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• Charges laid against Lethbridge man in $95K drug seizure - Global News

  11-09-2019 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Charges laid against Lethbridge man in $95K drug seizure  Global NewsA 22-year-old Lethbridge man was arrested after police seized $95000 worth of drugs from west-side home.
  
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• Charges laid against Lethbridge man in $95K drug seizure

  11-09-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  A 22-year-old Lethbridge man was arrested after police seized $95,000 worth of drugs from west-side home.
  
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• Fire advisory for Lethbridge County lifted - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 23:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fire advisory for Lethbridge County lifted  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE COUNTY, AB – Due to cooler temperatures and wetter conditions lately, Lethbridge County no longer believes that a heightened risk of fires ...
  
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• Huge investment in jeopardy due to lack of support for Alberta's film industry

  11-09-2019 23:33
  Alberta’s film industry has had its best year on record however, due to a backlog in Alberta’s screen-based production grants and provincial budget uncertainty, that success could face dramatic change. Damian Petti, the president of IATSE Local 212, the union that represents thousands of screen industry jobs including technicians, artists and craftspeople in southern Alberta, is very concerned with the current state of the province's film industry and is calling for the government to
  
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• Over-enrolled southeast Calgary high school holds classes in hallways

  11-09-2019 23:26
  There are so many students at a Southeast Calgary high school that  some classes are being held in hallways and the school foyer. Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School in Seton has a capacity of 1,811 students but one year after it opened it already has 1,893 enrolled. Calgary Board of Education says this year it has a number of high schools over provincial capacity and this year, several classes are occurring in open area teaching spaces of the Seton school. “I have my social class in
  
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• Saskatchewan seeks intervener status in Alberta’s Bill C-69 case

  11-09-2019 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Saskatchewan government announced it will be seeking intervener status in Alberta's reference case challenging the constitutionality of Bill C-69.
  
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• Refrigeration truck used to store bodies in Edmonton sparks provincial investigation

  11-09-2019 22:57
  The Alberta government has launched an investigation after a refrigeration trailer was used to store bodies near the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Edmonton. A video also purported to show a funeral home employee hauling a body bag off the refrigeration truck in a rough manner. In a statement issued Wednesday, Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer said he was “very disturbed” by the report. “All Albertans, living or deceased, have the right to be treated with dignity
  
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• New species of massive winged reptile once soared over Alberta 76.5 million years ago

  11-09-2019 22:45
  As tall as a modern giraffe and weighing as much as a cow elk,  the carnivorous Cryrodrakon Boreas is hard to imagine today. But roughy 76.5 million years ago, it spread its 10 metre wingspan over Alberta’s skies as it searched for small dinosaurs to eat. It’s believed to be the largest flying reptile to have ever lived. The discovery of the new species was published Monday by three authors, including Dr Francois Therrien, curator of Paleo-Ecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of
  
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• Kenney announces funding for 4,000 addictions treatment spaces in Alberta

  11-09-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  The premier says some of the spots will be new, while many of the beds have been underused or sitting empty because they weren't funded.
  
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• Six Lethbridge Hurricanes players attending NHL rookie and training camps - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 21:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Six Lethbridge Hurricanes players attending NHL rookie and training camps  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The Western Hockey League (WHL) has announced that 105 of their players will train with the pros and try to set themselves up for future ...
  
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• Alberta to announce ‘immediate changes’ to reduce driver test wait times

  11-09-2019 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  Since the driver test system went from private to government-run, Albertans have reported having to wait more than six weeks to book a driving exam.
  
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• Haskayne School of Business launches social entrepreneurship centre

  11-09-2019 21:27
  In a nod to the evolving values of capitalism and the future of business, the University of Calgary announced the creation of a social entrepreneurship centre. The initiative will be based at the Haskayne School of Business and provide students with tailored experiences as well as hands-on learning opportunities to increase their skills in social entrepreneurship. "How far can we go in solving social problems by tapping into the power of markets?" says Dan Overall, executive director of the Tric
  
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• U.S. government plans to ban flavours used in e-cigarettes

  11-09-2019 20:49
  WASHINGTON -- The federal government will act to ban thousands of flavours used in e-cigarettes, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday, responding to a recent surge in underage vaping that has alarmed parents, politicians and health authorities nationwide. The surprise White House announcement could remake the multibillion-dollar vaping industry, which has been driven by sales of flavoured nicotine formulas such as "grape slushie" and "strawberry cotton candy." The Food and Drug Administrat
  
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• Ahead of federal election, Alberta group wants more women talking about politics

  11-09-2019 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  A group with roots in the oil and gas industry is encouraging women to talk about politics this fall, even if they hold widely different views.
  
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• Driver killed in Trans-Canada Highway crash near Banff

  11-09-2019 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  One man was killed in a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park on Tuesday.
  
