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• Getting dressed down in the Senate

  05-09-2019 23:38
  William Lacey says he just wanted to see the centre of Canada’s political power, not make a political statement, but the CFO of a Calgary energy company suddenly found himself in a secure room of the Upper Chamber in the nation’s capital just the same when an overzealous security guard decided his shirt might contain a message other visitors might find offensive. While in Ottawa over the long weekend, Lacey and his wife decided to tour the Senate, but they barely made it into the lob
  
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• Calgary Zoo lemur diagnosed with liver cancer

  05-09-2019 23:34
  It's a sad day at the Calgary Zoo's Land of Lemurs as officials say an adult female lemur has been diagnosed with what's believed to be liver cancer. Officials made the announcement on the zoo's Facebook page at 2 p.m., saying medical staff discovered a number of masses in the liver of Sophie, a 13-year-old ring-tailed lemur.Medical staff say a number of tests were conducted on her, including a CT scan that confirmed the extent of the illness that has ruled out any possibility of treatment. Soph
  
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• Banff bust nets cocaine, heroin, LSD, magic mushrooms, weapons and cash

  05-09-2019 23:08
  Two people are facing numerous drug trafficking charges after RCMP executed a search warrant at a home in Banff. The search happened Aug. 30 at a home on Spray Avenue in the Rocky Mountain town about 130 kilometres west of Calgary. Police seized a number of different drugs, including 400 grams of cocaine, 850 grams of psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, along with heroin, LSD, prohibited weapons and more than $30,000 in cash. Kirtan Patel, 26, and Sarah McKinnon, 23, are facing charges of
  
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• Women in STEM Lethbridge | News, Videos & Articles - Globalnews.ca

  05-09-2019 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  Women in STEM Lethbridge | News, Videos & Articles  Globalnews.caEconomic Development Lethbridge is launching southern Alberta's first Women in STEM program this month. Continue reading → ...
  
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• Cigarette smoke sparks emergency landing for Edmonton-bound plane

  05-09-2019 22:57
  A plane headed to Edmonton from London, Ont., Wednesday night made an emergency stop in Regina after a cigarette was lit up in the cabin. In a statement to CTV News Edmonton, Swoop said the plane was diverted "due to cigarette smoke coming from an undetermined source in the cabin of the plane." The plane landed safely and the emergency landing is under investigation.@CBCSask @ctvregina @GlobalRegina @CTVNews Swoop 737-800 London to Edmonton diverted to Regina, declares emergency pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Aphid invasion will continue in Calgary 'until we get a good, hard frost,' say experts

  05-09-2019 22:47
  If you’ve noticed the swarms of aphids that have shown up in Calgary over the last few weeks, you aren’t alone. Bill Martin with Martin’s Pest Control says calls to the company about the tiny, pear-shaped, green, brown or black insects have been “exploding.” “Most people are calling because they can’t go outside and have dinner, they’re in their nose, they are breathing them in, they’re all over their pets when they bring them in the house,&r
  
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• What's in a slogan? Expert insight on Liberal, Conservative, and NDP ads

  05-09-2019 22:03
  OTTAWA – "Choose forward," "It's time for you to get ahead," and "In it for you." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to officially launch the federal election campaign within days. Now that each of the three main parties have unveiled their main messages to voters alongside television advertisements, CTVNews.ca looked at each ad, and party slogan to get a sense of what the early strategies are for each campaign.           Sign up for our Election Dispatch ne
  
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• Calgary school bus driver who got lost removed from route

  05-09-2019 21:45
  A Calgary school bus driver who got lost while taking students home on the first day of school has been removed from the route, the bus company says. The parents of several students at Brentwood Elementary School made calls earlier this week to SOUTHLAND Transportation, complaining after their children's bus ride took four times as long as expected. They told officials it was because the driver had gotten lost along the way and refused to call for help. By the time the school bus arrived, nearly
  
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• Two men arrested in connection with 2008 murder released without charge

  05-09-2019 21:43
  Two men arrested Wednesday in connection with the 2008 murder of Allan Teather at a southwest Calgary condo have been released without charge pending further investigation, according to police. Their names have not been released, nor how police believe they were involved. Teather, 22, was found dead in a vehicle in the garage of a condo complex in the 100 block of Village Heights S.W. in January 2008. Two other men have also been arrested in connection with the shooting death. Brian Cheng, 34, o
  
