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• Calgary’s Winter X Games won’t happen in 2020 after province pulls funding

  27-10-2019 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  The UCP budget unveiled on Thursday provided no funding for Calgary's planned 2020 Winter X Games, a decision the city says means the event "won't happen."
  
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• Calgary Food Bank gets boost from local church

  27-10-2019 22:24
  CALGARY – The Calgary Food Bank was the recipient of hundreds of items, the result of a volunteer effort headed by a church group. The INC Church of Christ gathered on Sunday to help collect donations for the Food Bank to help those in need. As a result, the group was able to fill an entire truck with food items. Organizers say all of the items came from members of the church and insist it's important to always help out. "To extend our help to others in loving our fellow men. That's why th
  
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• Store chain apologizes after Nunavut residents angered over food left in landfill

  27-10-2019 20:20
  TORONTO -- A Nunavut grocery store chain is apologizing to residents after thawing but potentially still edible food was dumped in a Pangnirtung landfill, instead of being given to food banks or residents. On Thursday, high winds knocked out power to some houses and businesses in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, including to the Northern Store, a grocery store part of the North West chain. The next day, resident David Kilabuk was angered when he realized that the store had dumped piles of meat, eggs, bread
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death in west Edmonton

  27-10-2019 18:55
  EDMONTON -- Police are investigating a suspicious death in west Edmonton. A passerby found the man's body on a baseball field in the Callingwood neighbourhood near 177 Street and 69 Avenue Sunday morning. Officers were called around 9:35 a.m. It is not known whether the death is criminal or non-criminal, said police. Anyone with information is asked to call Edmonton police 780-423-4567.
  
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• Calgary Stampede, K-Days to lose millions in funding following provincial budget

  27-10-2019 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Calgary Stampede and Edmonton’s K-Days will both be seeing significant funding cuts as a result of the provincial budget released on Thursday. A spokesman for the Calgary Stampede says the organization’s provincial operating grant will drop from the $7.7 million it received in 2018 to approximately $6.7 million this year. “Any reduction of the...
  
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• UCP budget full of broken promises, says MLA Phillips - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2019 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  UCP budget full of broken promises, says MLA Phillips  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Three homicides in one night: police investigate the death of a teen, and two adults

  27-10-2019 17:44
  Three people – a 14 year old, and two adults – died Saturday night in two separate incidents Winnipeg police are calling homicides. A Halloween party took a fatal turn Saturday night. Police said two people were taken to hospital in critical condition after being stabbed at the party in a home on Kinver Street. Officers received the report of a stabbing at a home in the 100 block of Kinver Street around 10:45 p.m. Saturday night. When officers arrived they found two people, a 14-year
  
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• Online fundraising page set up for murdered Calgary caseworker

  27-10-2019 17:41
  CALGARY – Two days after a Calgary social worker was stabbed to death outside an assisted living home, the community has already come forward to help the victim's family bury her. Deborah Onwu, 47, was fatally stabbed early Friday morning at a home on 27 Avenue S.W. She died at the scene. Brandon Jacob Spencer Newman, 18, is charged with second-degree murder in her death. The woman worked with troubled youth and police say her accused killer is one of the men she was helping. Now, Onwu's c
  
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• Iowa woman dies after explosion at gender reveal party

  27-10-2019 17:13
  KNOXVILLE, Iowa - An Iowa woman has died after an explosion at a gender reveal party created debris that hit her. The Marion County Sheriff's office says the explosion happened at a home in central Iowa around 4 p.m. Saturday during a party to announce the gender of a baby a couple is expecting. Deputies arrived at the home in Knoxville to find a 56-year-old woman dead. Knoxville is about 40 miles (64.37 kilometres) southeast of Des Moines. Investigators determined that an explosion during the g
  
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• 2 dead, 14 injured after shooting at Texas homecoming party

  27-10-2019 17:12
  GREENVILLE, Texas -- A gunman opened fire at an off-campus party for a nearby Texas college, leaving two people dead and 14 injured before he escaped in the ensuing chaos, a sheriff said Sunday. Authorities believe the shooter may have been targeting just one person at the party of about 750 people outside Greenville, 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of a satellite campus for Texas A&M University, and that others may have been shot at random, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said. The shoot
  
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• 2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at college party in Texas

  27-10-2019 17:12
  GREENVILLE, Texas -- A gunman opened fire at an off-campus college party in Texas, leaving two people dead and 12 others injured before he escaped in the ensuing chaos, authorities said Sunday. Authorities believe the shooter may have been targeting just one person at the party of about 750 people outside Greenville, 15 miles (24 kilometres) southwest of a satellite campus of the Texas A&M University System, and that others may have been shot at random, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks said.
  
