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• Lethbridge man turns tables on would-be carjacker - CTV News

  23-10-2019 23:27 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Lethbridge man turns tables on would-be carjacker

  23-10-2019 23:27
  LETHBRIDGE -- A Lethbridge man is uninjured after fending off a carjacking attempt by grabbing the knife from his attacker’s hand. Rick Neudorf was parked on a residential street in the 200 block of 27 St. South Tuesday night, when a man slipped into the passenger seat of his truck. “My door opened and this guy's in," Neudorf said, in an interview with CTV Lethbridge. "All of a sudden, there's a knife on my throat and this guy’s yelling and screaming for me to drive!” Neu
  
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• Northeast Calgary restaurant reopens after resolution of health violations

  23-10-2019 22:55
  CALGARY – After AHS officials closed down a northeast restaurant last week, the business told CTV News they were given the all clear on Wednesday morning. Health inspectors at the business, called Lovely Sweets – Sweets Kitchen on 52 Avenue N.E., discovered a number of conditions dangerous to public health during an inspection earlier this month including an "abundance of mouse droppings on stored food and in food preparation and food storage areas." "In traps throughout the facility
  
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• Northeast Calgary restaurant reopened after resolution of health violations

  23-10-2019 22:55
  CALGARY – After AHS officials closed down a northeast restaurant last week, the business tells CTV News they were given the all clear on Wednesday morning. Health inspectors at the business, called Lovely Sweets – Sweets Kitchen on 52 Avenue N.E., discovered a number of conditions dangerous to public health, during an inspection earlier this month including an "abundance of mouse droppings on stored food and in food preparation and food storage areas." "In traps throughout the facili
  
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• 'Extensive mouse infestation' forces closure of northeast Calgary restaurant

  23-10-2019 22:55
  CALGARY – Alberta Health Services has shuttered a restaurant in northeast Calgary after a recent inspection discovered numerous health violations, including an "extensive mouse infestation." Health inspectors at the business, called Lovely Sweets – Sweets Kitchen on 52 Avenue N.E., discovered a number of conditions dangerous to public health including an "abundance of mouse droppings on stored food and in food preparation and food storage areas." "In traps throughout the facility, se
  
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• One dead after wrong-way crash on highway south of Edmonton

  23-10-2019 22:49
  EDMONTON - A man is dead after a wrong-way crash near Rimbey on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Highway 20 just north of Rimbey around 2:40 p.m. They say a northbound SUV was in the southbound land when it collided with a southbound truck. The 23-year-old man driving the SUV was declared dead at the scene. One other adult and two children were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Two other adults were taken to hospital and released. The highway was closed for s
  
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• Company seeks IT experts on the autism spectrum

  23-10-2019 22:20
  CALGARY – The first company in Canada to exclusively employ individuals on the autism spectrum as information technology analysts and experts is looking for staff. Garth Johnson is the CEO of auticon Canada and says, right now, he could fill 14 positions here in Calgary and another 7 openings in Montreal. "We have people we can train but what we’re really looking for is people who already have experience who want to come and join our team," said Johnson. "They can get the support and
  
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• Alberta government to continue with NDP’s petrochemical credit program

  23-10-2019 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  The United Conservative government in Alberta says it will continue with a program introduced by the former NDP regime to use $1.1 billion in natural gas royalty credits to encourage new petrochemical projects.
  
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• Advanced trauma centre saving lives at Foothills hospital

  23-10-2019 22:10
  CALGARY — Kolton Dushanek nearly died in a motorcycle crash earlier this year and had the accident happened outside the zone serviced by the Foothills Medical Centre, he probably would be dead. In  April, the 30-year-old Sylvan Lake resident lost control of his motorcycle on loose gravel, suffering two critical, life-threatening injuries. While either of those injuries, a torn aorta and a shredded liver, alone could have killed him, the combination likely would have, had Dushanek been
  
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• Scammers want to be your neighbour in new strategy, says consumer watchdog

  23-10-2019 21:51
  CALGARY – As part of a new way to trick victims into parting ways with their hard-earned money, scammers have come up with a new way to ensure their calls are heard. Using technology to modify caller ID readings, scammers are changing their numbers to appear as someone more familiar to victims. The Better Business Bureau says the scheme, called "neighbour spoofing," works to improve the chances that a person will pick up the phone and fall victim to the ploy. By impersonating phone numbers
  
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• Can you tell the difference between candy and edibles?

