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• Attorney general or personal lawyer? Trump blurs the lines with William Barr

  28-09-2019 22:50
  WASHINGTON -- As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in U.S. President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine and the administration's attempts to keep a whistleblower complaint from Congress. Trump repeatedly told Ukraine's president in a telephone call that Barr and Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani could help investigate Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to a rough trans
  
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• Thieves steal 50,000 apples from an orchard

  28-09-2019 22:48
  A few bad apples stole 50,000 good ones from an orchard in LaPorte County, Indiana. Jon and Robyn Drummond, owners of Williams Orchard, reported to the La Porte County Sheriff's Office last Saturday that thieves had stolen the apples from an acre of trees. "I was floored," Jon Drummond told CNN. "When someone comes in and commercially steals from you, it's like, whoa. That's a little disheartening." "Almost every single apple from every single tree was completely wiped out," he said. "It was cle
  
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• Israel: Three suspects in deadly West Bank blast arrested

  28-09-2019 22:44
  JERUSALEM - Israeli officials say they have caught the Palestinian militants responsible for a bombing in the West Bank that killed a teenage girl last month. The Shin Bet internal security agency said Saturday the suspects were three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and lived in the area of Ramallah. The Aug. 23 attack killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb and wounded her father and a brother at a water spring near Dolev, a settlement northwest of Jerusalem. Israeli securit
  
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• Charges pending in fatal Crowsnest Pass collision - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 21:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Charges pending in fatal Crowsnest Pass collision  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman dead after hit-and-run on Highway 3: Pincher Creek RCMP

  28-09-2019 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  Charges are pending against a 39-year-old man after a 59-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Highway 3 in southern Alberta on Friday night, according to Pincher Creek RCMP.
  
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• Mounties arrest suspect in fatal hit-and-run near Cowley, Alta.

  28-09-2019 21:16
  CALGARY – Pincher Creek RCMP say a Cowley man is facing charges in connection with fleeing the scene of a crash that claimed the life of a woman and sent a man to hospital. Emergency crews were called to the scene of a crash on Highway 3, just west of the Village of Cowley at 8:50 p.m. on Friday. When they arrived, they found a pickup truck and another pickup truck hauling a holiday trailer had collided head-on. The 59-year-old female passenger of the truck hauling the trailer was pronounc
  
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• Federal Election 2019: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney discusses Scheer’s potential natural energy corridor

  28-09-2019 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  During a campaign event for Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer on Sept. 28, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney talked about a national resource corridor, which Scheer has proposed if the Conservatives were elected.
  
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• Train derailment closes Highway 2A in central Alberta

  28-09-2019 19:27
  EDMONTON -- A Canadian Pacific train derailed on Highway 2A and Township Road 392 south of Blackfalds just before midnight Friday. Blackfalds RCMP responded to the incident. There were no injuries caused by the derailment. Three of the cars involved in the derailment leaked “fuel products” according to a statement from CP. The spilled product was contained and crews used vacuum trucks to recover any visible product on the ground, said the statement. There was no reported impact to wa
  
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• Downtown Calgary plays host to motocross competition

  28-09-2019 19:03
  CALGARY – A brand new and completely free event is taking place on Saturday morning that organizers say is the first time a motorsports race has ever taken place in Calgary. Red Bull Outliers, a head-to-head competition featuring professional and amateur motocross athletes, brings a different challenge to riders because it is the first-ever Enduro event to take place in a city landscape. The track, built by local pro-rider Shane Cuthbertson, is a custom closed course that has a number of t
  
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• Calgary police urge drivers to be cautious after overnight snowfall results in crashes

  28-09-2019 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  Snow that had fallen overnight created difficult driving conditions for motorists in Calgary on Saturday morning.
  
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• Andrew Scheer pitches national ‘energy corridor’ in Edmonton

  28-09-2019 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Scheer says a Conservative government would build the corridor to carry oil, gas, hydroelectricity and telecommunications across the country.
  
