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• Anatomy of a Conservative campaign stop in a key bellwether

  05-10-2019 23:38
  PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — “We’re going to get it done,” says Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer as he makes his way through the booths at a longstanding pizza place along the busiest street in the city. The visit is part of a busy day for the Conservative campaign in this key bellwether riding. His bus rolled into town 10 days after Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was here rallying his supporters as the fight wages on to win this seat. For those that believe in the predictive pow
  
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• Negative feedback scuttles proposed new design for Jaipur Bridge

  05-10-2019 23:29
  CALGARY — After receiving negative feedback on a proposed new span to replace the aging Jaipur Bridge connecting Eau Claire with Prince’s Island, the city is re-starting the design process. An open house was held Saturday to gather further feedback on the proposed $9.6 million bridge, which also includes flood mitigation work nearby on 2nd Street S.W. The proposed new span was supposed to be presented to members of the Calgary Planning Commission but negative feedback scuttled that a
  
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• Scheer confident in Conservative vetting process despite ex-candidate's LGBTQ slurs

  05-10-2019 22:57
  NEWCASTLE, Ont. -- On the last day of a difficult week on the campaign trail for Andrew Scheer, the Conservative leader visibly didn't want to talk about a B.C. candidate he fired the previous night for slurs she had made against LGBTQ people. Upon his exit from glad-handing at a harvest festival in Newcastle, Ont., reporters tried to ask Scheer questions about Heather Leung, who suggested in a YouTube video posted in 2013, that LGBTQ people need to "recruit" children.More: B.C. candidate no lon
  
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• Newborn giraffe calf dies at Calgary Zoo

  05-10-2019 21:58
  Days after being born at the Calgary Zoo, a male giraffe calf has died. “We are heartbroken to announce that our male giraffe calf passed away overnight,” the zoo posted on social media Saturday morning. “We knew when he was born so tiny that it would be an uphill battle, but had high hopes that the love of his mama and round-the-clock care from our team would be enough to help him begin to thrive.” The calf was born last Sunday to the zoo’s eight-year-old Masai gir
  
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• 14-year-old gets hole-in-one, wins SUV

  05-10-2019 21:26
  A Fort Saskatchewan teen took part in a hole-in-one contest and won a brand new Ford EcoSport. Ethan Howes was competing in the Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour’s stop in Nisku at RedTail Landing golf course on Sept. 7 and 8. During round two of the event he took part in the hole-in-one contest on the eighth hole. The 14-year-old aced the hole, and became the first MJT player to win the contest since it started four years ago, and the first junior in Canadian golf history to do so. On Saturday,
  
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• Glassless whisky: The Glenlivet launches new edible cocktail capsules

  05-10-2019 20:50
  TORONTO - Although it may resemble a Fruit Gushers candy with its squishy, capsule shape, the latest innovation from one of the biggest whisky producers in the world is definitely not for children. The Glenlivet’s new “Capsule Collection” gives Scotch whisky lovers the opportunity to enjoy their drink without the glass with small edible pods filled with booze. “No ice. No stirrer. No glass. We’re redefining how whisky can be enjoyed,” the Scottish distillery t
  
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• Ticket for $65M Lotto Max sold in Calgary

  05-10-2019 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  According to the Western Canadian Lottery Corporation, a ticket for the Lotto Max jackpot was sold to someone in Calgary.
  
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• Walk for apraxia raises much-needed funds in Calgary

  05-10-2019 20:09
  CALGARY — Around 150 Calgarians took part in an annual walk to raise money for apraxia at St. Patrick’s Island on Saturday morning. Apraxia is a neurological disorder that affects speech in children. “The way I like to explain it is, it’s pretty much like having a piece of duct tape on your mouth,” said walk coordinator Jennie Nichols. “You know exactly what you want to say but the messages are not getting sent out easily and properly, so the children need to
  
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• 'Very close call': SJHL player okay after being cut by skate during game

  05-10-2019 19:59
  ESTEVAN -- A forward with the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Battlefords North Stars is okay after being cut by a skate during a game Friday night. It happened during the third period of a matchup between the North Stars and the Estevan Bruins in Estevan, when Matthias Urbanski skates towards the Bruins net after a faceoff, where a number of players get tied up in a scramble for the puck. Sometime in the following moments, Urbanski is caught in the face by the skate of Bruins defensem
  
