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• Charges laid following cancelled Amber Alert in Fox Creek - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 23:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Charges laid following cancelled Amber Alert in Fox Creek  Lethbridge News NowFOX CREEK, AB – RCMP in Alberta say three young children who were found safe after an Amber Alert was issued early on Saturday, June 1, were with their ...
  
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• Premier Kenney rejects Opposition attacks as Alberta halts new drug consumption sites

  03-06-2019 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting accusations he is putting vulnerable Albertans at risk by freezing funds for proposed new supervised consumption drug sites.
  
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• Boot Cooper from Tory caucus over comments on online hate: Liberal MP

  03-06-2019 23:23
  OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer should eject colleague Michael Cooper from the Tory caucus over things the MP said about online hate in a parliamentary hearing last week, says a Liberal MP. Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault says Scheer's decision to remove Cooper from the committee that held the hearing, but not from caucus, shows there's a "revolving door" for bigots in the Conservative party.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered twice weekly to your inbox and e
  
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• Deceased in Stoney Trail murder-suicide identified as mother and son

  03-06-2019 23:20
  A family friend confirms the two people who died near a bridge on Stoney Trail last week were a mother and son from Calgary. First responders were called to Stoney Trail and Nose Hill Drive NW at around 9 a.m. on May 31st. EMS says one person was found deceased inside a vehicle and another body was found at the bottom of the bridge. Calgary police confirm the victims were a man and a woman. The family friend, who wishes to remain anonymous, said the deceased are 77-year-old Liisa Nukkala and her
  
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• Oil lobby group calls on parties to campaign on regulatory help for pipelines

  03-06-2019 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  The country's largest oil-and-gas lobby group is urging political parties to ensure their campaign platforms include support for major pipeline and LNG projects and a regulatory regime that would allow projects to be completed faster.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Accused of Child Abduction in Northern Alberta Amber Alert

  03-06-2019 23:14
  23 year old D’artangan Pool of Lethbridge and 42 year old Charmaine Darnel of Whitecourt are facing abduction and assault charges relating to a province-wide Amber Alert in Fox Creek.
  
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• Semenya lawyers: IAAF ordered to suspend testosterone rules - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Semenya lawyers: IAAF ordered to suspend testosterone rules  Lethbridge News NowLAUSANNE, Switzerland — Caster Semenya won an interim ruling in her battle against the IAAF and its testosterone regulations when the Swiss supreme court ...
  
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• New Trial Underway in Lethbridge For David and Collet Stephan

  03-06-2019 23:02
  Parents of a toddler who died of meningitis back in 2012 are defending themselves in a re-trial of charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life.
  
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• Search underway for armed suspects who forced their way into Lethbridge home - CTV News Calgary

  03-06-2019 23:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Search underway for armed suspects who forced their way into Lethbridge home  CTV News CalgaryThe Lethbridge Police Service is attempting to locate two suspects in connection with a recent home invasion involving firearms. According to police officials, two males forced their way into a home in the 400 block of 27th Street South in the late evening hours of Sunday, May 26. The intruders confronted two women inside the home and demanded information regarding the location of an unidentif
  
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• Search underway for armed suspects who forced their way into Lethbridge home

  03-06-2019 23:00
  The Lethbridge Police Service is attempting to locate two suspects in connection with a recent home invasion involving firearms. According to police officials, two males forced their way into a home in the 400 block of 27th Street South in the late evening hours of Sunday, May 26. The intruders confronted two women inside the home and demanded information regarding the location of an unidentified male. The suspects searched the home and left without further incident. The women were not harmed du
  
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• Line 3 pipeline setback more bad news for Canadian oilfield workers: CEO of industry group

  03-06-2019 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  The president of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada says a court ruling in Minnesota that could further delay Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project spells more bad news for Canadian oilfield workers.
  
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• Ex-governor's phone seized in Flint water probe - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 22:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ex-governor's phone seized in Flint water probe  Lethbridge News NowLANSING, Mich. — Authorities investigating Flint's water crisis have used search warrants to seize from storage the state-owned mobile devices of former Gov.
  
