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• Oilers finalize roster, name Draisaitl and Nurse as new alternate captains

  01-10-2019 23:45
  EDMONTON  - The Edmonton Oilers have confirmed their opening night roster as well as the players who will serve as alternate captains this season.  Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse have been named as new alternate captains and will join Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Adam Larsson in wearing the 'A' on their jerseys.  Connor McDavid will captain the club for a fourth season.  An injury to Riley Sheahan clarified the team's roster situation this week with the team naming its 23-man ro
  
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• Lethbridge Police seek woman in connection with purse theft - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 23:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Police seek woman in connection with purse theft  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Government of Alberta launches online tool for seniors benefits

  01-10-2019 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government launched a new tool Tuesday that it hopes will make it easier for seniors in the province to access financial assistance.
  
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• Matthew de Grood should be allowed limited, unsupervised release: Alberta Review Board

  01-10-2019 23:28
  CALGARY — Matthew de Grood will remain in custody at Alberta Hospital but should be allowed to take unsupervised visits to the Edmonton area and go on supervised camping trips and other recreational outings at the discretion of his treatment team, the Alberta Review Board has ruled. De Grood was found not criminally responsible for killing five people at a 2014 house party while suffering from schizophrenic delusions. He killed Zackariah Rathwell, 21, Jordan Segura, 22, Kaitlin Perras, 23,
  
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• Blood Tribe man dies after allegedly being run over by a Bobcat

  01-10-2019 23:05
  LETHBRIDGE. A Blood Tribe man is in custody with pending charges after a second Blood Tribe man died after being run over by a Bobcat . Monday  at 7 p.m., police were called to an incident that took place on a rural property south of Standoff on Highway 2 where the victim was found to be deceased after being run over by a Bobcat. The operator of the Bobcat was taken into custody. A charge of Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle Causing Death is pending. Anyone with information is asked to
  
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• Matthew de Grood can be eased into community, have unsupervised outings: review board

  01-10-2019 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  With prior approval, Matthew de Grood will be able to leave Alberta Hospital in Edmonton unsupervised for outings in the city.
  
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• Amber Alert issued for five children in Ontario; police search for gold pickup

  01-10-2019 23:02
  TORONTO -- An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday for five children allegedly abducted by their father sometime last month from the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, with investigators concerned for the children’s safety. Evalyn, 5, Mattias, 10, Sovereign MacDermid, 11, Eska, 13, and Magnus, 14,were last seen in the area of Jordan, Ont., which is located approximately 50 kilometres east of Hamilton, according to Niagara Regional Police Service. Const. Phil Gavin told reporters the current whe
  
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• Amber Alert expires but five children still missing in Ontario

  01-10-2019 23:02
  TORONTO -- An Amber Alert has expired but five children allegedly abducted by their father sometime last month from the Niagara Region of southern Ontario are still missing, police say. Evalyn, 5, Mattias, 10, Sovereign MacDermid, 11, Eska, 13, and Magnus, 14, were last seen in the community of Jordan in the town of Lincoln, Ont., which is located approximately 50 kilometres east of Hamilton, according to Niagara Regional Police Service. Media relations office Const. Phil Gavin told reporters th
  
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• 'I'm pumped to be back with the boys': Hitmen captain returns to roster

  01-10-2019 22:48
  CALGARY -- The Calgary Hitmen are off to a great start to the season and are a better team with their captain back in the fold. In four games the team has three wins and an overtime loss and things got even better on Tuesday with the return of their Captain Mark Kastelic. Kastelic is back after an extended look from the Ottawa Senators and its farm team in Binghamton. He says it was a great experience but he’s ready to get to work here in Calgary. “It’s real exciting and I&rsqu
  
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• Fine art meets form and function in Southcentre Mall woodwork exhibition

  01-10-2019 22:23
  CALGARY. Some are pieces of art, while others are functional furniture.  Some may even be both.  The Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society (SAWS) is hosting a weeklong event at Southcentre Mall’s centre court of some of its finest work. Neil Dorin is the president of SAWS.  “It is an opportunity for woodworking enthusiasts of all skill levels," Dorin says.  "From accomplished professionals to artisans, craftspeople, hobbyists, students and others to see entries fir
  
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• Public comments of politicians on Maurice case prove popular, but are they unethical?

