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• Suspect posed as Banff resort employee to rob guests, police say

  05-07-2019 23:43
  Banff RCMP are looking for the public's help in connection with a series of break and enters that targeted three separate resorts on Tunnel Mountain. Police say between February and July 2019, guests staying at the locations reported items and cash missing from their rooms while they were away. It's believed the suspect gained entry to the units through unlocked patio doors at the building. On three occasions, guests actually caught the man in the act, at which point he falsely claimed to be a r
  
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• ASIRT investigates after man injured while in police custody

  05-07-2019 23:04
  ASIRT has launched an investigation after a man was hospitalized, following an altercation at the arrest processing facility on Wednesday. The incident occured after a man was arrested on outstanding warrants and put in a cell at the Calgary Police Service's Arrest Processing Unit (APU) around  6:50 p.m. Officers saw something that caused them to enter the cell a few hours later and the man was moved to an isolation cell. Police say officers were then 'required to enter' the isolation cell
  
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• 129 tickets handed out during RCMP traffic blitz in Banff

  05-07-2019 21:23
  RCMP in Banff handed out 129 tickets during a recent blitz on dangerous driving in the townsite. A number of locations were targeted over the month of June, including the Banff sign on Mount Norquay Road, the 100 block of Banff Avenue intersections along Wolf Street. Speeding, using a cellphone and stop sign violations made up most of the tickets, police said. “Banff RCMP are targeting locations with the greatest density of vehicle and pedestrian traffic to reduce risk of harm as we enter
  
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• Lethbridge woman charged with assaulting a man tending to his yard - EverythingGP

  05-07-2019 21:18
  Lethbridge woman charged with assaulting a man tending to his yard  EverythingGPLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged a 32-year-old woman in connection with an assault on a senior citizen. LPS reported that on July 3, ...
  
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• Alberta Fish and Wildlife investigating after geese allegedly killed with golf cart

  05-07-2019 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  A man golfing at the Sandpiper Golf and Country Club in St. Albert claims the course's superintendent purposely ran over a flock of geese, killing two.
  
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• Funeral held for Canadian soldier killed in Bulgarian skydiving exercise

  05-07-2019 19:05
  GATINEAU, Que. -- Family, friends and military brass attended a military funeral in Gatineau, Que., on Saturday for a Canadian soldier who died in a parachute training exercise in Bulgaria. Bombardier Patrick Labrie, a six-year veteran of the Canadian Forces based out of CFB Petawawa, died from injuries sustained while parachuting near the southern Bulgarian village of Cheshnegirovo last month. Military police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Labrie, 28, who was origi
  
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• Grants given to Stitch It Forward Lethbridge & Taber Lost Paws - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2019 18:42
  Grants given to Stitch It Forward Lethbridge & Taber Lost Paws  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The Field Law firm has announced the winners of its 7th Annual Community Fund Program. Five non-profits in Southern Alberta are ...
  
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• Police seek assistance in sexual assault case

  05-07-2019 17:56
  The Calgary police are asking for help from the public to find someone who helped out a sexual assault victim. The incident in question occurred sometime between late Monday, June 17, 2019 and the early hours of Tuesday, June 18, when a woman was walking on the highway shoulder just past city limits, beyond McKnight Blvd N.E. Someone driving past stopped to help the woman, who is described as a Caucasian with a petite frame. Police investigators are looking for the driver, as well as any other w
  
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• Unemployment rate in Lethbridge- Medicine Hat drops to 6.2 per cent in June - CHAT News Today

  05-07-2019 17:39
  Unemployment rate in Lethbridge- Medicine Hat drops to 6.2 per cent in June  CHAT News TodayMEDICINE HAT, AB — The region's unemployment rate went down slightly in June compared to May, according to new numbers released by Statistics Canada ...
  
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• No tsunami or damage reported after three more earthquakes recorded off B.C.

  05-07-2019 16:41
  VANCOUVER -- Three aftershocks have rattled British Columbia's north and central coasts, one day after a magnitude 6.2 quake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean west of Bella Bella. The tremors were barely 10 minutes apart and struck at around 6 a.m., Pacific time.Read more on this story on CTV News VancouverThe U.S. Geological Survey reports the first, off Bella Bella, had a magnitude of 5.6. Earthquakes Canada says the second, west of Port Hardy measured 4.9, while the third west of Haida Gwaii,
  
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• Marathon debate over Alberta’s education bill, GSAs continues in legislature

  05-07-2019 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  Debate over Bill 8 — the Education Amendment Act — began at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and was still happening on Friday morning.
  
