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• Ottawa won’t rush into sale of Trans Mountain pipeline to Indigenous groups: Sohi

  04-07-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's natural resources minister says the government is willing to consider bids from Indigenous groups for a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Death of toddler in private day home inspires parole hearing petition

  04-07-2019 23:41
  A petition to change the way a victim’s family can find out information about a convict’s parole hearing has officially launched. The move comes after the death of 18-month-old Ceira McGrath in a private day home in Silverado in 2015. Ryan McGrath, Ceira’s father, says life is still hard without his daughter. “Every day continues to be a struggle. We miss her incredibly. We just have to honour her memory and do what we can in her memory,” he said. One of the ways th
  
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• 'Ghost gear,' plastic entangled 1,000 sharks and rays since 2009: study

  04-07-2019 23:12
  Over the last 10 years, hundreds of sharks and rays have become entangled in plastic waste in the world’s oceans, U.K. researchers said. University of Exeter scientists said plastic had entangled roughly 1,000 animals since 2009, based on their compiling of past findings from published studies and reports on Twitter. According to their new study published in Endangered Species Research, these incidents involved animals trapped in lost or discarded fishing gear, which is sometimes called &l
  
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• Man caught inside Lethbridge Police bike compound - Lethbridge News Now

  04-07-2019 23:01
  Man caught inside Lethbridge Police bike compound  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It's not quite like allegedly stealing a cell phone and trying to sell it back to an undercover police officer in the police station “Safe Exchange ...
  
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• Lethbridge man caught trying to break into police bicycle compound - CTV News Calgary

  04-07-2019 22:41
  Lethbridge man caught trying to break into police bicycle compound  CTV News CalgaryA Lethbridge man was caught Wednesday night trying to break into the bicycle compound at the Lethbridge police station.
  
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• Lethbridge man caught trying to break into police bicycle compound

  04-07-2019 22:41
  A Lethbridge man was arrested Wednesday night trying to break into the Lethbridge police bicycle compound. The 32-year-old was spotted breaking in to the bike compound, which is located on the west side of the city’s police station, around 11:20 p.m. In less than a minute, officers exited their building, and confronted the man, who had managed to climb over the razor wire at the top of the fence. Kyle Joseph English, 32, of Standoff, Alta. was charged with a single count of break and enter
  
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• Calgary man on 3,500-kilometre adventure to raise money for young boy’s childhood cancer charity

  04-07-2019 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  All summer long, a Calgary man is cycling for a cause: childhood cancer.
  
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• Man with assault & weapon charges in Lethbridge fight returns to Alberta to face trial - Lethbridge News Now

  04-07-2019 22:37
  Man with assault & weapon charges in Lethbridge fight returns to Alberta to face trial  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – 22-year-old Abshir Mohamed Adiid was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with a man in Lethbridge on October 28th, 2018.
  
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• Police: Woman in Florida leaves US$5K tip as revenge on boyfriend

  04-07-2019 22:25
  A waitress in Florida recently received a US$5,000 tip she thought was a surprise gift, but soon found out it was too good to be true. The server at the Clear Sky Cafe in Clearwater Beach, Fla. received the massive tip on June 27 following a bill for $55.37, but police now say the customer, believed to be 24-year-old Serina Wolfe, allegedly used her boyfriend's credit card to leave the tip as revenge for his refusal to buy her a plane ticket to Buffalo, N.Y. Wolfe has denied making any such tip.
  
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• Investigation shows teen kidnapping didn’t take place, police say

  04-07-2019 22:20
  Regina police say an alleged kidnapping in June didn’t actually take place. On June 7, police reported that a man and a woman forced two teens into a vehicle in the 1000 block of Elphinstone St. and then drove them out of town. A 17-year-old boy said he was able to escape in a town north of Regina, police said at the time. A second teen victim was allegedly still missing. Later that month, police said they were unable to confirm the second victim existed. On Thursday, police said after an
  
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• Sufficient insurance key to recovery in the event of environmental disasters

  04-07-2019 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Fort McMurray wildfire in May 2016 destroyed almost 2,600 homes and resulted in many tales of hardship but Rob de Pruis says one man's "heart-breaking'' story stands out for him.
  