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• Pilot dies after small plane crash in central Alberta

  28-09-2019 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a deadly plane crash that occurred in central Alberta on Friday.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board says one dead in small aircraft crash in Alberta

  28-09-2019 18:37
  CAMROSE, Alta. - The Transportation Safety Board says one person is dead following a small airplane crash near Camrose, Alta. It says a team is investigating the crash that happened at about 4:45 p.m. mountain time on Friday. The safety board says the privately-operated plane crashed shortly after takeoff in an area about 46 kilometres east of Camrose. It says the plane, a Piper PA-18, caught fire in the crash. The board did not provide any details on the identity of the pilot. This report by Th
  
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• Complaint filed against Alberta justice in Stephans’ retrial

  28-09-2019 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  The justice who found David and Collet Stephan not guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life to their 18 month old son is now the subject of a letter of complaint. It’s signed by more than 40 medical and law experts and alleges he made comments that may be perceived as racism. Jasmine...
  
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• Torrential monsoon rains kill 59 in northern India

  28-09-2019 18:20
  LUCKNOW, India -- A heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains has flooded wide areas of northern India, killing dozens of people this past week, an official said Saturday. Sandhaya Kureel, a spokeswoman of the Disaster Management and Relief Department, said most of the 59 fatalities were caused by house collapses, lightning and drowning in Uttar Pradesh state. They included at least five people dying of snake bites in flooded areas. The temple city of Varanasi was lashed by 19 centimetres (7 inche
  
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• Lethbridge residents join global fight against climate change | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  28-09-2019 18:17 via globalnews.ca
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• first win of the year Anders backstops Rebels to 5-2 win in Lethbridge A stellar - rdnewsnow.com

  28-09-2019 18:17 via rdnewsnow.com
  first win of the year Anders backstops Rebels to 5-2 win in Lethbridge A stellar  rdnewsnow.com
  
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• We can't 'drink oil' Indigenous water activist tells UN

  28-09-2019 17:58
  NEW YORK -- Indigenous water activist Autumn Peltier addressed hundreds of international guests at UN headquarters in Manhattan Saturday. The 15-year-old activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in northern Ontario urged the global community to respect the sacredness and importance of clean water. "I've said it once, and I'll say it again, we can't eat money, or drink oil." Peltier spoke at the Global Landscapes Forum, a platform on sustainable land use founded by UN Environm
  
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• Scheer proposes new transnational energy ‘corridor'

  28-09-2019 17:46
  OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer made a stop in Edmonton on Saturday to announce a new "corridor" that would move energy and resources across Canada. Speaking at FourQuest Energy, Scheer said the new passage way would move not just oil, but also natural gas, hydroelectricity, and telecommunications with the goal to "generate economic and social benefits for the entire country," as stated in the party’s press release. He said if elected, the Conservatives would appoint a "blue-rib
  
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• Scheer proposes new transnational energy ‘corridor,’ says party will avoid current pipeline woes

  28-09-2019 17:46
  OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer made a stop in Edmonton on Saturday to announce a new “corridor” that would move energy and resources across Canada. Speaking at FourQuest Energy, Scheer said the new passage way would move not just oil, but also natural gas, hydroelectricity, and telecommunications with the goal to "generate economic and social benefits for the entire country," as stated in the party’s press release. He said if elected, the Conservatives would appoint
  
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• Snow piling up in Calgary and southern Alberta as weekend storm kicks in

  28-09-2019 16:57
  CALGARY – Snowfall is already creating slippery conditions throughout southern Alberta on Saturday as heavier snow arrives in Calgary. The storm started to pick up steam in Calgary as of 8 a.m. and police have already responded to a handful of traffic collisions. Highway reports show many roads in the southwestern Alberta region either partly or fully covered with snow.Roads in southwestern Alberta are partly covered or fully covered in snow this morning. Snow plows are working to improve
  
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• Diced, cooked chicken recalled due to possible Listeria contamination

  28-09-2019 16:12
  OTTAWA - Some cooked diced chicken meat that was marketed under a number of brand names is being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the chicken was sold across the country by Tip Top Poultry Inc., Reuven International Ltd., Sysco and AlimPlus Inc. It came in 4, 4.54 and 13.64 kilogram packages, all with the same pack date of July 29, 2019. Anyone who has the chicken is advised to either throw it out or return it to the place of purchase. The
  
