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• Digital assets need to be considered, included in your will: expert

  26-08-2019 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Digital assets come in two general forms: things that exist online that have sentimental value (ie: photos saved in the Cloud) and things that have financial value (ie: travel points).
  
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• Vehicle rollover near Taber sends two to hospital

  26-08-2019 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Early that morning, Taber police said they spotted a truck swerving on Highway 36. Suspecting impaired driving, officers said they followed the truck onto Highway 3.
  
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• Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 23:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about Americ...
  
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• Lethbridge program provides backpacks for children heading back to school - Global News

  26-08-2019 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge program provides backpacks for children heading back to school  Global NewsA Lethbridge organization called MyCityCare has prepared more than 500 backpacks filled with essential items for children going back to school.
  
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• Lethbridge program provides backpacks for children heading back to school

  26-08-2019 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Lethbridge organization called MyCityCare has prepared more than 500 backpacks filled with essential items for children going back to school.
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in paintball shooting of 3 people at supervised consumption site - Toronto Star

  26-08-2019 23:47 via thestar.com
  Lethbridge man charged in paintball shooting of 3 people at supervised consumption site  Toronto StarStacey Bourque, executive director of ARCHES Lethbridge, said clients have been attacked with bear spray, a fire extinguisher, and drinks in the past, while staff ...
  
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• Federal government gives Ontario $54 million to fight illegal guns and gangs

  26-08-2019 23:45
  TORONTO -- The federal government is giving Ontario $54 million over the next three years to combat illegal gun and gang activity, with the funds earmarked for specialized prosecutors, policing projects and intelligence-gathering efforts in jails. Federal Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair, who made the announcement Monday, said the funding is aimed at preventing further violence. "Unfortunately, we have recently seen across the country, and in particular in the Greater Toronto Area, an increas
  
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• Stephan trial could wrap up this week - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Stephan trial could wrap up this week  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The case of the death of 19-month-old Ezekiel Stephan from March 2012 resumed this week and could be near its conclusion. Justice Terry ...
  
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• Skating community in 'mourning' after Sask. figure skater injured, parents killed in Alta. crash

  26-08-2019 23:28
  Skater Alanna Liu is in hospital being treated for injuries after a fiery crash in Alberta left three people dead. Skate Canada – Saskatchewan confirmed the skater’s injuries in a Facebook post. Liu’s parents died as a result of the crash, which happened about 3:30 p.m. last Tuesday on Highway 9 and Range Road 72 between the hamlet of Chinook and the village of Cereal, about 300 kilometres east of Calgary. "The entire skating community is in mourning as we learn about the tragi
  
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• Lethbridge police search for armed robbery suspect

  26-08-2019 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  A woman is in custody and Lethbridge police are looking for her male accomplice after a series of crimes on the north side earlier this month.
  
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• Stettler RCMP looking for information about gas station theft

  26-08-2019 23:19
  Stettler RCMP are looking for information about two males suspected of stealing from a Stettler gas station. The incident in question took place August 20, around 3 a..m. when two males entered the gas station and stole an undisclosed amount of product. The men, whose photos were captured on surveillance video, were driving a blue Dodge Ram at the time.Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Stettler RCMP or Crimestoppers.
  
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• Suncor asks NEB to close down Enbridge open season on Mainline pipeline

  26-08-2019 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  An open season launched by Enbridge Inc. to try to lock shippers into long-term contracts on its Canadian Mainline oil pipeline system is designed to take advantage of "mostly captive shippers,'' Suncor Energy Inc. says.
  
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• Feds seek death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 23:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Feds seek death penalty in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre  Lethbridge News NowPITTSBURGH - Federal prosecutors want a man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue to face a d...
  
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• Woman arrested for arson and robbery in Lethbridge, warrant issued for accused accomplice - CTV News

  26-08-2019 22:50 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Woman arrested for arson and robbery in Lethbridge, warrant issued for accused accomplice  CTV NewsLethbridge police have charged a 27-year-old woman in connection with a robbery and arson and a warrant has been issued for a man suspected of being ...
  
