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• Rarely seen brown pelican blown in by Dorian boat-hopping its way back south

  02-10-2019 23:54
  HALIFAX -- A brown pelican swept into Cape Breton by post-tropical storm Dorian appears to be boat-hopping its way south, with herring fleets assisting and birdwatchers cheering it on. Darren Stevens, a 52-year-old herring fishermen, took photos of the pelican while the bird perched on the bow of his vessel on Tuesday, about 60 kilometres east of Halifax. The pelican -- rarely seen in Nova Scotia -- gained a following among birdwatchers and photographers in Cape Breton after Dorian swept hundred
  
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• Lethbridge College hosts national exhibit in honour of Orange Shirt Day - Global News

  02-10-2019 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge College hosts national exhibit in honour of Orange Shirt Day  Global News
  
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• 'Safety is our top priority': Transport Minister Ric McIver responds to concerns about driver training regulations

  02-10-2019 23:21
  CALGARY. A day after some families affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash spoke out against potential changes to Alberta truck training regulations, the province’s  transportation minister is reassuring them no decision has been made. Ric McIver said a review is underway but it’s still ‘too early’ in the process to have even started consultations. "Safety is our top priority," McIver told CTV News.  "It always has been and let me also say I have tremendous r
  
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• Death in Airdrie due to workplace fatality

  02-10-2019 23:18
  CALGARY – Airdrie RCMP say a deceased person found in the southwest part of the community died as a result of a workplace accident. Mounties issued an advisory at about 3 p.m. on Wednesday about an incident in the Windford area, telling the public to avoid the area while officers conducted an investigation. Alberta EMS confirms they responded to the scene in the 100 block of Windford Street S.W. An adult was found dead in the area, but there is no information on gender or age. Police
  
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• Construction worker dead after being hit by work truck in Airdrie

  02-10-2019 23:18
  CALGARY – Airdrie RCMP say a deceased person found in the southwest part of the community died as a result of a workplace accident. RCMP confirm a 38-year-old Calgary man died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a work truck. According to RCMP, the man had been working on a storm drain at the time of the fatal incident. The identity of the deceased has not been released. A resident who lives across the street from where the incidentoccurred told CTV News that he saw a person und
  
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• Airdrie RCMP investigates unknown incident

  02-10-2019 23:18
  CALGARY – Airdrie RCMP are asking the public to stay away from a community in the southwest section of that community for a police investigation. Mounties issued the advisory at about 3 p.m. on Wednesday about an incident in the Windford area. They say there is no threat to the public at this time, but the area has been blocked off for the investigation. Members of the public are told to avoid the neighbourhood until further notice. Anyone with information about the unfolding situation is
  
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• Winnipeg Jets shift pieces around as season opener looms - Lethbridge News Now

  02-10-2019 23:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Democrats answer Trump's ire, name-calling with subpoenas

  02-10-2019 22:53
  WASHINGTON -- Agitated and angry, U.S. President Donald Trump squared off against House Democrats, packing his increasingly aggressive impeachment defence with name-calling and expletives. Quietly but just as resolutely, lawmakers expanded their inquiry, promising a broad new subpoena for documents and witnesses. Democratic leaders put the White House on notice that the wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump's actions in the Ukraine controversy, the latest move in an i
  
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• Democrats answer Trump's ire and name-calling with subpoenas

  02-10-2019 22:53
  WASHINGTON -- Agitated and angry, U.S. President Donald Trump squared off against House Democrats, packing his increasingly aggressive impeachment defence with name-calling and expletives. Quietly but just as resolutely, lawmakers expanded their inquiry, promising a broad new subpoena for documents and witnesses. Democratic leaders put the White House on notice that the wide-ranging subpoena would be coming for information about Trump's actions in the Ukraine controversy, the latest move in an i
  
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• 3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

  02-10-2019 22:45
  LOS ANGELES -- Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller's deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wednesday. A grand jury indictment that was unsealed in Los Angeles accuses the men of conspiring and distributing cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused Miller's death in September 2018. Cameron Pettit, 28, of West Hollywood, California; Stephen Walter, 46, of Los Angeles; and Ryan
  
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• Judge’s comments in Lethbridge retrial ‘prejudiced, racist’: association of Nigerian doctors

  02-10-2019 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  The letter, from the Canadian Association of Nigerian Physicians and Dentists, is one of three complaints being investigated by the Canadian Judicial Council.
  
