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• Lethbridge police under investigation after young girl allegedly hurt during incident

  26-11-2019 23:42
  
  CALGARY – The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has begun an investigation into an incident involving the Lethbridge police's arrest of a 33-year-old woman where the suspect's daughter was allegedly harmed as a result of the officers' actions. According to the report, ASIRT says Lethbridge police officers were called to respond to a unit in an apartment building on two separate occasions on Nov. 16. During the first call, police were told the occupants of the downstairs unit were havi
  
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• Lethbridge police under investigation after young girl allegedly hurt during arrest

  26-11-2019 23:42
  
  CALGARY – The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has begun an investigation into an incident involving the Lethbridge police's arrest of a 33-year-old woman where the suspect's daughter was allegedly harmed as a result of the officers' actions. According to the report, ASIRT says Lethbridge police officers were called to respond to a unit in an apartment building on two separate occasions on Nov. 16. During the first call, police were told the occupants of the downstairs unit were havi
  
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• Flyers on your phone: reebee aims to cut costs and waste for Black Friday shoppers and retailers

  26-11-2019 22:58
  
  CALGARY -- Seeking deals can mean sifting through a lot of flyers, so a Canadian company has created an app to make it quicker and easier to find the best prices, all while creating less waste. It's called reebee and it's a free platform where people can browse digital flyers from more than 100 Canadian stores at once, then save offers to a personalized shopping list. “It’s so fast and quick,” said Sayeh Moayerian who uses reebee. “I don’t need to go page by page to
  
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• Canada's largest cannabis store rolls into West Edmonton Mall

  26-11-2019 22:46
  
  EDMONTON -- One of Canada's largest cannabis companies is opening the country's largest cannabis store at West Edmonton Mall. Alberta-based Aurora Cannabis is a well-known producer in the cannabis industry but has never opened its own storefront, opting instead to partner with other companies at the retail level. That all changes Wednesday at 10 a.m. when it opens an 11,000-square-foot storefront at North America's biggest mall. Aurora's outlet will also become the only mall-based Cannabis store
  
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• Calgary tenant evicted for not paying rent after apartment floods numerous times

  26-11-2019 22:09
  
  CALGARY — Richard Babuik is urging Calgary renters to know their rights after he was given a 14-day notice to move out of his southwest apartment for withholding rent. Ordered to be out by Nov. 26, Babuik said he didn’t pay the rent because his suite wasn’t repaired properly after it flooded numerous times. “This has been incredibly frustrating,” said Babuick.  Babuik said the suite he rented through Boardwalk flooded four times in 16 months, the first in June
  
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• Two Calgary men facing charges for weapons offences

  26-11-2019 22:08
  
  CALGARY – Two men are facing a long list of charges in connection with an investigation into gang activity that began in September. Officials say the operation, which targeted individuals in high-risk lifestyles, located a white, 2018 Ford Fusion parked at a truck stop in the 4900 block of Barlow Trail S.E. on Nov. 23. Police say two of the occupants of the vehicle were wanted in connection with the operation as well as three other unknown individuals. Officers managed to arrest three of t
  
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• Alberta government puts freeze on new photo radar equipment, locations

  26-11-2019 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Effective Dec. 1, municipalities and police agencies will not be allowed to install new or upgraded photo radar devices or set up new locations as the provincial government examines the current rules.
  
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• 'No opportunities for any benefits': Premier Moe curbs separatism speculation

  26-11-2019 21:52
  
  REGINA -- Premier Scott Moe curbed the idea of Saskatchewan separation ahead of his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday. “At this point there are no opportunities for any benefits by separation,” Moe said. “We have a federal government, a prime minister that has said he’s heard the frustrations of the people of this province. He said he wants to be there to support the frustrations of this province. Moe met with Prime Minister Trudeau in Ottawa
  
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• CN strike is over, but experts warn supply chain could be off-track for weeks

  26-11-2019 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  “This is a good example of how fragile the supply chain is in Canada."
  
