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• Thieves swipe items from Copperfield home as residents slumber

  22-07-2019 23:32
  The Calgary Police Service has released surveillance stills of two people considered persons of interest in connection with five recent break-and-enters in the city's southeast. According to police, an unknown number of suspects made their way into a home in the 100 block of Copperfield Gardens S.E. during the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 16 through a main floor window that had been left open. Once inside, the intruders proceeded to make their through the home, including entering a bedro
  
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• AltaGas selling U.S. solar, fuel cell power plants for $940M

  22-07-2019 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  AltaGas Ltd. says it is selling its portfolio of U.S. distributed electricity assets held by subsidiaries WGL Energy Systems, Inc. and WGSW, Inc., to TerraForm Power, Inc., an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, for $940 million.
  
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• Watch as an ocean expedition off B.C.'s coast explores depths of 2,000 metres

  22-07-2019 23:03
  An underwater expedition off B.C.'s coast reached its deepest dive on Monday, venturing to depths of 2,000 metres. The journey is part of an expedition in partnership between Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ocean Networks Canada and the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. Over two weeks, a team of scientists will take a closer look at Explorer Seamount, which at over two thousand kilometres-squared is Canada's largest underwater volcano, according to DFO. Monday's dive encountered some ocean ridges, deep sea se
  
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• Cleanup underway after Baytex Energy pipeline leak in northern Alberta

  22-07-2019 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Cleanup crews are on site in northeastern Alberta after an estimated 100,000 litres of salty produced water leaked from a pipeline operated by Baytex Energy Corp.
  
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• Petition calls for fines for people who complain to 911 about Amber Alerts

  22-07-2019 22:56
  TORONTO -- A Toronto woman is calling on the Ontario government to levy fines against people who call emergency dispatchers to complain about broadcasts of Amber Alerts. Dalia Monacelli says she's been appalled to read about repeated calls to 911 in the wake of the federally mandated emergency broadcasts, which go out to wireless devices across the province every time police issue an alert concerning a missing child believed to be in imminent danger. On all five occasions that Amber Alerts have
  
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• Tips for avoiding mosquito bites and protecting yourself against West Nile: AHS

  22-07-2019 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  From 2003 to 2018, 532 cases of West Nile virus were confirmed in Alberta, many of which were acquired in the province and not travel-related.
  
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• Here’s what we know about the 3 dead, 2 missing in Northern B.C.

  22-07-2019 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating two separate cases of missing and murdered pairs of travellers through the region.
  
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• Correction: Sweden-Rapper story - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 21:54
  Correction: Sweden-Rapper story  Lethbridge News NowBERLIN — In a story July 20 about President Donald Trump advocating with Sweden on behalf of A$AP Rocky, The Associated Press erroneously reported the ...
  
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• Man, 43, charged after Red Deer vehicles set ablaze

  22-07-2019 21:46
  Several Red Deer residents were told to leave their homes Monday morning after two vehicles were set ablaze in the Terrace Park neighbourhood. RCMP and emergency services were called twice early Monday, once at 3:25 a.m. and again at 4:15 a.m. Both times, callers reported vehicles on fire. No injuries were reported. A 43-year-old man is facing arson charges in relation to the incident. RCMP and Red Deer Emergency Services continue to investigate.
  
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• CFIA reinstates licence for Calgary dairy processor

  22-07-2019 21:39
  With corrective measures taken, the licence of a Calgary milk processor that had been suspended by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been reinstated. A letter from CFIA was issued to Mother Dairy, located on 47th Street N.E., on July 19 advising the company's Safe Food for Canadians Licence, which was suspended in May, is now reinstated and they can resume operations. There was no food recall associated with the suspension. According to its website, some of the products the company produce
  
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• Lethbridge achieves first place position on the latest Stats-Can Crime Index - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 21:35
  Lethbridge achieves first place position on the latest Stats-Can Crime Index  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA -- It's a first place posting that is nothing to brag about. Lethbridge holds the unenviable top rankin...
  