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• Watch the 2019 Calgary Stampede Parade in full

  04-07-2019 21:34
  CTV News Calgary's Joelle Tomlinson and Jefferson Humphreys host the 107th Calgary Stampede Parade. Join us online and on TV as dozens of floats, horses, bands and participants make their way through the streets of downtown to kick off this year's Calgary Stampede.Complete coverage of 2019 Calgary StampedeWatch the full parade lHERE!
  
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• Watch Live July 5 - 2019 Calgary Stampede Parade

  04-07-2019 21:34
  CTV News Calgary's Joelle Tomlinson and Jefferson Humphreys host the 107th Calgary Stampede Parade. Join us on Friday at 8:55 a.m. online and on TV as dozens of floats, horses, bands and participants make their way through the streets of downtown to kick off this year's Calgary Stampede.Complete coverage of 2019 Calgary StampedeCheck back here to watch the full parade live!
  
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• Watch Live - 2019 Calgary Stampede Parade

  04-07-2019 21:34
  CTV News Calgary's Joelle Tomlinson and Jefferson Humphreys host the 107th Calgary Stampede Parade. Join us on Friday at 8:55 a.m. online and on TV as dozens of floats, horses, bands and participants make their way through the streets of downtown to kick off this year's Calgary Stampede.Complete coverage of 2019 Calgary StampedeWatch the full parade live HERE!
  
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• Why do insects matter? Alberta bug course will tell you

  04-07-2019 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  A new course offered by the University of Alberta -- Bugs 101 -- is meant to introduce people to the importance of human-insect interactions in the context of climate change and global biodiversity.
  
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• Memorial grows for southwest Calgary gas station owner killed in accident

  04-07-2019 20:46
  Dozens of cards, flowers and candles are being left as a makeshift memorial for the owner of a gas station and car wash killed in an accident Wednesday afternoon. Shaif Bhura, managing partner at the Centex station in the 11200 block of Oakfield Drive. S.W., says the deceased man is Jou Sup Youn, who he knew as Josep. A friend of Youn, who asked that his name not be used, said he knew him for the last 10 years, since the day Youn and his wife took over the station. “They were one of the ni
  
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• 32-year-old Lethbridge woman faces assault charge

  04-07-2019 20:18
  A 32-year-old Lethbridge woman faces an assault charge following an incident Wednesday afternoon with a 64-year-old man. The incident occured in front of the man's home on Dieppe Boulevard South, where he was moving his sprinkler when the woman approached him and started yelling. When the man tried to call 911 to report the incident, the woman hit him with an unknown object. Then, the woman left, entering a home further down the same block. The man was taken to hospital bleeding heavily, with a
  
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• Man accused of pointing firearm at several people returned to Alberta

  04-07-2019 20:11
  A man accused of pointing a firearm during a raucous party in Lethbridge has been returned to Alberta from Ontario to face charges. Lethbridge police say a party at a community hall in the 600 block of 21st Street S. turned violent about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 28, 2018, A fire extinguisher was set off inside the hall, causing numerous people to flee outside. Once the group was outside, a fight broke out between several people and a man was hit in the head multiple times. As the fight was being broken
  
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• LATEST: Strong earthquake rattles California

  04-07-2019 19:57
  LOS ANGELES -- The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local): 2:25 p.m. A California official says there are some injuries and two house fires have been reported in a town near the epicenter of a 6.4 quake that rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada. Kern County Fire Chief David Witt says emergency crews are also dealing with small vegetation fires, cracks on some roads and gas leaks that were reported after the quake Thursday. It struck
  
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• LATEST: Earthquake agency head calls event wakeup call

  04-07-2019 19:57
  LOS ANGELES -- The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local): 6:45 p.m. The head of California's Earthquake Authority says the quake that hit the state on Thursday is "an important reminder that all of California is earthquake country." Glenn Pomeroy says the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Southern California shows why people in the state must be prepared for such events. Pomeroy says: "It's important to know what to do to stay safe when the ground starts shak
  
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• 6.4 magnitude quake rattles Southern California

  04-07-2019 19:57
  LOS ANGELES -- The Latest on a quake felt in Southern California and Nevada (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Veteran seismologist Lucy Jones says the earthquake Thursday was the strongest to hit Southern California in 20 years. She says the previous large quake was a 7.1 on that struck in the area on October 16, 1999. Jones told reporters at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, that the 6.4 quake centred in the Mojave Desert near the town of Ridgecrest was preceded by a m
  
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• Who's behind mass text messages asking Canadians about the carbon tax?

