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• Brady, Patriots defence shine in 30-14 win over Jets - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Brady, Patriots defence shine in 30-14 win over Jets  Lethbridge News NowFOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots became the third team in seven months to sour on Antonio Brown's ...
  
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• Residential and commercial B&Es combined up 22 per cent over 2018: Lethbridge Police Service - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 23:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Residential and commercial B&Es combined up 22 per cent over 2018: Lethbridge Police Service  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB - There have been an average of 78 break and enters per month in Lethbridge between January and...
  
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• Trump administration to triple democracy aid to Venezuela - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 23:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump administration to triple democracy aid to Venezuela  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — The Trump administration is more than tripling U.S. support for pro-democracy work in Venezuela and for the first time directly funding opposition ...
  
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• Forced sell-off of 'Codfather' assets begins - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 23:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Forced sell-off of 'Codfather' assets begins  Lethbridge News NowA father-and-son team from Massachusetts and other buyers are acquiring scallop fishing boats owned by a disgr...
  
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• Sam Bennett works to prove he belongs in top six forwards with Calgary Flames

  24-09-2019 23:16
  CALGARY -- A member of the Calgary Flames is getting the opportunity to step up his game on Tuesday evening and says it is a chance for him to prove he can get the job done. When opportunity knocks, you have to find a way to get through the door and Sam Bennett is getting that opportunity at this year's training camp. With Matthew Tkachuk still not signed, Bennett has moved up to play on a line with Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik. Bennett says he’s trying to make the most of it. &ldquo
  
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• James Franklin reclaims Argos' starting quarterback job - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 23:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  James Franklin reclaims Argos' starting quarterback job  Lethbridge News NowTORONTO - James Franklin is set to return as the Toronto Argonauts' starting quarterback. Argos head coach Cor...
  
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• Opportunities missed with Alberta youth who died in care: child advocate

  24-09-2019 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government should do more to understand the causes and prevent youth suicide, the province's child advocate said as he released his latest report Tuesday.
  
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• It's the time of year to focus on trees

  24-09-2019 22:49
  Leaves changing colour is the sign fall has arrived in Calgary. The City of Calgary’s Trina Vickery says there are only two native species of trees in southern Alberta and that’s poplars and aspens.Everything else is an import. “We do have a lot of introduced species here and we do plant them because they are trees that do grow here," Vickery said. "Our climate is very challenging here so there’s really only about 20 species of trees that we can plant and they will do wel
  
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• Pelosi expected to announce impeachment probe into Trump - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 22:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Pelosi expected to announce impeachment probe into Trump  Lethbridge News NowWASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to announce a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to ...
  
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• Canucks' Boeser, Fantenberg in concussion protocol - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 22:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canucks' Boeser, Fantenberg in concussion protocol  Lethbridge News NowBURNABY, B.C. — Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green says forward Brock Boeser and defenceman Oscar Fantenberg are both in concussion protocol.
  
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• Blues acquire defenceman Justin Faulk in trade with 'Canes - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 22:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Blues acquire defenceman Justin Faulk in trade with 'Canes  Lethbridge News NowST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues acquired All-Star defenceman Justin Faulk from the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in exchange for defenceman Joel ...
  
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• Former NHL enforcer Tom Laidlaw billed as first Canadian castaway on 'Survivor'

  24-09-2019 21:57
  TORONTO - Former NHL defenceman Tom Laidlaw is among the 20 castaways facing off in the new edition of “Survivor.” Global says the 61-year-old athlete is the first Canadian to ever appear on the long-running series, which launches its 39th edition Wednesday with a 90-minute episode on Global and CBS. Laidlaw began his 10-year on-ice career with the New York Rangers in 1980, and joined the Los Angeles Kings in 1986. The Brampton, Ont.-native now lives in Greenwich, Conn. His bio for &
  
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• California halts prison gang peacemaking effort SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  California halts prison gang peacemaking effort SACRAMENTO, Calif.  Lethbridge News NowSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California prison officials have halted an experiment aimed at forcing warring prison gangs to get along with each other after the ...
  