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• Crowd marches along Stephen Avenue in support of United Way

  05-09-2019 21:21
  Stephen Avenue was a sea of people donning red shirts on Thursday morning in celebration of the 2019 United Way of Calgary and Area's campaign kickoff.  An estimated crowd of 2,200 participants, including representatives from corporate Calgary and charitable organizations, marched down Stephen Avenue to a rally and BBQ at Olympic Plaza. "I'm so excited by the turnout today," said Karen Young, United Way of Calgary and Area president and CEO. "I really feel that we'll be able to accomplish g
  
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• Nicki Minaj tweets she's going 'to retire and have my family'

  05-09-2019 20:59
  Rapper Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to announce that she’s apparently retiring from music to raise a family. In a tweet on Thursday, the Grammy-nominated performer wrote that “I’ve decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. “To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, X in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me,” Minaj added. It’s unclear if the retirement is serious or simply temporary. Minaj released her first solo si
  
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• Agriculture minister strikes back at protesters of southern Alberta turkey farm

  05-09-2019 20:40
  Alberta's agriculture minister says a group of animal activists who held a protest inside a turkey farm near Fort Macleod on Monday should not have been there. An animal rights group, calling itself 'Liberation Lockdown,' held a protest at Jumbo Valley Turkey Farm on September 1. Approximately 90 members of the group locked themselves inside a number of barns on the property, claiming they were attempting to 'expose the reality' of conditions in Canadian turkey farms. The protesters ended their
  
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• Winners of Lethbridge's Allied Arts Council Excellence Awards announced - Lethbridge News Now

  05-09-2019 20:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Winners of Lethbridge's Allied Arts Council Excellence Awards announced  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Artists, organizations, and businesses are being recognized for their contribution to the art...
  
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• New Airdrie school opens one year ahead of schedule

  05-09-2019 20:30
  St. Veronica School in southwest Airdrie officially opened for classes this week, welcoming 365 students and 20 staff members one year ahead of schedule. Project manager Andrew Van Beilen said it took many hours of overtime to finish the more than 40,000 sq.-ft. facility a year early. “It’s been lots of tight coordination, getting guys right on top of each other following a tight sequence to get the school done”, said Van Beilen.   “The last four weeks, you wouldn&rs
  
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• Councillor Farkas calls for adoption of Blue Book program to disclose Calgary's business dealings

  05-09-2019 20:07
  The councillor for Ward 11 submitted a motion to council on Thursday in an effort to approve transparency and accountability when it comes to municipal spending. Jeromy Farkas' motion follows the provincial government's release of the findings of the MacKinnon panel's report that identified failings in the accountability in the funding arrangements between the province municipalities. "The panel's recommendations are an opportunity, not a threat, for cities," said Farkas in a statement released
  
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• Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross-country team prepares for new season - Lethbridge News Now

  05-09-2019 19:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge College Kodiaks cross-country team prepares for new season  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The most successful athletics program in Lethbridge College history looks to repeat last season's victories. Over the 2018 season, the ...
  
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• Country star Lindsay Ell surprises Calgary students with special performance

  05-09-2019 18:54
  Students at Father Scollen School received an unexpected visit from a Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards nominated artist Thursday morning during the announcement of a $15,000 musical instrument grant for the school. Lindsay Ell, the Calgary-raised musician who now calls Nashville home, performed for the elementary and junior high students at the northeast school as part of the celebration of the MusicCounts Band Aid Program's grant. The program has gifted a total of more than $1 m
  
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• Edmonton man charged with luring nine-year-old Texas girl

  05-09-2019 18:49
  A 35-year-old Edmonton man has been arrested for allegedly exploiting a child in Texas online. With the help of the Edmonton Police Service, ALERT's Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) arrested Adam Warwick on Aug. 15. Police acted on information shared by the Abilene Police Department in Texas. Investigators said the nine-year-old girl was being lured online, engaging in explicit conversations and sharing nude photographs. “There are no borders on the internet, so it’s imperative
  
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• Cock-a-doodle-doo! French rooster crows over court win

  05-09-2019 18:23
  PARIS -- Maurice the rooster can keep crowing, a French court ruled Thursday, as it rejected a complaint from neighbours who sued over noise nuisance. Maurice's case and several other lawsuits against the sounds of church bells, cow bells, cicadas and the pungent smells from farms have prompted a national debate over how to protect rural culture from the encroachment of expectations that are more associated with urban areas. Maurice's owner, Corinne Fesseau, will be able to keep the rooster on t
  