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• U of C students find possible solution for 'green seed problem' in canola crops

  26-11-2019 21:25
  
  CALGARY — A team of University of Calgary students have invented a process that could solve the ‘green seed problem,’ a downgrading factor in the oil seed production that costs Canadian farmers an average of $150 million a year. The green seed problem develops when canola crops are subjected to an early frost, fixing the chlorophyll in the seed instead of allowing it to dissipate as the plant matures, because chlorophyll affects the quality the oil extracted from the seed. &ldq
  
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• Lifelong friendships torn apart as CBE redraws school boundaries

  26-11-2019 21:18
  
  CALGARY – Parents in a number of southwest Calgary communities are upset after the Calgary Board of Education's decision to change school eligibility rules they say will change their children's lives. The CBE says Ernest Manning High School is already at capacity and has added roughly 100 students each year. But starting next school year, students from a dozen surrounding communities will be turned away and forced to ride on past Ernest Manning to another school in downtown Calgary. The af
  
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• Regina police to arm all front-line officers with naloxone: chief

  26-11-2019 20:03
  
  REGINA -- The police chief in Regina says a policy shift is coming that will see more officers carrying the life-saving antidote naloxone. Evan Bray says all front-line officers are to be equipped next year with naloxone, which can reverse or block the effects of an opioid overdose. Bray says the force initially only provided Narcan, the nasal spray version of naloxone, to people in certain positions such as supervisors, school resource officers and workers in the detention area. Many police age
  
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• 'I feel so much better': Alberta widow no longer has to pay $6K in fraudulent credit card charges, bank says

  26-11-2019 19:59
  
  EDMONTON -- After a months-long ordeal, a Beaumont woman no longer has to pay bills on a fraudulent credit card opened under her late husband's name, the bank that issued it said. In August, Lynn Zink received a letter from Walmart Financial asking her to pay overdue credit card bills. But her husband Keith had died of cancer at the end of last year. Related: 'He wasn't even alive': Widow asked to pay $6K bill for credit card taken out in husband's name Zink says she called Walmart and was told
  
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• 'I'm scared to answer my phone': Sask. First Nation leader confirms sixth attempted suicide in less than a week

  26-11-2019 19:56
  
  SASKATOON -- The suicide crisis on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation is deepening after a sixth young person tried to end their own life, according to a community leader. The attempt comes after five others, reportedly occurring over the weekend, all involving teens. "I'm scared to answer my phone," band manager Barry Chalifoux said in an interview. Chalifoux and Marion Mitsuing, a mental health therapist based in the community, said they were notified by Monday night about a sixth attempt, als
  
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• Peters won't coach Wednesday night as Flames continue to investigate allegations of racist comments

  26-11-2019 19:45
  
  CALGARY — Bill Peters is still the coach, but won't be behind the bench Wednesday in Buffalo, as the Calgary Flames continue to investigate allegations that Peters made racist comments directed at former player Akim Aliu. That was the word early Tuesday evening, when the Flames issued a statement from general manager Brad Treliving, stating that, "This is a very serious matter and we want to be thorough in our review. "Bill Peters will not be behind the bench for the Flames game tomorrow n
  
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• Peters won't coach Thursday night as Flames continue to investigate allegations of racist comments

  26-11-2019 19:45
  
  CALGARY — Bill Peters is still the coach, but won't be behind the bench Thursday in Buffalo, as the Calgary Flames continue to investigate allegations that Peters made racist comments directed at former player Akim Aliu. That was the word early Tuesday evening, when the Flames issued a statement from General Manager Brad Treliving, stating that, "This is a very serious matter and we want to be thorough in our review. "Bill Peters will not be behind the bench for the Flames game tomorrow ni
  
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• Calgary Flames continue to investigate allegations of racist comments by head coach Bill Peters

  26-11-2019 19:45
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames are continuing to investigate allegations head coach Bill Peters made racist comments directed at former player Akim Aliu. Aliu, who played seven games for the Flames in 2012 and 2013, made the allegation over social media on Monday, saying Peters hurled racial slurs at him while he played for the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League during his rookie year. While he didn't mention Peters by name, Aliu indicated that's who he was talking about when he
  
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• Calgary Flames continue to investigate allegations of racism against head coach Bill Peters

  26-11-2019 19:45
  
  CALGARY — The Calgary Flames are continuing to investigate allegations head coach Bill Peters made racist comments directed at former player Akim Aliu. Aliu, who played seven games for the Flames in 2012 and 2013, made the allegation over social media on Monday, saying Peters hurled racial slurs at him while he played for the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League during his rookie year. While he didn't mention Peters by name, Aliu indicated that's who he was talking about when he
  