  01-10-2019 21:49
  CALGARY -- Public support for the high-profile defendant in a damages case is strong but Alberta's premier and justice minister may have crossed an ethical line in voicing their support for Edouard Maurice. Charges against Maurice were dismissed last year after an incident in February of 2018. The Okotoks-area rancher caught two people going through vehicles outside his home in the early morning hours and a shot from a .22 calibre rifle hit one of the intruders in the arm. The gunshot victim,&nb
  
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• Medicine Hat man arrested for alleged sexual offences involving children and dogs

  01-10-2019 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  A 26-year-old man was arrested on Sept. 26 in his Medicine Hat home and charged with sexual assault, bestiality, and accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography.
  
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• Medicine Hat man faces child pornography, bestiality charges

  01-10-2019 21:16
  CALGARY­ – A 26-year-old Medicine Hat man faces several charges following an investigation into sexual offences involving a child and several dogs. According to ALERT officials, a suspect allegedly uploaded child pornography and an investigation into his online history was launched in February 2019 after the activity was flagged by the RCMP's National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre. Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team's (ALERT) Internet Child Exploitation (ICE)
  
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• Search for savings leads Red Deer city council to freeze their salaries

  01-10-2019 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Tara Veer says city administrators have been asked to look for $15 million in savings over the next three years.
  
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• Lethbridge Soup Kitchen celebrates 35th anniversary - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 20:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Soup Kitchen celebrates 35th anniversary  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Minnesota regulators restart Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline review process

  01-10-2019 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Line 3, which was built in the 1960s and is increasingly subject to corrosion and cracking, runs from Hardisty, Alta. to Enbridge's terminal in Superior, Wisconsin, near Lake Superior.
  
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• Minimum wage freeze to affect Albertans 'already struggling': report

  01-10-2019 19:48
  EDMONTON – A new report says Alberta's minimum wage freeze could hurt the pockets of a quarter million workers. With data from Statistics Canada, Public Interest Alberta's 2019 "Low Wage Report" shows 245,300 out of the province's 1,960,400 "can legally have their wages frozen this year." Alberta's minimum wage is $15, and $13 for workers under the age of 18. "The minimum wage freeze means a small pay cut this year, and if it continues over time, it will result in a big pay cut to the lowe
  
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• Mint's new glow-in-the-dark coin features Canada's most famous flying saucer

  01-10-2019 19:38
  HALIFAX -- The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a glow-in-the-dark coin that captures the eerie scene more than 50 years ago when what has been officially documented as a UFO crashed into the waters off Shag Harbour in southwestern Nova Scotia. The pure silver, rectangular-shaped coins went on sale Tuesday for $129.95 each. By midday, more than 80 per cent had been sold. The colourful image on the coin shows three fishermen aboard a boat, staring and gesturing as the ghostly image of a flying sauc
  
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• Fentanyl-related deaths on the rise in Alberta, supervised consumption site visits plateau

  01-10-2019 19:13
  CALGARY – An average of two people have died each day in Alberta this year as a result of an apparent accidental opioid poisoning according to the latest numbers compiled by the provincial government. In its Alberta Opioid Response Surveillance Report for the second quarter of 2019, the Alberta Government confirmed 305 people have died this year as a result of opioid poisoning, with the vast majority of the deaths involving fentanyl (288 cases). According to the report,  153 fentanyl-
  
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• Holiday concert to give DOAP team a boost amid funding crisis

  01-10-2019 18:46
  A traditional holiday concert is dedicating all of its funds to Calgary’s Drug Outreach Addiction Program (DOAP) team in an effort to keep the initiative on the streets next year.  The third annual Huron Carole Benefit Concert will take place Dec. 3 at the Bella Theatre at Mount Royal University.  This year’s concert will take on the urgent purpose of providing funds for the DOAP team, which is being impacted by an eight per cent reduction in provincial funding to the Calga
  
