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• Stamps players embrace September snowfall during practice at McMahon Stadium

  30-09-2019 23:58
  CALGARY -- Some of the Calgary Stampeders come from warmer climates and are not used to seeing snow in September but they embraced the cool conditions when they stepped out on the practice field on Monday. Stampeders' defensive back Jamari Gilbert got a big surprise when he got back from the bye week. Gilbert was in his home state of Texas where it was sweltering hot and he says he wasn’t expecting to see snow when he landed in Calgary. Gilbert says he's never seen snow before. “It w
  
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• Rising sons give rebuilding Blue Jays reason for optimism - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Fajardo taking full advantage of his opportunity with Roughriders - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fajardo taking full advantage of his opportunity with Roughriders  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada's Mohammed Ahmed wins world bronze in men's 5000 metres - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada's Mohammed Ahmed wins world bronze in men's 5000 metres  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Collins resigns from Congress ahead of expected guilty plea - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Collins resigns from Congress ahead of expected guilty plea  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jury selected for Edmonton man accused of trying to run down, stab police officer

  30-09-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  A jury of seven women and seven men will hear evidence in the trial of a man accused of trying to kill an Edmonton police officer.
  
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• NYPD officer was killed by friendly fire - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NYPD officer was killed by friendly fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Snowfall amounts pile up around the south - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Snowfall amounts pile up around the south  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Piranhas found in B.C. lake likely unwanted pets: conservation service - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Piranhas found in B.C. lake likely unwanted pets: conservation service  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Updates and tips from Lethbridge's emergency & city departments following #Snowmaggedon - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Updates and tips from Lethbridge's emergency & city departments following #Snowmaggedon  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Charges laid in connection to fatal collision near Cowley - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 23:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Charges laid in connection to fatal collision near Cowley  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 39-year-old Cowley resident charged in fatal weekend collision

  30-09-2019 22:48
  COWLEY, ALTA.  39-year-old Luke Kessler of Cowley, Alberta., faces charges after an accident  Saturday resulting in a woman's death, Pincher Creek RCMP have confirmed. He's charged with Dangerous Driving Causing Death, and Fail to Stop. Kessler was also charged with driving left of centre, and failing to hold a subsisting (valid) driver’s license. The incident took place just before 9 p.m. Saturday, on Highway 3, about a mile west of Cowley. A pickup truck and a pickup towing a h
  
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• City suggests simple steps to prevent flooding from big snow melt

  30-09-2019 22:46
  CALGARY -- After Calgary's first major snowfall of the season, the city says it’s important to prevent any kind of residential flooding in the coming days as temperatures climb. According to the city these simple tips can help protect homes, family and potentially prevent flooding or water damage.  Shovel snow away from the foundation of homes to prevent seepage into basements.  Don’t forget window wells. Ensure downspouts (eavestroughs) are clear and free of debris –
  
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• Alberta RCMP officer charged with sexual assault following investigation

  30-09-2019 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  A Leduc RCMP officer has been charged with sexual assault in relation to an off-duty incident that happened over two years ago.
  
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• 'It was just really really sweet of them': city workers replace pumpkin stolen from four-year-old's patch

  30-09-2019 22:38
  CALGARY — A Calgary mom and her daughter had their spirits lifted Monday by the kindness of city workers who regularly pick up their recycling. All summer long, Krista Macdonald and her daughter, four-year-old Harper, tended to a raised garden bed in back of their southwest home. The highlight of the tiny plot was their pumpkin, which Harper cared for, planning to carve it for Halloween. It was just beginning to turn from green to orange when the family went on a recent holiday. “We
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Sep 27

  30-09-2019 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, September 27, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Appeal of animal cruelty policing powers could have far-reaching effects

  30-09-2019 22:01
  TORONTO -- Ontario's top court is scheduled to hear an appeal Tuesday in a case dealing with the policing powers of the province's animal welfare agency that has touched off a far-reaching legal debate about private law enforcement in Canada. In a lawsuit filed six years ago, Jeffrey Bogaerts of the Ontario Landowners Association challenged the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' powers to investigate offences and lay criminal charges. In January, a lower court ruled that g
  
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• Shuswap men identified as victims of 1987 plane crash

  30-09-2019 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  DNA analysis was used to help identify the victims of the crash and end three decades of uncertainly, according to RCMP. 
  
