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• Traffic stop for tinted windows leads to 40 drug and weapons charges against 4 people

  28-11-2019 23:53
  
  Driving with tinted windows and an obstructed front windshield has led to 40 drug and weapons charges against four people. Officers on patrol about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday noticed a truck driving through a parking lot in the 400 block of 36th Street N.E., which had tinted windows and a partially obstructed front windshield. After stopping the truck, officers learned two of three people inside were wanted on outstanding warrants. A man and two women were taken into custody without incident and a subseq
  
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• Police officials search for federal offender on a Canada Wide Warrant

  28-11-2019 23:52
  
  SUDBURY – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is requesting the public's assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of the Breach of Long Term Supervision Order. Kenneth Froude is described as a 51-year-old male, 5'11, 152 lbs, with brown eyes and greying hair. He is currently bound by a Long Term Supervision Order resulting from a two year and six month sentence for Break and Enter, Sexual Assault and Sexual Assault with a Weapon. The of
  
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• Road to recovery: Manny Osborne-Paradis working hard to get back to competitive skiing

  28-11-2019 23:19
  
  Downhill skier Manny Osborne-Paradis is back in Lake Louise, not to race for Canada but to cheer on his teammates in this weekend's Super G races.  Osborne-Paradis hasn’t been in the starting blocks since this time last year, when he suffered a terrible injury in a training run at Lake Louise. Doctors ranked Osborne-Paradis's tibial fracture five-out-of-six in terms of seriousness. The 34-year-old almost lost his leg.  In a Thursday interview with CTV News, Osborne-Paradis said k
  
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• Number of Influenza B cases in Calgary already double last year: AHS

  28-11-2019 23:10
  
  The Influenza B strain has hit Calgary harder in the first few weeks of flu season than all of last year, according to the latest data released by Alberta Health Services. The Calgary Zone has seen 78 lab-confirmed cases of Influenza B so far this flu season, compared to 33 for the same period a year prior. Flu season begins in late October and runs until March 31 each year. Influenza A, by comparison, has seen 138 lab-confirmed cases so far in Calgary, compared to 2,308 in the previous year. In
  
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• What is a 'bomb cyclone' and how could it impact Canada?

  28-11-2019 22:53
  
  As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, travel across the country has been chaotic due in part to a massive winter storm along the West Coast that has been given the apocalyptic term “bomb cyclone.” A bomb cyclone, otherwise known as “explosive cylcogenesis,” is essentially a weather system that experiences a rapid pressure decrease that brings strong winds and precipitation. Typically, a drop in pressure of at least 24 millibars in 24 hours can be classified as a bomb cyclo
  
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• New University of Calgary study examines lives of young dinosaurs

  28-11-2019 22:53
  
  Research led by scientists at the University of Calgary’s department of geoscience revealed new information about the teen years of some of Alberta’s largest predators. The study, which appears in the Nov. 28 issue of Scientific Reports, looks at juvenile tyrannosaurs, or tyrannosaurids — a group of related meat-eating dinosaur species whose largest and most famous member was the Tyrannosaurus rex, or T. rex. Alberta’s badland preserves hold some of the greatest variety o
  
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• Police hunt for Calgary man whose burned-out truck was found near Pemberton, B.C.

  28-11-2019 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  "This felt like a murder, someone needed to make someone disappear, was trying to get rid of the evidence," said James Starke, who found the burned out truck.
  
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• Naughty list: B.C. mall fires 'fun-loving' Santa over cheeky pictures

  28-11-2019 22:17
  
  Gary Haupt has been feeling less jolly lately. The 69-year-old was fired from his role as a mall Santa in Penticton, B.C. this week after he uploaded some cheeky photos to social media. "They call the pictures dirty or inappropriate," Haupt told CTV News. "They're none of those things. It's just hard for me to swallow that part." Some of the images were taken last Friday with Michelle Prystay, an esethetician who was over at Haupt's house painting his partner's nails. Prystay has been visiting e
  
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• Naughty list: B.C. mall fires 'fun-loving' Santa over cheeky Facebook pictures

