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• Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies  Lethbridge News NowBATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career ...
  
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• What's left of parapalegic's adaptive bike recovered by police

  20-08-2019 23:26
  The best-known stolen adaptive bike of the summer has been recovered, albeit missing almost all of its adaptations. Calgary Police announced Tuesday that they've recovered the modified bike belonging to Ryan St. Lawrence, the parapalegic cyclist from New Hampshire, whose bike was stolen from a rack on his truck in Calgary on July 28, while it was parked in the lot of a hotel near the Calgary Airport. The bike was stolen along with a friend’s mountain bike (a third bike, also an adaptive cy
  
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• Alberta to continue oil production curtailment until 2020 as pipeline delays persist

  20-08-2019 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  The province says that without production limits, there would be 150,000 more barrels produced daily than could be exported.
  
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• Charges laid in hate crime investigation of pride and trans crosswalk being defaced

  20-08-2019 23:11
  Police have laid charges against a man accused of defacing the pride crosswalk in downtown Calgary and say the case will proceed as a hate crime. Just before 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, someone scrawled a message on the pride crosswalk on Stephen Avenue which incited violence against the LGBTQ community. Surveillance video captured the vandalism and police released an image of a suspect on Monday. On Tuesday, police announced Kevin James Gavel, 54, is charged with one count of mischief. He is scheduled
  
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• Leaders, moderators confirmed for 2019 English, French debates - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 22:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Leaders, moderators confirmed for 2019 English, French debates  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - Five party leaders have confirmed they will participate in two major televised election debates in Oc...
  
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• Lethbridge city council defeats controversial supervised consumption site motion - Global News

  20-08-2019 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge city council defeats controversial supervised consumption site motion  Global NewsWATCH: Lethbridge city council defeated a motion on Monday that could have had a significant impact on the future of the city's supervised consumption site.
  
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• Huge works of art to grace Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood

  20-08-2019 22:28
  Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood is getting a bump in its public art. Fifteen giant murals are being painted as part of the Beltline Urban Mural Project (BUMP), which will culminate with a three-day celebration of street art at the end of the month in the alley behind Inner City Brewing on 11th Avenue, between 7th Street and 8th Street S.W. That’s where work on two of the murals is currently underway. Artists have come to Calgary from around the globe to create their art, many who st
  
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• Surrounded by protesters for and against, Lethbridge council defeats motion to limit SCS funding - rdnewsnow.com

  20-08-2019 22:18 via rdnewsnow.com
  Surrounded by protesters for and against, Lethbridge council defeats motion to limit SCS funding  rdnewsnow.comLETHBRIDGE - Monday afternoon began at Lethbridge City Hall with hundreds if not more than a thousand or so me...
  
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• Man walks out of elevator after nine-storey drop in downtown Edmonton

  20-08-2019 22:16
  Witnesses say a man has escaped serious injuries after an incident on a downtown Edmonton elevator.  Edmonton Fire rescue crews received a call that an elevator had fallen nine storeys just after 1:30 p.m. at the Energy Square building at 10109 106 Street.  A worker in the building told CTV News the man was on the 10th floor of the 12-storey building when the elevator malfunctioned.  The witness says the man managed to walk out of the elevator on his own after firefighters pr
  
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• Sudan protesters, army announce new ruling body after deal - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 22:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sudan protesters, army announce new ruling body after deal  Lethbridge News NowCAIRO — Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the army have announced a joint ruling body, disbanding the military council that had taken over the country ...
  
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• Charges dropped against alleged thief of McDormand Oscar - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 22:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Charges dropped against alleged thief of McDormand Oscar  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES — Charges against a man accused of stealing Frances McDormand's Oscar statuette from an Academy Awards after-party have been dropped.
  
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• Lampard's Chelsea homecoming ruined as Leicester earns draw - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 22:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lampard's Chelsea homecoming ruined as Leicester earns draw  Lethbridge News NowFrank Lampard climbed the steps in the tunnel and emerged to rapturous applause from Chelsea fans, a flame dis...
  
