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• Veterans village of tiny homes pitched for north Edmonton

  11-11-2019 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton's Homes for Heroes Foundation hopes to build of over a dozen 300-square-foot homes that will soon be part of Canada’s second veterans village.
  
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• ‘We want justice’: Car dealership appeals for help after 5 vehicles, 23 sets of keys stolen

  11-11-2019 23:11
  
  CALGARY — A southeast Calgary auto dealership is hoping the public will help track down a group of thieves who broke into their office and made off with five vehicles and 23 sets of keys. CCTV footage shows a person wearing a hat and mask climb through the window of the Country Auto Credit dealership on 51st Street S.E. just before 5 a.m. Saturday.  Over the course of more than two hours, the person rummages through the office, steals keys to vehicles, takes shoes and a jacket, then h
  
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• Don Cherry's history of controversial comments

  11-11-2019 22:48
  
  TORONTO --  Don Cherry’s angry Remembrance Day rant singling out immigrants on Saturday drew condemnation across Canada and resulted in his ouster from Sportsnet, but this is not the first time Cherry has made controversial comments. Famously brash and often divisive statements have been part of Cherry’s brand throughout his nearly 40 years as a hockey commentator. He has rarely apologized. On Saturday, Cherry spoke angrily about not seeing “you people” wearing poppi
  
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• Raptors forward Pascal Siakam named Eastern Conference player of the week

  11-11-2019 21:34
  
  NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week. Siakam averaged team highs of 30.3 points and 11.3 rebounds as the Raptors picked up wins over Sacramento, New Orleans and the Los Angeles Lakers last week. He also shot .515 (34-for-66) from the field and .810 (17-for-21) at the free throw line. Siakam began the week by posting 23 points and 13 rebounds Wednesday against the visiting Kings. He then his career high with 44 points Frid
  
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• Commercial service of Boeing 737 aircrafts could begin in January

  11-11-2019 21:26
  
  WINNIPEG -- Airlines could soon be able to resume commercial service of Boeing 737 jets, which have been grounded for a number of months. In a Nov. 11 news release, the company said delivery of the jets to airline customers could resume beginning in December. It notes it expects commercial service of the aircrafts to begin in January. In March 2019, Canada grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircrafts following fatal plane crashes in Ethiopia and off the Indonesia coast. Boeing said it’s been
  
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• 'I don't regret a thing': Don Cherry speaks out on his firing and Ron MacLean

  11-11-2019 21:11
  
  TORONTO -- Hockey broadcaster Don Cherry has suggested that he was given an opportunity to stay with Sportsnet after making widely derided comments about immigrants and poppies. “I could’ve stayed on if I wanted to and knuckled under, and turned into a simp, but that’s not my style,” Cherry said Monday night in an interview with Toronto radio station Newstalk 1010. “I’m unemployed now after 38 years. It’s kind of strange to be unemployed, halfway through
  
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• Don Cherry steps down after scolding immigrants who don't wear poppies

  11-11-2019 21:11
  
  TORONTO -- Longtime NHL broadcaster Don Cherry has stepped down after decades on Canadian airwaves over offensive comments he made about immigrants. The “Coach’s Corner” host came under fire over the weekend for comments claiming that immigrants don’t wear poppies and don’t support veterans. "You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that," Cherry said during a broadcast on
  
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• Don Cherry speaks out on his firing and Ron MacLean

  11-11-2019 21:11
  
  TORONTO -- Hockey broadcaster Don Cherry has suggested that he was given an opportunity to stay with Sportsnet after making widely derided comments about immigrants and poppies. “I could’ve stayed on if I wanted to and knuckled under, and turned into a simp, but that’s not my style,” Cherry said Monday night in an interview with Toronto radio station Newstalk 1010. “If had gone on and said a few things and done a few things, I definitely would have been back. There&
  
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• Don Cherry fired after scolding immigrants who don't wear poppies

  11-11-2019 21:11
  
  TORONTO -- Longtime NHL broadcaster Don Cherry has been fired after decades on Canadian airwaves over offensive comments he made about immigrants. The “Coach’s Corner” host came under fire over the weekend for comments claiming that immigrants don’t wear poppies and don’t support veterans. "You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that," Cherry said during a broadcast on S
  
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• UCP taking ‘corrective action’ after comments during Kenney Facebook Live blocked by staff

  11-11-2019 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some Albertans who tuned in to a live stream on Premier Jason Kenney's Facebook page over the weekend say they had their comments muted or were blocked from the page.
  