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• City looks at options in regards to pending closure of two public pools

  11-09-2019 20:41
  City administrators are taking a closer look at the viability of two public pools in Calgary that are planned to be closed down at the end of the 2019 season. It was announced earlier in the summer both the Beltline Aquatic and Fitness Centre, on 12 Avenue S.W., and the Inglewood Aquatic Centre, on 17 Avenue S.E., would shut down at the end of the operating season. The city made the decision based on "poor financial operating performance due to changing citizen preferences" that resulted in low
  
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• Truck driver killed in rollover crash near Banff

  11-09-2019 20:32
  The driver of a transport truck was killed after his vehicle left the Trans-Canada Highway and flipped onto its roof near Banff on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the highway near Redearth Creek at about 6:45 a.m. for reports of a single-vehicle collision. The commercial truck was loaded with hydroelectric poles and was travelling eastbound when it left the roadway and crossed a grass median before rolling. The 29-year-old driver was the only one in the vehicle and died at the scene. The
  
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• ‘Staring at me:’ Oldest known spider ancestor found in Burgess Shales

  11-09-2019 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's famed Burgess Shales have yielded another ground-breaking fossil find -- this time the oldest known ancestor of today's spiders and scorpions
  
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• Kenney makes case for Albertans to vote Conservative in federal election

  11-09-2019 20:14
  Now that Justin Trudeau has set a date for the federal election next month, Alberta's premier is working to sway voters to the right side of the political spectrum. Kenney spoke with reporters on Wednesday morning in Calgary and said a re-election of the federal Liberals would devastate the province. "Mr. Trudeau’s policies have helped to deepen and prolong a period of economic decline and stagnation in this province and manage to kill tens of thousands of jobs and reduce incomes for hundr
  
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• Terry Fox Run set to go this Sunday - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Terry Fox Run set to go this Sunday  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Get set to lace up your sneakers and fight to beat cancer. The 39th annual Terry Fox Run is this weekend, with the Lethbridge fundraiser set ...
  
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• Five candidates running in federal election in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 19:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Five candidates running in federal election in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – The official campaigning period has started for the 2019 federal election and a wide slate of candidates are vying for your vote. Rachael ...
  
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• Bianca Andreescu says Drake finally messaged her and reveals what he said

  11-09-2019 19:32
  Rap superstar Drake has finally reached out to Bianca Andreescu to congratulate her after she called him out for not messaging her after winning the U.S. Open. Earlier this week, Andreescu appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and recounted the congratulatory messages she had received from famous Canadians like Shania Twain, Steve Nash and Justin Trudeau. However, she ended the interview by calling out Champagnepapi, Drake’s Instagram handle, saying she was waiti
  
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• Death after heart attack during sex deemed 'workplace accident' by Paris court

  11-09-2019 19:10
  A French man’s death after a heart attack during sex has been declared a “workplace accident” by a Paris court because it happened on a business trip. The Paris Court of Appeal overturned a ruling in May that the man’s former employer should be found liable. Lawyers for the construction company TSO argued that his 2013 death occurred during an interruption of his job duties, but the Court of Appeal decided that the entire business trip could be considered work. “In
  
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• Ohio boy denied school lunch on birthday due to unpaid balance

  11-09-2019 18:51
  A boy from Ohio had the "worst birthday ever" after his school lunch was taken away because of an unpaid balance on his account. Jefferson Sharpnack told his grandmother, Diane Bailey, that he was denied his lunch tray when he went to check out. Instead of getting the cheesy breadsticks he had picked out, he was given a piece of cheese and bread by the lunch staff at Green Primary School in Uniontown, Ohio. It all happened on his ninth birthday, in front of other students in the lunch line, beca
  
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• Targeted traffic stop results in drug charges against Lethbridge man - CTV News

  11-09-2019 18:45 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Targeted traffic stop results in drug charges against Lethbridge man  CTV NewsPolice in Lethbridge seized drugs, cash and a firearm from a west side home in connection to a drug trafficking investigation last week and a 22-year old man is ...
  
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• Targeted traffic stop results in drug charges against Lethbridge man

  11-09-2019 18:45
  Police in Lethbridge seized drugs, cash and a firearm from a west side home in connection to a drug trafficking investigation last week and a 22-year old man is now facing charges. Last Friday, a Dodge Caravan was stopped by police and officers seized carfentanil, cocaine, drug trafficking paraphernalia, cash and a pair of homemade brass knuckles from the vehicle. That led police to a home along Purdue Court and a search warrant executed on the property turned up about 171 grams of methamphetami
  
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• Lethbridge man serving time for 2018 west side shooting receives second prison sentence - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge man serving time for 2018 west side shooting receives second prison sentence  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – A 34-year-old Lethbridge man sentenced to six years in prison in relation to a shooting in west Lethbridge in 2018, has been sentenced for ...
  