  04-07-2019 19:20
  If you were one of the many Canadians to receive text messages from “Sue,” “Mark,” or “Nicolas” asking about the federal carbon tax, you may have been left wondering who’s behind these texts and how they got your phone number. Members of Canada Strong and Proud, a coalition of third-party advertising groups newly incorporated under a federal banner, are behind many of the automated messages, with members already having orchestrated anti-carbon tax text c
  
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• Kenney to unveil next steps in Fight Back Strategy

  04-07-2019 19:11
  Premier Jason Kenney, Energy Minister Sonya Savage and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer are set to unveil Thursday the province’s next steps in its Fight Back Strategy for Alberta’s energy industry. The three are scheduled to speak at 2:30 p.m. at the McDougall Centre in downtown Calgary. CTV News Calgary will stream the event live. Kenney has previously said the strategy will include “a fully-staffed, rapid-response war room in government to quickly and effectively rebut ever
  
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• Alberta launches inquiry into foreign influences in the energy industry

  04-07-2019 19:11
  The government of Alberta’s energy ‘war room’ is launching an inquiry to look into the “foreign funding of anti-Alberta energy campaigns,” Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday. The year-long public inquiry will include witness interviews and research, followed by a public hearing. Accountant Steve Allan, who is the executive chair of Calgary Economic Development, will head up the inquiry and present a report to the Alberta government by July, 2020. Kenney made th
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder in multiple crime sprees

  04-07-2019 18:43
  A Regina man has been charged with first-degree murder in the city’s third homicide of 2019. He is also facing seven charges of attempted murder in connection to a series of shootings in May. The murder charge stems from an incident on May 18. Police were called to the area of Seventh Ave. and Garnet St. around 12:05 a.m. for reports of a man lying on the sidewalk. The man, identified as Isaiah Akachuk, was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries. Jamie Rae Munroe, 24, is facing a
  
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• Chuckegg Creek wildfire in northern Alberta now 60% held: Alberta government

  04-07-2019 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government says the massive Chuckegg Creek wildfire that's forced thousands of people to flee their communities over the past two months is now considered 60 per cent held.
  
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• Dog food sold in Canada and U.S. could be linked to deadly disease

  04-07-2019 17:47
  Pet food products widely available in Canada are being investigated in the U.S. for possible connections to a disease that can be deadly for dogs. The Food and Drug Administration has received more than 500 complaints about cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) potentially linked to consumption of certain brands of dog food. Although a few of the complaints date back to 2014, the vast majority have come in since the FDA first notified the public about its concerns last summer. DCM is a di
  
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• First Flip Pancake Breakfast unofficially kicks off Stampede

  04-07-2019 17:06
  With just one sleep to go until the Calgary Stampede officially gets underway, Calgarians have a chance to show their western spirit with pancake breakfasts and Thursday night’s Sneak-a-Peek on the grounds. Dignitaries including Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Premier Jason Kenney are set to make remarks at the First Flip Pancake Breakfast on Stephen Avenue at 9 a.m. Thursday.Here's a handy map to all the free pancake breakfastsLater in the day, Stampede-goers can head down to the grounds for the
  
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• 3 taken to hospital after semi, SUV collide in Fort Saskatchewan

  04-07-2019 16:43
  Emergency crews are currently on scene of a serious crash in Fort Saskatchewan. A semi and an SUV collided at the intersection of Highway 21 and Westpark Boulevard on Thursday morning. Police tell CTV News there were two people in the SUV and one in the semi. All three were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Traffic is being diverted from 84 Street to Wiltshire Boulevard. Drivers are being asked to avoid the area. Mounties say they hope to have the road reopened by 1 p.m. 
  
