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• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ends once-promising presidential bid

  28-08-2019 23:56
  WASHINGTON -- Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, abruptly ending a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability but instead collapsed amid surprisingly low polling and major fundraising struggles. "I know this isn't the result that we wanted," the 52-year-old New York senator said in an online video in which she didn't endorse any other 2020 Democratic White House hopeful. "But it's important to know when it's not yo
  
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• Kirsten Gillibrand ends 2020 presidential bid

  28-08-2019 23:56
  WASHINGTON -- Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the presidential race. The 52-year-old New York senator announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter as her campaign, which once looked to ride strong .MeToo credentials, was plagued by low polling and fundraising struggles. She had failed to meet thresholds for required numbers of donors and polling to qualify for the September debate in Houston. Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton
  
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• Closing arguments heard in case against teen accused of shooting German tourist

  28-08-2019 23:48
  A teen from the Stoney Nokoda First Nation accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary will soon learn his fate. Closing arguments in the case against the 17-year-old, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, were heard Wednesday afternoon in a Calgary courtroom. The teen is facing five charges, including reckless discharge of a firearm with intent to wound, aggravated assault and assault. Crown prosecutor Dane Rolfe told the court, “
  
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• BUMP Festival celebrates 15 new Beltline murals

  28-08-2019 23:38
  15 giant murals covering buildings across Calgary’s Beltline,painted by acclaimed mural artists from across Canada and around the world, which are all part of the Beltline Urban Mural Project.(BUMP), are finally ready for their closeup. BUMP launched three years ago with only three murals painted that summer.  By the time the festival wraps up this weekend, there will be 30 of the huge paintings gracing inner city buildings, mainly across the city's Beltline. The goal? To make the nei
  
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• Park damaged in Fort McMurray fire closes early after trees toppled

  28-08-2019 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  The province says wet conditions this summer combined with fire-damaged soils caused the trees to fall, even in moderate winds.
  
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• Police seek man accused of exposing himself to woman and teen girls

  28-08-2019 22:33
  Police are asking for help to identify man who exposed himself in two separate incidents in southeast Calgary in recent days. The first happened about 8 p.m. Saturday near the Deer Valley Shopping Centre in the 1200 block of Canyon Meadows Drive S.E. A woman was walking when a man drove up behind her in a car. When she looked inside the vehicle, she saw the man was exposing himself and masturbating. The second incident happened about 5 p.m. Tuesday near Sherwood School, in the 2000 block of 66th
  
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• Lethbridge woman charged after allegedly damaging crime prevention signs - CTV News

  28-08-2019 22:22 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Lethbridge woman charged after allegedly damaging crime prevention signs  CTV NewsA 25-year-old Lethbridge woman has been charged following an incident where she damaged a series of crime prevention signs.
  
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• Lethbridge woman charged after allegedly damaging crime prevention signs

  28-08-2019 22:22
  A 25-year-old Lethbridge woman has been charged following a weekend incident where she is alleged to have vandalized a number of crime prevention signs. Some of the signs, which advised people to call police if they witnessed any drug activity in the neighbourhood, were posted along the 500 block of 9th Street North . On August 25, at around 1 a.m. a man who lived in a home on that block spotted a woman with a black band painted across her eyes ripping down the crime prevention sign he had poste
  
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• Children’s Wish teams up with National Convenience Week

  28-08-2019 22:13
  Convenience stores across Canada are fundraising in support of Children’s Wish in an effort to raise over $100,000 for the organization. Continuing through August 30, there will be special guests at stores including sports stars, politicians and community leaders helping out. Over the years, Children’s Wish has helped more than 25 thousand children and their families. "These kids have medical treatments, they are facing life threatening illnesses and to give them a gift of a wish lik
  
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• Well-preserverd HMS Terror could shed light on research into crew's deaths

