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• Ontario boy recovering after leg crushed by rock while on P.E.I. vacation

  13-07-2019 23:55
  A young Ontario boy is recovering in a Halifax hospital after he was injured while on vacation with this family. The Ketchabaw family were sightseeing at Tea Cup Rock, a popular tourist spot in Prince Edward Island, last Sunday when the accident happened. The children lined up to take a picture when they heard something crack. “I held on to the rock, and it fell,” says Quintin Ketchabaw. “And it hurt. “ The next thing Quintin remembers, he was lying on the beach. A rock f
  
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• One dead in head-on crash on Highway 22X, officer injured while responding

  13-07-2019 23:24
  Police are investigating a fatal collision Saturday morning on Highway 22X at 104th Street S.E. that also saw a police officer injured in a separate crash while responding to the scene. Emergency crews were called about 10 a.m. after two vehicles collided head-on. Few details are available but one person was pronounced dead at the scene and another was airlifted to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance. Three other people were taken to hospital by ambulance. Police say there is no indication speed or
  
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• Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 23:09
  Trump applauds far-right social media provocateurs  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a White House conference Thursday to applaud far-right social media provocateurs even as he conceded that ...
  
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• Controversial Chateau Laurier expansion not good enough, McKenna says - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 22:28
  Controversial Chateau Laurier expansion not good enough, McKenna says  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna wants the owners of the iconic Chateau Laurier by Parliament H...
  
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• Thousands protest Trump immigration policies day before planned raids

  13-07-2019 22:15
  CHICAGO - Several thousand protesters have marched through downtown Chicago to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies, including planned sweeps in several American cities, including Chicago, over the weekend. The protesters at Saturday's march belted chants critical of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Many of them carried placards with messages including "No kids in cages" and "Abolish ICE." Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says t
  
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• Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Stampede visit - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 21:59
  Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Stampede visit  Lethbridge News NowCALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the only way to get projects like the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built is by finding compromise between ...
  
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• Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 21:58
  Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship  Lethbridge News NowJOENSUU, Finland - Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafen...
  
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• Trudeau stresses balancing economy, environment during brief Calgary Stampede visit

  13-07-2019 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was speaking at a reception for Liberal Party donors during the Calgary Stampede, where he had fewer public appearances than in past years.
  
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• Intoxicated teen plunges down North Van ravine

  13-07-2019 21:32
  A passerby heard a teenager scream for help after falling down a steep embankment in North Vancouver, according to firefighters. Emergency crews were called to the ravine, which is located roughly 500 metres behind the Delbrook Community Recreation Centre, shortly after 9 p.m. Friday. North Vancouver RCMP said the 17-year-old was with a group of friends and it's believed they had been drinking. "He was walking near the edge of the cliff and suddenly he went over," Sgt. Peter DeVries told CTV New
  
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• 75-year-old Florida man kicks alligator, saves dog

  13-07-2019 20:49
  PALM HARBOR, Fla. - A 75-year-old Florida man says he kicked an alligator in the snout after it attacked his dog. Buddy Ackerman says the 8-foot (2.44-meter) gator came from a retention pond near his Palm Harbor condominium earlier this week and grabbed the dog while they were out for an early morning walk. He kicked the gator until it let go of the golden retriever. Neither animal was injured. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Florida wildlife officials came and trapped the gator later that day.
  
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• Waterton Lakes to hold annual butterfly count on July 19 - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Waterton Lakes to hold annual butterfly count on July 19  Lethbridge News NowWATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, AB – Waterton Lakes National Park is holding its annual butterfly count later this month. It's one of the longest running ...
  
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• UK Labour Party in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  UK Labour Party in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — Britain's main opposition Labour Party was in turmoil Thursday after a television documentary renewed allegations that anti-Semitism is rife within ...
  
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• Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation  Lethbridge News NowMOSCOW - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies take...
  
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• Search resumes for helicopter carrying missing Quebec businessman, teenage son - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Search resumes for helicopter carrying missing Quebec businessman, teenage son  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Search and rescue teams will continue their search today for a Quebec businessman and his teenage son who've been missing since mid-week ...
  