  23-10-2019 21:44
  VANCOUVER - Police in Burnaby, B.C., are warning the public it can be hard to tell the difference between candy and cannabis-laced edibles. The RCMP detachment posted side-by-side photos asking viewers if they could tell which was which. In the above image, the regular candy is on the left and the edibles are on the right. The edibles pictured were seized this year in the city, the RCMP said. Also located during the investigation, they say, were cannabis-infused potato chips, drinks, cookies and
  
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• Trudeau addresses Western alienation: ‘It’s extremely important government works for all Canadians’

  23-10-2019 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  In his opening speech as prime minister of the Liberal minority government, Justin Trudeau addressed major concerns in Alberta and Saskatchewan first.
  
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• With the Liberals’ new minority, Trudeau’s greatest challenge is healing divide with Western Canada

  23-10-2019 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  For Trudeau's minority Parliament, the real challenge is healing the deep regional divides across Canada.
  
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• Finance minister says Alberta UCP’s 1st budget will attack spending, not services

  23-10-2019 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta finance minister says the first budget of the new United Conservative government will surgically attack spending but not at the expense of essential services.
  
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• Gun scare at Lethbridge library - CTV News

  23-10-2019 20:57 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Gun scare at Lethbridge library

  23-10-2019 20:57
  LETHBRIDGE - Police were called to the main branch of the Lethbridge Public Library Tuesday night after a library user reported seeing three people passing a gun around. According to police, a search was conducted of the library in the 800 block of 5 Avenue South and officers spoke to multiple people, but no gun was located. In a conversation with CTV Lethbridge, a woman whose relatives were in the library at the time confirms everyone is okay but shaken by the incident. Library management held
  
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• Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir receive honorary degrees from Western University

  23-10-2019 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  The former ice-dancing duo received honorary Doctor of Law degrees from Western University during the institution's 314th convocation on Wednesday.
  
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• AJHL approves move of Calgary Mustangs hockey club to Blackfalds

  23-10-2019 20:47
  CALGARY — The Calgary Mustangs hockey club is moving to Blackfalds after the sale and transfer of the team was approved by the Alberta Junior Hockey League board of governors. The new team is expected to begin play in the 2021 season, once upgrades to the Blackfalds Multi-Plex are complete. Construction on the $20-million expansion of the Blackfalds arena, which will include a second ice surface, is expected to begin in spring 2020 and be completed in time for the 2021 hockey season. The e
  
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• 'Tough decisions are necessary': Kenney speaks ahead of UCP's first budget

  23-10-2019 20:34
  EDMONTON -- Premier Jason Kenney addressed Albertans the night before his government releases its first budget, saying the UCP is making tough decisions on Thursday to ensure a bright future for the province. Kenney and Finance Minister Travis Toews stressed Wednesday the budget is designed to turn the economy around and balance the books in the government's first term. "We can and will overcome these challenges. But doing so will require tough decision," Kenney said Wednesday night. "Let's be c
  
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• Whoop-Up Drive construction to be finished by the weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 20:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Federal Election 2019: Trudeau vows to work with premiers in Saskatchewan, Alberta following Liberal lockout

  23-10-2019 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Oct. 23, that he will be reaching out to provincial premiers across the country, and had already spoken with the Alberta and Saskatchewan premiers, two provinces where the Liberals won no seats during the 2019 federal election.
  
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• Calgary museum offers immersive flight experience with VR technology

  23-10-2019 20:06
  CALGARY – Have you ever imagined flying alongside British aces in the Second World War or walked along the edge of space with NASA's finest? A new VR experience will let you do just that. The Hangar Flight Museum, in northeast Calgary, has embraced some cutting edge gaming and entertainment technology in order to give visitors a real-life look at some very special aviation experiences. Using an Oculus Rift, visitors to the museum can put themselves inside the action during a bombing raid i
  
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• 3 executives ‘no longer with’ Alberta Energy Regulator

  23-10-2019 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Three executive vice presidents with the Alberta Energy Regulator — an agency that's currently under review — are no longer with the AER.
  
