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• Smooth-skating Flame Oliver Kylington growing into reliable defender

  05-11-2019 23:15
  One of the first things you notice when you watch Calgary Flames sophomore defenceman Oliver Kylington is how strong a skater he is. Don't make the mistake, however, of thinking it all came naturally. The 22-year-old says the smooth stride didn’t happen overnight. He had to work at it. In other words, behind every smooth Kylington stride, there were hours upon hours of pure grind. “I’m not going to lie," said Kylington. "You need to put in the time and really focus on getting b
  
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• Investigation into lead in Canada’s drinking water spurs calls for action across country

  05-11-2019 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  Politicians across Canada are calling for action after a massive, year-long investigation that found hundreds of thousands of Canadians could be consuming tap water laced with high levels of lead.
  
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• Theft of 350-pound sculpture outside Vancouver gallery caught on camera

  05-11-2019 22:39
  VANCOUVER – A heavy sculpture of a horse and rider was stolen from outside a Vancouver gallery, and it appears the theft was caught on camera. Surveillance video captured Monday morning shows a man approaching the front of the Petley Jones Fine Art Gallery on Granville Street. The video was captured shortly after 5 a.m. by a camera at the Heffel Fine Art Auction House next door. The man leaves a dolly on the sidewalk and walks out of frame. He's gone for about a minute, then is seen heavin
  
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• Easy ways to cut your family’s plastic waste

  05-11-2019 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Many Canadian families want to cut down on their plastic waste but struggle to find realistic, practical ways to make it happen.
  
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• Parkland Fuel plans refinery maintenance, shares up on increased guidance

  05-11-2019 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  The refinery that is the sole local supplier of motor fuel in the B.C. Lower Mainland is being scheduled for an eight-week maintenance shutdown early next year.
  
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• Calgary Fire Department drills schools on fire safety protocol

  05-11-2019 21:24
  CALGARY — Junior fire chief Rosie Luthi pulled the fire alarm at St. Augustine School to initiate a fire drill Monday morning. The purpose is to educate the student population about fire safety and to test the equipment in the school. “We have been working our classrooms to talk about fire safety at school but also if a fire were to happen at home,” says Chloe Holland, Grade 1 teacher. “We’ve been working with them and coming up with a plan of where they would go if
  
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• Ovintiv name a 'blank slate' as Encana plans move to United States

  05-11-2019 21:23
  CALGARY — The name Encana Corp. immediately brings to mind two things: energy and Canada. Ovintiv, with which the oil and gas producer plans to rechristen itself once it moves its headquarters to the United States next year, offers no hint of what the company does or where it's from. Branding experts say that's likely to be the point. “It's kind of a blank slate, which appears to be what they wanted to go for,” said Darren Dahl, a marketing professor at the University of Britis
  
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• Fatal crash involving semi-truck diverts highway traffic near Winfield, Alta.

  05-11-2019 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  Police said officers were called to the scene just north of the intersection of highways 13 and 20 at about 10:50 a.m. for reports of a crash. 
  
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• Alberta Federation of Labour launching campaign against #KenneyCuts

  05-11-2019 21:10
  CALGARY — A group of Alberta’s largest unions is launching a campaign they say is aimed at “stopping the Kenney government from triggering a recession by implementing deep spending cuts while the economy is already faltering.” A total of 29 unions affiliated with the Alberta Federation of Labour are behind the campaign, called #KenneyCuts, including the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA), the Canadian Union of Public Employee
  
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• Alberta Federation of Labour launches campaign against #KenneysCuts

  05-11-2019 21:10
  CALGARY — A group of Alberta’s largest unions launched on Tuesday a campaign they say is aimed at “stopping the Kenney government from triggering a recession by implementing deep spending cuts while the economy is already faltering.” A total of 29 unions affiliated with the Alberta Federation of Labour are behind the campaign, called #KenneyCuts, including the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA), the Canadian Union of Public E
  
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• First Nation, environmental groups seek leave to appeal Trans Mountain ruling

