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• Outdoor theatre ready to take the stage in Lethbridge - Global News

  03-07-2019 23:33
  Outdoor theatre ready to take the stage in Lethbridge  Global NewsGalt Gardens will lend the scene to two outdoor plays this summer, as both the Lethbridge Shakespeare Performance Society and the University of Lethbridge ...
  
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• Outdoor theatre ready to take the stage in Lethbridge

  03-07-2019 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Theatre is moving outdoors in Lethbridge this July with performances of Macbeth and Hootenanny throughout the month.
  
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• Calgary launches pilot project for electric scooters

  03-07-2019 23:21
  City council has approved a pilot project that could bring electric scooters to the streets of Calgary just in time for Stampede. For the next 16 months, residents will be able to try out electric-powered scooters as a way to provide a commuting option in and around the downtown core. The devices were made legal to use in Alberta when an exemption to the Alberta Traffic Safety Act was granted late last week. The city says the e-scooter pilot program is being provided at no extra cost to taxpayer
  
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• 'Very frustrating': Series of Air Canada cancellations leave man stuck in N.J. for 5 days

  03-07-2019 23:14
  A man travelling to Ottawa for Canada Day was left stuck in New Jersey for five days following a series of Air Canada flight cancellations. Royd Aquino was flying to Ottawa from the Philippines on June 28, with a stop at the Newark Liberty International Airport, but his flight from Newark was cancelled due to weather in Ottawa. The next day, poor weather once again forced a cancellation. Because of the two days of cancelled flights, all the Ottawa-bound flights on June 30 filled up and Aquino wa
  
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• Federal gov’t announces $159 million in improvements for Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.

  03-07-2019 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  Highway improvements in the Shuswap and Columbia regions include lane widening, bridge replacements and others.
  
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• Mudenge, Herdman cases to go to trial - Lethbridge News Now

  03-07-2019 22:59
  Mudenge, Herdman cases to go to trial  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A 53-year-old Lethbridge massage therapist charged with sexual assault will head to trial. A preliminary inquiry was set for Cyprien ...
  
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• Local arts community helping out theatre company targeted by thieves

  03-07-2019 21:52
  The show went on, but not without some borrowed equipment.   Members of the Beddington Theatre Arts Centre arrived to find all kinds of personal items missing before a performance last month, including some electronics used to run lights and audio. The cast, crew and band learned someone had broken into the facility on June 23 and stolen makeup kits and clothing from the dressing rooms along with musical instruments and personal electronic equipment. They soon discovered a few laptops had a
  
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• Person shot at central Alberta campground over long weekend

  03-07-2019 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  A long weekend shooting at an Alberta campground that left one person wounded has led to a charge of attempted murder.
  
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• Volcano eruption kills hiker on Sicily's Stromboli island, tourists jump into sea for safety

  03-07-2019 20:44
  MILAN - Italian news agency ANSA says eruptions from a volcano on the Sicilian island of Stromboli sent about 30 tourists jumping into the sea for safety. Civil protection authorities said a hiker was killed during the eruptions on Wednesday. Molten material from the volcano ignited a series of fires. Witness Gianluca Giuffre described to ANSA "a very violent explosion followed by a shower of glowing lapilli and lava material." He says people in the town of Ginostra barricaded themselves in hous
  
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• Alberta natural gas producers getting tax relief

  03-07-2019 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  Struggling natural gas producers in rural Alberta will see some property tax relief this year, in an effort to stabilize an industry struggling to make ends meet due to low commodity prices.
  
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• Workers safely brought to surface after service shaft malfunction, Nutrien says

  03-07-2019 20:35
  Nutrien Ltd. says 34 maintenance workers have been safely brought to the surface at its Cory Potash site. They had been trapped since Tuesday afternoon when the service shaft to lift the workers out of the mine had stopped working, company spokesperson Will Tigley said. In May, dozens of Nutrien workers were trapped for hours at its Allan potash mine after a fire broke out.
  