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• Controversial Alberta education bill passes after marathon debate

  05-07-2019 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  Debate over Bill 8 — the Education Amendment Act — began at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Rain means minor changes to Stampede Parade staging area

  05-07-2019 15:38
  The 107th Calgary Stampede Parade will kick off on schedule at 9 a.m. Friday, but rainy weather means there will be a couple of minor changes. Additional parking restrictions are in place in East Village as the staging area had to be moved. Additional streets now closed include:6th Avenue S.E. from 5th Street to 6th Street S.E. 7th Avenue S.E. from 5th Street to 6th Street S.E. 5th Street S.E. from 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue S.E.  6th Street S.E. from  6th Avenue to 7th Avenue S.E.Those
  
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• 107th Calgary Stampede kicks off with Parade Day

  05-07-2019 15:38
  Despite the rain, the 107th Calgary Stampede Parade kicked off on schedule Friday. Heartland star Amber Marshall is serving as parade marshal, riding her horse, Stormy and there are more than 100 entries in this year's parade. Because of the rain, some additional parking restrictions have been put in place in East Village as the staging area had to be moved. Additional streets now closed include:6th Avenue S.E. from 5th Street to 6th Street S.E. 7th Avenue S.E. from 5th Street to 6th Street S.E.
  
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• 5.1-magnitude earthquake hits coast of B.C.

  05-07-2019 15:33
  Another earthquake has hit the coast of B.C. near Bella Bella. This time, the earthquake is registering at a 5.1 magnitude.  Earthquakes Canada posted to Twitter saying the earthquake happened at 5:58 a.m. on Friday.UPDATE: earthquake Mag=5.1 on 05 Jul at 05:58 PDT.Details : https://t.co/idNLNBGRI7 — Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) July 5, 2019There are no reports of damage and no tsunami is expected.  An earthquake also hit the same region on Wednesday at around 9:30 p.m. Thi
  
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• Ontario sport minister apologizes to Ottawa Senators owner over alleged confrontation

  05-07-2019 15:16
  Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Lisa MacLeod says she has apologized to Eugene Melynk, the owner of Ottawa Senators, after he alleged that she yelled at him during a Rolling Stones concert on Saturday. Melnyk accused her of pushing through a crowd and aggressively asking him if he knew who she was. He told The Ottawa Citizen that she approached him and yelled: ‘I am your minister and you’re a f—ing piece of s–t and you’re a f—ing loser’.&r
  
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• Calls grow for Ontario sport minister to resign over alleged 'vulgar and profane' attack

  05-07-2019 15:16
  The owner of the Ottawa Senators has accused Ontario’s sport minister of launching into a “vulgar and profane” attack at a Rolling Stones concert. Calls are growing for Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Lisa MacLeod to step down after she apologized to Senators boss Eugene Melynk for the incident at the show near Barrie, Ont., last Saturday. Melynk alleges he was on the receiving end of a profanity-laden rant from the provincial minister, telling the Ottawa
  
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• Another tick that causes meat allergy spotted in Canada

  05-07-2019 14:54
  A second rare tick that is known to cause a permanent allergy to meat in humans has appeared in Canada in a matter of weeks.Visit CTV News Winnipeg for more details on this story Jason Miller noticed the unique-looking tick on his hand after he came home from a walk around Willow Lake Park in Winnipeg on Canada Day. “I just felt something crawl across my hand,” he told CTV News Winnipeg on Thursday. “When I took a close look at it, I could tell it was like no tick I had ever se
  
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• Man accidentally shoots himself at firing range in Rocky View County

  05-07-2019 14:45
  A man in his 40s was rushed to hospital Thursday night after accidentally shooting himself at a firing range. Police say the man was hit in the calf after his gun went off while he was re-holstering it. It happened at a shooting range on Range Road 285 in Rocky View County. The man was taken to hospital in serious but non-life threatening condition.
  
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• Missing 18-month-old girl and father found safe: Saskatoon police

  05-07-2019 14:43
  Saskatoon police say a man and an 18-month-old toddler they were searching for have been found safe. Juan Pablo Carmona-Real and his daughter, Itzel Delreal-Daniels, had left the Saskatoon home of the child's mother on Thursday afternoon. Police suspected they were either heading to Alberta where the father has been living or to his home country of Mexico. The pair was found safe in Edmonton. Police did not issue an Amber Alert, but had asked anyone with information on the pair's whereabouts to
  
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• Alberta, Mexico, possible destinations for missing Saskatoon toddler: police

  05-07-2019 14:43
  Saskatoon police are looking for a man they suspect may be headed to either Alberta or the father's home country of Mexico with his 18-month-old daughter. Police say Juan Pablo Carmona-Real and his child, Itzel Delreal-Daniels, left the Saskatoon home of the child's mother shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday. They were in a grey four-door car -- possibly a Honda -- and although the licence plate number is not known, there is a moose bobblehead figurine on the dash board with the word Canada on it.
  