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• Lost species of fanged 'mouse deer' spotted for first time in 30 years

  11-11-2019 20:56
  
  A lost species known as the “mouse deer’” has been spotted for the first time since 1990. The “shy and solitary” silver-backed chevrotain, which is the size of a rabbit and has two tiny fangs, was last recorded more than 25 years ago. It was since thought to have been lost by snare poaching in Vietnam. The discovery, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, was made by a team of researchers who set up a series of “camera traps” for f
  
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• ‘You’ve got to wait 30 years if you didn’t … see it today’: Astronomers get up-close look at Mercury transit

  11-11-2019 20:30
  
  CALGARY — Astronomers in Calgary got a rare, up-close view of the transit of Mercury on Monday as it traveled across the face of the sun. Only visible through a telescope, Mercury made its way across the sun beginning at 7:42 a.m. and ending at 11:04 a.m. “We won’t see it again in North America until 2049, so you’ve got to wait 30 years if you didn’t get a chance to see it today,” said Robyn Foret, vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canad
  
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• Man carjacks Uber, crashes it into Edmonton Remand Centre: EPS

  11-11-2019 20:16
  
  EDMONTON -- An impaired driver hijacked an Uber vehicle and crashed it into the Edmonton Remand Centre early Monday, according to police. Officers received a report just after midnight that an Uber was carjacked by a passenger near 127 Street and Anthony Henday Drive. Later, police got another report that a drunk driver crashed through the fence into a staff parking lot at the remand centre, close to where the carjacking occurred. "Staff held the suspect until police arrived. He was confirmed to
  
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• Press group: Hollywood libel lawsuit could set bad precedent - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 16:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• John Legend lends support as Florida felons get vote rights - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 16:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Drake booed off stage at Tyler the Creator's music festival

  11-11-2019 16:04
  
  TORONTO -- Attendees of rapper Tyler the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw music festival appeared to boo rapper Drake off stage after he was brought on as a surprise performer. Drake was revealed as a surprise headliner after other acts including ASAP Rocky and Lil Uzi Vert had already performed, but fans seemed to think that crooner Frank Ocean would be taking the stage – and took their disappointment out on Drake, according to music site Genius. Video of the fans reacting to Drake onstage
  
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• No Stone Left Alone

  11-11-2019 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global National’s Dawna Friesen takes a special look at the No Stone Left Alone memorial ceremony where Canadian students help remember the service and sacrifice of Canada’s veterans by placing poppies on the headstones of those who served.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone hits Bangladesh - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 15:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• She forgave her rapist, now she wants to help others heal too

  11-11-2019 15:52
  
  TORONTO – Marlee Liss, who opted for a restorative justice process with her rapist, rather than a criminal trial, has started an organization aimed at educating other sexual assault victims about their rights and the potential benefits of doing the same.Read more: 'I do forgive him as a human': Rape victim confronts her attacker“The trial was a really awful experience,” Liss said on CTV’s Your Morning Monday. “I just found that the punitive process was the least con
  
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• Canadians to mark Remembrance Day this morning - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 15:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Chrissy Teigen honoured at Baby2Baby gala - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 15:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• As attendance rises, millennials most likely to show up at Remembrance Day ceremonies

  11-11-2019 15:01
  
  CALGARY – Over last four years the number of Canadians who say they will attend a remembrance ceremony has gone up. In an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Historica Canada, 41 per cent of respondents say they will be attending one of the many ceremonies across the country. That’s up two per cent from last year and a 16 per cent jump from 2016. Historica says the increase likely reflects the realization that Second World War vets are dwindling in numbers, pointing out that the younge
  
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• COMMENTARY: Veterans’ families are linked by the clarion call to never forget

  11-11-2019 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Young men and women were called to action during the Second World War, leaving their parents and other family members at home to address their absence, John Vos says.
  