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• Author famously known as Lemony Snicket coming to Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 15:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Author famously known as Lemony Snicket coming to Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• YWCA celebrates opening of new centre in Calgary

  28-09-2019 15:41
  CALGARY – Staff at the city's largest and longest serving women's organization are celebrating the opening of a new facility on Saturday that will allow them to continue their work supporting women in need. YW Calgary's Hub facility, on 17 Avenue S.E., will help the agency in their mission of bringing brighter futures to women. Officials say the building will serve as a sanctuary for single women as well as a space for community to get together. "A woman will walk through our doors on one
  
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• Austria's far right takes aim at climate activist Thunberg

  28-09-2019 15:40
  VIENNA -- Austria's far-right Freedom Party has added prominent climate activist Greta Thunberg to its list of targets during campaigning ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election. Party leader Norbert Hofer took a swipe at the Swedish teenager Friday during a debate aired by Austria's public broadcaster ORF, warning against "climate hysteria." Thunberg's campaign to push leaders to act against climate change has inspired mass demonstrations in cities worldwide , including in Austria, where some
  
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• Egypt's security clampdown mostly thwarts fresh protests

  28-09-2019 15:31
  CAIRO -- Egyptian authorities lifted Saturday some tight security measures in the capital, Cairo, a day after they sealed off the main square and downtown thoroughfares to thwart a possible protest against the country's president. The measures were part of a harsh security clampdown following rare demonstrations in several cities last weekend, all of which were broken up by police. Calls for fresh protests on Friday were largely stifled by the deployment of thousands of police in Cairo's streets
  
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• High River RCMP search for suspects in vehicle theft

  28-09-2019 15:07
  CALGARY – High River RCMP are looking for information from the public in order to track down a number of suspects in connection with a stolen vehicle that was recovered in the community this week. Officers were called to respond to a vehicle that had been left in the parking lot of a school in Blackie, Alta. on Wednesday. When they responded to the scene, they found a grey Ford F350 that was later determined to be stolen from Calgary a week earlier. Further investigation discovered a numbe
  
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• Thousands rally to commemorate 2014 Hong Kong protests

  28-09-2019 14:29
  HONG KONG -- Thousands of people gathered Saturday for a rally in downtown Hong Kong, belting out songs, speeches and slogans to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2014 protest movement that called for democratic reforms in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. The rally at Tamar Park by the Civil Human Rights Front was approved by police but security was tight, with barriers blocking access to government offices and the Legislative Council building, which was stormed by protesters in July. Demon
  
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• Hong Kong pro-democracy rally ends early as violence erupts

  28-09-2019 14:29
  HONG KONG -- A massive pro-democracy rally Saturday in downtown Hong Kong ended early after violence broke out, with police firing tear gas and a water cannon after protesters threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at government buildings. Police said in a statement that "radical protesters" lobbed gasoline bombs and damaged property outside the government offices, and aimed laser beams at a helicopter, posing "a serious threat to the safety of everyone" in the area. The violence was a familiar scen
  
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• Scheer to visit oil-services company in Edmonton as Singh lingers in B.C.

  28-09-2019 14:14
  OTTAWA -- Andrew Scheer takes his Conservative election campaign to an Edmonton oil-industry company today. He's visiting FourQuest Energy, a firm that specializes in nitrogen cooling and cleaning services, where he's promising to make a policy announcement.Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily campaign update Alberta is very friendly ground for the Conservatives but Edmonton has a few seats the Tories don't hold and would love to grab: two won by Liberals in the last election
  
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• Democrats move ahead with subpoenas, Trump impeachment

  28-09-2019 13:57
  WASHINGTON -- House Democrats took their first concrete steps in the impeachment investigation of U.S. President Donald Trump, issuing subpoenas demanding documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and scheduling legal depositions for other State Department officials. At the end of a stormy week of revelation and recrimination, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi framed the impeachment inquiry as a sombre moment for a divided nation. "This is no cause for any joy," she said on MSNBC. At the White Hous
  
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• Fraud, misconduct threaten Afghan presidential election

