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• 2 tornadoes touch down in Saskatchewan provincial park

  01-07-2019 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada says two tornadoes touched down in Meadow Lake Provincial Park on June 29.
  
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• New lawsuit challenges U.S. approvals of Keystone XL pipeline

  01-07-2019 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  Environmentalists asked a federal judge on Monday to cancel approvals issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, opening another front in the legal fight over a long-delayed energy project that U.S. President Donald Trump has tried to push through to completion.
  
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• Tour lets stargazers capture night sky over Crowsnest Pass

  01-07-2019 22:32
  Most outdoor enthusiasts tend to go on hikes during the day, but a tour company in the Crowsnest Pass is offering something a little different. Meeting up before sunset on Saturday, the group with Uplift Adventures ascended as the sun sank, allowing them to photograph the night sky. “It’s a little bit more intimidating to go at nighttime,” said Heather Davis with Uplift Adventures. “You have more animals coming out.” But the results are more than worth the time and
  
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• Two tornadoes touched down in Meadow Lake Provincial Park: Environment Canada

  01-07-2019 22:25
  Two tornadoes did touch down in Meadow Lake Provincial Park on Saturday night, Environment Canada has confirmed. According to the weather agency, a severe thunderstorm went through the Murray Doell Campground within the park on Saturday evening. One tornado touched down around 15 kilometres northwest of Goodsoil around 4:30 p.m., damaging trees and rolling camper. Other campers were damaged by fallen trees, Environment Canada said. A second tornado touched down around 10 kilometres northwest of
  
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• Montana governor says he’s open to idea of supporting Keystone XL pipeline

  01-07-2019 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Monday during an online meeting about climate change that he's open to supporting the Keystone XL pipeline "if it's done right,'' a departure from other Democratic presidential candidates who condemn the proposed oil line from Canada as an environmental threat.
  
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• 'I couldn't just do nothing': Langley man revives orphaned bear cub with CPR

  01-07-2019 21:37
  When Langley artist and performer Ronnie Dean Harris drove past a dead bear by the side of Highway One near Lytton last Wednesday, he decided to double back.  "I turned around to put some tobacco down for the bear.  In our culture that helps the spirit of the animal transition," said Harris. "And over the guard rail I saw this little head poke up."     The dead bear was a new mother, with two young cubs who were staying near her body.  Harris called the conservation
  
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• Construction worker shot in suspected road rage case in Calgary

  01-07-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  According to Calgary police, the driver of an SUV became upset with the slow speed of another driver travelling ahead of him in a construction zone.
  
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• 2 rescued from Grouse Mountain cliff: North Shore Rescue

  01-07-2019 18:49
  North Shore Rescue crews were at Grouse Mountain on Monday, helping two hikers who were stuck on a cliff. At around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, NSR posted to Twitter saying a team was being sent in to find a woman's exact location, but added that she was on the south side of the mountain.  NSR responding to Grouse for a stranded female hiker who is stuck on a cliff on the South side of Grouse. NSR is sending in crews to to find her exact location. — North Shore Rescue (@NSRescue) July 1
  
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• 17th Avenue and 14th Street intersection re-opens a day ahead of schedule

  01-07-2019 18:35
  The closure of a major intersection in southwest Calgary has ended a full day earlier than anticipated. Utility replacement work meant the intersection at 17th Avenue and 14th Street S.W. was scheduled to be closed over the Canada Day long weekend, however crews got the work done early and it was re-opened at 5 a.m. Monday, a full day ahead of schedule. The area was supposed to be done in time for the Tuesday morning rush hour. The work is part of the ongoing 17th Avenue S.W. Reconstruction Proj
  
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• The most patriotic Canadian? Edmonton man shows off hundreds of Maple Leafs

  01-07-2019 18:24
  Rene McKale owns a level of Canadian pride that’s impossible to ignore. The red and white, maple-leaf-emblazoned flag is literally on most of what McKale owns. His personal vehicles have Canadian flags. His company vehicles have flags. His clothes and hard-hats, the walls of his home, his golf cart… all have Canadian flags. And McKale’s house and shop have flags too, more than 200 in total. “There’s 52 here… and between 160 and 170 at my shop,” McKale
  