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• Six wild elephants die after falling over waterfall in Thailand

  05-10-2019 18:31
  GRAPHIC WARNING: Some readers may find the content in this story distressingSix wild elephants have died after they fell over a dangerous waterfall in southern Thailand, according to officials. In a statement, Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation said they discovered the dead body of a young elephant that was approximately three years old on the first tier of the Haew Narok waterfall in Khao Yai National Park on Saturday morning. The bodies of another f
  
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• Suspect in nearly 20 break-ins arrested by Calgary police

  05-10-2019 18:28
  CALGARY — Police have arrested a suspect believed responsible for nearly 20 nighttime break-ins over the last month in the north and northeast quadrants of the city. The most recent happened about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the community of Skyview Ranch, where a suspect pulled out a knife when confronted by a homeowner before fleeing in the victim’s vehicle. Another four break-and-enters were also reported Friday in the communities of Whitehorn and Coral Springs. Police say residents hav
  
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• Police search for suspect connected to nearly 20 Calgary break-ins

  05-10-2019 18:28
  CALGARY — Police are warning Calgarians and seeking a suspect believed to be connected to nearly 20 nighttime break-and-enters in the north and northeast quadrants of city since the beginning of September. The most recent happened about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the community of Skyview Ranch, where a suspect pulled out a knife when confronted by a homeowner before fleeing in the victim’s vehicle. Another four break-and-enters were also reported Friday in the communities of Whitehorn and
  
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• 'I’m feeling nothing is safe around us': Calgary police make arrest related to nearly 20 break-ins

  05-10-2019 18:28
  CALGARY — Police have arrested a suspect believed responsible for nearly 20 nighttime break-ins over the last month in the north and northeast quadrants of the city. The most recent happened about 4:30 a.m. Saturday in the community of Skyview Ranch, where a suspect pulled out a knife when confronted by a homeowner before fleeing in the victim’s vehicle. It was Manu Singh’s friend’s Mercedes-Benz C400. He was terrified to pass over the keys. “What could he do? That
  
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• Lethbridge announces official day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls - Global News

  05-10-2019 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge announces official day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge announces official day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

  05-10-2019 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Lethbridge community are honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week.
  
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• Winning ticket in Friday's $65M Lotto Max draw sold in Calgary

  05-10-2019 17:42
  Someone in Calgary has 65 million reasons to smile Saturday morning. The winning ticket for Friday’s $65 million Lotto Max jackpot was sold in the city. There were also eight Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up grabs, but only one of them was claimed, by a player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Oct. 8 will be approximately $17 million. The winning numbers for Friday’s draw are: 20, 31, 35, 36, 39, 42, 44 + 23.
  
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• Crash on Barlow Trail sends one to hospital

  05-10-2019 17:27
  CALGARY — The Calgary Fire Department freed one person from an SUV following a two-vehicle crash  at Barlow Trail and 90th Avenue S.E. on Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called to the intersection just after 8 a.m. when an SUV and a car collided. It took about 30 minutes for the man to be freed from the SUV and he was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the other vehicle wasn’t hurt.
  
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• Advance voting available at university campuses until Wednesday

  05-10-2019 16:50
  CALGARY — Voters wanting to mark their ballot ahead of the federal election can do so at one of three post-secondary campuses in Calgary until Wednesday. From Oct. 5 to Oct. 9, eligible voters with government issued photo ID, or two pieces of secondary ID, can go to: Bow Valley College (south campus, ATB Hall, 345 6th Avenue S.E.) Mount Royal University (Wyckham House Council Chambers, 4825 Mount Royal Gate S.W.) University of Calgary (main campus, Hotel Alma, 169 University Gate N.W.
  
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• Sisters in Spirit vigil held in Edmonton

  05-10-2019 15:08
  EDMONTON -- A special vigil was held in Edmonton Friday, to remember Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women. Nearly 200 people showed up to the ceremony at Boyle Street Community Centre. An RCMP report found 1200 Aboriginal women were killed or went missing in Canada between 1980 and 2012. Friday’s vigil was a way to pay respect to the affected families and raise awareness. “We see the effects in the children, we see the effects in the systems that are supposed to be se
  
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• Ground beef recalled due to possible E. coli contamination

