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• North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Boy 'obsessed' with Terry Fox follows in his footsteps this Halloween

  28-10-2019 23:40
  TORONTO -- Forty years ago, a man dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean off of St. John’s, N.L. and set out on a courageous marathon across Canada. This Halloween, his spirit is returning to Newfoundland in the form of a seven-year-old boy. Ethan Smallwood is planning to dress up as Terry Fox this year and go door-to-door not to satisfy a sweet tooth, but to collect donations for cancer research. Smallwood first learned about Terry Fox in kindergarten two years ago, and he’s been &ldq
  
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• Virtual reality trainer gives on-the-job experience before the first interview

  28-10-2019 23:39
  A Calgary entrepreneur says he’s devised a solution to the age old problem of, “You need experience to get a job, but you can’t get experience until you have a job.” Jose Azares created a virtual reality training system, dubbed NIDUM (Latin for nest), which allows prospective employees to train for a job before they head to their first interview with the company. The owner of the restaurant chain, ReGrub, Azares originally designed the software to make his business’
  
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• Alberta Budget 2019: Deferred provincial funding puts Calgary’s Green Line LRT ‘in jeopardy’

  28-10-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary Councillor Shane Keating isn't ruling out cancelling the Green Line LRT project if deferred payments from the province cause the city to run over budget.
  
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• Alberta introduces bills to increase rural doctors, bring in replacement workers for union jobs

  28-10-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta is proposing new legislation that could affect where doctors work and how much they get paid, as well as give the government freedom to bring in replacement workers for union jobs. 
  
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• Former Bre-X Minerals chief geologist dies in the Philippines

  28-10-2019 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  John Felderhof, the only executive ever prosecuted in the Bre-X Minerals Ltd. gold hoax of the 1990s, has died in the Philippines at 79 years old, according to his Toronto lawyer.
  
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• Clients of shuttered private addiction rehab centre speak out

  28-10-2019 23:08
  It’s been almost a week since Addiction Recovery Network, in central Alberta, was ordered to close by the Ministry of Health and now some clients have come forward to CTV, describing their experience in the privately-run treatment centre. The clients have asked for their identity to be concealed due to concerns about their privacy. One says a convoy of vehicles came down the road toward Mountain Aire Lodge, in Clearwater County, on Oct. 22 and in addition to police officers, roughly 15 to
  
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• Calgary’s increasing commercial tax rate threatens small businesses, says owner

  28-10-2019 22:26
  CALGARY — Another small business is sounding the alarm over Calgary’s soaring commercial property tax rates, which a recent study shows have increased 55% in the last four years. Calgary saw the largest increase in commercial tax rates among 11 major cities for the fourth year in a row, jumping by 13.36% in 2019 (putting the rate to $22.02 per $1,000 of assessment value) according to Altus Group’s 2019 Canadian Property Tax Rate Benchmark Report, which explores property tax rat
  
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• RCMP, feds pressed to find missing reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis

  28-10-2019 22:09
  OTTAWA -- A Manitoba army reservist accused of being a neo-Nazi remains unaccounted for two months after he was first reported missing, sparking concerns the police and military are not treating the case with the requisite urgency. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, a combat engineer with the 38 Canadian Brigade Group in Winnipeg, disappeared at the end of August as he was being fast-tracked out of the military for his alleged links to a right-wing extremist group. His truck was found abandoned on a ru
  
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• Housing complex of tiny homes for homeless veterans first of its kind in Canada

  28-10-2019 21:45
  CALGARY — Homelessness is a problem among Canadian veterans, with at least 3,500 living on the streets across the country. Homes For Heroes is trying to fix that and has just finished its first housing complex aimed at supporting homeless veterans and getting them back on their feet. A complex of 15 tiny homes is now complete with most residents set to move in on the weekend. Each unit includes a kitchen, bathroom and a Murphy bed, as well as a deck where they can spend time outside. The u
  
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• Housing complex for homeless veterans first of its kind in Canada

  28-10-2019 21:45
  CALGARY — Homelessness is a problem among Canadian veterans, with at least 3,500 living on the streets across the country. Homes For Heroes is trying to fix that and has just finished its first housing complex aimed at supporting homeless veterans and getting them back on their feet. A complex of 15 tiny homes is now complete with most residents set to move in on the weekend. Each unit includes a kitchen, bathroom and a Murphy bed, as well as a deck where they can spend time outside. The u
  
