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• Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in 'months' - Lethbridge News Now

  05-06-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Amazon says drones will be making deliveries in 'months'  Lethbridge News NowLAS VEGAS — Amazon said Wednesday that it plans to use self-piloted drones to deliver packages to shoppers' home in the coming months. The online ...
  
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• TripAdvisor alters policy on sexual assault claims following viral petition

  05-06-2019 23:31
  TripAdvisor has changed its employee policy and parts of its web platform following an online petition calling on the company to make it easier for users to find reviews that flag reports of sexual assault and safety concerns. Back in March, an anonymous woman known as “K.K.” began a petition on Change.org in which she said she was raped while on an outdoor excursion with a tour guide who had several positive reviews on TripAdvisor. K.K. added that when she complained to TripAdvisor
  
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• Stephan trial: father questions paramedic care in toddler son’s meningitis death

  05-06-2019 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  David and Collet Stephan are facing a second trial in the 2012 bacterial meningitis death of their toddler son.
  
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• Caught on camera: Road rage incident on Highway 1

  05-06-2019 23:14
  A Metro Vancouver man is sharing startling dash cam video of an apparent road rage incident on Highway 1. The video shows Chris, who didn't want to use his full name for safety reasons, driving west through steady traffic in Burnaby Tuesday afternoon.  Suddenly someone driving a black Honda Civic swerves into Chris’ lane and appears to brake. "He cut in front of me and he slammed on the brakes not once, not twice, but maybe four times," Chris told CTV News. "He tried to hit me." Chris
  
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• Basketball boom across Canada, Raptors inspires Calgary athletes

  05-06-2019 23:12
  With the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals, some young basketball players say they have never felt more excited about the sport then they are now as they're watching a Canadian team making sports history. Basketball coaches in Calgary say for children between 12 and 17 years old, participation in the sport has even surpassed hockey. "It doesn't take much to play basketball," explained Ryan Mitchell, basketball coach and teacher at Rundle College."It takes a ball and a pair of shoes." The school
  
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• Kitten found in Victoria mall garbage tests positive for meth

  05-06-2019 23:02
  Investigators say a kitten found trapped in a shaving bag and left for dead in a Victoria mall garbage can has tested positive for meth. "She had some ability issues and so some tests were done and it was found that this kitten had methamphetamine in its urine," said Victoria Animal Control Services officer Ian Fraser. "It ingested it somehow, whether through accidental ingestion or somebody fed it." Fraser called the revelation "surprising," but added that the animal seems otherwise healthy and
  
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• Alberta introduces amended Education Act, Opposition says LGBTQ kids at risk

  05-06-2019 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta is overhauling its framework rules of grade-school education for the first time in a generation, but the Opposition NDP says it's just a cover to out gay kids and expose them to harm.
  
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• Premiers Kenney, Moe to work together on rig rules as they meet in Saskatchewan

  05-06-2019 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Both premiers said they are confident the federal government will approve the stalled construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by the June 18 deadline.
  
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• Defence class for real estate workers organized in Lethbridge - CTV News Calgary

  05-06-2019 22:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Defence class for real estate workers organized in Lethbridge  CTV News CalgaryA Lethbridge homebuilders' group has set up a special defence class designed to help realtors and other home sales workers protect themselves from attackers.
  
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• Defence class for real estate workers organized in Lethbridge

  05-06-2019 22:33
  A Lethbridge homebuilders' group has set up a special defence class designed to help realtors and other home sales workers protect themselves from attackers. Building Industry and Land Development (BILD) Lethbridge Region made the decision to hold the sessions after a female sales associate was allegedly attacked inside a showhome on May 29. Police say a 42-year-old man approached the 23-year-old worker and asked to see a new home for sale. Once the suspect was inside the empty home with the wom
  
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• Missing Calgary man found deceased

  05-06-2019 22:18
  A Calgary man reported missing in October has been found deceased. Andrew Edy, 23, was found on Sunday and his death is not considered suspicious. No other details are being released. Edy was last seen near Rockyview General Hospital in October, however he was without shoes or a jacket.
  
