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• Overdoses continue to take a toll, killing 119 Quebecers in three months

  31-08-2019 23:15
  MONTREAL -- Community groups are meeting in downtown Montreal today to raise awareness of the risks of drug use as part of International Overdose Awareness Day. Each month more than a thousand Quebecers wind up in the emergency room for drug intoxication. Many never get the chance to be treated. The National Public Health Institute of Quebec says 119 people died due to a drug overdose in the first three months of 2019. The number marks a sharp uptick from the same period last year, when 82 peopl
  
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• French cops detain man after knife attack kills 1, injures 9

  31-08-2019 23:09
  VILLEURBANNE, France -- Police detained an Afghan man seeking asylum in France after one person was fatally stabbed and nine others injured Saturday outside a subway station in a suburb of Lyon, authorities said. The reason for the attack was unclear. The assailant was a 33-year-old Afghan citizen who had applied for asylum in France and was awaiting a response, a national police official said. The suspect provided contradictory information to police, but the attack in the town of Villeurbanne d
  
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• NDP calls for Luan's firing after naloxone comments

  31-08-2019 22:46
  On International Overdose Awareness Day, the NDP is calling for the government to fire a minister who, when talking about naloxone kits, said sometimes help can become "an enabler." The NDP Caucus issued a statement on Saturday calling for Premier Jason Kenney to fire Jason Luan, associate minister for mental health and addictions. While speaking to media the day before, Luan said he been told of the way some drug users were using naloxone kits. "Kids take that, when you have the kit, because no
  
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• Award-winning quartet holds sensory concert for Calgarians with developmental issues

  31-08-2019 22:08
  Calgarians who live with autism or developmental challenges were treated to a relaxed concert by the world renowned Rolston String Quartet on Saturday. Luri Lee, Emily Kruste, Hezekiah Leung, Jonathan Lo and Stephen Prustman all feature in the group. The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity teamed up with Autism Calgary for the event. Organizers say a relaxed concert allows for more leniency with the audience. "There’s a little bit more flexibility to get up if you need to get up, self sti
  
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• Panda zookeeper wish granted for 9-year-old Alberta girl

  31-08-2019 21:48
  It was a dream come true for nine-year-old Antonina, after she spent Saturday behind the scenes at the Calgary Zoo as a zookeeper for the day. Make-A-Wish Southern Alberta partnered with the Calgary Zoo for the experience for the Lethbridge family. "Antonina just loves animals and especially pandas, and the pandas were here in Calgary and she just lit up when we talked about pandas," said Kim Anthony, Make-A-Wish Southern Alberta CEO. Make-A-Wish grants wishes to children with critical illnesses
  
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• Government rolling back rules that prevented school boards from charging bus fees

  31-08-2019 21:32
  The Alberta government is repealing rules put in by the previous NDP government that mandated schools bus some students for free. Starting Sep. 1, school boards will be able to charge parents to bus their kids to school according to a fee policy they draw up. As well, the education minister will not need to approve boards' fee schedules or increases. "We respect the autonomy of local school boards to make decisions on day-to-day matters," said Colin Aitchison, press secretary of Education Minist
  
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• Two-vehicle crash snarls traffic at Banff National Park gate

  31-08-2019 20:50
  Drivers headed out to the mountains for the long weekend are in for some trouble after a two-vehicle crash is reportedly backing up traffic just outside Banff National Park. Fire officials in Canmore were called out to the incident that took place just after 12:30 p.m.Rescue-1 has responded for a two vehicle #MVC at the Banff National Park gate. Traffic is backed up westbound #Hwy1 into the park. #ABRoads — Canmore Fire Rescue (@CanmoreFireRes) August 31, 2019There are no details on injuri
  
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• Lethbridge not alone with its opioid and crime issue, Red Deer also struggles - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 20:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge not alone with its opioid and crime issue, Red Deer also struggles  Lethbridge News NowRED DEER — Another Red Deer business is saying goodbye to the downtown in hopes of finding less trouble elsewhere. Tim and Julia Nelson, owners of ...
  
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• 'Straight pride' parade draws marchers, protesters

  31-08-2019 20:44
  BOSTON -- A "straight pride" parade and counter-demonstration went off in Boston Saturday without any major conflicts reported between the two groups. An organization calling itself Super Happy Fun America announced the parade as Boston celebrated LGBTQ Pride Month earlier this summer, saying it believes straight people are an oppressed majority. Counter-demonstrators accused those organizers of promoting an atmosphere of violence toward the LGBTQ community. The parade, with marchers carrying si
  
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• Woman suffers minor injuries in crash on Glenmore Trail