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• Government pauses K-4 curriculum testing

  22-07-2019 21:33
  The provincial government has paused field testing of a new Alberta elementary school curriculum, without a timeline for the review of the NDP's work in the same area. School boards were sent a letter with the announcement, the education ministry confirmed to CTV News Edmonton on Monday. The United Conservative government said it "respects the hard work done so far" by the NDP, but that a review of the former government's work is needed. "The government still intends to advance the development o
  
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• Body found near missing B.C. teens' burning truck still not identified

  22-07-2019 21:26
  Police are still trying to identify the remains of a body found near a burning pickup truck in northern B.C. last week as they search for the teens who were driving the vehicle. At a news conference, the B.C. RCMP asked the public to help them figure out who died at a highway pullout about two kilometres from the truck. The male is described as being white and between 5'8" and 5'10". He had a heavy build, a grey beard and grey hair, and was between the ages of 50 and 60. Police released a sketch
  
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• Teen and adult charged with 15 firearms offences

  22-07-2019 20:43
  Police have charged a teenager and an adult with 15 firearms offences following an investigation by the Guns and Gangs Unit. Officers received a tip around 3 a.m. on July 14 about a suspicious vehicle in the 0-100 block of Marthas Place N.E. and a traffic stop was made. Two people were taken into custody as a result and a search of the vehicle turned up a number of items, including:A collapsible baton Brass knuckles Bear spray A 20 gauge, double-barrel shotgunAmarjot Singh Jandiala, 19, of Calga
  
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• Medical Health Officer offers tips on West Nile virus prevention - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 20:07
  Medical Health Officer offers tips on West Nile virus prevention  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Although no cases have been reported this summer, health officials are warning residents to be proactive and protect themselves from West ...
  
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• Ottawa invests $49.5-million into the “future of farming” - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 19:08
  Ottawa invests $49.5-million into the “future of farming”  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The federal government hopes to boost Canada's agriculture sector and make it more globally-competitive. Natural Resources Minister ...
  
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• Canada’s crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago: StatCan

  22-07-2019 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  The severity of crime also rose by two per cent, according to a Statistics Canada calculation called the Crime Severity Index.
  
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• NewsAlert: Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil swims to world gold - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 18:58
  NewsAlert: Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil swims to world gold  Lethbridge News NowGWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of — Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil has won the country's first gold medal at the world aquatic championships.
  
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• Liberals accuse Scheer of Food Guide 'misinformation,' deny politicizing issue

  22-07-2019 18:53
  OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is accusing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer of spreading "misinformation" about the Canada Food Guide. Responding to Scheer's comments, that he would review the new version of Canada's Food Guide if he becomes prime minister, Petitpas Taylor defended the work her government did to update the document and took aim at what she said was Conservative politicians wanting to "impose their ideology instead of relying on facts." Speaking a
  
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• Pioneering Native American author honoured with peace prize - Lethbridge News Now

  22-07-2019 18:08
  Pioneering Native American author honoured with peace prize  Lethbridge News NowCINCINNATI - A Native American author whose writings have highlighted his indigenous culture is this year's wi...
  
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• Angus calls ongoing Indigenous water quality issues 'apartheid'

  22-07-2019 18:07
  New Democrat MP Charlie Angus says the failure of the federal government to properly address water quality concerns in Far North Indigenous communities amounts “institutionalized apartheid.” Angus visited Attawapiskat First Nation in his northern Ontario riding last week after it declared a state of emergency over high levels of the disinfectant chemical byproducts trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids (HAAs) in its tap water. The tap water has been undrinkable for about a deca
  
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• Calgary doctor tests wireless sensor for patients with heart failure

  22-07-2019 18:04
  A doctor at the Foothills Medical Centre is testing out a tiny wireless sensor in patients with heart failure to help improve their quality of life.  The CardioMEMS, which is millimetres in size, is implanted into the pulmonary artery during a procedure that takes 30 minutes. According to a news release, Alberta Health Services says the device measures pressure in the lungs, which is a marker of a patient's heart health. Doctors receive daily reports of that patient's lung pressure, which a
  
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• Canadian Cattlemen's Association has beef with Weather Network tweet

  22-07-2019 17:48
  A tweet that was sent out by the Weather Network last week has raised concern among Canada's cattle producers and officials say the two sides will meet on Monday to discuss the social post. On Thursday, the Weather Network posted a video to its twitter account with a post that said… "If you really want to help save the planet, you could seriously consider limiting the amount of beef you eat." The video was deleted but backlash from the agricultural community was swift, with many criticizi
  