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• Smugglers tried to hide $900M in drugs and themselves after yacht crashed: police

  05-09-2019 18:22
  Two Europeans who were allegedly trying to smuggle illegal drugs into Australia unexpectedly found themselves marooned on a tiny island with their yacht. The Western Australia Police Force (WAPF) says it first learned of the trouble on Stick Island, which is approximately 60 kilometres offshore, on Monday through a report from the public about a yacht that had become stuck on a reef. "With tongue firmly in cheek, I think the people who stand accused are probably going to have a story to tell as
  
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• Trade and uncertainty weigh on economy, Bank of Canada deputy governor says

  05-09-2019 18:06
  The Canadian economy has shaken off the weakness seen at the start of the year, however escalating trade conflicts and the related uncertainty are taking a toll, a senior Bank of Canada official said Thursday. In a speech in Halifax, deputy governor Lawrence Schembri said the Canadian economy has rebounded from its earlier soft patch, but the economic data shows some areas of concern. Schembri said the Canadian economy is operating close to full potential with low unemployment and inflation righ
  
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• Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson being inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  05-09-2019 18:03
  Country music legends Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson are being inducted Thursday into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. Both will perform songs from their catalogue of hits at a ceremony set to begin at 3 p.m. And on Friday, Stony Plain Records will offer a preview of newly-discovered music and never-before-heard versions of their classics prior to the official release of Ian and Sylvia The Lost Tapes. “Ian and Sylvia were pioneers of the
  
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• Ian and Sylvia Tyson inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  05-09-2019 18:03
  Country music legends Ian Tyson and Sylvia Tyson were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at Studio Bell on Thursday. Both performed songs from their catalogue of hits at a private industry event in the afternoon. And on Friday, Stony Plain Records will offer a preview of newly-discovered music and never-before-heard versions of their classics prior to the official release of Ian and Sylvia The Lost Tapes. Fans will also get a chance to interact with Sylvia at a Q&A event set
  
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• 8th annual Reuse Rendezvous set to go this week - Lethbridge News Now

  05-09-2019 18:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  8th annual Reuse Rendezvous set to go this week  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – School is back in session and fall is right around the corner. That creates an ideal team to do some cleaning. With that, the 8th annual ...
  
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• Hurricane Dorian projected to hit with force in parts of Atlantic Canada

  05-09-2019 17:33
  HALIFAX -- As the effects of Hurricane Dorian are being felt along the U.S. southeast coast, Canadian forecasters say the storm system is expected to severely impact parts of the Atlantic provinces this weekend. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says the most likely track projection brings Dorian south of the Maritimes on Saturday, pushing through eastern Nova Scotia late in the day. The forecast calls for severe winds and rainfall to have major impacts for southeastern New Brunswick, Prince Edward
  
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• Health Canada warns against modifying vape pens as illness spreads in U.S.

  05-09-2019 17:17
  OTTAWA -- Health Canada says people who vape should get medical attention right away if they're worried their electronic cigarettes are harming them. The federal department says there is no sign in Canada of an affliction reported in as many as 25 American states that seems to be linked to vaping, but it is monitoring the situation. People have reported respiratory and gastric problems, one has died, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control isn't sure why. Symptoms include coughing, shortness of
  
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• Calgarian wins $1M Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize

  05-09-2019 17:03
  Calgarian John Kerkhoven was sporting a million-dollar smile after answering a recent phone call from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation. A regular player for the last 30 years through the WCLC subscription service, Kerkhoven had no idea he’d won the $1 million Guaranteed Prize in the Aug. 10 Lotto 6/49 draw until answering the call. “I was instantly shocked and very happy,” he said. “That’s not something you get to hear every day.” Kerkhoven said he hasn&
  
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• Ontario mother of four among Hurricane Dorian victims in Bahamas

  05-09-2019 16:26
  A 27-year-old woman from the Windsor, Ontario-area is among the victims of Hurricane Dorian after the monster storm devastated the Bahamas early this week. A family member confirmed to CTV News Windsor that Alishia Sabrina Liolli, of LaSalle, was killed as a result of the catastrophic Category 5 hurricane which pummelled the islands on Monday, killing at least 20 people. Her family says Liolli leaves behind four children, including a 17-month-old, and a husband. Liolli’s body was found on
  