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• Body of suspected Calgary drowning victim found

  03-07-2019 20:18
  Rocky Mountain police have found the body of a man who they believed drowned on Clearwater River on June 30. Police said his body was found in the evening of July 2 between one and two kilometres from where he was last seen in the water. His identity has been confirmed as a 34-year-old Calgary resident. Officials are not releasing his name. RCMP first alerted the public on July 1, a day after witnesses saw a man floating in the river and were unable to reach him. His vehicle and boat trailer wer
  
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• TC Energy sells U.S. midstream assets in Appalachian Basin for $1.7 billion

  03-07-2019 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  TC Energy Corp. has signed a deal to sell U.S. midstream assets held by its subsidiary, Columbia Midstream Group, to UGI Energy Services LLC for $1.7 billion.
  
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• Sexual assault charge laid against EPS officer

  03-07-2019 19:40
  An Edmonton Police Service officer has been charged with sexual assault in connection to an incident in January. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team was asked to investigate after the officer, who was off-duty at the time, allegedly sexually assaulted an adult woman on Jan. 11 while in Canmore. ASIRT’s investigation determined that there were reasonable grounds to believe an offence had been committed, and on June 27, Const. Stephen Fossen was charged with one count of sexual assaul
  
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• Special prosecutor to help with probe of UCP leadership vote

  03-07-2019 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government says a special out-of-province prosecutor will assist in a criminal fraud investigation into the United Conservative Party leadership race won by Jason Kenney before he became premier.
  
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• RCMP officer heard threatening to kill suspect during Sask. arrest

  03-07-2019 19:05
  WARNING: The video associated with this story contains images that some people may find disturbing. The RCMP is investigating three arrests made by one of its officers in Saskatchewan, including one in which the officer pointed a gun at a suspect and said he would kill him. A 10-second video posted to Facebook shows a portion of that arrest. The video shows one RCMP officer pointing his gun at a suspect who is on his knees, as another officer works to restrain the man’s arms. “I&rsqu
  
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• American and Canadian national anthems among the world’s most rousing: study

  03-07-2019 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian national anthem, 'O Canada,' finished a surprising third, behind only Germany and the United States.
  
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• Charges laid connected to 2015 murder in Calgary

  03-07-2019 18:31
  Police have charged a man with being an accessory after the fact to a 2015 homicide and issued an arrest warrant for the suspected killer. Police were called to an alley in the 100 block of Del Ray Road N.E. about 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2015, where they found Hussein Merhi, 26, suffering gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A dark SUV was seen fleeing the area. Joseph Trieu, 26, of Calgary, is now charged with one count of accessory after the fact to murder. Police allege Trieu hi
  
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• Ontario prosecutor appointed to UCP leadership race investigation

  03-07-2019 18:23
  A prosecutor from Ontario has been appointed to help in the investigation of the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race. The head of the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, Eric Tolppanen, confirmed the decision in a statement to media on Wednesday, news of which broke last week. The prosecutor, who has not been named, will be assigned to advise police during the investigation. “For the sake of clarity, this was an independent decision of the ACPS,” Tolpannen said in the annou
  
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• UNESCO gives Canada new deadline to preserve Wood Buffalo National Park

  03-07-2019 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  At a meeting this week in Azerbaijan, UNESCO praised Canada for measures it has taken to stop the deterioration of Wood Buffalo National Park.
  
