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• Two injured in early-morning rollover crash on Peigan Trail

  28-07-2019 23:31
  Police are investigating whether speed and alcohol were factors in an early-morning, single-vehicle rollover crash that injured two people. The crash happened about 3 a.m. at Peigan Trail and 52nd Street S.E. The driver was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition but was later upgraded to stable. A passenger was also injured, however the extent was not available. Police say charges are pending. Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency line at 403-266-1234.
  
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• B.C. murder suspect's father reveals details of troubled life in book

  28-07-2019 23:24
  VANCOUVER -- The father of a British Columbia murder suspect has written a book that sheds new light on his mental health, explains harassment convictions involving his ex-wife and provides greater insight into the possible impacts the events had on his fugitive son. Alan Schmegelsky, the father of 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, sent a book to reporters this week titled "Red Flagged," which he says is a novelization of actual events and fictionalizes some incidents. Bryer Schmegelsky is a suspec
  
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• 2 seniors dead after collision with semi truck south of Lethbridge - Global News

  28-07-2019 23:15
  2 seniors dead after collision with semi truck south of Lethbridge  Global NewsA couple in their 80s have died after their vehicle collided with a semi truck near Coaldale, east of Lethbridge, on Saturday.
  
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• Victoria police arrest 7-foot-tall man they say attempted to rob downtown store

  28-07-2019 22:42
  Police responded to reports of a robbery in downtown Victoria Sunday and found a suspect whose description made him hard to miss. The incident happened around 10:15, when a man described as 7 feet tall, with a prosthetic leg, walked into the 7-Eleven on the corner of Douglas and Johnson streets and told employees he had a gun. The man soon became agitated and left, walking north down Johnson Street, police said. Officers caught up with him a block away, where they found him sitting on a bench at
  
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• Calgary woman hopes to return lost locket with photo inside

  28-07-2019 22:14
  Two years after finding a locket with a photo inside, a Calgary woman is hoping to return the keepsake to its rightful owner. Mavis Kochar found the necklace about two years ago in her building and put it in a safe place, but forgot about it until recently. “It was in a little plastic packet, I didn’t know what it was,” she said. “I put it away and totally forgot about it. Then last week I was cleaning my cupboard and I found the locket. I thought, ‘oh I should look
  
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• Woman set to replace Puerto Rico governor rejects job - Lethbridge News Now

  28-07-2019 21:30
  Woman set to replace Puerto Rico governor rejects job  Lethbridge News NowSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico's embattled governor amid a political crisis says she doesn't want the job.
  
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• US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China - Lethbridge News Now

  28-07-2019 21:30
  US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment ...
  
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• Manhunt brings global attention to Gillam, Man.

  28-07-2019 20:38
  Anyone paying close attention to the manhunt for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky may have their own ideas about where the homicide suspects have gone and what has happened to them. Alexis Daish has heard plenty of that speculaton. "This is purely theorizing here, but if they were quick enough to burn that car and get on that train that came to Gillam that night – which left, I think, at about 11, that train would have taken them to Churchill," Daish said Sunday on CTV News Channel. "Even
  
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• Taber couple killed in crash on Highway 4

  28-07-2019 19:19
  Highway 4 was shut down for several hours southeast of Lethbridge on Saturday following a fatal collision at the intersection of Range Road 205. RCMP say a semi-tractor hauling agriculture equipment was southbound on Highway 4 just before 8 p.m. when it collided broadside with a Chevrolet Equinox at Range Road 205. The occupants of the Equinox, a couple from Taber in their 80s, were pronounced deceased at the scene. Traffic was re-routed for several hours. The driver of the semi was not injured
  
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• Wildfires prompt state of local emergency in Cypress County

  28-07-2019 18:59
  Officials in Cypress County declared a state of local emergency Saturday after a series of wildfires were sparked. The fires are now contained however, “the threat of fire remains extreme and residents are officials are urging residents to stay alert and use caution,” according to a release.  “Out of an abundance of caution, Cypress County will maintain the SOLE until conditions change or improve,” it reads. One wildfire was reported about eight kilometres south of H
  
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• Cypress County declares state of local emergency due to wildfires