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• 3 executives booted from Alberta Energy Regulator

  23-10-2019 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Three executive vice presidents with the Alberta Energy Regulator — an agency that's currently under review — are no longer with the AER.
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator parts ways with 3 executives

  23-10-2019 19:10
  CALGARY – The Alberta Energy Regulator board announced three executives are no longer with the organization as part of the ongoing effort to evolve its culture. On Wednesday, Gordon Lambert, AER's president and interim CEO, announced the immediate departures of:Mark Taylor, executive vice-president, operations division Stacey Schorr, executive vice-president, stakeholder and government engagement Carol Crowfoot, executive vice-president, strategy and regulatory divisionIn a statement relea
  
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• 3 adults, 1 youth charged after southern Alberta turkey farm protest

  23-10-2019 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Four people have been charged with break and enter after a protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm over the summer.
  
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• Trudeau says new cabinet will be sworn in Nov. 20, rules out coalition

  23-10-2019 18:32
  OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today said he would swear in his new gender-balanced cabinet on Nov. 20. After staying out of the spotlight on Tuesday following election night, Trudeau addressed the media in Ottawa, laying out how the next few weeks will look, which includes the swearing in of his new team – equally female and male, as in 2015 – that will lead his party through the 43rd parliamentary session. He said "next decisions," like who exactly will fill those rol
  
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• Activists charged after sit-in at southern Alberta turkey farm

  23-10-2019 18:31
  CALGARY - Four Albertans are now facing charges after a sit-in protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm last month. RCMP said dozens of people unlawfully gained access to a rural property near Fort Macleod on Sept. 2 to protest the alleged inhumane treatment of the birds. Some protested outside the turkey barn, while others locked themselves inside.Animal rights activists occupy turkey barn to protest treatmentPolice were called shortly after 7 a.m. and said the situation resolved peacefully wi
  
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• Closing arguments: Crown says accused in Edmonton attack meant to cause chaos

  23-10-2019 18:27
  EDMONTON -- A Crown prosecutor says a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van went to extraordinary lengths to cause as much "chaos, destruction and indiscriminate death" as possible. The Crown is delivering a closing statement today to a Court of Queen's Bench jury at the trial for Abdulahi Hasan Sharif. Sharif, who is 32, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges, which include five courts of attempted murder, aggravated assault against the police
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney to address Alberta on Global News Wednesday night

  23-10-2019 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta premier will address the province in a televised address on Global News at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday. You can also listen to the address on Global News Radio.
  
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• Alberta government releasing new seclusion room guidelines

  23-10-2019 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  The UCP government is set to announce new standards and guidelines surrounding seclusion rooms in Alberta schools.
  
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• Provincial seclusion room standards to be announced Wednesday

  23-10-2019 16:18
  EDMONTON -- Education Minister Adriana LaGrange will announce new standards and guidelines for the use of seclusion rooms Wednesday afternoon. The standards will also include the use of physical restraint and time-out. In August, the UCP government repealed a ban on seclusion rooms in schools made by the previous government. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said at the time that the province would work with school boards, Inclusion Alberta and the Alberta Teachers' Association to develop new
  
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• Energy diversification strategy to be announced Wednesday afternoon

  23-10-2019 16:14
  EDMONTON - Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage is expected to announce details of a new plan to help diversify the province’s energy sector. The announcement is scheduled for 12:15 p.m. CTV News Edmonton will carry the press conference live on our website.  
  
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• Alberta recommits to petrochemical diversification program

  23-10-2019 16:14
  EDMONTON -- The Alberta government says it is investing $1.1 billion in the petrochemical diversification program for the purpose of creating jobs. The money will support privately-funded projects by making royalty credits available to companies that turn ethane, methane and propane feedstocks into products like plastics, fabrics and fertilizers. “Albertans elected our government to fight for our energy sector and get Albertans back to work,” said Energy Minister Sonya Savage in a wr
  
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• New Horizon Mall hosts public meeting for struggling tenants

  23-10-2019 16:04
  CALGARY – New Horizon Mall in Balzac is holding a town hall meeting Wednesday amid major financial concerns from its tenants and owners. Some business owners say they’re struggling and concerned they may lose their life savings because they’re unable to pay rent or other maintenance fees.  The mall adopted a system, similar to that of condominiums, where shopkeepers purchase store fronts instead of leasing out spaces. The $200 million New Horizon Mall opened up a year and
  
