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• Who are Extinction Rebellion? A look at climate change activists protesting globally

  07-10-2019 23:50
  TORONTO -- Climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion have been shutting down roads and bridges around the world on Monday in protest for climate justice. Here's a look at the group and what they hope to accomplish.Read more: Extinction Rebellion protesters block traffic on busy bridges across Canada Read more: Climate activists block roads, march in global protestsWHO ARE EXTINCTION REBELLION? The environmental campaigners, known as XR, seek to draw attention to the “climate emerg
  
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• Greta Thunberg touring Dakotas reservations, concerned about Keystone XL pipeline’s path

  07-10-2019 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  A 16-year-old climate activist who garnered international attention when she scolded world leaders at the United Nations is visiting Indigenous reservations in the U.S. to talk about oil pipelines.
  
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• Councillors vote to implement Municipal Housing Strategy plan - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 23:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Councillors vote to implement Municipal Housing Strategy plan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hospital patient stole police car, struck 3 vehicles: Richmond RCMP

  07-10-2019 23:25
  RICHMOND – A woman was hospitalized after her car was stuck by a man in a stolen RCMP vehicle in Richmond, Mounties say. Mounties were called to a hospital shortly after noon on Monday for reports that a patient had fled the facility. The RCMP did not say why, but the man was not permitted to leave the hospital. An officer found the man and tried to take him into custody, but the man got into the Mountie's vehicle and drove off, the RCMP said in an emailed statement hours after the inciden
  
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• Debate 2019: A mix of personal attacks and policy deliberation with Trudeau as central focus

  07-10-2019 22:45
  OTTAWA – The six main federal party leaders squared off for the first time during this election campaign at the official English-language leaders' debate, and the 2-hour event was a mix of personal attacks and policy deliberation with the central focus on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau. Trudeau spent most of the evening being challenged on his record over the last four years, from ethics scandals to the still long environmental and reconciliation to-do lists. While he sought to defend what
  
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• 6 leaders, one stage: Official election 2019 English-language debate tonight

  07-10-2019 22:45
  OTTAWA – Tonight the six main federal party leaders are squaring off for the first time during this campaign, at the official English-language leaders' debate of the 2019 election at the Canadian Museum of History.WATCH LIVE: 2019 Federal Leaders' Debate LIVE BLOG: Fact-checking and analysis of English-language federal leaders' debateElection day is two weeks away and tonight’s debate could be pivotal for what has so far been a tight race, with each leader looking to make a positive
  
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• Astronomers found 20 new moons around Saturn and you can help name them

  07-10-2019 21:27
  The discovery of 20 previously unknown moons around Saturn has helped the ring planet surpass all others in our solar system, according to the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. It now has 82 known moons; Jupiter has 79. The moons are all similar in size, spanning about three miles across. But 17 of the 20 have a retrograde orbit of Saturn, meaning they essentially orbit backwards from the planet and other moons. Carnegie Institute of Science astronomer Scott Sheppard and hi
  
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• Hard drive with 650 patients’ records missing since August: Alberta health officials

  07-10-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The external drive was not encrypted, as mandatory, and did not have password protection.
  
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• Trial begins for father accused of murdering 19-month-old son

  07-10-2019 20:16
  EDMONTON -- A trial got underway Monday for an Edmonton man accused of second-degree murder in his son's death. Joey Crier has pleaded not guilty in the death of his 19-month-old son Anthony Joseph Raine. The toddler was found dead outside of Good Shepherd Anglican Church in the area of 155 Avenue and Castle Downs Road in April 2017. An autopsy determined the little boy suffered trauma to the head. He died between three and 18 hours after suffering the head injury, according to an agreed stateme
  
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• Norwegian fund excludes four Canadian firms as it exits oilsands investments

  07-10-2019 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  The largest pension fund in Norway has removed four Canadian energy names from its investment list and says it will no longer put money in companies that derive more than five per cent of their revenue from the oilsands.
  
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• Flu clinics to start in Calgary the week of Oct. 21

  07-10-2019 19:55
  CALGARY — Alberta Health Services' annual flu clinics will begin across Alberta the week of Oct. 21. Free vaccines will be offered to all Albertans six months of age and older at the clinics, which will be open on select days until March 2020. There will be four clinics available in Calgary, including:Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (1820 Richmond Road S.W.) Brentwood Village Mall (3630 Brentwood Road N.W.) Northgate Mall (495 36th Street N.E.) South Calgary Health Centre (31
  
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• Bank robbery suspect arrested day before wedding after fiancee calls police

  07-10-2019 19:23
  TORONTO -- A Texas man was arrested after being identified as bank robbery suspect by his own fiancée the day before the couple were supposed to be wed. The woman first suspected her man after seeing a photo of him on a local county sheriff’s Facebook post related to an armed robbery at Citizens State Bank in Groveton, Texas on October 4. After calling authorities, she urged her fiancé to turn himself in, according to a Facebook video from Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace
  
