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• Lethbridge's economy performing well according to Conference Board of Canada Report - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge's economy performing well according to Conference Board of Canada Report  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – While the overall provincial GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has stalled, the City of Lethbridge's economy continues to perform well, growing ...
  
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• Man who scammed romantic partner wants mistrial despite guilty finding - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Man who scammed romantic partner wants mistrial despite guilty finding  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — A con artist who scammed the romantic partner he met online out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has asked a judge to declare a mistrial ...
  
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• Greens call for stronger digital privacy protections - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Greens call for stronger digital privacy protections  Lethbridge News NowWATERLOO, Ont. — Intrusions into Canadians' digital privacy have become a crisis and it's time to stop companies from mining people's information for profit, ...
  
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• Gory murders, stabbings, kids slain: Killers found not criminally responsible - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gory murders, stabbings, kids slain: Killers found not criminally responsible  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON - A review board at Alberta Hospital in Edmonton is deciding whether a man who killed five young...
  
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• Storyboard artist and grocery bagger Al Berg winds down from work watching shows he worked on

  17-09-2019 23:52
  Like many of his favourite comic book heroes, 63-year-old Calgary Co-op grocery clerk Al Berg has an alter ego of his own: by day he bags groceries, but when he leaves work from the midtown market he slips into his other self, as one of the top storyboard artists in Canada. Sought out by film and television producers from around the globe, Berg is called on to turn a director’s vision into a scene by scene set of drawings, called storyboards.“It’s specialty work. It isn’t
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes in ‘healthy financial position’ despite disappointing end to last season - Global News

  17-09-2019 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Hurricanes in ‘healthy financial position’ despite disappointing end to last season  Global NewsLethbridge Hurricanes' brass addressed shareholders at the club's 34th annual general meeting on Monday.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes in ‘healthy financial position’ despite disappointing end to last season

  17-09-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Hurricanes' brass addressed shareholders at the club's 34th annual general meeting on Monday.
  
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• Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime  Lethbridge News NowDULUTH, Minn. — A fire that destroyed a historic synagogue in northeastern Minnesota doesn't appear to have been a hate crime, authorities said Sunday in ...
  
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• Jailed tycoon and professor in Tunisia's presidential runoff - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Jailed tycoon and professor in Tunisia's presidential runoff  Lethbridge News NowTUNIS, Tunisia — Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied will advance to Tunisia's presidential runoff, sending the North ...
  
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• 'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales  Lethbridge News NowThe tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by … selling more ...
  
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• Alberta spends $3M for 30 nurse practitioners for remote, specialized areas

  17-09-2019 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the new hires will work with family physicians and others in primary care networks.
  
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• Alberta sheriffs shut down southeast Calgary drug house

  17-09-2019 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  A house in southeast Calgary know for having ongoing problems, including drug activity, has been shut down by Alberta sheriffs. 
  
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• B.C.’s top court orders review of Trans Mountain Pipeline’s environmental assessment

  17-09-2019 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  The court found B.C.'s approval of the certificate was based on the National Energy Board's original report, which was later quashed in federal court
  
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• Alberta government rejects pay hike proposal for provincial court judges - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 22:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alberta government rejects pay hike proposal for provincial court judges  Lethbridge News NowEDMONTON — The Alberta government is rejecting a recommendation to hike salaries for provincial court judges by about eight per cent over four years.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes in ‘healthy financial position’ despite disappointing season end

  17-09-2019 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes held the club’s 34th Annual General Meeting Monday night, and reported a profitable year to shareholders. Danica Ferris has more on the team’s successes over the last year, despite a disappointing end to the season.
  
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• Time ticking down for expat voters, chief electoral officer says - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 22:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Time ticking down for expat voters, chief electoral officer says  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA — Voters living outside of Canada should register soon to ensure they can participate in the coming federal election, says Canada's chief electoral ...
  
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• Families launch claims against N.L. government over deaths in custody - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 22:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Families launch claims against N.L. government over deaths in custody  Lethbridge News NowST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The families of two inmates who died in Newfoundland jails have filed lawsuits claiming that negligence by the province exacerbated their ...
  