  05-11-2019 21:08
  VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation and three environmental groups hope to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision that limited their ability to challenge the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in court. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Ecojustice, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Living Oceans Society announced Tuesday they are seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Federal Court of Appeal decided in September that it would allow six First Nations, including the Tsl
  
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• POWER struggle: Edmonton radio stations to battle over naming rights in court

  05-11-2019 21:07
  EDMONTON -- Radio listeners who lived in Edmonton in the 1990s and early 2000s likely remember top 40s radio station POWER 92. While the station has since been rebranded, it’s now at the centre of a copyright lawsuit. "Corus alleges that CJNW has rebranded itself as POWER 107 and stolen the well known 'phrase that pays,'" reads a statement of claim filed by Corus last month in a Calgary court. From 1991 to 2004, CKNG FM Edmonton was known as POWER 92. It was bought by Corus Communications
  
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• U.S. diplomat acknowledges what Democrats call a quid pro quo

  05-11-2019 20:49
  WASHINGTON -- "I now do recall." With that stunning reversal, diplomat Gordon Sondland handed House impeachment investigators another key piece of corroborating testimony Tuesday. He acknowledged what Democrats contend was a clear quid pro quo, pushed by President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, with Ukraine. Sondland, in an addendum to his sworn earlier testimony, said that military assistance to the East European ally was being withheld until Ukraine's new president agreed
  
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• Sale of $1 housing lots spells success for New Brunswick village

  05-11-2019 20:37
  MCADAM, N.B. -- A year after a tiny village in New Brunswick announced it would sell 16 housing lots for one dollar apiece, the mayor says the novel bid to attract newcomers to McAdam has been an unqualified success. "It was a great idea," Ken Stannix said in an interview Tuesday. "But more importantly, it's the ideas and the energy that these new people are bringing to the community and the province as a whole." As of this week, 10 of the lots have been sold and the remaining six have deals pen
  
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• As Encana plans move to United States, Ovintiv name a ‘blank slate’

  05-11-2019 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  The Ovintiv rebranding can serve as a fresh start as Encana moves corporate offices to the United States, marketing professors said.
  
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• The West Wants Out: Alberta separatist group Wexit Canada seeking federal political party status

  05-11-2019 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Western separatist movement Wexit Canada, led by Albertan Peter Downing, has applied to Elections Canada to becoming a federal political party.
  
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• Speed believed to be factor in deadly southern Alberta crash

  05-11-2019 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  Police believe speed and weather conditions may have been factors in a crash that left two people dead and another injured in southern Alberta Monday night.
  
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• Caught on camera: Video shows semi-truck travelling wrong way down Regina Bypass

  05-11-2019 20:02
  REGINA -- This video shows the last of three commercial trucks travelling southbound on the wrong side of the newly opened Regina Bypass. Lyle Selzer witnessed the incident, and told CTV News that three trucks turned against “Do Not Enter” signs from Highway 33 and merged onto the wrong side of the bypass. He said one truck made the wrong turn, and two others followed. The Regina Bypass officially opened to traffic on Oct. 29.
  
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• China is lifting its ban on Canadian pork, beef exports: Trudeau

  05-11-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the lifting of the bans in a Twitter post on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Extremely scary for me': Man who crashed truck into Langford house explains what happened

  05-11-2019 19:42
  VICTORIA -- The man who drove his truck into the living room of a Langford home Monday has come forward to explain the crash. Shane Robertson suffered minor injuries after his Chevrolet pickup truck and trailer careened into the corner of a home in the 2700-block of Sooke Road Monday afternoon. He tells CTV News that he lost consciousness behind the wheel after suffering a cough syncope, a condition in which the sufferer loses consciousness after a violent cough. "Extremely scary for me when I w
  
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• Two fatalities in Highway 22 collision - Lethbridge News Now

  05-11-2019 19:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two fatalities in Highway 22 collision  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• China to resume importing beef and pork from Canada

  05-11-2019 19:16
  TORONTO -- China has agreed to allow Canadian meat products into the country, ending a five-month suspension. China halted the importation of Canadian beef and pork in June, saying some Canadian meat had tested positive for ractopamine, an additive that is banned in China, and was sent over with forged inspection certificates. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted the news Tuesday afternoon, calling it "good news for Canadian farmers." China is one of Canada's largest export markets for pork and
  
