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• Man who defaced Thunberg mural in Edmonton says he wasn’t ‘taking shots at Greta’

  21-10-2019 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  A man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully and the artist who created it says he doesn't mind.
  
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• Airdrie RCMP seek public's assistance in Saturday armed robbery

  21-10-2019 23:51
  CALGARY — RCMP seek the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in an armed robbery that took place Saturday afternoon in Airdrie. The incident took place in the Williamstown neighbourhood, around 3:25 p.m., when a woman met a man at a location where she intended to sell him her cellphone. The man asked to see the phone, and then, when it was presented, lifted his jacket and pulled out a gun. He fled with the phone. No one was injured in the incident. The suspect is described as be
  
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• 'Not taking shots': Defacer of Thunberg mural in Edmonton wanted voice heard

  21-10-2019 23:17
  EDMONTON -- A man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully and the artist who created it says he doesn't mind. James Bagnall says he wrote “stop the lies” and “this is oil country” on the painting of the 16-year-old girl against a bright-blue background along a light-rail transit line in Edmonton. “My intent was to just let people hear my voice and my opinion,” he said in an email M
  
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• Calgary anesthesiologist found guilty of sexual assault

  21-10-2019 23:14
  CALGARY -- An anaesthesiologist who practiced in both Lethbridge and Calgary was found guilty of sexual assault on Monday. Dr. Barry Wollach was charged with sexual assault in 2018 after a woman Wollach knew socially came forward to police about an alleged incident from 2016. According to his legal representative, the woman was not one of his patients. In January 2019, Wollach surrendered his permit to practice at the request of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta. Wollach will b
  
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• REPLAY: Election 2019 results and analysis

  21-10-2019 23:01
  A 40-day election campaign came to an end with a result that will give the Liberals a minority government.ELECTION RESULTS: Use our interactive map to track results in your community How to follow election night with CTV News Replay the CTVNews.ca election day live blog below: 
  
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• Live updates: Election 2019 results and analysis

  21-10-2019 23:01
  A 40-day election campaign has come to an end as Canadians cast their ballots to determine who will form the next government.WATCH LIVE: Election 2019 special coverage ELECTION RESULTS: Use our interactive map to track results in your community How to follow election night with CTV News Follow the CTVNews.ca live blog for real-time analysis and election results as they come in. We will also feature updates from the headquarters of every major federal party. 
  
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• Police investigating reports of gunshots in west Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  21-10-2019 23:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Police investigating reports of gunshots in west Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police charge occupants of stolen car in downtown officer-involved shooting incident

  21-10-2019 22:38
  CALGARY — Two people have been charged in connection to a downtown incident on Saturday that saw a Calgary police officer open fire on a stolen car believed to be heading toward a military parade. Police attending the Freedom of the City parade first noticed a suspicious vehicle around 3 p.m. at the intersection of Sixth Street and Eighth Avenue S.W. that was trying to drive around one of the barriers. When police tried to block the black 2008 Toyota Corolla with a patrol vehicle, the susp
  
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• More violent clashes in Chile as many line up for food

  21-10-2019 22:16
  SANTIAGO, Chile -- Protesters defied an emergency decree and confronted police in Chile's capital Monday, continuing violent clashes, arson and looting that have left at least 12 dead and led the president to say the country is "at war." Police used tear gas and streams of water to break up a march by hundreds of students and union members on one of Santiago's main streets, but demonstrators who at first dispersed later reformed elsewhere. Meanwhile, police and soldiers guarded Chileans who form
  
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• Halifax police chief to apologize to black citizens for racial bias in policing

  21-10-2019 20:35
  Halifax's police force will formally apologize to Nova Scotia's black community for a long history of racial bias in policing and the use of street checks in recent years, the city's chief of police announced Monday. Chief Daniel Kinsella told the city's board of police commissioners that street checks have increased mistrust in his force that has been building over the past two centuries. "Today, I can confirm a formal apology will be forthcoming," Kinsella told the civilian oversight body. "It
  
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• Man named Tupac Shakur arrested on meth and other charges in Tenn.

