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• Saskatchewan teen amputee finds passion in music, constructs device to play guitar

  24-08-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  A northern Saskatchewan teen is not letting his amputation get in the way of his dream of becoming a performing artist.
  
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• French police fire tear gas at G7 protesters

  24-08-2019 23:32
  French police used tear gas and water cannons to break up anti-G7 protesters in the southern city of Bayonne on Saturday, as leaders from the world's leading industrialised nations arrived for their summit just a few kilometres away in Biarritz. Since Monday, anti-capitalist activists, environmentalists and other anti-globalization groups have been flocking to a counter-summit in southwestern France that organisers insisted would be peaceful. More than 9,000 anti-G7 protesters took part in the l
  
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• Veteran closing in on $1 million fundraising goal for Terry Fox Foundation

  24-08-2019 23:30
  A Second World War veteran is getting closer to hitting his $1 million fundraising mark for the Terry Fox Foundation. Will Dwyer has been organizing “We WILL Walk” for the past 39 years, but due to the 94-year-olds deteriorating health, there’s a bigger push this year to help him hit that goal. Early Saturday morning, a group left the Borden Legacy Park on a 20 kilometer walk to the Barrie Cenotaph in order to raise funds for the foundation. Twenty-two firefighters from Base Bo
  
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• Man who went missing from Toronto mental health hospital located

  24-08-2019 23:18
  Toronto police say a man who disappeared from a mental health hospital on Friday afternoon was found on Saturday. Police say the 35-year-old had last been seen during an escorted walk on Friday afternoon at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Police said the man posed a "public safety concern." They didn't say where or how the man was found. He was the latest in a spate of patients to disappear from CAMH, after three men who were detained at the facility walked away in July. Two were lat
  
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• Man who poses public safety concern missing from Toronto mental health hospital

  24-08-2019 23:18
  Toronto police say a man who poses a public safety concern has gone missing from a mental health hospital -- the latest in a spate of disappearances from the facility. Police say Gashawbeza Gashaw Kefene, 35, was last seen during an escorted walk on Friday afternoon at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. This is the second time Kefene has gone missing from the mental health hospital, having previously disappeared on Dec. 31, 2018. Police did not say why he is considered a public safety c
  
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• Israel says it thwarted imminent Iranian attack from Syria

  24-08-2019 22:55
  JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military attacked targets near Damascus late Saturday in what it said was a successful effort to thwart an imminent Iranian drone strike on Israel, stepping up an already heightened campaign against Iranian military activity in the region. The late-night airstrike, which triggered Syrian anti-aircraft fire, appeared to be one of the most intense attacks by Israeli forces in several years of hits on Iranian targets in Syria. Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesma
  
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• Weinstein to be rearraigned as DA seeks actress's testimony - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 22:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Weinstein to be rearraigned as DA seeks actress's testimony  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Prosecutors are bringing a new indictment against Harvey Weinstein in an attempt to bolster their case with testimony from an actress who says ...
  
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• Online petition aims to take down Maxime Bernier campaign billboard

  24-08-2019 21:53
  A billboard advertising the campaign of controversial political candidate Maxime Bernier is drawing ire in the City of Calgary. The sign, posted on the side of a building in Hillhurst, has an election message from the leader of the People's Party of Canada which states "say NO to mass immigration." Some people have already taken notice of the sign on social media, including the Liberal MP for Calgary-Centre, Kent Hehr.What absolute garbage.There is no place for this in our city, province, or cou
  
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• Online petition aims to take down Maxime Bernier billboard

  24-08-2019 21:53
  A billboard advertising the party of controversial political leader Maxime Bernier is drawing ire in the City of Calgary. The sign, posted on the side of a building in Hillhurst, has an election message from the leader of the People's Party of Canada which states "say NO to mass immigration." Some people have already taken notice of the sign on social media, including the Liberal MP for Calgary-Centre, Kent Hehr.What absolute garbage.There is no place for this in our city, province, or country.
  
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• Sockeye returns plunge in B.C., official calls 2019 'extremely challenging' - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 21:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sockeye returns plunge in B.C., official calls 2019 'extremely challenging'  Lethbridge News NowVANCOUVER - Federal fisheries experts are painting a devastating picture of the challenges facing Pacific salm...
  
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• Lethbridge police seek suspect vehicle after paintballs fired at people outside supervised consumption site

  24-08-2019 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating an assault with a weapon after paintballs were fired at several people outside of Lethbridge's supervised consumption site early Saturday morning.
  
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• Staff member, clients shot with paintballs at Lethbridge supervised consumption site - CBC.ca

  24-08-2019 21:27 via cbc.ca
  Staff member, clients shot with paintballs at Lethbridge supervised consumption site  CBC.caSomeone in a moving pick-up truck shot paintballs at people outside of a southern Alberta supervised consumption site early Saturday. The incident, which ...
  
