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• Scheer promises to scrap clean fuel standards alongside carbon tax if elected

  08-07-2019 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Scheer surmises the new standards could increase the cost of gas by at least four cents a litre over and above the government's carbon tax.
  
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• Intersection closures by Lethbridge’s new Park ‘n’ Ride transit terminal - Global News

  08-07-2019 23:26
  Intersection closures by Lethbridge’s new Park ‘n’ Ride transit terminal  Global NewsMore downtown road construction is happening in Lethbridge, as work continues in and around the city's new Park 'n' Ride transit terminal.
  
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• Intersection closures by Lethbridge’s new Park ‘n’ Ride transit terminal

  08-07-2019 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  More downtown road construction is happening in Lethbridge, as work continues in and around the city's new Park 'n' Ride transit terminal.
  
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• Lethbridge police chief Rob Davis announces resignation

  08-07-2019 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  Davis who is from Ontario, will be pursuing a new position as chief of police in Brantford, Ont.
  
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• Red Deer RCMP launch voluntary surveillance camera registry

  08-07-2019 22:43
  Hoping to capture more crime on camera, Red Deer RCMP on Monday launched CAPTURE, community assisted policing through the use of recorded evidence. The voluntary registry will track the locations of security cameras owned by residents and businesses in Red Deer, which can then be used by police to assist in investigations. “Implementing a camera registry was identified in Red Deer’s current Annual Policing Plan as an initiative to prevent and reduce property crime,” said Staff
  
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• Nik Wallenda completes high-wire walk atop Calgary Stampede midway

  08-07-2019 22:30
  Looking down on the midway from 35 metres in the air with only a 19 millimetre wire beneath his feet, Nik Wallenda successfully completed his 549 metre high-wire walk across Stampede Park. “There was definitely a lot of sun," said Wallenda following his feat. "I was looking down a lot and to the side because as I got the other end those stabilizers were starting to slip and my concern was if I stepped over, as the wire is going up hill, those stabilizers want to slide, gravity wants to pul
  
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• Nik Wallenda attempts world record high wire walk across Calgary Stampede midway

  08-07-2019 22:30
  Looking down on the midway from 35 metres in the air with only a 19 millimetre wire beneath his feet, Nik Wallenda will attempt to set a lofty record on Monday night. Wallenda will walk a 549 metre tightrope over Stampede Park at 7 p.m., if the weather permits.  “The Stampede reached out to Guinness and Guinness has confirmed that this will be a world record for the longest urban tightrope walk,” said Wallenda. He and his family have also been performing daily shows in the Thril
  
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• John Fogerty bringing his hit parade to Rogers Place, Lethbridge, Red Deer Oct. 15-17 - Edmonton Journal

  08-07-2019 22:02
  John Fogerty bringing his hit parade to Rogers Place, Lethbridge, Red Deer Oct. 15-17  Edmonton JournalIt ain't easy, it ain't easy — but California rocker John Fogerty is tripping back to Edmonton Oct. 15 … not to mention Lethbridge Oct. 16 and Red Deer Oct. 17.
  
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• Black bear bolts into Canmore restaurant, promptly leaves

  08-07-2019 21:06
  No shoes, no shirt, no service. That policy applies to people at most restaurants, and in Canmore, it goes for bears, too. Surveillance footage from Gaucho Brazilian Barbecue posted to social media on Sunday shows a young bear run in the front doors of the eatery, then turn around and bolt back out. "A bear tried to come into the restaurant today but we told him, “No shirt, no shoes, NO SERVICE!” the restaurant wrote.
  
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• Lawsuit filed against the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

  08-07-2019 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  Ecojustice filed the suit Monday morning on behalf of environmental groups Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society.
  
