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• Hwy 1 back open after crash between Golden and Revelstoke

  20-07-2019 23:55
  Highway 1 was closed for several hours between Golden and Revelstoke on Saturday following a serious crash. The crash happened about 19 kilometres east of the Glacier National Park boundary around noon MT and the highway was re-open about 4:15 p.m. MT. No other details are available.OPEN - #BCHwy1 has fully reopened to traffic after an earlier vehicle incident between #Revelstoke and #GoldenBC. Expect major delays and congestion throughout the area. Info: https://t.co/xbcsZLprH5 — Drive BC
  
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• Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 23:45
  Woman who got postcard sent in 1993 tracks down sender  Lethbridge News NowSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — An Illinois woman who recently got a 1993 postcard in her mailbox has tracked down the man who sent it to his children more than two ...
  
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• Trump blasts 4 congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back!' - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 23:45
  Trump blasts 4 congresswomen; crowd roars, 'Send her back!'  Lethbridge News NowGREENVILLE, N.C. — Going after four Democratic congresswomen one by one, a combative President Donald Trump turned his campaign rally into an ...
  
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• Service resuming after 7 New York City subway lines stopped - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 23:45
  Service resuming after 7 New York City subway lines stopped  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - About a third of New York City's subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during a busy, h...
  
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• In the news today, July 18 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 23:45
  In the news today, July 18  Lethbridge News NowFive stories in the news for Thursday, July 18. ———. SCHEER CALLS TRUMP'S COMMENTS OFFENSIVE. Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says ...
  
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• 'Game of Thrones' cast talks divisive finale, water bottles - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 23:45
  'Game of Thrones' cast talks divisive finale, water bottles  Lethbridge News NowSAN DIEGO — “Game of Thrones” may be over but the cast can't seem to get away from stray coffee cups. Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam ...
  
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• Firefighters prevent early morning blaze from spreading

  20-07-2019 23:30
  Firefighters managed to keep a fire from spreading from a shed and fence to an Edmonton home Friday night. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services was called at 2:40 a.m. to a home near 118 Avenue and 79 Street. Although they were initially told the house was on fire, crews found only a detached shed and property fence were on fire. While protecting the home, firefighters extinguished the fire by 3:24 a.m. No injuries were reported in the blaze.
  
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• Two dead, four injured in crash on Highway 1 near Golden, B.C.

  20-07-2019 23:27
  Two people are dead and four more are in hospital after the third serious crash on Highway 1 in the British Columbia Interior this week. The crash closed the highway between Revelstoke and Golden for several hours Saturday afternoon. Mounties in Golden said a man and a woman, both believed to be from Delta, were killed at the scene. Four other people were transported to hospital by air ambulance, two in critical condition and two in serious condition. BC Emergency Health Services said it was cal
  
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• Humidex tops 44 C as Eastern Canada swelters under 'heat dome'

  20-07-2019 23:24
  Little relief is in sight as Eastern Canada continues to swelter under scorching temperatures and high humidity, causing persistent heat and severe thunderstorm warnings across the region. Temperatures reached as high as 34 C in the Greater Toronto Area Saturday afternoon. It felt like a blistering 44 C with the humidex. Montreal experienced similar heat, with humidex values reaching between 40 C and 43 C. The hot and humid weather, caused by a so-called “heat dome,” stretched across
  
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• Two ice cream sandwich brands recalled over concerns of metal particles

  20-07-2019 22:54
  A Canadian dairy co-operative says it is recalling two types of ice cream sandwiches over concerns there might be metal particles in the product. A statement from Agropur released Friday says the sandwiches were sold in Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic Canada. The statement says the Iceberg brand sandwiches sold in boxes of 8 and the Originale Augustin brand sold in boxes of 30 are being recalled. It says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is overseeing the recall. Agropur says they haven't receive
  
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• Man and dog found dead after Lethbridge house fire - Toronto Star

  20-07-2019 22:33
  Man and dog found dead after Lethbridge house fire  Toronto StarThe Lethbridge Police *Service* said firefighters from all four stations in the city, roughly 200 km south of Calgary, responded to a home in the 600 block of 5 St.
  