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• Alberta spending $3M to staff remote communities with nurse practitioners

  17-09-2019 22:08
  Alberta’s health ministry has offered a lifeline to people in rural and remote communities who need timely access to primary care services. The ministry said it will spend $3 million to hire up to 30 new nurse practitioners in towns were many people don’t have or cannot access a family doctor. Nurse practitioners receive advanced training so they can diagnose patients, perform annual checkups, order tests and prescribe medication. Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro called the hiri
  
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• Advocates call for national youth suicide strategy: ‘Our children will continue to die’

  17-09-2019 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  Between 2013 and 2017, at least 1,174 youth between eight and 19 years old died by suicide.
  
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• Residents in some parts of the GTA spend more than half their income on rent

  17-09-2019 22:02
  A new rental housing tool is highlighting key electoral districts where voters are spending half or more of their income on housing to help inform voters and politicians before election polls open next month. The Canadian Rental Housing Index released numbers and an interactive map Tuesday that broke down how much of their overall income Canadians are spending on rent across all 338 federal ridings. The findings showed that Ontario has some of the worst rental housing affordability issues i
  
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• Truth Tracker: No, Rick Mercer did not publicly endorse the Conservative Party

  17-09-2019 21:57
  TORONTO -- Canadian comedian Rick Mercer fired back at the Conservative Party Tuesday after a meme he described as “straight up fake,” suggesting he was encouraging young people to vote Conservative, was posted to a Conservative constituency Facebook page. In a tweet addressed to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and his party, Mercer said, “Your candidate in Burnaby North Seymour is distributing a Meme on social media with my face and the words ‘Vote Conservative’
  
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• 'It makes no sense': Families mourn as vigil set for UVic bus crash victims

  17-09-2019 21:52
  Two first-year University of Victoria students who tragically died in a bus crash are being mourned by people across Canada and the United States on Tuesday. Emma Machado, 18, from Winnipeg and John Geerdes, 18, from Iowa City were both killed while on a field trip from Victoria to Bamfield Friday night. Forty-five students and two teaching assistances were on a Wilson’s Transportation bus when it suddenly left a rugged gravel road and crashed into a ravine just before 10 p.m. “Both
  
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• CannTrust says Health Canada has suspended its licence

  17-09-2019 21:43
  VAUGHAN, Ont. -- CannTrust Holdings Inc. says it received a notice of licence suspension from Health Canada, which has been investigating the cannabis company for allegedly cultivating pot in unlicensed rooms. The Vaughan, Ont.-based company says the notice it received from the regulator late this morning indicates that Health Canada has suspended its authority to produce cannabis, other than cultivating and harvesting, and to sell cannabis. More coming
  
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• Male Silverback gorilla makes public debut at Calgary Zoo

  17-09-2019 21:06
  A new addition has been added to the Calgary Zoo with the debut of Jasiri the new male Silverback Western Lowland gorilla. Jasiri, who is 21-years-old, was brought to the Calgary Zoo from Zoo Atlanta back in June. Calgarians will get a glimpse of the new addition to the gorilla family at the zoo for the first time on Tuesday. For the past three months, Jasiri has been in quarantine as he adapts to his new surroundings. Jasiri has been shown his new habitat and the goal is to introduce him to the
  
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• Grandfather crochets dolls with vitiligo to comfort children with skin disease

  17-09-2019 21:03
  A Brazilian grandfather, who suffers from vitiligo, is being praised for his craft of crocheting dolls with different body types, skin disorders and visual impairments. João Stanganelli Junior, 64, has been living with vitiligo, a non-contagious skin condition characterized by splotchy patches of missing pigment, for nearly half of his life. Translated from Portuguese, Stanganelli told CTVNews.ca over Facebook Messenger that he wanted his granddaughter Isabella to have something to rememb
  
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• $1,800 in compensation paid to Edmonton couple bumped off flight

  17-09-2019 20:55
  An Edmonton couple has received compensation after they were denied boarding on a WestJet flight for their honeymoon trip in July. Chelsea Williamson says she and her husband filed a complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency under the new Airline Passenger Protection Regulations, which came into effect in July. “We arrived at the gate and the agent scanned our ticket and the agent had a funny look on her face,” Williamson told CTV News Edmonton in August. She says WestJet tol
  
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• Review board hears Matthew de Grood doing well, should have unsupervised outings

  17-09-2019 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  A judge in 2016 found de Grood not criminally responsible for the killings because he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.
  