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• Canada's economy lost 2,200 jobs in June: StatCan

  05-07-2019 14:38
  OTTAWA -- Canada's economy posted a slight decline in employment in June, a month that still saw the jobless rate stay near its four-decade low and wages rise to their highest level in over a year. The unemployment rate edged up to 5.5 per cent, compared with 5.4 per cent in May -- which was its lowest mark since the government started collecting comparable data in 1976, Statistics Canada said  Friday. Overall, the report said the economy shed 2,200 net positions after adding about 24,000 f
  
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• 18-month-old girl reported missing in Saskatoon located in Edmonton

  05-07-2019 14:29 via globalnews.ca
  Itzel Delreal-Daniels was last seen leaving her mother’s home with her father, Juan Pablo Carmona-Real, on Thursday afternoon. She has since been located safe in Edmonton.
  
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• 18-month-old girl reported missing in Saskatoon

  05-07-2019 14:29 via globalnews.ca
  Itzel Delreal-Daniels was last seen leaving her mother’s home with her father, Juan Pablo Carmona-Real, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Man accidentally shoots himself in the calf at Calgary-area gun range: police

  05-07-2019 13:32 via globalnews.ca
  A man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the calf at a Calgary-area gun range on Thursday.
  
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• OHV use approved for Lethbridge County roads - Lethbridge Herald

  05-07-2019 10:16
  OHV use approved for Lethbridge County roads  Lethbridge HeraldDave Mabell Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Now it's legal. Off-highway vehicles may be operated on Lethbridge County roads. Thousands ...
  
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• Lethbridge Police investigating death threats against local business owner relating to local SCS Facebook post - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2019 09:00
  Lethbridge Police investigating death threats against local business owner relating to local SCS Facebook post  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Call it what you want – a feud, disagreement, or a battle. But an escalation of tensions appears to have occurred in recent weeks between ...
  
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• Lethbridge business owner voices concern over supervised consumption site | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  05-07-2019 09:00
  Lethbridge business owner voices concern over supervised consumption site | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caLethbridge's supervised consumption site is finding itself under scrutiny. A local business owner is speaking out about the negative effects he says the site is ...
  
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• Off-highway vehicles now allowed on Lethbridge County roads - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2019 07:37
  Off-highway vehicles now allowed on Lethbridge County roads  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge County Council has adopted a bylaw to allow off-highway vehicles (OHV) to be used on three-digit numbered highways for ...
  
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• 3 people arrested after wild chase, multiple carjackings near B.C.-Alberta border

  05-07-2019 06:36 via globalnews.ca
  Numerous vehicles were stolen by three suspects as they evaded police in the East Kootenay region.
  
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• 7 Americans killed in helicopter crash: Bahamas police

  05-07-2019 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  Police identified those killed as four women and three men but did not provide names.
  
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• 'I'll never golf here again': Two geese run over, killed by cart at country club near Edmonton

  05-07-2019 05:21
  Alberta Fish and Wildlife officers were called to the Sandpiper Golf & Country Club Thursday after two geese were run over and killed by a golf cart, an official at the course told CTV News Edmonton. Images of the dead geese were posted to Facebook by user Brad Anderson. In the post Anderson said he “watched the course superintendent drive through a flock of geese, at full speed, and run over and kill two of them.”Kevin Easthope, Sandpiper’s Head Professional and general ma
  
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• Man injured in cooking fire inside southeast home

  05-07-2019 04:57
  Calgary fire crews are reminding residents to stay safe in the kitchen after a Forest Lawn resident was seriously hurt in a cooking incident on Thursday afternoon. Officials say the fire department was called to a duplex in the community at about 2:30 p.m. for reports of an accidental fire. A man at the home was heating oil on the stove, intending to make french fries, and left for a moment only to return when he heard the sound of the smoke alarm. Flames were coming up out of the pot and when t
  
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• NDP filibuster on Bill 8 passes 24 hours

  05-07-2019 04:35
  The NDP has been filibustering for more than 24 hours to continue debating Bill 8, the Education Amendment Act. MLAs have been in the house since 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to fight off a bill they say would harm LGBTQ2S+ students by making it harder to form gay-straight alliances. "We certainly want to make sure that we are extending the application of the GSA policy to private schools," Opposition Leader Rachel Notley said. "We want to try again to put a time limit on how long principals can rag the
  
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• Southern Alberta Summer Games return to original host Pincher Creek for 50th edition

  05-07-2019 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  The Southern Alberta Summer Games kicked off on Wednesday in Pincher Creek, the town that hosted the first-ever edition of the games 50 years ago.
  
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• 64-year-old Lethbridge man taken to hospital after being attacked in his front yard

  05-07-2019 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  A 64-year-old man was taken to hospital following an alleged assault on his front lawn early Wednesday evening. Police said the incident appears to have been random. 
  