  31-08-2019 20:17
  Officials shut down some lanes on a number of major routes in southeast Calgary on Saturday because of a three-vehicle crash. According to the City of Calgary, the westbound lanes of Glenmore Trail were shut down at just before noon.UPDATE: Multi-vehicle incident, WB Glenmore Tr approaching Deerfoot Tr SE, the road is closed WB. Please use alternate route. #yyctraffic #yycroads pic.twitter.com/YU0OFRyhnq — YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) August 31, 2019There were also closures reported
  
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• Deerfoot and Glenmore Trails closed in Calgary after serious crash

  31-08-2019 20:17
  Officials have shut down a number of major routes in southeast Calgary on Saturday because of a serious multi-vehicle crash. According to the City of Calgary, the westbound lanes of Glenmore Trail have been shut down.UPDATE: Multi-vehicle incident, WB Glenmore Tr approaching Deerfoot Tr SE, the road is closed WB. Please use alternate route. #yyctraffic #yycroads pic.twitter.com/YU0OFRyhnq — YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) August 31, 2019There are also closures reported on Deerfoot Trail
  
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• Two-vehicle crash closes lane on 14 Street S.W.

  31-08-2019 19:27
  The driver of one vehicle suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash on the 14 Street bridge in southwest Calgary. Police were called to the bridge that spans Memorial Drive on Saturday morning for reports of a crash in the northbound lanes. Upon arrival, officers found one vehicle in the right hand lane with another lying on its side in the middle of the sidewalk. The driver of the flipped vehicle suffered minor injuries as a result. The right hand lane over the bridge was closed for a shor
  
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• One dead, two hospitalized after apartment fire on Jasper Avenue

  31-08-2019 19:22
  One person died in a fire at a downtown apartment building early Saturday morning. Two others were hospitalized after the blaze at the Boardwalk building at Jasper Avenue and 90 Street, officials say. According to Edmonton Fire Rescue Services, several 911 calls came in about the fire at the around 2 a.m. Eight fire units responded, arriving on scene minutes later and getting the blaze under control by 2:32 a.m. Officials said the fire was on the ninth floor of the building but that smoke spread
  
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• $50 million Lotto Max jackpot struck in Calgary

  31-08-2019 19:00
  If you bought a ticket in Friday night's Lotto Max draw, now would be the time to check your numbers because one ticket has won $50 million. According to the Western Canada Lottery Corporation's website, a single ticket, sold in Calgary, matched all seven numbers to win the top prize. A second prize, that matched six numbers including the bonus number, was bought in Ontario, netting that winner $269,533.80 The winning numbers in Friday night's draw are: 5, 9, 33, 36, 39, 41, 44 and the bonus num
  
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• Fire department responds to RV fire in northwest Calgary

  31-08-2019 18:46
  Fire investigators are working to determine what caused an RV to burst into flame in the middle of a street in northwest Calgary on Saturday morning. Crews were called to the scene, near 77 Street and 46 Avenue N.W., at about 9 a.m. for reports of a vehicle fire. When they arrived, they found an RV sitting in the middle of the road that was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and officials say no one was hurt as a result. Investigators are working to figure out
  
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• Hurricane Dorian closes in on Bahamas as dangerous Category 5 storm

  31-08-2019 18:33
  MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas -- An already dangerous Hurricane Dorian intensified yet again Sunday as it closed in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter islands with Category 5-strength winds, pounding waves and torrential rain as people hunkered down in schools, churches and other shelters. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Dorian's maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph (260 kph), up from 150 mph (240 kph). It is moving west at 8 mph (13 kph). "Devastating hurricane
  
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• Evacuations begin in Bahamas as Category 4 Dorian bears down

  31-08-2019 18:33
  MCLEAN'S TOWN CAY, Bahamas -- Hurricane Dorian shut down most major resorts in the Bahamas and forced authorities to evacuate much of the northern shore and low-lying islands Saturday as the fierce Category 4 storm prepared to unleash torrents of rain but was projected to spin farther away from the coast of the Southeast U.S. next week. Forecasters expect Dorian, which packed 150 mph (240 kph) winds, to hit the northwestern part of the Bahamas on Sunday before curving upward. The storm's slow ma
  
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• Trump moving ahead with new tariffs on Chinese products

  31-08-2019 17:57
  Washington is moving ahead Sunday with new tariffs on Chinese imports as it steps up a high-pressure campaign aimed at coercing Beijing to sign a new trade deal even amid fears of a further slowing of U.S. and world growth. The additional 15 percent tariffs, affecting a portion of the $300 billion in goods from the Asian giant that so far has been spared, will take effect at 04H01 GMT, according to the U.S. Trade Representative's office. U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out any furthe
  
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• Pollinators in the spotlight at Helen Schuler Nature Centre - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 17:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Pollinators in the spotlight at Helen Schuler Nature Centre  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – There's a new exhibit at the Helen Schuler Nature Centre that's putting the focus on different types of pollinators. Program coordinator ...
  