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• Halep star struck at meeting duchesses at Wimbledon - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Halep star struck at meeting duchesses at Wimbledon  Lethbridge News NowWIMBLEDON, England — Simona Halep joined the list of tennis royalty at Wimbledon on Saturday, then got a bit star struck at meeting the real thing. Catherine ...
  
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• Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Dozens injured aboard Air Canada flight after plane hits turbulence  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Thirty people were sent to hospital with injuries after an Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Sydney, Australia, hit severe turbulence and ...
  
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• Aftermath of Canadian submarine fire: PTSD, asthma and depression - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:45
  Aftermath of Canadian submarine fire: PTSD, asthma and depression  Lethbridge News NowHALIFAX — The Canadian sailors who fought a deadly fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi in 2004 suffered from significantly elevated levels of ...
  
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• Film airing on PBS recalls city's dark deportation history - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:34
  Film airing on PBS recalls city's dark deportation history  Lethbridge News NowBISBEE, Ariz. — The darkest, most violent chapter in the history of Bisbee was an open secret for decades in the funky old Arizona copper town 7 miles (11 ...
  
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• Police arrest man in connection to Ponzi scheme that took in nearly $1 million

  13-07-2019 20:21
  Toronto police say they've arrested a man in connection to a Ponzi scheme that took in nearly $1 million. They say the 66-year-old man portrayed himself as an investor to people he met on social media between 2009 and 2017. Police say the man allegedly persuaded people to provide up to $500,000 in what he said would be an investment into companies he worked for or owned. Police say he allegedly used the money to buy cars, food and other personal items. Officers arrested the man on Friday and he
  
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• Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 20:11
  Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to inject a citizenship question into next year's census Thursday, instead directing ...
  
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• Canadian citizen has been detained in China, Global Affairs confirms

  13-07-2019 19:42
  OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China. The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody. It said in an email statement on Friday that it could not release any other details about the Canadian's detention because of provisions of the Privacy Act. Global Affairs would not comment on whether the detention is related to the detention by Chinese police of seven foreign teachers and nine foreign students on drug
  
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• Canadian citizen detained in China, Global Affairs confirms

  13-07-2019 19:42
  OTTAWA -- Global Affairs Canada says a Canadian citizen has been detained in Yantai, China. The department says officials have provided consular services to the person in custody. It said in an email statement on Friday that it could not release any other details about the Canadian's detention because of provisions of the Privacy Act. Global Affairs would not comment on whether the detention is related to the detention by Chinese police of seven foreign teachers and nine foreign students on drug
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flips flapjacks at Stampede breakfast

  13-07-2019 19:22
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flipped flapjacks at a Calgary Stampede breakfast on Saturday, 100 days out from the federal election. Around 2,500 people were expected at the breakfast in the community of Sunalta. Politicians flipping pancakes is an annual tradition during the 10 days of Stampede. Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer and Green Party leader Elizabeth May attended pancake breakfast events the first weekend of Stampede. On Friday, Trudeau visited workers at Edmonton's Trans Mount
  
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• Eight rescued from Calgary Tower elevator

  13-07-2019 18:47
  Eight people had a scary experience in an elevator at the Calgary Tower on Friday when they found themselves trapped and had to be transferred to another car through a scuttle hatch. The Calgary fire Technical Rescue Team was called to the 100 block of 9th Avenue S.W. about 10:30 p.m. after the eight found themselves trapped. After securing the elevator car, rescue crews used harnesses to pull each person up through a scuttle hatch in the ceiling, then they were transferred to another, parallel
  
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• Rabies alert issued for part of Disney World

  13-07-2019 18:14
  Health officials in Florida have issued a rabies alert around Disney World’s Epcot theme park after a feral cat tested positive for the disease. The Florida Department of Health in Orange County issued a 60-day rabies alert for a 3.2 kilometre radius around the intersection of Interstate 4 and Epcot Center Drive. Rabies can cause paralysis and is fatal to warm blooded animals and humans, the department said. “The identified cat may have infected other animals in the area,” the
  
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• Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performance - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 17:29
  Taylor Swift shakes off drama with fun concert performance  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — In her first public appearance since discovering her masters were in the hands of someone she's not a fan of, Taylor Swift didn't directly address ...
  