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• Texas police say they have found woman seen licking ice cream and returning it to freezer

  04-07-2019 15:14
  WARNING: Videos linked to in this story contain profanityPolice in Texas say they believe they have found the woman seen in a viral video opening a tub of ice cream and taking a lick before returning it to the store’s freezer. A spokesperson for the Lufkin Police Department said detectives are working to verify the identity of the female suspect before a warrant is issued for her arrest on a charge of second-degree felony tampering with a consumer product. In an update posted on Facebook l
  
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• Approval ratings plummet for Mayor Naheed Nenshi and council, poll suggests

  04-07-2019 14:56
  A new poll suggests the approval rate for Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and city council has plummeted. Compiled by ThinkHQ, the survey queried 1,253 Calgarians between June 20 to June 25 and suggests only 39 per cent of respondents approve of Nenshi. Comparatively, 55 per cent of those surveyed disapprove (37 per cent strongly) of Calgary's mayor. The numbers represent a 22 point drop in approval year-over-year. Calgarians were also quite sour on city council members, but not to such a great effe
  
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• Putin confirms fire-hit submersible was nuclear-powered

  04-07-2019 12:57
  KRONSHTADT, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday confirmed reports that the navy's deep-sea submersible vessel that caught fire on Monday, killing 14 seamen, was nuclear-powered. Russian officials previously declined to release any details of the vessel, citing its secret mission. Putin met Thursday with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who had returned from the Navy's Arctic base of Severomorsk, and asked him about the submersible's nuclear reactor. Shoigu said the reactor is "
  
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• 'Everybody's baby': Police, family reflect on disappearance of Tamra Keepness

  04-07-2019 10:12
  REGINA -- Retired police corporal Jim Pratt remembers standing on a road on the outskirts of Regina as a team of searchers walked through a yellow canola field. They were looking for a missing Indigenous girl, five-year-old Tamra Keepness. Elders had told police they had visions of the child near rocks, water and trees. Pratt says a car with two older white women pulled up beside him, and one peeped out a window. "Did you find our baby yet?" she asked. No. And fifteen years later, Tamra still ha
  
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• 13th annual downtown Lethbridge Farmers' Market returns for the summer - Lethbridge News Now

  04-07-2019 09:41
  13th annual downtown Lethbridge Farmers' Market returns for the summer  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - It's a cornucopia of homemade baking, local and B.C. produce and fruit, handmade crafts and g...
  
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• A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haida Gwaii region in British Columbia

  04-07-2019 08:25
  BELLA BELLA, B.C. -- A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit British Columbia's Haida Gwaii archipelago region off the west coast Wednesday evening. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake hit around 9:30 p.m. local time. It reports the quake's epicentre was 196 kilometres west-southwest of Bella Bella at a depth of 10 kilometres. Earthquake Canada says the tremor was "lightly felt" on northern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland coast. It adds the quake was located 353 kilometres southwest
  
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• Thieves rip mailbox out of the ground in northeast Calgary

  04-07-2019 06:26
  Members of a northeast Calgary community heading out to check the mail might have a hard time considering the Canada Post box that once stood on their street is entirely missing. Sometime overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, a group of people removed the mailbox from where it stood on the street, yanking it up from where it had been bolted to the pavement. "I am really surprised to hear that it was stolen," said A.J., who lives in the area. "That's really shocking." He says he's found the co
  
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• Tenants of Boardwalk property in Calgary demand more security

  04-07-2019 05:08
  Residents who live at an apartment building in southwest Calgary say they are very concerned about a number of issues at the facility, including a 'frightening' situation last week when an armed intruder broke in. Last Friday morning, an unknown suspect gained entry to the Skygate Tower, a Boardwalk-owned building located on 16 Avenue S.W. Residents say the man smashed his way through the front door with a large pipe, pulled a fire alarm and began to threaten residents as they exited the buildin
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jul 3

  04-07-2019 03:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, July 3, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Lethbridge communities use social media to keep neighbourhoods safe, coinciding with RCMP campaign​ - Global News

  04-07-2019 03:28
  Lethbridge communities use social media to keep neighbourhoods safe, coinciding with RCMP campaign​  Global NewsWATCH: Alberta RCMP are sending out daily reminders to keep your property secure from theft. In Lethbridge, some community groups are taking a similar ...
  