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• Couple was shot to death in northern B.C., Mounties say

  22-07-2019 17:34
  Mounties say a man and woman found dead in northern B.C. last week had both been shot. According to police, Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend, Chynna Deese, were on a road trip in a blue, 1986 Chevy van when a road worker discovered their bodies on remote section of the Alaska Highway some 20 kilometres south of Liard Hot Springs last Monday. The victims were publicly identified on Friday. Their deaths were initially considered suspicious, but Mounties have since said they're t
  
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• Couple was shot to death in northern B.C.: Mounties

  22-07-2019 17:34
  Mounties say a man and woman found dead in northern B.C. last week had both been shot. According to police, Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend, Chynna Deese, were on a road trip in a blue, 1986 Chevy van when a road worker discovered their bodies on remote section of the Alaska Highway some 20 kilometres south of Liard Hot Springs last Monday. The victims were publicly identified on Friday. Their deaths were initially considered suspicious, but Mounties have since said they're t
  
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• New inductees honoured at Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame gala

  22-07-2019 17:09
  A gala was held on Sunday evening to celebrate the newest inductees into Alberta's Hockey Hall of Fame and former Calgary Flame, Theoren Fleury was among the recipients. The Coast Hotel in Canmore hosted the 2019 Induction Class for the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame (AHHF) and five individuals and a team were honoured. Theoren Fleury, Kevin Lowe, Shirley Cameron, Duncan MacDougall, Bob Ridley and the 1986-87 and 1987-88 Medicine Hat Tigers are now enshrined in the province's hockey history. Fleury
  
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• Volvo recalls some 500,000 vehicles due to faulty engine part

  22-07-2019 16:33
  HELSINKI -- Volvo Cars is recalling about half a million cars worldwide because of a faulty engine component that may in extreme cases cause a vehicle to catch a fire. The Swedish carmaker said Monday the affected cars are two-litre, four-cylinder diesel engines manufactured between 2014 and 2019 in the following models: S60, S80, S90, V40, V60, V70, V90, XC60 and XC90. Volvo said the engine inlet manifold is made of plastic and could melt due to temperature changes. Spokesman Stefan Elfstrom to
  
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• Tom Brady criticized for cliff jump with six-year-old daughter

  22-07-2019 15:51
  Tom Brady, the celebrated New England Patriots’ quarterback, sparked backlash on social media after posting a video of him cliff jumping with his six-year-old daughter while on vacation in Costa Rica. The Instagram video, posted over the weekend, shows Brady and his daughter Vivian preparing to jump off a rock into a pool below, where other people can be seen swimming. It is unclear how high the cliff is. Instagram users were quick to point out that Brady’s daughter does not appear t
  
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• SNC-Lavalin books $2B charge, announces reorganization

  22-07-2019 15:51
  MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. warns its 2019 results could be significantly lower than anticipated, largely due to cost overruns at some construction projects and says it will undergo a reorganization to exit or section off its poorer performing segments. The Montreal-based engineering giant is withdrawing all previous financial guidance for 2019, due largely to project cost adjustments in its resources and infrastructure segments. It will also book an additional $1.9 billion in impairment
  
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• Beary refreshing: Bear takes a dip in ditch along B.C. highway

  22-07-2019 15:49
  A bear in B.C. found a little relief from the warm weather on the weekend and was captured on camera taking a dip in a pond in a ditch along Highway 93 on Sunday. Aprille Hernandez and her dad, Arnold Silva, were driving towards Radium just after noon when they came across a bear bathing in the drainage water in a ditch just off the highway. The bear rolls around in the water before shaking itself off and wandering away. The refreshing dip put a little zip into the bear and Aprille was rolling a
  
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• Ocean wave breaks man's neck in fatal 'freak accident'

  22-07-2019 15:34
  OAK ISLAND, N.C. -- A woman says her husband was killed on the North Carolina coast when a wave crashed into him, slamming his head into the sand and breaking his neck. Shannon Dingle tweeted about Lee Dingle's death, saying "my partner, my love, and my home died today after a freak accident." She said her husband was playing in the water Thursday with several of their six children when he was hit by the intense wave. Oak Island Fire Chief Chris Anselmo said rescuers took him to the New Hanover
  