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• Speed and alcohol considered factors in fatal crash, RCMP say

  26-11-2019 19:39
  
  CALGARY – Authorities say a 66-year-old woman has died after a crash Monday evening near the southern Alberta community of Coalhurst. Coaldale RCMP was called at about 7:15 p.m. to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 at the intersection leading into the town. Officials say a white Volkswagen Jetta was westbound on the highway when it collided with a red Ford Escape that had stopped at a stop sign on 51st Street. The driver and lone occupant of the Escape was pronounced dead at th
  
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• Spotted in Burnaby: B.C.'s brightly coloured 'hot duck' appears to be back

  26-11-2019 19:31
  
  A rare bird that ruffled feathers of birders and photographers last winter appears to be back in Metro Vancouver. The Mandarin duck first spotted in November 2018 was seen at Burnaby Lake this week. Kelly Borget took a photo of the gold, green and blue bird floating calmly on the water, but said his behaviour was a bit aggressive when feeding. She said she became interested in birds over the last year, and goes to the park several times a week to check out the ducks and other wildlife. "It's esp
  
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• Charges laid for theft of ATMs and lengthy police pursuit in southeastern and central Alberta

  26-11-2019 18:22
  
  CALGARY — A man is facing numerous charges relating to the theft of two ATMs and a lengthy police pursuit around southeast and central Alberta over the weekend. An arrest was made Sunday following the two-hour pursuit, which saw police deploy spike belts unsuccessfully. The charges also relate to the theft of ATMs in Oyen and Hanna. The first happened at the Debmart Café in Oyen, about 300 kilometres east of Calgary in the early-morning hours of Saturday. Thieves in a Ford F350 smas
  
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• Winnipeg man who coached 3 Bombers from Grey Cup-winning team says impact 'beyond words'

  26-11-2019 18:18
  
  WINNIPEG -- Oak Park High School football coach Stu Nixon has been hearing the word congratulations a lot lately. He says people he doesn’t even know have been wishing him well now that three of his former players will have their names engraved on the Grey Cup.  Oak Park High School alumni Andrew Harris, Nick Demski and Brady Oliveira are all members of this year’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who won Sunday’s107th Grey Cup 33-12 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.  Nixon accepts
  
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• Man found dead in Calgary the first to be identified using National Missing Persons DNA Program

  26-11-2019 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  This is the first time DNA submitted to the national DNA data bank has been successfully used to identify human remains in Canada.
  
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• Premiers need to quit picking fights and focus on Canadians, N.L. premier says

  26-11-2019 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's premiers are set to meet next week in Toronto, and Dwight Ball says he'll talk about ways to help provinces whose economies depend on natural resources cope with downturns.
  
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• Premiers need to quit picking fights and focus on Canadians: Ball

  26-11-2019 17:29
  
  OTTAWA -- Premiers should quit picking fights with the prime minister -- and with each other -- if they want to maintain national unity, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador said Tuesday. Premier Dwight Ball was the latest in a series of provincial leaders to cycle through meetings with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following last month's election, but their conversation Tuesday also comes ahead of next week's gathering of the Council of the Federation. That meeting of provincial and territo
  
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• Newfoundland and Labrador has ‘vested interest’ in economy in Alberta: Ball

  26-11-2019 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball spoke on Tuesday about his province’s tight economic bonds with Alberta and said he takes concerns about Canadian unity “very seriously.”
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for communities south and west of Calgary

  26-11-2019 16:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The warning includes Kananaskis, Canmore, Okotoks, High River, Claresholm.
  
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• Feral hogs attacked and killed a woman outside Texas home

  26-11-2019 16:06
  
  (CNN) -- A Texas woman was found dead after pre-dawn attack by a group of feral hogs outside a home, the Chambers County sheriff said. Christine Rollins, a 59-year old caregiver to an elderly couple in Anahuac, failed to show up at her normal time on Sunday, the sheriff's office said. The 84-year-old homeowner found her lying in the front yard between her car and the house. Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said in a news conference Monday that "multiple hogs" assaulted Rollins when she arrived at work, l
  
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• National Missing Persons DNA Program used for first time to identify man found dead in Calgary

  26-11-2019 15:58
  
  CALGARY — For the first time in Canada, officials were able to learn the identity of a man found deceased using the National Missing Persons DNA Program. The body of a man was found Oct. 4 by a Good Samaritan who was cycling on the Nose Creek Pathway, south of 16th Avenue and west of Deerfoot Trail. The cyclist stopped at a homeless encampment and found the man’s body in a tent. The medical examiner concluded the death was not suspicious, and the man’s body had been in the tent
  
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• CN Rail, union reach tentative agreement after week-long strike

  26-11-2019 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers walked off the job on Nov. 19 over concerns about long hours, fatigue and "dangerous working conditions." 
  