  28-07-2019 18:59
  Officials in Cypress County declared a state of local emergency Saturday after a series of wildfires were sparked. The fires are now contained however, “the threat of fire remains extreme and residents are officials are urging residents to stay alert and use caution,” according to a release.  “Out of an abundance of caution, Cypress County will maintain the SOLE until conditions change or improve,” it reads. One wildfire was reported about eight kilometres south of H
  
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• Tropical Storm Erick forms off Mexico, heads toward Hawaii

  28-07-2019 18:45
  MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Erick has formed in the Pacific far off the western coast of Mexico and is predicted to become a hurricane by Monday as it moves over open waters on a path that could take it near the Hawaiian Islands by late in the week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday that the storm was about 1,500 miles (2,410 kilometres) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and 1,755 miles (2,820 kilometres) east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii. It was
  
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• Cyborg back in win column, beats Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 in Edmonton

  28-07-2019 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  It was a night of mixed results for Canadians at Rogers Place for UFC 240 in Edmonton.
  
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• Bernie Sanders travels with Americans going to Canada to get cheaper insulin

  28-07-2019 17:59
  U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is travelling with a group of Americans who are currently on their way to Windsor, Ont. to obtain cheaper, affordable insulin. The Vermont junior senator tweeted that the high cost for insulin has put the lives of American diabetics at risk. On Instagram, Sanders shared a photo describing how the group was going to purchase vials at a fraction of the price as those available in the U.S. “Americans are paying US$300 for insulin. In Canada they can
  
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• Glider crash victims identified as recent Calgary high school grad and local senior

  28-07-2019 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  Allan Wood, 68, was flying a glider with 18-year-old student Adam Leinweber when the glider was involved in a mid-air collision with a tow plane.
  
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• Top aide says Trump's criticism of black lawmaker not racist

  28-07-2019 17:38
  WASHINGTON -- A top White House aide said Sunday that President Donald Trump, frustrated by the Democrats' unrelenting investigations and talk of impeachment, swung hard at an influential black Democratic congressman and his Baltimore district because he believes such Capitol Hill critics are neglecting serious problems back home in their zeal to undermine his presidency. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney insisted in two national television interviews that that Trump was not making racist comm
  
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• 2 seniors dead after collision with semi truck south of Lethbridge

  28-07-2019 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  According to RCMP, there will be no charges laid in the incident.
  
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• Activists should be allowed to speak on behalf of animals in court, lawyer argues

  28-07-2019 16:10
  TORONTO -- A retired Toronto lawyer has gone to court in a bid to secure the right for advocates to speak up on behalf of animals in legal settings. The case began earlier this year when Sandra Schnurr filed a notice of application against five retail giants selling glue traps, or devices commonly used to catch rodents. Schnurr argued that the traps subject mice and rats to agonizing, prolonged deaths and filed an application seeking to ban Canadian Tire, Walmart, Home Depot, Home Hardware and L
  
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• N.S. Catholics reopen 200-year-old church over objections of local bishop

  28-07-2019 15:50
  CHRISTMAS ISLAND, N.S. -- A renegade group of Roman Catholics in Cape Breton is defying a bid by the local bishop to shut down their 200-year-old parish. The Church of St. Barra was closed by the diocese of Antigonish in 2015 as the organization struggled to deal with a declining population and the fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that resulted in a $16-million settlement for 125 confirmed and alleged victims. "It's being taken from (parishioners) to pay for sins of the flesh," said Rod Farre
  
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• RCMP zero in on 2 people matching descriptions of B.C. murder suspects

  28-07-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  Over the weekend, investigators were canvassing homes and searching buildings in Gillam, Man., and neighbouring Fox Lake Cree Nation.
  
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• RCMP expands manhunt for B.C. murder suspects to York Landing, Man.

  28-07-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  Over the weekend, investigators were canvassing homes and searching buildings in Gillam, Man., and neighbouring Fox Lake Cree Nation.
  
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• Officials pour gear, personnel into search for B.C. murder suspects in northern Manitoba

  28-07-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  There have been no new sightings of the two suspects since RCMP searched 100 empty homes and large abandoned buildings in Gillam, Man., police said.
  