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• Vehicle crashes into townhouse in Huntington Hills area

  22-07-2019 15:14
  Police are investigating after the driver of a vehicle lost control and crashed into a home in the city's northeast on Monday morning. Emergency crews were called to a townhouse complex along Hunterhorn Garden N.E. at about 5:45 a.m. for reports of a single-vehicle crash. Police say a woman was driving southbound on 4th Street when she lost control, drove over the median and entered the northbound lanes. The vehicle hit a light standard before crashing into the side of the residence. The driver
  
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• Arena proposal, budget cuts highlight busy council agenda

  22-07-2019 14:48
  In one of the last scheduled council meetings before the summer break, councillors will have to make several big decisions during what will be a multi-day meeting. Members of council will get a big update on Monday afternoon on a proposed deal to build a new arena in Victoria Park. Negotiations with the Calgary Flames and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation have been ongoing for months. Details of the proposal will remain confidential until council votes to make it public, which could happen by t
  
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• Iran says it arrested 17 CIA spies, some sentenced to death

  22-07-2019 14:01
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country's nuclear and military sites, and that some of them have already been sentenced to death. The arrests took place over the past months, and those taken into custody worked on "sensitive sites" in the country's military and nuclear facilities, an Iranian intelligence official told a press conference in Tehran. He did not elaborate, say ho
  
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• Syrian activists say airstrike killed 23 in rebel-held town

  22-07-2019 13:50
  BEIRUT -- An airstrike hit a busy market in a rebel-held town in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least 23 people, according to opposition activists and a war monitoring group. The airstrike took place in the town of Maaret al-Numan and also wounded more than 30 people, according to the reports from the region which has witnessed intensive airstrikes and bombardment almost every day as Syrian troops, backed by Russian air cover, try to push their way into the enclave near the Turkish bor
  
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• Equipment failures plague men's 100-metre backstroke at worlds

  22-07-2019 13:34
  GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of -- Equipment malfunctions plagued the preliminary heats of the men's 100-metre backstroke at the world swimming championships on Monday. Simone Sabbioni of Italy and Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago both experienced problems with the wedge, a device used to gain leverage off the wall during a backstroke start. "This should not be happening at any meet, far less the world championships," Carter said. The backstroke wedge allows a swimmer to put their weight onto an
  
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• LL Bean poised to open 1st store in Canada

  22-07-2019 13:22
  FREEPORT, Maine -- L.L. Bean is poised to open its first store in Canada. The Maine-based retailer announced Thursday that the 13,000-square-foot (1,210-sq. metre) store will open Aug. 23 in Oakville Place, just outside of Toronto. The retailer announced last year that it would be looking to open stores in Canada over the next decade. It also launched a Canadian-specific website last month. The company sees international sales as an important part of its growth. L.L. Bean already owns 28 stores,
  
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• Voting closing in race to become U.K.'s new prime minister

  22-07-2019 12:53
  LONDON -- Voting is drawing to a close in the race to become Britain's next prime minister. Members of the governing Conservative Party have until 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) to return postal ballots in the contest between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to lead the party. The winner is to be announced Tuesday, and will take over from Prime Minister Theresa May the following day. Johnson, a populist former mayor of London, is the strong favourite. Several members of May's government have said they will resi
  
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• Hong Kong crisis escalates after mob attack on protesters

  22-07-2019 12:05
  HONG KONG -- An overnight attack by white-clad assailants apparently targeting pro-democracy protesters raised tensions to new levels in Hong Kong on Monday as China harshly criticized the weekend demonstration, saying "central authority cannot be challenged." The Chinese rebuke came after its Hong Kong office was targeted Sunday night by protesters who pelted it with eggs and spray-painted its walls. It made no mention of the violent attack hours later at a subway station by men wielding iron p
  
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• China lashes out at Hong Kong protest targeting its office

  22-07-2019 12:05
  HONG KONG -- China on Monday harshly criticized a weekend demonstration in which eggs were thrown at its office in Hong Kong, accusing the demonstrators of violence without mentioning a violent attack against protesters and civilians the same night. A group of protesters targeted China's Liaison Office on Sunday night after more than 100,000 people marched through the city to demand democracy and an investigation into the use of force by police to disperse crowds at earlier protests. The officia
  