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• Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead's poetic lyricist, dead at 78

  24-09-2019 21:51
  LOS ANGELES -- Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead's finest songs, has died at age 78. Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart says Hunter died Monday at his Northern California home. The cause of death was not disclosed. Although proficient on a number of instruments including guitar, violin, cello and trumpet, Hunter never appeared on stage with the Grateful Dead. Instead he was content to stay in the background and let his written words speak fo
  
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• NDP candidate's election signs vandalized in northeast Calgary

  24-09-2019 21:43
  NDP candidate Gurinder Singh Gill says he is grateful for the support of community members after several of his campaign signs were vandalized earlier this week. Singh Gill started receiving phone calls around 7 a.m. Monday morning saying that his signs were vandalized. His volunteers collected up to six signs that were marked with spray paint. “It was unfortunate, pretty hurtful. It’s not about me or the perpetuator it's about the events that have been unfolding recently," said Sing
  
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• Ottawa Redblacks prepare to use two quarterbacks against Eskimos - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ottawa Redblacks prepare to use two quarterbacks against Eskimos  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - The slumping Ottawa Redblacks plan to use two quarterbacks for their next game. Head coach Rick Campb...
  
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• RCMP identify suspect in alleged threats against Cochrane high school

  24-09-2019 21:33
  Cochrane RCMP continue their investigation into threats against Bow Valley High School that prompted a police presence at the school on Tuesday. According to RCMP, an alleged threat against the school was reported over the weekend that hinted at an undisclosed plan scheduled for Tuesday, September 24. Officers were deployed to the high school on Tuesday to support students, staff and families.  RCMP say no incidents were reported and it was business as usual at the school. RCMP have identif
  
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• Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products  Lethbridge News NowBOSTON - The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a four-month ban on...
  
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• FBI agents conduct apparent raid at Illinois Capitol - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  FBI agents conduct apparent raid at Illinois Capitol  Lethbridge News NowSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — FBI agents were at the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield related to law enforcement work, a bureau spokesman said Tuesday.
  
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• Jody Wilson-Raybould discusses new book, Trudeau's brownface controversy

  24-09-2019 21:20
  Jody Wilson-Raybould is speaking out on her plans for Indigenous reconciliation and sharing her reaction to Justin Trudeau's brownface controversy. The Independent candidate sat down with CTV Morning Live on Tuesday to discuss her vision for the future of the country, and the approach to Indigenous relationships that lie at the heart of it. That vision includes abolishing the Indian Act, which she calls a "colonial" piece of legislation. Wilson-Raybould discusses the importance of allowing Indig
  
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• Fox apologizes for 'disgraceful' comment about Thunberg - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fox apologizes for 'disgraceful' comment about Thunberg  Lethbridge News NowNEW YORK — Fox News has apologized for a guest's “disgraceful” description of environmental activist Greta Thunberg as mentally ill but was silent Tuesday ...
  
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• Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 21:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Nothing 'routine' about Meng Wanzhou's treatment at Vancouver airport: Defence  Lethbridge News NowVANCOUVER — A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say there was nothing “routine” about the way she was questioned by border officials before ...
  
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• Alberta man who fired warning shot at suspected thief facing lawsuit

  24-09-2019 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of the people.
  
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• Lethbridge doctor to receive U of L Health Sciences award - Global News

  24-09-2019 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge doctor to receive U of L Health Sciences award  Global NewsA southern Alberta doctor is going to be recognized with a Friends of Health Sciences Award from the University of Lethbridge.
  
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• Lethbridge doctor to receive U of L Health Sciences award

  24-09-2019 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Vivien Suttorp is a regular guest lecturer at the university. She is also a member of the advisory committee for the U of L's public health program.
  
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• Boulet family & Lethbridge College honoured by Canadian Blood Services - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 20:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Boulet family & Lethbridge College honoured by Canadian Blood Services  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – 26 people and organizations were celebrated by Canadian Blood Services this week for their efforts to help get more people involved.
  