  21-10-2019 20:31
  Police in Tennessee arrested a man named Tupac A. Shakur, 40, after they say he pulled a knife on them and was found with methamphetamine. Officers with the Johnson City Police Department, about 25 minutes from Bristol, received calls Friday about Shakur, who had active warrants for his arrest from another department, according to a news release from Johnson City police. When officers arrived, they saw a car with Shakur inside. Officers attempted to arrest Shakur, but he pulled away and reached
  
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• Energy regulator says crude-by-rail shipments fell to 310,000 bpd in August

  21-10-2019 20:27
  CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator says exports of crude oil by rail from Canada fell slightly in August to 310,000 barrels per day from 313,000 bpd in July. The August number is up 35 per cent from 230,000 bpd reported in August of 2018 but still well below the record high of 354,000 bpd set last December. The small change in crude-by-rail shipments came despite a threat by Imperial Oil Ltd. CEO Rich Kruger to throttle back the company's rail movements in August and September to protest the
  
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• Alberta flu shots: clinics now open for 2019-20 season, except in Edmonton

  21-10-2019 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans interested in receiving a flu shot are now able to visit an immunization clinic, with the exception of those residing in Edmonton.
  
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• Proposal to increase Lethbridge parking rates goes to council - CTV News

  21-10-2019 20:09 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Proposal to increase Lethbridge parking rates goes to council  CTV News
  
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• Machete-wielding suspect forces robbery victim to drive from Lethbridge to Blood Reserve

  21-10-2019 19:56
  LETHBRIDGE – Lethbridge police are attempting to identify the culprit in an overnight kidnapping where a male was forced to drive a suspect around Lethbridge before being abandoned on the Blood Reserve. According to Lethbridge Police Service officials, a male, age not released, was sitting in his vehicle in the parking lot of the McDonald's in the 400 block of Mayor Magrath Drive North late Sunday night when he was confronted by a man armed with a machete. The suspect entered the vehicle,
  
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• Lethbridge marks Waste Reduction Week - Lethbridge News Now

  21-10-2019 19:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge marks Waste Reduction Week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Scotiabank says 'technical issue' affecting credit cards is resolved

  21-10-2019 19:47
  TORONTO -- A technical issue affecting Scotiabank credit card customers which say payments mislabelled has been resolved, the bank has told CTVNews.ca. Angry Scotiabank customers took to social media Sunday to complain of mislabelled payments and long wait times while on hold to speak to customer service. Scotiabank confirmed that it was having “an issue where legitimate charges on your credit card are mislabelled as BNS Ins.” "We are currently experiencing a technical issue that is
  
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• Wetaskiwin courthouse to allow people to swear oath on eagle feather

  21-10-2019 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  Indigenous people will soon be able to swear their oath on an eagle feather at the courthouse in Wetaskiwin.
  
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• Chestermere student charged following airsoft gun scare at middle school

  21-10-2019 18:52
  CALGARY – A Chestermere youth has been charged following an investigation into reports of a firearm at Chestermere Lake Middle School. RCMP members responded to the school on Friday, Oct. 18 after staff had been notified that a student had brought a handgun-style airsoft BB gun to school. Officers located a BB gun hidden in a trash can outside the school and one student was taken into custody. The student, who cannot be named as they are underage, has been charged with:Possession of a weap
  
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• A driver is rescued alive after his car is impaled by logs from a truck

  21-10-2019 18:34
  A Georgia driver made it out alive after he rear-ended a log truck, and his car was impaled by logs from the front windshield to the back window. Fortunately, the driver suffered only minor injuries, Whitfield County Fire Chief Edward O'Brien told CNN. The driver apparently was leaning down to get something he dropped when he ran into the log truck, O'Brien said. The department shared the images from the scene on its Facebook page. Firefighters had to cut through 30 to 40 logs with chainsaws bef
  