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• Blood Tribe settles historic claim with Ottawa over mismanagement of cattle assets

  05-07-2019 03:57 via globalnews.ca
  Residents of Canada's largest reserve are to receive $150 million by the end of summer to settle a historic claim that the federal government devastated the Blood Tribe's cattle industry over a century ago.
  
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• 'All-walk' pedestrian crossing first of its kind in Vancouver

  05-07-2019 03:51
  Robson and Hornby in downtown Vancouver has been transformed into an all-walk intersection. Beginning immediately, the walk signal lights-up on all four corners simultaneously, allowing everyone to cross at the same time. It's not quite like Richmond's scramble crosswalk where pedestrians walk diagonally through the intersection. Instead, people are meant to keep within the lines, though not everyone does. "Well once they figure it out, they may cross diagonally," said Winston Chou Traffic Manag
  
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• Was Alexander Graham Bell American? Trump's speech sparks confusion

  05-07-2019 03:46
  In his Fourth of July speech in Washington, D.C., U.S. President Donald Trump listed off a number great American patriots who’ve changed the course of history. But one of them is causing a bit of a fact-checking frenzy north of the border. “Our quest for greatness unleashed a culture of discovery that led Thomas Edison to imagine his lightbulb, Alexander Graham Bell to create the telephone, the Wright brothers to look to the sky and see the next great frontier,” Trump said. If
  
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• 1919 Victory Stampede remembered a century later

  05-07-2019 03:39
  The Calgary Stampede is marking a significant anniversary, highlighted in the parade and on the grounds. It's been 100 years since the Victory Stampede, which was the second Stampede ever held. The first was in 1912. The 1919 edition was held in honour of First World War veterans who had just returned home to Calgary. "The Victory Stampede was all about creating community spirit after the Great War in the summer of 1919," says Christine Leppard, the Stampede's historical specialist. "Calgary was
  
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• Kenney government launches inquiry into foreign-funded groups that criticize Alberta’s oil industry

  05-07-2019 03:34 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta’s provincial government is launching an inquiry into foreign-funded interest groups with campaigns against Alberta oil.
  
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• Ontario sisters travel the country on horseback for charity

  05-07-2019 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  It's been an adventure two years in the making for a pair of Ontario sisters, who are riding their horses across the country in the name of charity.
  
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• Life-changing drug Spinraza still not covered for many Canadians with spinal muscular atrophy

  05-07-2019 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  The drug, which has been proven to stop the progression of spinal muscular atrophy, costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
  
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• Stampede bronze for sale: Jay Contway sculptures up for grabs at classic art auction

  05-07-2019 02:24
  Old age has a way of catching up with us and Jay Contway, a world famous western American sculptor, is no exception. Contway spent time in the rodeo circuit, raised working quarter horses and he sculpted. He has over 225 original works and, from them, he’s cast over 6,000 pieces, each of them a treasure. Contway first brought his art to the Calgary Stampede in 1976 and has been creating trophies for the rodeo consecutively since 1988. Even now, at the age of 84, Jay is providing the chuckw
  
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• New bylaw allows off-highway vehicles on Lethbridge County roads

  05-07-2019 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  A new bylaw passed in a special council meeting Thursday, making it easier to drive off-highway vehicles on municipal roads in Lethbridge County.
  
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• Regina police hope to locate owner of lost luggage full of keepsakes

  05-07-2019 01:54
  The Regina Police Service is asking for help locating the owner of a lost piece of luggage. The small suitcase is full of keepsakes and mementos, according to a tweet from RPSHelp us solve this mystery! This luggage in our lost and found contains lots of family mementos and keepsakes. Someone has to be missing this! We haven't been able to locate its owner and no one has claimed it. If this is yours, come down to the station! #lostandfound pic.twitter.com/Wp6PodrE9n — Regina Police (@regin
  
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• Calgary Flames open up development camp at WinSport

  05-07-2019 01:54
  Jacob Pelletier admits when he heard his name called by the Calgary Flames in the first round of the NHL entry draft in Vancouver, he nearly blacked out. Pelletier was drafted 26 overall after putting up 39 goals and 50 assists with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior League last season.  “I don’t remember a lot but you know I’m just happy and proud right now.” The 5’10" forward is hoping fans will like what he brings to the table. “You know I
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jul 4

  05-07-2019 01:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Thursday, July 4, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Federal government feels 'confident' after Trans Mountain consultations

  05-07-2019 01:18
  The federal government says it's happy with how talks with Indigenous groups have gone in regards to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and it is sure the project will hurdle every other court challenge it could face. Canada's Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi met with representatives from Calgary's energy industry at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday and said his government has followed all the directives set out by the Federal Court of Appeal to move things ahead. "So we followed
  
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• 50th Southern Alberta Summer Games kicks off in Pincher Creek

  05-07-2019 01:17 via globalnews.ca
  For the 50th year, the Southern Alberta Summer Games has started competition. This year’s event is extra special for host town Pincher Creek. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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