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• Two men believed drowned in separate incidents in southern Alberta

  01-07-2019 18:15
  Two men are believed drowned in separate incidents in southern Alberta on Sunday. The first happened just before 7:30 p.m. at Hebert Lake in Banff National Park when a man in his early 20s fell into the water while paddle boarding and didn’t resurface. A search was launched immediately, which was unsuccessful and crews were expected to return to the area on Monday. Hebert Lake is about 180 kilometres west of Calgary. The man’s identity has not been released. The second happened about
  
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• Three men believed drowned in separate incidents in southern and central Alberta

  01-07-2019 18:15
  It's been a deadly weekend on the waterways in southern and central Alberta. Three men are believed to have drowned in separate incidents on Sunday. The first happened just before 7:30 p.m. at Herbert Lake in Banff National Park when a man in his early 20s fell into the water while paddle boarding and didn’t resurface. A search was launched immediately, which was unsuccessful and crews were expected to return to the area on Monday. Sgt. Gerald Walker said the man was part of a group of sev
  
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• 'Straight Pride' event application gets the go-ahead in Boston

  01-07-2019 17:25
  Despite widespread outrage, Boston may soon see a “Straight Pride” parade march through its streets. The city of Boston has approved a public event application for the parade, first proposed in early June by three men operating under the name “Super Happy Fun America.” With the city’s approval for a parade route, the group can move forward in the process of receiving a permit. News of the so-called “Straight Pride” parade caused backlash on social media
  
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• On Canada Day, Trump says relationship 'one of the most important,' vows to maintain it

  01-07-2019 17:14
  OTTAWA – Americans view the bilateral relationship with Canada as "one of the most important" relationships and will work to maintain it, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. In a statement congratulating his neighbours to the north on the occasion of Canada Day, Trump offered his "best wishes for your nation's bright future." "Since its founding, Canada has represented a powerful, positive force in the world," Trump's statement read. "Our people share many strong bonds, including a c
  
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• Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder loses job after viral Trump cartoon

  01-07-2019 15:31
  A Canadian cartoonist says he lost his job after his illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump playing golf over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral. On Friday, Michael de Adder took to Twitter to announce he had been let go from his contract with several New Brunswick newspapers, just 24 hours after the unpublished illustration went viral. The political cartoon, which depicts Trump standing over the migrants asking, “Do you mind if I play through,” referenced the real-li
  
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• South Korea launches fighter jets over bird confusion

  01-07-2019 13:38
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- Ending a brief media frenzy, South Korea's military said it turned out to be a flock of birds that prompted it to launch fighter jets and alert journalists that it had detected an unidentified object flying near the border with North Korea on Monday. The South's earlier announcement on the flying object left many media outlets scrambling, with the incident coming a day after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at a different portion of
  
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• Suspect in deadly Dutch tram shooting appears in court - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:52
  Suspect in deadly Dutch tram shooting appears in court  Lethbridge News NowBRUSSELS — Dutch prosecutors said Monday they have a “strong indication” that a man accused of fatally shooting four passengers on a tram in the central city ...
  
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• Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover to China - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:52
  Protests escalate as Hong Kong marks handover to China  Lethbridge News NowHONG KONG - Combative protesters tried to break into the Hong Kong legislature Monday as a crowd of thousands ...
  
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• Illegal or just immoral? Film explores texting suicide case - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:52
  Illegal or just immoral? Film explores texting suicide case  Lethbridge News NowBOSTON - A new documentary asks whether a young woman who sent her suicidal boyfriend countless text messages ...
  
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• Three injured, hiker after severe storm smashes Saskatchewan campground - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:44
  Three injured, hiker after severe storm smashes Saskatchewan campground  Lethbridge News NowGOODSOIL, Sask. — A windstorm that may have been a tornado snapped trees and caused numerous injuries at a Saskatchewan provincial park that was full of ...
  
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• 'Toy Story 4' repeats at No. 1 over 'Annabelle,' 'Yesterday' - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:41
  'Toy Story 4' repeats at No. 1 over 'Annabelle,' 'Yesterday'  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES — “Toy Story 4” hung onto the top spot in its second week in theatres and the horror sequel “Annabelle Comes Home” opened in line with ...
  
