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• Kaillie Humphries case ruling looms as she attempts to compete for U.S.

  16-09-2019 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary judge is expected to rule on whether Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton must release Kaillie Humphries to compete for another country.
  
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• No charges in Friday night cyclist injury case - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 23:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  No charges in Friday night cyclist injury case  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE — A vehicle collision with 13-year-old cyclist Friday (Sept 13) night resulted in injuries to the cyclist. However, no charges are pending against the ...
  
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• Students at University of Calgary question why app designed to alert them failed to notify them during potential gun scare

  16-09-2019 23:17
  Monday morning while heavily armed police officers scoured the campus for a possible gunman, University of Calgary students, unaware and uninformed of the incident, went about the business of attending Monday classes. That's partly because it was a false alarm, and partly because an emergency app specifically designed to alert students to such situations was never deployed. The incident in question took place early Monday. "Shortly after 8:30 this morning, police received a call of a male walkin
  
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• Students at U of C question why emergency app failed to alert during gun scare

  16-09-2019 23:17
  Monday morning while heavily armed police officers scoured the campus for a possible gunman, University of Calgary students, unaware and uninformed of the incident, went about the business of attending Monday classes. That's partly because it was a false alarm, and partly because an emergency app specifically designed to alert students to such situations was never deployed. The incident in question took place early Monday. "Shortly after 8:30 this morning, police received a call of a male walkin
  
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• Lethbridge adopts ‘Oki’ as city’s official greeting - Global News

  16-09-2019 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge adopts ‘Oki’ as city’s official greeting  Global NewsCity council voted unanimously on Monday afternoon to adopt the traditional Blackfoot greeting, something the city said is as an important step towards ...
  
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• Lethbridge adopts ‘Oki’ as city’s official greeting

  16-09-2019 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  City council voted unanimously on Monday afternoon to adopt the traditional Blackfoot greeting, something the city said is as an important step towards honouring the original peoples of the land the city is built on.
  
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• City man charged in weekend assault and robbery incidents - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 22:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City man charged in weekend assault and robbery incidents  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE — A 36-year-old man faces charges in relation to two weekend incidents in which men were attacked in north side alleys. On Saturday (Sept 14) ...
  
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• Calgary police seize $100K worth of drugs and cash

  16-09-2019 22:49
  Calgary police seized $100,000 in cash and drugs and charged a man with several offences following a month-long investigation into recent shootings and violence. The investigation was launched in August after police received a tip about a man being unlawfully in possession of a firearm. That led to a traffic stop on Sept. 12 at 37th Street and 19th Avenue S.W. involving a Nissan Xterra where a man was taken into custody without incident. A search warrant was executed at a home in the 1600 block
  
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• Police charge 36-year-old man following Saturday alleyway assaults in Lethbridge

  16-09-2019 22:32
  A 36-year-old man faces multiple charges after two alleyway attacks that took place in Lethbridge over the weekend on the city’s north side. Saturday night, between 10 and 11 p.m., police received two reports of a passenger in a red truck who used a baseball bat to tiwice strike a 37-year-old man before taking cash from his wallet in the alley along the 500 block of 13th Street North.. In the second, in the alley along the 600 block of 13 Street North, the passenger in the red truck yelled
  
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• Toronto allows taller fences at Drake's mansion amid security concerns

  16-09-2019 22:22
  The City of Toronto has granted Drake special permission to build fences twice as high as would otherwise be permitted, largely due to security concerns at his Bridle Path mega-mansion. “The amount of people that try to come onto this property during the day and at night is very, very significant,” Brad Rafauli, vice-president of the Ferris Rafauli Architectural Design Build Group, told North York Community Council Monday. “Security is really left in his hands.” Rafauli w
  
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• Campaign encourages more women to engage in politics ahead of federal election