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• Spain: ex-king says feeling “phenomenal” after heart surgery - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 15:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Spain: ex-king says feeling “phenomenal” after heart surgery  Lethbridge News NowMADRID - Spain's former monarch Juan Carlos I says he's feeling "phenomenal" with "new plumbing" after a succe...
  
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• Major parties rallying around telecom pricing issue as election nears

  31-08-2019 15:27
  OTTAWA -- Consumer advocates say a rare consensus is forming among the major political parties ahead of the federal election that Canadians need protecting from gouging by the country's big telecom companies. It's being called phone-bill populism, and it could be a make-or-break issue for the parties as they head toward the Oct. 21 vote. Allan Thompson hears about it constantly as he knocks on doors in communities across the Ontario riding of Huron-Bruce, where he's running as a Liberal candidat
  
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• Hong Kong protesters set fires in 13th weekend of protests

  31-08-2019 15:08
  HONG KONG -- Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the street on Saturday, while police fired tear gas and blue-colored water from truck-mounted cannons in the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government and anti-police demonstrations. The protesters provoked and obstructed the police repeatedly but generally retreated once riot officers moved in, avoiding the direct clashes that characterized earlier protests. It may have been a calculated stra
  
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• Hong Kong police storm subway with batons as protests rage

  31-08-2019 15:08
  HONG KONG -- Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets on Saturday, while police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with batons and pepper spray in scenes that seem certain to inflame tensions further in a city riven by nearly three months of pro-democracy demonstrations. Police had denied permission for a march to mark the fifth anniversary of a decision by China against fully democratic elections in Hong Kong, but protesters took
  
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• School days: UK's Princess Charlotte to start next week - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 15:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  School days: UK's Princess Charlotte to start next week  Lethbridge News NowLONDON - Britain's Princess Charlotte will soon be starting school, and she'll have her older brother to help ...
  
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• Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 14:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks  Lethbridge News NowYANGON, Myanmar — A court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to ...
  
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• Fierce Category 4 Dorian menaces Bahamas en route to Florida - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 12:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fierce Category 4 Dorian menaces Bahamas en route to Florida  Lethbridge News NowMIAMI — Hurricane Dorian has gained fearsome new muscle as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas early ...
  
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• Police brace for confrontations as Hong Kong protesters mass - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 12:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Police brace for confrontations as Hong Kong protesters mass  Lethbridge News NowHONG KONG - Large crowds of protesters were gathering and marching in central Hong Kong on Saturday as police ...
  
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• Yemen President urges end of UAE strikes, fears secession - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 12:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Yemen President urges end of UAE strikes, fears secession  Lethbridge News NowSANAA, Yemen - Yemen's president urged Saudi Arabia on Thursday to rein in the United Arab Emirates after warp...
  
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• Taliban launch 'massive attack' on Afghan city of Kunduz - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 11:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Taliban launch 'massive attack' on Afghan city of Kunduz  Lethbridge News NowKABUL — The Taliban have launched a new large-scale attack on one of Afghanistan's main cities, Kunduz, and taken hospital patients as hostages, the ...
  
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• RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan stable after prison stabbing - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 06:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan stable after prison stabbing  Lethbridge News NowSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sirhan Sirhan, imprisoned for more than 50 years for the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was hospitalized Friday after ...
  
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• North Korea berates Pompeo, says hopes for talks fading - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 06:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  North Korea berates Pompeo, says hopes for talks fading  Lethbridge News NowSEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — A senior North Korean diplomat on Saturday berated U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments describing North ...
  
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• Dorian becomes a Category 4 monster powering toward Florida - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 05:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Dorian becomes a Category 4 monster powering toward Florida  Lethbridge News NowMIAMI — Hurricane Dorian powered toward Florida with increasing fury Friday, becoming an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm but leaving forecasters ...
  
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• Alberta government won’t keep cap on auto insurance rate increases

  31-08-2019 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  A spokesperson for Alberta's UCP government confirmed to Global News on Friday afternoon that it will not continue to limit auto insurance providers to a maximum five per cent annual rate hike as the previous government had done.
  