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• Police continue to investigate incident involving pedestrian

  27-10-2019 16:21
  CALGARY – Police reopened an intersection in northeast Calgary because of a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian but the victim remains in hospital in serious condition. The crash took place on Sunday morning in the intersection of 16 Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E.ALERT: Multi-vehicle incident, EB 16 Ave and Edmonton Tr NE, blocking the EB lanes. #yyctraffic #yycroads pic.twitter.com/iYVraRXwOD — YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) October 27, 2019EMS tells CTV News a woman, list
  
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• Northeast Calgary intersection shut down for pedestrian incident

  27-10-2019 16:21
  CALGARY – Police have blocked off an entire intersection in northeast Calgary because of a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that left the victim with serious injuries. The crash took place on Sunday morning in the intersection of 16 Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E.ALERT: Multi-vehicle incident, EB 16 Ave and Edmonton Tr NE, blocking the EB lanes. #yyctraffic #yycroads pic.twitter.com/iYVraRXwOD — YYC Transportation (@yyctransport) October 27, 2019EMS tells CTV News a woman, listed
  
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• Sensory Halloween at Calgary mall caters to kids with special needs

  27-10-2019 15:50
  CALGARY – For the fourth year in a row, staff at a Calgary mall will be holding a sensory-friendly trick-or-treating event for children with special needs aimed at helping them have fun during the season. Southcentre Mall, along with Autism Calgary, is welcoming about 300 children to the event on Sunday called "A Special Time for Halloween." For the occasion, lighting is dimmed and music is turned off in order to ensure a calm and fun environment for all the children involved. Participants
  
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• Commanding officer of NB RCMP announces sudden death of Mountie

  27-10-2019 14:47
  FREDERICTON -- The commanding officer of New Brunswick RCMP says a member of the force died suddenly on Friday afternoon in Rothesay, N.B. Assistant Commissioner Larry Tremblay says in a statement he is deeply saddened by the officer's death. He says the officer's name is not being released at this time. Tremblay says the tragedy raises many questions about the risks and pressures of the job. He says his priority right now is ensuring family of the member and force employees have access to the s
  
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• Victim suffering from gunshot wounds sent to hospital in Calgary

  27-10-2019 14:20
  CALGARY – Police are investigating another weekend shooting after a man was seriously hurt in northeast Calgary early Sunday. The Calgary Police Service says officers were called to the community of Martindale at about 1 a.m. for reports of a shooting. Once they got there, officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Calgary EMS says they were called to the scene around the same time and took an adult male to hospital. He was seriously injured, but paramedics stabilized him at the
  
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• Police respond to shooting in northeast Calgary community of Martindale

  27-10-2019 14:20
  CALGARY – Police are investigating another weekend shooting after a man was seriously hurt in northeast Calgary early Sunday. The Calgary Police Service says officers were called to the community of Martindale at about 1 a.m. for reports of a shooting. Once they got there, officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Calgary EMS says they were called to the scene around the same time and took an adult male to hospital. He was seriously injured, but paramedics stabilized him at the
  
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• One dead in apartment fire in northwest Calgary

  27-10-2019 14:03
  CALGARY – Fire officials say a man has died in an early morning blaze inside an apartment building in the northwest Calgary community of Ranchlands. Crews were called to a building in the 6000 block of Ranchview Drive N.W. at about 2:30 a.m. for reports of a fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found smoke and flames coming from a second floor suite in the building. With an aggressive interior attack, firefighters managed to contain the fire to the unit where it started. When
  
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• EU, Germany welcome 'continuity' on climate change with Liberal minority win

  27-10-2019 13:28
  OTTAWA - The European Union and Germany say they appreciate the "continuity" in Canadian climate change policy that will result from the federal election result. The Liberals won a minority mandate after a campaign that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau framed as a fight over protecting the planet from the existential threat of climate change. Trudeau portrayed his Conservative opponent Andrew Scheer as a climate change laggard, a charge Scheer answered as amounting to hypocrisy because the Liberals
  
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• No winning ticket for Saturday night's $7 million Lotto 649 jackpot

  27-10-2019 12:43
  TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Oct. 30 will be approximately $9 million.
  