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• CN Rail and union reach tentative agreement after week-long strike

  26-11-2019 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers walked off the job on Nov. 19 over concerns about long hours, fatigue and "dangerous working conditions." 
  
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• Temporary freeze on new photo radar devices; new rules coming

  26-11-2019 14:48
  
  The province is putting a temporary freeze on new photo radar devices and locations while it reviews their use in Alberta. "Our number one priority is safety and we need to ensure that photo radar is used to create safety and not simply as a revenue-collecting device," Transportation Minister Ric McIver said. McIver and Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer announced the freeze on Tuesday. It will go into effect on Dec. 1, 2019. Schweitzer outlined the need to collect better and more consistent data
  
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• Province to provide update on photo radar

  26-11-2019 14:48
  
  Transportation Minister Ric McIver and Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer will provide an update on photo radar in the province on Tuesday.Watch the announcement live at 12:30 p.m. A report on Automated Traffic Enforcement (ATE) in February found that Alberta has the highest use of ATE but the impact on traffic safety is minimal. The previous government changed the rules around using photo radar, prohibiting use in transition zones and limiting use on high-speed, multi-lane roads. This is a d
  
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• Overnight snowfall creates slippery conditions for Calgary drivers

  26-11-2019 14:37
  
  CALGARY — Overnight snowfall is creating slippery conditions for Calgary drivers on the Tuesday morning commute. CTV News Calgary meteorologist Kevin Stanfield is projecting about five to eight centimetres of snowfall. Conditions are snow-covered on main roads likes Stoney Trail, Crowchild Trail and Glenmore Trail, and visibility is at a premium in some areas with blowing snow. As temperatures drop, drivers can expect black ice to form, creating slippery patches. As a result, Calgary polic
  
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• Suspect arrested after feces dumped on people near Toronto university libraries

  26-11-2019 11:30
  
  Toronto police say they have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a string of incidents in which victims were attacked with liquid fecal matter. Police announced the arrest Tuesday night and said the suspect was taken into custody near Queen Street and Spadina Avenue at around 6 p.m. based on information received by investigators. The arrest comes after a bucket of what was believed to be feces was dumped on a female outside a University of Toronto building late Monday night, the third
  
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• Koala dies one week after rescue from Australia bushfire

  26-11-2019 11:01
  
  Ellenborough Lewis, the koala who shot to internet fame after being rescued last week from massive wildfires that engulfed the Australian state of New South Wales, has died. Port Macquarie Koala Hospital made the decision to euthanize Lewis Tuesday after inspecting his wounds. It became clear that the marsupial's burns were not going to improve, the hospital said in a Facebook post. "(Our) number one goal is animal welfare, so it was on those grounds that this decision was made," the hospital sa
  
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• End assault-style gun sales now, Polytechnique survivors group tells Liberals

  26-11-2019 10:38
  
  OTTAWA -- A leading voice for stricter gun control is calling on the Liberal government to place an immediate moratorium on new sales of assault-style firearms as well as a permanent ban on the importation and manufacture of handguns. In a letter sent Monday to Bill Blair, the new federal public safety minister, PolySeSouvient urges prompt steps to fulfil the Liberal campaign promise to ban military-style assault rifles and crack down on handguns. PolySeSouvient includes students and graduates o
  
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• Senate won't appeal court order to pay damages over unilingual drinking fountains

  26-11-2019 10:25
  
  OTTAWA -- The Senate of Canada will not appeal a court ruling that found the upper house violated a francophone man's language rights by utilizing English-only push-buttons on Parliament Hill drinking fountains. The Federal Court last week ordered the Senate to pay former public servant Michel Thibodeau $1,500 in damages and to cover his $700 in court costs. Thibodeau complained in 2016 that water fountains in the hallways of Parliament Hill's East Block -- which houses some Senate offices and c
  
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• Tentative deal reached to end CN Rail strike

  26-11-2019 10:20
  
  MONTREAL - Teamsters Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. to renew the collective agreement for over 3,000 conductors, trainpersons and yard workers. The union says normal operations at CN will resume Wednesday at 6 a.m. local time across Canada. Developing story...
  
