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• Judge strikes down Quebec law forbidding home cultivation of cannabis - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 23:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Judge strikes down Quebec law forbidding home cultivation of cannabis  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL - A court has invalidated the provisions of Quebec's cannabis law prohibiting home cultivation o...
  
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• One song, one week, one guitar: five Calgary musicians tackle the Acoustic Guitar Project

  03-09-2019 23:47
  Over the next month and a half five Calgary musicians will each compose an original song in just seven days. They will all do it using the same acoustic guitar, which gets passed from artist to artist. It’s part of an international songwriting challenge called The Acoustic Guitar Project. The project started in 2012 when New York resident David Adams passed his guitar around to some musician friends with a challenge attached: compose an original tune in a week. It’s since grown to sp
  
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• Streets Alive Mission partners with Lethbridge Soup Kitchen for evening meal program - Global News

  03-09-2019 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Streets Alive Mission partners with Lethbridge Soup Kitchen for evening meal program  Global NewsStreets Alive Mission and the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen have formed a new partnership to help feed the hungry by expanding the city's evening meal program.
  
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• Federal Court of Appeal to rule Wednesday on letting Trans Mountain pipeline appeals proceed

  03-09-2019 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  The Federal Court of Appeal says it will reveal Wednesday whether a new set of legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project can proceed.
  
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• New West Theatre presents BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story

  03-09-2019 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  New West Theatre will be preforming BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story at the Yates from Sept. 4 – Sept. 21. Buddy tells the story of the three years he became the world’s top recording artist.
  
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• ATV slams head-on into Red Deer RCMP vehicle, rider suffers life-threatening injuries

  03-09-2019 23:24
  Red Deer RCMP is investigating after a man riding an ATV crashed head-on into a police vehicle, suffering life-threatening injuries. Police received several calls Monday evening about an ATV, motorcycle and a car were being driven recklessly and at high rates of speed through several parking lots and on city streets.  As officers were responding about 12:15 a.m., the ATV, which was travelling at a high rate, slammed head-on into a police vehicle at the intersection of Taylor Drive and 67th
  
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• Foreign share of production in Alberta’s oilsands falls from 33% to 16%, analysis shows

  03-09-2019 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  When it comes to talking about how the northern Alberta oilsands have lost their lustre for foreign investors, Satoshi Abe sounds a lot like his Canadian counterparts.
  
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• Cybercrime investigators caution Calgarians about latest phishing scam

  03-09-2019 23:17
  Calgarians have lost about $1.2 million since the beginning of the year to phishing scams and police are warning citizens to take precautions to protect personal information online. Calgary police say they have received a number of calls from concerned citizens over that last few weeks who say they have been contacted by scammers demanding money. Investigators say the offenders email the victims and tell them that they have been recorded accessing a 'questionable' website. The offenders then thr
  
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• May: Greens won’t support any minority government given current climate plans

  03-09-2019 23:09
  Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says that based on her opponents' current climate plans she wouldn't be prepared to prop up any minority government. That means, should the Oct. 21 federal election result in a minority government with the Greens holding the balance of power, May says Canadians could be headed back to the polls. May would rather defeat a government and ultimately force Canadians back to the polls rather than allow a party with a climate plan not up to her standards to govern. "Fr
  
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• Residents upset by removal of poplar trees for west ring road

  03-09-2019 22:54
  The planned removal of poplar trees to make way for the west portion of the Calgary ring road is proving to be rather unpopular among area residents. Residents in Valley Ridge say they believe the province did not adequately consult them about removing the trees, some of which stand 15 metres tall. “I bought in this area 18 years ago, because of these trees,” said resident Tracy D’Amour.  “When you come into Calgary, and see these trees, you know you live in Valley R
  
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• Svitolina beats Konta to reach US Open semifinals - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 22:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Svitolina beats Konta to reach US Open semifinals  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Elina Svitolina reached the semifinals for the second straight Grand Slam tournament, beating Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the U.S. ...
  
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• Jonathon Jennings replacing Dominique Davis as Redblacks' starting QB - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 22:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Jonathon Jennings replacing Dominique Davis as Redblacks' starting QB  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are promoting Jonathon Jennings to starting quarterback. The Redblacks (3-7) wil...
  
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• Montreal's Mirabel cargo airport to get $107 million for expansion - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 22:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Montreal's Mirabel cargo airport to get $107 million for expansion  Lethbridge News NowMIRABEL, Que. - Montreal's Mirabel airport does not have enough space to expand its flagship air cargo busines...
  