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• City committee to explore potential speed limit reductions on residential roads

  23-10-2019 14:32
  CALGARY – City councillors are looking at speed-reducing options that could see speed limits on all but Calgary’s busiest roads dropped down to 30km/h. Three options to reduce speed limits in Calgary are scheduled to be presented to the city’s transportation and transit committee on Wednesday.   The potential scenarios would see speed limit reductions not only in residential areas but also on collector roads that move traffic from local streets onto major thoroughfares. Th
  
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• At least 1 dead, another injured in Brandon, Man. house explosion

  23-10-2019 14:03
  WINNIPEG -- Police said a 63-year-old woman is dead and a 63-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital after a house explosion in Brandon, Man. on Tuesday night. Police said the explosion happened at around 7:50 p.m. in the 200 block of Queen’s Avenue East. Authorities said a strong smell of gas was present following the explosion, but the cause of the blast is under investigation by police and the Office of the Fire Commissioner. The man who survived the blast was in critical condition
  
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• Wildfire that threatened Alberta communities was arson: RCMP, province

  23-10-2019 13:45
  EDMONTON - A wildfire that threatened remote communities in north-central Alberta and torched 2,730 square kilometres of forest was deliberately set. RCMP and Alberta government investigators have determined the McMillan wildfire started as a result of arson. The wildfire began near the community of Wabasca on May 18 and grew to the point where it forced the evacuation of Wabasca and Peerless Trout First Nation. It took until July 1 for firefighters to get the massive blaze under control. Mounti
  
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• Japan's Emperor Naruhito hosts tea party for foreign royals - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 12:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta horse rescue asking for help amid high quality hay shortage

  23-10-2019 12:41 via globalnews.ca
  A horse rescue near Leduc, Alta. is hoping for donations to help feed more than 80 horses during a high quality hay shortage.
  
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• Lethbridge interim police chief and mayor address serious recent crimes - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta shuts down addiction treatment facility over patient safety concerns - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 07:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, October 22, 2019

  23-10-2019 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  RED DEER, Alta. - Oliver Okuliar's second-period goal was the eventual winner as the Lethbridge Hurricanes held on for a 4-3 win over the Red Deer Rebels on Tuesday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes down Rebels for 5th straight win

  23-10-2019 06:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes visited the Red Deer Rebels Tuesday night, and with the 4-3 win, the Canes have extended their win streak to five games. Danica Ferris has the highlights.
  
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• Five straight wins for the Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 06:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Backlund propels Flames to 2-1 victory over Ducks - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 05:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Woman in life threatening condition following head-on crash on Barlow Trail

  23-10-2019 05:46
  CALGARY -- A Tuesday evening crash in the city's southeast sent two women to hospital. According to police, an SUV and a Volkswagen Beetle collided at the intersection of Barlow Trail and 72nd Avenue S.E.at around 9 p.m. while the traffic light was changing. The two occupants of the Beetle, both women in their 50s, were transported by ambulance to Foothills Medical Centre. The passenger's injuries were considered life threatening at the time of transport. The driver of the SUV was extricated fro
  
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• Tuesday evening accident on Barlow sends two to hospital

  23-10-2019 05:46
  CALGARY -- A two vehicle incident that took place Tuesday evening has sent two people to hospital. The incident took place around 9 p.m., on northbound Barlow Trail at 72nd Avenue SE, when an 'intersection accident' occurred, according to Calgary police. The vehicles, a car and an SUV, collided driving in different directions. Two people were transported to Foothills Hospital. There's no word yet on their condition. The person in the SUV was extricated. Police are investigating whether speeding,
  
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• Pastrnak scores 10th, Bruins beat Maple Leafs 4-2 - Lethbridge News Now

  23-10-2019 05:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Experts torn whether Jody Wilson Raybould can rejoin Liberals

  23-10-2019 05:27
  VANCOUVER – Jody Wilson-Raybould vows she will fight for climate change and Indigenous issues when she returns to Ottawa for the 43rd Parliament. But political scientists agree she will have significantly less power as an Independent. She will not have the advantages of caucus or cabinet and it’s unlikely the minority Liberals will need her vote. “We might hear some conversation about whether she would affiliate with the Greens, so at least get some companionship there,“
  
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