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• Fatal collision near Alta.-Sask. border

  13-07-2019 17:20
  One person died early Saturday morning in a collision about 20 kilometres west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. RCMP were called to Highway 600 at the southwest entrance of Provost some time before 4 a.m. Authorities say one person died and another person was injured in a single-vehicle crash. The injured person was taken to hospital. Highway 600 was closed until noon on Saturday. Provost is located 280 kilometres southeast of Edmonton, on Highway 13.
  
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• Canada to compensate 718 victims of gay purge

  13-07-2019 16:15
  OTTAWA -- Some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial compensation, says the lawyer who led a successful class action. Several claimants were still so mistrustful of the government after being investigated or fired for their sexual orientation that they worried the compensation process was an elaborate ruse to elicit information that would be used to puni
  
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• Canada to compensate 718 gay-purge victims in class-action settlement

  13-07-2019 16:15
  OTTAWA -- Some victims of the federal government's gay purge were so devastated by the experience that even decades later they needed the help of a therapist to fill out forms to receive financial compensation, says the lawyer who led a successful class action. Several claimants were still so mistrustful of the government after being investigated or fired for their sexual orientation that they worried the compensation process was an elaborate ruse to elicit information that would be used to puni
  
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• Pence acknowledges 'tough stuff' at border detention centre - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 16:03
  Pence acknowledges 'tough stuff' at border detention centre  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — Acknowledging “this is tough stuff,” Vice-President Mike Pence says he was not surprised by what he saw Friday as he toured a Texas Border ...
  
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• Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 16:03
  Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies  Lethbridge News NowGREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all ...
  
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• Police investigate murder of 36-year-old man in Laval

  13-07-2019 14:13
  Police are investigating the murder of a 36-year-old man in Laval. Multiple people called 911 around 12:45 a.m. Saturday to report hearing gunshots coming from an area near Le Boutillier Park. Emergency crews arrived to discover the body of a 36-year-old man in his driveway behind a row of condominiums on Phil-Watson St. Constable Stephanie Beshara said the death was pronounced at the scene. "Because he was found in the driveway of his own residence it has the appearance of a targeted shooting,"
  
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• US producer prices rise a modest 0.1% in June - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 08:56
  US producer prices rise a modest 0.1% in June  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON - U.S. producer prices rose modestly in June, another sign that inflationary pressures remain subdu...
  
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• California exhibit paints Ed Hardy as artist, tattoo pioneer - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 08:56
  California exhibit paints Ed Hardy as artist, tattoo pioneer  Lethbridge News NowSAN FRANCISCO — When people hear the name Ed Hardy, they likely think of the flashy, tiger- and skull-emblazoned clothing that rocketed to popularity in the ...
  
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• FTC approves record US$5B fine for Facebook

  13-07-2019 08:47
  At US$5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it's given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012. The long-expected punishment, which Facebook is well prepared for, is unlikely to make a dent in the social media giant's deep pockets. But it will also likely saddle the company with additional restrictions and another lengthy stretch of strict scrutiny. The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reporte
  
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• Pence tour of migrant centre shows men crowded in cages

  13-07-2019 08:30
  WASHINGTON -- Vice-President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots. Some of the men said they were hungry and had been held there for 40 days or longer. "Look, this is tough stuff," Pence acknowledged at a later news conference. "I knew we'd see a system that is overcrowded," he added. "It's overwhelmed and that's why Congress has to act." Pence's office said the
  
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• The Latest: Soccer federation head: Women deserve fair pay - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 08:00
  The Latest: Soccer federation head: Women deserve fair pay  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - The Latest on a New York City parade and ceremony honouring the U.S. women's national soccer team (...
  
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• Ed Sheeran confirms he's married to Cherry Seaborn - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 08:00
  Ed Sheeran confirms he's married to Cherry Seaborn  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Ed Sheeran has confirmed for the first time that he and long-time girlfriend Cherry Seaborn are marri...
  
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• Divisive telescope to restart building next week in Hawaii - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 08:00
  Divisive telescope to restart building next week in Hawaii  Lethbridge News NowHONOLULU — Construction on a giant telescope will start again next week after lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those who say building it on ...
  