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• Airlines fined $45,000 for violating new passenger regulations

  05-09-2019 16:05
  Four major Canadian airlines have been fined for not complying with the new passenger protections that came into effect earlier this summer. The Canadian Transportation Agency says Air Canada, WestJet, Porter Airlines and Air Transat have all been penalized since the rules changed on July 15. In all cases, the airlines were found to have failed to display required notices to passengers. Airlines are required to display information about passenger rights at check-in counters, self-service check-i
  
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• 'I was wrong': Co-founder of conversion therapy group says he's gay

  05-09-2019 15:05
  A South Carolina man who helped start a Christian conversion therapy practice now says he regrets ever being involved with the group. "I was a religious zealot that believed I knew the truth and thought everyone else was lying. I was so delusional!" McKrae Game wrote on Facebook June 25. Since his coming out in June, Game has become an outspoken advocate for love and against conversion therapy, a broad label applied to any sort of treatment aimed at changing a person's sexual orientation or gend
  
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• Female suspect sought following southeast carjacking involving pepper spray

  05-09-2019 14:47
  A man has been arrested but his accomplice remains unaccounted for following an early morning carjacking in Ogden. Police were called to the intersection of 62 Avenue and 19 Street Southeast shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday and located a person suffering the effects of a pepper spray attack. The pepper spray victim inform police that they had had their vehicle stolen by a man and a woman. The stolen vehicle was located by police in short time and officers apprehended a man nearby. The female suspec
  
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• Charges pending following late night crash on Memorial Drive

  05-09-2019 14:30
  The Calgary Police Service continues to investigate a Wednesday night crash in the city's northeast where one person had to be cut out of the wreckage. According to police, the crash occurred on Memorial Drive at the Deerfoot Trail interchange at approximately 11:30 p.m. Investigators say the two vehicle collision was the result of a driver failing to stop at a red light. No serious injuries have been reported but fire crews had to extricate one person from a vehicle. Undisclosed charges are pen
  
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• Palestinian refugees in Lebanon want asylum in Canada

  05-09-2019 13:00
  BEIRUT -- Waving Palestinian and Canadian flags, hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Thursday requesting asylum in the North American country. Many among the group lamented the deteriorating economic and living conditions in Lebanon, which is going through a severe economic crisis, and said they wanted a more dignified life. There are tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants in Lebanon. Most of them live in squalid camps with
  
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• China urges release of Huawei exec with new Canadian envoy

  05-09-2019 12:37
  BEIJING -- China urged Canada to "reflect on its mistakes" and immediately release a detained Huawei executive in comments Thursday on the appointment of a new Canadian ambassador to the country. Relations between China and Canada were severely damaged when Meng Wanzhou -- the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder -- was arrested at Vancouver's airport last Dec. 1 at the request of the U.S. "At present, China-Canada relations are facing serious diff
  
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• In search of a green Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  05-09-2019 10:33 via lethbridgeherald.com
  In search of a green Lethbridge  Lethbridge HeraldHaving experienced all types of public transportation in Europe over the last six years, it is clear the Europeans are leaders in public transportation.
  
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• Vancouver Island fair includes new category: best home-grown pot

  05-09-2019 10:12
  VICTORIA -- One of Canada's oldest fall fairs is putting a new twist on its annual showcase of local livestock, produce and fruit by adding a new category for best home-grown marijuana. The Cowichan Exhibition in Duncan, B.C., which dates back to 1868, has created a best cannabis category to embrace legalization and celebrate local pot growers, said exhibition vice-president Bud James.The Pot Post: Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to your inboxThe fair starts Friday and the cannabis entri
  
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• Hurricane Dorian rakes the Southeast U.S. coast

  05-09-2019 08:16
  CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Hurricane Dorian raked the coastal Carolinas with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the devastated Bahamas, Dorian made its way up the Eastern Seaboard, sweeping past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance. From there, the storm apparently g
  
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• Hurricane Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks

  05-09-2019 08:16
  CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm. Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped trailers, and more than 250,000 homes and businesses were left without power as the hurricane pushed north along the coastline, its winds weakening after sunset to 100 mph (16
  
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• Dorian regains strength in creep up U.S. coast

  05-09-2019 08:16
  CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Re-energized at 115 mph, Hurricane Dorian raked the Southeastern U.S. coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks. Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the devastated Bahamas, Dorian made its way up the Eastern Seaboard, sweeping past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance. From there, the C
  
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• Large blast rocks Afghan capital near area housing embassies - Lethbridge News Now

  05-09-2019 08:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Large blast rocks Afghan capital near area housing embassies  Lethbridge News NowKABUL — A large explosion has rocked the Afghan capital and smoke is rising from a part of eastern Kabul, near a neighbourhood housing the U.S. Embassy ...
  
