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• Village in Saskatchewan cancels dog cull after social media backlash

  18-07-2019 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  The village of La Loche, Sask., has cancelled a controversial dog culling initiative amidst mounting public outcry on social media.
  
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• $900-million settlement reached in class action on sexual misconduct in military

  18-07-2019 23:23
  OTTAWA -- The federal government promised $900 million in compensation Thursday to settle multiple class-action lawsuits lodged on behalf of survivors of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and sexual assault in the military. The settlement provides $800 million for members of the Canadian Armed Forces and $100 million in compensation for another class of employees of the Department of National Defence. Over the past few years, participants in several lawsuits alleging similar misconduct an
  
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• Lethbridge Food Banks grateful for donations from Seasons Retirement Communities - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2019 23:02
  Lethbridge Food Banks grateful for donations from Seasons Retirement Communities  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A $2,000 donation made on Monday, July 15, by a group from the Seasons Retirement Communities, will enable the Lethbridge Food Bank ...
  
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• Lethbridge athletes competing at multi-sports games this summer - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2019 22:59
  Lethbridge athletes competing at multi-sports games this summer  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – More than two dozen athletes from Lethbridge will be or have been taking part in several multi-sports games throughout the summer.
  
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• What’s in the water? The bacterial booby traps of summer

  18-07-2019 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  From public swimming pools to the content of a sandbox, a health and hygiene expert helps us do a deep dive into the microscopic menaces of summer.
  
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• Police release new details in disappearance of Calgary man in 2016

  18-07-2019 22:36
  Police say they have exhausted 'all footprints of life' in the search for a Calgary man who was reported missing almost three years ago and say new information leads them to believe that his disappearance is suspicious. Abdikadir Tukhov, 43, was last seen leaving a home in Abbeydale on Dec. 5, 2016 and he was reported missing by friends six days later. Police say they received new information from the community and that friends also believe he may be the victim of foul play. "We know that people
  
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• Scrapie, a disease related to mad cow, found in two Alberta flocks of sheep

  18-07-2019 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some sheep in Alberta have been infected with scrapie, a fatal disease that affects the animals' nervous system.
  
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• Scammers target Calgary residences with landlines in new twist on old sham

  18-07-2019 22:04
  Landline telephones are being abandoned by many Canadian households in favour of mobile service but an old scam is leveraging the old technology to pull in new victims. Calgary police have issued a warning to citizens to watch out for suspicious phone calls from scammers posing as bank officials and say the scam is a reoccurring trend. The new twist is that it targets landlines as they remain live after one person hangs up unlike cellular phones, which disconnect when one person terminates the c
  
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• Alberta elections commissioner fines United Conservative leadership candidate - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2019 21:27
  Alberta elections commissioner fines United Conservative leadership candidate  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON – One of the candidates in Alberta's 2017 United Conservative leadership race has been hit with $70,000 in fines for breaking fundraising rules.
  
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• A Bey-utiful dress: Beyonce sports custom creations by Winnipeg-born designer

  18-07-2019 21:26
  A Winnipeg-born designer is making waves in the fashion industry, with Queen Bey herself wearing his creations. Beyonce has been photographed sporting two custom dresses by Mark Fast – one for a cast photo with her “Lion King” co-stars and another in a promotional shoot for her single “Spirit.”   In the cast picture the singer can be seen wearing a black bodycon dress, and in the music video she is wearing a dark yellow bodycon dress with cutouts and feath
  
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• Company awarded $2M contract to review Alberta Health Services

  18-07-2019 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government has selected a company to conduct a review of Alberta Health Services.
  