  16-09-2019 22:21
  Canada Powered by Women launched a third-party campaign Monday aimed at empowering females across the country to be more engaged in politics and encourage voting. A report released by the group details how differently women feel about their own political knowledge and confidence when compared to men. “Women are running their homes, business or getting two or three degrees, they are making a huge contribution to the country and they have a lot to say,” said spokesperson Dr. Lucy Mille
  
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• Asylum claims dipped last month but numbers remain up over last year

  16-09-2019 22:12
  OTTAWA - New statistics released Monday show a slight dip in the number of people intercepted at the Canada-U.S. border last month trying to cross unofficially to claim asylum. Last month, 1,762 people were stopped by the RCMP as they crossed into Canada from the U.S. at informal border points, down from 1,874 in July. But the statistics also show that the total number of asylum claims lodged in Canada so far this year is higher than in the same period in 2018. The government says it has process
  
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• AP source: New York prosecutors subpoena Trump's tax returns - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 22:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP source: New York prosecutors subpoena Trump's tax returns  Lethbridge News NowNew York City prosecutors have subpoenaed President Donald Trump's tax returns. A person familiar with the mat...
  
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• Indiana lawmakers seek probe of ex-abortion doctor's clinics

  16-09-2019 21:56
  INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's attorney general said Monday that he will work with his Illinois counterpart to investigate what he called the "grisly discovery" of more than 2,000 medically preserved fetal remains at the Illinois home of a late doctor who performed abortions in Indiana. Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill said he and Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul have "agreed to work together" as Hill's office co-ordinates an investigation of the remains found at the home of Dr
  
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• Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 21:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Olympic medallist Kirsti Lay announces retirement from track cycling  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL - Track cyclist Kirsti Lay has announced her retirement after helping Canada win an Olympic bronze me...
  
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• Two senior Canadian Forces members charged with sexual assaults - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 21:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two senior Canadian Forces members charged with sexual assaults  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — Military police have laid sexual-assault charges against two senior members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including a lieutenant-colonel working ...
  
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• Quebec watchdog criticized over investigations of police shootings - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 21:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec watchdog criticized over investigations of police shootings  Lethbridge News NowMONTREAL — Rights advocates and victims' families in Quebec are calling for greater transparency from the province's independent police watchdog.
  
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• Alberta man facing charges after using alleged fraudulent ID to buy $120K car in Ontario

  16-09-2019 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Niagara Regional Police say they began an investigation last month when a luxury vehicle worth more than $120,000 was bought using fake identification.
  
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• NHLPA declines to reopen CBA, preventing possible work stoppage

  16-09-2019 21:00
  HKN-NHLPA-CBA, 3rd Writethru@ code:2 Update:ADDS statement from Gary Bettman@ INDEX: Sports@ HL:NHLPA declines to re-open CBA; current agreement will run through 2021-22 season@ By Joshua Clipperton@ THE CANADIAN PRESS@ TORONTO -- The NHL Players' Association has announced it will not re-open the current collective bargaining agreement after the 2019-20 season, avoiding a potential lockout next September. The NHL had the same right and informed the NHLPA last month that it would not terminate th
  
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• Red Deer rent prices higher than Lethbridge - Red Deer Advocate

  16-09-2019 20:50 via reddeeradvocate.com
  Red Deer rent prices higher than Lethbridge  Red Deer AdvocateRed Deer remains one of the least expensive cities for renters.
  
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• Traffic near Sunalta LRT Station impacted by water services work

  16-09-2019 20:23
  City crews are working on the water lines under 10th Avenue in the city's southwest and have closed a portion of the roadway to traffic. According to a tweet from YYC Transportation, the work was started on Saturday and was to be finished on Sunday evening but barriers around the construction site remained in place on Monday morning.CLOSURE: 10 Ave SW will be closed at the intersection of 17 St SW beginning at 7 am Saturday Sept 14 until 8 pm Sunday Sept 15. This closure accommodates water servi
  
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• U.S. postal treaty exit would hurt Canadian e-commerce businesses

