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• Construction of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion still faces hurdles

  10-09-2019 23:53
  VANCOUVER -- Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a "miniature Stanley Park." Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver's majestic park, and she immediately knew she wanted to call it home. But she said her peaceful retreat in Abbotsford, B.C., now feels more like a nightmare. Gard is among thousands of landowners along the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route who have not yet granted the Crown corporation access, a
  
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• HBO produces documentary to help kids understand 9-11 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 23:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  HBO produces documentary to help kids understand 9-11  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — For students from elementary to high school, the Sept. 11 terrorist attack isn't a memory. It's history. A new HBO documentary that debuts on the ...
  
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• Why more teens are turning to pornography to learn about sex

  10-09-2019 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  More and more teenagers are reaching for pornography to learn about sex.
  
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• 'I found someone I never knew I was missing': Siblings connect in hairstylist's chair

  10-09-2019 23:16
  Two Calgarians who have had a professional relationship for years were surprised after a DNA test revealed that their relationship was more personal than they first thought. With more than two decades as a hairstylist Troy Winget estimates he’s had over 2000 clients, but he never imagined a half-sibling would have been sitting in his chair for years, unbeknownst to him. “Me and Andrea became really close probably within a year. Every six weeks she would come in every six weeks and ge
  
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• Meet Canada's newly identified pterosaur, the 'frozen dragon of the north wind'

  10-09-2019 23:15
  One of the largest creatures ever to fly on this planet had a wingspan about the length of a school bus and soared through the skies of Western Canada. Fossils for the winged pterosaur, dubbed the cryodrakon boreas -- or “frozen dragon of the north wind” -- were found in Alberta 30 years ago. But researchers initially mistook the remains for that of a similar, previously known species. But new research published Monday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology contends that the fossi
  
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• Trump marks his 3rd 9/11 anniversary with war still raging

  10-09-2019 22:58
  WASHINGTON -- On his third Sept. 11 anniversary as president, Donald Trump on Wednesday remembered the victims, first responders and U.S. troops that have battled in Afghanistan, and he unleashed threats against militants contemplating another attack on America. "If anyone dares to strike our land, we will respond with the full measure of American power and the iron will of the American spirit and that spirit is unbreakable," Trump said at the Pentagon. It has been 18 years since al Qaeda hijack
  
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• 18 years later, America vows to 'never forget' 9/11

  10-09-2019 22:58
  NEW YORK -- Americans commemorated 9/11 with solemn ceremonies and vows Wednesday to "never forget" 18 years after the deadliest terror attacks on American soil. A crowd of victims' relatives assembled at ground zero, where the observance began Wednesday with a moment of silence and tolling bells at 8:46 a.m. -- the moment when a hijacked plane slammed into the World Trade Center's north tower. "As long as the city will gift us this moment, I will be here," Margie Miller said at the ground zero
  
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• Mississauga's Bianca Andreescu eyes Beijing for return after winning U.S. Open

  10-09-2019 22:16
  MONTREAL -- Bianca Andreescu's coach says his star player is heading right back to work after her historic win in the U.S. Open. After a few days off to celebrate, the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont. will resume training next week with the goal of playing one tournament during the WTA Tour's Asian swing -- with the Beijing Open, Sept. 28-Oct. 6, as the target, her coach said Tuesday. Sylvain Bruneau told reporters in Montreal that Andreescu has made it clear that she has no intention of stopp
  
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• Supervised consumption site review committee in Calgary for public hearings Wednesday and Thursday

  10-09-2019 22:12
  The Supervised Consumption Services Review Committee will meet in Calgary Wednesday and Thursday to hear from local residents. The committee was created by the province to evaluate the social and economic impacts of both existing the proposed supervised consumption sites in the city. The meetings will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Boyce Theatre, in the BMO Centre, at 1410 Olympic Way SE, on the Stampede Grounds. Previous links: Crime report on Calgary's supervised consumption site released
  
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• Canadians ring in release of Atwood's much-anticipated 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel

  10-09-2019 22:11
  TORONTO -- Canadian readers have long wondered about the inner workings of the dystopian world in "The Handmaid's Tale" -- and now they're getting their answers. Copies of Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments" were flying off the shelves within minutes after Indigo's mid-town Toronto location opened its doors this morning. Among those first in line was Indigo CEO Heather Reisman, who even before reading the sequel, had anointed it her pick of the month. Reisman says she turned down an offer to get
  
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• Alberta Premier Kenney on Bill C-69 challenge

  10-09-2019 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  Speaking in Fort McMurray on Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney announced the government is asking the court of appeal of Alberta whether Ottawa’s Bill C-69 is constitutional.
  