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• Woman arrested for arson and robbery in Lethbridge, warrant issued for accused accomplice

  26-08-2019 22:50
  Lethbridge police have charged a 27-year-old woman in connection with a robbery and arson and a warrant has been issued for a man suspected of being involved in the robbery. A masked man and woman went into an Esso gas station in the 300 block of Bluefox Blvd. N. about 4:50 a.m. on Aug. 16 where the woman pulled out a gun and demanded cash from the clerk while the man remained near the exit. She was given an undisclosed amount of money and the pair fled westbound in a vehicle driven by a second
  
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• Judge rules against Johnson & Johnson in opioid case, orders US$572M payment

  26-08-2019 22:47
  NORMAN, Okla. -- An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay US$572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman's ruling followed the first state opioid case to make it to trial and could help shape negotiations over roughly 1,500 similar lawsuits filed by state, local and tribal governm
  
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• Stettler man charged after making sandwich in another man's home

  26-08-2019 22:38
  Stettler RCMP have charged a 27-year-old man who was discovered making a sandwich in someone else’s house. Around 3 p.m. on August 16, a Stettler resident arrived home to discover a man leaving it. The home owner spoke to the man, who proceeded to leave on foot. Stettler RCMP were contacted, and eventually located, and arrested 27-year-old Trevor Reid. The police were able to determine that Reid entered thge man's home to make a sandwich. He was believed to be intoxicated by a drug at the
  
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• Airdrie woman gathers stuffed toys to comfort Alzheimer and dementia patients

  26-08-2019 22:09
  Lisa MacKay of Airdrie is determined to get a stuffed toy to every person in the world living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. The charity that she’s established, Brian’s Bears, is named after her father who passed away on Remembrance Day 2018. Brian Vasseur was 64 years old and Lisa remembers how her father lit up the day she brought him an oversized stuffed dog that he had given to her years ago. "He always ended up being alone so this bear would sometimes come to lunch with him
  
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• Salah double helps Liverpool to 3rd straight win in EPL - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 21:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Salah double helps Liverpool to 3rd straight win in EPL  Lethbridge News NowMohamed Salah was just inside Arsenal's half when he collected the ball, befuddled David Luiz with a nonchalant jink and homed in on goal from the right wing.
  
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• Alberta sees most money spent on cannabis since legalization: StatCan

  26-08-2019 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans have spent the most money on cannabis since it was legalized last fall, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.
  
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• New bylaw mandates minimum distance for motorists overtaking cyclists on Calgary roads

  26-08-2019 20:43
  Effective September 1, 2019, drivers in Calgary will be required to provide cyclists with an extended buffer as they pass the pedal-powered vehicles. The new safe passing law requires motorists to afford:A metre of space (approximately the width of an average vehicle door) when passing a bicycle on roads where the speed limit is 60 km/h or less A metre-and-a-half of space when overtaking a bicycle on roads where the speed limit exceeds 60 km/hDistances will be measured from the part of the bike
  
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• ‘The cat’s out of the bag’: Liberals not ruling out carbon tax increase

  26-08-2019 20:38
  Canada’s environment minister has backed off of a pledge to freeze the federal carbon tax at $50 per tonne.  Catherine McKenna had previously said the carbon tax wouldn’t increase past that amount after 2022, but now an uptick isn’t being ruled out by her office.  The news has sparked heavy criticism from the opposition Conservatives.  Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre condemned Mckenna’s flip-flop and said his party will continue to make the carbon tax a to
  
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• ‘The cat’s out of the bag’: Conservatives say Liberals no longer ruling out carbon tax increase

  26-08-2019 20:38
  Canada’s environment minister has backed off of a pledge to freeze the federal carbon tax at $50 per tonne.  Catherine McKenna had previously said the carbon tax wouldn’t increase past that amount after 2022, but now an uptick isn’t being ruled out by her office.  The news has sparked heavy criticism from the opposition Conservatives.  Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre condemned Mckenna’s flip-flop and said his party will continue to make the carbon tax a to
  
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• Murderer who did not return after unescorted leave remains at large in N.B.

  26-08-2019 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Correctional Service of Canada says 66-year-old Jack Woods was serving an indeterminate sentence for manslaughter and second-degree murder.
  
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• Suspect arrested after paintballs fired at people outside Lethbridge supervised consumption site - Global News

  26-08-2019 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Suspect arrested after paintballs fired at people outside Lethbridge supervised consumption site  Global NewsA Lethbridge man has been arrested in connection with a drive-by paintball shooting on Aug. 24 at the supervised consumption services site in Lethbridge.
  
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• Suspect arrested after paintballs fired at people outside Lethbridge supervised consumption site

  26-08-2019 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Police have charged 29-year-old Jesse John James Bulman with three counts of assault with a weapon.
  