  28-09-2019 13:46
  KABUL -- Accusations of fraud and misconduct, more than scores of Taliban attacks, threatened to overwhelm the results of Saturday's vote for the next president of Afghanistan, denying the winner legitimacy and frustrating efforts to restart peace talks to end 18 years of war. When polls closed Saturday, Afghanistan's Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi said there had been 68 Taliban attacks across the country, most of them rockets fired from distant outposts. At least five people were killed, in
  
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• Singh continues campaign in B.C., Scheer to visit oil services company in Edmonton

  28-09-2019 13:12 via globalnews.ca
  Andrew Scheer takes his Conservative election campaign to an Edmonton oil-industry company on Saturday.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, September 27, 2019

  28-09-2019 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  Carson Focht tied the game in the third period, then scored the winner 1:26 into overtime as the Calgary Hitmen beat the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Hurricanes fall 5-2 at home to Red Deer

  28-09-2019 06:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes remain winless at home following Friday’s 5-2 loss against Red Deer. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• Ottawa Police officer dies by suicide

  28-09-2019 06:29
  OTTAWA - Ottawa Police confirming on social media that an officer died by suicide on Friday night. On Twitter, the OPS says "It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that we lost one of our own this evening. The death is being investigated as non-suspicious. This is heart-breaking for all of us."It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that we lost one of our own this evening. The death is being investigated as non-suspicious.This is heart-breaking for all of us.We are working to support t
  
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• Lethbridge residents join global fight against climate change - Global News

  28-09-2019 06:19 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge residents join global fight against climate change  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge residents join global fight against climate change

  28-09-2019 06:19 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge residents banded together Friday to make their voices heard as part of the global week of climate action inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
  
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• Hurricanes fall 5-2 against Red Deer in Cozens' return to Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 05:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricanes fall 5-2 against Red Deer in Cozens' return to Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Afghans vote for president amid Taliban threats - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 04:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Canadians banned from U.S.: Dos and don'ts at the border

  28-09-2019 04:11
  Rochelle Trepanier was planning on visiting her boyfriend in California, a trip she had made many times over the past two years. But this time was different. Officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection wanted more proof she had ties to Canada and would return. She failed to satisfy their demands and was ultimately banned for five years. Trepanier is the latest in a spate of travel bans against Canadians by U.S. CPB agents that is drawing attention to the increased scrutiny some Canadia
  
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• Nearly every Alaskan will get $1606 oil check - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 02:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Funding cuts expected in upcoming provincial budget: Premier Kenney

  28-09-2019 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Jason Kenney is warning mayors and councillors from across the province, telling them to expect some level of funding cuts in next month’s budget. Tom Vernon has more.
  
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• Hundreds protest for climate change action at Lethbridge City Hall - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2019 01:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Dylan Cozens returns to Lethbridge Hurricanes lineup after impressive stint with Buffalo Sabres

  28-09-2019 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes will look a little more dangerous on offense Friday night as they host the Red Deer Rebels, with forward Dylan Cozens returning to the lineup after an impressive first NHL training camp performance with the Buffalo Sabres. 
  
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• Chinook Regional Hospital adds midwifery services

  28-09-2019 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  The changes are in response to a 50 per cent increase across the province in the number of families using midwives during their pregnancies and births.
  
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• Lethbridge residents get inside look at upgraded Yates Theatre with backstage tours - Global News

  28-09-2019 01:17 via globalnews.ca
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• Lethbridge residents get inside look at upgraded Yates Theatre with backstage tours

  28-09-2019 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  "A lot of Lethbridge has seen the front and the lobby, but they get to see the green room that got great renovations. We have a new rehearsal room downstairs that is beautiful and so great for dancers and performers," Carpenter said.
  
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• Winter storm set to hit Lethbridge and surrounding areas - Global News

  28-09-2019 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  Winter storm set to hit Lethbridge and surrounding areas  Global News
  
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• Winter storm, snowfall warnings issued for parts of southwestern Alberta

  28-09-2019 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  "The snowfall will taper off during the day Monday when the snow moves into Saskatchewan." 
  
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