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• Shooting at Rocky Mountain House campground leads to attempted murder charge

  03-07-2019 16:59
  Rocky Mountain House RCMP have charged a man with attempted murder following a shooting at an area campground over the weekend. Police were called to a hospital in the Rocky Mountain House area about 4:30 a.m. on Saturday after a man arrived there suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting was reported to have happened at a campground and the victim was driven to hospital in a car. He was then flown to hospital in Edmonton by STARS Air Ambulance. Police did not say what they believe led to
  
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• Canadian 'passport power' rises as U.S., U.K. scores slip

  03-07-2019 16:50
  Some Asian passports are becoming the most valuable for travellers seeking easy access to as many countries as possible, while Canadian passports are a little more powerful than they used to be. The newest update to the Henley Passport Index, which ranks passports based on their ability to facilitate visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to as many countries as possible, places Canada in a seven-way tie for 16th place. Canada had been tied for 18th in the spring version of the index and was tied f
  
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• Indigenous-led group ready to bid on majority stake in Trans Mountain pipeline

  03-07-2019 16:07
  OTTAWA -- An Indigenous-led group says that it will be ready to submit a bid for a majority stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline and the expansion project as early as next week. The group, called Project Reconciliation, says that its coming bid will “work for all sides.” Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government would indeed be going ahead with the project after considering Indigenous and environmental concerns. At the time, he announced the Libe
  
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• Special Stampede permissions expected to be granted to Knoxville's Tavern

  03-07-2019 15:45
  An announcement is expected Wednesday morning on whether more bar owners will be granted the same, or similar, permissions as Cowboys Music Festival for this year’s Calgary Stampede. On Thursday, Penny Lane Entertainment, which operates Cowboys, won an appeal to the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, asking to play amplified music after midnight and stay open until 2 a.m. at its Stampede tent on 12th Avenue S.W. Other bar owners cried foul, saying the move was unfair and that t
  
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• Approved tents can now apply for noise exemption during Stampede

  03-07-2019 15:45
  Calgary businesses approved to operate tents during Stampede can now apply to stay open into the early-morning hours, the city announced Wednesday.  Businesses that have already been approved to operate a special function tent during the Stampede now have until Friday to apply to have a noise exemption until as late as 2 a.m. The change follows a decision by the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board on Thursday. Penny Lane Entertainment, which operates Cowboys, won an appeal asking
  
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• CN Rail on pace for record movement of western Canadian grain after strong June

  03-07-2019 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian National Railway says it is on track to move record quantities of western Canadian grain after a strong June.
  
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• Pet thefts becoming more common in Metro Vancouver, dog rescue group says

  03-07-2019 15:28
  An animal rescue group is warning pet owners of what they say is a growing trend of people stealing dogs across Metro Vancouver. "It is beyond alarming; it is a crisis," said Susan Patterson, founder of Thank Dog I Am Out Dog Rescue. "Dogs are disappearing from stores, coffee shops and backyards at a very high rate over the last 12 months." Patterson said since the weather has been warmer and people are out more, the non-profit has been receiving notifications daily of missing dogs that are beli
  
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• 'It is a crisis': Dog rescue group warns of pets being stolen

  03-07-2019 15:28
  An animal rescue group is warning pet owners of what they say is a growing trend of people stealing dogs across Metro Vancouver. "It is beyond alarming; it is a crisis," said Susan Patterson, founder of Thank Dog I Am Out Dog Rescue. "Dogs are disappearing from stores, coffee shops and backyards at a very high rate over the last 12 months." Patterson said since the weather has been warmer and people are out more, the non-profit has been receiving notifications daily of missing dogs that are beli
  
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• Canopy Growth's Bruce Linton stepping down as co-CEO and board member

  03-07-2019 14:56
  TORONTO -- Canopy Growth Corp. co-chief executive Bruce Linton is stepping down from the cannabis company's top job and his role as board chairman, effective immediately.The Pot Post: Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to your inboxThe Smiths Falls, Ont.-based cannabis company announced Wednesday that co-chief executive Mark Zekulin will become the sole CEO and will work with the board to begin a search to find a new leader to guide the company in its next phase. Linton, who also stepped do
  
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• Safety and security measures unveiled for Stampede