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• Manhunt for B.C. murder suspects continues in northern Manitoba

  28-07-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  There have been no new sightings of the two suspects since RCMP searched 100 empty homes and large abandoned buildings in Gillam, Man., police said.
  
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• 'A kind and adventurous soul': Memorial for U.S. woman killed in B.C.

  28-07-2019 15:11
  Family and friends held a memorial in North Carolina for Chynna Deese, one of the three victims in a string of killings in northern B.C. that has shaken many across the country. On Saturday, several mourners brought sunflowers to honour the 24-year-old North Carolinian, who friends described as a lover of travel and adventure who was taken much too soon.More coverage from CTV News Vancouver More coverage from CTV News Winnipeg Interactive map and timeline of northern B.C. deathsAt a podium set u
  
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• Woman charged with murder after suspicious house fire north of Toronto

  28-07-2019 14:32
  AURORA, Ont. -- Police north of Toronto have made an arrest in connection to a suspicious house fire where a man's body was found. York Regional Police say they've charged a 36-year-old woman with second-degree murder. Officers were called to a home in Aurora, Ont., around 1 a.m. on Saturday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze about an hour later and located a dead man inside the house. Investigators say the cause of death has not yet been determined and they've been unable to confirm the ident
  
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• Ontario woman says she lost job, home and children due to missed brain tumour

  28-07-2019 04:33
  For years, Rebecca Birnie felt as though her life was unravelling due to a serious medical condition doctors failed to discover. The 38-year-old mother from Moosonee, Ont. had lost her job, her home and custody for her twin boys due to near-constant headaches, slurred speech and seizures. She visited the hospital 23 times over the span of two years and was frequently brushed aside as doctors prescribed painkillers, which failed to provide long-term relief for her headaches. "I didn't understand
  
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• Human remains found in northern Alta.

  28-07-2019 03:35
  Human remains were found in northern Alberta on Friday. High Prairie RCMP were searching for a possible missing person in a wooded area near the Driftpile First Nation on Friday when Mounties found human remains. RCMP remained on scene Saturday investigating and said there is no indication the incident is suspicious. The body has not been identified, RCMP said. The Driftpile First Nation is located approximately 315 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
  
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• Prestigious golf tournament starts Tuesday in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-07-2019 03:18
  Prestigious golf tournament starts Tuesday in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Over 100 golfers are ready to hit the links at the Lethbridge Country Club. The course is hosting the 65th annual Canadian Junior Girls ...
  
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• Pedestrian killed in Gateway Boulevard collision

  28-07-2019 02:11
  A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle Saturday afternoon. Edmonton police and emergency services were called to the report of a collision on Gateway Boulevard northbound between 41 Avenue SW and the Gateway Park Information Centre at approximately 4:40 p.m. Police say it was reported that a male pedestrian ran into traffic and was struck by a Ford Expedition SUV travelling northbound on Gateway Boulevard. The 57-year-old man died on scene. The female driver and passenger in the SUV were not
  
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• Pop-up mini food bank launches in Saddle Ridge

  28-07-2019 01:57
  Families in the northeast community of Saddle Ridge in need of a hand up now have another place to turn. A free, mini food bank was launched Saturday, installed by the same charity group that set up free multicultural libraries in several southern Alberta neighbourhoods. The Love With Humanity Association is now nourishing stomachs as well as minds. “We are working hard for our community, we want to do something. We want to spread the love,” said president Syed Hassan. Lt.-Gov. Lois
  
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• Evacuation ordered, state of local emergency declared in Cypress County as wildfire moves in

  28-07-2019 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Cypress County has declared a state of local emergency as a wildfire burned in the area on Saturday.
  
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• Public assistance needed to locate missing man - Lethbridge News Now

  28-07-2019 01:03
  Public assistance needed to locate missing man  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE -- Police need the public's help to locate a 29 year old missing man.Mitchell Hagans was last heard...
  
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• Southern Alberta town of Magrath draws large crowd for annual parade

  28-07-2019 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  The small southern Alberta town of Magrath was filled with people from all over the region that showed up for Magrath Days.
  
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