  16-09-2019 20:21
  MONTREAL -- U.S. President Donald Trump's push to withdraw from an international postal treaty could have a big impact on Canadian e-commerce companies and their American customers. The U.S. threat to exit the Universal Postal Union in October unless more balanced shipping fees with China and other countries can be reached this month means online retailers could see direct-to-consumer delivery prices shoot up. The 145-year-old treaty, which sets the rates that nearly 200 national postal services
  
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• Alberta oil security touted after Saudi attack

  16-09-2019 20:03
  Alberta’s premier is pumping up the province’s oil industry for its "safety, stability, security" following drone attacks on Saudi Arabian sites which spiked global oil prices. Jason Kenney, speaking in New York on the American business network Bloomberg Monday, said gulf-based oil has a security premium that Alberta oil doesn’t and Americans can benefit from this. "If they don’t want to pay a security premium they should be operating more and investing more in Alberta,"
  
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• Ozone hole over Antarctica could be smallest seen in three decades

  16-09-2019 19:42
  The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic could be the smallest seen in three decades, scientists believe. The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. In the late 20th century, human emissions of chemical substances called halocarbons adversely affected the amount of ozone molecules in the stratosphere, resulting in a dramatic annual ozone hole over the Antarctic region. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphe
  
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• Free wheelchair basketball sessions available in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 19:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Free wheelchair basketball sessions available in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – If you ever wanted to try out wheelchair basketball, here's your chance. The Lethbridge Wheelchair Basketball Association is a non-profit ...
  
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• Christian Heritage Party names federal election candidate in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 19:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Christian Heritage Party names federal election candidate in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge's newest federal election candidate has been named.Marc Slingerland will represent...
  
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• Scheer would restore Harper's child fitness and arts tax credits Liberals axed

  16-09-2019 18:27
  LAKE COUNTRY, B.C. -- Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants to revive two more of Stephen Harper's boutique tax credits that were later axed by the Trudeau Liberals. Scheer unveiled two policy measures on Monday that he says he'd implement if he becomes prime minister: a Children's Fitness Tax Credit and a Children's Arts and Learning Tax Credit.        Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily campaign update   The two will allow Canadian families to cl
  
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• In the news today, Sept. 16 - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 18:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  In the news today, Sept. 16  Lethbridge News NowThree stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 16. ———. DAY 6 ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. The sixth day of the federal election campaign sees the Green party ...
  
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• Average fall, cold winter ahead, The Weather Network predicts - Lethbridge News Now

  16-09-2019 18:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Average fall, cold winter ahead, The Weather Network predicts  Lethbridge News NowCanadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather ...
  
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• Improper sterilization means increased risk for Hep B and C at two Calgary dental clinics

  16-09-2019 18:06
  Patients at a Calgary dental office and a home-based dental hygiene practise may have been exposed to hepatitis B and C due to improper sterilization practises, reads a warning from Alberta Health Services on Monday. Officials say the risk is low but anyone who received dental services at Canavina Dental Hygiene Clinic located at 311 Teravista St. N.E. between Aug. 1, 2009 and April 30, 2018 and at 7196 California Blvd. N.E. between May 1, 2018 and Feb. 15 is encouraged to visit their family phy
  
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• CREA reports August home sales up from year ago, raises forecast for 2019

  16-09-2019 17:57
  OTTAWA -- The Canadian Real Estate Association raised its forecast for home sales this year, helped by economic fundamentals and falling mortgage rates. The improved outlook for the year came as CREA reported home sales in August were up five per cent compared with the same month last year. The organization said Monday that national home sales are now projected to rise to 482,000 units this year, up five per cent from 2018. In June, CREA predicted sales to climb 1.2 per cent to 463,000 this year
  
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• U.K. charity reports donations spike despite backlash over international spending

  16-09-2019 17:52
  The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a U.K. charity that was founded in 1824 and dedicated to saving lives at sea, has been forced to defend itself after a report alleging misuse of public funds for the charity’s international work. The Daily Mail article alleges that the charity is “buying burkinis for Muslim women in Africa – while slashing more than 100 jobs in the U.K.,” and insinuates that the charity may be misleading the public on where their donations end up.
  