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• Trump says ISIS leader dead after U.S. raid in Syria

  27-10-2019 11:28
  WASHINGTON -- The shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday. "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead," Trump announced at the White House, saying the U.S. had "brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice."Timeline of the rise and fall of the Islamic State groupAs U.S. forces bore down on him, Trump said al-
  
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• WHL Roundup: Saturday, October 26, 2019

  27-10-2019 08:50 via globalnews.ca
  Dylan Guenther scored a hat trick as the Edmonton Oil Kings downed the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-2 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Little's OT winner lifts Jets to 2-1 win over Flames in outdoor game

  27-10-2019 06:59
  REGINA -- Bryan Little picked a big stage to score his first goal of the season. His overtime winner lifted the Winnipeg Jets to a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames in a snowy Heritage Classic outdoor game Saturday in Regina. The 31-year-old forward from Cambridge, Ont., scored at 3:04 of extra time on a two-on-one with Kyle Connor. "It's pretty cool," Little said. "It was one of those games where I pretty much didn't have any chances. "Then you get a two-on-one like that in overtime. I'll admit I
  
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• Lethbridge’s Adams Park Ice Centre renamed to Logan Boulet Arena - Global News

  27-10-2019 02:51 via globalnews.ca
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• Lethbridge’s Adams Park Ice Centre renamed to Logan Boulet Arena

  27-10-2019 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge has renamed an arena in memory of Logan Boulet, the Humboldt Broncos player who inspired thousands of Canadians to register as organ donors after the deadly bus crash in 2018.
  
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• North Korea says it's running out of patience with U.S.

  27-10-2019 02:07
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- North Korea on Sunday said it's running out of patience with the United States over what it described as hostile policies and unilateral disarmament demands, and warned that a close personal relationship between the leaders alone wouldn't be enough to prevent nuclear diplomacy from derailing. In a statement published by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency, senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol said there has been no substantial progress in relations
  
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• Lethbridge arena renamed after Humboldt Broncos crash victim, Lougan Boulet

  27-10-2019 00:44
  LETHBRIDGE -- The legacy of Logan Boulet, one of 16 people killed in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, continues to grow. A large crowd gathered in Lethbridge on Saturday for the official renaming ceremony of Adams Park Ice Centre to the Logan Boulet Arena. Mayor Chris Spearman, Councillor Blaine Hyggen, and Logan’s parents Toby and Bernadine Boulet spoke outside the building. The event also featured a ceremonial puck drop ahead of the Midget AAA Hurricanes game against the Knights of C
  
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• Lethbridge arena renamed after Humboldt Broncos crash victim, Logan Boulet

  27-10-2019 00:44
  LETHBRIDGE -- The legacy of Logan Boulet, one of 16 people killed in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, continues to grow. A large crowd gathered in Lethbridge on Saturday for the official renaming ceremony of Adams Park Ice Centre to the Logan Boulet Arena. Mayor Chris Spearman, Councillor Blaine Hyggen, and Logan’s parents Toby and Bernadine Boulet spoke outside the building. The event also featured a ceremonial puck drop ahead of the Midget AAA Hurricanes game against the Knights of C
  
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• Adams Park Ice Centre now officially known as Logan Boulet Arena

  27-10-2019 00:44
  LETHBRIDGE -- The legacy of Logan Boulet, one of 16 people killed in the 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash, continues to grow. A large crowd gathered in Lethbridge on Saturday for the official renaming ceremony of Adams Park Ice Centre to the Logan Boulet Arena. Mayor Chris Spearman, Councillor Blaine Hyggen, and Logan’s parents Toby and Bernadine Boulet spoke outside the building. The event also featured a ceremonial puck drop ahead of the Midget AAA Hurricanes game against the Knights of C
  
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