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• Want to improve your mental well-being? Go sober, study says

  08-07-2019 20:17
  More and more people are consuming alcohol, but a new study says giving it up may improve well-being – even for people who already only drink in moderation. Researchers analyzed data from more than 10,000 people in the U.S. and Hong Kong, including more than 1,000 who reported giving up alcohol during the four-year time periods studied. First, they sorted the people by their reported alcohol consumption levels and compared that to their health measures. While people who drank alcohol outpe
  
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• Fire causes estimated $1M in damage at Lacombe airport hangar

  08-07-2019 20:16
  A fire at the Lacombe Regional Airport is under investigation after it caused a suspected $1 million in damage. Crews responded to reports of a fire at the airport around 7:30 p.m. “When we got there, it was heavy smoke and fire showing from the main entrance to the airport hangar,” said Lacombe Fire Department Acting Fire Chief Eric Graham. Three engines, a ladder truck, a rescue truck and three support vehicles were used to help control the blaze. According to Graham, the fire was
  
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• UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch ended - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2019 20:10
  UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch ended  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: Environment Canada has lifted the below-mentioned severe thunderstorm notice. Environ...
  
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• ‘None of us… appreciate the message it’s Ottawa’s way or the highway’: Jason Kenney

  08-07-2019 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney explains why he invited premiers to his Calgary Stampede breakfast.
  
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• 5 premiers don cowboy duds, flip pancakes on Calgary Stampede visit

  08-07-2019 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Five premiers donned cowboy duds and flipped pancakes at a Calgary Stampede breakfast hosted by Alberta's Jason Kenney.
  
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• Two killed in head-on crash near Cardston

  08-07-2019 18:44
  Cardston RCMP are investigating a double-fatal collision on Highway 5 last week that saw a southbound vehicle cross the centre line and collide head-on with a northbound vehicle. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The collision happened July 3 northeast of Cardston. Police are now working to determine a cause to the crash. Cardston is about 230 kilometres south of Calgary.
  
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• Two men, one a convicted murderer, escape from Victoria-area prison

  08-07-2019 18:30
  Two men, one a convicted killer, are on the loose Monday after escaping from William Head prison, southwest of Victoria. The West Shore RCMP have deployed officers on the ground and in a police helicopter to search for the men. Inmates James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage escaped from the federal prison at 6:45 p.m. Sunday, according to the RCMP and a spokesperson for the Correctional Service of Canada. The men were unaccounted for at the 11 p.m. roll call Sunday. The Correctional Service of Can
  
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• Toddler dies after slipping from grandfather's arms, falling from cruise ship

  08-07-2019 18:00
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 1-year-old girl apparently slipped from her grandfather's hands and fell to her death from the 11th story of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico, police said Monday. Police Sgt. Nelson Sotelo told The Associated Press that the family of the child will remain in the U.S. territory until the investigation is complete. He said officers have not been able to interview any relatives yet. "They're in shock," he said. Authorities said the girl was travelling with her parents,
  
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• Stolen Dodge truck turns into a flatbed full of charges for Calgary man

  08-07-2019 17:58
  A 42-year-old Calgary man is under arrest and faces multiple charges, stemming from an incident that resulted in 2012 Dodge RAM  truck being stolen from a Claresholm residence early on July 4. Later the same morning, the vehicle was  spotted in a farm near Stavely, Alta. When the land owner approached it, the  vehicle sped off, but the land owner was able to get the license  plate, confirming it was the stolen RAM truck. Claresholm RCMP spotted the truck at a  rural loca
  
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• Louisiana man arrested after allegedly licking ice cream, reshelving tub

  08-07-2019 17:01
  A Louisiana man was arrested and charged after allegedly opening a tub of ice cream and licking it in a grocery store. It’s the second reported incident involving licked Blue Bell ice cream after a video of a since identified Texas teenager was viewed more than 13 million times on Twitter last week. This time, 36-year-old Lenise Lloyd Martin III posted the video himself on Facebook on Friday and was promptly arrested and charged the next day with property tampering and posting criminal act
  
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• Bobcat crashes morning coffee in Calgary backyard

  08-07-2019 16:17
  Corine Sorge knew it was a morning unllike any other when her cat Pinkerton started making noises she  had never heard him make before. That’s when  she pushed  pause on her  plan to enjoy a cup of coffee on a  sunnny morning on the back deck of her home in southwest Calgary, because her lawnchair was taken by a bobcat, chilling  out in the summer sun.Sorge instead placed a call to Fish  and  Wildlife to report the sighting, before grabbing a couple
  
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• CannTrust faces Health Canada problems, warns of product shortages