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• Paintball attack at supervised consumption site has Lethbridge mayor condemning violence - CBC.ca

  24-08-2019 21:27 via cbc.ca
  Paintball attack at supervised consumption site has Lethbridge mayor condemning violence  CBC.caLethbridge police seek suspect vehicle after paintballs fired at supervised consumption site  Global NewsLethbridge police probe drive-by paintball shooting at safe consumption site  Calgary HeraldPaintball drive-by shooting in Lethbridge targets supervised consumption site  CityNews CalgaryView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Section of Stoney Trail closed after woman hit by semi tractor-trailer

  24-08-2019 21:21
  Police have closed a section of Stoney Trail near Glenmore Trail after a woman was struck by a semi tractor-trailer while crossing the highway on Saturday. Emergency crews were called to the scene at about 12:40 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Stoney Trail near 114 Avenue S.E.SB Stoney Tr approaching 114 Ave SE, MVC affecting traffic. Expect delays in the area. (12:45pm) via @yyctransport #ABRoads #yyctraffic — 511 Alberta (@511Alberta) August 24, 2019Calgary police tell CTV News the woman
  
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• Suspect in California campus killing was co-worker - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 21:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Suspect in California campus killing was co-worker  Lethbridge News NowFULLERTON, Calif. — A man arrested in the stabbing death of a retired administrator at the California State University, Fullerton campus was a co-worker, police ...
  
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• FBI busts scammers who allegedly tried to steal over US$40M in dating scheme

  24-08-2019 20:57
  U.S. prosecutors have indicted 80 people on charges connected to a massive international fraud ring that allegedly attempted to defraud over US$40 million from businesses and people using online dating sites, particularly elderly women. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the scammers, most of whom are Nigerian nationals, are alleged to have stolen US$6 million through various online fraud schemes, targeting businesses with fraudulent emails and preying on people through online romance
  
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• Lethbridge police seek suspects after drive-by paintball shooting

  24-08-2019 20:54
  Lethbridge police are looking for information after paintballs were fired out of a moving vehicle at a number of people outside the community's supervised consumption site. Officials say a white Dodge truck drove past the facility, in the 1000 block of 1 Avenue S., at just after midnight on Saturday. Multiple shots were fired from a paintball gun that struck a number of the people. No one was hurt as a result, but police are seeking to identify the driver and possible occupants of the vehicle. I
  
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• Lethbridge police search for suspects after drive-by paintball shooting

  24-08-2019 20:54
  Lethbridge police are looking for information after paintballs were fired out of a moving vehicle at a number of people outside the community's supervised consumption site. Officials say a white Dodge truck drove past the facility, in the 1000 block of 1 Avenue S., at just after midnight on Saturday. Multiple shots were fired from a paintball gun that struck a number of the people. No one was hurt as a result, but police are seeking to identify the driver and possible occupants of the vehicle. I
  
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• Hundreds of motorcyclists hit the road to spread message of addiction recovery

  24-08-2019 20:21
  There was a huge procession of motorcyclists roaring through the downtown core on Saturday working to raise awareness about addiction recovery treatment. The participants were all riding for the Fresh Start Recovery Centre's 11th annual 12 Stop Ride for Recovery motorcycle rally. "We really want people to know that recovery is real, it is attainable and it is sustainable," said Stacey Petersen, Executive Director of Fresh Start Recovery Centre. "The message we want to put out to people is; there
  
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• 'Hopefully a little bit of it is salvageable': Diamond's Gentlemen's Club damaged in early morning fire

  24-08-2019 19:41
  Mid-Saturday morning, four firefighting crews were still putting out the hotspots of a blaze that burned up a strip club in south Edmonton. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services was called to the Diamond's Gentlemen's Club at 5 a.m. Plumes of smoke and flames were seen coming out of the roof of the building. "I left at about 3 a.m., and everything was fine," employee Kennedy Rose told CTV News Edmonton that morning. "I woke up to a phone call saying Diamond's is burning." The fire was considered under c
  
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• Calgary's annual Muslim convention welcomes thousands

  24-08-2019 19:27
  Thousands are expected to attend the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam’at convention west of the city, an event that highlights interfaith collaboration. Seven Chiefs Sportsplex, in Priddis, Alta., will welcome thousands of people this weekend to listen to presentations, pray for world peace and take part in workshops. The conference is also partnering with the Tsuut’ina Nation. This year’s focus will highlight the importance of working together to restore communities. The event is the larg
  
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• Saskatchewan abandons commitment to improve northern airport after crash: chief - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 19:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Saskatchewan abandons commitment to improve northern airport after crash: chief  Lethbridge News NowREGINA — The chief of a remote Saskatchewan First Nation says the province's decision not to help improve an airport runway near his community while doing ...
  