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• Hwy. 1 reopens between Revelstoke and Golden after third crash in 4 days

  20-07-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  It marked the third closure in four days in the area due to a crash, one of which killed one person Wednesday.
  
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• Crash closes Hwy. 1 between Revelstoke and Golden, marking third closure in 4 days

  20-07-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  It marked the third closure in four days in the area due to a crash, one of which killed one person Wednesday.
  
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• 2 killed, 4 hurt after latest serious crash on Hwy. 1 between Revelstoke and Golden

  20-07-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  It marked the third closure in four days in the area due to a crash, one of which killed one person Wednesday.
  
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• Calgary Stampeders add some dogged determination to their roster

  20-07-2019 22:08
  The newest member of the Calgary Stampeders roster is more retriever than receiver, but he’ll still be counted on to take a bite out of the competition. A new partnership launched with the Cochrane and Area Humane Society will see the Stampeders help foster a puppy this season, which was revealed in a video posted to a social media Friday. “Everything we do takes an entire team,” said Janaia Hutzal, communications co-ordinator with the Cochane and Area Humane Society. “An
  
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• Lethbridge Bulls first baseman racks up impressive stats as regular season ends

  20-07-2019 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Bulls are in the final stretch of the regular season, and it's been first baseman Kaleb Warden who has led the way offensively.
  
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• Man, dog dead after Lethbridge house fire - Global News

  20-07-2019 21:40
  Man, dog dead after Lethbridge house fire  Global NewsAn investigation is underway after a deadly fire broke out at a Lethbridge home early Saturday morning.
  
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• Arizona waterfall featured in Beyoncé 'Lion King' video - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 21:07
  Arizona waterfall featured in Beyoncé 'Lion King' video  Lethbridge News NowSUPAI, Ariz. - For a few hours, Beyonc had a famed blue-green waterfall in northern Arizona to herself. The Ha...
  
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• British Open marches on without its star attraction - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 21:02
  British Open marches on without its star attraction  Lethbridge News NowPORTRUSH, Ireland - Royal Portrush had all of Saturday morning to recover from the reality that Rory McIlroy i...
  
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• Man and dog dead after early morning house fire in Lethbridge, Alta. - Ottawa Citizen

  20-07-2019 20:59
  Man and dog dead after early morning house fire in Lethbridge, Alta.  Ottawa CitizenLETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Officials say a man and a dog are dead after a house fire in Lethbridge, Alta., early Saturday.The Lethbridge police and fire departments ...
  
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• Judge rejects groups' attempt to have Quebec secularism law suspended - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 20:25
  Judge rejects groups' attempt to have Quebec secularism law suspended  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law will continue to apply in full, Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau ruled...
  
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• Gerald Butts is back helping the Liberals plan for the federal election: source

  20-07-2019 20:18
    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former top adviser Gerald Butts is back in the fold as the Liberals prepare their campaign strategy for the upcoming federal election, a senior party official confirmed to CTV News. A second source confirmed Butts’ involvement with campaign preparations, describing the new role as an advisory position to the prime minister and senior leadership during the campaign period. However, according to the source, Butts will not be at the helm or running
  
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• Early morning fatal house fire under investigation - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 19:59
  Early morning fatal house fire under investigation  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE — A fatal house fire early Saturday (July 20) morning is being investigated by Lethbridge Police, Fire and Emergency Services are investigating a ...
  
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• Man and dog killed in Lethbridge house fire - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 19:58
  Man and dog killed in Lethbridge house fire  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police *Service* and Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services are investigating a fata...
  
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• Tentative agreement averts strike by Quebec provincial park employees - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 19:48
  Tentative agreement averts strike by Quebec provincial park employees  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL - A full-blown strike by employees at Quebec provincial parks that was set to begin today has been av...
  