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• 'They drew people together': Relatives mourn Edmonton-area family killed in South Africa crash

  05-11-2019 18:49
  A family of four from the Edmonton area was killed in a car crash in South Africa while on a missionary trip, according to family friends. Sherwood Park residents Melissa and Brendan Perrott, their children Evelyn, 5, and Colton, 3, were killed in a head-on crash on Nov. 3, says a GoFundMe campaign titled "In Remembrance of the Perrott Family." A fifth person in the vehicle, Sabelo Sibeko, was also killed in the crash, as were four people in the vehicle they collided with, according to local new
  
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• Head-on crash in South Africa kills Edmonton family of four

  05-11-2019 18:49
  A family of four from Edmonton was killed in a car crash in South Africa while on a missionary trip, according to family friends. Melissa and Brendan Perrott, their children Evelyn, 5, and Colton, 3, were killed in a head-on crash near Bulembu, Swaziland on Nov. 3, says a GoFundMe campaign titled "In Remembrance of the Perrott Family." A fifth person in the vehicle, Sabelo Sibeko, was also killed in the crash, as were four people in the vehicle they collided with, according to local newspaper th
  
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• Head-on crash in South Africa kills Edmonton-area family of four

  05-11-2019 18:49
  A family of four from the Edmonton area was killed in a car crash in South Africa while on a missionary trip, according to family friends. Sherwood Park residents Melissa and Brendan Perrott, their children Evelyn, 5, and Colton, 3, were killed in a head-on crash near Bulembu, Swaziland on Nov. 3, says a GoFundMe campaign titled "In Remembrance of the Perrott Family." A fifth person in the vehicle, Sabelo Sibeko, was also killed in the crash, as were four people in the vehicle they collided with
  
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• POWs: Inside Lethbridge and southern Alberta's Prisoner of War camps - Lethbridge News Now

  05-11-2019 18:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  POWs: Inside Lethbridge and southern Alberta's Prisoner of War camps  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Banff rolls out bear-proof compost bins

  05-11-2019 17:54
  BANFF – The Town of Banff is introducing new food bins to increase composting and keep bears safe. New bear-proof organic waste bins are being installed in Banff neighbourhoods as part of the town’s Zero Waste Trail initiative to help residents cut down on waste going to the landfill. Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen and the town’s Resource Recovery team are also handing out 1,500 free kitchen catcher bags for residents to use in their homes before dropping off their organic waste in
  
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• U.S. committee chair coming to Ottawa to meet with Freeland, Trudeau on new NAFTA

  05-11-2019 17:36
  OTTAWA -- U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal is travelling to Ottawa for meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing ratification process of the new NAFTA deal in both countries. Neal’s committee has a subgroup that is responsible for overseeing international trade matters, including the negotiation and implementation of cross-border trade deals. The long-time Democratic congressman ha
  
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• Worried about lead in your water? Here are some steps you can take

  05-11-2019 17:24
  TORONTO -- An extensive, year-long study on lead content in municipal drinking water found that roughly one-third of water samples tested across Canada exceed the acceptable levels set by Health Canada.Read more: High levels of lead found in water at Canadian daycares, schoolsIf you have concerns about your drinking water, what can you do? Here are some answers about lead contamination in drinking water and possible steps to protect you and your family’s health. How does lead get into our
  
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• Calgary man facing 25 charges after guns and drugs seized

  05-11-2019 16:53
  CALGARY — Following an investigation into alleged drug dealing in the community of Albert Park, a Calgary man is now facing 25 charges for weapons and drug possession. Police received a tip from the public about alleged drug dealing in the southeast Calgary community and on Oct. 24, a search warrant was executed on two homes in the 1300 block of 25th Street S.E. Officers seized a number of items, including:Two sawed-off Remington shotguns Browning X-Bolt rifle Mossberg 802 Plinkster rifle
  
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• Police say an Ohio woman was killed by her 2 rescue Great Danes