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• You're never too old to start exercising, U.K. study show

  31-08-2019 04:46
  Older people can benefit from resistance training, such as weightlifting, to help counter the effects of aging, even if they were not super athletes, according to a new study out of the U.K. The small study from the University of Birmingham’s School of Sport and Exercise Science found evidence that older people who never exercised regularly can build muscle just like trained athletes of the same age. Skeletal muscle is essential to our health and physical function, such as walking, but the
  
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• New podcast sheds light on the O.J. Simpson trial

  31-08-2019 04:20
  Kim Goldman was only 22 years old when her life was shattered by the news that her brother, Ron, had been stabbed to death along with Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of former football star O.J. Simpson. The ensuing court case -- a year-long, televised murder case that divided the nation and saw Simpson go from football icon to prime murder suspect -- resulted in Simpson being acquitted in 1995. Now, 25 years later, Goldman has revisited the case of her brother’s death and the lingering
  
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• Jagmeet Singh nominated as NDP trails other parties in naming candidates

  31-08-2019 04:09
  OTTAWA -- As federal election signs begin to dot lawns in the 338 ridings across the country, the NDP has yet to announce its party candidates in nearly half of those constituencies. By night’s end, the New Democrats will have 179 contenders covering 52 per cent of the ridings -- lower than the other major parties. The most recently confirmed NDP nominee is the party’s leader.        Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign,
  
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• Southern Alberta woman detoxing from drug addiction delivers healthy baby

  31-08-2019 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  Katherine Holy White Man is a single woman trying to get off drugs at the Blood Tribe detox centre in Standoff, Alta.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes face massive roster turnover as main camp begins - Global News

  31-08-2019 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Hurricanes face massive roster turnover as main camp begins  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: After a disappointing first-round exit in the WHL playoffs last season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are looking at the *fresh* start as a chance for ...
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes face massive roster turnover as main camp begins

  31-08-2019 03:37 via globalnews.ca
  As the Lethbridge Hurricanes kicked off main camp Friday morning, the list of names on the roster looked far different from the team that bowed out in a first-round WHL playoff upset in April.
  
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• Pregnant southern Alberta woman detoxing from drug addiction delivers health baby

  31-08-2019 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  Katherine Holy White Man is a single woman trying to get off drugs at the Blood Tribe detox centre in Standoff, Alta. She has been fighting her battle against addiction all while carrying a child.
  
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• Canada's Olympic hopeful skateboarders grind out a qualifying round in Montreal

  31-08-2019 03:25
  Some of Canada’s best skateboards are in Montreal for the weekend, hoping to grind out enough qualifications to make it to the 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Games will be the first ones to feature skateboarding as a medal event. Montreal’s own Annie Guglia is the current national champion for women’s street skateboarding and among the country’s best hopes to medal in the sport. She, along with her competitors, are in town for a qualifying round at Le Taz skate complex. “
  
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• Skaggs family 'shocked' over possible Angels link to death - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 03:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Skaggs family 'shocked' over possible Angels link to death  Lethbridge News NowARLINGTON, Texas - The family of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs says it was startled to learn that a ...
  
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• Research shows pollen levels rising in Calgary, making seasonal allergies worse

  31-08-2019 03:08
  Calgarians like to make the most of the outdoors during the city’s warmer months, but being among the trees and grass can be a nightmare for those who suffer from seasonal allergies. And data from the Aerobiology Research Laboratory shows pollen levels in larger cities have increased significantly in the last three decades, especially in Calgary. “We are seeing, due to climate change, slightly longer growing seasons and warmer weather. But it could also be attributed to urban panning
  
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• Alberta sees bump in American visitors in first half of 2019

  31-08-2019 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  According to a new report from Statistics Canada, American visits to Canada in the first half of 2019 has hit a 12-year high.
  
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• Economy, health care focus of televised Manitoba leaders debate - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 02:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Economy, health care focus of televised Manitoba leaders debate  Lethbridge News NowWINNIPEG — Manitoba Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister was the main target Wednesday night as the leaders of the province's four main ...
  
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• Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 02:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing  Lethbridge News NowSAN FRANCISCO - A California state appeals court on Friday threw out the sole conviction against an immigrant ...
  
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• Large gap in sick days between Alberta public and private workers

  31-08-2019 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  Numbers released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show there’s a large gap between public and private sector employees in Alberta when it comes to the average number of sick days taken. Tom Vernon reports.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2019 02:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Supreme Court rejects Saskatchewan's request to delay carbon tax appeal  Lethbridge News NowREGINA — Saskatchewan says the Supreme Court of Canada has denied the province's request to delay its appeal hearing over the carbon tax. The province ...
  
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• Calgary man lost hundreds from double-deposited cheque

  31-08-2019 02:07
  A Calgary man lost nearly $700 after a cheque he wrote was cashed twice, once through a mobile banking app, and the second time after being signed over to someone else. Nathan Chan wrote the cheque for $678.75 in March 2018 to a contractor. He thought everything was fine until he recently noticed it was deposited twice; once when he handed it over and a second time four months later. "You write a cheque and you think it’s a one-time deal," Chan told CTV News. Servus Credit Union, Chan's ba
  
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• Hurricanes’ roster full of new faces as main camp begins

  31-08-2019 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  After a disappointing first-round exit in the WHL playoffs last season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are looking at the fresh start as a chance for revenge. But as Danica Ferris reports, as camp starts there aren’t many returning players.
  
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