  03-07-2019 14:48
  With just days to go before the start of the Calgary Stampede, security and safety teams on the grounds are making final preparations for the 10-day event.  Safety will be top of mind with an estimated 100,000 visitors going through the turnstiles each day at Stampede Park. Crowds of that size make the exhibition grounds the equivalent to Alberta’s third largest city.  The Calgary Stampede is now partnering with members of the Calgary Police Service, Calgary Emergency Management
  
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• Calgary Stampede to unveil new safety and security measures

  03-07-2019 14:48
  With just days to go before the official start of the Calgary Stampede, security and safety teams on the grounds are making final preparations for the 10-day event.  The Stampede Parade kicks off at 9 a.m. Friday in downtown Calgary and the Stampede runs July 5 to 14. Safety will be top of mind with an estimated 100,000 visitors expected to pass through the turnstiles each day at Stampede Park. Crowds of that size make the exhibition grounds the equivalent of Alberta’s third largest c
  
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• Noisy hand dryers are 'clearly dangerous' to children, teen scientist concludes

  03-07-2019 14:31
  A Calgary teenager is drawing attention to loud hand dryers’ potentially harmful effects on children’s hearing. It began when Nora Keegan was in Grade 5, working on a school science project. “I found that sometimes after I used the hand dryers my ears would start ringing,” Nora told CTV News Calgary on Tuesday. To understand why that happened, the 13-year-old student tested the decibel level of hand dryers within her school and throughout the city. “I drove around t
  
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• Alberta bar owner doesn’t regret stringing up Trudeau pinata

  03-07-2019 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  The co-owner of a bar in central Alberta doesn't regret hanging up a large pinata of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Canada Day weekend.
  
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• Russian defence chief says there are survivors of navy fire

  03-07-2019 13:47
  MOSCOW -- Some crew members have survived a fire that killed 14 sailors onboard one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, the nation's defence minister said Wednesday. Sergei Shoigu didn't specify how many crew members were rescued from Monday's fire. Speaking at the navy's Arctic base of Severomorsk, he praised the vessel's crew for "heroic" action, saying they sacrificed their lives to rescue a civilian expert and save the ship after the fire erupted. Details were scarce about
  
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• 'Just in fun': Alberta bar owner doesn't regret stringing up Trudeau pinata

  03-07-2019 13:28
  The co-owner of a bar in central Alberta doesn't regret hanging up a large pinata of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Canada Day weekend. Rob Newell admits, however, that in retrospect securing it with a rope around Trudeau's neck at Burgundy's Bar and Stage in Red Deer could have been done differently. "The only downfall was for structural reasons we had to Zip-Tie the rope around his neck because someone would hit it once, it would have fallen," Newell said Tuesday. The pinata idea was sou
  
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• Fire & Flower Receives Cannabis Retail Store Licence for Lethbridge, Alberta - Canada NewsWire

  03-07-2019 12:00
  Fire & Flower Receives Cannabis Retail Store Licence for Lethbridge, Alberta  Canada NewsWireNOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES WIRE SERVICES/ EDMONTON, July 3, 2019 /CNW/ - Fire ...
  
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• China warns 'naive' Canada not to count on the U.S.

  03-07-2019 08:35
  China on Wednesday warned Canada not to be "naive" and believe that U.S. pressure could help resolve thorny issues plaguing relations between Ottawa and Beijing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he was "confident" U.S. President Donald Trump had brought up the cases of Canadians detained in China during weekend talks with President Xi Jinping at the G20 in Japan.READ MORE: Trudeau highlights plight of Canadians in China"Don't be naive and mistakenly think that mustering a certain so-ca
  
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• No Bullying around when it comes to charity

  03-07-2019 07:05
  Professional bull riding kicks off in Calgary before the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, the Calgary Stampede. Thousands of bull riding fans attended the first Ranchman’s Charity Classic Professional Bull Riding event. The event hosted over 20 of the top professional bull riders from around the world Tuesday night. The Ranchman’s Charity Classic PBR event will support a number of Southern Alberta charities. “We support three really great charities, The Society of Treatment for
  