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• 2019 Silver Cross Mother continues son’s mission through volunteer work

  11-11-2019 14:58
  
  For Reine Samson Dawe, promoting education for women and girls in Afghanistan is an important part of her healing process, but also her way of continuing the mission started by Canadian soldiers, including her son Matthew Dawe. Samson Dawe is this year’s National Silver Cross Mother, an honour conferred by the Royal Canadian Legion each year, to represent all mothers who lost children serving in the military. She will lay a wreath at the National War Memorial in Ottawa during Monday’
  
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• How to safely watch Mercury's 5-hour transit across the sun

  11-11-2019 14:29
  
  The solar system’s smallest planet will appear as a tiny black speck slinking across the sun Monday morning, in a rare celestial event. The transit of Mercury, the innermost planet, began Monday morning around 7:35 a.m. EST. Weather permitting, the planet’s trip across the sun will be visible to most of the world for more than five hours. “Though it takes Mercury only about 88 days to zip around the Sun, its orbit is tilted, so it’s relatively rare for the Sun, Mercury an
  
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• 7 displaced as fire breaks out at home in Citadel

  11-11-2019 14:20
  
  CALGARY – An early morning house fire in a northwest neighbourhood left one home with extensive damage and sent its occupants into the frigid conditions. Fire crews responded to a home on Citadel Heights N.W., in the community of Citadel, at approximately 2 a.m. following reports of a fire. Firefighters encountered significant smoke and flames pouring from the front of a two-storey home and additional resources were deployed to the scene. The occupants of the home, seven people and a pet,
  
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• Siakam scores 44 points, Raptors beat Pelicans 122-104 - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 13:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Siakam scores 44 points, Raptors beat Pelicans 122-104  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Mikko Koskinen makes 26 saves, Oilers blank Devils 4-0 - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 13:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Mikko Koskinen makes 26 saves, Oilers blank Devils 4-0  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kane, Lehner lead fast-starting Blackhawks past Maple Leafs - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 13:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Kane, Lehner lead fast-starting Blackhawks past Maple Leafs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Queen, U.K. politicians out in force to honour war dead

  11-11-2019 12:09
  
  LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II joined Britons in remembering their war dead, as the country's political leaders paused campaigning for the Dec. 12 election to take part in a sombre Remembrance Sunday service in London. The queen, dressed in black, watched from a balcony as her son and heir Prince Charles laid a wreath of scarlet poppies on the Cenotaph war memorial near Parliament.LIVE NOW: Special Remembrance Day coverage from the National War Memorial in OttawaThe 93-year-old monarch, who served
  
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• Cambridge, Ont. veteran recalls time spent in WWII prisoner of war camp

  11-11-2019 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  "As long as you could walk, they were happy to have you," Mervin Fisher said.
  
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• Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 11:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gambia takes Myanmar to top UN court over Rohingya campaign  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Spiritual leaders call for respect, unity during Remembrance Day ceremony

  11-11-2019 10:17
  
  OTTAWA -- Thousands of Canadians braved sub-zero temperatures in the nation's capital on Monday to honour and remember all those -- no matter their background -- who offered up their lives to defend Canada, its values and its principles. Reminders of that common cause among those who served this country and died for it figured prominently during this year's Remembrance Day ceremony alongside calls from spiritual leaders for peace instead of war, unity rather than division, and respect for divers
  
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• Canadians to mark Remembrance Day this morning

  11-11-2019 10:17
  
  OTTAWA -- Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country this morning to remember and honour those who took up arms -- and in some cases paid the ultimate price -- to defend this country and its way of life.LIVE @ 10:30 ET: Special Remembrance Day coverage from the National War Memorial in OttawaThousands are expected to gather at the National War Memorial in Ottawa to mark the national Remembrance Day ceremony, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Julie Payette
  
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• Canadians gather to honour and remember those who fought for the country