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• Man arrested in Lethbridge after allegedly stealing $250K in vehicle tires and rims - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 21:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Man arrested in Lethbridge after allegedly stealing $250K in vehicle tires and rims  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - ALERT Lethbridge has arrested a Calgary man in connection to a long-running series of thefts....
  
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• Calgarian charged after allegedly stealing $250K worth of tires and rims from dealerships

  20-08-2019 21:21
  A 31-year-old Calgary man has been charged following an investigation into break-and-enters at car dealerships in Lethbridge, Leduc, Taber, Wetaskiwin and Calgary. According to Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) officials, more than $250,000 in tires and rims were stolen from eight dealership during break-ins that occurred between March 2016 and October 2018. An investigation into the thefts by ALERT Lethbridge's organized crime team led police to a 31-year-old suspect . On July 31,
  
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• Lethbridge hosting consultation meeting on proposed Farm Freedom and Safety Act Wednesday - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 21:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge hosting consultation meeting on proposed Farm Freedom and Safety Act Wednesday  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – You can have your say on the potential farm safety regulations of tomorrow. Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf and Agriculture and ...
  
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• Military investigating Winnipeg reservist for participating in hate group - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Military investigating Winnipeg reservist for participating in hate group  Lethbridge News NowWINNIPEG - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating a reserve member in Winnipeg for allegedly parti...
  
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• Canadian grocers urged to ban receipts containing cancer-linked chemicals

  20-08-2019 20:05
  A group of health, labour, and environmental organizations is calling on Canada’s leading grocery stores to ditch paper receipts coated with hormone-disrupting chemicals that have been linked to diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers. In a joint statement on Tuesday, Environmental Defence Canada (EDC), Breast Cancer Action Quebec, Mind the Store, and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada union urged the country’s “leading grocery giants” to stop using receipt pape
  
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• Prisoner convicted of sex crimes against child released in Calgary

  20-08-2019 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Police are warning the public about a high-risk offender who was released in Calgary on Tuesday.
  
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• 'We're going to act:' Military investigating reservist for hate group link

  20-08-2019 19:37
  WINNIPEG -- The commander of the Canadian Army says the military will take action if an investigation finds that a reserve member in Manitoba participated in a hate group. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, who joined the reserves in 2010, is a combat engineer with 38 Canadian Brigade Group in Winnipeg. Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre said in Ottawa that he wouldn't be discussing any individual cases, but did say that service members are expected to adhere to a high level of behaviour. "Those that do not embrace t
  
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• Military investigating Winnipeg reservist for participating in hate group

  20-08-2019 19:37
  WINNIPEG - The Canadian Armed Forces says it is investigating a reserve member in Winnipeg for allegedly participating in a hate group. A statement says Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, who joined the reserves in 2010, is a combat engineer with the 38 Canadian Brigade Group. Brigade commander Col. Gwen Bourque says Mathews last worked with the unit in May and was to return in September. She says he has no access to weapons or explosives through the military. She says racist behaviour, including parti
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces investigating reservist for potential racist activities

  20-08-2019 19:37
  The Canadian Armed Forces is investigating a reserves combat engineer in Winnipeg for alleged links to a hate group called “The Base.” Canadian Army Reserves leader Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, 26, joined the reserves in 2010 and is with the 38 Canadian Brigade Group. He has some explosives experience. The Winnipeg Free Press first broke the story of his arrest Monday. Later that night the RCMP raided an address in Beausejour, about 45 kilometres north east of Winnipeg, registered to
  
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• Area 51 county officials draft emergency plan for big crowds - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 19:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Area 51 county officials draft emergency plan for big crowds  Lethbridge News NowLAS VEGAS — Officials in Nevada's sparsely populated Lincoln County have drafted an emergency declaration and are planning with neighbouring counties ...
  
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• 25th Bond movie gets a title: 'No Time to Die' - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 19:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  25th Bond movie gets a title: 'No Time to Die'  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - The 25th James Bond movie has a title: "No Time to Die." Producers announced the moniker Tuesday fo...
  