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• Police charge daycare worker with manslaughter in Quebec baby's death

  05-06-2019 22:16
  QUEBEC -- A Quebec home daycare worker was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in the death of a 10-month-old girl last year. Quebec provincial police arrested 37-year-old Kathy Jomphe and she appeared in court on one count of manslaughter in Quebec City. Provincial police opened a probe on May 1, 2018, after a young girl was found unconscious in a home daycare in Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, near the provincial capital. She died in hospital the following evening. Sgt. Louis-Philippe Bibeau says Jomph
  
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• Two people charged in death of Edmonton toddler to have separate trials

  05-06-2019 22:04
  EDMONTON -- Two people charged in the death of a toddler whose body was found outside an Edmonton church in 2017 will have separate trials. Joey Crier and his girlfriend, Tasha Mack, are accused of second-degree murder, criminal negligence causing death, failure to provide the necessaries of life and assault. Police have said the body of Anthony Joseph Raine, who was 19 months old, was covered in bruises and he was killed by a blow to the head. The trial of Crier and Mack was to start today, but
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in connection with series of break-ins - CTV News Calgary

  05-06-2019 21:19 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Lethbridge man charged in connection with series of break-ins  CTV News CalgaryPolice in Lethbridge say charges have been laid against a man in connection with a series of break-ins at businesses between mid-May and early June.
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in connection with series of break-ins

  05-06-2019 21:19
  Police in Lethbridge say charges have been laid against a man in connection with a series of break-ins at businesses between mid-May and early June. Officials were called to investigate a number of break and enters at the Highlands Pet Hospital, Mr. Lube South and West, Safeway Liquor and the Great Canadian Oil Change on 4 Avenue S. between May 16 and June 2. It's believed the incidents resulted in losses of approximately $20,000. Authorities identified a suspect and members of the Priority Crim
  
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• Lethbridge Man Charged With Break-Ins at Five City Businesses

  05-06-2019 21:14
  55 year old Larry Brent Ovens is facing a number of charges after a two week stretch of commercial break-ins in Lethbridge.
  
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• Canadian referee to miss Women's World Cup after cancer diagnosis

  05-06-2019 21:02
  Canadian referee Carol Anne Chenard has withdrawn from the Women's World Cup after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The 42-year-old from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, refereed the final of the 2016 Olympic women's soccer tournament. She worked three matches at the 2011 Women's World Cup, including Japan's semifinal win over Sweden, and four games at the 2015 Women's World Cup. Chenard was part of the first all-woman crew of on-field officials in the history of the Canadian Premier League
  
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• Outdoor Irrigation Exhibit set to Officially Open at Galt Museum

  05-06-2019 20:47
  The outdoor exhibit tells the story of southern Alberta water - where it comes from and how it sustains growth in the area.
  
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• Eric Lamaze competes at Spruce Meadows despite brain tumour

  05-06-2019 20:40
  Canadian equestrian Eric Lamaze is in a fight for his life right now, just 18 months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Despite that, Lamaze is back in one of his favourite places in the world, Spruce Meadows. He’s competing in this week’s National tournament but he isn’t talking to reporters this week. Vice President of Operations at Spruce Meadows, Ian Allison, says Lamaze didn’t want the storyline to be about his illness but that’s what a lot of the talk
  
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• Ranchers step forward to conserve land next to Waterton Lakes National Park

  05-06-2019 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  The ranch was established in 1935 by Otto Hansen, who had emigrated from Denmark to Canada.
  
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• Paving plans in place for Calgary this summer

  05-06-2019 20:14
  Calgarians will soon have smoother drive no matter where they go in the city thanks to a paving program starting this week. Thanks to $30 million in funding, roads in more than 90 locations in each quadrant of the city, will be resurfaced. Larger work projects are also planned for seven areas in the city including:64 Avenue N.E. (between Castleridge Boulevard and Falconridge Boulevard) 4 Street N.W. (between 16 Avenue N.W. and 32 Avenue N.W.) 19 Street N.W. (between 18 Avenue and John Laurie Bou
  
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• Senate committee says oil tanker ban off B.C. targets Alberta, divides country

  05-06-2019 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Senate's transportation and communications committee says the bill is a cynical, intentional bid to cripple the economy of Prairie provinces, particularly Alberta, and curry political favour elsewhere in the country.
  