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• RCMP release model rendering of northern Alberta homicide victim

  07-10-2019 19:07
  EDMONTON -- Slave Lake RCMP have released model renderings and sketch composites of a man found dead last October. Police found the human remains in a rural area near Slave Lake on Oct. 6, 2018, and the death is being investigated as homicide. The man is believed to be older than 45 and appears to be a mix of white and Indigenous, RCMP said. He also had a stubble beard and was balding. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call Slave Lake RCMP at 780-849-3045 or Crime Stop
  
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• Alberta to introduce bills on farm safety, greenhouse gas emissions

  07-10-2019 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's government house leader says new rules will be introduced this fall on farm safety and reducing large-scale greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• 5118 students enrolled at Holy Spirit Catholic Schools - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 18:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  5118 students enrolled at Holy Spirit Catholic Schools  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NDP candidate calls for release of safety report on B.C.’s Trans Mountain tank farm

  07-10-2019 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  An energy regulator report from May mentioned a 2016 study on fire preparedness on Burnaby Mountain that has yet to see the light of day.
  
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• U.S. diplomat's wife drove on wrong side of road before fatal U.K. crash: police

  07-10-2019 17:32
  An American diplomat's wife, who left the United Kingdom after becoming a suspect in a fatal traffic collision, was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash, according to the police. Harry Dunn, 19, died in the accident while riding his motorbike, according to a statement from his family. The accident took place August 27 in Northamptonshire in central England, which is home to a Royal Air Force station controlled by the U.S. Air Force. According to a Northamptonshire Polic
  
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• Fundraiser for ski cross champion killed in Squamish triples its goal

  07-10-2019 17:30
  The fundraiser to create a memorial scholarship in honour of the champion ski cross racer killed in a Squamish mountain biking accident has more than tripled its original goal. As of Sunday night, more than $30,000 had been raised through the GoFundMe page for the Mikayla Martin memorial fund. Julie Martin, Mikayla's aunt, is the organizer of the fundraiser. She told CTV News Vancouver she's been overwhelmed by the generosity shown by friends, family and complete strangers in her niece's memory.
  
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• Construction work to cause delays on Crowsnest Trail this week - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 17:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Construction work to cause delays on Crowsnest Trail this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The 'germiest' place in your house and the best way to combat those microbes

  07-10-2019 16:58
  Do you compulsively scrub your toilet for fear of germs? Good for you, but how often do you change your bath and hand towels? You're well-informed, so you already microwave your germy kitchen sponge. Or should you? When's the last time you sanitized your refrigerator, scrubbed your microwave handles or bleached your kitchen sink? Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don't care about those. It's the dan
  
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• 'You ain't seen nothing yet': UCP government outlines fall legislative agenda

  07-10-2019 16:21
  Government House Leader Jason Nixon previewed the fall session at a news conference on Monday morning. The government called MLAs back early from the summer break, and the session begins on Tuesday. "The spring sitting saw us pass a nearly unprecedented 13 bills, but in the immortal words of Randy Bachman, 'you ain't seen nothing yet'," Nixon said. Nixon said the UCP government is planning 14 to 17 pieces of legislation and its first budget this fall. Upcoming bills include the Alberta Indigenou
  
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• Suspect held in fatal bludgeoning of sleeping homeless men - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 16:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Suspect held in fatal bludgeoning of sleeping homeless men  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Conservatives promise to make admission to national museums free - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 15:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Conservatives promise to make admission to national museums free  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Judge tosses out Trump challenge to tax return turnover - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 15:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Judge tosses out Trump challenge to tax return turnover  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protesters block traffic on busy bridges across Canada

  07-10-2019 15:28
  Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion have organized a series of protests to block busy bridges to traffic across Canada. The environmental campaigners, known as XR, seek to draw attention to the “climate emergency” and want to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2025. It plans to shut down some of Canada's busiest bridges on Monday, in line with protests around the world; including the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge over Halifax Harbour, the Burrard Street bridge in Vancouver an
  
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• Suspect arrested after CTrain fight involving BB gun and pepper spray

  07-10-2019 15:22
  CALGARY – A Sunday evening fight on a northeast CTrain has resulted in one arrest. According to police, a skirmish involving two men occurred on a CTrain as it approached the Marlborough LRT station shortly after 7 p.m. One of the men produced a BB gun while the other was armed with pepper spray. Officers responded to the area and located the man with the BB gun. The man, who is in his 40s, was taken into custody. The suspect with the pepper spray was not found. No injuries have been repor
  
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• Extinction Rebellion group blocks access to major bridge in Halifax - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 15:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Extinction Rebellion group blocks access to major bridge in Halifax  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Thousands show up for free Kanye West “service” in Utah - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 14:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Thousands show up for free Kanye West “service” in Utah  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 14:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for mountain parks