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• Province introduces fresh approach to Indigenous youth suicide prevention resources

  10-09-2019 22:05
  More than 100 indigenous youth from across Alberta were engaged in the development of two new graphic novels that officials hope will start much needed conversations about suicide prevention. Alberta has one of the highest rates of youth suicide in Canada, with indigenous youth being roughly five to six times higher than non-Indigenous youth. “Youth suicide is a tragedy and these new tools share a message of hope, reflect Indigenous voices and respect the uniqueness of First Nations and M&
  
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• Alberta government asks Court of Appeal whether Bill C-69 is constitutional

  10-09-2019 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  The United Conservative government has asked the Appeal Court of Alberta whether Ottawa's new environmental assessment process for major construction projects like pipelines is constitutional.
  
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• Province’s new public inquiry tip line for anti-energy campaign blows up the internet

  10-09-2019 21:55
  The public inquiry into anti-energy campaigns launched its public feedback website Monday, and the public wasted little time feeding back. Many took to social media to rename the inquiry the Office of Un-Albertan Activities, a nod to US Senator Joseph McCarthy’s communist purge in the 1950s. The hashtag #ReportAnAlbertan was trending through the day Tuesday in response to what’s seen by some critics as an invitation to snitch on people who don’t adhere to the Province’s o
  
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• Premier Kenney responds to Amnesty International letter

  10-09-2019 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  While speaking at an oilsands conference in Fort McMurray, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a strong reaction to a letter the government received from Amnesty International.
  
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• FEMA officials, contractor accused of hurricane relief fraud in Puerto Rico

  10-09-2019 21:37
   SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Federal authorities said Tuesday they have arrested two former officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the former president of a major disaster relief contractor, accusing them of bribery and fraud in the efforts to restore electricity to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Puerto Rico said that the then-president of Cobra Acquisitions LLC, Donald Keith Ellison, gave FEMA's deputy regional director airline flig
  
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• NHL camps opening with list of unsigned free agents - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 21:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NHL camps opening with list of unsigned free agents  Lethbridge News NowP.K. Subban doesn't want to give advice to all the unsigned young players around the NHL. He just vividly remembers his own experience as a restricted free ...
  
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• Chris Stewart hoping to resurrect NHL career with Philadelphia Flyers - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 21:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Chris Stewart hoping to resurrect NHL career with Philadelphia Flyers  Lethbridge News NowChris Stewart's bags were packed. Minus any suitable NHL offers last summer, the big forward was ready to pull...
  
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• Family Matters: Parents’ growing concerns surrounding teens and porn

  10-09-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a $97-billion industry, but it’s something many of us never talk about. Pornography sites receive more regular traffic each month than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined. Unfortunately, it’s not just adults that are tuning in. Erin Chalmers has more on the growing concern surrounding teens and porn.
  
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• Lawyer: John Hinckley interested in music industry job - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 20:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lawyer: John Hinckley interested in music industry job  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is interested in getting a job in the music industry, possibly in California, his ...
  
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• Options for Coaldale pool range from $0 to $25-million - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 20:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Options for Coaldale pool range from $0 to $25-million  Lethbridge News NowCOALDALE, AB - The Town of Coaldale has identified seven possible options for how to proceed with the future o...
  
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• Trump administration wants tribes’ Keystone XL pipeline lawsuit dismissed

  10-09-2019 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  An existing TC Energy pipeline, also called Keystone, had a spill last year that released almost 10,000 barrels (407,000 gallons) of oil near Amherst, South Dakota.
  
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• City committee to discuss new regulations for home share services

  10-09-2019 20:18
  The City of Calgary is set to discuss new regulations for home-sharing services such as Airbnb.  A council committee will meet Wednesday morning to look at license fees, fines and short term regulations.  Councillors on the committee say changes are being proposed because the home-sharing industry has grown significantly.  Ward 1 councillor, Ward Sutherland, says the city will need to anticipate the evolving changes to the industry.  "I had so many complaints in my ward in th
  
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• Ferrari driver caught going 158 km/h in Calgary construction zone

  10-09-2019 20:12
  Calgary police are reminding motorists to slow down in construction zones after a driver in a Ferrari was clocked doing 158 km/h in a construction zone along Airport Trail on the weekend. Police say they were conducting speed enforcement inside the Airport Tunnel on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. when they captured the car on radar. The area is under construction and the posted speed limit is currently 50 km/h. The police service posted an image of the car's clocked speed on its Facebook page on Monday.T
  
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• US seeks to dismiss tribes' lawsuit over Keystone pipeline - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 20:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  US seeks to dismiss tribes' lawsuit over Keystone pipeline  Lethbridge News NowBILLINGS, Mont. — Attorneys for the Trump administration are asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from Native American tribes that want to block the ...
  