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• Jury convicts former Dallas police officer who fatally shot neighbour

  01-10-2019 18:43
  DALLAS -- A white former Dallas police officer could be facing decades in prison after being convicted of murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of her black, unarmed neighbour who she said she believed was an intruder in her home. The same jury that found Amber Guyger guilty in the September 2018 death of her upstairs neighbour, Botham Jean, will consider her fate after hearing additional testimony starting Tuesday afternoon. In Texas, the sentence for murder is from five to 99 years in prison. T
  
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• Newfoundland hunter charged after moose shot from truck window: RCMP

  01-10-2019 18:03
  LA SCIE, N.L. -- A Newfoundland man is facing charges after he allegedly shot a moose from the driver's window of his pickup truck. RCMP say they received a complaint last Friday about a hunter discharging a rifle while his truck was on a highway near La Scie in northern Newfoundland. The 48-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court in November on charges of careless use of a firearm and unsafe storage of a firearm. Police say the moose was seized, along with the man's firearms and poss
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Sept. 27-29, 2019 - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 18:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Sept. 27-29, 2019  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• How many ultra-wealthy people call Canada home?

  01-10-2019 17:43
  TORONTO -- Canada has seen a decline in its ultra-wealthy population but remains one of the top countries in the world for having super-rich people call it home, according to a new global report. Despite the decline, Canada is ranked fifth overall for “ultra-high-net-worth” (UHNW) individuals. UHNW is defined by data firm Wealth-X, which recently released its seventh edition of the “World Ultra Wealth Report”, as individuals who have a net worth of $30 million or more. Ca
  
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• Cozens named WHL Player of the Week - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 17:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Cozens named WHL Player of the Week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Patients able to go home earlier thanks to innovative knee replacement surgery

  01-10-2019 17:11
  Patients suffering osteoarthritis who undergo knee replacement surgery are now able to go home much earlier thanks to a new technique being used by a Calgary surgeon. Dr. Rajrishi Sharma became the first orthopaedic surgeon in Western Canada to implement the method earlier this year and so far has used it on 20 patients at the Peter Lougheed Centre. Alberta Health Services says 17 patients went home the same day and the others within 24 hours. “The new protocol involves alternative pain ma
  
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• Telus to buy ADT's Canadian security business

  01-10-2019 16:21
  TORONTO -- Telus Corp. is dramatically increasing the size of its home and business security operations with a deal to buy ADT Security Services Canada Inc. for roughly $700 million. The Vancouver-based company said Tuesday the purchase is part of its move to provide monitoring for fires, floods, carbon monoxide leaks and break-ins as well as internet-controlled automation features. "Importantly, the ADT Canada acquisition . . . also supports the continued advancement of Telus's health strategy,
  
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• Animal rights supporters host hunger strike outside Canadian Food Inspection Agency

  01-10-2019 16:07
  CALGARY – A 60-hour long hunger strike is underway in northeast Calgary, and at locations around the globe, as animal right supporters attempt to bring attention to the need for an animal bill of rights. The group in Calgary has set up shop outside the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the 1100 block of 57th Avenue Northeast and will continue to fast, and sleep on the ground, through Wednesday, October 2. The protesters say they will forego water for the final 36 hours of the strike. The
  
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• This 16-year-old football player lifted a car to save his trapped neighbour

  01-10-2019 15:23
  Every now and then we find ourselves in the right place, at the right time. For one Ohio teenager, that time came while he was spending the afternoon doing some gardening with his mother last Saturday. Lora Clark and her 16-year-old son, Zac, were in the front yard of their Butler home working on the flower beds when they heard a female neighbour call out for help, Lora told CNN. Without skipping a beat, Lora said they both ran to the house, where they saw the woman's husband pinned underneath t
  
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• PBR Canada's Monster Energy Tour Returns to Lethbridge - Net Newsledger