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• Edmontonian snatches Calgary's gold treasure

  05-06-2019 19:06
  Officials with the GoldHunt event in Calgary confirm to CTV News that the prize has been found. On Wednesday morning, the company announced the finding on Twitter:POSSIBLE TREASURE FOUND IN #goldhunt #YYC Currently conducting validation!! Please standby!! — GoldHunt (@GoldHuntCA) June 5, 2019The company says Calgary's prize was found by Jeff Lerue, who travelled from Edmonton to participate in the race after he learned his home city's treasure was found in about 20 hours. Lerue, who's been
  
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• National Recognition for Lethbridge as City Designated a Clean Shoreline Community

  05-06-2019 18:55
  Lethbridge is only the fifth Canadian community to be given the designation.
  
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• Rival all-Alberta Indigenous coalition sets sights on Trans Mountain pipeline

  05-06-2019 18:41
  CALGARY -- Indigenous competition for the right to buy an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline system is heating up, with an Alberta group announcing Wednesday it intends to assemble a province-wide coalition of supporters. Iron Coalition said it has formally invited 47 First Nations and about 60 Metis organizations in the province to sign up for the effort, which was endorsed by the Alberta-based Assembly of Treaty Chiefs last fall.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered t
  
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• Indigenous group from Alberta adds rival bid for Trans Mountain pipeline

  05-06-2019 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's Iron Coalition is the second Indigenous group to bid on the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Canada's emergency alert system can't measure how many phones get the notices

  05-06-2019 18:18
  OTTAWA -- The federal government says it can't measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones. The Alert Ready system is designed to notify Canadians of potentially dangerous situations -- everything from terrorism and explosions to flash floods and tornadoes. It is also the system used to broadcast Amber Alerts when a child goes missing. Public Safety Canada spokesman Tim Warmington said the most recent test of the system, conducted May 8, produced good result
  
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• China's ambassador to Canada reassigned to Paris

  05-06-2019 18:09
  China’s ambassador to Canada has been reassigned to Europe, leaving both countries without their respective diplomats. CTV News has confirmed that Lu Shaye will move from his post in Ottawa by the end of the month to become the Chinese ambassador to France.Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletter, delivered twice weekly to your inbox and every day during the election Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau told reporters Wednesday that the diplomatic relationship between the two countr
  
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• Bobcat takes stroll down fence in Sundance

  05-06-2019 17:29
  Kathy Karach’s daughter was doing her homework on the family’s back deck in Sundance on Tuesday afternoon when a bobcat walked across the fence right beside her. Karach says her 16-year-daugher was not scared by the experience and happened to capture the encounter on video while continuing to study.
  
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• Killer of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks to learn how long he must wait to seek parole

  05-06-2019 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  The killer of a Calgary Stampeders football player is to find out today how long he must wait before he can seek parole.
  
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• Killer of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks must serve 18 years before applying for parole

  05-06-2019 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  Nelson Lugela, 21, received an automatic life sentence and it was left to the court to determine his parole ineligibility period.
  
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• North Americans eat, drink, inhale 'non-trivial dose' of microplastics annually: study

  05-06-2019 17:02
  New research suggests North Americans eat, drink and inhale tens of thousands of tiny plastic particles every year. University of Victoria biologist Kieran Cox, whose paper was published Wednesday, says what his study shows most clearly is how little is known about the extent or impact of microplastics in people. "The last thing I want to do is cause some sort of undue alarm over plastics," he said. "But even if we're considering what I would call a pretty limited literature, we're getting into
  
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• Sentencing decision Wednesday for Calgary couple convicted in toddler’s infection death

  05-06-2019 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary mother and father convicted in the death of their 14-month-old son are to learn their sentences today.
  