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• Near-death beating inspires petition for Clare’s Law in Alberta

  24-09-2019 20:34
  A woman who was beaten nearly to death has inspired a petition pressing for a law to allow Albertans access to the criminal records of potentially abusive partners. Dianne Denovan only found out about her ex-boyfriend's abusive past after she was attacked. The events prompted her friend Krista Boechler to collect signatures to get Clare’s Law enacted in Alberta. "We should be able to access people’s prior violent history," said Denovan. "If we can save one person I consider it a
  
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• Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 20:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alberta property owner who shot suspected thief facing lawsuit  Lethbridge News NowCALGARY - A southern Alberta man who shot at suspected thieves on his rural property is being sued by one of t...
  
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• Review: Tegan and Sara’s “High School” is a raw, powerful memoir

  24-09-2019 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  The Quin sisters' look-back at their teenage years in 1990s Calgary, Alberta, is raw and powerful.
  
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• Pelosi orders impeachment probe against Trump: 'No one is above the law'

  24-09-2019 20:14
  WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe focuses partly on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government to undermine Democratic foe Joe Biden and help his own reelection effort. Pelosi said Tuesday such acti
  
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• Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 20:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal  Lethbridge News NowBERLIN - German prosecutors dealt a blow to Volkswagen's efforts to put the 2015 emissions-cheating case behin...
  
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• Okotoks rancher Edouard Maurice sued by trespasser shot on his property

  24-09-2019 20:03
  Edouard Maurice, the Okotoks man who had the charges against him dropped in connection with a shooting on his rural property, has been named in a lawsuit by the shooting victim who is now seeking more than $100,000 in damages. On September 6, a lawsuit was filed against Maurice on behalf of Ryan Watson, a 26-year-old Calgary man. In his statement of claim, Watson admitted to entering Maurice's farmland on February 25, 2018. Watson says Maurice fired a .22 calibre rifle at him as a warning shot b
  
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• Lac La Biche bathroom wins title of Canada’s best

  24-09-2019 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Beaver Hill Shell gas station in Lac La Biche, Alta., has won the 2019 Cintas Canada's Best Restroom Contest.
  
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• 'Game changer': Telus announces $16B investment in Alberta over five years

  24-09-2019 19:57
  Telus announced it will spend $16 billion on expanding its broadband network infrastructure in Alberta, an investment expected to create thousands of jobs. Company president and CEO Darren Entwistle said the $16-billion investment would be spent over a period of five years ending in 2023. He said some of that money is earmarked to hire 5,000 Albertans over the next five years as well as connect more Albertans to Telus’ fibre optic network. Entwistle called it a move that will “elevat
  
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• Sentencing hearing underway for man convicted of killing grandson

  24-09-2019 19:49
  Sentencing arguments are underway for a Calgary man convicted of killing his five-year-old grandson.  Allan Perdomo was found guilty of manslaughter last month. Perdomo’s grandson, Emilio Perdomo, was unconscious when he arrived at the Alberta Children’s Hospital on July 9, 2015. Emilio died from a severe brain injury eight days later.  The prosecution is arguing for a sentence of 12 to 15 years for Perdomo. The Crown says Perdomo was in a position of trust over Emilio and
  
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• Sentence to be handed down Friday for man convicted of killing grandson

  24-09-2019 19:49
  A Calgary man convicted of killing his five-year-old grandson will learn his sentence Friday afternoon. Allan Perdomo was found guilty of manslaughter last month. Perdomo’s grandson, Emilio Perdomo, was unconscious when he arrived at the Alberta Children’s Hospital on July 9, 2015. Emilio died from a severe brain injury eight days later.  The prosecution is arguing for a sentence of 12 to 15 years for Perdomo. Crown attorney Vicki Faulkner says Perdomo was in a position of trust
  
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• Singh promises cross-Canada clean-energy corridor, electric transit - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Singh promises cross-Canada clean-energy corridor, electric transit  Lethbridge News NowWINNIPEG — New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh made promises Tuesday to build an east-west clean-energy corridor and to convert all public transit ...
  