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• Lethbridge Police Investigating South Side Home Invasion

  03-06-2019 22:38
  LPS allege two armed men forced their way into a home on 27th Street South last Wednesday.
  
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• Trump, in tussle with CNN, suggests boycott of parent AT&T - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 22:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump, in tussle with CNN, suggests boycott of parent AT&T  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to reiterate his complaints about CNN and suggest a boycott of its parent company, AT&T.
  
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• Ottawa hit with another tornado, residents complain they got no warning

  03-06-2019 22:37
  OTTAWA -- Environment Canada is reviewing its public alerts system after residents of a suburban Ottawa neighbourhood hit by a tornado Sunday were never warned that one was on the way. The tornado, preliminarily classified as an EF1 with winds up to 178 kilometres an hour, reportedly injured one person slightly but it tore off roofs, levelled fences and uprooted trees. While Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for several nearby areas in western Quebec and eastern Ontario Sunday night, th
  
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• Produced water spill prompts AER to order energy company to suspend activity at affected well

  03-06-2019 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has ordered Calgary-based Obsidian Energy to suspend activity at a well "and associated infrastructure" where 400,000 litres of produced water spilled late last month.
  
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• Road Closures Around New Downtown Lethbridge Transit Terminal For Repairs

  03-06-2019 22:29
  As construction winds down on the Regional Park n’ Ride Transit Terminal, work will begin to repair roads, enhance pedestrian safety and increase traffic control around the site.
  
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• What, them worry? Warriors confident despite NBA Finals hole - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 22:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  What, them worry? Warriors confident despite NBA Finals hole  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are rugged and relentless, capable of punishing teams in transition any time they make a mistake. The Golden State Warriors ...
  
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• Sweden won't seek Assange's detention, court rules - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 22:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sweden won't seek Assange's detention, court rules  Lethbridge News NowCOPENHAGEN - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to Sweden for a revived rape investigat...
  
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• ASIRT investigating in-custody injury in Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  03-06-2019 22:23 via lethbridgeherald.com
  ASIRT investigating in-custody injury in Lethbridge  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is opening an investigation into an Lethbridge Police *Service* following a.
  
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• ASIRT Investigating Lethbridge Police In-Custody Injury

  03-06-2019 21:41
  A 23 year old man was injured while in the custody of LPS. The matter is under investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
  
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• Feds begin payouts to informants for offshore tax intelligence - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 21:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Feds begin payouts to informants for offshore tax intelligence  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The federal government has begun making payments to secret informants for intelligence that...
  
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• Minnesota court reverses regulators’ decision on impact of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline

  03-06-2019 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  The court said project's environmental impact statement doesn't address the possibility of an oil spill into the Lake Superior watershed.
  
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• Emotions raw, actions promised as MMIWG inquiry comes to an end

  03-06-2019 21:08
  OTTAWA — Families of the Indigenous women and girls who have gone missing or been murdered across Canada joined First Nations leaders and federal officials to mark the end of the national inquiry, with the hope that the findings released Monday will help close the door on another dark chapter in Canadian history. “It’s closure for the past, but it still opens up doors for many things to come, many more improvements,” said Marilyn Courchene, who is a councillor in Manitoba
  
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• High Level fire evacuees soon allowed to go home - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  High Level fire evacuees soon allowed to go home  Lethbridge News NowHIGH LEVEL, Alta. — Community officials say thousands of fire evacuees from High Level, Alta., as well as the surrounding areas of Mackenzie County and ...
  
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• Bad sleep linked to poor health, risky sex in teens

  03-06-2019 20:48
  Two new studies highlight the importance of sleep for teen health. The first, done by researchers at the University of British Columbia and published in Preventative Medicine, studied B.C. students aged 13 to 17 over two years and found that chronic, low-quality sleep was related to poorer health. “Even if they had difficulty falling asleep just one night a week, if that was a regular occurrence over two years, it really seemed to affect their overall health,” said Annalijn Conklin,
  
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• Rainbow Flag Raised at Taber Provincial Building During Third Annual Pride Fest

  03-06-2019 20:40
  Alberta Liberal Leader David Khan was on hand to speak during the flag raising Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Three confirmed dead in plane crash outside of Irvine - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 20:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Three confirmed dead in plane crash outside of Irvine  Lethbridge News NowCYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Three people are confirmed to have died after a small plane that took off from the Medici...
  