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• Tens of thousands of homes are sitting vacant across Canada: report

  02-10-2019 21:58
  TORONTO -- The number of vacant homes, like the deserted luxury house in Saskatoon that has garnered national attention, appear to be on the rise across Canada. An August report by Point2 Homes estimates there were 1.34 million empty and temporarily occupied homes in 2016 – the most recent data available. By analyzing demographic and housing information from Statistics Canada for the country’s largest 150 cities from 2006 to 2016, Point2 Homes determined Canada’s empty homes re
  
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• 'A lot of good football in front of me': Matt Nichols speaks about his future

  02-10-2019 21:52
  It didn’t look like the kind of hit that would end a quarterbacks’ season, as BC Lions’ defensive lineman Shawn Lemon brought Matt Nichols to the ground for the sack in their week 10 matchup. "It was just really unfortunate that I kind of had my arm pinned to my side, and kind of landed a little awkwardly,” said Nichols. “It's just one of those things that's unavoidable." But after a stint on the six-game injured list, the 32-year-old underwent surgery on his throwi
  
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• Lethbridge - CTV News

  02-10-2019 21:44 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Alberta government will address vaping in review of Tobacco Act

  02-10-2019 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  The UCP are launching a review into Alberta's Tobacco Act, hoping to focus on regulating vaping on the province.
  
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• Calgary kids attend forum to talk about federal election issues

  02-10-2019 21:17
  CALGARY -- Even though they’re too young to vote many Calgary students want federal election candidates to hear their concerns. On Wednesday, 50 youth from 10 to 17 years old met at Studio Bell for a forum hosted by Children First Canada. The daylong event is designed to engage the kids and key adult leaders to put kids' issues on the radar for Federal election 2019. Sara Austin is the founder and CEO of Children First Canada and has been advocating for children for more than 20 years at t
  
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• International pizza mix-up inspires pay-it-forward campaign in Lesser Slave Lake

  02-10-2019 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  A phone number mix-up has transformed into a pay it forward campaign, after a firefighter from Lesser Slave Lake accidentally sent a mass of pizzas to other first responders in San Antonio, Tex. this week.
  
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• Energy leaders discuss how to protect environment at natural resources summit

  02-10-2019 20:28
  CALGARY – Canadian energy leaders are in Calgary to discuss how to continue developing natural resources, while fighting climate change at the same time. It’s all part of the National Natural Resources Summit held Wednesday morning at the Westin Hotel. The event, organized by The Calgary Chamber of Commerce, was a coalition of eight metro Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade from across Canada. "The goal of the summit is to encourage meaningful conversations about Canada’s
  
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• CIBC Run for the Cure aims to raise $60K in Lethbridge this Sunday - Lethbridge News Now

  02-10-2019 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  CIBC Run for the Cure aims to raise $60K in Lethbridge this Sunday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Carving their way into history: Canadian team headed to World Butcher Challenge

  02-10-2019 20:13
  CALGARY — An instructor at Olds College is ready to carve his way into history as he prepares for the 2020 World Butcher Challenge. This is the first time Canada has fielded a team in the event often dubbed ‘the Olympics of butchering,’ which takes place in Sacramento, Calif. Aaron McLaughlin is the only team member from southern Alberta. “It’s definitely an honour to be representing Canada in an world competition like this,” he said. “It’s al
  
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• University of Toronto prof missing in India after avalanche

  02-10-2019 19:37
  A University of Toronto quantum computing assistant professor is missing in India after an avalanche struck during a climbing trip. Peter Wittek, 37, was resting in his tent Sunday when the avalanche hit, his brother Gergo Oberfrank told CTVNews.ca in a phone call from Budapest. Wittek and a group of five others from Singapore, Mauritius, Vietnam and Hungary were hiking Mount Trisul in the Himalayas. One other member of the group was hit by the avalanche, the team manager told Oberfrank, but man
  
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• Lethbridge rink wins Izsak Memorial event - Lethbridge Herald

  02-10-2019 19:37 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge rink wins Izsak Memorial event  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• First-degree murder charge stayed against purported gang leader Nick Chan

  02-10-2019 17:40
  CALGARY — First-degree murder charges against purported gang leader Nick Chan have been stayed by the Crown for a second time. Chan, 41, had been charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and directing a criminal organization in connection with the 2009 death of Kevin Anaya but the charges were originally stayed in April 2017 by a Calgary judge. The Alberta Court of Appeal overturned the decision and a new trial was ordered for Chan. A statement from the Ministry of Ju
  
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• It's a boy! Calgary Zoo celebrates birth of male giraffe calf

  02-10-2019 17:32
  CALGARY -- Emara the Calgary Zoo's Masai giraffe became a mother on the weekend and staff say the male calf is smaller than they expected but they are optimistic about his health. It was the fourth pregnancy for the eight-year-old giraffe and staff at the zoo went to extraordinary lengths to ensure she carried the calf to term. “We are thrilled to announce that Masai giraffe Emara has successfully carried a healthy calf to term, “ said Dr. Sandie Black, head of veterinary services at
  
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• Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out coming to Telus Spark

  02-10-2019 17:11
  CALGARY — Nature’s skin will be stripped away to flesh and bone at Telus Spark later this month when Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out arrives Oct. 25. Visitors will experience an anatomical safari, viewing the skeletons, muscles, organs and circulatory systems of several animals, from goats to giraffes to octopuses and even ostriches. Some of the animals that will be on display include:The world’s tallest terrestrial mammal – the giraffe The world’s largest bird &nda
  
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• Giraffe calf born at the Calgary Zoo

  02-10-2019 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  Zoo officials announced on Wednesday that Emara the Masai giraffe became a mother on Sept. 29, giving birth to a male calf.
  
