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• Newly retired shortstop Tulowitzki reflects on time with Blue Jays - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 23:59
  Newly retired shortstop Tulowitzki reflects on time with Blue Jays  Lethbridge News NowTroy Tulowitzki was shocked when he learned that he was being traded from the Colorado Rockies to the Toronto Blue Jays in July of 2015. Not only would he ...
  
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• Hamilton takes pole position at German GP; Ferrari struggles - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 23:59
  Hamilton takes pole position at German GP; Ferrari struggles  Lethbridge News NowHOCKENHEIM, Germany — Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the German Grand Prix on Saturday, while Sebastian Vettel's miserable form continued for ...
  
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• School bus crashes into St. Albert home's backyard swimming pool

  29-07-2019 23:57
  Mounties in St. Albert are investigating after a school bus left the road along McKenney Avenue and somehow ended up in a home's backyard swimming pool.  Police  say the bus crashed at about 3 p.m. after turning from Mission Avenue on to McKenney.  "She stepped on it ... went right over the meridian into the neighbour's pool," said witness Tyler Millan.  There were no children on board and the female driver was taken for examination by paramedics, according to RCMP. Millan sa
  
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• Three newly discovered exoplanets among closest to Earth: NASA

  29-07-2019 23:52
  Scientists are hailing the discovery of not one, but three new planets found outside of our solar system. It was NASA's powerful planet-hunting TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) space telescope that spotted the trio of exoplanets orbiting a star about 73 light-years from Earth. The newly discovered worlds are among the smallest and nearest ever detected. One of them is a rocky super-Earth called TOI-270 b that is slightly bigger than our planet. The other two, TOI-270 c and TOI-2
  
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• Hamilton Tiger-Cats add former Saskatchewan quarterback David Watford - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 23:45
  Hamilton Tiger-Cats add former Saskatchewan quarterback David Watford  Lethbridge News NowHAMILTON — Three days after losing starting quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to a season-ending injury, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed QB David Watford.
  
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• Police seek information following Sunday night shooting in Rundle

  29-07-2019 23:38
  The Calgary Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in relation to a Sunday night shooting in Rundle. Sunday, July 28, around 9:15 p.m., a shooting took place in the 4900 block of Rundleview road N.E., involving a black BMW and a black Chysler 300. Police believe the driver of the BMW was pulled over and speaking to a driver of a third vehicle, when the Chysler 300 drove up and a shot  was fired. At that point, both the BMW and Chysler fled the scene a
  
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• Flooded with gratitude: Couple applauds emergency workers' efforts in weekend wedding mishap

  29-07-2019 23:19
  A newlywed Edmonton husband and wife are saluting emergency workers for helping guests reach their Marten Beach wedding through severe flooding. Jesse Cummings and Ashley Swyck had planned their ceremony at a group campsite near the hamlet just north of Slave Lake for Saturday, July 27. But on three days before, heavy rainfall washed out sections of Highway and cut off road access.The water flooded dozens of properties and prompted an evacuation order for Marten Beach.Evacuation order still in p
  
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• Stephan trial resumes with testimony from former Alberta medical examiner - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:48
  Stephan trial resumes with testimony from former Alberta medical examiner  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A Court of Queen's Bench trial for David and Collet Stephan that was originally scheduled to conclude at the end of June, continued in ...
  
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• Shooting at California garlic festival kills 3, injures 12 - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:48
  Shooting at California garlic festival kills 3, injures 12  Lethbridge News NowGILROY, Calif. — Three people were killed and 12 others injured Sunday after a shooting that sent panicked people running at an annual food festival in ...
  
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• Lethbridge College grads win award for research into bamboo for construction projects - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:48
  Lethbridge College grads win award for research into bamboo for construction projects  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) has named the winners of this year's Capstone ...
  
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• Hong Kong police tear gas protest against mob violence - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:48
  Hong Kong police tear gas protest against mob violence  Lethbridge News NowHong Kong police on Saturday fired tear gas, swung batons and forcefully cleared out protesters who defied war...
  
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• Defending champ Emmanuel withdraws from 200 metres with calf tightness - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:47
  Defending champ Emmanuel withdraws from 200 metres with calf tightness  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Canadian title No. 13 will have to wait for Crystal Emmanuel. The 27-year-old from Toronto withdrew from the 200 metres at the Canadian track ...
  
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• In the news today, July 29 - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 22:23
  In the news today, July 29  Lethbridge News NowSix stories in the news for Monday, July 29. ———. NEW TIP IN MANHUNT FOR B.C. MURDER SUSPECTS. A new tip has led police involved in the escalating ...
  