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• Report shows affordable rent in Calgary out of reach for minimum wage workers

  18-07-2019 20:39
  If you’re in the market to rent a one or two-bedroom apartment in Calgary and work full-time for minimum wage, you may be out of luck.  That’s according to the latest report from Policy Alternative, which suggest that minimum wage workers are unable to afford a one or two-bedroom apartment in all 44 of Calgary’s neighbourhoods.  Minimum wage is currently pegged at $15 an hour in Alberta, but a Policy Alternatives study shows the average Calgarian would need to make $2
  
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• Earth just recorded its hottest June ever

  18-07-2019 20:13
  WASHINGTON -- The heat goes on: Earth sizzled to its hottest June on record as the climate keeps going to extremes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday announced that June averaged 15.9 Celsius, about 0.9 Celsius warmer than the 20th century average. It beat out 2016 for the hottest June with records going back to 1880. NASA and other groups also concluded that last month was the hottest June on record. Europe shattered June temperature records by far, while other record
  
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• The 12 most scenic restaurants in Alberta, according to OpenTable

  18-07-2019 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Four eateries in Calgary and three in Edmonton are among those on a new list of the 100 most scenic restaurants in Canada.
  
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• Sharpest shooters battle it out at 2019 World Benchrest Championship

  18-07-2019 19:47
  The Rosebud Silouette and Benchrest Club is hosting the 2019 World Benchrest Championship and almost 100 of the world's sharpest shooters will compete in the event. Precision shooting is the object of benchrest shooting and the goal is to place five bullet holes, on the same target, in the same hole from distances between 100 and 200 yards (91 – 182 Metres). “Amongst all the shooting sports, nobody is looking for this level of precision,” said Rick Pollock,  Director of Be
  
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• Defence calling no evidence in case of German tourist shot west of Calgary

  18-07-2019 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  The defence is calling no evidence on behalf of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary last summer.
  
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• Callaway fined $70K in connection to UCP leadership contest donations

  18-07-2019 19:10
  Jeff Callaway, a 2017 UCP leadership contest candidate, is facing 24 penalties by the Office of the Election Commissioner related to breaking rules regarding party contributions. The charges, issued July 17, total $70,000. Callaway was fined $15,000 for colluding with a third party, named Robyn Lore by the Office of the Election Commissioner, to circumvent a contribution limit. He was fined $8,000 for soliciting or accepting a $60,000 contribution from a person who he knew wasn't allowed to dona
  
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• Teen charged in shooting of German tourist will not testify at trial

  18-07-2019 18:56
  The 17-year-old accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on an Alberta highway last summer will not testify at his trial. The teen, from the Stony Nakoda First Nation, west of Calgary, can’t be named because of his age. He is facing five charges including; recklessly discharging a firearm with intent to wound, aggravated assault and assault. Horst Stewin suffered life-altering injuries after being shot while driving along Highway 1A near Morley in August of 2018. On Thursday, the d
  
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• Swiss village plans to sell nine tumble-down cottages for $1.30 each

  18-07-2019 18:33
  A picturesque village in Switzerland plans to sell tumble-down cottages for $1.30 each in a bid to breathe new life into the mountainside community. The local authority for the Italian-speaking hamlet of Monti Sciaga, near the Italian border and close to Lake Como and Milan, has earmarked nine buildings to sell at the symbolic price of one Swiss franc. But there’s a catch. The stone structures are practically ruins and anyone buying them would have to renovate them in line with local rules
  
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• Heat wave hits Eastern Canada, temperatures will feel in mid-40 degree range

  18-07-2019 18:33
  Temperatures in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are expected to climb into the mid-40 degrees Celsius range in the coming days, putting the young and elderly at increased risk of dying from the heat. With expected “excruciatingly hot temperatures,” Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips told CTV News Channel “it certainly looks like a roasting-kind-of, furnace-like weekend for a large chunk of eastern Canada.” He said the temperatures would be between five and
  
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• Jeff Callaway fined $70,000 by Alberta Election Commissioner

  18-07-2019 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway has been fined by Alberta's Election Commissioner in relation to irregular contributions to his leadership campaign.
  
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• Jeff Callaway fined $68,000 by Alberta Election Commissioner

  18-07-2019 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway has been fined by Alberta's Election Commissioner in relation to irregular contributions to his leadership campaign.
  