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• ‘My son doesn’t want to be an addict’: Lethbridge meeting hears emotional arguments about supervised consumption site - Toronto Star

  05-09-2019 07:34 via thestar.com
  ‘My son doesn’t want to be an addict’: Lethbridge meeting hears emotional arguments about supervised consumption site  Toronto StarLETHBRIDGE—Hours before attending a Lethbridge town hall meeting about the social and economic impacts of supervised drug consumption sites in Alberta ...
  
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• ‘Why don’t we just play for it?’: Calgary hockey players use shootout to close on house sale

  05-09-2019 07:13 via globalnews.ca
  Two Calgary hockey players used a shootout to decide a $3,000 difference in a house sale.
  
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• Provincial supervised consumption services review draws hundreds in Lethbridge - Global News

  05-09-2019 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  Provincial supervised consumption services review draws hundreds in Lethbridge  Global NewsWATCH: Hundreds of people were in attendance on Wednesday as a provincial committee held the first of two public engagement sessions in Lethbridge ...
  
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• Provincial supervised consumption services review draws hundreds in Lethbridge

  05-09-2019 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  A committee formed by Alberta's United Conservative government stopped in Lethbridge Wednesday for the first of two nights of the provincial government's supervised consumption services review in the city.
  
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• Global shares rise amid optimism on U.S.-China, Brexit

  05-09-2019 06:30
  TOKYO -- Global stocks turned higher Thursday on the news that U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in October to try to end a tariff war and as British lawmakers sought a less chaotic exit from the European Union. The U.S. and China agreement on a date for talks came in a phone call conducted by the chief Chinese envoy, Vice Premier Liu He, with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said. Officials will "conduct conscien
  
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• Hundreds in Lethbridge attend provincial session on supervised consumption services

  05-09-2019 06:20 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds of people were in attendance on Wednesday as a provincial committee held the first of two public engagement sessions in Lethbridge examining the socio-economic impacts of supervised consumption sites. Danica Ferris reports.
  
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• Probe to find cause of California boat fire could lead to criminal case

  05-09-2019 04:42
  LOS ANGELES -- The captain and crew who leapt from a burning dive boat off Southern California saved themselves as 34 people perished below deck. Whether their escape from the Conception before dawn Monday was the only viable option, an act of cowardice or even a crime has yet to be determined. While the old saw about the captain going down with his ship is more an antiquated notion, there are laws to punish a ship's master who shirks his duty to safely evacuate passengers. The responsibilities
  
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• MacKinnon Panel report urges Alberta post-secondary schools to rely less on government funding

  05-09-2019 04:05 via globalnews.ca
  The report's recommendations include lifting the cap on tuition increases, and evaluating the future of under-performing schools.
  
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• Pancreatic cancer rising to 3rd leading cause of 2019 cancer deaths: report

  05-09-2019 04:00
  Pancreatic cancer remains a troubling area of cancer research for scientists, even as inroads are made in other forms of the disease, according to new data released by the Canadian Cancer Society. Survival rates for blood-related cancers have improved more than any other type, from 16 to 19 per cent. Female breast cancer death rates have decreased by an estimated 48 per cent since they peaked in the 80s. And incidence and death rates from lung cancer—the most likely form of cancer a Canadi
  
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• Two additional arrests made in Teather murder case

  05-09-2019 03:42
  The Calgary Police made two additional arrests Wednesday in conjunction with the 2008 murder of Allan Teather. New evidence linked the two men from Calgary to the murder. The police are witholding details about the suspects' involvement until formal charges are laid. Previously, on August 15,  34-year-old Brian Cheng of Calgary was arrested and charged with one count of first degree murder. On August 29, the Vancouver Police arrested a man believed to have been involved in the 2008 murder,
  
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