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• Realistic papier-mache rifle prompts large police presence at University of Calgary

  16-09-2019 17:33
  Members of the Calgary Police Service and campus security have concluded an investigation at the main University of Calgary campus following a report of a suspicious person Monday morning. "Shortly after 8:30 this morning, police received a call of a male walking around the university campus holding, what was called in as, a shotgun or an assault rifle," said Acting Staff Sergeant Travis Juska of the CPS. "Officers deployed to the scene, conducted checks of the various different buildings in con
  
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• Uncle's death on the streets inspires students to create portable homeless shelter

  16-09-2019 16:52
  Two big-hearted Montreal students have created a potentially life-saving mobile shelter for the homeless after one of the girl’s uncles died on the streets. For their high school science fair project, teens Pasha Jones and Adrianna Vutrano created a two kilogram prototype made of hula-hoops, rope, metal hangers and tarp bought at their local hardware store. Each shelter costs around $20 to make and now the 15-year-olds hope a non-profit or company will back their invention to mass-produce
  
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• Lime to host free electric scooter safety lessons

  16-09-2019 16:01
  **Update: The sessions are being conducted by Lime, not the City of Calgary, as per the pilot project agreement. The City of Calgary is promoting the sessions** The influx of electric scooters in Calgary, and the injuries that have accompanied their arrival, has prompted Lime to offer two free scooter safety education events. Public drop-in events are scheduled to take place in Central Memorial Park, 1221 2nd Street Southwest, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17 and  Thursday, September 19.
  
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• City to host free electric scooter safety sessions

  16-09-2019 16:01
  The influx of electric scooters in Calgary, and the injuries that have accompanied their arrival, has prompted the City of Calgary to offer two free scooter safety education events. The public drop-in events are scheduled to take place in Central Memorial Park, 1221 2nd Street Southwest, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17 and  Thursday, September 19. Instructors will offer safety tips to reduce the risk of injury to riders and the pedestrians they encounter. Should weather prove questionabl
  
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• Ryan Straschnitzki, hurt in Broncos crash, returns to Humboldt

  16-09-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  The last time Ryan Straschnitzki was in Humboldt was before the crash that killed 16 of his teammates and staff. He said he was happy to be back but that it was emotional.
  
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• The Weather Network predicts average fall, cold winter ahead

  16-09-2019 15:15
  Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country, according to The Weather Network. The network is predicting Western Canada, including B.C., Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, along with parts of Atlantic Canada will have slightly warmer-than-normal temperatures for fall because of warmer oceans and wetter conditions along coastal areas.Check the weather conditions and forecast where you live"We don't
  
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• Purdue Pharma files for bankruptcy as part of settlement

  16-09-2019 14:07
  Purdue Pharma, the company that made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy in White Plains, New York, days after reaching a tentative settlement with many of the state and local governments suing it over the toll of opioids. The filing was anticipated before and after the tentative deal, which could be worth up to $12 billion over time, was struck. "This settlement framework avoids wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and years on protracted litigation,"
  
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• No Deal: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute

  16-09-2019 11:07
  DETROIT -- More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike. Workers shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses. It wasn't clear how long the walkout would last, with the union saying GM has budged little in months of talks while GM said it made substantial offers including higher wages and
  
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• Auto strike idles more than 50 GM factories and warehouses

  16-09-2019 11:07
  DETROIT -- More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike Monday against General Motors, bringing more than 50 factories and parts warehouses to a standstill in the union's first walkout against the No. 1 U.S. automaker in over a decade. Workers left factories and formed picket lines shortly after midnight in the dispute over a new four-year contract. The union's top negotiator said in a letter to the company that the strike could have been averted had the company made its la
  