  28-08-2019 22:10
  A Western University professor says the remarkable condition of HMS Terror, shown in a video released by Parks Canada on Wednesday, offers new hope of solving the mystery surrounding the ship's disappearance more than 150 years ago. Andrew Nelson, an archaeologist, has spent parts of the last seven years working with a team trying to figure out what happened to the men aboard the Terror and its sister ship, the HMS Erebus. The ships, which comprised the Franklin Expedition, set sail from England
  
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• Man shot by police charged with assaulting officer, weapons offences

  28-08-2019 21:59
  Calgary police have charged a man who was shot by an officer over the weekend. The incident unfolded about 4:05 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Shawville Blvd. S.E., where officers were called to reports of a suspicious person armed with a weapon who was acting erratically. When officers arrived, they were confronted a by a man in his 30s and “the situation escalated at which time the man was shot,” according to a police press release. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIR
  
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• Solar power project in Vulcan County gets green light from province

  28-08-2019 21:42
  Greengate Power Corporation has received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct and operate its Travers Solar Project. Dan Balaban, Greengate's president and CEO, says it’s a big day for everyone at the company who has worked so hard on the project. "I think it’s a really good validation of all the work that we’ve been doing, it’s a great morale boost for the team because it’s a lot of effort to get to this point," said Balaban.  "And I thi
  
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• The farm of the future is staffed by robots, RBC report says

  28-08-2019 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  A new RBC report outlines automation and data analytics as "game-changer" technologies in the agriculture space.
  
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• City to test new Parklets in downtown pilot project - Lethbridge News Now

  28-08-2019 21:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City to test new Parklets in downtown pilot project  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The City of Lethbridge is helping residents cool down this summer. In partnership with the Heart of Our City committee, the City is piloting a ...
  
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• Man accused of sexually assaulting three SCS workers denied bail - Lethbridge News Now

  28-08-2019 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Man accused of sexually assaulting three SCS workers denied bail  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – 35-year-old Trevor Plaited Hair appeared in Lethbridge Provincial Court Tuesday to answer to three charges of sexual assault, one count of ...
  
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• Viterra calendar campaign helps keep STARS in the sky

  28-08-2019 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  This year’s calendar campaign kicked off at STARS’ Saskatoon base on Wednesday.
  
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• U of C seismologists identify fallout of fracking process that precurses earthquakes

  28-08-2019 20:59
  Researchers at the University of Calgary have made a monumental discovery in the ongoing effort to understand how hydraulic fracturing contributes to earthquakes and potentially forecast seismic events. According to the team of seismologists, the injection of fracturing fluids can lead to a slow slip on a fault and, over time, the strain the slow slip produces on other sections along the fault can result in a sudden slip and an earthquake. The researchers were able to image fault locations for t
  
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• Teachers, supporters gather at Alberta legislature to protest government’s curriculum review

  28-08-2019 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  A group of teachers and supporters rallied at the Alberta legislature to protest the lack of representation on a panel chosen by the UCP to re-evaluate the school curriculum.
  
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• Calgary Cavalry goalkeeper Marco Carducci called up to Canadian men's national team

  28-08-2019 18:31
  Calgary Cavalry FC goalkeeper Marco Carducci has been named to the Canadian men’s national team for a two-game series against Cuba in Concacaf Nations League play. Canada will host Cuba in Toronto on Sept. 7 then the two teams will meet again Sept. 10 in George Town, Grand Cayman. The Cavalry posted video to Twitter on Wednesday morning of Carducci being told about the call-up by head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. “A great example of you get what you work for,” said Wheeldon Jr. &n
  
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• 'Fire continent': African forest fires far outnumber Amazon blazes

  28-08-2019 18:00
  DAKAR, Senegal -- While the world has watched with fear and fascination the fires burning in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, satellite images show a far greater number of blazes on the African continent. NASA has called Africa the "fire continent" that's home to at least 70 per cent of the 10,000 fires burning worldwide on an average August day. The agency says the number of fires is consistent from year to year. While French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is considering launching an internat
  
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• OxyContin maker negotiating settlement worth a reported US$12B

  28-08-2019 17:37
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation's deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a US$10 billion to US$12 billion settlement under which the Sackler family would give up ownership of the company, according to published reports. Under the proposal now on the table, the Sacklers would contribute $3 billion of their own money toward the total, and the company would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and transform itself
  
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• Alberta’s dismantled conversion therapy working group leading Calgary Pride Parade

  28-08-2019 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  Members of a now-dismantled conversion therapy working group will be serving as parade marshals at the 2019 Calgary Pride Parade.
  