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• Almost $1M worth of drugs seized by police during property search in East Village

  11-09-2019 18:07
  An investigation that was launched this summer targeting individuals believed to be involved in organized drug trafficking in the city has resulted in charges against two people. The Gang Enforcement Team (GET) initiated an investigation in July in response to the recent increase in violence and shootings in the city. On August 15, GET executed a search warrant on a property in the 500 block of Riverfront Avenue S.E. with help from the Tactical Unit. The apartment was contaminated with suspected
  
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• Addiction, mental health at the heart of funding announcement by provincial government

  11-09-2019 18:04
  The provincial government will fund 4,000 spaces for addiction treatment, outpatient services and medically assisted detox. The plan will be rolled out over the next four years, and will include new beds and funding for existing unfunded beds and spaces. “We promised Albertans we’d help eliminate the barriers to recovery for every family. More publicly funded treatment spaces will make it easier and faster to get important addiction and mental health care. These funds are part of our
  
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• Scientists succeed in creating two northern white rhino embryos

  11-09-2019 17:53
  CREMONA, Italy -- Scientists announced Wednesday they have succeeded in creating two embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino as part of an international effort to save the species, which is down to just two animals worldwide, both of them female. The embryos, created in the lab with eggs taken from the females and frozen sperm from dead males, are now stored in liquid nitrogen, to be transferred into a surrogate mother -- a southern white rhino -- in the near future. "Today we achieved
  
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• Canadian children’s book heading to Baby Archie

  11-09-2019 17:29
  The newest member of the royal family will soon be receiving a book inspired by the Canadian Rockies. The Royal edition of Rocky Mountain Rangers: Guardians of the Wild will be couriered to baby Archie this month. An Airdrie calligrapher adorned the book with hand-painted maple leaves and gold accents.  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, welcomed their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor last May. According to a press release, 230 copies of the book will als
  
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• Smartphone, Matchbox cars among Toy Hall of Fame finalists

  11-09-2019 16:43
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact on how people play and interact. The other finalists announced Wednesday are: Care Bears, the coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, and the top. The smartphone earned a place among the 12 finalists because of its status as a platform for countless mob
  
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• Ex-prison shows animated films made by incarcerated artists - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 16:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ex-prison shows animated films made by incarcerated artists  Lethbridge News NowPHILADELPHIA - Ezra has been locked up for about 45 years. In that time, he's taken the opportunities he's bee...
  
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• Dozens of tickets and warnings issued to Calgary drivers during first week of school

  11-09-2019 16:19
  Calgary police increase enforcement in playground zones in the fall to keep students safe as they head back to school and last week officers handed out dozens of tickets and warnings to drivers. The speed limit in playground zones is 30 km/h and police monitored 46 playground zones last week to ensure drivers were complying. Officers issued 165 tickets and 100 warnings and say the most common excuse they heard for speeding was, "I didn't see the sign." The top speed that was recorded was 69 km/h
  
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• Bianca Andreescu returns to Canada after whirlwind victory lap

  11-09-2019 16:10
  Tennis superstar Bianca Andreescu is returning to Canada after a whirlwind victory lap including rising dramatically in world tennis rankings, sparking the hashtag SheTheNorth and being offered the key to an Ontario city. It’s been a busy five days for the 19-year-old who became Canada’s first-ever Grand Slam titlist after beating Serena Williams at the U.S. Open on Saturday. On Monday, she shot up to the No. 5 spot in the WTA Tour's world rankings -- a far cry from being ranked No.
  
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• Actress Salma Hayek says she wants to protect Mexico's image - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 16:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Actress Salma Hayek says she wants to protect Mexico's image  Lethbridge News NowMEXICO CITY - Salma Hayek says she refrains from using social media to comment on problems in her native Mexic...
  
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• NFL Week 1 ratings up 5% over last year - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 15:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NFL Week 1 ratings up 5% over last year  Lethbridge News NowThe NFL's opening weekend to its 100th season delivered strong ratings for all games. The league and Nielsen s...
  
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• Who’s running in Calgary for Canada’s 43rd Federal Election?

  11-09-2019 15:37
  Calgarians have some big decisions to make as Canada’s 43rd Federal Election campaign officially begins on Wednesday.  There are 10 seats up for grabs in Calgary. The city has historically voted conservative, but elected two Liberal members of parliament in the last 2015 election.  Kent Hehr, was elected in the riding of Calgary-Centre by less than 1000 votes in a victory over Conservative Joan Crockatt, who previously held the seat from 2012 to 2015.  Hehr took office and w
  
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• 'Inclusion is a beautiful thing': U.S. boy with disability plays in marching band

  11-09-2019 15:07
  A video of a U.S. boy with disabilities playing percussion with his high school marching band has gone viral, with many praising the band for the act of inclusion. The boy’s mother shared the clip on Facebook earlier this week, writing that her son Isaac rarely gets to do what his older brother Aidan does. When Aidan suggested Isaac join the marching band at their New Mexico high school, she was skeptical. But she let the two go to band camp together for weeks. “I figured Isaac was h
  
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• Taylor Swift suspect charged in Trump golf course damage - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 14:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Taylor Swift suspect charged in Trump golf course damage  Lethbridge News NowBEDMINSTER, N.J. - The man charged with breaking into singer Taylor Swift's Rhode Island mansion is accused of...
  