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• Bizarre disappearance of Alta. man highlighted in new documentary

  18-07-2019 18:30
  The family of a missing Beaumont man hopes the release of a new film will help them figure out what happened. Ryan Shtuka seemingly vanished from an alpine resort in British Columbia’s interior on February 17, 2018. The 20-year-old left a house party at Sun Peaks Resort in the early morning hours but has not been seen or heard from since. This week, a documentary titled “Peaks and Valleys: The Search for Ryan Shtuka” was released on YouTube. It chronicles Shtuka’s disappe
  
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• Calgary crews deal with downed power line in Erlton

  18-07-2019 18:19
  A downed power line in the city's southwest caused outages and a few issues with traffic signals in the Erlton area on Thursday morning. The live power line came down in the 2800 block of Erlton Street S.W. and was sparking on the street. Traffic lights near Macleod Trail and 25 Avenue S.W. were knocked out for a few hours but are working once again. ENMAX crews are on scene working on the problem. To check power outages in the city, visit the Calgary Outage Portal by ENMAX Power page.
  
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• Lethbridge Astronomy Society always helpful | Alberta - Prairie Post

  18-07-2019 18:07
  Lethbridge Astronomy Society always helpful | Alberta  Prairie PostThe Lethbridge Astronomy Society seeks to help local astronomy lovers in pursing various interests within the field of astronomy.
  
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• Hundreds attend donor drive for ‘Mighty Hudson,’ Alberta baby with rare immune disease

  18-07-2019 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  Hudson Cowie was born on June 23. About five days later, he was diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency — or "boy in the bubble" disease.
  
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• Calgary summer camp focuses on science and technology

  18-07-2019 16:48
  Students are taking part in week-long science, technology, engineering and math camps in Calgary that will help them develop skills to become effective problem-solvers. The youngsters, between the ages of 6 and 13, are working on a number of futuristic projects rather than spending time at a traditional outdoor camp, getting closer to nature. In two, parallel STEM camps, students will demonstrate their projects on the last day, which focus on the principles of innovation. “The STEM showcas
  
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• Vancouver-based company to help CFL monitor concussion protocol

  18-07-2019 16:00
  TORONTO - The CFL has entered into a new partnership that will allow its teams to utilize a digital platform to execute and monitor the effectiveness of the league's concussion protocol. The CFL announced Wednesday it has teamed up with Vancouver-based HeadCheck Health, Inc. The company's mobile and web-based technology will allow CFL medical staffs to monitor the effectiveness of the league's concussion protocol in real-time. “We're delighted to partner with HeadCheck as part of our ongoi
  
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• Largest Mafia bust in Ontario history: 15 arrests, $35 million worth of homes seized

  18-07-2019 14:56
  York Regional Police say they have arrested 15 people and seized $35 million worth of homes, sports cars and cash in a major trans-Atlantic probe targeting the most prominent wing of ‘Ndrangheta Mafia clan in Canada. Responding to spike in shootings, arsons in Vaughan and the surrounding area in 2017, police started “Project Sindicato,” targeting a group accused of operating illegal backroom gambling dens in various cafes. It resulted in what is believed to be the largest Mafia
  
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• Temporary bridge into community of Inglewood opens to traffic

  18-07-2019 14:53
  A temporary bridge over the Elbow River, near Inglewood officially opened on Thursday morning.  The initiative is all part of the city’s work to replace the aging 9th Avenue bridge, which is more than 100 years old and showing signs of being overstressed.  The city says about 19,000 vehicles use the bridge to cross the Elbow River each day. The temporary bridge will allow those drivers to continue accessing businesses in the Inglewood area, while the new bridge is being built.&nb
  
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• Dutch airline's breastfeeding policy hits turbulence online

  18-07-2019 14:53
  The Dutch flag carrier has hit turbulence online over its breastfeeding policy which may ask a “mother to cover herself while breastfeeding.” A KLM passenger calling themselves Shelby Angel sparked an online furor when she claimed a flight attendant told her to cover up while breastfeeding her one year old daughter on a journey from San Francisco to Amsterdam. “I've never received such a negative response to taking care of my child,” she wrote in a Facebook post. “B
  
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• Many top Canadian companies won't say how many of their workers identify as visible minorities