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• Machete, knife and drugs seized near Supervised Consumption Site in Lethbridge - CTV News

  17-09-2019 20:48 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Machete, knife and drugs seized near Supervised Consumption Site in Lethbridge  CTV NewsLethbridge police have charged a man with weapons and drug offences after finding a machete stuffed into his pants, along with a knife, near the Supervised ...
  
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• Machete, knife and drugs seized near Supervised Consumption Site in Lethbridge

  17-09-2019 20:48
  Lethbridge police have charged a man with weapons and drug offences after finding a machete stuffed into his pants, along with a knife, near the Supervised Consumption Site in the southern Alberta city. Officers were called to the area about 6:40 a.m. Tuesday for reports of several men passing around a machete. Police found a man matching one of the descriptions a short distance away and he was found to have a machete stuffed into his pants, along with a knife.  Police also seized drugs. Sh
  
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• Senate incidents involving pro-oil and gas shirts highlight lack of clarity in legislatures’ rules

  17-09-2019 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Twice this month, visitors to parliament buildings were asked to remove items of clothing sporting the slogan "I love Canadian Oil and Gas."
  
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• Suspected drug house in Southview shut down for second time in less than a year

  17-09-2019 20:41
  A problem property in the southeast Calgary community of Southview was shuttered for the second time in less than a year by Alberta’s Safe Communities and Neigbourhood (SCAN) Unit on Tuesday afternoon. According to a Community Safety Order filed Sept. 12, people living in or visiting the house at 2000 Cottonwood Cres. S.E. were allegedly using and selling drugs. In October 2018, members of the Calgary Police Service and Alberta Sheriffs boarded up and fenced-off the property after neighbou
  
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• 'Everybody here can sleep well at night again.' Drug house shuttered for second time in a year

  17-09-2019 20:41
  A problem property in the southeast Calgary community of Southview was shuttered for the second time in less than a year by Alberta’s Safe Communities and Neigbourhood (SCAN) Unit on Tuesday afternoon. The home at 2000 Cottonwood Cres. S.E. will be closed for 90 days, the maximum allowed in Alberta. "It brings a sense of safety and security to the community again," said Daniel Taylor, who lives near the suspected drug house. "Everybody here can sleep well at night again and they don't have
  
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• Woman in wheelchair struck, robbed by masked suspects in Lethbridge - CTV News

  17-09-2019 20:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Woman in wheelchair struck, robbed by masked suspects in Lethbridge  CTV NewsMembers of the Lethbridge Police *Service* are investigating after a woman in a wheelchair was hit and robbed Monday night by suspects wearing Halloween ...
  
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• Woman in wheelchair struck, robbed by masked suspects in Lethbridge

  17-09-2019 20:23
  Members of the Lethbridge Police Service are investigating after a woman in a wheelchair was hit and robbed Monday night by suspects wearing Halloween masks . According to police, the 53-year-old woman was approached by two females wearing Halloween masks in the vicinity of 7th Street and 1st Avenue South. The suspects grabbed the woman's wheelchair and demanded cash.   The victim was struck in the head during the confrontation and an undisclosed amount of cash was pried out of her hand. Th
  
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• Oil prices drop ahead of update on Saudi oil production - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 20:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Oil prices drop ahead of update on Saudi oil production  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK - Oil prices are falling a day after their biggest single-day jump in years due to a weekend attack o...
  
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• Pay hike proposal for provincial court judges rejected by Alberta government

  17-09-2019 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  Instead, the province says it will keep the salaries where they are at almost $294,000 a year until at least the spring of 2021.
  
