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• Trump suggests he raised the Bidens with Ukraine's president

  22-09-2019 22:43
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that he raised former Vice-President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival. Trump told reporters that the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was "congratulatory" and focused on corruption in the East European nation. In his remarks to repo
  
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• Trump suggests he raised Bidens with Ukraine's president

  22-09-2019 22:43
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he raised former Vice-President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival. Trump told reporters that the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was "congratulatory" and focused on corruption in the East European nation. In his remarks
  
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• Trump suggests he raised Biden with Ukraine's president

  22-09-2019 22:43
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that he raised former Vice-President Joe Biden and Biden's son in a summer phone call with Ukraine's new leader, as Democrats pressed for investigations into whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up damaging information about a political rival. Trump told reporters that the July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was "congratulatory" and focused on corruption in the East European nation. In his remarks
  
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• Sidewalk hazard warning after man gets injured

  22-09-2019 20:56
  It was like a trapdoor in the middle of a Calgary sidewalk, says a man who was injured after falling through a metal plate that shifted as soon as he stepped onto it. Jason Knowlton said he was walking along the sidewalk on 16 Avenue near Banff Trail when he stepped on a metal plate which suddenly tipped, dropping him into a hole up to his waist and pinning his leg. The Airdrie man said he tried to wave down passing traffic to help him out but managed to finally get out on his own. Knowlton was
  
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• Jane Philpott stops speech to help collapsed audience member

  22-09-2019 20:32
  TORONTO -- Independent candidate Jane Philpott cut a campaign event in her Ontario riding short when an audience member suffered a medical emergency. “Is everybody OK?” Philpott asked after noticing a commotion in the audience. “No, somebody needs help,” an audience member replied.Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign Philpott, who is a family doctor, cut off her speech and rushed into the crowd, where a man was lying on the
  
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• ‘Canada is terrible’: WWE wrestler posts video of Edmonton traffic stop

  22-09-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  A video of a routine traffic stop in Edmonton went viral after a WWE wrestler posted it on her Twitter account.
  
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• Gripe Water products recalled over microbial contamination

  22-09-2019 19:41
  TORONTO -- Products sold at major Canadian retailers to treat symptoms of upset stomachs and other gastrointestinal issues in babies have been recalled. Health Canada announced the recall Saturday, saying that tests by the products' manufacturer showed microbial contamination. The recalled product is sold as Gripe Water and advertised as being alcohol- and preservative-free. According to Health Canada, it is marketed as a "gentle antacid for quick relief of baby's minor stomach upsets such as co
  
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• A student with autism needed a quiet place to work. His desk was put in a bathroom stall

  22-09-2019 19:27
  A school district in Washington state is facing criticism for putting the desk of a student with autism in a bathroom stall after his mother said he needed a "quiet place" to do his best work. Danielle Goodwin told CNN affiliate KOMO that she had discussed her 11-year-old son's special needs with his teacher. But when they showed up at Whatcom Middle School in Bellingham, Washington, this week, they found his desk in a bathroom stall, Goodwin said. "I was stunned," Goodwin told the station Thurs
  
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• Calgary program that combats radicalization evolves to help others ‘crying out for help’

  22-09-2019 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  ReDirect was set up to deal with people leaving for overseas to fight for ISIS. It now helps those with violent ideologies, socially awkward youth or new Canadians struggling to fit in.
  
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• ‘We’ve got open doors’: Texas lures Western Canadian businesses south

  22-09-2019 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  Texas realtor Robert Graham says 15,000 brochures have been delivered in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia so far, enticing businesses with a `BOOMING'' economy, tax incentives and ranch-style properties. Another 50,000 brochures are coming.
  
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• Airdrie man fears for family’s safety amid Egypt protests

  22-09-2019 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  Hassan Ismail came to Canada from Egypt six years ago but almost all his family still lives in that country.
  