  01-10-2019 15:15 via netnewsledger.com
  PBR Canada's Monster Energy Tour Returns to Lethbridge  Net Newsledger
  
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• Banff townsite at trailhead of path to eliminating landfill waste

  01-10-2019 15:15
  CALGARY – The Town of Banff is imploring businesses, including restaurants and hotels, in the mountain town to take steps to reduce the amount of food waste that is ending up in the community's landfill. According to the town, 65 per cent of Banff's landfill waste comes from the commercial sector and half of that is food waste. "To reach our milestone of 70 per cent waste diversion by 2028, we need to divert 1,500 metric tonnes of food waste going to landfill, every year," said Mayor Karen
  
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• Canadian economy flat in July despite drop in oil and gas: StatCan

  01-10-2019 15:10
  OTTAWA -- Statistics Canada says the country's real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in July as weakness in oil and gas extraction offset gains in service industries. Economists had expected growth of 0.1 per cent, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv. The flat reading for the month came as goods-producing industries fell 0.7 per cent for the month. The mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector pulled back 3.5 per cent in the month, the largest decrease i
  
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• French billionaire gives US$109M to rebuild Notre Dame

  01-10-2019 14:37
  PARIS -- French billionaire Francois Pinault and son Francois-Henri Pinault have officially signed documents setting aside 100 million euros ($109 million) toward rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral, following months of delay that left officials largely reliant on small charity donations to fund the first phase of repairs. Surrounded by portraits of former cardinals, the Pinaults signed the donation agreement at the Archdiocese of Paris Tuesday. The money will give the Notre Dame Foundation a much-a
  
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• Sword-wielding student kills 1, wounds 9 at Finland school

  01-10-2019 14:33
  HELSINKI -- A man wielding a sword and a firearm killed a woman and wounded nine others Tuesday at a vocational school inside a shopping centre in central Finland, police said. The attacker was seriously wounded after police opened fire, and he was taken into custody. The police superintendent for eastern Finland, Mikko Lyytinen, told a news conference that officers were forced to shoot the man to prevent more bloodshed at the Herman shopping centre in the town of Kuopio. Police didn't give the
  
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• Woman gatecrashes Chanel finale, Gigi Hadid escorts her off runway

  01-10-2019 13:59
  A gatecrasher jumped onto the catwalk at Chanel's Paris fashion week show Tuesday and walked unchecked with the models for the big finale. The woman, a guest at the show, ran down from her seat and joined the models as they did their last walk along a spectacular set recreating the roofs of Paris inside the Grand Palais. With security guards left floundering, supermodel Gigi Hadid eventually confronted the gatecrasher as she tried to further upstage the models, and escorted her off the set. The
  
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• Toddler dies after being left in hot car while mother allegedly drank with friend

  01-10-2019 13:11
  WARNING: Some readers may find the details in this story disturbing. West Carson (KTLA) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl who was left in a car with the heater on and windows rolled up for more than five hours while her mother drank with a friend nearby, records show. June Love Agosto died at a hospital on Sept. 23 after she was found unconscious inside her mother's vehicle, which was parked in the 22400 block of South Vermont Avenue in the unincorporated county are
  
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• Indonesia cancels komodo dragon island closure, will charge tourists instead

  01-10-2019 12:57
  Indonesia has scrapped plans to ban tourists from an island home to komodo dragons and will instead limit visitor numbers and raise entry prices to create a "premium destination," officials said. A plan announced last year would have seen Komodo national park close from the start of 2020, over concerns that the giant lizard species were suffering from the effects of mass tourism. But the mooted closure sparked concern in the area's tourism industry and could have meant relocating a couple thousa
  
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• Lethbridge Transit back to full capacity, no plans to clear snow windrows - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Transit back to full capacity, no plans to clear snow windrows  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• World markets subdued as investors eye trade, Brexit

