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• Charges laid against Airdrie man after RCMP vehicle rammed, officer injured

  20-10-2019 20:59
  CALGARY – Airdrie RCMP say charges have been laid against a man after he rammed a police vehicle with a stolen vehicle, injuring a police officer in the process. Officers say a Ford F-250 truck, reported stolen, was located in the parking lot of the No Frills grocery store along Yankee Valley Boulevard at about 4:35 p.m. on Thursday.Stolen truck rams RCMP cruiser in Airdrie, suspect apprehended in Calgary When the driver of the truck noticed police nearby, he shifted forwards, driving betw
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese protesters flood streets

  20-10-2019 19:32
  BEIRUT -- Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese protesters of all ages flooded major cities and towns nationwide Sunday demanding an end to corruption and the rule of the country's political elite. Each hour brought hundreds more people to the streets for the largest anti-government protests yet in four days of demonstrations. Protesters danced and sang in the streets, some waving Lebanese flags and chanting "the people want to bring down the regime." In the morning, young men and women carried blue
  
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• Naloxone is free in Ontario pharmacies, but it isn't getting to everyone it could help

  20-10-2019 19:11
  TORONTO -- Many pharmacies in Ontario are staying away from a new program that allows them to dispense naloxone for free, even though the overdose-reversing drug has been tied to a reduction in opioid-related death rates elsewhere. New research shows that 2,729 community pharmacies in Ontario – 56 per cent of the total – dispensed at least one free naloxone kit between July 2016 – shortly after the program was introduced – and March 2018. Additionally, approximately 30 ph
  
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• Greta Thunberg meets with First Nations in Fort McMurray, shoots documentary

  20-10-2019 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  The BBC is shooting a documentary with the 16-year-old focused on her work on climate change and the inclusion of Indigenous views in the issue.
  
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• 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' claims No. 1 over 'Joker'

  20-10-2019 18:03
  LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co.'s "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" knocked "Joker" out of the No. 1 spot at the box office, but just barely. Studios on Sunday say the film starring Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning grossed an estimated $36 million in North America and $117 million internationally in its first weekend in theatres. The first film had a much stronger domestic showing, opening to nearly $70 million domestically in 2014, and the sequel was expected to earn more stateside. Although "It
  
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• Alberta premier rallies for Manitoba Conservative candidate

  20-10-2019 17:58
  EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney lent his support to a Manitoba Conservative candidate Saturday in a bid to turn the riding blue. Kenney appeared at a campaign event for Marty Morantz, Conservative candidate for Charleswood-St. James-Assinoboia-Headingley.Spoke to a packed crowd of Winnipegers supporting @CPC_HQ candidate @marty_morantz.Huge support here for pipelines, and desire for a federal government that will respect the West. pic.twitter.com/gOGJvcpvKH — Jason Kenney (@jkenne
  
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• Florida man charged after allegedly killing peeping tom outside girlfriend's home

  20-10-2019 16:13
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida man is charged with manslaughter for allegedly fatally beating a peeping tom who had been peering into his girlfriend’s window as they had sex. Victor Vickery was charged Thursday with the July 2018 death of 57-year-old Asaad Akar. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that the 30-year-old Vickery and his girlfriend were in bed when they heard a sound, which had happened before. Vickery went outside and found Akar, who had a criminal record for prow
  
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• Federal investigators called in to help with downtown Calgary incident

  20-10-2019 16:10
  CALGARY – Members of the Calgary Police Service are working with national security partners after a pair of suspects drove a vehicle towards a military parade on Saturday afternoon. Police attending the Freedom of the City parade at 3 p.m. first noticed a suspicious vehicle near 6 Avenue and 8 Street S.W. trying to drive around one of the barriers. Officers attempted to block the vehicle with one of their patrol cars, but the vehicle made a U-turn and attempted to flee the scene. That's wh
  
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• ASIRT searching for witnesses after police officer fires shots during downtown incident

  20-10-2019 16:10
  CALGARY -- Alberta's police watchdog is asking for witnesses of a Saturday incident in downtown Calgary during which a police member fired at a vehicle officers believed was headed for a military parade. Police attending the Freedom of the City parade at 3 p.m. first noticed a suspicious vehicle near 6 Avenue and 8 Street SW trying to drive around one of the barriers. "As we were marching from City Hall to Mewata Armoury there was a law enforcement incident. We paused the parade briefly to allo
  