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• 911 dispatcher tells man not to call again for 'fried chicken mishaps'

  22-09-2019 17:33
  TORONTO -- A humorous 911 call has a Toronto-area police service reminding people only to call that number in emergency situations – and not when upset with sandwich toppings. Peel Regional Police released audio of the call Saturday. It's not clear when it was initially placed. In the call, a man can be heard requesting police assistance because he claimed to have been "threatened by an owner … regarding my food." The dispatcher was able to figure out that the man was an unhappy cus
  
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• 'Do you know who I am?': U.S. WWE wrestler handed speeding ticket in Edmonton

  22-09-2019 17:30
  A WWE wrestler got a speeding ticket Saturday morning, and posted her reaction on social media. Lacey Evans is an American professional wrestler and was in town for the WWE Live! show at Rogers Place Saturday night. The video has garnered over 230,000 views in less than 24 hours. In it Evans is being handed a ticket from an RCMP officer, and asks the officer, “Do you know who I am?” to which the officer replies, “I have no idea.” The officer goes on to explain the details
  
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• 'Do you know who I am?': U.S. wrestler gets speeding ticket

  22-09-2019 17:30
  A WWE wrestler got a speeding ticket Saturday morning, and posted her reaction on social media. Lacey Evans is an American professional wrestler and was in town for the WWE Live! show at Rogers Place Saturday night. The video has garnered over 230,000 views in less than 24 hours. In it Evans is being handed a ticket from an RCMP officer, and asks the officer, “Do you know who I am?” to which the officer replies, “I have no idea.” The officer goes on to explain the details
  
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• In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL

  22-09-2019 17:26
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Antonio Brown says he is finished with the NFL. In a Twitter rant on the morning his most recent team was getting ready to play without him, the former New England Patriots receiver says, "Will not be playing in the NFL anymore." He went on to take shots at other people in football who have been accused of sexual misconduct. Included among them: Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who was arrested in a prostitution and sexual trafficking sting in a Florida massage parlour. He has n
  
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• Despite Trudeau doing brownface, Singh hasn't ruled out working with Liberals in minority scenario

  22-09-2019 17:20
  OTTAWA – Days after images and video came to light of Justin Trudeau doing brownface and blackface, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has not ruled out the potential to work with the Liberals in a minority government scenario. In an interview on CTV's Question Period, Singh was asked whether the three separate instances of behaviour that Trudeau himself has called racist and offensive would now preclude the NDP from sitting down with the Liberals should the outcome of the Oct. 21 be that no one par
  
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• Youth mental health run takes place in southwest Calgary

  22-09-2019 17:01
  About 1,500 people are expected to run, walk or wheel in a special race to raise funds for children's mental health initiatives in the City of Calgary on Sunday. The third annual RBC Race for Kids is a six kilometre race that takes place at 9 a.m. at Heritage Park in southwest Calgary. The aim of the event is to raise money for a new Centre for Child & Adolescent Mental Health through the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation. In addition to the race, participants will be able to take part
  
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• 3 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected drug overdose

  22-09-2019 17:00
  PITTSBURGH -- Three people were killed and four others were hospitalized early Sunday in what police said appeared to be a mass drug overdose. The victims, all men, appear to have taken narcotics at the same time and in the same place in an apartment on Pittsburgh's South Side, authorities said. It wasn't immediately clear which drug or combination of drugs was involved. Investigators were interviewing survivors at the hospital. All of the victims were wearing orange paper bands on their wrists.
  
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• 'What's stopping you?' Texas is trying to lure Canadian businesses south

  22-09-2019 16:23
  CALGARY -- The brochure's cover has the Texas flag as a backdrop and shows an arrow pointing from Alberta to the Lone Star State. "Arrowstar Realty invites you to relocate to Texas," reads the mailer sent to businesses across Western Canada recently. "Join the 100s of companies that have already made the move!" Inside is a letter -- beginning "Dear Canadian Neighbour" -- boasting of Montgomery County's "BOOMING" economy, tax incentives and ranch-style properties. It offers to link prospective cl
  
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• AIDS Walk & Run marks 25 years in Calgary

  22-09-2019 16:13
  Supporters of AIDS treatment and research will be gathering at Eau Claire Plaza on Sunday morning for the 25th annual AIDS Walk & Run in Calgary. The event, which includes a three kilometre walk and five kilometre run, takes participants along the Bow River and through Prince's Island Park. They can also enjoy live entertainment, food and fun activities. Money raised at the event goes to support HIV Community Link, an organization that help individuals and communities affected by HIV and hep
  
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• 'Ornamental' vegetables planted by Crown corporation were once donated to food bank

  22-09-2019 16:06
  Vegetables planted along the Rideau Canal are not meant to be consumed by humans, the Crown corporation behind the project says, even though some of them were once donated to a food bank. The National Capital Commission has been planting kale and brussels sprouts around Dows Lake, a small man-made lake on the Rideau Canal, since 2014. Ottawa resident Darnell Kennedy recently noticed the plants while he was taking his dog for a walk. He contacted the director of plant bedding at the NCC to ask ab
  
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• Two local students receive agricultural scholarships - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2019 16:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two local students receive agricultural scholarships  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Two Southern Alberta students have received a significant scholarship from SouthGrow Regional Economic Development. Lethbridge's ...
  