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• Canadian filmmakers explore female bonds, mother-daughter relationships at TIFF

  03-09-2019 22:28
  TORONTO -- For Nicole Dorsey, director and writer of stylistic, psychological drama "Black Conflux," creating of the film's main character, Jackie, was about relaying her own experiences as a teenager. "All I wanted as a young person growing up was to see some sort of version of myself on screen," said Dorsey. "I hope that teenage girls can look at Jackie and just know that they're not alone.... That you're going through something that we all have a version of." The coming-of-age film, which pre
  
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• Canadian filmmakers explore female bonds, mother-daughter relationships at TIFF - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 22:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canadian filmmakers explore female bonds, mother-daughter relationships at TIFF  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — For Nicole Dorsey, director and writer of stylistic, psychological drama “Black Conflux,” creating of the film's main character, Jackie, was about ...
  
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• More pencils, more books: Thousands of Calgary students return to class

  03-09-2019 22:02
  School is back in session for thousands of grade school students in Calgary as summer break has reached its end. The area in front of Chaparral School in the southeast was chaotic Tuesday morning with students, their parents and all the vehicles associated them vying for the best spots. Nash Dawes is a grade 5 student who was reluctant to return but, when pressed, found reason to look forward to the first day of school.  "Yah, my friends, seeing the teachers again, learning again," said Daw
  
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• Start date for Paddle Prairie School delayed due to Alberta wildfire smoke damage

  03-09-2019 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  While most young students in Alberta headed back to class Tuesday, the start of a new school year is being delayed in Paddle Prairie.
  
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• Tottenham throws away lead against Arsenal, unease persists - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 21:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Tottenham throws away lead against Arsenal, unease persists  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — A wide-open north London derby fizzing with tension and littered with errors highlighted flaws that show why Arsenal and Tottenham are some way ...
  
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• Man arrested for allegedly breaking into cars at Bow Falls parking lot

  03-09-2019 21:41
  Charges of theft under $5,000 are pending against a 55-year-old-man accused to breaking into vehicles at the Bow Falls parking lot near Banff. RCMP were called to the area on Thursday afternoon where an arrest was made. The accused was also found to have a warrant out of Canmore and he was in breach of a recognizance issued in Vancouver. He was released from custody pending a next court appearance in Canmore on charges of theft under $5,000 and breach of recognizance.
  
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• Atwood, Rushdie among Booker Prize finalists - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 21:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Atwood, Rushdie among Booker Prize finalists  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Margaret Atwood's “The Testaments,” her highly anticipated sequel to “The Handmaid's Tale,” is among six works shortlisted for the Booker Prize ...
  
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• Italy: 5-Stars' activists OK deal for coalition of rivals - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 21:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Italy: 5-Stars' activists OK deal for coalition of rivals  Lethbridge News NowROME - Activists from Italy's populist 5-Star Movement voted overwhelmingly in an online ballot Tuesday to app...
  
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• Lethbridge hosting review meetings for supervised consumption sites this week - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 21:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge hosting review meetings for supervised consumption sites this week  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A committee of eight people will be in Lethbridge this week for two meetings regarding supervised consumption services in Alberta.
  
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• Review: 'It Chapter 2' is a big-screen funhouse - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 20:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Review: 'It Chapter 2' is a big-screen funhouse  Lethbridge News NowIt can be a cheesy thing when a novel is split up and spread out over a handful of films, but Stephen King's "...
  
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• Alberta panel says savings to be found in health, education changes

  03-09-2019 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  The MacKinnon panel on Alberta’s finances report says the province’s current fiscal crisis is arguably worse than the one the province faced in the early 1990s, and an immediate course correction is required. Tom Vernon has the details.
  
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• Joshua Boyle's lawyers want charge of misleading police thrown out - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 19:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Joshua Boyle's lawyers want charge of misleading police thrown out  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - Lawyers for former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle want a judge to toss out a charge that he misled ...
  