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• Justin Trudeau visits Calgary on final weekend of campaign

  20-10-2019 15:16
  CALGARY – Supporters, protesters and the media alike were burning the midnight oil in Calgary as Liberal leader Justin Trudeau visited the city for the first time in the campaign, just a short time before Canadians head to the polls. Trudeau was scheduled to speak at the Magnolia Banquet Hall in northeast Calgary to help support local candidate Nirmala Naidoo, who is running in the Calgary Skyview riding. The leader was met by a number of protesters carrying signs, accusing him of treason,
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to killing another woman in 'botched butt injection procedure': attorney

  20-10-2019 14:24
  A woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide after performing a cosmetic surgery that killed a 34-year-old Maryland woman, attorneys say. Donna Francis, who is not a licensed nurse or physician, was performing a buttocks enhancement procedure on the woman in May 2015, when the victim went into cardiac arrest, a statement from John M. Ryan, acting district attorney for Queens County in New York, said. Francis, 39, operated from the basement of a Queens home, used a massage table as an exam ta
  
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• Record 19-hour non-stop flight from New York to Sydney completed

  20-10-2019 14:08
  Australian airline Qantas has completed the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight, researching the potential impacts of ultra-long haul flights on pilots, crew and passengers. With 49 people on board, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flight completed the 10,066-mile journey from New York to Sydney in 19 hours and 16 minutes. Qantas Group Chief executive Alan Joyce said: "This is a really significant first for aviation. Hopefully, it's a preview of a regular service that will speed up how peopl
  
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• India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir, killing 9

  20-10-2019 14:03
  SRINAGAR, India -- Pakistani and Indian soldiers traded fire in disputed Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least nine people on both sides, officials said. The Indian military said Pakistani soldiers targeted an Indian border post and civilian areas along the highly militarized frontier in Kashmir early in the day, leaving two army soldiers and a civilian dead. Col. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian army spokesman, said three Indian civilians were also injured in the Pakistani firing. Kalia called it an "unpr
  
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• Clashes amid efforts for Kurd pullout from Syria border town

  20-10-2019 13:57
  AKCAKALE, Turkey -- Kurdish-led fighters and Turkish-backed forces clashed sporadically Sunday in northeastern Syria amid efforts to work out a Kurdish evacuation from a besieged border town, the first pull-back under the terms of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Turkey said one of its soldiers was killed in the day's violence. The planned evacuation of Kurdish fighters and civilians from the town of Ras al-Ayn would open the way to a pull-out of the fighters from a broader swathe of territory along t
  
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• Hong Kong protesters set up roadblocks, clash with police

  20-10-2019 13:50
  Hong Kong protesters flooded the city's streets on Sunday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid the firing of tear gas by police. Protest leaders carried a black banner at the front of the procession that read, "Five main demands, not one less," as they pressed their calls for accountability and political rights. Police had beefed up security measures for the unauthorized rally, the latest in the unrest that has disrupted life in
  
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• Hong Kong descends into chaos again as protesters defy ban

  20-10-2019 13:50
  Hong Kong streets descended into chaotic scenes again on Sunday as protesters set up roadblocks and torched businesses on a main tourist drag and police responded with tear gas and a water cannon following an unauthorized pro-democracy rally. Protesters tossed firebombs and took their anger out on shops with mainland Chinese ties as they skirmished late into the evening with riot police, who unleashed numerous tear gas rounds on short notice, angering residents and passers-by. Police had beefed
  
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• 2 winning tickets for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot

  20-10-2019 13:38
  TORONTO -- Two winning tickets were sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was purchased in Ontario, the other in Quebec, and each is worth $2.5 million. The draw's guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 23 will again be approximately $5 million.
  