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• Amnesty International ‘deeply concerned’ about Alberta’s fight back strategy against oil foes

  10-09-2019 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  In a letter, Amnesty explains it's worried those initiatives undermine and violate a range of Alberta's human rights obligations.
  
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• Reconciliation Week in Lethbridge promoting Indigenous languages September 15-20 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Reconciliation Week in Lethbridge promoting Indigenous languages September 15-20  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Oki to Lethbridge News Now! Oki, pronounced OH-KEE, is the Blackfoot word for “greetings” or “welcome”, explains the City of Lethbridge's ...
  
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• 'Is this it?' Passengers describe tense landing after Edmonton-bound flight strikes geese

  10-09-2019 19:29
  An Edmonton-bound Swoop flight was forced to make an emergency landing after it struck a bird. Officials at Abbotsford Airport, about 55 kilometres east of Vancouver, reported that an aircraft struck a bird after taking off. The plane landed safely before 9 a.m. PT Tuesday. “Passengers have been offloaded into the terminal safely,” the airport tweeted. “Updates will be available in the coming hours.” Swoop later confirmed Flight W0312 landed safely in Abbotsford “du
  
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• Medicine Hat man shares seclusion room experiences, hopes new rules done right

  10-09-2019 19:28
  Between the ages of six and nine years old, Jayden Skinner says he’d sometimes spend days at a time in a locked seclusion room in the basement of his Medicine Hat school. Now, the 20-year-old is hoping the Alberta government makes the right decision in setting new rules so that the rooms aren’t misused by teachers and school staff.  "These rooms traumatized people," said Skinner in an interview at his Medicine Hat apartment. Though Skinner acknowledges he wasn’t always the
  
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• Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead' - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret ...
  
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• Trial dates set for former Lethbridge massage therapist - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trial dates set for former Lethbridge massage therapist  Lethbridge News NowLethbridge, AB – A former Lethbridge massage therapist has elected trial by judge alone in Court of Queen's bench in June 2020. 53-year-old Cyprien Mudenge ...
  
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• Silence, devastation mark Bahamas town; but some are staying - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Silence, devastation mark Bahamas town; but some are staying  Lethbridge News NowMARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas — The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, ...
  
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• New website launched by Environment Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New website launched by Environment Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – There's a new website in town. Environment Lethbridge has launched a new site to help residents reduce food waste and save money.
  
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• New federal Arctic policy focusses on human health, environment, infrastructure - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New federal Arctic policy focusses on human health, environment, infrastructure  Lethbridge News NowThe federal government has released its long-awaited policy on developing the Canadian Arctic. The lengthy doc...
  
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• Israeli PM vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Israeli PM vows to begin annexing West Bank settlements  Lethbridge News NowJERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister is vowing to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elec...
  
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• In the news today, Sept. 10 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Sept. 10  Lethbridge News NowFive stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 10. ———. NEW WEB TOOL AIMS TO HELP FIND MISSING KIDS. Thousands of children are reported missing across ...
  
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• China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  China's trade with US shrinks as tariff war worsens  Lethbridge News NowBEIJING — China's trade with the United States is falling as the two sides prepare for negotiations with no signs of progress toward ending a tariff war that ...
  
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• Brazil indicts model over rape allegation against Neymar - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Brazil indicts model over rape allegation against Neymar  Lethbridge News NowRIO DE JANEIRO — Sao Paulo police say they are indicting Brazilian model Najila Trindade and her former partner over her rape allegation against soccer star ...
  
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• Bosnian capital holds 1st pride parade amid heavy security - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bosnian capital holds 1st pride parade amid heavy security  Lethbridge News NowSARAJEVO, Bosnia — Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, held its first LGBT pride parade Sunday without incidents but amid heavy security to prevent violence from ...
  