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• Orphaned black bear killed after wandering near children

  03-07-2019 06:10
  One of two rehabilitated black bears released back into the wild has been shot dead after it wandered near children on private land. The province confirms Charlie, a 16-month-old bruin, was killed Monday. Charlie had been released in a remote southwestern Alberta location on June 20 and travelled about 120 kilometres to an area where it encountered humans. No charges will be laid. Charlie was orphaned in the Crowsnest Pass last summer and taken to the Cochrane Ecological Institute. Another rescu
  
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• Indigenous basketball association says Calgary referees refuse to work its games

  03-07-2019 05:22
  An Indigenous basketball association in southern Alberta says a decision by the Calgary Basketball Officials Association (C.B.O.A.) to refuse to referee games involving any of its teams is racist. Four teams from the Kainai Basketball Association (K.B.A.) are scheduled to play in the Stampede Showdown tournament in Calgary this week. But the association says it was told the C.B.O.A. is refusing to send referees to work any of its games. “The ban they have is disgusting,” said Truman
  
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• Former Chrysler CEO and master pitchman Lee Iacocca dies at age 94

  03-07-2019 04:27
  DETROIT -- Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94. Two former Chrysler executives who worked with him, Bud Liebler, the company's former spokesman, and Bob Lutz, formerly its head of product development, said they were told of the death Tuesday by a close associate of Iacocca's family. In his 32-year career at Ford
  
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• Canada’s Indigenous pipe dream might end Trudeau’s Trans Mountain nightmare

  03-07-2019 03:52 via globalnews.ca
  An Indigenous-led group says it could make a bid for a majority stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline as early as this week.
  
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• Assault charges possible after several are run over at Curiosity Music Festival

  03-07-2019 02:43 via globalnews.ca
  Four people were injured after being hit by a side-by-side at the Princeton music festival.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jul 2

  03-07-2019 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, July 2, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Lethbridge students travel to northern France to walk in footsteps of history - Global News

  03-07-2019 02:14
  Lethbridge students travel to northern France to walk in footsteps of history  Global NewsTwo Lethbridge students are getting the opportunity to travel through the battlefields of northern France this month to learn about Canada's role in the first and ...
  
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• Most drowning victims are men who were not wearing life-jackets: Alberta report

  03-07-2019 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Canadian water safety report states that 27 per cent of drowning victims in Alberta from 2012-2016 were between the ages of 20 and 34.
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze in the northwest

  03-07-2019 01:31
  The Calgary Fire Department says a woman was in a home in Beddington Heights when a fire broke out Tuesday afternoon. Crews say she was able to escape on her own, and was assessed by paramedics at the scene. The fire broke out at around 4:25 p.m., and when crews arrived, they could see flames pouring out of a bungalow in the 400 block of Berkley Crescent N.W. The fire was put out by 5:20 p.m. The fire department says the fire started on the main floor of the home, which was severely damaged. Nei
  
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• 'They are hiding a bit of an agenda': NDP says UCP downplaying lower deficit

  03-07-2019 01:13
  The NDP is accusing the UCP government of misleading the public about Alberta’s finances. A quarterly fiscal report released on Friday shows the province’s deficit had shrunk to $6.7 billion, about $2.1 billion lower than was projected by the NDP. The Opposition says the numbers are proof its government was on the right track—and that a quiet release of the report by the UCP is the party trying to cover up good news. “Make no mistake: They are hiding a bit of an agenda he
  
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• Town of Raymond becomes net zero electrically

  03-07-2019 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Town of Raymond is taking renewable energy to the next level by powering its municipal infrastructure using only solar panels – believed to be a first in Canada. Jasmine Bala reports.
  
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• Lethbridge students travel to northern France to walk in footsteps of history

  03-07-2019 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  Two Lethbridge students got the opportunity to travel through the battlefields of northern France this month to learn about Canada’s role in the first and second world wars. Demi Knight has more on how the locals won their place on the trip.
  
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