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• $16000 bicycle stolen in south Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 21:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Giant panda cubs to stay in Calgary until early 2020

  28-10-2019 21:11
  CALGARY — The giant panda cubs will be staying a bit longer at the Calgary Zoo. Originally scheduled to depart back to Chengdu, China this fall, twin panda cubs Jia PanPan, a male, and Jia YueYue, a female, will now be staying until early 2020, the zoo announced Monday. Now nearly four-years-old, the pandas came to Calgary in March 2018 along with their mother, Er Shun, and an adult male panda, Dao Mao. The two adult pandas will remain in Calgary until 2023. As part an agreement, all panda
  
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• Alberta Budget 2019: Student employment program axed in favour of Skills for Jobs strategy

  28-10-2019 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  A popular summer program that was eliminated by the former Progressive Conservative government and then reinstated by the NDP has been cut once again.
  
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• Lethbridge volunteers return from disaster recovery work in Bahamas - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 20:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Detained Canadians in China met with government officials

  28-10-2019 20:45
  TORONTO -- The two Canadians detained in China have recently met with with consular officials, Global Affairs Canada confirmed on Monday. The federal agency said in a news release that officials met with Michael Spavor on Monday and Michael Kovrig last Friday. Both men have been detained for more than 10 months. Global Affairs would not provide any further details, citing the Privacy Act. “The Canadian government remains deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities of
  
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• Council hosts meeting to discuss potential fallout from provincial budget

  28-10-2019 20:22
  CALGARY – City council is holding a special meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the potential repercussions of last week’s provincial budget on a municipal level. "This is just an opportunity for council and citizens to have a full briefing on the impacts of the budget on the city," explained Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Last week, Premier Jason Kenney addressed Albertans before his government’s first budget saying the UCP is making tough decisions to ensure a bright future for the pro
  
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• City reviewing bylaw governing rideshares, seeks public input

  28-10-2019 20:00
  CALGARY – The City of Calgary is considering amending its livery transport bylaw and is seeking input from members of the general public as well as industry insiders The bylaw, which governs taxis and limousines, was revised in 2016 to include ridesharing services. "Now that rideshares have been part of our vehicle-for-hire options for three years, we're reviewing the bylaw to make sure the regulations within it are still supporting customers and industry," said Abdul Rafih, chief livery i
  
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• Verstappen stripped of pole at Mexican Grand Prix - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 19:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 90-day sentence for Lethbridge man in connection with 2017 ALERT Medicine Hat drug bust - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta budget weakens environmental, climate monitoring: Opposition

  28-10-2019 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta budget tabled last week cuts funds for environmental monitoring and for managing greenhouse gas emissions which critics say will weaken the province's ability to track pollution and reduce its contribution to climate change.
  
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• Bystanders help officer trapped inside flipped cruiser in Midland crash

  28-10-2019 18:49
  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a collision involving a police cruiser and two other vehicles early on Monday afternoon. Police say the crash happened on Highway 93 and Yonge Street in Midland around 1 p.m. and resulted in a police cruiser flipping, smashing out the windshield and landing nearly overturned. Video obtained by CTV News shows the trapped officer attempting to escape the wreckage as bystanders rush in to help. The officer climbs out of the crushed windshield with only mi
  
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• Return of snow makes for slick Monday morning commute

  28-10-2019 18:25
  CALGARY – Commuters faced icy roads Monday morning as the work week arrived with a brief blast of wintry conditions. According to the Calgary Police Service, 100 crashes were reported on city streets between midnight and 11:30 a.m. Of the crashes, nine involved injuries and another nine were classified as hit-and-runs. Delays occurred along eastbound Stoney Trail, between Deerfoot Trail and Metis Trail, after a semi jackknifed and slid towards the ditch. City of Calgary crews began proacti
  
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• Lethbridge residents to protest against crime Nov. 3 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 18:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lethbridge residents to protest against crime Nov. 3 21h ago - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 18:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Calgary looks to begin hosting Winter X Games in 2021 not 2020:Tourism Calgary

  28-10-2019 18:09
  CALGARY – Organizers of a world renowned extreme sports competition and festival have set their sights on bringing the event to Calgary beginning in 2021 for a three-year-run, despite the fact the city secured the rights for the 2020 games. Tourism Calgary says it had to shelve plans to host the Winter X Games in 2020 because the United Conservative Party budget unveiled last week didn’t include any of the $13.5 million the previous New Democratic Party government had committed to th
  