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• All eyes on Bank of Canada's rate decision, view of global economic climate

  03-09-2019 19:25
  OTTAWA - Canadians will hear from the Bank of Canada on Wednesday for the first time in eight weeks -- which is a long time given the brisk movements of global economic conditions. Governor Stephen Poloz is widely expected to hold the overnight interest rate at 1.75 per cent as the bank delivers its first policy announcement -- or public commentary of any kind -- since early July. Many market analysts are expecting a shift in tone from the Bank of Canada that will crack open the door to a possib
  
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• Man stumbles upon duck-billed dinosaur bone on Alta. river shoreline

  03-09-2019 19:18
  An Alberta man is celebrating his chance discovery of a dinosaur bone. Myles Curry was walking along the bank of the North Saskatchewan River after a day of fishing when something caught his eye. "This colour and curve of this, what I thought at the time was a rock or a piece of petrified wood," Curry told CTV Morning Live Edmonton's Stacey Broztel Tuesday. "I said great, something to add to my collection, threw it in my pack and took it home." At the suggestion of his neighbour, who suspected i
  
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• Walmart to stop some ammo sales in U.S. stores, ask to not open carry guns

  03-09-2019 19:14
  NEW YORK -- Walmart says it will stop selling handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition, while requesting that customers not openly carry firearms in its stores, even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas, and follows back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based discounter said Tuesday it will stop selling handgun ammunition as well as short-barrel rifle ammuniti
  
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• Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition at U.S. stores

  03-09-2019 19:14
  NEW YORK -- Walmart says it will discontinue the sale of handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition and also publicly request that customers refrain from openly carrying firearms in stores even where state laws allow it. The announcement comes just days after a mass shooting claimed seven lives in Odessa, Texas and follows two other back-to-back shootings last month, one of them at a Walmart store. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based discounter said Tuesday it will stop handgun ammunition as well as
  
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• Dream class? Quebec high school introduces sleep to lesson plans this year

  03-09-2019 19:09
  No, you’re not dreaming: tips to get great sleep are now part of the curriculum at one Quebec high school. During everyday class material like science or math beginning this September, Johanne Boursier’s Grade 10 students at Heritage Regional High School in Saint-Hubert, Que. will be learning how to properly wind down for bed. The new project is on the heels of new research published in the journal Sleep Medicine earlier this year that advocated for more sleep education in schools. B
  
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• Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 19:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area  Lethbridge News NowMADRID — Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known ...
  
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• 2 Edmonton men charged with immigration fraud

  03-09-2019 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  Two Edmonton men, including a former Tory MLA, have been charged with a number of immigration fraud-related charges following an investigation by the Canada Border Services Agency.
  
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• MacKinnon panel releases recommendations ahead of Alberta's fall budget

  03-09-2019 18:37
  A blue ribbon panel created by the United Conservative Party released its report advising the provincial government on ways to keep its campaign promises without raising taxes. The findings of the MacKinnon panel, chaired by former Saskatchewan finance minister Janice MacKinnon, will help form Alberta's fall budget that is expected to be released in the coming weeks. The report's 26 recommendations include cuts to the health and education budgets and reducing capital spending by $600 million. "I
  
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• Calls to improve health and safety of Canadian children ahead of federal election

  03-09-2019 18:14
  A child advocacy organization has compiled a list of the top 10 threats to Canadian children and is calling for the creation of an independent commission to ensure the rights and well-being of youth. On Tuesday, Children First Canada released the 'Top 10 threats to childhood according to Raising Canada: Election 2019'.Accidents and preventable injuries Suicide Child abuse Poverty Infant mortality Obesity Food insecurity Immunization Discrimination Bullying"The leading cause of death for kids in
  
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• Israel, Hezbollah engage in brief, intense fighting - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 17:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Israel, Hezbollah engage in brief, intense fighting  Lethbridge News NowJERUSALEM — Hezbollah militants on Sunday fired a barrage of anti-tank missiles into Israel, prompting a reprisal of heavy Israeli artillery fire in a rare burst of ...
  
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• Air Canada files challenge with federal regulator over Onex's WestJet takeover

  03-09-2019 17:56
  MONTREAL -- Air Canada is challenging WestJet Airlines Ltd.'s $3.5-billion acquisition by Onex Corp., arguing the deal breaches federal rules that limit foreign ownership of carriers, it wrote in a filing to the country's transportation regulator. In May, Toronto-based Onex entered into an agreement to pay $31 per share for WestJet, that would operate as a private company. Air Canada said in a letter to the Canadian Transportation Agency that co-investors in Kestrel Bidco Inc. -- the Onex subsid
  
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• Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges is postponed - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 17:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges is postponed  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s trial on groping charges has been postponed until Oct. 10. Prosecutors said Tues...
  