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• Calgary Pride selects conversion therapy working group as 2019 parade marshals

  28-08-2019 16:57
  Members of the recently defunded working group on conversion therapy in Alberta have been named this year's Calgary Pride Parade marshals. On June 7, the United Conservative Party government announced it would not support the working group that had been created to study a potential ban on conversion therapy. "Acting as symbols of our community's refusal to be silenced and our unrelenting support of those subjected to this treatment, these individuals will lead the parade as a reminder that our v
  
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• Report says Alberta's supervised consumption sites have 100 per cent success rate reversing overdoses

  28-08-2019 16:56
  Alberta’s six supervised consumption sites (SCS) have been used more than 300,000 times since opening in 2016 and no-one has died while doing so, according to a new report from the Alberta Community Council on HIV. The report says staff has reversed 4,305 overdoses at the six sites, which marks a 100 per cent success rate. And of those who have used an SCS in Alberta, nearly 10,000 people have been referred to addiction and treatment services. That’s compared to 2,183 people who have
  
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• Cowboys tent to host free country music performances ahead of CCMA Awards

  28-08-2019 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  The 2019 CCMA Awards are being held in Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Saddledome, with three days of free events leading up to the big presentation.
  
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• Cowboys Tent to host fan village ahead of 2019 CCMA Awards

  28-08-2019 15:35
  Country music fans in Calgary will have an opportunity to meet some of their favourite artists and catch live musical performances in the days leading up to the 2019 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards. The Cowboys Music Festival tent in Victoria Park will host the three days of the CCMA Fan Village beginning Friday, September 6 and continuing right up to the start of the 2019 CCMA Awards on Sunday, September 8. More than 30 artists are scheduled to perform or take part in meet-and-
  
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• Closing arguments Wednesday in trial for Alberta teen accused of shooting German tourist

  28-08-2019 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  Closing arguments will be heard in a Calgary courtroom on Wednesday in the trial of a youth accused of shooting a German tourist in the head on a highway west of Calgary.
  
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• 'We're stranded here': Dozens of Swoop airline passengers stuck in Kelowna

  28-08-2019 15:15
  Emily Rae and Michael Okafor are just two of the dozens of passengers delayed after a plane was damaged in Kelowna. "A truck drove into the propeller," said Rae. She told CTV News in an interview it happened about a half an hour before they were supposed to take off, while passengers were boarding. On Thursday, Swoop said it was still investigating the cause of the incident. The airline said the plane in question is a Boeing 737-800, a type of aircraft that does not have propellers. Rae and Okaf
  
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• Russia seizes over 4,000 smuggled endangered tortoises

  28-08-2019 14:58
  Russian border guards have seized more than 4,000 endangered wild tortoises after they were smuggled out of Kazakhstan, officials said. Traffickers drove the 4,100 Central Asian tortoises, which are classed as globally vulnerable, across the border into Russia's Orenburg region in a trailer where they were disguised as cabbages, the interior ministry said Tuesday. Their market value was estimated at 7.8 million rubles (about US$117,000). Investigators placed the reptiles under the care of a coll
  
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• Frustrated Lethbridge residents take stand against rampant drug activity, crime - CTV News

  28-08-2019 14:58 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Frustrated Lethbridge residents take stand against rampant drug activity, crime  CTV NewsCommunity members in north Lethbridge are uniting in an effort to reclaim their neighbourhood and thwart the increasing drug-related crime and violence.
  