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• Two Lethbridge sports figures receive volunteer award - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 18:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• New leadership for Martha Retreat Centre - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 17:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lethbridge rink topped in tie breaker - Lethbridge Herald

  28-10-2019 17:18 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• 27 youth banned from Parliament Hill for a month after climate sit-in

  28-10-2019 16:54
  OTTAWA -- More than two dozen young Canadians are facing a month-long ban from Parliament Hill after staging a climate-change protest inside the House of Commons this morning. The group Our Time wants to deliver 338 mandate letters to MPs elected last week asking them to prioritize a "green new deal" when Parliament resumes. Niklas Agarwal, a 24-year-old recent geography graduate from Toronto, is one of 27 youth who got into the parliamentary building by joining a free visitors' tour. When the t
  
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• Canadian-made 'invisibility shield' could hide people, spacecraft

  28-10-2019 16:49
  It’s more likely to camouflage military troops than boy wizards, but a new Canadian prototype is perhaps the technology that comes closest to mimicking the fictional Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp’s invisibility shield, officially dubbed “Quantum Stealth,” is light-bending material that could be used to obscure objects of varying sizes. “It can hide a person, a vehicle, a ship, spacecraft and buildings,” the company sa
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Oct. 25-27, 2019 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2019 14:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Additional pre-board screening lines opened at Calgary International Airport

  28-10-2019 14:50
  CALGARY – In an effort to reduce security wait times for domestic passengers during peak travel periods, a third interim pre-board screening area has been constructed at Calgary International Airport. The screening area for domestic passengers and crews in concourse B, which debuted Monday, will operate Sundays through Fridays between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. "We know guests have had long waits at peak times to be screened for domestic flights and this additional locations will help
  
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• Hole's Greenhouse sold, new owner takes over in 2020

  28-10-2019 14:47
  After decades of serving the metro Edmonton area, the Hole family has decided to sell the family greenhouse. Hole’s Greenhouses & Gardens LTD. started in Ted and Lois Hole’s red barn in the St. Albert area nearly 50 years ago. By 1979, Jim Hole, his brother Bill and his sister-in-law Valerie took over the business. In 2009, the Enjoy Centre was constructed, and the greenhouse moved to a new location. Now, the family says agriculture company TEC Property Inc. will take over the bu
  
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• Hong Kong reporter accuses police of violence against media

  28-10-2019 13:57
  HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong reporter disrupted a police news conference on Monday to protest what she called escalating violence by officers against journalists covering the city's pro-democracy protests. The reporter interrupted the briefing by reading a statement alleging police mistreatment and obstruction of reporters covering the chaotic demonstrations. To emphasize her point, she used a high-powered strobing flashlight similar to ones that police have used on photographers and video journalis
  
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• Decision expected in trial of Calgary woman accused of human trafficking

  28-10-2019 13:40
  CALGARY – A Calgary judge is expected to deliver a decision Monday at the trial for Jessica Vinje, accused of holding a sex slave hostage in her downtown apartment. Jessica Vinje, 31, faces charges including human trafficking, forcible confinement and assault. The accused testified during her trial in July, stating she met the complainant, who can only be identified as KM, in December 2017 through a mutual friend. Vinje told court that, that same day, KM asked if she could use her apartmen
  
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• Calgary woman, accused of human trafficking, acquitted on 5 of 6 charges

  28-10-2019 13:40
  CALGARY – A Calgary woman who had been accused of holding a sex slave hostage in her downtown apartment for five days has been found not guilty of all charges except one. Jessica Vinje was on trial for charges including human trafficking, forcible confinement and assault. Monday, a judge acquitted Vinje of all charges except assault. The judge said the accused and complainant gave opposing accounts of what happened. He said he had difficulties with both of their evidence, noting at the tim
  
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• Trial set to begin for two charged in Calgary quadruple homicide case

  28-10-2019 13:24
  CALGARY – A man and woman charged in connection with an ongoing 2017 quadruple homicide case are set to face a Calgary jury Monday morning. Yu Chieh Liao, who goes by Diana Liao, and Tewidris Kebede are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Hanock Afowerk. The body of the 26-year-old was discovered in a ditch near Highway 8 and Highway 22 on July 12, 2017. Two days earlier, the bodies of 36-year-old Glynnis Fox, 39-year-old Tiffany Ear and 25-year-old Cody Pfeiffer were fou
  