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• Calgary city officials to meet with car2go about company’s exit

  30-09-2019 21:46
  CALGARY -- Ahead of car2go’s expected Halloween departure, officials with the City of Calgary will meet with the company to try to encourage the car share business to stay. On Friday, car2go made the surprise announcement to pull out of Calgary, Denver, Portland, Austin and Chicago. The service will remain in Vancouver, Montreal, New York City, Seattle and Washington, D.C. “I have been in touch with officials with car2go. They are willing to sit down this week and have discussions,&r
  
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• Lethbridge grinds to a halt amid September snow storm - Global News

  30-09-2019 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge grinds to a halt amid September snow storm  Global News
  
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• Piranhas found in Nanaimo lake likely unwanted pets: conservation service

  30-09-2019 20:38
  NANAIMO, B.C. - British Columbia conservation officers say two piranhas found in a Vancouver Island lake were likely unwanted pets. One red-bellied piranha was reeled in by an angler at Westwood Lake in Nanaimo last week. Another was caught in the same lake during the summer. The provincial Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the tropical fish with sharp teeth can't survive winter climates. The service says introducing aquatic invasive species can have harmful impacts, incl
  
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• Young stars, depth additions to dictate Vancouver Canucks' success - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Young stars, depth additions to dictate Vancouver Canucks' success  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NFL suspends Raiders' Vontaze Burfict for rest of season - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NFL suspends Raiders' Vontaze Burfict for rest of season  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary husband and wife charged with trafficking cocaine

  30-09-2019 19:42
  CALGARY — Following a five-month investigation, Calagry police have charged a husband and wife with drug trafficking offences. The investigation was launched in May after police suspected a cocaine trafficking operation was underway in the southwest part of the city. A search warrant was executed at a home in the 0-100 block of Shawbrooke Circle S.W. on Sept. 25, where police seized:62 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of about $9,900 15 grams of methamphetamine with a street
  
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• Machete-wielding man arrested in NE Edmonton, charges pending

  30-09-2019 19:34
  Charges are pending after a man was seen threatening passing vehicles with a machete. The incident happened around 9 p.m. on Sunday in the area of 58 Street and 121 Avenue. Police say the man failed to follow directions from officers when they arrived on the scene, so they used a non-lethal riot control launcher on the suspect. The 33-year-old man was taken to hospital for reasons unrelated to the non-lethal launcher. 
  
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• Voter information cards being sent out this week - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 19:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Voter information cards being sent out this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Enbridge says Mainline contracting delayed, not dead, after regulator ruling

  30-09-2019 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  Shares in Enbridge Inc. were down Monday morning after the Canada Energy Regulator ordered it to suspend an open season it was holding for service on its Canadian Mainline oil pipeline system.
  
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• Calgary Cavalry to face Forge FC in Canadian Premier League championship final

  30-09-2019 18:55
  Calgary Cavalry will face Forge FC in a two-game, home-and-home series to decide the inaugural Canadian Premier League champion. The first game goes Oct. 26 in Hamilton, with the second set for Nov. 2 at ATCO Field at Spruce Meadows. The winner will be decided by total goals. Forge FC earned a place in the final as they beat Pacific FC (Victoria) 3-0 at home over the weekend, putting them in first place in the fall season, while York 9 drew 1-1 against the Cavalry. Cavalry sit in second place, t
  
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• Winter storm watch ended across southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 18:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Winter storm watch ended across southern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• California to let college athletes make money, defying NCAA - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 18:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  California to let college athletes make money, defying NCAA  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Scheer promotes Conservative plan to create national energy corridor - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 18:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Scheer promotes Conservative plan to create national energy corridor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• High River RCMP seek pyjama-wearing convenience store robbery suspect

  30-09-2019 18:44
  CALGARY – Mounties in High River have released a surveillance image of a robbery suspect who adopted a low-budget approach in his effort to conceal his identity.   A man entered the High River 7-Eleven store on the morning of Wednesday, September 18 with a shirt draped over his head. The man demanded cash from the employee, stole several items, and fled without incident. The suspect stopped outside the store to put on a hoodie and a plaid jacket before pedaling off on a BMX-style bike
  
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• Cambridge Analytica whistleblower has book out next week - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 17:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Cambridge Analytica whistleblower has book out next week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary police Canine Unit Calendars now available for sale

  30-09-2019 17:37
  CALGARY — The Calgary police Canine Unit Calendar is once again available for sale, raising money to help at-risk you avoid crime and victimization.  The 13-month wall calendar features photos of the police service’s dogs in action and cost $12 each (plus $5 shipping for online orders). Now in its seventh year, calendar sales support the Calgary Police Foundation, which funds six programs for Calgary youth under age 18, including:YouthLink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre Yout
  
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• City of Lethbridge recommends against travel, closes services following substantial snowfall

  30-09-2019 16:59
  LETHBRIDGE – The City of Lethbridge has halted public transit and is encouraging drivers to avoid making unnecessary trips as local roads are under heavy drifts of snow. As of Monday morning, the City has all available staff and equipment working around the clock to maintain priority 1 snow plowing routes. The majority of priority 1 routes are considered passable but drivers who do brave the roads are asked to allow extra travel time and to ensure their vehicles are properly equipped to fa
  
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• Jury to be chosen for trial of man charged in Edmonton vehicle attacks

  30-09-2019 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  A jury is to be chosen Monday for the trial of a man accused of trying to kill a police officer and of running down pedestrians two years ago in Edmonton.
  