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• WestJet CEO says Boeing 737 Max grounding a ‘substantial loss’ ahead of buyout

  29-07-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  WestJet chief executive Ed Sims says the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max is having a "substantial negative impact" on the airline, even as the company reported robust earnings in first quarter of 2019.
  
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• Scorsese visits Osage Nation ahead of filming - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 21:10
  Scorsese visits Osage Nation ahead of filming  Lethbridge News NowPAWHUSKA, Okla. — Director Martin Scorsese has visited Oklahoma and met with the principal chief of the Osage Nation to discuss filming his upcoming ...
  
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• B.C. First Nation buys stake in $2.5 billion clean-energy projects

  29-07-2019 20:44
  VICTORIA - An Indigenous nation in northwest British Columbia has bought a stake in clean energy operations worth more than $2.5 billion dollars. The Tahltan Nation says it purchased five per cent of three run-of-river hydro-electric projects located in its traditional territories, which include the communities of Iskut, Dease Lake and Telegraph Creek. Tahltan Central Government President Chad Day says the deal is a historic economic achievement for the nation as it will generate revenue and pro
  
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• Woman killed in Rocky Mountain House domestic homicide identified

  29-07-2019 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Friends have identified the victim of a domestic homicide that occurred in Rocky Mountain House over the weekend as a 28-year-old mother.
  
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• Murder charge laid in shooting death of woman in Rocky Mountain House

  29-07-2019 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Friends have identified the victim of a domestic homicide that occurred in Rocky Mountain House over the weekend as a 28-year-old mother.
  
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• Kurdish authorities promise to help track down Canadian orphan trapped in Syria

  29-07-2019 20:10
  Kurdish authorities have promised they will help a Canadian man locate and visit his 4-year-old niece, who is stranded in a detention camp in northeastern Syria. Her parents and siblings were killed in front of her eyes in the final days of the war against ISIS. The girl’s name is Amira. She was found wandering alone and taken to the al-Hol refugee camp where more than 11,000 foreign women and children are now being detained. Her exact location in the sprawling camp is unknown.  
  
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• Man arrested following stabbing in Blood Reserve - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 19:41
  Man arrested following stabbing in Blood Reserve  Lethbridge News NowMOSES LAKE, AB - Blood Tribe Police are reporting a stabbing that occurred over the weekend near Cardston.The ...
  
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• 5 dead, 2 injured in residential shootings in Wisconsin - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 19:39
  5 dead, 2 injured in residential shootings in Wisconsin  Lethbridge News NowCHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. — Shootings at two residences in northwestern Wisconsin left five people dead, including the suspected shooter, and two others ...
  
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• Date for fall federal election will not change - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 19:31
  Date for fall federal election will not change  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Voters will head to the polls on October 21st, 2019 after all. The country's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Stephane Perrault was asked by ...
  
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• Chief electoral officer decides to stick with voting day amid religious concerns

  29-07-2019 18:33
  OTTAWA -- Canada's chief electoral officer says voting day this fall should not be moved, despite the fact that it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election day can be no later than Oct. 21 under federal law, which this year coincides with the holiday known as Shemini Atzeret, a day on which Orthodox Jews are not permitted to work, vote or campaign.          Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign, once the federal election is under
  
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• City lays 65 Alberta Fire Code charges against Okotoks company and 10 employees

  29-07-2019 17:21
  Following a seven month investigation, the city has laid 65 charges related to Alberta Fire Code violations against an Okotoks company and 10 of its employees. Another 15 charges were also laid against several large retail outlets that retained that company’s services. The charges against Premium Fire Protection Ltd. and its employees are related to the installation of life safety systems by unqualified and uncertified persons, including:Fire alarm and voice communications systems Portable
  
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• City lays 65 Alberta Fire Code charges against Calgary company and 10 employees

  29-07-2019 17:21
  Following a seven month investigation, the city has laid 65 charges related to Alberta Fire Code violations against a Calgary company and 10 of its employees. Another 15 charges were also laid against several large retail outlets that retained that company’s services. The charges against Premium Fire Protection Ltd. and its employees are related to the installation of life safety systems by unqualified and uncertified persons, including:Fire alarm and voice communications systems Portable
  
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• Trump to sign Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund extension - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 16:22
  Trump to sign Sept. 11 victims' compensation fund extension  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to sign a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money.
  