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• Calgary woman arrested for break and enters in Cochrane area

  22-09-2019 15:27
  Charges are pending against a Calgary woman in connection with a series of break and enters that allegedly took place in the Cochrane area. Police say patrols were being conducted on Saturday and a suspicious vehicle was spotted near an abandoned home. When officers approached to investigate further, the driver attempted to flee but the vehicle got stuck in the mud. The female driver was arrested without further incident. A search of the vehicle discovered a quantity of copper wire as well as a
  
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• 'Why is it taking so long?': Wrongfully convicted man wants system to change

  22-09-2019 15:16
  HALIFAX -- Tethered to an ankle monitor and alone in a British Columbia basement apartment in the fall of 2017, Glen Eugene Assoun felt his sanity slipping away as his wrongful conviction file languished in Ottawa. "I was sitting at the table and hearing voices. I was losing my mind," the 63-year-old recalled in a recent interview at his Halifax apartment. "It started to dawn on me: Why is it taking so long to get justice?" Assoun, his family and lawyers with Innocence Canada say the years spent
  
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• B.C. man nabbed after going on spending sprees on credit cards stolen from Alberta mailboxes

  22-09-2019 15:06
  A B.C. man is facing charges in connection with a series of mail thefts targeting identification and credit cards which were then used at a number of businesses in the Calgary area. Cochrane RCMP say the arrest came as a result of an investigation into mail thefts in the Bearspaw and Springbank areas by members of its Crime Reduction Team. Authorities say victims' identification and credit cards were stolen in the incidents and then used at stores, casinos, rental car companies and expensive hot
  
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• Man shot as RCMP deal with aggressive bear in N.W.T.

  22-09-2019 14:58
  FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. -- RCMP in the Northwest Territories say a man in Fort Simpson was injured when a wildlife officer fired his weapon in response to an aggressive bear. Police say in a news release they were called Friday to help the Environment and Natural Resources officer track the bear within the town's boundary. They say the ENR officer shot his gun "in response to the bear's aggressive behavior," and that shortly after, a man reported he'd been injured as a result of the shot. He was tr
  
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• All Blacks' next Rugby World Cup test an unusual one: Canada

  22-09-2019 14:15
  YOKOHAMA, Japan -- All Blacks hooker Dane Coles paused. Their next Rugby World Cup opponent was, um ... Canada? Yes. "One game at a time," Coles said with a smile on Sunday. He wasn't being cheeky. He'd just spent two weeks focusing on the massive hurdle that was two-time champion South Africa, and getting over the Springboks 23-13 in Yokohama the night before was immensely satisfying though bruising. With South Africa out of the way, defending champion New Zealand's campaign next goes through t
  
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• Earthquake in Albania followed by more than 100 aftershocks; 105 injured

  22-09-2019 13:37
  POGRADEC, Albania -- Many residents in Albania's capital of Tirana and the port city of Durres have not gone back to their homes after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake injured 105 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. Authorities say the Saturday afternoon quake was followed by more than 100 aftershocks. It also damaged about 600 homes and temporarily knocked out power and water facilities in Tirana, Durres and some other western and central districts. Many people fled their homes when the quake h
  
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• Earthquake in Albania followed by 240 aftershocks; 105 injured

  22-09-2019 13:37
  TIRANA, Albania -- Fear and safety hazards kept many residents of Albania's capital of Tirana and the port city of Durres out of their homes Sunday after an earthquake the day before injured 105 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. Albania's Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment said more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Saturday afternoon near Durres. About 600 houses, most built before 1990, suffered damage in the quake, which also
  
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• Trudeau, Scheer hit the road again for second full week of federal campaign