  05-10-2019 15:05
  MONTREAL -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall for a series of raw beef and raw veal products due to a possible E. coli contamination. The recall stems from several past recalls originating at the Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. slaughterhouse in Toronto.#CFIArecall Updated Food Recall Warning (E. coli O157:H7) – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef and raw veal products https://t.co/zdQT1k84AY — CFIA - Food (@CFIA_Food) October 5, 2019A variety of meat f
  
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• Singh promises clean drinking water for all First Nations communities

  05-10-2019 14:04
  OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said if elected, his party would do whatever it takes to ensure clean drinking water for First Nations communities facing countless long-term water advisories. Speaking to reporters in Grassy Narrows First Nations alongside Chief Rudy Turtle, Singh said as prime minister he would prioritize a "$19 million treatment centre" requested by the community to help those impacted by mercury poisoning. He then went a step further, promising clean drinking water for
  
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• Singh pledges to fund and secure clean drinking water for all First Nations communities

  05-10-2019 14:04
  OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said if elected, his party would do whatever it takes to ensure clean drinking water for First Nations communities facing countless long-term water advisories. Speaking to reporters in Grassy Narrows First Nations alongside Chief Rudy Turtle, Singh said as prime minister he would prioritize a "$19 million treatment centre" requested by the community to help those impacted by mercury poisoning. He then went a step further, promising clean drinking water for
  
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• Hong Kong lawmakers seek to block mask ban; protests persist

  05-10-2019 13:35
  HONG KONG -- A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators filed a legal challenge Saturday against the government's use of a colonial-era emergency law to criminalize the wearing of face masks at rallies to quell anti-government demonstrations, as the protests diminished in intensity but didn't stop. The mask ban that went into effect at midnight Friday triggered an overnight rash of widespread violence and destruction in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, including the setting of fires an
  
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• Hong Kong lawmakers challenge mask ban as protests persist

  05-10-2019 13:35
  HONG KONG -- A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators filed a legal challenge against the government's use of a colonial-era emergency law to criminalize the wearing of masks at rallies to quell anti-government demonstrations, which diminished in intensity but didn't stop. The mask ban that went into effect at midnight Friday triggered an overnight rash of widespread violence and destruction in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, including the setting of fires and attacks on an off-duty
  
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• Tech CEOs say innovation should be 'top' election issue in letter to party leaders

  05-10-2019 13:00
  OTTAWA – More than a hundred top tech executives in Canada have added their names to a formal letter addressed to the leaders of the four major political parties, urging them to prioritize the industry’s needs this election campaign. Under the banner of the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), the CEOs from 110 companies, ranging from small to more established organizations, say Canada’s “productivity is lagging and our future economic prosperity is at risk.” Execu
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, October 4, 2019

  05-10-2019 07:11 via globalnews.ca
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Chase Wouters supplied the game-winning goal 3:57 into overtime to lift the Saskatoon Blades to a 2-1 victory over the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• 13th Sisters in Spirit Vigil held in Lethbridge

  05-10-2019 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  There were pleas for justice and calls to end violence at the annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil in Lethbridge on Friday. Emily Olsen has the story.
  
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• Hurricanes double up Winterhawks 4-2

  05-10-2019 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes earned their first home-ice win of the season Friday thanks to a 4-2 comeback win over the Portland Winterhawks. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• Cochrane RCMP arrest three Calgary youth who fled from stolen vehicle

  05-10-2019 04:56
  CALGARY -- Thanks in part to some rapid-fire responses from residents, Cochrane RCMP were able to arrest three youth who fled from a stolen vehicle during a rush hour getaway Thursday, October 3. The incident unfolded around 5:30 p.m., when the RCMP were notified of two suspicious vehicles travelling westbound on Highway 1A into Cochrane. When the police arrived in the area one of the vehicles stopped at the bottom of Cochrane Hill and all four occupants fled on foot. Numerous Cochrane residents
  
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• Plane approaching airport loses power, lands in river

  05-10-2019 04:47
  MIDDLETOWN, Pa. -- A small plane on approach to a Pennsylvania airport landed instead in a shallow section of the Susquehanna River a few miles from the Three Mile Island nuclear power station. Susquehanna Regional Airport Authority executive director Tim Edwards said the pilot and the single-engine plane's lone passenger were taken to a hospital for treatment. The Federal Aviation Administration says the two on board exited the Piper PA-46 onto a wing. Edwards says the crash occurred Friday eve
  
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• Alex Trebek tells Lisa LaFlamme 'I'm not afraid of dying'