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• CannTrust director John Kaden steps down from cannabis company's board

  28-10-2019 13:24
  VAUGHAN, Ont. -- CannTrust Holdings Inc. says John Kaden has resigned as a member of the cannabis company's board of directors. The company says Kaden stepped down to focus on his role as co-founder, managing partner, and chief investment officer of Navy Capital Green Management LLC.Sign up to receive the Pot Post newsletter delivered to your inboxCannTrust has been under fire since it disclosed in July that Health Canada had discovered illicit cultivation in unlicensed rooms at its Pelham, Ont.
  
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• Man shot in Skyview Ranch, third northeast shooting of the weekend

  28-10-2019 13:08
  CALGARY – Police are investigating after a man was shot Sunday evening in the northeast community of Skyview Ranch.  Officers responded shortly before 6 p.m. to the 200 block of Skyview Ranch Road following reports of a shooting. A man suffering from a gunshot wound was transported by ambulance to hospital in serious but stable condition.  Police have not released a description of a suspect in connection with the incident. This incident was the third shooting in northeast Calgary
  
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• Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player to get spinal surgery in Thailand

  28-10-2019 12:46 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Straschnitzki, who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is travelling to Thailand for a surgery he hopes will restore some of his movement.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos hockey player paralyzed in bus crash to get spinal surgery in Thailand

  28-10-2019 12:46 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Straschnitzki, who was paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is travelling to Thailand for a surgery he hopes will restore some of his movement.
  
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• Crews battle wildfires in Los Angeles and in wine country

  28-10-2019 06:31
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Firefighters battled destructive wildfires in Northern California wine country and on the wealthy west side of Los Angeles on Monday, trying to beat back flames that forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. California's biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, cut off power to an estimated 2.5 million people in the northern part of the state over the weekend in yet another round of blackouts aimed at preventing windblown electrical equipment from sparking more fire
  
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• California wildfires erupt in L.A., burn in wine country

  28-10-2019 06:31
  SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Firefighters battled destructive wildfires north of San Francisco and in western Los Angeles neighbourhoods on Monday, trying to beat back flames that forced thousands to flee their homes. Easing winds offered a chance of improved conditions for firefighters trying to control a huge fire in Sonoma County wine country north of San Francisco, but forecasters warned that another round of strong wind gusts could hit the area on Tuesday. That fire has been burning since Wednesda
  
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• U.K. lawmakers reject early election, Brexit delayed to Jan. 31

  28-10-2019 06:01
  LONDON -- Britain got Brexit breathing space but no clarity on Monday when the European Union granted a three-month delay to the U.K.'s departure from the bloc, postponing it until Jan. 31. British politicians immediately began using the extra time to do what they have done for more than three years: bicker about Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed for an early election as a way of breaking the political deadlock over the country's stalled departure from the EU, only to be rebuffed by la
  
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• EU grants Brexit delay to Jan. 31; U.K. ponders new election

  28-10-2019 06:01
  BRUSSELS -- The European Union agreed Monday to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year -- making the concession just three days before Britain was due to become the first country ever to leave the 28-nation bloc. After a very short meeting of diplomats in Brussels, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Twitter that the EU's 27 other countries will accept "the UK's request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January, 2020." In London, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said it was Parl
  
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• Youth Singers fundraising $3.1M to turn facility into music hub

  28-10-2019 04:34
  The Youth Singers of Calgary club is hoping to raise millions to turn its facility into a permanent hub in the city for music and arts. The Crescendo Capital Campaign by the group has set a goal of $3.1 million. The club's facility in the southeast has been its home for more than a decade. Youth Singers said it has invested nearly $2 million into the 18,000-square-foot facility. The funds raised during the campaign will help make the facility a permanent hub for music and arts in the city, somet
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, October 27, 2019

  28-10-2019 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  Brayden Tracey scored a hat trick in regulation, then set up Ryder Korczak's goal 28 seconds into overtime as the Moose Jaw Warriors edged the Saskatoon Blades 5-4 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Arena in Lethbridge renamed after Humboldt Broncos victim Logan Boulet - Calgary Herald

  28-10-2019 00:26 via calgaryherald.com
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