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• Family says goodbye to wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:41
  Family says goodbye to wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter”  Lethbridge News NowHONOLULU — About 500 people watched from the shore and the waters off a beach as family and friends held a memorial *service* to say goodbye to reality-TV ...
  
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• Bus crashes into gorge in India's Kashmir, killing 35 - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 12:11
  Bus crashes into gorge in India's Kashmir, killing 35  Lethbridge News NowSRINAGAR, India — An overcrowded minibus crashed into a gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least 35 people and injuring 17 others, ...
  
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• Montreal Impact ready for stiff test against defending MLS champs - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 10:26
  Montreal Impact ready for stiff test against defending MLS champs  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Goalkeeper Evan Bush believes the Montreal Impact have yet to realize their full potential. Sitting second in the MLS Eastern Conference, the ...
  
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• Dominican police arrest 'mastermind' in David Ortiz shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 07:15
  Dominican police arrest 'mastermind' in David Ortiz shooting  Lethbridge News NowSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Friday that they have arrested the man behind the shooting of ...
  
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• Emergency crews respond to two possible drownings in southern Alberta Sunday: RCMP

  01-07-2019 06:53 via globalnews.ca
  Emergency crews were called out to two possible drownings in southern Alberta on Sunday, one near Okotoks and one by Lake Louise.
  
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• Police cadet graduation – officers relate commitment, sincerity – and frustration - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 06:40
  Police cadet graduation – officers relate commitment, sincerity – and frustration  Lethbridge News NowLethbridge — “One cog in the justice wheel”. On Friday afternoon (June 28) family, friends and various police *service* executives gathered at the Vimy Ridge ...
  
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• Feds announce funding for coal transition in Alberta, Saskatchewan - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 06:18
  Feds announce funding for coal transition in Alberta, Saskatchewan  Lethbridge News NowNISKU, AB – The federal government is announcing projects to help western workers and communities dependent on coal mining to become less reliant on the ...
  
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• Correction: Stonewall at 50 story - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 06:18
  Correction: Stonewall at 50 story  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - In a story June 28 about a gathering at New York City's Stonewall Inn, The Associated Press reporte...
  
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• Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 06:18
  Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study  Lethbridge News NowResearch into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the ...
  
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• Taylor Swift pens scathing post about Scooter Braun - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 03:13
  Taylor Swift pens scathing post about Scooter Braun  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - Taylor Swift is not staying silent over the sale of her masters to Scooter Braun. In a scathing ...
  
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• Kevin Durant to sign with Brooklyn Nets - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 03:13
  Kevin Durant to sign with Brooklyn Nets  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Kevin Durant says he will signing with the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after t...
  
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• Calgarians mark Apollo 11 anniversary with replica rocket

  01-07-2019 02:48
  As the 90-kilogram Saturn V replica rocket climbed thousands of metres into the southern Alberta sky, Shane Weatherill was thinking about the hundreds of hours it took him and his team to make the flight a reality. “When the motor finally lit and the rocket took off, it was just really, really rewarding to see all that work doing exactly what we had planned it to do,” he said from the launch site Sunday. Weatherill and three other Calgarians, David Buhler, Ian Stephens and John Glass
  
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• Trump visits DMZ for meeting with North Korea's Kim - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 02:33
  Trump visits DMZ for meeting with North Korea's Kim  Lethbridge News NowPresident Donald Trump made his first visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone on Sunday for a historic meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Peering into ...
  
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• France fries: Record heat hits tourists, schools, hospitals - Lethbridge News Now

  01-07-2019 02:33
  France fries: Record heat hits tourists, schools, hospitals  Lethbridge News NowPARIS — Thousands of schools were closed, outdoor events cancelled and volunteers were visiting the elderly at home as France and other nations battle a ...
  