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• 338 ridings, 40 days, 1 vote: Election campaign kicks off

  11-09-2019 14:24
  OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau has set in motion the 2019 federal election campaign, setting up his re-election bid as a choice for forward progress, while his opponents begin to position themselves as ready alternatives. On Wednesday morning, Gov. Gen. Julie Payette accepted Trudeau’s request to dissolve the 42nd Parliament, setting in motion Canada's 43rd federal race, with campaigns in all 338 ridings.Everything you need to know about the 2019 federal electionIt will be a 40-day race to
  
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• Record numbers for Environment Lethbridge's Reuse Rendezvous - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 14:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Record numbers for Environment Lethbridge's Reuse Rendezvous  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – This past weekend's Reuse Rendezvous was a great success. The Environment Lethbridge-lead event took place from Sept. 6 to 8 and had ...
  
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• GM recalls more than 3.4M pickups, SUVs to fix brake issues

  11-09-2019 13:52
  DETROIT -- Under pressure from the federal government, General Motors is recalling more than 3.4 million big pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S to fix a brake problem. The recall covers the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2014 through 2018 model years. Also included are the Cadillac Escalade from 2015 to 2017, and the GMC Yukon and Chevy Suburban and Tahoe from 2015 through 2018. GM says that as it ages, the pump in the power-assist brakes can put out less
  
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• Clothing retailer Roots reports nearly $9.7M Q2 loss, falls short of expectations

  11-09-2019 13:38
  TORONTO -- Roots Corp. lost nearly $9.7 million in its latest quarter, the clothing retailer said Wednesday as it missed expectations and said it will fall short of its financial guidance for the year. The company said its second-quarter loss amounted to 23 cents per share for the 13-week period ended Aug. 3 compared with a loss of nearly $4.1 million or 10 cents per share a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, Roots says it lost 15 cents per share compared with an adjusted loss of six cents per
  
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• Iran urges U.S. to 'put warmongers aside' after Bolton firing

  11-09-2019 11:47
  TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president urged the U.S. on Wednesday to "put warmongers aside" as tensions roil the Persian Gulf amid an escalating crisis between Washington and Tehran in the wake of the collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Hassan Rouhani's remarks signalled approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt dismissal of John Bolton as national security adviser, a man routinely pilloried by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as part of a "B Team" that targeted Iran. Bolto
  
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• U.K. court rules Johnson's suspension of Parliament unlawful

  11-09-2019 11:38
  LONDON -- Britain's political opposition demanded Wednesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson reverse his suspension of Parliament, after a court ruled that his decision to send lawmakers home less than two months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union was unlawful. Judges at Scotland's highest civil court said the government's action was illegal "because it had the purpose of stymieing Parliament." But the Court of Session judges said Britain's Supreme Court must make the final deci
  
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• Norway's highest court: child-like sex dolls violate the law

  11-09-2019 11:35
  COPENHAGEN -- Norway's highest court says it is "beyond doubt" that child-like sex dolls represent the sexualization of children and are a violation of Norwegian law. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that the law on sexual offences against children includes text, images, films and three-dimensional representations such as dolls. The test case came after Norwegian customs in 2016 seized a doll bought online, and prosecutors charged the man who had attempted to import it. In Norway, off
  
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• Hong Kong stock exchange swoops in for London rival

  11-09-2019 11:31
  LONDON -- The Hong Kong stock exchange wants to buy its storied London counterpart in a move that could gain leverage from the uncertainty that Brexit is creating for British companies and for the U.K. capital as a global financial hub. The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. said Wednesday it is looking at a deal that would that value the London Stock Exchange Group at 29.6 billion pounds ($36.6 billion), but has not yet made a firm offer. A tie-up, it said, would provide the London firm with
  
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• In the news today, Sept. 11 - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 10:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Sept. 11  Lethbridge News NowSix stories in the news for Wednesday, Sept. 11. ———. FEDERAL ELECTION TO BEGIN TODAY. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off his bid for re-election ...
  
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• Veterans with PTSD, anxiety turn to beekeeping for relief - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2019 09:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Veterans with PTSD, anxiety turn to beekeeping for relief  Lethbridge News NowMANCHESTER, N.H. — Gently lifting a wooden frame containing dozens of Italian honeybees, Vince Ylitalo seemed transfixed as he and several other veterans ...
  
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