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• Calgary couple Jennifer and Jeromie Clark sentenced 32 months in toddler’s infection death

  05-06-2019 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary mother and father convicted in the death of their 14-month-old son are to learn their sentences today.
  
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• Man convicted in 2013 death of Calgary teen files appeal with Supreme Court

  05-06-2019 16:37
  One of the men found guilty in the swarming death of a Calgary teen outside a downtown nightclub in 2013 is now bringing his case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Lukas Strasser-Hird, 18, was found badly beaten in an alley behind the 200 block of 10 Avenue S.W. on November 23, 2013 and later died from his injuries in hospital. An autopsy determined that his death was the result of a stabbing. Franz Emir Cabrera, Assmar Ryiad Shlah, Joch Pouk and Jordan Lee Liao were all charged with second-degree
  
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• Jennifer and Jeromie Clark to be sentenced for death of 14-month-old son

  05-06-2019 15:22
  A couple convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 14-month-old son will be sentenced in a Calgary courtroom on Wednesday. A jury convicted Jennifer Clark, 42, and Jeromie Clark, 38, for the 2013 death of their young son, John after hearing the boy had been in septic stock and suffering from a staph infection and multiple organ failures. According to a pathology report, he was malnourished and died from a staph infection. At the time of his death, John weighed less than n
  
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• Jennifer and Jeromie Clark sentenced in death of 14-month-old son

  05-06-2019 15:22
  A couple convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 14-month-old son were sentenced to 32 months in prison in a Calgary courtroom on Wednesday. A jury convicted Jennifer Clark, 42, and Jeromie Clark, 38, for the 2013 death of their young son, John after hearing the boy had been in septic shock and suffering from a staph infection and multiple organ failures. According to a pathology report, he was malnourished and died from a staph infection. At the time of his death, John
  
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• Calgary parents sentenced to 32 months in prison in death of son

  05-06-2019 15:22
  A couple convicted of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 14-month-old son were sentenced to 32 months in prison in a Calgary courtroom on Wednesday. A jury convicted Jennifer Clark, 42, and Jeromie Clark, 38, for the 2013 death of their young son, John after hearing the boy had been in septic shock and suffering from a staph infection and multiple organ failures. According to a pathology report, he was malnourished and died from a staph infection. At the time of his death, John
  
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• Trump calls Bette Midler a 'washed up psycho' after she shares fake quote

  05-06-2019 15:15
  Despite a busy agenda that included dining with the Queen and meeting with outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May, U.S. President Donald Trump still found time during his U.K. visit to lash out at his foes, which included singer Bette Midler of all people. At approximately 1 a.m. local time Wednesday, Trump published a tweet in which he described the famed singer and actor as a “washed up psycho” after she posted a meme with a fake quote attributed to him. “Washed up psych
  
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• Live: Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal to be named Wednesday morning

  05-06-2019 14:53
  This year’s Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal will be revealed Wednesday morning at a ceremony on Stampede Park. Stampede president and board chair Dana Peers will make the announcement at 10 a.m. at the Nutrien Western Events Centre. Canadian Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris filled the coveted role last year. Other previous Parade Marshals include:Bing Crosby (1959) Bob Hope (1963) Walt Disney (1965) Prince Charles (1973) Lanny McDonald (1983, 1986) Christopher Reeve (1993) Sam Elliot (199
  
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• Heartland star Amber Marshall named 2019 Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal

  05-06-2019 14:53
  Heartland star Amber Marshall will lead the 2019 edition of the Calgary Stampede Parade. The actress who plays Amy Fleming on the hit Canadian show was named the 2019 Stampede Parade Marshal at a ceremony Wednesday morning at Stampede Park.  “I was in my first Stampede Parade over a decade ago and I’ve been attending them ever since,” she said. “For me to be able to lead this experience is something I’ve always dreamed of and I feel extremely honoured and privi
  