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• Lethbridge communities use social media to keep neighbourhoods safe, coinciding with RCMP campaign​

  04-07-2019 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta RCMP are reminding citizens to make sure their properties are secure from theft. In Lethbridge, neighbours have found their own way to watch out for each other.
  
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• More than 600 million kilograms of waste recycled in 10 years of blue cart program

  04-07-2019 03:02
  The City of Calgary is celebrating a major milestone this year as 2019 marks 10 years of a city-wide effort to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in the landfill. Over the past decade, Calgarians have used their blue carts to collect paper, plastic, food containers, metal cans and foil and glass bottles and jars on a weekly basis. "It's great that Calgarians have been using their blue carts so diligently and successfully this past decade. We're happy to see that this is now a regular part o
  
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• Vancouver 'fruit importer' found burned, dead in Colombia

  04-07-2019 02:51
  A Vancouver man whose body was found burned in Colombia last month is connected to the sprawling investigation into money laundering in this province, according to an investigation by CTV News Vancouver. The body of Richard Yen Fat Chiu, 47, was discovered by Colombian authorities in a village outside Cucuta, on the Venezuelan border on June 20, news reports from that country say. Chiu had identified himself as an importer and exporter of fruit when he arrived in the country the day before, acco
  
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• One serge in a sea of rainbow: Alta. Mountie walks with partner in NYC Pride Parade

  04-07-2019 02:47
  Shortly after arriving in Manhattan Jamie Rattai grabbed Mike Lokken’s hand. They were on the street, in public, in one of the busiest cities in the world. And Lokken pulled, ever so subtly, away. “That’s okay here,” Rattai said. “It’s fine. You’ll see.” And Lokken did come to see. In fact, he was later photographed by CNN walking hand-in-hand with his partner of six years, marching alongside thousands of others in the New York City Pride Parade on
  
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• Government reconsiders plan to close highway rest stops

  04-07-2019 02:38
  After the Saskatchewan government planned to phase out highway rest stops, it has decided to reconsider. The change was met with criticism from the trucking industry, who say rest stops are vital to their work. When you need a rest and a place to pull over, especially with the E logs coming these days you're going to find that a lot of guys are spending the nights there," Trucker Tyler Ewart said. There used to be dozens of government run rest areas along Saskatchewan highways. Now, only nine re
  
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• Alberta producers feeling stress from China’s canola ban

  04-07-2019 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  Canola crops in central Alberta are about halfway to harvest and the yields look to be faring well, but this isn't necessarily good news as China continues its ban on Canadian canola.
  
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• Union workers protest after government passes Bill 9

  04-07-2019 01:34
  Hundreds of members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees gathered outside of the Foothills Medical Centre on Wednesday afternoon concerned about Bill 9, saying it infringes on their rights. AUPE represents 95,000 health care professionals, educators and many public sector workers. Bill 9 was passed last month and imposes a delay on wage negotiations for the unionized workers until October 31. Leeann Boudreau works as a Clerk 3 at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and says the passing of Bill 9
  
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• Alberta teen honoured to sing ‘O Canada’ in Cree before Blue Jays game

  04-07-2019 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta teen who sang the national anthem in both English and Cree before the Blue Jays game over the weekend said the entire experience was an honour.
  
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• Surviving severe weather in Alberta: tips to help keep you safe

  04-07-2019 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  Severe summer weather has hit Alberta and it's important to always have a plan. Tom Sampson with CEMA has tips to help you stay prepared.
  
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• Hail damage the worst in Alberta compared to all other Canadian provinces: AMA

  04-07-2019 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's weather can be unpredictable much of the time. Severe storms can wreak havoc on homes and businesses, including auto dealerships.
  
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• Accident claims life of owner of southwest Calgary gas station

  04-07-2019 01:08
  Alberta EMS say a man has died in an incident that took place at a business in southwest Calgary on Wednesday. Officials tell CTV News the man was found dead at the Centex gas station, located at 11211 Oakfield Dr. S.W., at about 1 p.m. Police say the incident is still under investigation, but it appears that it was an accident, where a driver intended to pull forward but instead reversed inside the car wash at the station. As a result, the victim was run over and was pronounced dead at the scen
  
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