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• Lethbridge police investigating suspected gunshots near Columbia Boulevard home

  21-10-2019 18:03
  LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Police Service is investigating reports of gunshots near a home by Nicholas Sheran Park. LPS officials confirm officers were called to the 400 block of Columbia Boulevard West, west of McMaster Boulevard, Monday morning. Suspected gunfire was heard near a residence in the area. A man who lives in a home on Columbia Boulevard tells CTV he heard a single gunshot ring out at approximately 7:45 a.m. The shot was followed by the arrival of approximately 20 officers t
  
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• Lethbridge police arrest four during investigation into gunshots near Columbia Boulevard home - CTV News

  21-10-2019 18:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Lethbridge police arrest four during investigation into gunshots near Columbia Boulevard home

  21-10-2019 18:03
  LETHBRIDGE – The Lethbridge Police Service confirms four people are in custody following Monday morning's investigation into gunshots near a home a short distance from Nicholas Sheran Park. LPS officials confirm officers were called to the 400 block of Columbia Boulevard West, west of McMaster Boulevard, at about 7:45 a.m. Monday morning. Suspected gunfire was heard near a residence in the area. Dan Wyatt says he heard “a loud pop” in the back alley behind his home. “I do
  
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• American Airlines flight diverted after crew fall unconscious due to cleaning solution spill

  21-10-2019 17:55
  An American Airlines flight was forced to divert to Ireland after a cleaning fluid spill left two crew temporarily unconscious and passengers with burning eyes and itchy skin. Flight AA729 from London Heathrow to Philadelphia was over south west Ireland when it turned back about an hour after takeoff and diverted to Dublin Airport, where it landed safely at 1:15 p.m. local time. “Medical personnel have met the aircraft to evaluate any crew members or passengers who may need additional assi
  
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• What would a minority government mean for Alberta?

  21-10-2019 16:07
  CALGARY – With recent polls in the federal election indicating a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives, a minority government is a very real possibility and, according to experts, would be less than ideal for Alberta’s oil and gas industry. In order to win a majority government, a party needs 170 or more of parliament’s 338 seats. In the event no party wins the majority of seats, there are a few possible scenarios that could play out including a minority government
  
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• Immunization clinics open as flu season arrives in Alberta

  21-10-2019 15:32
  CALGARY – Alberta Health Services' annual influenza immunization clinics are now open to Albertans ahead of the flu season. Temporary clinics opened Monday at locations around the province and the four-strain, injectable influenza vaccine is available, free of charge, to anyone who lives, works or attends school in Alberta as is at least six months of age. Vaccinations are also available at select pharmacies and walk-in clinics. According to AHS, everyone is at risk of contracting influenz
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Oct. 18-20, 2019 - Lethbridge News Now

  21-10-2019 15:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Oct. 18-20, 2019  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hudson's Bay Co. board agrees to takeover bid

  21-10-2019 15:03
  TORONTO -- The Hudson's Bay Co. board agreed Monday to a sweetened privatization offer that values the retailer at about $1.9 billion, but the deal will require support from minority shareholders if it is to be accepted. The board said a group of shareholders led by HBC executive chairman Richard Baker, which holds about a 57 per cent stake in the retailer, has agreed to pay $10.30 per share in cash to take HBC private. The bid is nine per cent higher than an earlier offer of $9.45 per share by
  
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• Conservatives sweep Calgary as Liberals win minority government

  21-10-2019 14:40
  CALGARY -- CTV is projecting a Liberal minority government, but Calgary went all blue as Conservatives swept the city. That included the inner city riding of Calgary-Centre, which went from red to blue as Kent Hehr lost his seat to Conservative Greg Mclean. Hehr, in an emotional speech, conceded that it was a tough night to be a Liberal politician in Calgary, (and Alberta, which went all Conservative except for Edmonton Strathcona, which was won by the NDP's Heather McPherson). "The voters
  
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• Calgarians head to the polls for Canada's 43rd federal election