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• Hurricanes sign trio of players over Labour Day weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 17:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricanes sign trio of players over Labour Day weekend  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – It was a busy weekend for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. In addition to holding their training camp, the WHL team signed three players.
  
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• British government denies reports that a child murderer will be sent to Canada

  03-09-2019 17:43
  A media report that Britain is considering sending a child-murderer to Canada is false, the British Justice Ministry said Tuesday. The news coverage prompted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to tweet on Sunday that he found it "disturbing that this pedophile child killer might come to Canada." "As prime minister I won't let him come here. Where does Trudeau stand?" Scheer's tweet read. "Our country should not be a dumping ground for murderers, terrorists, and perverts." The Daily Star, a U.K. t
  
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• B.C. says salmon can now be transported over Fraser River landslide by truck

  03-09-2019 17:36
  The B.C. government says salmon stuck at a massive landslide on the Fraser River north of Lillooet can now be transported upstream by truck, as crews conducted a successful trial run on Sunday. The province says rock scalers have also moved two large boulders as part of ongoing efforts to create a natural passage for fish to swim past the slide on their way to spawning grounds. To date, an estimated 28,780 salmon have passed the slide on their own, while nearly 57,000 have been transported by he
  
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• UAW picks GM as bargaining target, workers authorize strikes

  03-09-2019 17:30
  DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union has picked General Motors as the target company for this year's contract talks with Detroit's three automakers. The move announced Tuesday means that GM will be the focus of bargaining, and any deal with the company will set the pattern for Ford and Fiat Chrysler. It also means that if the union decides to go on strike, it be against GM. Contracts between the union representing about 152,000 workers and GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler expire at 11:59 p.m. on S
  
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• Simone Biles 'aches' for victims after brother charged - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 17:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Simone Biles 'aches' for victims after brother charged  Lethbridge News NowCLEVELAND — Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she's struggling with the arrest of her brother who was charged in a shooting that left three ...
  
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• For Julie Andrews, sudden success was 'like an assault' - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 17:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  For Julie Andrews, sudden success was 'like an assault'  Lethbridge News NowVENICE, Italy — Julie Andrews is reflecting on her career at the Venice International Film Festival, where she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement ...
  
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• Canada's David Hearn earns 2020 PGA Tour card - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 16:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada's David Hearn earns 2020 PGA Tour card  Lethbridge News NowNEWBURGH, Ind. - Canadian David Hearn shot a 6-under 66 on Monday to finish in a tie for fourth at the Korn Fe...
  
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• Canada's Bianca Andreescu reaches US Open quarterfinals - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 16:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada's Bianca Andreescu reaches US Open quarterfinals  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Canada's Bianca Andreescu has reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. Andreescu toppled American Taylor Townsend in fourth-round play ...
  
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• Calgary population grew by 18,367 according to annual census data

  03-09-2019 16:07
  Calgary's population continues to grow, but the growth rate is slowing, according to annual civic census data released Tuesday. The city's population grew by 18,367 between April 2018 and April of this year, to now sit at 1,285,711. Mayor Naheed Nenshi revealed the number at a press conference Tuesday and called it "pretty standard for growth for Calgary in non-boom times." "We think this is going to continue, at least for the next three years," he said. "It's lower growth than $100 oil growth,
  
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• Calgary census data being released Tuesday

  03-09-2019 16:07
  Results of Calgary's annual civic census are being released Tuesday morning. Mayor Naheed Nenshi, along with deputy city clerk Andrew Brouwer, will release the results at a press conference scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at city hall. This year's data will cover from April 2018 to April of this year. CTV Calgary will carry the press conference live. More to come ...
  
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• Art exhibit takes a look at your backyard critters - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 15:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Art exhibit takes a look at your backyard critters  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – What animals visit your backyard? That's what University of Lethbridge graduate student Leila Armstrong is studying. Armstrong is working ...
  
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• Tribute concert of Avicii's music to benefit mental health - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 15:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Tribute concert of Avicii's music to benefit mental health  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being plann...
  
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• Rapper arrested after alleged assault of employee - Lethbridge News Now

  03-09-2019 15:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Rapper arrested after alleged assault of employee  Lethbridge News NowLAS VEGAS - Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap was arrested after allegedly assaulting three employees a...
  
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