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• Missing Airdrie teenager found safe

  24-08-2019 19:21
  Airdrie RCMP say a 14-year-old girl who went missing on Friday evening has been found safe. Officials issued the alert on Saturday after the girl went missing for her home in the community north of Calgary at 6 p.m. on August 23. Mounties are thanking the public for their assistance in locating her.
  
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• Airdrie RCMP seek help to find missing girl

  24-08-2019 19:21
  Police in Airdrie, Alta. are seeking the public's help to find a 14-year-old girl who went missing on Friday evening. Officials say Dakota Bishop, 14, was last seen at her home in the community north of Calgary at 6 p.m. She is described as:Aboriginal 5'2" (157 cm) tall 130 lbs (59 kg) braces on her teeth long, dark brown hair brown eyesBishop was last seen  wearing a black Vans jacket, a black and purple hoodie, dark blue jeans with rips in them and black and white checkered Vans shoes. An
  
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• Firefighter injured in London, Ont., house explosion released from hospital

  24-08-2019 18:46
  LONDON, Ont. - Officials say a firefighter seriously injured after a house explosion in London, Ont., last week has been released from hospital. Platoon Fire Chief Kirk Loveland says the firefighter is expected to make a full recovery after the blast, which was triggered when a car slammed into a home and hit a gas line. Seven people were injured and about 100 residences had to be evacuated. Loveland says the cleanup of the explosion is complete. Daniella Alexandra Leis, a 23-year-old woman from
  
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• Brazil military begins operations to fight Amazon fires

  24-08-2019 18:02
  RIO DE JANEIRO -- Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday prepared to deploy in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international outcry. Some 44,000 troops will be available for "unprecedented" operations to put out the fires, and forces are heading to six Brazilian states that asked for federal help to contain the blazes, Defence Minister Fernando Azevedo said. The states are Roraima, Rondonia, Tocantins, Pa
  
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• Prince Andrew breaks silence on Epstein friendship

  24-08-2019 17:47
  Prince Andrew has defended his former friendship with Jeffery Epstein, stating at no time did he witness or suspect any behaviour linked to accusations of sexual abuse or criminal behaviour. In a statement released Saturday, the Duke of York said that what he knew of Epstein was “evidently not the real person, given what we know now,” offering sympathies to the financier’s alleged victims. “This is a difficult time for everyone involved and I am at a loss to be able to un
  
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• Republican launches Minnesota Senate bid, slams 'resistance' - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 17:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Republican launches Minnesota Senate bid, slams 'resistance'  Lethbridge News NowFALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Republican Jason Lewis jumped into Minnesota's Senate race Thursday, using a YouTube video and State Fair appearance to ...
  
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• Lightning strikes kill 5, injure over 100 in Tatra Mountains - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 17:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lightning strikes kill 5, injure over 100 in Tatra Mountains  Lethbridge News NowWARSAW, Poland — Lightning struck across the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland and neighbouring Slovakia on Thursday, killing five people and injuring ...
  
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• Lethbridge College to embark on four-year potato irrigation study - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 16:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge College to embark on four-year potato irrigation study  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A nearly $400,000 grant from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership will allow researchers at Lethbridge College to embark upon a ...
  
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• Kodak Black pleads guilty to federal weapons charges - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 15:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Kodak Black pleads guilty to federal weapons charges  Lethbridge News NowMIAMI - Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal weapons charges stemming from his arrest just...
  
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• Economic storm clouds hover over Trump

  24-08-2019 14:19
  BIARRITZ, France -- Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the richest democracies can make substantive progress on an array of issues at their summit in France.Read More: What world leaders are expected to discuss at the G7 summitThe meeting of the Group of Seven nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S. -- in the be
  
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• Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull

  24-08-2019 13:32
  Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests on Saturday for the first time in nearly two weeks. Hundreds of black-clad protesters armed with bamboo poles and baseball bats fought with police officers wielding batons on a main road following a march against "smart lampposts" that was sparked by surveillance fears. The chaotic scenes unfolded outside a police station and a nearby
  
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• Trudeau to meet with U.K. and Japanese prime ministers ahead of G7 summit

  24-08-2019 13:15
  BIARRITZ, France -- European Council President Donald Tusk is urging G7 leaders to find common ground, especially on issues of security and trade, warning that trade wars "will lead to recession" -- one day after a Twitter tirade against China by the U.S. president that sent investors running for cover. The spectre of Donald Trump's scorched-earth style loomed large Saturday as Tusk acknowledged the mounting tension among G7 nations in recent years as they seek common ground at a time when great
  
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• Police chief says shooting in Glen Park has 'earmarkings of street gang subculture'

  24-08-2019 12:45
  Four people are in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an apparent shootout in the city’s west end that Police Chief Mark Saunders says has “all the earmarkings of street gang subculture.” Police were first dispatched to a plaza in the vicinity of Glencairn and Marlee avenues at around 1 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Once on scene, officers located two shooting victims. Police say that after about two hours went by they then received a call from a third victim
  
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• Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says he's running for Senate - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 11:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ex-Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper says he's running for Senate  Lethbridge News NowDENVER - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming t...
  