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• 'Fix it': Residents unhappy with yard damage after fibre optic cable installation

  01-07-2019 02:08
  An Edmonton couple is upset with the way Telus left their lawn after installing fibre optic cables. “They guaranteed yes, it'll be the same way as it was,” Chris Ekstrom told CTV News Edmonton. But two weed-filled patches remain in the Ekstroms’ lawn where the work was done last August, despite multiple calls to the company. “I'm getting to that point where I'm getting frustrated that I'll do it. If I could submit a bill, I would because I just know if this is their remed
  
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• Video: Boat speeds past pod of orcas off Stanley Park

  01-07-2019 01:35
  Video has emerged online showing an alarmingly close encounter between a boat and a pod of killer whales off Stanley Park. "We knew something was happening," said Antonio Hurtado-Coll, who captured the moment the four orcas breached in a busy area near Prospect Point. "Then, we see this guy who is not stopping." While most of the boat traffic in the area came to a standstill as the animals made their way through, Hurtado-Coll's video shows one boat speeding right past the spot where the pod surf
  
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• Two hurt in garage fire in northeast Calgary

  01-07-2019 01:27
  Calgary firefighters were quick to respond to douse a garage fire that broke out at a northeast home on Sunday. Crews were called at around 3:30 p.m. after receiving a report of smoke coming from a detached garage at a home on Beddington Circle N.E. Investigators say two people sustained minor injuries and were treated on scene. A car parked inside the garage was damaged in the fire. Investigators are working to determine a cause, but say it's not suspicious in nature.
  
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• Official: 10 dead in Dallas-area small plane crash

  01-07-2019 00:57
  DALLAS -- Ten people were killed when a small airplane crashed into a hangar as it was taking off from a Dallas-area airport Sunday morning, a spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas, said. Mary Rosenbleeth said no one aboard the twin-engine plane survived at the Addison Municipal Airport, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of Dallas. The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air hit an unoccupied hangar soon after 9 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency said that the blaze de
  
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• 10 killed when small plane crashes on takeoff in Texas

  01-07-2019 00:57
  DALLAS -- All ten people on board were killed when a small airplane struggled to gain altitude after taking off from a Dallas-area airport Sunday, veered to the left and plunged into a hangar, local authorities and witnesses said. Mary Rosenbleeth, spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas, said there were no survivors of the twin-engine plane crash at the Addison Municipal Airport, a northern suburb of Dallas. The Beechcraft BE-350 King Air hit an unoccupied hangar soon after 9 a.m., according
  
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• Adult lets nine-year-old drive in Mississauga, causing minor collision

  01-07-2019 00:56
  A nine-year-old was behind the wheel of one of two vehicles involved in a minor crash in a Mississauga driveway on Sunday evening, investigators say. Const. Akhil Mooken says officers were called to McLaughlin Road and Eglinton Avenue at 6:06 p.m. for a report of a two-vehicle collision. Officers arrived and found a vehicle struck another vehicle in the driveway of a home. Paramedics arrived at the scene but left after assessing the child, who was not injured. Mooken says the nine-year-old asked
  
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• Hate crime investigators probing alleged assault at Canada's Wonderland

  01-07-2019 00:45
  VAUGHAN, Ont. - Police north of Toronto say an alleged assault at Canada's Wonderland last Thursday is being treated as a possible hate crime. York Regional Police say the force's hate crime unit is looking into the incident at the theme park in Vaughan, Ont. In a statement Sunday, Const. Andy Pattenden says the force takes allegations of hate seriously and promises a thorough investigation. A spokeswoman for Wonderland says there was an "altercation between guests" near the park's front gate at
  
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• Festival Latino Lethbridge heats up the grounds at Exhibition Park - Global News

  01-07-2019 00:31
  Festival Latino Lethbridge heats up the grounds at Exhibition Park  Global NewsCrowds made their way to the Exhibition grounds for the 2019 Festival Latino Lethbridge.
  
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• Festival Latino Lethbridge heats up the grounds at Exhibition Park

  01-07-2019 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  Crowds made their way to the Exhibition grounds for the 2019 Festival Latino Lethbridge.
  
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• ‘It’s really hard being a stranger’: Calgary Syrian refugee looks back at 3 years of challenges

  01-07-2019 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  It's been three years since Canada opened its doors to more than 25,000 refugees from Syria. For many, it's been a difficult time adapting, finding work and leaving family behind.
  
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