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• Hurricane Barry slogs toward shore; storm surge feared

  13-07-2019 07:38
  NEW ORLEANS -- Carrying "off the chart" amounts of moisture, Hurricane Barry crawled toward shore Saturday, knocking out power along the Gulf Coast and dumping heavy rains that could last for days in a test of the flood-prevention systems built after Hurricane Katrina 14 years ago. The Coast Guard rescued more than a dozen people from the remote Isle de Jean Charles, south of New Orleans, where water rose so high that some residents clung to rooftops. But in the city, locals and tourists wandere
  
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• Barry crawls ashore in Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm

  13-07-2019 07:38
  NEW ORLEANS -- Carrying "off the chart" amounts of moisture, Barry crawled ashore Saturday in Louisiana and quickly weakened to a tropical storm that promised to dump heavy rains that could last for days and pose a test of the flood-prevention systems built after Hurricane Katrina 14 years ago. The storm made landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, about 160 miles west of New Orleans, and its winds fell to 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The Coast Guard rescued more than a dozen
  
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• Tropical Storm Barry strengthens, with rain to soak millions

  13-07-2019 07:35
  NEW ORLEANS -- Heavy rains and gusty winds knocked out power on the Gulf Coast on Saturday as a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry churned a path to shore, threatening millions and testing flood-prevention efforts implemented after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 14 years ago. Officials predicted Barry would make landfall as this year's first hurricane in the morning near Morgan City, west of New Orleans. The long day started after an overnight curfew with on and off rain and power outa
  
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• Millions in line of punishing rain from Tropical Storm Barry

  13-07-2019 07:35
  NEW ORLEANS -- People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a path ashore and tested efforts to guard against flooding since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 14 years ago. Officials predicted Barry would make landfall Saturday morning near Morgan City as the first hurricane of the season, with the edges of the storm already lashing Louisiana with rain an
  
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• Manitoba grand chief on leave, denies pursuing intimate relationship - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 07:24
  Manitoba grand chief on leave, denies pursuing intimate relationship  Lethbridge News NowWINNIPEG — A Manitoba Indigenous leader is taking a leave of absence after being accused of sending unwanted messages to a woman. Grand Chief Arlen ...
  
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• Lethbridge in a “buyer's market” in 2019 - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 07:19
  Lethbridge in a “buyer's market” in 2019  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge and District Association of Realtors (LADAR) says things continue to look up for the city's housing market. Executive Officer ...
  
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• UK ambassador to US quits after leaked cables enrage Trump - Lethbridge News Now

  13-07-2019 06:52
  UK ambassador to US quits after leaked cables enrage Trump  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Britain's ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being branded a fool and made a di...
  
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• RCMP speak to more Alberta cabinet ministers as part of investigation into UCP leadership race

  13-07-2019 06:34 via globalnews.ca
  At least four UCP cabinet ministers have now spoken to the RCMP as they investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing in connection with the party's 2017 leadership race.
  
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• Horse injured at Calgary Stampede’s ‘half mile of hell’ Friday night

  13-07-2019 05:35 via globalnews.ca
  Another horse was injured at the Calgary Stampede's chuckwagon races on Friday night on a track often referred to as the "half mile of hell."
  
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• Small protest targets Edmonton opening of anti-abortion film

  13-07-2019 05:21
  A group of about a dozen protesters rallied outside Cineplex South Edmonton Common on Friday night to show their opposition to the cinema's screening of the anti-abortion film Unplanned. “Now that it’s in mainstream theatres, we’re concerned that people will be misinformed about abortions,” said Kathy Dawson, a protester with the Alberta Pro-Choice Coalition.  The film is being distributed in Canada by Fredericton-based Cinedicom, which is run by BJ McKelvie, who is
  
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• Maxime Bernier visits Cardston, introduces southern Alberta PPC candidates

  13-07-2019 05:16 via globalnews.ca
  PPC Leader Maxime Bernier continued his tour of Alberta on Friday, making a stop in Cardston with local candidates in tow. Danica Ferris reports.
  
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