  21-10-2019 14:40
  CALGARY –Election day has arrived and pollsters continue to predict a photo finish between the Conservatives and the Liberals. Millions of Canadians will head to the polls Monday to cast their ballot in the 43rd general election. The polls opened in Calgary at 7:30 a.m. and will remain open until 7:30 p.m. All employers are required to give eligible voters at least a three hour window to vote should it interfere with work schedules.  If voters aren’t sure where to cast their bal
  
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• Researchers find second warship from Second World War Battle of Midway

  21-10-2019 14:03
  A crew of deep-sea explorers and historians looking for lost Second World War warships have found a second Japanese aircraft carrier that went down in the historic Battle of Midway. Vulcan Inc.'s director of undersea operations Rob Kraft and Naval History and Heritage Command historian Frank Thompson reviewed high frequency sonar images of the warship Sunday and say that its dimensions and location mean it has to be the carrier Akagi. The Akagi was found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
  
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• Trudeau vows to 'fight for all Canadians' as Liberals win minority government

  21-10-2019 10:43
  TORONTO – After a hard-fought and divisive campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has managed to hold on to power, winning a minority government. While the Liberals are the victors of the 2019 federal election, the party is coming out of the campaign with fewer seats than they had going in, and a new requirement to collaborate with the opposition parties. “I have heard you my friends, you are sending our Liberal team back to work, back to Ottawa with a clear mandate,” said Tru
  
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• Election Day 2019: CTV News declares Liberal minority

  21-10-2019 10:43
  TORONTO – After a hard-fought and divisive campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has managed to hold on to power, winning a minority government. CTV News has declared that the Liberals are the victors of the 2019 federal election, but will be coming out of this campaign with fewer seats than they had going in, and a new requirement to collaborate with the opposition parties. After four years of mixed results delivering on his promises and a series of controversies that threw into questio
  
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• U.K.'s Boris Johnson tries again for vote on EU divorce deal

  21-10-2019 10:15
  LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted for a second time to secure lawmakers' backing for his European Union divorce deal on Monday as Parliament geared up for a grueling week of political warfare over Brexit. With just 10 days to go until the U.K. is due to leave the bloc on Oct. 31, Johnson's government planned to ask for a "straight up-and-down vote" on his EU divorce agreement, which changes how both sides handle the Irish border. That request comes two days after lawmakers
  
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• U.K. Commons speaker deals new blow to Johnson's Brexit plan

  21-10-2019 10:15
  LONDON -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to lead Britain out of the European Union at the end of this month hit another roadblock Monday when the speaker of the House of Commons rejected his attempt to hold a new vote of lawmakers on his Brexit divorce deal. The ruling by Speaker John Bercow plunged the tortuous Brexit process back into grimly familiar territory: grinding parliamentary warfare. With just 10 days to go until the U.K. is due to leave the bloc on Oct. 31, Johnson's government
  
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• Machete-wielding suspect forces robbery victim to drive from Lethbridge to Blood Reserve - CTV News

  21-10-2019 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Hong Kong leaders apologize for water cannon use at mosque

  21-10-2019 07:24
  Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain turbulent pro-democracy demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The city's leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, and the police chief visited the Kowloon Mosque to apologize to the chief imam and Muslim community leaders. Officials were scrambling to minimize the fallout from the incident at one of the city's most well-known religiou
  
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• Study finds episiotomies reduce severe tearing risks in assisted births

  21-10-2019 06:58
  TORONTO -- Episiotomies during childbirth have declined in Canada, but a new report says the surgical cuts could reduce the chance of a mother being severely injured when forceps or a vacuum are involved. A large study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found episiotomies reduced the risk of injury by as much as 42 per cent when first-time mothers required assistance from a vacuum or forceps, which are broad pincers used to grab a baby's head. In contrast, a surgical cu
  
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• North American stock markets up at late-morning; Loonie trades higher