  05-10-2019 04:21
  TORONTO -- ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek opened up about his latest cancer treatment and his own mortality in an interview with CTV’s Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme. “I’m not afraid of dying,” the 79-year-old said. “I’ve lived a good life, a full life, and I’m nearing the end of that life … if it happens, why should I be afraid that?” “One thing they’re not going to say at my funeral, as a part of a eulog
  
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• Alex Trebek opens up to Lisa LaFlamme about his cancer treatment

  05-10-2019 04:21
  ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek, the longest serving quiz-show host in television history, has opened up about his latest cancer treatment in an interview with CTV’s Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme. He spoke to LaFlamme before an appearance at his alma mater, the University of Ottawa, where he has donated millions of dollars for the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue, which seeks to “enrich and broaden public debate.” • Watch the full interview on W5, air
  
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• Popular Calgary haunt ScreamFest to be resurrected at Halloween expo

  05-10-2019 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  "It's a one weekend, get your scares on and then we're done," ScreamFest owner, Mike Sheppard.
  
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• Tree in Saskatoon neighbourhood officially the province’s widest

  05-10-2019 02:51
  SASKATOON -- A tree in Saskatoon’s Montgomery Place neighbourhood has been recognized as the widest in the province. The imposing plains cottonwood first took root in front of Judy Junor’s Normandy Street house not long after it was built in 1960. "Everybody says 'Wow, that’s a big tree, that’s pretty round.' so I thought maybe I’ll just look and see what the biggest tree is in Saskatchewan and found out it was smaller than this one," Junor said. "Once we heard abou
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Oct 4

  05-10-2019 02:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, October 4, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• B.C. cabinet minister steps down amid special prosecutor investigation

  05-10-2019 02:25
  A B.C. MLA has resigned from her cabinet post after the appointment of a special prosecutor in an RCMP investigation. In a statement issued Friday afternoon, Premier John Horgan announced that Minister of Citizens' Services Jinny Sims had offered her resignation from cabinet and he had accepted it. "We take any such investigation very seriously," the premier said. "While we await the conclusion of the matter, I have asked minister Selina Robinson to temporarily assume responsibility as mini
  
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• Opposition to Bill 9 continues with information picket at University of Lethbridge - Global News

  05-10-2019 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Opposition to Bill 9 continues with information picket at University of Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• Opposition to Bill 9 continues with information picket at University of Lethbridge

  05-10-2019 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  An information picket and protest against Bill 9 was held outside the University of Lethbridge on Friday.
  
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• Immigrants at Calgary citizenship ceremony speak about voting for the first time in Canada

  05-10-2019 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  Immigration has become a sensitive topic as people debate Canada's intake of refugees. For some in Calgary this will mark their first time voting in this country.
  
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• University of Lethbridge cracks the top five in Maclean's rankings

  05-10-2019 00:24
  LETHBRIDGE -- A leading Canadian news magazine has put the University of Lethbridge near the top of an annual ranking of post-secondary schools across the country. Maclean's released its annual list of the top universities in Canada this week and the U of L made it into the top five under the primarily undergraduate list. According to the editor, the primarily undergraduate category consists of schools that have fewer graduate programs and graduate students than other schools. Mount Allison in S
  
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• U of S researchers develop Indigenous languages app

  05-10-2019 00:16
  Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan want to make it easier for people to learn Indigenous languages. The app will have similar principles to the popular language app Duolingo, using games and audio components to form sentences. "There is a need here," Marguerite Koole, a professor working on the app, told CTV News. "We found about 158 apps for Indigenous languages in Canada … but the problem is there were no syntax apps." In linguistics, syntax refers to sentence structure and w
  
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• Large outdoor art installation of Van Gogh on display in Mission

  05-10-2019 00:14
  An interactive two and a half metre (eight-foot) sculpture of iconic artist Vincent Van Gogh has been unveiled along Calgary’s popular 4th street in Mission. It’s one of the final posthumous works of Saskatchewan-born artist Joe Fafard. For decades, his sculptures has celebrated rural life, as well as Van Gogh. “For me to get another piece out and share more of it with the world is just honouring him. It’s what he wants.” said Fafard’s son Joël outside th
  
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• Collision between Granum and Nobleford results in one death - Lethbridge News Now

  05-10-2019 00:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Collision between Granum and Nobleford results in one death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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