  01-10-2019 08:37
  BANGKOK -- World markets were mixed on Tuesday after a global agency cut its forecasts for trade and as investors monitor developments in Britain's exit from the European Union. After Asia largely closed higher, the FTSE 100 in Britain was down 0.3% at 7,385. The CAC 40 in Paris was 0.2% lower at 5,668 and Germany's DAX dipped 0.1% to 12,416. Futures for the Dow and the S&P 500 were both up 0.3%. The World Trade Organization said Tuesday it was cutting sharply its forecasts for trade growth
  
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• California to let college athletes sign endorsement deals

  01-10-2019 08:20
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Defying the NCAA, California opened the way Monday for college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals with sneaker companies, soft drink makers, car dealerships and other sponsors, just like the pros. The first-in-the-nation law, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and set to take effect in 2023, could upend amateur sports in the U.S. and trigger a legal challenge. Newsom and others cast it as an attempt to bring more fairness to big-money college
  
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• Police shoot protester in Hong Kong day of rage

  01-10-2019 07:35
  HONG KONG -- In a fearsome escalation of violence, Hong Kong police shot a protester at close range in the chest Tuesday, leaving the teenager bleeding and howling on the ground. Tens of thousands joined anti-government demonstrations that spread across the semi-autonomous Chinese territory even as Communist leaders in Beijing celebrated 70 years in power. The single pistol shot fired by the officer as protesters swarmed toward him hit the 18-year-old on the left side of his chest, police spokes
  
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• Bridge falls in Taiwan bay, injuring 10 on boats below - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 06:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bridge falls in Taiwan bay, injuring 10 on boats below  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals 27-3 - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 05:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Steelers break out of funk, stomp Bengals 27-3  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Prospect Nick Suzuki scores OT winner as Canadiens top Senators - Lethbridge News Now

  01-10-2019 05:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Prospect Nick Suzuki scores OT winner as Canadiens top Senators  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• This ex-con started her popcorn business while in prison. Now, it's blowing up

  01-10-2019 05:14
  Emily O’Brien makes “popcorn so good, it’s criminal,” according to her company slogan. And she would know -- she started her popcorn business while still in prison. O’Brien has a lot in common with the salty snack: put the heat on her in a confined space and she pops out with bigger ideas than before. In 2015, O’Brien was arrested for drug smuggling, and was handed a four-year sentence. But in prison, she found inspiration for her new company. Cons and Kernels
  
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• National Student Memorial Register: Full list of names

  01-10-2019 04:19
  In a sombre ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History on Monday, a 50-metre long red banner was revealed to the public, emblazoned with the names of thousands of Indigenous children who died in Canada’s residential school system. The cloth held 2,800 names, written in stark white on the blood-red fabric, the product of years of research into what happened to Indigenous children who were stolen from their parents, placed in these schools, and never seen again.Names of children who died in
  
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• Global News at 6 Lethbridge: Sep 30

  01-10-2019 03:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, September 30, 2019 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Calgary movie theatre, grocery stores, facing fire code violations

  01-10-2019 03:24
  Court documents obtained by CTV News now reveal the businesses facing fire code violations alongside an Okotoks-based fire safety company. The businesses accused of failing to ensure qualified personnel installed fire safety equipment include a northwest movie theatre, children’s play area, grocery stores and drug stores. In July, a total of 65 charges were laid under the Alberta Fire Code following a lengthy investigation. Premium Fire Protection Ltd., along with its owner Kurt Bertrand,
  
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• Calgary council passes motion opposing Quebec's Bill 21

  01-10-2019 02:53
  Calgary city council voted in favour of a motion formally opposing Bill 21, Quebec’s law that bans public figures from wearing religious symbols and clothing, such as turbans or hijabs. The motion, which was passed unanimously, calls the bill “a divisive law that perpetuates exclusion, discrimination, and class division.” “I think this bill is discriminatory, I think it’s targeting certain religious groups and visible minorities in Quebec and I think it’s all
  
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• Alberta’s Indigenous relations minister calls for end to ‘racism and misunderstanding’

  01-10-2019 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  On Orange Shirt Day, Alberta's Indigenous relations minister issued a news release calling for an end to "racism and misunderstanding" still faced by Indigenous people.
  
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