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• Oil prices jump as attack on Saudi plant threatens supply

  16-09-2019 10:59
  The loss of 5% of world crude oil output from an attack on Saudi Arabia's largest oil processing plant pushed crude prices sharply higher on Monday. U.S. crude oil was trading 9% higher while Brent crude added more than 10%. The attack on the Saudi Aramco facility halted output of more than half of Saudi Arabia's daily exports. That's especially worrying for oil thirsty Asia: China, Japan, South Korea and India are major customers for Saudi oil. "The attacks this time posed a serious threat to k
  
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• Oil price jump linked to Saudi Arabian attacks sparks energy stock rally

  16-09-2019 10:59
  CALGARY -- Long-suffering Canadian energy company stocks were on track to post their best day in nearly three years after an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on the weekend sent oil prices soaring. The index that tracks energy company share prices on the Toronto Stock Exchange was up as much as 11 per cent just before noon Monday, led by double-digit increases for firms including Encana Corp., Baytex Energy Corp., Cenovus Energy Inc. and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Randy Ollenberger, m
  
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• Energy sector helps lift main Canadian stock index to another record high

  16-09-2019 10:52
  TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index hit another intraday high in late-morning trading as the energy sector surged following a weekend attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 68.69 points at 16,751.11. The index hit a high of 16,767.19 in earlier trading, topping its previous high water mark of 16,756.11 set on Friday. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 107.10 points at 27,112.42. The S&P 500 index was down 7.81 points at 2,999.58
  
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• Well-known Lethbridge banjo player dead at 91 - Lethbridge Herald

  16-09-2019 10:24 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Well-known Lethbridge banjo player dead at 91  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald Lethbridge has lost its best-known banjo player. Clark Figenshau died last week, at 91. For many years, Figenshau was recognized as the.
  
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• Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, found dead in NYC

  16-09-2019 03:29
  NEW YORK -- Ric Ocasek, The Cars frontman whose deadpan vocal delivery and lanky, sunglassed look defined a rock era with chart-topping hits like "Just What I Needed," was discovered dead Sunday afternoon in his Manhattan apartment. The New York Police Department said that officers found the 75-year-old Ocasek at about 4 p.m. after responding to a 911 call. They said there were no signs of foul play and that the medical examiner was to determine a cause of death. The death comes a year after The
  
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• Calgary couple wearing shirts supporting oil industry say Parliament Hill security guard told them to change

  16-09-2019 03:25
  A Calgary couple who visited the Parliament buildings in Ottawa says a security guard told them they wouldn’t be allowed to go on a tour unless they changed their shirts that displayed support for the oil and gas industry. Chris Wollin and his fiancé were wearing a black t-shirts that read, “I (LOVE) (CANADIAN) OIL AND GAS.” “The security officer mentioned that if we were to come back with our "I love Canadian oil and gas" shirts on, that we wouldn’t be allow
  
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• 'She the North' rally for Bianca Andreescu takes over Mississauga

  16-09-2019 01:44
  A little rain could not keep people from gathering in Mississauga on Sunday to celebrate hometown hero and U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu. Occasionally breaking out into “She the North” chants, tens of thousands of people from across the GTA attended the rally at Celebration Square. “This is crazy,” Andreescu said as she looked out onto the packed crowd. "I never thought I would have my own parade.”Tennis star and US Open winner Bianca Andreescu holds up a Cana
  
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• Supporters of Okotoks flight school fight back after noise complaints and plane crash

  16-09-2019 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  A group of Okotoks residents who live beside a runway are voicing their support for the Calgary-Okotoks Flying School that opened this year.
  As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, they're pushing back after a small plane crash this ummer that prompted other resident to raise concerns about noise and safety.
  
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• Olympian Mark Tewksbury honoured with Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award

  16-09-2019 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury has been honoured with the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award.
  
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