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• Lara Spencer apologizes for Prince George ballet comment - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 18:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lara Spencer apologizes for Prince George ballet comment  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - "Good Morning America" host Lara Spencer has apologized for her "insensitive" comments about Prince...
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in paintball attack - CTV News

  26-08-2019 18:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Lethbridge man charged in paintball attack  CTV NewsLethbridge police have charged a 29-year-old man after paintballs were fired from a vehicle at people near the Safe Consumption Site in the southern Alberta ...
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in paintball attack

  26-08-2019 18:15
  Lethbridge police have charged a 29-year-old man after paintballs were fired from a vehicle at people near the Safe Consumption Site in the southern Alberta city over the weekend. Police say that just after midnight on Saturday, a female staff member and two male clients were outside the Safe Consumption Site on 1st Avenue S when a white Dodge truck drove past and multiple paintballs were fired at them. The two males were able to avoid being hit but the female staffer was hit multiple times in t
  
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• Calgary cyclist launches petition to extend 5th Street SW cycle track

  26-08-2019 18:12
  An avid Calgary cyclist is asking Calgarians to sign a petition to extend the 5 Street cycle track from 17th Avenue Southwest, where it currently ends, ten more blocks to the Elbow River pathway. "We’re doing this for safety reasons," said Kevin Schlauch, who started the petition. "We’d like to be proactive not reactive when it comes to safety." "This is a critical connector, a lot of people use the Elbow River pathway and use the downtown cycle track whether to visit businesses, to
  
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• CFL suspends rushing leader Andrew Harris for positive drug test

  26-08-2019 17:37
  TORONTO -- Running back Andrew Harris of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers has been suspended for two games following a positive drug test, the CFL announced Monday. According to the league, Harris tested positive for Metandienone, which is a banned substance. In a statement, Harris said he was tested March 1, July 2 and again July 12. It was after the third test that Harris added he was notified of the positive result. Harris, a three-time CFL all-star and the league's top Canadian in 2017, said he nev
  
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• Curtain falls on 2019 edition of Fringe; attendance breaks records

  26-08-2019 16:26
  The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival has come to a close for another year, and organizers say attendance was record breaking. A total of 147,358 tickets were sold for $1.72 million, up 18 per cent from 2018. Over the 11 days of the festival 848,263 patrons visited the festival grounds on Edmonton’s south side. “This year has truly been a year where patrons are willing and eager to take a chance,” Fringe Theatre Artistic Director Murray Utas said in a written relea
  
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• Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment, trial delayed - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 16:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment, trial delayed  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new indictment Monday that includes revised ch...
  
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• Federal Liberals launch “Choose Forward” as election campaign slogan - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 14:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Federal Liberals launch “Choose Forward” as election campaign slogan  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — The federal Liberals have decided on a slogan they hope will resonate with voters and best represent their political brand as they roll out their ...
  
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• Try-out dates set for Lethbridge Lightning hockey club - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 14:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Try-out dates set for Lethbridge Lightning hockey club  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Come October, you can take your shot to be a part of the Lethbridge Lightning.The senior AA h...
  
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• Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2019 14:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull  Lethbridge News NowHong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes...
  
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• This time, Trudeau keeps low profile at G7 as election campaign looms

  26-08-2019 13:32
  BIARRITZ, France -- He may have spent the weekend an ocean away from home, rubbing elbows with world leaders during tense talks on international crises, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kept cool, collected and decidedly out of the fray. For a political leader who thrives in the flash of cameras and curated social media content, it was an uncharacteristic approach for Trudeau at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, which wrapped up Monday. With the start of an election campaign just weeks away, T
  
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• G7 leaders reach deal to offer help fighting Amazon wildfires

  26-08-2019 13:32
  BIARRITZ, France -- G7 leaders have come to an agreement to offer help to Brazil to help fight the raging wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel Macron says the countries will offer short-term assistance to help douse the flames. G7 countries have agreed to an immediate US$20-million fund to help Amazon countries fight wildfires and launch a long-term global initiative to protect the rainforest. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was quick to echo Macron's calls for action on t
  
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• Feds offer $15M on top of G7 aid to fight Amazon fires

  26-08-2019 13:32
  BIARRITZ, France -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is offering $15 million and the use of Canadian water bombers to help fight the wildfires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest. Speaking at the end of the G7 leaders' summit, Trudeau says the country is also reaching out to the government of Brazil to see what else is needed to douse the flames, which he describes as a symptom of an escalating climate crisis. Trudeau's announcement came on the heels of a US$20-mill
  
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• Barbados braces as Tropical Storm Dorian nears Caribbean

  26-08-2019 12:37
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Much of the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados shut down on Monday as Tropical Storm Dorian approached the region and gathered strength, threatening to turn into a small hurricane that forecasters said could affect Puerto Rico and its neighbours later in the week. Prime Minister Mia Mottley closed schools and government offices across Barbados as she warned people to remain indoors. "When you're dead, you're dead," she said in a televised address late Sunday. "Stay ins
  