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• Wife defends father in deaths of twins he left in hot car

  29-07-2019 16:12
  NEW YORK -- A mother is defending her husband in the deaths of infant twins he left in a hot car in New York City while working an eight-hour shift. Marissa Rodriguez says her husband, Juan Rodriguez, is a good person and would never have hurt the children intentionally. She said in a statement to NBC New York that she is "hurting more than I ever imagined possible." She said her husband "will never forgive himself for this mistake." Juan Rodriguez is charged with two counts each of manslaughter
  
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• Two homes hit by gunfire in northeast shooting

  29-07-2019 15:31
  Calgary police are investigating a shooting that saw stray bullets hit at least two homes in the city's northeast. Officers were called to Rundleview Road N.E. around 9:30 p.m. Sunday for reports of a shooting. Police say gunfire was exchanged between two cars and the shooting is believed to have been targeted. Officers taped off the area and went door-to-door. There are no reports of any injuries. Police say one of the cars believed to be involved in the shooting has been seized. No arrests hav
  
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• Lethbridge officials push back after being city deemed worst metropolitan area for crime - Calgary Sun

  29-07-2019 15:04
  Lethbridge officials push back after being city deemed worst metropolitan area for crime  Calgary SunLethbridge city officials are disputing a recent report released by Statistics Canada that says the city is among the worst for serious crime in the country, while ...
  
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• 'Stay inside': York Landing, Man. residents warned as manhunt focus shifts

  29-07-2019 15:02
  Two northern Manitoba communities remain on edge Monday as the massive manhunt for B.C. murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod continues. Charged with second-degree murder in the death of University of British Columbia professor Leonard Dyck and wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese, the suspects have been the subject of the manhunt for nearly a week.WATCH LIVE SOON: RCMP update on manhunt for suspects in B.C. h
  
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• RCMP 'unable to confirm' sighting of B.C. murder suspects in Manitoba town

  29-07-2019 15:02
  After an intense manhunt involving snipers, drones and sniffer dogs, the RCMP says it was unable to confirm a reported sighting of two B.C. murder suspects in a northern Manitoba Indigenous community. Now, experts say the teens may never be found. Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, are charged with second-degree murder in the death of University of British Columbia professor Leonard Dyck and wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfrie
  
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• Support for arena deal evenly split among Calgarians, new poll suggests

  29-07-2019 14:47
  Calgarians are on the fence when it comes to the latest proposed deal between the City and Flames ownership to build a new arena, a new poll suggests. According to a ThinkHQ Public Affairs Inc. survey released Monday morning equal proportions of Calgarians approve and disapprove of the tentative 35-year agreement. The deal would see the City of Calgary and Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp. (CSEC) each contribute $275 million to the new facility. Council is set to make a decision in a schedu
  
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• Calgarians evenly split on support for arena deal, new poll suggests

  29-07-2019 14:47
  Calgarians are on the fence when it comes to the latest proposed deal between the City and Flames ownership to build a new arena, a new poll suggests. According to a ThinkHQ Public Affairs Inc. survey released Monday morning equal proportions of Calgarians approve and disapprove of the tentative 35-year agreement. The deal would see the City of Calgary and Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp. (CSEC) each contribute $275 million to the new facility. Council is set to make a decision in a schedu
  
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• 'Hot and humid': Heat warnings for Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes

  29-07-2019 14:16
  Hot weather will blanket parts of Eastern Canada today as heat warnings spread across the region. All of Prince Edward Island and nearly all of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick remain under official heat warnings with many areas expected to reach 30 C for the next three days. Some residents welcome the continued “heat dome” that has been covering Eastern Canada this month. “I enjoy the heat,” Fredericton’s Gladys Brennan told CTV News Atlantic. “In January we&rsq
  
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• Blood Tribe killer: How the drug crisis exploded on the southern Alberta First Nation

  29-07-2019 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  Global News explores the origins of how the drug crisis exploded on the Blood Tribe in southern Alberta. A former drug dealer and user shares her role in the crisis.
  
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• Child pushed onto tracks, struck and killed by train in Frankfurt: police

  29-07-2019 13:03
  FRANKFURT -- An 8-year-old boy was run over by a train and killed at Frankfurt's main station on Monday after a man pushed him and his mother onto the tracks, German police said. The mother and then the boy were pushed onto the tracks as a high-speed ICE train was pulling into the station, one of Germany's busiest. The mother was able to escape but the boy was hit and run over by the train and suffered fatal injuries. The suspect then apparently tried unsuccessfully to push another person onto t
  
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• AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 12:41
  AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Jay-Z's got 99 problems but Woodstock isn't one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversar...
  
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• Man accused of killing four family members inside Markham, Ont. home

  29-07-2019 11:40
  First-degree murder charges have been laid against a 23-year-old man after four members of his family were found dead inside a Markham, Ont. home over the weekend. Emergency crews were called to a residence on Castlemore Avenue shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday for a report of multiple people injured inside. When officers arrived at the scene they were met by a man at the front door of the home. York Regional police officers stand outside of a home in Markham, Ont. on July 28, 2019. (The Canadian
  
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• U.S. House breaks with no new NAFTA tabled for ratification. Now what?