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• In the news today, Aug. 22 - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 10:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Aug. 22  Lethbridge News NowFive stories in the news for Thursday, Aug. 22. ———. SECURITY TIGHTENED FOR POMPEO VISIT. Security around Parliament Hill has been tightened in ...
  
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• Disney Legends honour prompts Robert Downey Jr. pot story - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 09:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Disney Legends honour prompts Robert Downey Jr. pot story  Lethbridge News NowANAHEIM, Calif. - Robert Downey Jr. is recalling a wild Disneyland ride from his younger days. The "Iron Man" ...
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks, Saskatchewan Roughriders headed in opposite directions - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 07:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ottawa Redblacks, Saskatchewan Roughriders headed in opposite directions  Lethbridge News NowREGINA - It's amazing how things have changed for the Ottawa Redblacks and the Saskatchewan Roughriders since ...
  
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• Denis Shapovalov books semifinal spot at Winston-Salem Open - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 07:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Denis Shapovalov books semifinal spot at Winston-Salem Open  Lethbridge News NowWINSTON SALEM, N.C. - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the semifinals of the Winston-Salem Open. The second...
  
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• B.C. Lions preach finish, toughness against ferocious Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 07:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  B.C. Lions preach finish, toughness against ferocious Hamilton Tiger-Cats  Lethbridge News NowVANCOUVER - Despite a tough start to the season, Bryan Burnham says the B.C. Lions are still in good spirits -...
  
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• Support in Alberta for family devastated by Oyen crash has ‘touched our hearts’

  24-08-2019 05:53 via globalnews.ca
  Bob Jeffreys, whose son Zachary was killed in a crash near Oyen on Aug. 7, was stunned to hear about another fatal crash on Highway 9.
  
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• Victim in serious but stable condition following Friday night knife fight

  24-08-2019 05:03
  A man is in serious but stable condition in the hospital following a stabbing that took place early Friday evening in northeast Calgary. The incident took place shortly before 7:30 p.m. in the 400 block of 35th Avenue NE, when police discovered a man with a stab wound. The man was taken to hospital, where he's in serious but stable condition with a collapsed lung. The police tracked down the female suspect, who was apprehended in a cab outside Cash Money at 222 16th Avenue NE, across the street
  
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• Deportation of former child refugee on hold after appeal to UN, advocates say

  24-08-2019 04:50 via globalnews.ca
  The president of the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council said Elmi left Somalia as a child, has no family there and does not speak Somali.
  
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• Canada suspends deportation of former child refugee after UN request

  24-08-2019 04:00
  Canadian officials will not be deporting a former Somali child refugee living in Edmonton following a request from the United Nations. Abdilahi Elmi, 34, arrived in Canada as a child and eventually ended up in a foster home. However, he never became a permanent resident. In June, the Canada Border Services Agency determined that Elmi should be deported because of a criminal record that includes assault charges. He was due to be deported back to Kismayo, Somalia on Monday. But on Friday, the Unit
  
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• Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces run for 3rd term - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 03:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces run for 3rd term  Lethbridge News NowOLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has ended his climate change-focused 2020 presidential bid, announced Thursday that he'll seek a third ...
  
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• N. Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end - Lethbridge News Now

  24-08-2019 03:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  N. Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end  Lethbridge News NowSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday for the seventh time in a month, South ...
  
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• Court documents shed light on allegations in UCP leadership campaign

  24-08-2019 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Former UCP leadership candidate Jeff Callaway filed a judicial review application recently against an election commissions decision.
  
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• Keystone XL clears another legal hurdle, what’s next?

  24-08-2019 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  The long-debated Keystone XL pipeline has cleared another legal hurdle. TC Energy has been given the go-ahead for its route through Nebraska. Tom Vernon has more on what happens next.
  
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• MADD Canada’s first-ever Alberta roadside memorial pays tribute to Calgary man

  24-08-2019 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  Madd Canada unveiled Alberta's first roadside memorial on Friday and it honours the memory of 55-year-old Alfred "Fred" Benary.
  
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