  18-07-2019 14:19
  On Tricia Davis's first day of work at a coal mine in B.C.'s Elk Valley, she says she spotted a heart and a penis scrawled on some dusty equipment. And on a bus ride home one day from the Teck Coal Ltd. operation, Davis -- who started there as a truck driver in June 2017 -- says two male co-workers insinuated she was working as a prostitute. They allegedly told her: "Oh look it's your corner, that's where you belong." "I waited for two years to finally have the opportunity to work at Teck and ha
  
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• California city bans 'manhole,' other gender-specific words from code

  18-07-2019 13:27
  BERKELEY, Calif. - Berkeley, Calif. has adopted an ordinance to replace some terms with gender-neutral words in the city code. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that "she" and "he" will be replaced by "they." The words "manpower" and "manhole" will become "workforce" and "maintenance hole." The City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed the measure to replace more than two dozen commonly used terms. There will be no more "craftsmen" in city code, only "craftspeople" or "artisans." Be
  
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• Manchester Arena bombing suspect denies 22 counts of murder

  18-07-2019 12:00
  LONDON -- The brother of the suicide bomber who killed almost two dozen people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester appeared in court Thursday to face 22 charges of murder. Hashem Abedi's lawyer, Zafar Ali, said his client denied the charges. The 22-year-old is the younger brother of Salman Abedi, who blew himself up amid concertgoers at Manchester Arena on May 22, 2017. He was detained in Libya, his parents' homeland, soon after the attack and extradited to Britain on Wednesday. Abedi stoo
  
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• India's 'dosa king' dies one week into life term for love-saga murder

  18-07-2019 11:00
  An Indian restaurant tycoon known as the "Dosa King" died in hospital Thursday, a week after beginning a life sentence for the murder of a love rival. P. Rajagopal, 71, was convicted for the murder of his love interest's husband in 2004, but only went to jail this month when the Supreme Court rejected his final appeal. Rajagopal, who turned his Saravana Bhawan restaurant into a global chain, died at Chennai's Vijaya hospital where he was taken on Tuesday with heart problems. "We failed to revive
  
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• Lethbridge veterinarian receives national honour - Lethbridge Herald

  18-07-2019 10:32
  Lethbridge veterinarian receives national honour  Lethbridge HeraldDr. Kate Lupton receives CVMA Small Animal Practioner Award LETHBRIDGE HERALD - TORONTO Dr. Kate Lupton of Lethbridge was honoured with the ...
  
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• Was Edward Howe murdered? RCMP seek clues in 1996 death

  18-07-2019 08:26 via globalnews.ca
  The 43-year-old died in the snow after suffering massive injuries to his chest and head, according to police. 
  
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• Rents in most cities are unaffordable for lower-income earners: study

  18-07-2019 07:27
  OTTAWA -- A minimum-wage worker could afford to rent in just a few neighbourhoods in Canada, suggests a new analysis of the country's rental market that also raises questions about a promised federal rent-supplement program. The report being released Thursday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says someone earning minimum wage would only be able to afford a one-bedroom rental in nine per cent of 795 neighbourhoods in Canadian cities in the study. The figure drops to three per cent of
  
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• Man screaming 'You die!' kills 33 at Japanese anime studio

  18-07-2019 07:00
  TOKYO -- A man screaming "You die!" burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked the country and brought an outpouring of grief from anime fans. Thirty-six others were injured, some of them critically, in a blaze that sent people scrambling up the stairs toward the roof in a desperate -- and futile -- attempt to escape. Others emerged bleeding, blackened and barefoot. The suspect was injured an
  
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• Flooding on Yellowhead Trail prompts rescues from vehicles

  18-07-2019 06:37
  Firefighters rescued six people from three vehicles on Yellowhead Trail Wednesday night after a storm caused flooding on some of the roadway's underpasses. No one was injured. Edmonton police said a manhole cover came off at 56 Street and 137 Avenue and asked pedestrians to not walk through flooded streets.With many parts of #yeg experiencing yet another rainstorm this evening, please be aware that underpasses can flood. Stay safe and find alternate routes if you see pooling in underpasses. #yeg
  