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• Trump, first lady meet with queen at Buckingham Palace - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 20:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump, first lady meet with queen at Buckingham Palace  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - President Donald Trump met with Queen Elizabeth II Monday during a three-day visit to Britain meant t...
  
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• Fort Macleod RCMP investigating liquor store theft - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fort Macleod RCMP investigating liquor store theft  Lethbridge News NowFORT MACLEOD, AB - Mounties in Fort Macleod are seeking the public's help in identifying suspects in a liquor ...
  
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• Community BBQ Set to Kick Off 2020 Alberta Summer Games in Lethbridge

  03-06-2019 19:30
  The 2020 Alberta Summer Games will be in Lethbridge July 23-26.
  
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• Alberta man killed during rock climbing accident in Jasper

  03-06-2019 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  According to RCMP, the man fell approximately 30 metres while rock climbing in Jasper National Park last week.
  
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• High Level residents begin to return home after wildfire evacuation

  03-06-2019 18:41 via globalnews.ca
  Two weeks after being forced to evacuate due to a nearby wildfire, residents in the northern Alberta town of High Level began to return home Monday.
  
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• Spoiler alert, 'Jeopardy!' fans: Could Holzhauer lose? - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 18:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Spoiler alert, 'Jeopardy!' fans: Could Holzhauer lose?  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Spoiler alert, "Jeopardy!" fans. James Holzhauer may not be invincible after all. A one-minute vide...
  
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• Semenya lawyers: IAAF ordered to suspend testosterone rules

  03-06-2019 18:22
  Caster Semenya won an interim ruling in her battle against the IAAF when the Swiss supreme court ordered athletics' governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations on Monday, raising the prospect of her competing at the world championships without having to take hormone suppressing medication. The decision temporarily lifts the contentious rules, at least until the IAAF responds with arguments to the supreme court, known as the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to restore them. The IAAF has until J
  
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• Sudan troops besiege protest camp, 2 reported killed - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 18:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sudan troops besiege protest camp, 2 reported killed  Lethbridge News NowKHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudanese security forces moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, witnesses and protest organizers said.
  
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• UCP government pauses funding for future supervised injection sites

  03-06-2019 17:55
  The United Conservative Government has confirmed that funding for new supervised injection sites is on hold while a review is conducted. There were three new sites planned in Alberta, including one in Red Deer, one in Medicine Hat, and a mobile site in Calgary. “Our government is committed to ensuring the sites provide effective services including a path to treatment and recovery, and address the legitimate concerns of communities,” said Health Minister Jason Luan in a written statem
  
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• Lethbridge Delegation Pushes For Local Airport Funding at FCM Convention

  03-06-2019 17:43
  Mayor Chris Spearman says a delegation from Lethbridge City Council met with the federal infrastructure department to see how the city can leverage federal funding to spruce up the Lethbridge Airport.
  
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• Project Paintbrush to celebrate milestone during its 16th year - Lethbridge News Now

  03-06-2019 17:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Project Paintbrush to celebrate milestone during its 16th year  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A local volunteer group will have a lot to celebrate this year: it's 200th project. Project Paintbrush has been around for 16-years and ...
  
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• Teenager hit while in marked crosswalk, portion of 50th Avenue S.W. shut down

  03-06-2019 17:11
  Police say a teenage girl was in a marked crosswalk on 50th Avenue S.W. Monday morning when she was hit by the driver of a truck who apparently didn't see her. Traffic is blocked both in both directions on 50th Avenue between 21st Street and 22nd Street S.W. Northbound Crowchild Trail is also blocked from accessing 50th Avenue S.W. while officers investigate. Police said the victim is believed to be about 16-years-old and was in a marked crosswalk when she was hit. EMS says the girl was taken to
  
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• Police investigate after teenager hit in crosswalk in city's southwest