  05-11-2019 16:41
  An Ohio woman found dead in her home was likely killed by her own dogs, police say. Mary Matthews, 49, was found in her Clearcreek Township, Ohio, home, about 40 miles northeast of Cincinnati on Friday, local police told CNN affiliate WLWT. The cause of death has been determined to be a "dog attack," Clearcreek Township police Chief John Terrill told WLWT. Matthews suffered multiple wounds, according to an incident report reviewed by the affiliate. Investigators found two "large but thin" Great
  
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• Ready for flu season? Key facts about influenza in Canada

  05-11-2019 16:33
  TORONTO – The start of flu season is likely just around the corner. The latest data available from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows sporadic flu activity in most provinces and territories, with 96 lab-confirmed cases of the influenza virus reported in the week ending Oct. 26. The agency says this is typical activity for the "interseasonal" period, which typically gives way to full-blown flu season at some point in November. It's less than half the number of diagnoses made during th
  
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• Quebec's 'historic anglophones' will be identified by Bill 101: Legault

  05-11-2019 16:29
  MONTREAL – Quebec's "historic anglophones" will be dictated by Bill 101, Quebec's premier said Tuesday after at least one politician asked the CAQ government how it plans to figure out who qualifies for English services in the province. “Is there some sort of secret password, secret handshake?” Quebec Liberal MNA Carlos Leitao asked Tuesday. Anyone who went to English school in the province or is a member of an Indigenous group will be entitled to receive government services in
  
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• Clear and unequivocal: Thousands of scientists sign letter on climate crisis

  05-11-2019 16:27
  An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe's emerging climate crisis. Published Tuesday in the journal BioScience, the letter includes 11,258 signatures from 153 countries -- including 409 from Canada. "We declare ... clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency," says the letter's opening statement. It's another example of a growing willingness by scien
  
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• Canada's 1st 5G-powered 'smart campus' unveiled at UBC

  05-11-2019 16:21
  VANCOUVER - Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia have fired up what is believed to be Canada's first 5G-powered smart campus. A company statement says the launch allows university researchers to test real-time 5G applications as Rogers prepares to unveil a national network of the ultra high-speed 5G mobile wireless system next year. The system is the fifth generation of mobile wireless, offering speeds of up to 100 gigabits per second, making it about 100 times faster tha
  
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• CBE expects hundreds of job cuts, fee increases under new provincial budget

  05-11-2019 15:21
  CALGARY – The Calgary Board of Education is telling parents the Alberta government’s budget will significantly impact Calgary students and their learning. The CBE said it’s receiving $32 million less this school year than last, but after crunching the numbers and considering all factors, the board expects it will be on the hook for $48 million this school year. “These unexpected changes will be disruptive to our students, their families and our staff,” said Marilyn
  
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• Calgary Board of Education set to disclose impact of provincial budget

  05-11-2019 15:21
  CALGARY – The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) will officially respond Tuesday to the provincial budget as some Alberta school boards face the prospect of having to cut hundreds of teaching jobs. The CBE will hold a press conference Tuesday morning where Chair Marilyn Dennis and Chief Financial Officer Brad Grundy will define just how deep the funding cuts will go.  Officials at Rocky View County Schools have already confirmed a $10M shortfall. That board expected to receive $15M in i
  
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• AUPE to protest proposed wage rollbacks for frontline workers

  05-11-2019 14:25
  CALGARY – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) will hold a picket protest Tuesday at Calgary’s South Health Campus in response to the proposed cuts to their wages by the UCP government.  Public sector workers will form a picket line from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the hospital. Last week, Finance Minister Travis Toews confirmed the government is asking public sector employees to rollback their wages between two to five per cent when wage arbitration talks resumed.&nbs
  
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• AUPE to protest proposed wage rollbacks for front-line workers

  05-11-2019 14:25
  CALGARY – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) will hold a picket protest Tuesday at Calgary’s South Health Campus in response to the proposed cuts to their wages by the UCP government.  Public sector workers will form a picket line from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the hospital. Last week, Finance Minister Travis Toews confirmed the government is asking public sector employees to roll back their wages between two to five per cent when wage arbitration talks resume.&nbs
  