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• Police continue search for suspects in targeted CrossIron Mills mall shooting

  17-09-2019 19:15
  Police continue to investigate a targeted shooting at CrossIron Mills mall that sent a man to hospital on Monday evening and say the shooter fled the scene in a truck along with an accomplice. Calgary police and Airdrie RCMP responded to the mall, north of Calgary, just after 7 p.m. for reports of an active shooter. "Upon arrival it was determined that the shooting occurred in the parking lot of CrossIron Mills mall, near the food court entrance, and that one male was injured," said RCMP Inspect
  
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• Police continue search for suspects in shooting at CrossIron Mills mall

  17-09-2019 19:15
  Police continue to investigate a shooting at CrossIron Mills mall that sent a man to hospital on Monday evening and say they are looking for one suspect and an accomplice. Calgary police and Airdrie RCMP responded to the mall, north of Calgary, just after 7 p.m. for reports of shots fired. A man was taken to Foothills Hospital from the scene by EMS with serious injuries. Police locked down the mall following the incident to usher shoppers to safety and went store by store to clear the facility.
  
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• Blackfoot word “Oki” adopted as official City of Lethbridge greeting - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 18:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Blackfoot word “Oki” adopted as official City of Lethbridge greeting  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – On the second day of Reconciliation Week festivities, Lethbridge City Council voted to incorporate the area's Indigenous lineage into its ...
  
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• Sylvan Lake man charged with murder of wife

  17-09-2019 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta RCMP announced Tuesday that a Sylvan Lake man had been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife.
  
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• Injured Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Juulsen going to see specialist - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 18:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Injured Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Juulsen going to see specialist  Lethbridge News NowBROSSARD, Que. - Montreal Canadiens defenceman Noah Juulsen will consult a specialist for a second opinion reg...
  
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• B.C. woman arrested in Spain, charged in U.S. college admissions case

  17-09-2019 18:46
  A B.C. woman has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a college admissions scandal south of the border. Surrey, B.C., resident Xiaoning Sui is accused of what U.S. Department of Justice calls "using bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate her son's admission" to a university in California. She was arrested by Spanish authorities Monday, the DOJ said in a statement posted the next day. Sui is the 52nd defendant to be arrested in the case. The scandal is the larges
  
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• Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 18:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings  Lethbridge News NowMONCTON, N.B. — Four RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are suing the ...
  
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• Sylvan Lake man charged with second-degree murder in wife's death

  17-09-2019 18:14
  A 41-year-old man has been arrested and charged following the death of his wife on Wednesday in Sylvan Lake. According to RCMP, officers responded to a home in Sylvan Lake on Wednesday morning following a 911 call. A 36-year-old woman suffering from severe injuries was located and transported to hospital. The woman, who has been identified as Kulvinder Sandhu, died as a result of her injuries in hospital on Saturday, September 14. Sandhu's spouse, Satnam Singh Sandhu, has been charged with secon
  
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• Stampeders teammates, Roughriders running back named CFL top performers - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Stampeders teammates, Roughriders running back named CFL top performers  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO — Calgary defensive back Tre Roberson, Stampeders wide receiver Eric Rogers and Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell are ...
  
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• AP source: NFL to meet with Antonio Brown accuser Monday - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP source: NFL to meet with Antonio Brown accuser Monday  Lethbridge News NowThe NFL plans to meet Monday with a woman who says she was raped by New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio...
  
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• Lethbridge College teams up with McGill and Dalhousie to tackle Canadian agriculture challenges - Prairie Post

  17-09-2019 17:50 via prairiepost.com
  Lethbridge College teams up with McGill and Dalhousie to tackle Canadian agriculture challenges  Prairie PostThree of Canada's leading post-secondary agriculture institutions are teaming up for a one-of-a-kind training opportunity and competition this weekend at ...
  
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• RCMP provide update on 'unsettling' arrest of intelligence official

  17-09-2019 17:47
  The Mounties revealed more details Tuesday about the investigation that led to charges against one of their senior intelligence officials Tuesday. Commissioner Brenda Lucki said the RCMP was supporting an FBI investigation last year when they uncovered possible “internal corruption.” “We took immediate action and launched an investigation into the alleged activities. Our focus has been to diligently pursue this investigation, which led to the arrest,” she said. Cameron Ja
  
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• Calgary judge denies Kaillie Humphries’ bid to be released by Canadian bobsleigh group

  17-09-2019 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary judge has denied Kaillie Humphries' bid to be released by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton.
  
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• Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup - Lethbridge News Now

  17-09-2019 17:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup  Lethbridge News NowBEIJING - Marc Gasol looked to the sky as confetti fell, some sticking to his massive shoulders, and then crad...
  
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