  22-09-2019 13:07
  OTTAWA -- After a day off the campaign trail Saturday, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are on the road again today.Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign Trudeau is promising a new policy announcement in the middle of a residential subdivision in Brampton, Ont. Scheer is spending much of the day in Prince Edward Island, where he'll make a promise of his own in a park by the Northumberland Strait before heading on to St. John's, N.L. for the night. NDP Le
  
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• Policies on veterans, climate change emerge as leaders head back to the trail

  22-09-2019 13:07
  OTTAWA -- Discussion on the campaign trail shifted back to meat-and-potatoes policy Sunday after a steady diet of fallout from Justin Trudeau's blackface scandal. Recently discovered images showing Trudeau in black- or brownface at costume events before he entered politics dominated the last few days of the campaign, throwing Liberal re-election efforts off course.Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign After a break from the trail Saturday, Conservative L
  
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• Tigers falter in home opener, settle for series split against Lethbridge - CHAT News Today

  22-09-2019 07:17 via chatnewstoday.ca
  Tigers falter in home opener, settle for series split against Lethbridge  CHAT News TodayMEDICINE HAT, AB – It was a night 50 years in the making, however the Medicine Hat Tigers weren't able to turn that history and tradition into two points.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, September 21, 2019

  22-09-2019 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. - Joona Kiviniemi scored with only one second remaining in overtime as the Swift Current Broncos edged the Calgary Hitmen 3-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• 'People want science, and we're here to bring it to them': Day 4 of Beakerhead

  22-09-2019 02:32
  On the fourth day of Beakerhead 2019, young Calgarian future scientists gathered at the Central Library for a "science takeover." The event, hosted by the University of Calgary's science department, featured numerous interactive exhibits and was aimed at sparking the scientific curiosity and imagination of youth.   Some of the demonstrations involved mixing chemicals to make elephant toothpaste, and quantum physics, oceans and parasites. Hundreds of guests came through the library's doors.
  
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• 2019 Canadian Chamber of Commerce AGM kicks off in New Brunswick

  22-09-2019 01:23
  The Canadian Chamber of Commerce focused on business during the first day of its annual general meeting in Saint John, N.B. Featuring Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, as a keynote speaker on Saturday afternoon, it brought together representatives of the 450 chambers of commerce and boards of trades across the country to debate policy resolutions and to set the agenda for policy. One notable topic discussed on Saturday was dealing with barriers to interprovincial trade. Keynote speaker, Kenney,
  
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• Caught on camera: Grizzly bears fight in northern B.C.

  22-09-2019 00:34
  A rarely seen sight unfolded right in front of a B.C. woman's camera recently: Two grizzly bears fighting on the highway in the province's north. Cari McGillivray posted the video on Facebook Friday afternoon, writing: "Don’t normally post on here but thought I’d share this incredibly rare and amazing moment with all you guys of these grizzlies fighting!"McGillivray didn't indicate in her initial post where or when the video was taken, but wrote in the comments that it was recorded o
  
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• Armani explores connection with nature in ethereal looks - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2019 00:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Armani explores connection with nature in ethereal looks  Lethbridge News NowMilan designers are presenting fashion as essential. That no longer refers to must-haves, but to a distillatio...
  
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• AP interview: Colombian leader warns Venezuela - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2019 00:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP interview: Colombian leader warns Venezuela  Lethbridge News NowBOGOTA - Colombia's president is comparing Nicols Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic and says V...
  
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• Alberta woman’s body found after being reported missing: RCMP

  22-09-2019 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said the body of a woman who was previously reported missing was found in Drumheller, Alta. Friday.
  
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• Kenney gets rid of 8 more regulatory barriers to ‘strengthen interprovincial trade’

  22-09-2019 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  A news release from the Alberta government says the announcement on Saturday deals with areas such as the energy sector, alcohol and the sale of public lands.
  
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• Housing prices hit record high in Halifax

  22-09-2019 00:03
  It may be the worst-kept secret in the Maritime real estate -- the Halifax housing market is hot. New data released on Thursday says prices have hit a record high in HRM and the growth rate is higher than other urban centres in Canada – with a seller’s market showing no signs of slowing down. "The advantage is in the hands of the sellers,” says Matt Honsberger, the president of the Nova Scotia Association of Realtors. “We have a lot less inventory and a lot more demand."
  
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