  29-07-2019 10:17
  OTTAWA -- The U.S. House of Representatives began its summer break today leaving the ratification of the new North American trade deal hanging, rekindling angst that a frustrated President Donald Trump will blow up the existing pact. Trade experts in Canada and the U.S. are divided on whether Trump may be driven to invoke the six-month notice period to withdraw from the current North American Free Trade Agreement -- a threat he repeatedly made during the tense renegotiation of the pact that he p
  
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• Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 08:11
  Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government  Lethbridge News NowKABUL — An Afghan official said Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly ...
  
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• Nearly 1400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 08:11
  Nearly 1400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade  Lethbridge News NowMOSCOW — A Russian group that monitors police arrests says nearly 1,400 people were detained in a police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, ...
  
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• Hong Kong protesters occupy major shopping district - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2019 08:11
  Hong Kong protesters occupy major shopping district  Lethbridge News NowHONG KONG - A large group of protesters took over a major street in a Hong Kong shopping district late Sunday ...
  
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• Chargers eliminated from State tournament by Lethbridge - Great Falls Tribune

  29-07-2019 06:46
  Chargers eliminated from State tournament by Lethbridge  Great Falls TribuneThe Great Falls Chargers and Lethbridge Elks faced off in an elimination game Sunday at the Class AA State Legion Baseball Tourney in Billings.
  
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• Calgary police investigate shooting in northeast community of Rundle

  29-07-2019 06:41 via globalnews.ca
  Police continue to investigate a shooting that happened just after 9 p.m. in northeast Calgary on Sunday, that sent stray bullets into at least two homes. 
  
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• Dawgs' win streak ends at nine with loss to Bulls - Calgary Sun

  29-07-2019 04:50
  Dawgs' win streak ends at nine with loss to Bulls  Calgary SunFor the second time this season, the Okotoks Dawgs fell short on the road in Lethbridge as the Bulls pulled away with a late-game spark to steal a 3-1 decision in ...
  
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• Shooting at California festival kills 3; including boy, 6

  29-07-2019 04:47
  GILROY, Calif. -- A gunman cut through a fence to avoid security and opened fire at Northern California's popular Gilroy Garlic Festival, killing three and wounding at least 15 before police fatally shot him as terrified people and performers ran for cover. One witness said he heard the shooter say he was "really angry." Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said the gunman was armed with a rifle and sneaked in through a fence that borders a parking lot next to a creek. He appeared to randomly target
  
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• Invasive beetle from Asia confirmed in Edmonton

  29-07-2019 02:46
  A major pest on hardwood trees in China has now been found in Edmonton for the first time. The Asian longhorned beetle is considered a regulated invasive pest in Canada and attacks a variety of hardwood trees. The city was first alerted after a concerned resident called 311 in May after they saw a beetle emerge from a pallet in an industrial building The city’s pest management lab quickly identified the bug as the first detection of the Asian longhorned beetle in Edmonton. Within 24 hours
  
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• City councillors make case for and against new arena deal

  29-07-2019 02:44
  While some members of Calgary city council have opted to take every last minute to decide whether or not to sign off on a $550-million proposal to build a new arena, others are speaking out. Several councillors have taken to social media to indicate how they intend to vote on Tuesday afternoon. Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas says he’s weighed the pros and cons of the deal, which calls for the city and Flames to split the building’s price tag 50/50, and he thinks it’s the wrong dea
  
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• B.C. set to activate five new speed enforcement cameras on Monday

  29-07-2019 02:03
  VANCOUVER - Starting Monday, drivers in B.C. will see new automated speed enforcement cameras rolled out at certain intersections across the province. The first five new cameras will be activated Monday, and Colin Hynes, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Safety, says the remaining 30 will be installed in a phased approach wrapping up next spring. The new cameras will ticket drivers entering these intersections well over the posted speed limit on a red, yellow or green light. The provinci
  
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• $50K in stolen property, damages at Leduc worksite

  29-07-2019 01:56
  RCMP are asking for the public’s help after a construction site in Leduc was robbed on Friday. Mounties responded to a theft from a construction site in the area of Caledonia Drive on Friday and believe the crime occurred sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. An investigation revealed batteries were taken from heavy equipment vehicles and multiple pieces of equipment were damaged. The estimated value of stolen and damaged property is pegged at approximately $50,000. Leduc RCMP are investiga
  
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