  11-11-2019 10:17
  
  OTTAWA -- Eleven tolls from the Peace Tower filled the air around Parliament Hill on Monday morning, marking the start of two minutes of silence in which Canadians paused to remember and honour those who took up arms -- and in some cases paid the ultimate price -- to defend this country and its way of life. Similar scenes played out across the country at cenotaphs and memorials as the clock struck the 11th hour on Remembrance Day. A crowd of thousands lined the wind-swept streets around the Nati
  
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• Turkey starts returning IS fighters, deports US national - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 10:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Hindus rejoice, Muslims deplore India court ruling on temple - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 07:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Field of Crosses lit by 3,000 candles on eve of Nov. 11

  11-11-2019 06:11
  
  The Field of Crosses alongside Memorial Drive was lit up Sunday night by more than 3,000 candles in honour of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers. "There's five acres of crosses here. And each one of them was a real human being who got on a train, probably at the Palliser station in downtown Calgary, went to war, and didn't get to come home," said Thomas Leppard, executive director of the Field of Crosses Society. "So we think of this as their homecoming. This is the moment when we say to t
  
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• Kenney's 'fair deal' plan 'would completely change Alberta' if successful: political scientist

  11-11-2019 05:48
  
  EDMONTON -- A speech during which Premier Jason Kenney lamented unfair treatment by the federation and promised Albertans independence from Ottawa was his most significant address since taking office, says one political scientist—especially if Kenney's 'fair deal' plan goes through.   At a Manning Centre conference in Red Deer on Saturday, Kenney announced Alberta would be opening offices across the country to defend its economic interests, as well as the creation of a panel that woul
  
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• Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers charged, student mourned - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 04:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire

  11-11-2019 04:18
  
  WARNING: This story contains a video some may find distrubring.HONG KONG -- Following a day of violence in which one person was shot by police and another set on fire, Hong Kong's leader pledged Monday to "spare no effort" to halt anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months. The comments by Carrie Lam are likely to fuel speculation that harsher legal and police measures may be in the works. "I do not want to go into details, but I just want to make it very clear
  
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• Hong Kong leader pledges stiffer measures after protester shot, man set on fire

  11-11-2019 04:18
  
  WARNING: This story contains a video some may find distrubring.Hong Kong's leader pledged on Monday to "spare no effort" in bringing an end to anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months, following a day of violence in which one person was shot and another set on fire. Carrie Lam's comments are likely to fuel speculation that harsher legal and police measures may be in the works to curb the protests. "I do not want to go into details, but I just want to make it
  
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• Kodiaks women's cross country team wins national championship - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 03:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Blue Bombers reach CFL's West Division final with 35-14 win over Stampeders

  11-11-2019 01:26
  
  CALGARY -- The Winnipeg Blue Bombers advanced to the CFL's West Division final with a 35-14 win over the Calgary Stampeders in Sunday's semifinal. The Blue Bombers travel to Regina to face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in next Sunday's West final. The victor there represents the West in the Grey Cup in Calgary on Nov. 24. Nic Demski, Darvin Adams and Chris Streveler scored touchdowns and Justin Medlock kicked four field goals for Winnipeg. Reggie Begelton scored two touchdowns for the host Stampe
  
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• Missing Clark Atlanta University student found dead - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2019 01:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Missing Clark Atlanta University student found dead  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton parents going to Tokyo after toddler's button pushing wins them contest

  11-11-2019 00:55
  
  Like most kids, 20-month-old Anthony Tappenden likes to push his parents' buttons. But not just the ones having to do with patience. All buttons. On phones. On remotes. This one time, his parents, Lee and Amy, don't mind. On Thursday, Lee received a call from Shaw informing him the couple had won an all-expenses paid trip to Tokyo. "I just really didn’t believe it at all. I asked him many times, 'Is this a scam here? Are you really from Shaw?" Lee recalled. "He laughed it off and said, 'It
  
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• Farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan struggling to harvest snow-covered crops, while Manitoba saw ‘miracle’ snow melt

  11-11-2019 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Winter's icy fingers have touched most of the Prairies since late September, causing havoc and frustration for many farmers trying to get crops off their fields.
  
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