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• Senior suffers severe head injury after being struck by commercial truck

  20-08-2019 19:02
  A man in his 80s was transported to hospital in life threatening condition after being hit by a five-ton truck in the Beltline. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 13th Avenue and 4th Street Southwest, near the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, shortly before 10 a.m. following reports of a collision. A pedestrian, a man in his 80s, had been struck by a commercial truck and was suffering from a head injury. EMS transported the senior to the Foothills Medical Centre. The Calgary Poli
  
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• Senior suffers head injury after being struck by commercial truck

  20-08-2019 19:02
  A man in his 80s was transported to hospital in life threatening condition after being hit by a five-ton truck in the Beltline. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 13th Avenue and 4th Street Southwest, near the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, shortly before 10 a.m. following reports of a collision. A pedestrian, a man in his 80s, had been struck by a commercial truck and was suffering from a head injury. EMS transported the senior to the Foothills Medical Centre. The Calgary Poli
  
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• Scheer promises EI tax credit for new parents if Conservatives form government

  20-08-2019 19:01
   OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to provide a tax credit for new parents receiving federal benefits. Scheer is reviving an idea he first unveiled in early 2018 as an incentive to encourage families to support the Conservatives in this fall's election. The government taxes employment insurance benefits for new parents, along with any employer top-up, while on maternity or parental leave. Scheer is proposing a non-refundable tax credit on 15 per cent of whatever a new
  
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• Lynx photographed cat-napping at legislature

  20-08-2019 18:54
  Wildlife photographer Tim Osborne was one of several Edmontonians who saw lynx loitering at the Alberta legislature on Monday. "I think it was disbelief," Osborne told CTV News Edmonton the next day. "A lynx is a kind of animal you dream of seeing one day, if you're lucky, in the mountains, or you know walking through the forest. But never in a million years did I imagine I'd get to see one right here in the city." He called it unexpected "to say the least" in a social media post where he shared
  
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• Man convicted of sex crimes against a child released from jail, prompting police warning

  20-08-2019 18:49
  Calgary police are warning the public about a man released from prison on Tuesday after completing a sentence for sex crimes against a child. Adrian Lee Ballantyne, 32, was released after serving four-and-a-half years for sexual interference against a child and failure to comply with a probation order. He also served additional time for breaching a court order. The sexual interference happened in Edmonton against a child who was unknown to Ballantyne.  His previous convictions also include:
  
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• Mickelson late to the course after lightning hits hotel - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 18:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Mickelson late to the course after lightning hits hotel  Lethbridge News NowMEDINAH, Ill. — Phil Mickelson had a wild Sunday, and that was before he showed up for the BMW Championship. Mickelson said on Twitter that lightning ...
  
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• Canada 'disappointed' terror suspect's British citizenship revoked - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 18:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada 'disappointed' terror suspect's British citizenship revoked  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The United Kingdom is shirking its share of the international community's duty to help...
  
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• Diehard Flames fan transforms northeast basement into replica Saddledome

  20-08-2019 18:40
  The Hoang's home in the northeast community of Livingston has drawn the attention of neighbourhood kids after a makeshift rink was installed in the basement. Mike Hoang built the replica of the Scotiabank Saddledome for his son Teiden. "It basically all started off at our old townhouse," said Hoang. "I found him setting up a little corner there, shooting balls at a little small net that he created." "I told him once we moved to our new house, which is the current one here, that I'd dedicate an a
  
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• 'I have your dog': Ont. woman says thief left chilling note at cottage

  20-08-2019 18:32
  In a bizarre series of events, an Ontario family whose dog went missing recently received a note accusing them of neglect that read: “I have your dog, so stop looking for him.” And now police are investigating the theft that has shaken the dog owners. Veterinary technician Jordin Legate and her family have been worried after noticing her brother-in-law’s golden retriever Buckaroo had gone missing late Thursday night from their cottage near Cloyne, Ont. Her vacationing brother-i
  
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• Hurricanes release training camp schedule - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricanes release training camp schedule  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes will start up their training camp next week. The team announced its training schedule today (Aug. 20). Training ...
  
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• Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 18:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team  Lethbridge News NowClemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team presented by Reg...
  
