, debt, long work days, unpredictable weather and loneliness.
  
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• 13 cyclists stranded on Going-to-the-Sun Road after rock slide

  28-05-2019 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  Thirteen cyclists were left stranded on a Montana road on Monday after a sudden rock slide streamed down the side of a mountain.
  
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• Significant Avalanche in Montana's Glacier National Park Strands Cyclists for Eight Hours

  28-05-2019 18:27
  A rock slide earlier in the day forced the closure of the road but 13 cyclists were already beyond that point.
  
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• A challenging few years cited as reason for closing the Trap and Gill

  28-05-2019 18:25
  The Trap and Gill is closing its doors on July 13th. The pub, located at 510 Heritage Drive Southwest, has operated in Calgary for the past 20 years. The owners posted a message on the pub’s website stating, “ It has been our great honour to be your home away from home and your neighbourhood watering hole. The last few years have been very challenging for us and after 20 years it is time to say good bye.” The owners thanked their staff for their hard work over the years and all
  
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• Farmers need more help with mental health issues, report finds

  28-05-2019 18:04
  OTTAWA -- Lawmakers are calling on the federal government to better support farmers who they say are especially vulnerable to mental-health issues like stress, depression and suicidal thoughts. In a new report Tuesday, members of an all-party parliamentary committee made 10 recommendations, including ensuring the government considers and mitigates any potential impacts from new policies on the well-being of agricultural producers. The MPs also recommended public-awareness campaigns to deal with
  
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• Canada wanted China to stop 'inaccurate' talk about justice system in Huawei case

  28-05-2019 17:44
  Global Affairs officials wanted Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to tell a senior Chinese Communist Party official in December that China should stop spreading "inaccurate" information about the Canadian justice system following the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, The Canadian Press has learned.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, for all the latest politics newsThe call never happened, but Freeland was to talk to State Councillor Yang Jiechi, the director of the party
  
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• MacKenzie Bezos to donate half of Amazon fortune to charity

  28-05-2019 17:09
  NEW YORK -- MacKenzie Bezos, who finalized her divorce from Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos earlier this year, is pledging to give away half her fortune to charity. The novelist said Tuesday that she signed The Giving Pledge, a campaign to get the ultra-wealthy to pledge at least half their fortune to charitable causes. It was created in 2010 by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates. Those who join can give away their money while the
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Indiana abortion law on fetal remains - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 16:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Supreme Court upholds Indiana abortion law on fetal remains  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is upholding an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of abor...
  
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• Cowboys Music Festival tent approved for former Enoch House location

  28-05-2019 16:19
  The City of Calgary has approved the new proposed location for the tent for the Cowboys Music Festival which is one of the biggest events at the Calgary Stampede. Cowboys is not able to set up at their regular spot on Stampede Park because of ongoing construction on the expansion to the BMO Centre and so the city approved the alternate location which is a spot of land between 11 and 12 Avenue S.E., where the historic Enoch House once stood. “We want to support our businesses and our commun
  
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• Novice Mustangs Take Silver in Lethbridge & More Weekend LAX - DiscoverMooseJaw.com

  28-05-2019 15:47 via discovermoosejaw.com
  Novice Mustangs Take Silver in Lethbridge & More Weekend LAX  DiscoverMooseJaw.comThe Moose Jaw Novice Mustangs 1 put together a great weekend on the court in Lethbridge. The Mustangs are bringing home a silver medal after falling 3-1 to ...
  
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• Lawyer accuses Chris Brown of “disrespect” in rape case - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2019 15:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lawyer accuses Chris Brown of “disrespect” in rape case  Lethbridge News NowPARIS - The lawyer for a woman who filed a rape complaint in Paris against Chris Brown says the American singe...
  
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• Alberta attorney general says he's been questioned by RCMP about leadership race

  28-05-2019 13:52
  Alberta Attorney General Doug Schweitzer says he's been questioned by the RCMP in their investigation into his party's leadership race. "I personally am not under investigation," Schweitzer said Monday. "The RCMP told me that. They asked me about the leadership race and that was it. I'm not going to comment further." Mounties are looking into whether voter fraud was committed in 2017 when the United Conservative Party picked its leader. Jason Kenney, who would go on to become Alberta premier, de
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: The day Ryan Lane vanished

  28-05-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  In February 2012, Ryan Lane was reunited with his four-year-old daughter for the first time in two years. It was one of the happiest days of Lane’s life and the last day he was ever seen.
  
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• Streetcar was Lethbridge's desire - Lethbridge Herald

  28-05-2019 10:54 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Streetcar was Lethbridge's desire  Lethbridge HeraldFor 35 years, the sound of the streetcar's bell was both a familiar and important sound in Lethbridge, for it signified the streetcar. In September 1908,
  
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• Calgary to lose 2021 luge world championships to Whistler?

  28-05-2019 06:53
  As WinSport continues to seek funding for a new sliding track, Luge Canada has requested that an upcoming, world renowned event be moved from Calgary to Whistler. The 2021 World Championships of International Luge Federation were awarded to Calgary in 2017 but uncertainty surrounding the timeline of the construction of a new track at WinSport had organizers looking for a viable alternative. "We had to get confirmation from WinSport that the track will be open in 2021 and they aren't willing to d
  
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• Small plane crashes shortly after takeoff in Yukon, killing two people

  28-05-2019 06:19
  WHITEHORSE -- The Transportation Safety Board says two people have died in a plane crash in Yukon. Spokesman Jon Lee says the single-engine Cessna 170 crashed into trees shortly after taking off from the airport in Whitehorse on Monday afternoon. Lee says it happened about 600 metres from the end of the runway, and that there was a fire afterward. He says neither of the plane's two occupants survived. The privately registered aircraft had been on its way to Anchorage, Alaska. A team of investiga
  
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• Weather still concern for Alberta firefighters but crews keeping flames at bay

  28-05-2019 05:49
  HIGH LEVEL, Alta. -- Warmer temperatures, gusty winds and no rain continued to cause unpredictable conditions for firefighters in northern Alberta on Monday, but officials said measures to keep flames away from threatened communities were working.For more on this story, visit CTV EdmontonThe largest blaze in northern Alberta remained about three kilometres southwest of High Level, where crews have been bulldozing, back-burning and water bombing to ensure flames don't creep closer to the town. "W
  
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• Alberta regulator restricts fracking near Brazeau dam following earthquake

  28-05-2019 05:41
  CALGARY -- The Alberta Energy Regulator is moving to restrict oilfield fracking activity near the Brazeau Reservoir in east central Alberta as a precaution following a 4.3 magnitude earthquake south of the area in March. The AER says hydraulic fracturing operations targeting the Duvernay underground formation or deeper are prohibited within five kilometres of the Brazeau dam infrastructure. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking -- where water, sand and chemicals are injected under high pressure to br
  
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