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• U.K.'s Johnson asks for a Brexit delay that he doesn't want

  20-10-2019 13:34
  LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging request to extend the looming Brexit deadline. As the dust settled on a day of high drama in Parliament, the next steps in Britain's divisive, tortuous Brexit saga became clear. Monday will feature more legal action, more arm-twisting, cajoling and veiled threats by Johnson and his ministers and more a
  
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• Mixed message: Boris Johnson seeks Brexit delay, sort of

  20-10-2019 13:34
  LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead Sunday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union began considering his grudging request to extend the looming Brexit deadline. As the dust settled on a day of high drama in Parliament, the next steps in Britain's divisive, tortuous Brexit saga became clear. Monday will feature more legal action, more arm-twisting, cajoling and veiled threats by Johnson and his ministers and more a
  
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• U.S. troops in Syria heading to Iraq, not home as Trump claims

  20-10-2019 13:24
  KABUL -- U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper says he is discussing an option that would keep a small residual U.S. military force in northeast Syria to secure oil fields and continue the fight against Islamic State militants. Esper said on Monday that he had not made a final decision on that option and has not yet presented it to President Donald Trump. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Esper said that some American forces that are in northeast Syria have not yet started to withdraw. He sai
  
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• U.S. troops in Syria going to Iraq, not home as Trump claims

  20-10-2019 13:24
  KABUL -- While President Donald Trump insists he's bringing home Americans from "endless wars" in the Mideast, his Pentagon chief says all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue operations against the Islamic State group. They aren't coming home and the United States isn't leaving the turbulent Middle East, according to current plans outlined by U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper before he arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday. The fight in Syria agai
  
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• U.S. may now keep some troops in Syria to guard oil fields

  20-10-2019 13:24
  KABUL -- Even as American forces make a hasty and chaotic withdrawal from northeastern Syria, the U.S. is considering leaving some troops behind to secure oil fields in the region and make sure they don't fall into the hands of a resurgent Islamic State, Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Monday. The Pentagon chief said the plan for was still in the discussion phase and had not yet been presented to President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly said the Islamic State has been defeated and has port
  
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• Pentagon chief says U.S. troops leaving Syria for western Iraq

  20-10-2019 13:24
  KABUL -- U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper says that under current plans all U.S. troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq and the American military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State group to prevent its resurgence. Esper, who arrived in the Afghan capital on Sunday, did not rule out the idea that U.S. forces would conduct counterterrorism missions from Iraq into Syria. But he told reporters travelling with him that those details will be worked out over time. His
  
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• Bolivians pick between Evo Morales and change in tight vote

  20-10-2019 13:20
  LA PAZ, Bolivia -- South America's longest-serving leader was seeking an unprecedented fourth term in Bolivian elections on Sunday, but polls suggested Evo Morales is in the tightest race of his career. The 59-year-old leftist, who cast his vote shortly after polls opened, was favoured to win the first round vote, but he was likely to be forced into a December runoff where he could be vulnerable to a united opposition. The son of impoverished Aymara shepherds, Morales came to prominence leading
  
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• Frantic final push for votes marks final day of divisive campaign

  20-10-2019 13:16
  OTTAWA -- The contenders in Monday's federal election spent the last day of the campaign calling for voters to unite behind their parties amid accusations of dirty politicking and outright lying. From when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau fired the starting gun on the campaign on Sept. 11, voters have heard a mix of policy promises and warnings about dire consequences from each party leader if he or she doesn't come out on top.How to follow election night with CTV NewsThe close of what many leaders
  
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• 24 hours to go: final day of federal campaign will be anything but sedate

  20-10-2019 13:16
  OTTAWA -- In 24 hours, it will be up to Canadians -- but until then it's coming down to the wire.How to follow election night with CTV NewsThe contenders in Monday's federal election are staging one final, frantic barrage of sales pitches before voters go to the polls, and they're doing it in and around Vancouver, where a host of seats are still up for grabs. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer kicks off his day in Stanley Park before visiting a number of local ridings, culminating in a rally at a
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, October 19, 2019

  20-10-2019 10:02 via globalnews.ca
  Carson Lambos scored twice as the Winnipeg ICE downed the Saskatoon Blades 4-1.
  
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• Justin Trudeau makes stop in Calgary on Day 39 of federal election campaign

  20-10-2019 08:11 via globalnews.ca
  The federal Liberal Leader made a stop in Calgary for a rally on Day 39 of the campaign.
  