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• Police defend warning shot as Hong Kong divide widens

  26-08-2019 09:00
  Hong Kong police on Monday defended pulling out their guns and firing a warning shot during anti-government protests over the weekend, and lawmakers on each side of the city's political divide said the other side bears responsibility for the violence. Assistant Police Commissioner Mak Chin-ho said one officer fired into the air and six held up their revolvers after protesters charged them repeatedly with metal poles, long sticks and road signs on Sunday night. "Their use of force was indeed nece
  
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• Stock markets up after Trump's latest comments on China trade talks

  26-08-2019 05:25
  TORONTO -- North American stock markets started the trading week sharply higher after U.S. President Donald Trump said serious trade talks with China will begin after the U.S. received two "very good calls" from Beijing. Stock markets were hammered at the end of last week after Trump responded angrily on Twitter following China's announcement of new tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 104.32 points at 16,141.90. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial avera
  
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• Stock markets rebound on hope of renewed China-U.S. trade talks

  26-08-2019 05:25
  TORONTO -- North American stock markets partially rebounded from Friday's selloff on talk of renewed trade negotiations following tariff tit-for-tat between the U.S. and China. The rally started after President Donald Trump claimed China was willing to reopen trade talks. It continued even after China's foreign ministry said it didn't know what Trump was talking about. "I would say it is all about hope," said Allan Small, senior investment adviser at HollisWealth, noting he doesn't believe eithe
  
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• Marathon baseball game unofficially breaks world record: organizers

  26-08-2019 04:25
  After four days of action, baseball players in Sherwood Park called it quits Sunday evening on a game they hoped will go down in the record books. More than 50 players spent 84 hours running, hitting and catching baseballs in a game that acted as a fundraiser for the Cure Cancer Foundation. “It’s fantastic, I played ball with and against some amazing men, and my wife Janelle” said the games organizer Brent Saik. “It’s so much fun to be involved in an activity where
  
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• Raising awareness for homelessness takes centre stage at Galt Gardens in Lethbridge - Global News

  26-08-2019 03:29 via globalnews.ca
  Raising awareness for homelessness takes centre stage at Galt Gardens in Lethbridge  Global NewsGalt Gardens, just like usual, was full of entertainment, food, and family-friendly activities on Saturday — this time, it was with a focus on homelessness.
  
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• Raising awareness for homelessness takes centre stage at Galt Gardens in Lethbridge

  26-08-2019 03:29 via globalnews.ca
  The annual event had more than 30 agencies this year, including HomeBase, Parents as Teachers and Southern Alberta Self Help Association.
  
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• Alberta man wins Logan Boulet Humanitarian of the Year Award

  26-08-2019 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  Logan Boulet saved lives after he lost his in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. The Logan Boulet Humanitarian of the Year Award was granted Sunday, and as Cami Kepke tells us, Logan’s gift of life resonates with this year’s recipient.
  
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• Calgary theatre at risk of shutdown after province changes grant process

  26-08-2019 02:15
  After almost 45 years of entertaining eaters, Calgary’s Lunchbox Theatre is in danger of being shut down following changes to the province’s grant program. The theatre put out a press release this week describing the dire straits they’re in. They hope that the community can help them raise the $45,000 that they need by September 30. Lunchbox Theatre was first started in 1975 by a trio of artists -- Bartley and Margaret Bard and Betty Gibb -- who wanted to create a theatre exper
  
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• Inglewood pool party splashes support for cherished recreation facility

  26-08-2019 01:38
  Supporters of the Inglewood Pool are hoping to make waves all the way to Calgary City Hall in an effort to save the amenity from closing for good. It's one of the many facilities to be cut in a recent $60 million spending reduction plan to remedy a budget crisis. Area residents and visitors held a pool party on Sunday and passed around a petition to gather signatures to push to keep the pool going off the deep end. "It was really disappointing, it’s not only used by our seniors and our sch
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in central Alta. collision

  26-08-2019 01:31
  One man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a minivan Sunday afternoon near Rimbey. RCMP along with the Rimbey Fire Department and EMS responded to the collision at 12:41 p.m. on Highway 20  between Township Roads 422  and 424. Mounties said the lone rider, from Ponoka, collided with a minivan travelling in the opposite direction. He died on scene. All six occupants of the minivan were taken to area hospitals as a precaution. RCMP are investigating the collision.
  
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