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• CN, Teamsters reach tentative strike deal, economic fallout still top of mind

  26-11-2019 10:20
  
  MONTREAL -- An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that halted shipments, triggered layoffs and disrupted industries across the country. Normal operations at CN will resume Wednesday at 6 a.m. local time across Canada, the union said.
  
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• CN, Teamsters reach tentative deal, with economic fallout still top of mind

  26-11-2019 10:20
  
  MONTREAL -- Canada's largest railway and Teamsters Canada have reached a tentative deal to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that triggered layoffs, disrupted industries and halted bulk and container shipments. Normal operations at Canadian National Railway Co. will resume Wednesday at 6 a.m. local time across Canada, the union said. The federal government had faced mounting pressure to resolve the strike -- either through swift mediation, binding arbitrat
  
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• CN, Teamsters reach tentative deal, but shipping backlog to linger

  26-11-2019 10:20
  
  MONTREAL -- An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns over the economic fallout still linger. Canadian National Railway Co. and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that halted shipments, triggered layoffs and disrupted industries across the country. Normal operations at CN will resume Wednesday at 6 a.m. local time across Canada, the union
  
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• Seal pup takes nap after being rescued from California parking deck

  26-11-2019 07:58
  
  Being rescued, playing with firefighters and posing for photos proved to be an exhausting day for Santos, a baby seal in Redwood City, California. A citizen contacted the Redwood City Fire Department after seeing Santos in a parking deck Sunday. Firefighters arrived and rescued Santos, taking the seal back to the fire station, where the charming creature posed for some heart-meltingly adorable photos before taking a nap. The firefighters caught the sleepy seal dozing off and posted the video alo
  
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• Blue Bombers fan fulfills promise, wears pants for 1st time in 18 years after Grey Cup win

  26-11-2019 06:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan can finally wear pants for the first time in 18 years after his team won the Grey Cup in Calgary on Sunday.
  
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• Flames address allegations of racism against coach Bill Peters

  26-11-2019 05:47
  
  Calgary Flames general manager Jim Treliving responded Monday to allegations by former Flame Akim Aliu of racist comments made by head coach Bill Peters over a decade ago. Aliu, who played seven games for the Flames in 2012 and 2013, tweeted his allegations Monday night, alleging that Peters 'dropped the N bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn't like my choice of music.' Peters coached the Rockford Ice Hogs, a Chicago Black Hawk minor league affilia
  
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• Preschoolers overwhelmingly get more screen time than WHO recommends: study

  26-11-2019 05:21
  
  A new Canadian study suggests that preschoolers are overwhelmingly getting more screen time than is recommended for children their age, and that their parents’ personal TV habits could be a cause. The research letter, published in JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, revealed that of the 1,595 two-year-old children and the 1,994 three-year-old children included in the study, two-year-olds exceeded the recommended screen-time guidelines 79 per cent of the time, while three-year-olds exceeded the guid
  
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• Calgary Flames, NHL investigating alleged racial slur​ used by head coach

  26-11-2019 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Akim Aliu tweeted Monday that Bill Peters "dropped the N-bomb several times towards me in the dressing room in my rookie year because he didn't like my choice of music."
  
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• Bill Peters still on staff as NHL, Calgary Flames investigate alleged racial slurs

  26-11-2019 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 30-year-old Aliu never referred to Peters by name, but did reference Calgary's airport code "YYC" when writing about the alleged coach involved in the matter.
  
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• 1 dead following collision at Coalhurst intersection

  26-11-2019 04:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person has died in a two-vehicle collision in Coalhurst at Highway 3 and 51 Avenue on Monday night.
  
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• Pressure on Canada to meet emission targets as CO2 levels hit record high

  26-11-2019 04:40
  
  The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high in 2018, according to new data put out Monday by the World Meteorological Organization, a revelation that casts a dim light on Canada’s current methods in battling the climate crisis. Even more alarming, data from the United Nations-affiliated organization shows there is no sign of a slowdown in the rate of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere, and that for some types, the concentration is increasing faster than ever
  
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