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• Marchessault nets shootout winner, Vegas beats Ottawa 3-2 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 07:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Marchessault nets shootout winner, Vegas beats Ottawa 3-2  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hurricanes put Warriors away in overtime - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 06:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricanes put Warriors away in overtime  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes injures right knee against Broncos - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 05:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes injures right knee against Broncos  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Basketball fans welcome former Raptor Kawhi Leonard back to Vancouver - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 05:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Basketball fans welcome former Raptor Kawhi Leonard back to Vancouver  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canucks down Blues in shootout, get 1st road win - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 05:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canucks down Blues in shootout, get 1st road win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• China's economic slowdown deepens, weighing on global growth - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 05:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  China's economic slowdown deepens, weighing on global growth  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Greta Thunberg meets with First Nations chief in Fort McMurray

  20-10-2019 04:58
  FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. -- The chief of a northern Alberta First Nation says he gave climate activist Greta Thunberg a message during a quietly arranged meeting in Fort McMurray on Friday night. Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam says he told the 16-year-old Swede that Europeans are major investors in the area's oilsands, and she needs to get people to lobby those investors for greener technology to extract Alberta energy. Adam says the meeting in a Fort McMurray office was arranged
  
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• Alberta premier Jason Kenney campaigns for CPC in Winnipeg

  20-10-2019 04:54 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta premier Jason Kenney is continuing to campaign for the federal Conservative Party of Canada, making his latest stop outside of Alberta in Winnipeg on Saturday.
  
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• Trump drops plan to host G-7 at Doral - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 04:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump drops plan to host G-7 at Doral  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Three suspicious fires in Vulcan County Friday - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2019 04:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Three suspicious fires in Vulcan County Friday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Former prime minister Paul Martin receives honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge

  20-10-2019 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Canada’s 21st prime minister, Paul Martin, received an honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge in recognition of his contributions to the country.
  
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• 'We are losing a lot of kids now': South Sudanese community makes appeal amid string of tragedies

  20-10-2019 04:01
  Members of Calgary's South Sudanese community hosted mental health experts and various government leaders for a youth emergency crisis roundtable on Saturday to discuss recent tragedies among their members. Organizers say as many as six young people have died to either overdose or suicide in the since September. In recent years, the south Sudanese communityhas grappled with gun and knife violence as well. The gathering at Dover Community Centre Saturday afternoon was meant to encourage families
  
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• Boy, 5, dies after being hit by dad’s truck at Plamondon Landfill: RCMP

  20-10-2019 03:10 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP and EMS responded to the Plamondon Landfill, near Range Road 161 and Highway 55, on Saturday at around 2 p.m.
  
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• University of Lethbridge presents former prime minister with honorary degree

  20-10-2019 02:57 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Martin, Canada’s 21st prime minister, received an honorary degree from the University of Lethbridge on Saturday in recognition of his contributions to the country. Jasmine Bala reports.
  
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• Northern Alta. boy dies during truck, trailer unloading

  20-10-2019 02:54
  A five-year-old boy was killed Saturday afternoon during the unloading of a truck and trailer at a northern Alberta landfill. RCMP say they and EMS were called to the Plamondon Landfill near Range Road 161 and Highway 55 around 2 p.m. According to police, the boy's father was operating the truck at the time of the incident. STARS also responded, but were later stood down by EMS at the scene who declared the boy dead. An RCMP collision reconstructionist is helping the investigation, and victim se
  
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• Boy dies during truck, trailer unloading at northern Alberta landfill

  20-10-2019 02:54
  A five-year-old boy was killed Saturday afternoon during the unloading of a truck and trailer at a northern Alberta landfill. RCMP say they and EMS were called to the Plamondon Landfill near Range Road 161 and Highway 55 around 2 p.m. According to police, the boy's father was operating the truck at the time of the incident. STARS also responded, but were later stood down by EMS at the scene who declared the boy dead. An RCMP collision reconstructionist is helping the investigation, and victim se
  
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• More than 50 beef products from Whole Foods recalled

  20-10-2019 02:24
  TORONTO -- More beef products have been added to an ongoing recall across Canada due to E. coli concerns. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency expanded its recall to include more than 50 different beef products sold at Whole Foods Market stores, including steaks, ground beef and brisket. The recall, issued Saturday, affects specific Whole Foods locations in Ottawa, Toronto, Oakville, Mississauga, North York and Markham.Why have there been so many beef recalls in Canada?Retailers across Canada hav
  
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• Horses seized from Alberta woman go up for auction

  20-10-2019 00:40
  It was an emotional day at an Alberta auction house as some of the horses seized in a high-profile neglect case were reunited with their former owners. Police and SPCA seized 65 horses from a ranch in Parkland County in January after three horses were found dead on the property. Patricia Moore, 48, was initially charged with 63 counts of permitting or causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals. The SPCA laid additional charges of causing an animal to be in distress, failing to prov
  
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