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• Fence blocking Signal Hill's famous vista dismantled after outcry - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 19:48
  Fence blocking Signal Hill's famous vista dismantled after outcry  Lethbridge News NowST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A widely scorned fence blocking one of Canada's most spectacular vistas — the view of St. John's, N.L., from the Signal Hill historic site ...
  
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• Man, dog dead after Lethbridge house fire

  20-07-2019 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  An investigation is underway after a deadly fire broke out at a Lethbridge home early Saturday morning.
  
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• Man dies after house fire in Lethbridge, dog found deceased in home

  20-07-2019 19:20
  An early-morning house fire in Lethbridge has claimed the life of a 50-year-old man, and his dog. Fire crews were called to a home in the 600 block of 5th Street S. about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and when they arrived, smoke was seen coming from a door to the basement. There they found heavy smoke and a small amount of flames, which were quickly extinguished. A 50-year-old man was located inside and rushed to Chinook Regional hospital in life-threatening condition, where he later died. A dog was also
  
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• Man and dog killed in Lethbridge house fire

  20-07-2019 19:20
  An early-morning house fire in Lethbridge has claimed the life of a 50-year-old man, and a dog. Fire crews were called to a home in the 600 block of 5th Street S. about 1:30 a.m. Saturday and when they arrived, smoke was seen coming from a door to the basement. There they found heavy smoke and a small amount of flames, which were quickly extinguished. A 50-year-old man was located inside and rushed to Chinook Regional hospital in life-threatening condition, where he later died. A dog, believed t
  
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• South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 19:15
  South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row  Lethbridge News NowSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to shore up growth threatened by a trade ...
  
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• This Alberta wildfire season has seen most hectares burned since 1981

  20-07-2019 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  According to the most recent numbers, wildfires in Alberta so far this season have burned about 817,256 hectares — the largest area in 38 years.
  
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• Man killed in Lloydminster crash

  20-07-2019 18:02
  The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a semi in Lloydminster on Friday died on scene, police say. RCMP were called to 67 Street and 75 Avenue around 4:10 p.m. for a report of a two-vehicle collision. The 58-year-old man driving the pickup truck was pronounced dead. It is unknown if the driver of the semi suffered any injuries. Mounties are investigating the crash, and reduced traffic to a single lane on 67 Street for several hours Friday afternoon.
  
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• RCMP appeal to public for information after 2 tourists found dead off northern B.C. highway

  20-07-2019 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP have appealed to the public for help in identifying a blue 1986 Chevrolet van with Alberta licence plates that is believed to be connected to the murders.
  
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• Meet the Canadians who helped America win the race to land a man on the moon

  20-07-2019 15:50
  When the president of the A.V. Roe plant in Malton, Ont. came on the intercom in February 1959 to tell his workers that prime minister John Diefenbaker had just cancelled the Avro Arrow project, there was palpable disappointment among the world-class team of aeronautical engineers who were about to lose their jobs. That is, until NASA came a knocking.Read more: Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot The cancellation of the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, a supersonic interceptor
  
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• Certain Pacific oysters recalled due to threat of paralytic shellfish poisoning

  20-07-2019 13:47
  OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced a recall of certain Pacific oysters due to a marine biotoxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. The oysters were processed by Union Bay Seafood Ltd. and Intercity Packers Ltd. with a harvest date of July 14, 2019. They were sold in five dozen packages in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Consumers who purchased the oysters should either return them or throw them out. No reports of illness have been linked to the product, ho
  
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• World marks 50 years after Apollo 11's 'giant leap' on moon

  20-07-2019 13:23
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting with Tang and nibbling MoonPies At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Aldrin showed Vice-President Mike Pence the launch pad where he flew to the moon in 1969. At the same time halfway around the world, an American and two other astronauts blasted into space from Kazakhstan on a Russian rocket. And in Arm
  
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• Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot

  20-07-2019 13:23
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity's first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's "giant leap" on Apollo 11. At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, cars were backed up for miles outside the visitor complex at opening time. In Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, nearly 2,000 runners competed in "Run to the Moon" races. "We're celebrating the 50t
  