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• Hurricanes trade Phare to Everett for future draft pick - Lethbridge News Now

  02-10-2019 16:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricanes trade Phare to Everett for future draft pick  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Sorry I won't': Utah student, 9, refuses to answer 'offensive' math question comparing girls' weight

  02-10-2019 16:13
  A math question comparing the weight of three hypothetical Grade 4 girls offended one Utah student enough that she refused to answer it and is speaking out. “Sorry I won’t (write) this it’s (rude),” wrote 9-year-old Rhythm on her homework, circling the question and adding “What!!!!” above it. The question presented the weights of Isabel, Irene and Sue and asked students to determine how much heavier Isabel is than the lightest of the three. “I thought it
  
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• Five children at centre of Amber Alert in Ontario found safe

  02-10-2019 15:17
  Five children, who were at the centre of an Amber Alert, have been found safe, Niagara Regional Police have confirmed. Officers said the children “appear to be in good health and are currently being cared for.” An Amber Alert was issued on Tuesday evening after the children were reported missing about 24 hours earlier by Family and Children Services Niagara, police said. At that time, the children were believed to be in the company of their father. The Amber Alert expired later Tuesd
  
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• Father of 5 missing kids spotted without children

  02-10-2019 15:17
  The father of five missing children, who were the subject of an Amber Alert, was spotted on Tuesday night driving without his children, police said. Niagara police said around 5 p.m. Ian MacDermid was observed driving a 2002, red four-doored Toyota Camry with the Ontario licence marker CJMB 976 in the Niagara Region.  Police said while the Amber Alert has been expired, the five children remain missing.  "Overnight the Amber Alert was expired, that's an adminstrative piece that happens
  
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• The emergency scam – don’t get tricked

  02-10-2019 15:00
  Every year hundreds of Canadians get scammed by people claiming to need help and it's easy to get tricked.  Just ask a North Delta couple who got cheated by someone, they thought was a relative. “I thought it was legitimate at first because we get that all the time,” said David Inch, who says he’s got a lot of family in the Philippines and often sends money via Western Union to help them out. So when his wife Felipa was on Facebook one evening and got an instant message fr
  
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• Canadian WWI victory no longer 'historical footnote' with new Hill 70 memorial

  02-10-2019 14:51
  TORONTO -- Canadian soldiers who fought in a little known battle in the First World War were honoured at the unveiling of a new memorial in France on Wednesday. The battle and victory at Hill 70 in 1917 is not as renowned as the battle of Vimy Ridge, which was fought the same year. But the fight proved essential, according to historians, during a war in which controlling the high ground was essential. “The Hill 70 battle is a story of great hardship and sacrifice, a young country growing i
  
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• Crown opens arguments at trial for man accused in Edmonton vehicle attacks

  02-10-2019 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  The accused faces 11 charges in the trial, which is expected to last until Nov. 8.
  
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• Province to announce action plan for regulating vaping products

  02-10-2019 14:07
  CALGARY ­– The Alberta government is set to announce its plan of action towards implementing regulations that would prevent and reduce harm from tobacco and vaping products. Health Minister Tyler Shandro is scheduled to make the announcement 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Calgary’s McDougall Centre.  Shandro had previously committed to developing, what he calls, an appropriate regulation of vaping and other related products. He plans to begin a review on tobacco and smoking in Nove
  
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• Alberta to launch review of vaping regulations in November

  02-10-2019 14:07
  CALGARY ­– Headed by Calgary-Klein MLA Jeremy Nixon, the province is launching a review of Alberta’s vaping regulations, starting Nov. 1.  The review is expected to be completed by the end of this year and changes to the province’s tobacco and smoking legislation will be proposed in the spring of 2020.  “Like most Albertans, I’m concerned about the rising use of vaping products, especially among young people, and recent reports of severe lung disease a
  
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• Cenovus raises dividend, plans modest growth, as CEO heralds debt reduction

  02-10-2019 12:59
  CALGARY -- Oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc. is rewarding its shareholders with a 25 per cent increase in its dividend while tightening its spending plans and maintaining "modest" production growth expectations over the next five years. On a webcast from the company's investor day in Toronto, CEO Alex Pourbaix said Cenovus faced "its fair share of challenges" when he was appointed about two years ago but his focus on strengthening the balance sheet is beginning to pay off. "It really is time
  