  21-10-2019 06:13
  TORONTO -- Canada's main stock index headed higher in late-morning trading, helped by gains the key financial and industrials sectors, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 52.22 points at 16,429.34. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 21.16 points at 26,791.36. The S&P 500 index was up 15.65 points at 3,001.85, while the Nasdaq composite was up 62.85 points at 8,152.39. The Canadian dollar traded for 76.33 cents US compared wit
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, October 20, 2019

  21-10-2019 06:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mark Kastelic and Riley Stotts each scored twice as the Calgary Hitmen rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat the Medicine Hat Tigers 6-3 on Sunday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• Polling suggests Liberals, Conservatives in a deadlock

  21-10-2019 05:28
  You can subscribe to Trend Line with Nik Nanos and Michael Stittle on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeart Radio and Spotify. TORONTO -- On the eve of the federal election, the final round of polling suggests it could come down to the wire between the Liberals and Conservatives. Nanos Research, commissioned by CTV News and the Globe & Mail, conducted a sample survey with a total of 739 decided voters on Sunday, Oct. 20, and asked the voters: “If a federal election were he
  
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• Polling suggests Conservatives, Liberals in a deadlock

  21-10-2019 05:28
  You can subscribe to Trend Line with Nik Nanos and Michael Stittle on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeart Radio and Spotify. TORONTO -- On the eve of the federal election, the final round of polling suggests it could come down to the wire between the Conservatives and Liberals. Nanos Research, commissioned by CTV News and the Globe & Mail, conducted a sample survey with a total of 739 decided voters on Sunday, Oct. 20, and asked the voters: “If a federal election were he
  
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• Athletes begin the climb in Lethbridge to 2020 Olympics - Global News

  21-10-2019 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  Athletes begin the climb in Lethbridge to 2020 Olympics  Global News
  
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• Athletes begin the climb in Lethbridge to 2020 Olympics

  21-10-2019 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  Tokyo 2020 will mark the first time rock climbing — bouldering, rope and speed — is featured in the Olympics.
  
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• Alberta Indigenous youth raise enough money to attend robotics competition in Dubai

  21-10-2019 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  After donations poured in, a group of Alberta students is heading to Dubai this week to represent Canada in an international robotics competition.
  
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• Train strikes gravel truck near Suffield, Alta.

  21-10-2019 02:31 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said they responded to the crash at Township Road 154-A and Range Road 94 on Sunday at around 3 p.m.
  
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• Greta Thunberg mural in Edmonton defaced, days after emerging

  21-10-2019 02:21
  EDMONTON -- A graffiti mural of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg that emerged in Edmonton days ago has been defaced. The artwork, a portrait of the 16-year-old against a bright blue background, was painted on a free wall between 94 Street and Commonwealth Station. The eyes in the portrait were blacked out, and a slur and a message telling Thunberg to leave Canada were written over top in French. The mural captured the city's attention earlier in the week when a video by its believed creat
  
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• Greta Thunberg mural in Edmonton defaced 2 days after being created

  21-10-2019 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  By Sunday afternoon, several layers of graffiti had been painted over the piece, including a French slur.
  
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• Driver sustains 'minor injuries' after collision between gravel truck, train: RCMP

  21-10-2019 01:16
  The driver of a gravel truck that was hit by a train in southern Alberta Sunday afternoon was taken to hospital with minor injuries, RCMP say. The crash happened around 3 p.m. at Township Road 154-A and Range Road 94, in Cypress County. Police said the crossing was impassible as the Canadian Pacific Railway train's contents were spilled onto the tracks. RCMP were unsure as to when the area would reopen. Mounties and CPR police are investigating.
  
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• Conservative support remains strong in Alberta as Liberals, NDP try to hang on to seats

  21-10-2019 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  The latest federal election poll from Ipsos shows Conservatives have a slight lead over the Liberals in the national popular vote but the Liberals hold an advantage in both Ontario and Quebec. As Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, issues that were big in Alberta just didn’t resonate with the rest of the country.
  
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