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• Frustrated Lethbridge residents take stand against rampant drug activity, crime

  28-08-2019 14:58
  Community members in north Lethbridge are uniting in an effort to reclaim their neighbourhood and thwart the increasing drug-related crime and violence. Connecting Our Community – Lethbridge hosted a rally Monday to bring awareness to the issue. The group continues to share warnings of suspicious activity on their Facebook page, and have placed brightly coloured posters in the neighbourhood encouraging people to "report all drug activity" and to "keep your children safe". "We have to repor
  
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• Kevin O’Leary was on boat involved in double fatal Ontario crash

  28-08-2019 13:55
  A second person has died following a crash on an Ontario lake involving two boats, one of which reality show star Kevin O’Leary was aboard. Police said the two-boat crash occurred on Saturday night on Lake Joseph in Seguin Township. A 64-year-old Florida man, identified as Gary Poltas, and a 48-year-old woman from Uxbridge, identified as Susanne Brito, died in the crash, police said.Lake Joseph is located about 200 kilometres north of Toronto. (Google Maps) Three other occupants from
  
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• Louisiana couple grows basketball-sized grapefruit in their backyard

  28-08-2019 13:34
  A couple of amateur gardeners have grown a basketball-sized grapefruit in their backyard that’s now classified as the world’s largest such fruit. Mary Beth and Doug Meyer from Slidell, La., were officially handed the Guinness World Records plaque for the largest and heaviest grapefruit on Tuesday after it had been certified earlier in the year. The fruit came in with an official measurement of 3.6 kilograms and measured 73 centimetres in circumference, nearly the size of a regulation
  
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• Hong Kong: Split emerges in Chinese-Canadian community amid protests

  28-08-2019 11:34
  VANCOUVER -- Images of police using rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters in Hong Kong in early June spurred Joel Wan to pick up the phone and call the United Nations human rights office from his home in Vancouver. "It was 3 a.m. and I was watching live on my computer. I can't just sit there and watch, so I have to report this somewhere immediately," recalled Wan, who is 18 and was born in Hong Kong. Wan called the actions of police in Hong Kong a "trigger" for him, although he was alre
  
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• In the news today, Aug. 28 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-08-2019 10:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Aug. 28  Lethbridge News NowSix stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 28. ———. FIRST INTERIOR SHOTS OF HMS TERROR RELEASED. Parks Canada has released the first pictures ...
  
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• Lethbridge College Golf Tourney nearing $1M mark in money raised - Lethbridge Herald

  28-08-2019 10:41 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge College Golf Tourney nearing $1M mark in money raised  Lethbridge HeraldGreg Bobinec Lethbridge Herald [email protected] The longest-running charity golf tournament in southern Alberta returned to the Lethbridge.
  
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• Lethbridge cannon at war museum - Lethbridge Herald

  28-08-2019 10:32 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge cannon at war museum  Lethbridge HeraldLETHBRIDGE HERALD Glenn Miller, a Lethbridge veteran and military historian, submitted this article from an Aug. 16, 1919 issue of the Lethbridge Herald,
  
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• Tropical Storm Dorian closing in on Puerto Rico near hurricane force

  28-08-2019 09:07
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico on Wednesday faced its first major test of emergency preparedness since the 2017 devastation of Hurricane Maria as Tropical Storm Dorian neared the U.S. territory at near-hurricane force -- and forecasters said it could grow to Category 3 status as it nears the U.S. mainland later. The storm was expected to move near the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, with landslides, widespread flooding and power outages possible in Puerto Rico. The U.S. National Hurricane
  
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• Dorian hits U.S. Virgin Islands as Category 1 hurricane

  28-08-2019 09:07
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Dorian became a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday as it struck the U.S. Virgin Islands, with forecasters saying it could grow to Category 3 status as it nears the U.S. mainland as early as the weekend. The British Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra were also in Dorian's path with landslides, widespread flooding and power outages possible in the U.S. territory, which faced its first major test of emergency preparedness since the 2017 devast
  
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• Dorian aims for U.S., causes limited damage in Caribbean

  28-08-2019 09:07
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region Wednesday night, setting its sights on the U.S. mainland as it threatened to grow into a dangerous Category 3 storm. Power outages and flooding were reported across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra after Dorian hit St. Thomas as a Category 1 storm. "We're happy because there are no damages to report," Culebra Mayor
  
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• Woman charged in Lethbridge after allegedly ripping down crime prevention signs - Edmonton Journal

  28-08-2019 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Woman charged in Lethbridge after allegedly ripping down crime prevention signs  Edmonton JournalA Lethbridge woman has been charged after allegedly hauling down crime prevention signs while sporting a strip of black paint across her eyes.Around 1 a.m. ...
  