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• Instagram expands Canadian pilot removing 'like' counts to more countries

  18-07-2019 06:01
  Instagram says it's expanding a Canadian pilot removing "like" counts from some users' feeds to several more countries. An Instagram spokesman says the social media giant plans to roll out the test in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Japan, Italy and Ireland this week. In May, Instagram began testing a new feature in Canada preventing some users from seeing the total number of likes on other people's photos and videos. The test hides like counts and video views on Instagram feeds, permalink pages
  
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• Global News at 5: Lethbridge July 17

  18-07-2019 05:41 via globalnews.ca
  The Wednesday, July, 17, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell
  
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• Bear activity prompts Alberta Fish and Wildlife to close lake area in west-central part of province

  18-07-2019 05:28 via globalnews.ca
  An area surrounding Eagle Lake in west-central Alberta has been closed to people because of bear activity, according to a post on Alberta Fish and Wildlife's Facebook page.
  
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• Suspect in custody following investigation into gunshot in Greenview apartment

  18-07-2019 05:05
  Members of the Calgary Police Service including the TAC team surrounded an apartment building in the city's northeast during an investigation into a shooting during a domestic response. Miranda Grant, a resident of an apartment in the 300 block of Grier Avenue N.E. confirmed to CTV that a bullet landed in her unit. "It was my apartment that a bullet came flying through," said Grant. "It went right through the one wall, through a mattress, through the other wall and into the living room and stopp
  
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• Three of the Great Lakes are at their highest water levels on record

  18-07-2019 04:33
  Record water levels in the Great Lakes and surrounding rivers have left some businesses scrambling as the tourist season is in full swing. Owners of the Thousand Islands Playhouse, a theatre in Gananoque, Ont., typically sees a good portion of their business in the summer as tourists flock to “Canada’s Dockside Theatre” for a show, but this year their dock is completely submerged in the waters of the St. Lawrence River. “It's unfortunate when people come expecting to be a
  
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• UCP minister tweets, then deletes, supervised injection sites conspiracy theory

  18-07-2019 03:10
  In a since deleted tweet, Alberta's mental health and addictions minister asked whether supervised consumption sites research is funded by the pharmaceutical industry.NDP MLA Heather Sweet said Jason Luan's tweet shows "a clear bias" against supervised consumption sites. Last month, the UCP stopped funding for proposed injection sites while it conducts a review. "We want to know as Albertans whether or not a review is actually happening, who is part of those reviews, and when the reviews will be
  
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• Toddlers pronounced dead after being found in 'body of water' south of Edmonton: police

  18-07-2019 02:01
  Two toddlers are dead after they were found in a body of water in Maskwacis late Wednesday afternoon. Mounties were called to a home at 6:44 p.m. after two brothers went missing. The toddlers were then found by the family "in a body of water on the property." The children were taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The RCMP Major Crime Unit is investigating, but preliminary information shows no indication the deaths were criminal.
  
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• Caught on camera: Chinatown break-in has community leaders calling for more video surveillance

  18-07-2019 02:01
  Security video of a break-in at the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre over the weekend has community leaders calling for even more video surveillance to be set up throughout the area. The video shows what appears to be a young man kicking through the glass door entrance to the building before wandering inside. The building’s security system went off and Calgary police were called in the early morning hours of July 13. The investigation is ongoing. “Generally I think the community
  
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• Lethbridge Community Peace Officers sworn in, ready to begin field training

  18-07-2019 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  The first nine Community Peace Officers were sworn in Wednesday at Lethbridge Police Service headquarters and now they will begin 16 weeks in the field.
  
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• Lethbridge boy with Williams syndrome gets free 3-minute toy shopping spree - Global News

  18-07-2019 01:10
  Lethbridge boy with Williams syndrome gets free 3-minute toy shopping spree  Global NewsLethbridge's Toys “R” Us opened its doors earlier than usual Wednesday morning to give a 10-year-old boy with Williams syndrome an opportunity that most ...
  
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