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• Cenovus Energy raises dividend, trims capital spending guidance for 2019

  02-10-2019 12:59
  CALGARY -- Cenovus Energy Inc. is raising its dividend by 25 per cent. The Calgary-based energy company says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 6.25 cents per share, up from a nickel. Based on the company's closing share price of $12.05 on Tuesday, it will have an annual yield of nearly 2.1 per cent. Cenovus also says it believes it will have capacity for further dividend increases at a potential growth rate of five to 10 per cent annually. The increased payment to shareholders came as Ceno
  
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• Lethbridge MP works hard for constituents - Lethbridge Herald

  02-10-2019 10:37 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Boris Johnson: U.K. is offering Brexit 'compromise' to EU

  02-10-2019 10:12
  MANCHESTER, England -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the U.K. will offer the European Union a proposed Brexit deal on Wednesday that represents a compromise for both sides, as he urged the bloc to meet Britain halfway and allow for the country's orderly departure after years of wrangling. Johnson's speech to Conservative Party members at their annual conference had been billed by his office as a take-it-or-leave-it "final offer" to the EU. Yet as delivered, it was more like a plea to
  
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• Jury to start hearing evidence in trial of suspect in Edmonton officer stabbing

  02-10-2019 10:07
  EDMONTON -- A jury is to start hearing evidence today in the trial of a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, who is in his early 30s, faces 11 charges. They include five counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault against the police officer and dangerous driving. Const. Mike Chernyk was on duty outside a Canadian Football League game on Sept. 30, 2017, when a driver crashed through a barrier, got out of a vehicle,
  
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, October 1, 2019

  02-10-2019 06:31 via globalnews.ca
  RED DEER, Alta. - Ethan Sakowich scored the go-ahead goal on a power play midway through the second period and the Red Deer Rebels beat the Saskatoon Blades 2-1 on Tuesday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• Pronghorns’ women’s hockey team thriving with clean slate, new coaching staff

  02-10-2019 05:37 via globalnews.ca
  Under the guidance of Doug Paisley, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns' women's hockey team looks refreshed and ready to make some noise as the Canada West hockey season is set to begin.
  
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• 'It's up to us to keep pushing': Humboldt Broncos families frustrated with provincial review

  02-10-2019 05:35
  CALGARY. A provincial review into Alberta trucking regulations has angered some of the families impacted by the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash. At the heart of the contentious issue lie questions of whether newly implemented trucking rules should apply to semi drivers operating on farms. Any suggestion of implementing a two-tiered system is ‘ridiculous’ to Michelle Straschnitzki, whose son Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed in the April 2018 crash that killed 16  and injured 13.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Oct 1

  02-10-2019 04:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, October 1, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Tom Roulston.
  
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• Sandwiches recalled due to possible Listeria contamination

  02-10-2019 03:41
  EDMONTON -- HQ Fine Foods, based in Edmonton, is recalling two of its sandwiches due to concerns of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says that the recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store they were purchased. The Deli Chicken Salad Sandwich White with UPC code 058578 475379, and Deli Egg Salad Sandwich White with UPC code 058578 475355 are not to be consumed. Food with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled, b
  
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• Saskatoon volunteer 'in complete disbelief' after being banned from U.S. for five years

  02-10-2019 02:44
  What was supposed to be a regular entry into the United States turned into a trip of frustration. "One of three things was going to happen; that I was either going to get let through, get sent back, or be barred for five years," Kyle Kachirka said. On his way to the Sh-Bang music festival in Bellingham, Wash. Kachirka arrived at the Sumas American border crossing. Kachirka was set to work as a volunteer and stage hand for the event but the American border patrol took Kachirka aside and brought h
  
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• Lethbridge sees first snow day of the season - Global News

  02-10-2019 02:10 via globalnews.ca
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• Lethbridge sees first snow day of the season

  02-10-2019 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  The aftermath of southern Alberta’s first fall snowstorm brought Lethbridge to a standstill on Monday, taking public transit off the roads and closing schools across the region.
  
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• Early closure of golf course means Festival of Lights is back on for 2019

  02-10-2019 01:54
  The Lions Festival of Lights display at Confederation Park Golf Course will go ahead this year. Back in June, the Lions Club announced it was being forced to cancel the popular display after its volunteers were refused the access it says is required to get the lights in place before the end of November. “It was all about access as far as we were concerned," said Lions Festival of Lights chair Otto Silzer. "The right to get on to the golf course before the golf course closed (for the season
  
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• Jason Kenney makes donation to Okotoks landowner being sued by intruder

  02-10-2019 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's premier says compassion drove him to donate to a southern Alberta man who is being sued by an intruder he shot on his property last year.
  
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