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• Lethbridge grinds to a halt amid September snow storm

  30-09-2019 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge schools, clinics, transit, air travel and even police were advising of closures and service interruptions on Monday due to the snow storm.
  
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• 11 bridges lead visitors on a tour of Alberta’s coal mining past in Wayne

  30-09-2019 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Located in the Alberta Badlands, Wayne is a link to the not-so-distant past: a town of 29 residents where 2,500 people once lived and worked in a dozen underground coal mines.
  
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• 'No veteran should be forgotten': Public invited to funeral for vet with no family

  30-09-2019 15:32
  TORONTO -- A Florida funeral home has invited the public to attend the service for a veteran with no family. Edward K. Pearson died Aug. 31 at 80. His internment will feature military honours, including the playing of bugle call “Taps” along with the U.S. flag folding and presentation. The invitation to the public has gained much attention, including hundreds of posts to an online memorial, funeral director Michael Whyte told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview from Naples. “I
  
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• Saudi crown prince takes responsibility for journalist death - Lethbridge News Now

  30-09-2019 15:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Saudi crown prince takes responsibility for journalist death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Scheer accused of breaking law, falsely claiming he was once an insurance broker

  30-09-2019 15:14
  OTTAWA -- The Liberals are asking Saskatchewan's insurance industry watchdogs to investigate Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly falsely claiming he once worked as an insurance broker in that province. Biographies of Scheer posted on the Conservative party's current website and his past MP and leadership websites have repeatedly referred to the Conservative leader as a one-time insurance broker in Saskatchewan.WATCH: Don Martin discusses Andrew Scheer's past being questionedBut the G
  
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• Snow and poor driving conditions prompts closure of several schools

  30-09-2019 14:39
  CALGARY ­– The Foothills School Division cancelled classes at six of its schools and Palliser Regional Schools closed all of its schools south of Calgary Monday due to unfavourable weather. The following Foothills School Division schools will not be open Monday:Millarville Community School Red Deer Lake School C. Ian McLaren School Oilfields High School Turner Valley School Longview SchoolFor an updated list of Foothills School Division closures click here The school division has also
  
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• Sunday marked one of Calgary’s snowiest September days in history

  30-09-2019 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  As the flakes continued to fall through the weekend, the city of Calgary accumulated a new snowfall record: the snowiest September day ever.
  
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• Sunday marked Calgary’s snowiest September day in history

  30-09-2019 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  As the flakes continued to fall through the weekend, the city of Calgary accumulated a new snowfall record: the snowiest September day ever.
  
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• Blast of wintry weather makes for difficult morning commute on Calgary roads

  30-09-2019 14:17
  CALGARY ­– The heavy snowfall of the weekend continued into Monday morning and is making its marks on Calgary's roads. From 4 a.m. Sunday to 4 a.m. Monday, Calgary Police reported 194 crashes. Of those crashes, 147 were non-injury, 20 involved injuries and 27 were hit-and-runs. On Sunday evening, nearly 20 vehicles got stuck trying to go up Bow Trail at the Sarcee Trail intersection. The area was temporarily closed as sanders were brought in to make the area passable again. Road crews
  
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• AltaGas sells stake in Central Penn Pipeline in Pennsylvania for $870M

  30-09-2019 13:57
  CALGARY -- AltaGas Ltd. has signed a deal to sell its stake in the Central Penn Pipeline to Meade Pipeline Investment LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Partners LP for $870 million. Central Penn is a regulated, 300-kilometre pipeline that starts in Susquehanna County, Penn., and runs to Lancaster County, Penn. It is part of the Atlantic Sunrise project operated by the Williams Companies through Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC. The pipeline went into service in October 2018 and moves
  
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• Names of children who died in residential schools to be released

  30-09-2019 09:09
  GATINEAU, Que. -- Their anonymous deaths will be honoured and their names -- hundreds and hundreds of them -- finally known. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is to reveal at a ceremony in Gatineau, Que., today the names of 2,800 children who died in residential schools. The act will break the silence over the fate of at least some of the thousands who disappeared during the decades the schools operated. "It is essential these names be known," said centre director Ry Moran. The li
  
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• Names of children who died in residential schools released in sombre ceremony

  30-09-2019 09:09
  GATINEAU, Que. -- Their anonymous deaths have been honoured and their names -- hundreds and hundreds of them -- are finally known. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation revealed today the names of 2,800 children who died in residential schools during a sombre ceremony in Gatineau, Que. A 50-metre long, blood-red cloth bearing the names of each child and the schools they attended was unfurled and carried through a gathered crowd of Indigenous elders and chiefs, residential-school survi
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes star returns from NHL to sting Edmonton Oil Kings - Edmonton Sun

  30-09-2019 07:51 via edmontonsun.com
  Lethbridge Hurricanes star returns from NHL to sting Edmonton Oil Kings  Edmonton Sun
  
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