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• Stopping crime in Medicine Hat is easier some days than others

  28-08-2019 06:21
  Tuesday afternoon, a Medicine Hat police officer recorded one of the easier arrests he'll probably ever have, when he was standing at the counter as a man tried to pay with a stolen credit card. The store owner was notified by the credit card company to contact police immediately, which happened instantly, when he handed the stolen credit card notification to the officer standing behind the suspect. The unidentified 35-year-old male was taken into custody and will appear in court in the near fut
  
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• Global stocks mixed amid Brexit, trade uncertainty

  28-08-2019 06:00
  BEIJING -- Global stocks were mixed Wednesday as political wrangling over Brexit heated up and investors looked for developments in the U.S.-China trade war. Markets in Europe declined after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament, which would hamper lawmakers' efforts to quash a no-deal Brexit at the end of October. The British pound sank on the news, down to $1.2215 from almost $1.2300 the previous day. Shares on London's FTSE 100, which usually rise
  
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• Energy sector helps boost stocks in Toronto; U.S. stock markets edge higher

  28-08-2019 06:00
    TORONTO -- The energy sector led Canada's main stock index higher in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also edged higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 62.76 points at 16,246.35. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 114.08 points at 25,891.98. The S&P 500 index was up 8.88 points at 2,878.04, while the Nasdaq composite was up 0.14 of a point at 7,827.09. The Canadian dollar traded for 75.18 cents US compared with an average of 75.41 cents US on Tu
  
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• Philippine ferry fire kills 2, more than 100 people rescued

  28-08-2019 04:47
  MANILA, Philippines -- A fire engulfed a ferry at sea overnight in the southern Philippines, killing at least two people while more than 100 others were rescued, the coast guard said Wednesday. Search and rescue efforts were continuing after the fire on the M/V Lite Ferry 16 off Dapitan city in Zamboanga del Norte province, coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said. It was not immediately clear how many passengers and crewmen were on board, a common dilemma when such sea accidents happen. The coa
  
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• 245 rescued from burning ferry in Philippine waters; 3 dead

  28-08-2019 04:47
  MANILA, Philippines -- Fishing boats and passing ships rescued 245 people from a burning ferry overnight in southern Philippine waters, and the coast guard was still searching Wednesday though it wasn't clear if anyone was missing. A 1-year-old girl and two other people died. The ship's manifest had 36 crewmembers and 136 passengers, 28 of them children, and the coast guard said investigators would ask the ferry owner and skipper to explain the discrepancy between the listed occupants and the nu
  
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• Lethbridge Citizens Alliance condemns supervised consumption site paintball shooting - Global News

  28-08-2019 02:16 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Citizens Alliance condemns supervised consumption site paintball shooting  Global NewsThe Lethbridge Citizens Alliance is condemning the actions of a local man accused of shooting people with a paintball gun outside the supervised consumption ...
  
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• Lethbridge Citizens Alliance condemns supervised consumption site paintball shooting

  28-08-2019 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Citizens Alliance is condemning the actions of a local man accused of shooting people with a paintball gun outside the supervised consumption site Saturday.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Aug 27

  28-08-2019 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, August 27, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Tom Roulston.
  
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• Lethbridge’s Waste and Recycling Centre buzzing with new inhabitants - Global News

  28-08-2019 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge’s Waste and Recycling Centre buzzing with new inhabitants  Global NewsA partnership between the City of Lethbridge and ECCO Recycling sees Lethbridge's Waste and Recycling Centre buzzing with almost half a million new ...
  
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