  08-07-2019 15:05
  CannTrust Holdings Inc. shares plunged more than 20 per cent Monday after it was revealed that Health Canada discovered illegal growing operations at a greenhouse and ordered 5,200 kilograms of the pot producer's inventory put on hold.The Pot Post: Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to your inboxThe licensed producer said Monday that Health Canada notified the company that it found CannTrust grew cannabis in five unlicensed rooms at its Pelham, Ont., facility and that employees provided ina
  
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• Premier hosts provincial counterparts at annual pancake breakfast

  08-07-2019 14:56
  Premier Jason Kenney is hosting his conservative counterparts at the Premier’s Stampede Breakfast on Monday morning. The leaders of Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and the Northwest Territories are in the city for the Calgary Stampede and are united in their frustration with Ottawa over Bill C-69. Last month, all five sent the prime minister a letter criticizing new environmental legislation they say hurts the oil sector. Another conservative ally for the premier is also in town for t
  
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• Why planting one trillion trees won't solve climate change

  08-07-2019 14:39
  A new report claims the most effective way to fight climate change would be a global effort to plant one trillion trees, but one Canadian expert says that would only be one piece of a much larger puzzle. The report, which was released last week, found that there is enough room on Earth to add trees to nearly one billion hectares of land – an area nearly the size of the United States. This would mean more than 500 billion trees could be planted, creating storage for more than 200 gigatonnes
  
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• Kentucky River is filled with dead fish after fire at bourbon warehouse

  08-07-2019 14:36
  The Kentucky River is teeming with piles of dead fish following a fire at a Jim Beam bourbon storage warehouse. While last week’s fire at a facility in Versailles, Ky. has been put out, 45,000 barrels of aging whiskey has been destroyed. No one was injured in the fire, which was put out Sunday. According to Jim Beam's parent company, Beam Suntory, the warehouse was insured and equipped with sprinklers. But the distiller said the fire still spread rapidly because there was so much wood and
  
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• Saudi carrier cancels troubled Boeing 737 order for Airbus

  08-07-2019 14:35
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Saudi budget carrier says it is ordering 30 Airbus planes in a deal that replaces a US$6 billion agreement it had with Boeing for its troubled 737 MAX jets, which are grounded around the world after two crashes. Flyadeal, operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp., says the order results in the airline operating an all-Airbus A320 fleet in the future. It comes as Boeing faces dozens of lawsuits over the crashes that killed 346 people. Preliminary investigations poi
  
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• Outage problems at Rogers Wireless causing voice service issues - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2019 14:21
  Outage problems at Rogers Wireless causing voice service issues  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO - Rogers Wireless says customers may experience intermittent issues making or receiving wireless voice...
  
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• Peepholes drilled into side of campground porta-potty

  08-07-2019 13:59
  Police on Vancouver Island are investigating a set of small holes were found drilled into the side of a porta-potty. The holes, which allow for a view inside the portable toilet cubicle, were discovered by staff at the Island View Beach campground in Saanich. The unit has since been shut off from use. Though people at the campsite reported no suspicious activity, they told local station CHEK-TV that the incident has left them unsettled. One man suggested the staff should visit the area more ofte
  
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• South African aiming to be 1st black African in space dies

  08-07-2019 13:49
  JOHANNESBURG -- Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He was 30. Maseko was killed in Pretoria over the weekend, according to a family statement reported by local media Monday. Maseko became known as an "Afronaut" and was an inspiration to many South Africans when he won an international competition to get a place in the Axe Apollo Space Academy and spent a week in training at the Kennedy
  
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• Outage problems at mobile service providers causing voice service issues

  08-07-2019 13:15
  TORONTO - Some of Canada's major mobile service providers say they are working to fix widespread network outages to voice services that some customers across the country have been noticing since Sunday afternoon. Text messages, internet and data services are still operational, but Rogers' website said it was experiencing an outage that was affecting many wireless customers. It said "some customers may be intermittently experiencing dropped calls or are unable to place or receive calls on their m
  
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• International court convicts Congo rebel leader known as 'Terminator'

  08-07-2019 11:24
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a notorious rebel commander known as "The Terminator" of 18 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape and sexual slavery for his role in atrocities in a bloody ethnic conflict in a mineral-rich region of Congo in 2002-2003. Bosco Ntaganda, who maintained his innocence during his trial, faces a maximum life sentence following his convictions at the global court. He showed no emotion as Pre
  