  07-10-2019 14:46
  CALGARY – Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for the mountain parks, Kanaskis country and Nordegg (Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734). Wind gusts and a drastic drop in temperature are projected and, as of Monday morning, snowfall warnings are in place for the following regions:Banff National Park Kananaskis – Canmore Jasper National Park Nordegg – Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734Environment Canada predicts that the southward moving cold front will produce anywhere fr
  
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• Intense cold front imminent in Alberta

  07-10-2019 14:46
  CALGARY – Environment Canada has issued a special weather statment for the entire province of Alberta as a blast of wintry weather is expected to arrive Monday. Wind gust and a drastic drop in temperature are projected and, as of Monday morning, snowfall warnings are in place for the following regions:Banff National Park Kananaskis – Canmore Jasper National Park Nordegg – Forestry Trunk Road Highway 734As of Monday morning, CTV Calgary meteorologist Kevin Stanfield is forecasti
  
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• Four dogs dead following Dover house fire

  07-10-2019 14:14
  CALGARY – It’s a heartbreaking loss for a southeast Calgary family who lost not only their home but also their pets in a house fire.  Firefighters responded just after 8 p.m. Sunday to the 3400 block of Doverthorn Road Southeast to find a smoke and flames shoring from the roof of a duplex.  The three permanent occupants of the residence were not home at the time but their four dogs were inside.  Fire crews quickly set up an exterior water attack while another team ente
  
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• Climate change activists, drivers clash at Walterdale Bridge blockade Monday morning in Edmonton

  07-10-2019 14:13 via globalnews.ca
  Climate change activists are expected to block a major route into downtown Edmonton on Monday morning as part of a series of international protests.
  
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• Police investigating suspicious apartment fire in Crescent Heights

  07-10-2019 14:04
  Calgary police are investigating a fire that displaced several residents from a northeast apartment complex. Police and fire crews are now working together to gather evidence from a single unit in the building, in the 200 block of 4th Avenue N.E., that caught fire just before 10 p.m. Sunday.  Smoke and flames were coming from the second floor street side windows when crews arrived. Firefighters used hoses to douse the flames from the outside and then entered the complex to find the source a
  
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• Alberta early morning weather forecast: Monday, October 7, 2019

  07-10-2019 13:45 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, October 7, 2019 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton and the rest of Alberta.
  
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• State Department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 13:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  State Department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hong Kong lawmakers challenge mask ban as protests persist - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 13:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hong Kong lawmakers challenge mask ban as protests persist  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Snow, strong wind and 20 degree temperature drop expected across Alberta by Tuesday

  07-10-2019 13:03 via globalnews.ca
  A dramatic change in weather is on the way for Alberta.
  
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• Liberal platform adopts combative tone on dealing with provinces - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 10:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Liberal platform adopts combative tone on dealing with provinces  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Global Lethbridge celebrates grand opening of new downtown newsroom - Global News

  07-10-2019 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Global Lethbridge celebrates grand opening of new downtown newsroom  Global News
  
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• New York library exhibit to pay tribute to JD Salinger - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 06:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New York library exhibit to pay tribute to JD Salinger  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• White House: Turkey to invade Northern Syria - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 06:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  White House: Turkey to invade Northern Syria  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'It means a lot to our family': Jackie Crazybull, other murdered Indigenous women, honoured at walk

  07-10-2019 05:50
  Friends, family and community gathered on Sunday to pay tribute to an Indigenous woman who was murdered 12 years ago. Jackie Crazybull was murdered on July 11, 2007, when she was one of five people randomly stabbed in Calgary that night. She and the other victims were lured to a car, then attacked, police say. The others recovered from their wounds. The attacker was never caught. The annual Justice for Jackie walk, which wound its way through the Mission community on Sunday, is meant to pay trib
  
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• Rockets' general manager's Hong Kong comments anger China - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 04:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Rockets' general manager's Hong Kong comments anger China  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jets rally from 4-goal deficit, spoil Devils' Hughes debut - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 04:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Jets rally from 4-goal deficit, spoil Devils' Hughes debut  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Greiss makes 35 saves, Islanders beat Jets 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 04:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Greiss makes 35 saves, Islanders beat Jets 4-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• RCMP search for two seniors last seen during traffic stop near Stony Plain

  07-10-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  The pair was pulled over by RCMP early Sunday morning; shortly after the two seniors were reported missing by family in the Valleyview area.
  
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• Northern Alberta seniors with dementia found safe in Lloydminster

  07-10-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  Two seniors who went missing over the weekend in northern Alberta were found safe Monday after driving hundreds of kilometres around the province.
  
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• Alberta seniors with dementia last seen during traffic stop near Stony Plain: RCMP

  07-10-2019 04:32 via globalnews.ca
  The pair was pulled over by RCMP early Sunday morning; shortly after the two seniors were reported missing by family in the Valleyview area.
  
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• NewsAlert: Ontario, education workers avoid - Lethbridge News Now

  07-10-2019 03:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NewsAlert: Ontario, education workers avoid  Lethbridge News Now
  
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