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• Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal to be named Wednesday morning

  05-06-2019 14:53
  This year’s Calgary Stampede Parade Marshal will be revealed Wednesday morning at a ceremony on Stampede Park. Stampede president and board chair Dana Peers will make the announcement at 10 a.m. at the Nutrien Western Events Centre. Canadian Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris filled the coveted role last year. Other previous Parade Marshals include:Bing Crosby (1959) Bob Hope (1963) Walt Disney (1965) Prince Charles (1973) Lanny McDonald (1983, 1986) Christopher Reeve (1993) Sam Elliot (199
  
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• Sentencing decision expected for man convicted in death of Calgary Stampeder

  05-06-2019 14:52
  The man convicted in the 2016 shooting death of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks is to be sentenced on Wednesday in a Calgary court. Nelson Lugela was found guilty of second-degree murder by a judge in March. Hicks, 23, died in hospital after he was shot outside the Marquee Beer Market on September 25, 2016. Hicks was a defensive back on the Stampeders’ practice roster. During the trial court heard that the team was at the nightclub celebrating a win and that an argument over a spilled drink
  
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• Sentence handed down for man convicted in death of Calgary Stampeder

  05-06-2019 14:52
  The man convicted in the 2016 shooting death of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks was sentenced by a judge on Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years. Nelson Lugela, 21, was found guilty of second-degree murder by a judge in March. Hicks, 23, died in hospital after he was shot outside the Marquee Beer Market on September 25, 2016. Hicks was a defensive back on the Stampeders’ practice roster. During the trial court heard that the team was at the nightclub celebrating
  
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• U.S., British veterans recreate D-Day parachute drops

  05-06-2019 14:39
  CARENTAN, France -- Parachutists are jumping over Normandy again, just as soldiers did 75 years ago for D-Day -- but this time without being shot at.WATCH LIVE: Special coverage of the 75th anniversary of D-Day from the Beny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetery in NormandyWith the throb of their engines rumbling through cloudy skies, C-47 transport planes in Second World War colours dropped jumpers with round canopies reminiscent of those used by airborne forces in 1944. Their landing zone for Wednesda
  
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• In the news today, June 3 - Lethbridge News Now

  05-06-2019 14:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, June 3  Lethbridge News NowTwelve stories in the news for Monday, June 3 --- CANADA SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT EMBASSY IN VENEZUELA...
  
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• Florida thief takes blowtorch to ATM, welds it shut instead

  05-06-2019 14:04
  OKALOOSA ISLAND, Fla. - Authorities say two Florida burglars thought they were clever when they used a blowtorch to break into an ATM, but they never hit the jackpot. Instead, the burning heat actually welded the ATM's hinges shut. Okaloosa County Sheriff's officials say video surveillance shows two male suspects entering the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island on Friday. One was armed with a crowbar and appeared to serve as the lookout while the other took the blowtorch to the ATM. Instead of cutting
  
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• China launches 1st rocket from mobile platform in Yellow Sea

  05-06-2019 13:31
  BEIJING -- China on Wednesday launched a rocket from a mobile platform at sea for the first time, sending a five commercial satellites and two others containing experimental technology into space. The Long March 11 rocket blasted off from a launch pad aboard a commercial ship in the Yellow Sea off the coast of Shandong province, marking the 306th launch of a rocket in the Long March series, but the first one at sea. China is the third country after the U.S. and Russia to master sea launch techno
  
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• Sephora closes US stores for diversity training - Lethbridge News Now

  05-06-2019 13:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sephora closes US stores for diversity training  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Sephora is closing its U.S. stores for an hour Wednesday morning to host “inclusion workshops” for its 16,000 employees, just over a month after ...
  
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• In the news today, June 5 - Lethbridge News Now

  05-06-2019 11:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, June 5  Lethbridge News NowSix stories in the news for Wednesday, June 5 --- D-DAY COMMEMORATIONS BEGIN TODAY IN THE U.K. D-Day comm...
  
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