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• British Airways faces US$229 million fine over breach of customers' data

  08-07-2019 10:25
  LONDON -- Britain's data regulator said Monday it wants to fine British Airways 183 million pounds (US$229 million) over a data breach that compromised information on half a million customers -- the biggest to date under new, tougher data regulations. The airline revealed in September that it had been the victim of a hack. The scam saw customers diverted to a fake website where credit card details were harvested by the attackers. "People's personal data is just that - personal. When an organizat
  
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• Spies welcomed energy industry info about alleged threats, documents show

  08-07-2019 10:11
  OTTAWA - Canada's spy service routinely welcomed reports from the energy industry about perceived threats, and kept such information in its files in case it might prove useful later, newly disclosed documents reveal. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is supposed to retain only information that is “strictly necessary” to do its job, and the spy agency is now facing questions about whether it collected and hung on to material about groups or people who posed no real threat. De
  
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• Iran enriching uranium to 4.5 per cent, breaking deal limit: reports

  08-07-2019 09:44
  TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran began enriching uranium Monday to 4.5 per cent, breaking the limit set by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, semi-official news agencies in the country reported. The acknowledgement by the spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran comes a day after Iran pledged to break the deal's limit of 3.67%. The decision to ramp up uranium enrichment came less than a week after Iran acknowledged breaking the 300-kilogram (661-pound) limit on its low-enriched uranium stoc
  
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• Quakes push Californians to prepare for the next big jolt

  08-07-2019 07:06
  RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes. California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting sensors statewide that officials say will give utilities and trains precious seconds to shut down before the shaking starts. Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's time residents did their p
  
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• Quakes alert Californians to be ready for dreaded 'Big One'

  08-07-2019 07:06
  RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes. California is spending more than $16 million to install thousands of quake-detecting sensors statewide that officials say will give utilities and trains precious seconds to shut down before the shaking starts. Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's time residents did their p
  
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• North American stock markets slide lower; loonie gains against U.S. dollar

  08-07-2019 06:01
  TORONTO -- The heavyweight financial, industrial and materials sectors weighed on stocks in Toronto as Canada's main stock index fell in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also lost ground. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 69.74 points at 16,472.25. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 115.61 points at 26,806.51. The S&P 500 index was down 13.71 points at 2,976.70, while the Nasdaq composite was down 59.16 points at 8,102.63. The Canadian dollar traded f
  
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• Global stocks sink after U.S. jobs data hurt rate cut hopes

  08-07-2019 06:01
  BEIJING -- Global stocks tumbled Monday after unexpectedly strong U.S. employment data tempered hopes the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates. Benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Shanghai all declined. Fed leaders have said they are ready to cut rates to support economic growth amid a tariff war with Beijing. But investors questioned whether the Fed will think that is needed after Friday's data on June job creation. Those data "have many questioning whether we will see just two rate
  
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• Financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with molesting dozens of girls

  08-07-2019 05:59
  NEW YORK -- Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors took another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him in an indictment unsealed Monday of abusing dozens of underage girls as young as 14. The 66-year-old hedge fund manager who once hobnobbed with some of the world's most powerful people was charged with sex trafficking and conspiracy and could get up to 45 years in prison. Epstein, who was arrested
  
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• Tornado warning issued for Vulcan County downgraded to thunderstorm warning

  08-07-2019 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  On Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Environment Canada issued the emergency alert for Brooks, Strathmore and Vulcan.
  
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• Tornado warning over in southeastern Alberta

  08-07-2019 01:44
  Environment Canada issued a warning on Sunday evening after a severe thunderstorm that had the possibility of developing a tornado was detected. The agency made the announcement on Sunday evening. The storm was originally detected about 15 km west of Lomond, Alta. and was moving east at 35 km/h. The warning was called off at 6:25 p.m., but a severe thunderstorm warning remains in place for now.Possible Tornado Alert Ended Jul07 625PM Vulcan County https://t.co/L8ht6OCtPQ #ABemerg #ABtornado &mda
  
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• ‘He quite literally could’ve been found dead here’: Calgary councillor uses naloxone kit to save man on her street

  08-07-2019 00:10 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary city councillor likely saved man's life Saturday afternoon by using a naloxone kit.
  
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