  03-06-2019 17:11
  Police say a teenage girl was in a marked crosswalk on 50th Avenue S.W. on Monday morning when she was hit by the driver of a truck who apparently didn't see her. Traffic was redirected on 50th Ave., between 21st Street and 22nd Street S.W., for several hours while police investigated. Police say the victim is believed to be about 16-years-old and was in a marked crosswalk when she was hit. EMS officials say the girl was taken to hospital in stable condition. The driver of the truck remained at
  
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• Collision shuts down part of 50th Avenue S.W. near Crowchild Trail

  03-06-2019 17:11
  Police have shut down 50th Avenue between Crowchild Trail and 21st Street S.W. following a collision that sent one person to hospital. Traffic from northbound Crowchild Trail is being blocked from accessing 50th Avenue S.W. while police investigate. Few details are available but EMS says one person was taken to hospital in stable condition.Traffic Advisory:Due to a serious injury collision, 50 Ave S.W., is closed from Crowchild Trail to 21 Street S.W., Traffic from Northbound Crowchild Trail ont
  
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• Three Dead Following Small Plane Crash Near Medicine Hat

  03-06-2019 16:58
  A plane heading from Medicine Hat to Moose Jaw crashed just east of that southeast Alberta city late Saturday night.
  
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• Alberta Wildfire on what changed in order for High Level residents to return home

  03-06-2019 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Wildfire information officer Victoria Ostendorf explains what conditions changed enough for residents to be allowed to return home to High Level, and how the weather helped firefighters.
  
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• Alberta Wildfire official on fighting efforts that will continue near High Level as residents begin to return home

  03-06-2019 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Wildfire information officer Victoria Ostendorf explains the efforts to continue fighting the wildfire near High Level, as residents will begin returning home Monday.
  
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• Residents return to High Level, town remains on evacuation alert

  03-06-2019 16:31
  Residents of High Level returned home on Monday after being forced out of their homes for two weeks due to wildfire; however, they’re still on alert to leave again at a moment’s notice. “Normal for us is going to be high alert, making sure we have a bag packed in case it happens again, living with smoke and so that’s going to be our new normalcy,” High Level Mayor Crystal McAteer told media on Monday morning.Hundreds of evacuees from Peerless Trout First Nation in E
  
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• Evacuees to return to High Level after two week evacuation

  03-06-2019 16:31
  Residents of High Level will return home on Monday after being forced out of their homes for two weeks due to wildfire. The day began with a press conference by High Level Mayor Crystal McAteer. McAteer announced that there would be a water ban in place to ensure that there’s enough water to support residents and services when everyone comes home. Evacuees may be returning home, but the Fort Vermilion School Division says all of their schools are now closed, and the remainder of classes wi
  
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• Evacuees return to High Level after two week evacuation

  03-06-2019 16:31
  Residents of High Level returned home on Monday after being forced out of their homes for two weeks due to wildfire. Firefighters with a large Canada flag gathered to welcome the evacuees as they returned. Sprinkler ban, updates on property and utility billing High Level Mayor Crystal McAteer announced that there would be a non-essential water ban in place to ensure that there’s enough water to support residents and services when everyone comes home. Residents are being asked not to water
  
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• Trial starts for Calgary man accused in death of grandson

  03-06-2019 16:24
  The manslaughter trial for a man accused in the 2015 death of his five-year-old grandson got underway in a Calgary courtroom on Monday morning. Allan Perdomo Lopez, 59, is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of Eneas Emilio Perdomo. The little boy was living with his grandparents in Calgary when he was taken to hospital in medical distress in July of 2015. Allan Perdomo sat in the prisoner’s box with a Spanish translator beside him. In the Crown’s opening statement, court heard
  
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• Trial starts for Calgarian accused in grandson's death

  03-06-2019 16:24
  In the opening day of a Calgary grandfather's trial in the 2015 death of his grandson, the courtroom heard a man had called Child Protective Services because he "thought something was wrong". "I just wish I could have saved him," said Pablo Polomera, of five-year-old Eneas Emilio Perdomo, who went by ‘Emilio.’ Allan Perdomo Lopez, 59, is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of his grandson. Polomera, a Crown witnesses, had a booth at a flea market where the Perdomo family freque
  
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