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• U.K. rejects Iranian position on tanker seizure

  20-07-2019 12:40
  TEHRAN, Iran -- The latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 9:20 p.m. Britain's foreign secretary says he rejects Iran's attempt to link its seizure of a British-flagged tanker to a July 4 incident in which British marines helped take control of an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. Jeremy Hunt said Saturday afternoon that Britain's action against the Grace 1 supertanker was legal because it involved the enforcement of international sanctions against Sy
  
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• Iran says Saudis release tanker after 2 1/2 months

  20-07-2019 12:40
  TEHRAN, Iran -- The latest on developments related to tensions between the U.S. and Iran (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency is reporting that Saudi Arabia has released an Iranian oil tanker after two and a half months. Happyness 1, belonging to the Iranian National Tanker Company (NITC), which was carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil, suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off the coast of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on April 30. Mehr said Saudi officials had pr
  
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• Ukraine's president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 12:15
  Ukraine's president says he backs prisoner swap with Russia  Lethbridge News NowKIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president on Friday outlined the details of an impending prisoner swap with Russia, saying that Kyiv is willing to release a jailed ...
  
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• Sweden wants extension of rapper's detention after fight - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 11:11
  Sweden wants extension of rapper's detention after fight  Lethbridge News NowCOPENHAGEN — U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky should be held for another week in pre-trial detention to allow police to finish investigating a June 30 fight in ...
  
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• 6 injured after gas explosion destroys New Zealand home - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 10:37
  6 injured after gas explosion destroys New Zealand home  Lethbridge News NowWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Six people were injured and dozens of homes evacuated in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday after a huge gas ...
  
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• Independent Edmonton brewer appeals for help finding stolen equipment

  20-07-2019 07:04
  An Edmonton brewery is asking for the public's help in recovering a stolen piece of equipment, one that's part of an antique German brewing system and valued at $10,000.  "It's a classic piece. It's an antique," said Todd Oeming, of the Polar Park Brewing Company. "It brewed for the Germans right through World War II." Oeming is a three-foot wide copper tub filled with brass tabs known as a louter grant. It's used to filter and circulate beer that is being brewed until it reached the desire
  
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• Suspect in animation studio arson fire reportedly had grudge - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 06:30
  Suspect in animation studio arson fire reportedly had grudge  Lethbridge News NowTOKYO — Police on Friday were investigating at the blackened, gutted building in Kyoto where a man raging about theft set a fire that killed 33 people in a ...
  
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• Global News at 5: Lethbridge July 19

  20-07-2019 05:36 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, July, 19, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon
  
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• Gunmen in restaurant in northern Iraq kill Turkish diplomat - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 05:33
  Gunmen in restaurant in northern Iraq kill Turkish diplomat  Lethbridge News NowIRBIL, Iraq - Unknown gunmen opened fire inside a Turkish-owned restaurant in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil...
  
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• Okanagan landlords unite to fight tenant and warn others

  20-07-2019 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  "There's still a little bit of shock about what happened," landlord David McKinley said.
  
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• Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission line - Lethbridge News Now

  20-07-2019 04:42
  Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission line  Lethbridge News NowThe New Hampshire Supreme Court dealt a possibly fatal blow Friday to plans for a hydropower transmission line...
  
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• Reported swimmer in the Detroit River prompts international search effort

  20-07-2019 04:35
  An evening search for a reported swimmer in the Detroit River has proved unsuccessful in its early stages. A widespread search effort was launched after the Windsor Police Service received a number of calls around 8:07 p.m. on Friday reporting a swimmer in the Detroit River in the area of the 9200-block of Riverside Drive — near Peche Island, the Windsor Yacht Club and Lilly Kazzilly’s restaurant. Police believe the reported swimmer may have taken to the waters from Sandpoint Beach,
  
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• Batches of B.C. oysters recalled over toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning

  20-07-2019 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  According to the CFIA, paralytic shellfish toxins can naturally accumulate in bivalve shellfish such as oysters, clams, scallops and mussels. 
  
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