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• Cat shot with BB gun in High River, police investigating

  24-09-2019 19:46
  High River RCMP is working to track down whoever shot a cat with a BB gun near Emerson Lake last week. The cat was let outside on the morning of Sept. 20 and when it returned, its owner noticed an injury. The owner was able to remove a BB pellet from the cat and called police. Whoever fired the BB could face animal cruelty charges said Cpl. Ryan Eckersley. Anyone with information is asked to call RCMP at 403-652-2357 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• Lethbridge Chamber hosting all-candidates forum for federal election - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 19:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Chamber hosting all-candidates forum for federal election  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – If you are unsure of who to vote for on October 21st, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce is giving you a chance to hear from everyone.
  
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• Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 19:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay  Lethbridge News NowLONDON — Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay Thomas Cook executives received in ...
  
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• NewsAlert: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal boat crash - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 19:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NewsAlert: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal boat crash  Lethbridge News NowSEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. - Police have laid charges in a fatal boat crash involving celebrity businessman Kevin O...
  
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• Kevin O'Leary's wife, N.Y. man charged in fatal Muskoka boat crash

  24-09-2019 19:10
  SEGUIN TOWNSHIP, Ont. -- The wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary and an American man have been charged in connection with a boat crash that left two people dead and three others injured. Ontario Provincial Police said Tuesday that Linda O'Leary, 56, of Toronto, was charged under the Canada Shipping Act with careless operation of a vessel. The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, on Lake Joseph, located in the ritzy Muskoka cottage community north of Toronto, and involved two boat
  
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• Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in fatal Ontario boat crash

  24-09-2019 19:07
  TORONTO -- Linda O’Leary, wife of television personality Kevin O’Leary, has been charged in connection with a fatal boat crash in August. She was charged with “careless operation of a vessel” under the small vessel regulations of the Canada Shipping Act, after a boat crash in Ontario that killed two people and injured three others. More from CTV News Toronto: Kevin O'Leary's wife charged in connection with fatal boat crashThe driver of the other boat, Richard Ruh of
  
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• Local art and media contest focuses on reconciliation - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 18:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Local art and media contest focuses on reconciliation  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Reconciliation Week took place earlier this month, but a trio of local organizations want to keep the discussion going. United Way of ...
  
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• Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 18:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ontario shipyard withdraws complaint alleging federal favouritism toward Davie  Lethbridge News NowOTTAWA - An Ontario shipyard is ending its bid to have a trade tribunal determine whether the federal governme...
  
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• Federal judge grants B.C. injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law

  24-09-2019 18:34
  CALGARY -- A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces. Justice Sebastien Grammond says Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation raises a serious issue and could cause irreparable harm to the residents of B.C. He says B.C. has met the test for blocking the law until the courts can decide its validity. The legislation gives Alberta the power to crimp energy exports f
  
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• B.C. gets temporary injunction against Alberta’s turn-off-the-taps legislation

  24-09-2019 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  A federal court has granted a temporary injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps legislation.
  
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• Break-ins jumped by 22 per cent in Lethbridge in first half of 2019 - CTV News

  24-09-2019 18:17 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Break-ins jumped by 22 per cent in Lethbridge in first half of 2019  CTV NewsWith the number of break-ins on the rise in recent months, police in Lethbridge are encouraging people to safeguard their properties against thieves.
  
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• Break-ins jumped by 22 per cent in Lethbridge in first half of 2019

  24-09-2019 18:17
  With the number of break-ins on the rise in recent months, police in Lethbridge are encouraging people to safeguard their properties against thieves. Between Janaury and July, the number of break-and-enters reported at homes and businesses jumped by 22 per cent compared to the same time period a year earlier. There were an average of 78 break-ins per month, mainly in the neighbourhoods of Westminster, downtown and London Road, along with the Churchill Industrial Park. And thieves mainly gained e
  
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• New home for Applied Research opens at Lethbridge College - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2019 17:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New home for Applied Research opens at Lethbridge College  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge College has announced a new space for student entrepreneurs. The school's Centre for Applied Research, Innovation and ...
  
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