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• Nuclear watchdog says its chief, Yukiya Amano, has died at 72

  22-07-2019 11:54
  VIENNA -- Yukiya Amano, the Japanese diplomat who led the International Atomic Energy Agency for a decade and was extensively involved in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program and the cleanup of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, has died at 72, the agency announced Monday. Amano, who had wide experience in disarmament, non-proliferation diplomacy and nuclear energy issues, had been chief of the key UN agency that regulates nuclear use worldwide since 2009. The news of his death comes at a
  
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• Technology, energy help lift Toronto market index, U.S. stocks mixed

  22-07-2019 11:46
  TORONTO - Information technology and energy stocks helped lift Canada's main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stocks were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 15.14 points at 16,501.08. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 52.33 points at 27,101.87. The S&P 500 index was up 1.59 points at 2,978.20, while the Nasdaq composite was up 36.96 points at 8,183.45. The Canadian dollar traded for 76.26 cents US compared with an average of 76.51 cents US on Fr
  
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• Technology companies push early U.S. stock gains

  22-07-2019 11:46
  NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Monday on Wall Street as investors snapped up technology stocks. The opening gains follow a decline last week that pulled the market further away from record highs set one week ago. Investors have been assessing corporate financial results to get a better picture of the economy's health. So far, the reports have been mixed. Monday is expected to be a quiet day for earnings, but 145 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report results through
  
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• Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans demand governor resign

  22-07-2019 11:17
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Waving flags, chanting and banging pots and pans, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans filled a central expressway Monday to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rossello in what appeared to be the biggest protest on the island in nearly two decades. The demonstration came 10 days after the leak of 889 pages of obscenity-laced online chats between Rossello and some of his close advisers. In the conversations, they insulted women and mocked constituents, including victims
  
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• Puerto Rico prepares for massive protest to expel governor

  22-07-2019 11:17
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico braced early Monday for what many people expected to be one of the biggest protests ever seen in the U.S. territory as irate islanders pledged to drive Gov. Ricardo Rossello from office. Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take over one of the island's busiest highways Monday morning to press demands for the resignation of Rossello over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat the governor had with allies as well as federal corruption charges levell
  
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• Crowd rallies in Calgary against Bill 8

  22-07-2019 02:51
  Dozens gathered outside Calgary’s municipal building on Sunday to speak out against the United Conservative Party’s recently passed Education Amendment Act, also known as Bill 8. Some in the crowd say the changes diminish safety of Gay Straight Alliances, iwhich are nclusion-based social clubs on Alberta schools. “It’s just important to protect children from everyone who could possibly harm them, especially LGBT children who don’t have a lot of safe spaces,” s
  
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• Remembering Jesse D: Calgarians celebrate life of local skater

  22-07-2019 02:20
  He’s described as an adventurous soul, a hard worker, and a man who would give his heart and generous spirit to anyone. Jesse de Champlain may be gone, but he’s certainly not forgotten by his family, friends, and members of Calgary’s skate community. The 36-year-old Calgary man died after he was swept away in an avalanche near Egypt Lake in Banff National Park on March 16.  On Sunday, about 100 people gathered at The Compound YYC Skatepark to celebrate what would have been
  
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• More heat warnings issued throughout much of Alberta, including Edmonton

  22-07-2019 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  A day after several areas in northern Alberta were issued a heat warning, Environment Canada expanded the warning to areas in the central and southern part of the province, including Edmonton.
  
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• 72-year-old killed in highway collision near Three Hills

  22-07-2019 01:00
  Police are investigating a fatal collision near Three Hills that claimed the life of a 72-year-old woman Sunday morning. RCMP say a vehicle was heading east on Highway 582 and came to a stop at Highway 21. When it proceeded through the intersection, it was hit by a southbound vehicle. The 72-year-old driver of the eastbound vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. Four other people, one child and three adults, were taken to Three Hills Health Centre suffering minor injuries. Three Hills is abou
  
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• New Oiler James Neal energized by move to Edmonton

  22-07-2019 00:33 via globalnews.ca
  They've missed the National Hockey League playoffs the last two years and only made the post-season once since 2006 but new Edmonton Oilers forward James Neal says he believes he and his new teammates have a chance to present a clear and present danger to anyone who doesn't believe in them.
  
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