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• Bianca Andreescu eyes Beijing for return after winning U.S. Open - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bianca Andreescu eyes Beijing for return after winning U.S. Open  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Bianca Andreescu's coach says the tentative plan is for the Canadian tennis star to return to action at the Beijing Open later this month.
  
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• Alberta opens public submissions for environmentalist foreign funding inquiry - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alberta opens public submissions for environmentalist foreign funding inquiry  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON — The Alberta government has started a website to allow people to submit information to its inquiry into foreign funding of environmental groups.
  
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• Skip the Dishes driver stabbed, robbed in north Edmonton

  10-09-2019 19:22
  Police are seeking three men who investigators believe stabbed a Skip the Dishes driver and robbed him of the food he was delivering to an Edmonton apartment.  The 50-year-old driver was attacked just after 4 a.m. on Aug. 30 in the area of 163 Avenue and 100 Street, according to police.  Investigators say three male suspects approached the man and demanded his belongings and the food he was delivering. The driver was stabbed and robbed in the ensuing struggle and the suspects fled the
  
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• Second man charged in Lethbridge hockey tournament assault - Lethbridge News Now

  10-09-2019 19:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Second man charged in Lethbridge hockey tournament assault  Lethbridge News NowSecond suspect in assault of ref at Lethbridge hockey tournament surrenders to police  CTV NewsSecond man charged with assault in Lethbridge hockey fight  CityNews MontrealDarrell Davis: Hoping the Lethbridge referee was blameless  News Talk 980 CJMEView full coverage on Google News
  
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• $810K in drugs, guns seized in Edmonton

  10-09-2019 18:45
  Three people are facing charges after two drug trafficking investigations led to the seizure of $810,000 in drugs and guns in Edmonton. On Aug. 25, police executed a search warrant in the McConachie area of Edmonton and arrested Christopher Harnett, 30. The following items were seized by officers: Drugs1.892 grams of fentanyl (previously BTB heroin) – Street value of $189,000 1,000 grams of cocaine – Street value of $70,000 183 grams fentanyl – Street value of $36,600 1,561 gra
  
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• Second man charged following shooting outside Temple convenience store

  10-09-2019 18:31
  The ongoing investigation into gunshots near a northeast business in July has resulted in charges against a second suspect.   Officers responded to the 7-Eleven location in the 3300 block of 64th Street Northeast, in the community of Temple, on the evening of Wednesday, July 31 following reports of shots fired. The offenders had fled prior to the arrival of police. A review of surveillance footage led investigators to identify one of the suspects and, on Saturday, August 3, 23-year-old Ahme
  
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• Canadian trucker arrested in suspected $6M cocaine smuggling bust

  10-09-2019 18:31
  A Canadian trucker was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle $6 million worth of cocaine into Windsor, Ont. from Detroit, U.S. federal border officials said. They made the discovery after pulling Jatinderpal Singh over for an inspection as he tried to cross the Ambassador Bridge early Saturday morning, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The documents, filed on Sunday and obtained by CTVNews.ca, describe how a U.S. Customs and Border Prote
  
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• Trump fires U.S. national security adviser John Bolton

  10-09-2019 18:13
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton's less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start. Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House and Bolton
  
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• 'Tragic and haunting memory': B.C. family has been missing for 30 years

  10-09-2019 18:06
  The early hours of Aug. 2, 1989 was the last time anyone heard from the Jack family. Ronnie Jack had called his mother in the Burns Lake, B.C. area and shortly after, it's believed he had his partner Doreen and their two young children left their home with an unknown man in a dark pick-up truck. They were expected to return 10 days later, but have not been seen since.  Thirty years later, RCMP are still unsure of what happened to the Jack family and over the years of investigating, several
  
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• New exhibit helps visualize D-Day at Lethbridge Military Museum - Sunny South News

  10-09-2019 18:00 via sunnysouthnews.com
  New exhibit helps visualize D-Day at Lethbridge Military Museum  Sunny South NewsA temporary exhibit at the Lethbridge Military Museum uses virtual reality to help people experience what it was like on D-Day during WWII. The display, which is ...
  
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• Young cancer survivors thank Canadian blood donors

  10-09-2019 17:35
  September is childhood cancer awareness month and to honor it, families from across the country who are affected by the disease will be visiting local blood donor centres to thank donors and share stories to inspire others to donate. When Calgarian Ryane Nethery was three years old she was diagnosed with kidney cancer.  Her mother believes that Ryane received enough blood to replace her entire system during surgery to remove a watermelon-sized tumour. While she can’t remember that tim
  
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