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• City finds recycler for clamshell plastics, stored materials will be sent to landfill

  20-08-2019 18:15
  The city has found a company to recycle clamshell plastic containers collected in blue carts since April, but a cache of plastics sitting in storage will have to be sent to a landfill, officials said Tuesday. Changes to global recycling markets have meant limited options for recycling things like clamshell plastics. That meant the city was forced to put them in storage from September 2017 to April of this year and about 2,000 tonnes will be sent to a landfill this month. "This is the first time
  
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• Liberals granting more leeway to would-be Venezuelan immigrants, refugees - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 18:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Liberals granting more leeway to would-be Venezuelan immigrants, refugees  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The federal Liberals are easing immigration and refugee rules for Venezuelans amid the deepening...
  
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• Tiny homes ecovillage in Okotoks unlikely after Monday council vote

  20-08-2019 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  A proposed affordable housing project in Okotoks featuring dozens of tiny homes is all but dead in the water.
  
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• Gas prices continue downward trend in Calgary

  20-08-2019 17:15
  The price of gas continues to fall across Calgary. The average price at the pump in the city sat at 97.6 cents a litre on Tuesday morning, which is down from the day before.   As of Sunday the price of gas is nearly 36 cents a litre less than the same time last year, and  about 11 cents a litre lower than a month ago.  The average price of gas in Alberta is 101.3 cents a litre.
  
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• Village of Lake Louise under boil water advisory

  20-08-2019 17:01
  Residents of the village of Lake Louise and visitors are being asked to boil their water as a precautionary measure following a weekend water main break. According to the Lake Louise Fire Department, there are concerns regarding the turbidity within tap water. Water should be boiled for a minimum of two minutes prior to:Consumption Brushing teeth Washing fruits and vegetables Washing dishesParks Canada has not provided an estimated date for the lifting of the advisory.
  
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• Earth's future in being written in fast-melting Greenland - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2019 16:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Earth's future in being written in fast-melting Greenland  Lethbridge News NowHELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - Greenland is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle...
  
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• Former captain pens memoir detailing sexism, alleged abuse in Canadian military

  20-08-2019 16:03
  A former captain in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) says she still encourages women to serve despite experiencing rampant sexism and abuse during her career. Though the title of her memoir, “Girls Need Not Apply,” may suggest differently, Kelly S. Thompson worries that without enough female representation, the attitude towards women in the military will not change. “I always encourage women to join, because without women we don’t have change,” Thompson said during a
  
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• Dad 'empty' after 9-year-old Detroit girl killed by dogs

  20-08-2019 15:59
  DETROIT -- A man was in police custody Tuesday in connection with the death of a 9-year-old girl in Detroit who was mauled by three dogs despite efforts by neighbours and her own "heartbroken" father, who lamented that "she was gone when I reached her." Emma Hernandez was riding her bike in an alley Monday afternoon when three dogs, described as pit bulls or pit bull mixes, got free from a yard and attacked her, police said. She died later at a hospital and the dog's owner has been taken into cu
  
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• Ottawa mayor pushing back against homophobia after coming out as gay

  20-08-2019 15:32
  It’s Pride week in the nation’s capital and the city’s mayor has one thing to say to Canadians: “It doesn’t matter who you love. It’s your life. Live it as you should.” As simple as it sounds, it’s a message Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he wishes he heard when he was a teenager growing up in the 1970s and struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Perhaps it would have encouraged him not to wait nearly four decades to come out as gay. On Satur
  
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• Heat waves and droughts will get longer even if global warming is limited: scientists

  20-08-2019 15:15
  Northern hemisphere summers will deliver dangerously longer heat waves, droughts and bouts of rain even if humanity manages to cap global warming at two degrees Celsius, scientists said Monday. With one degree of warming since pre-industrial times so far, extreme weather of this kind has already become more intense, with a single heat wave in 2003 leading to 70,000 excess deaths in Europe alone. But the new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first to quantify how much
  
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• Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales fell 1.2 per cent in June

  20-08-2019 15:13
  OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.2 per cent to $58 billion in June, led lower by a drop in the petroleum and coal product and food industries. Economists on average had expected a drop of 1.7 per cent for the month, according to the financial markets data firm Refinitiv. The move lower compared with a 1.6 per cent increase in May. Sales were down in 16 of 21 industries, representing 68 per cent of total manufacturing sales. Sales in the petroleum and coal product indust
  
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