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• Speed, alcohol and drugs suspected factors in fatal crash along 16 Ave. Northeast

  05-11-2019 14:10
  CALGARY – One man is dead following an early morning crash along 16th Avenue NE and police believe alcohol, speed and drugs played a role in the fatal collision. Emergency crews were called to a location along 16th Ave, west of Deerfoot Trail, shortly before 1 a.m. after a car crashed into the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway . According to police, a 2017 BMW 320i with four occupants had been speeding eastbound on Renfrew Dr. NE when it left the road, crashed through a chain lin
  
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• Speed, alcohol and drugs suspected factors in fatal crash along 16 Ave. N.E.

  05-11-2019 14:10
  CALGARY – One man is dead following an early morning crash along 16th Avenue N.E. and police believe alcohol, speed and drugs played a role in the fatal collision. Emergency crews were called to a location along 16th Avenue, west of Deerfoot Trail, shortly before 1 a.m. after a car crashed into the eastbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway . According to police, a 2017 BMW 320i with four occupants had been speeding eastbound on Renfrew Drive N.E. when it left the road, crashed through a
  
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• Alcohol a suspected factor in fatal 16 Ave Northeast crash

  05-11-2019 14:10
  CALGARY – One man is dead following an early morning crash on 16th Avenue Northeast and police believe alcohol was a factor in the fatal collision. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of 16th Ave and Russet Road/Moncton Road, west of Deerfoot Trail, shortly before 1 a.m. after an eastbound vehicle left the road and crashed into a fence. A man who had been a passenger in the vehicle was pronounced dead on scene. The injuries to the other occupants of the vehicle have not been co
  
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• What Voyager 2 has learned since entering interstellar space

  05-11-2019 12:48
  On November 5, 2018, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft became the second human-made object to cross into interstellar space. Now, scientists have shared the initial science gained by Voyager 2's historic crossing. However, just because the probes have left the heliosphere doesn't mean they have left our solar system. That boundary is located at the outermost edge of the Oort Cloud, a group of small objects influenced by the gravity of our sun. Scientists believe it would take Voyager 2,300 years to re
  
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• Team Lethbridge is off to Edmonton - Lethbridge Herald

  05-11-2019 12:30 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Team Lethbridge is off to Edmonton  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: Brittney McInnes, the concrete angel

  05-11-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  In this episode of Crime Beat, hear the story of a teenage girl who went missing and the killer who was caught in a tangled web of lies.
  
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• Some Alberta daycares and schools may contain high levels of lead in drinking water

  05-11-2019 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  Never-before-published results of a 2017 daycare study by the province reveal more than a dozen daycares exceeded the previous Health Canada guideline for lead in drinking water.
  
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• Separatist sentiment in Alberta, Saskatchewan at ‘historic’ highs: Ipsos poll

  05-11-2019 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  The idea of western Canada splitting from the rest of the country raised its head after the Oct. 21 federal election.
  
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• Man stabbed to death after argument over Popeyes chicken sandwich

  05-11-2019 07:53
  A man was stabbed to death Monday at a Maryland Popeyes after what appears to have been an argument over the restaurant's re-released chicken sandwich, police said. The victim, a 28-year-old man, was stabbed outside the restaurant around 7p.m., Prince George's County Police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said at a news conference Monday. He had been in line for a chicken sandwich when he and another man got into an argument, which spilled onto the street, Donelan said. Police believe the argument
  
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• Women, children killed in Mexico cartel attack were U.S. citizens, relatives say

  05-11-2019 06:52
  MEXICO CITY -- Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering at least six children and three women -- all of them U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico -- in a grisly attack that left one of their vehicles a burned-out, bullet-riddled hulk, authorities said Tuesday. The dead included 8-month-old twins. At least five other youngsters were wounded by gunfire. Mexican Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo said the attackers may have mistaken the group's large SUVs for those o
  
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• Traffic rerouted after 3-vehicle crash northwest of Pincher Creek, Alta.

  05-11-2019 05:37 via globalnews.ca
  Crowsnest Pass RCMP said the collision happened on Highway 22 and Range Road 21 on Monday.
  
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