  28-11-2019 22:17
  
  Gary Haupt has been feeling less jolly lately. The 69-year-old was fired from his role as a mall Santa in Penticton, B.C. this week after he uploaded some cheeky photos to social media. "They call the pictures dirty or inappropriate," Haupt told CTV News. "They're none of those things. It's just hard for me to swallow that part." Some of the images were taken last Friday with Michelle Prystay, an esethetician who was over at Haupt's house painting his partner's nails. Prystay has been visiting e
  
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• Comedian Mike Ward must pay Jeremy Gabriel for discriminatory joke, appeals court rules

  28-11-2019 22:13
  
  A judge on Thursday rejected part of the appeal of a comedian who joked about drowning a disabled boy. Comedian Mike Ward must pay $35,000 to Jeremy Gabriel because of a joke he told at shows between 2010 and 2013, the court confirmed. A panel of Appellate Court judges upheld part of a ruling against Ward handed down in January 2019. Ward had been ordered to pay $42,000: $35,000 to Gabriel, $7,000 to his mother. The Appellate Court judges confirmed on Thursday the earlier ruling that found Ward'
  
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• Burned-out truck believed to belong to missing Calgary man found in B.C.

  28-11-2019 20:51
  
  Police in Alberta and B.C. are appealing for help to locate a missing Calgary man after a truck believed to be his was found burned-out in Pemberton. Marshal Iwaasa, 26, was last seen by family members in Lethbridge on Nov. 17, when he planned to return to Calgary. He has not been seen or heard from since. On Nov. 25, a burned-out vehicle was located by Pemberton RCMP, which is believed to belong to Iwaasa. His family was notified and reported him missing. Pemberton is about 32 kilometres north
  
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• Out of the shadows: How an Alberta government minister is waging war on FGM

  28-11-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  It seems like a problem from another place and time, but female genital mutilation is a very Canadian issue, according to an Alberta government minister and a human rights journalist who are joining forces.
  
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• Stampeders punter Rob Maver calls it a career

  28-11-2019 19:04
  
  Longtime Calgary Stampeders punter Rob Maver is hanging up his cleats. The 33-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Thursday morning, ending a 10-year CFL career. Maver joined the Calgary Stampeders ahead of the 2010 season and served as the team's placekicker. After one season of placekicking, he lost the role and switched to punting. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the morning.
  
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• Akim Aliu calls Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters’ apology ‘misleading, insincere and concerning’

  28-11-2019 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Akim Aliu is not happy with the apology Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters issued for a racial slur he allegedly used when both were in the minors 10 years ago.
  
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• 'Misleading, insincere and concerning': Akim Aliu responds to Flames coach Bill Peters' apology

  28-11-2019 18:48
  
  Even though it wasn't directed toward him, former NHLer Akim Aliu says he found the apology penned by Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters to be "misleading, insincere and concerning." Aliu made the statement on social media Thursday, hours after Peters' apology was issued Wednesday night, and added he has accepted an invitation to meet with NHL officials. "Out of respect for that process,, I will not respond publicly to the statement or discuss the racism and discrimination I have endured unti
  
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• 'Misleading, insincere and concerning': Akim Aliu dismisses Peters' apology

  28-11-2019 18:48
  
  Even though it wasn't directed toward him, former NHLer Akim Aliu says he doesn't accept the apology penned by Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters. "I have read the statement of Bill Peters, which I found to be misleading, insincere and concerning," Aliu wrote on social media Thursday morning.   Aliu added he has accepted an invitation to meet with NHL officials and "out of respect for that process," he won't be commenting further. Peters wrote a letter to Flames general manager Brad Trel
  
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• 'Misleading, insincere and concerning': Akim Aliu dismisses Flames coach Bill Peters' apology

  28-11-2019 18:48
  
  Even though it wasn't directed toward him, former NHLer Akim Aliu says he doesn't accept the apology penned by Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters. "I have read the statement of Bill Peters, which I found to be misleading, insincere and concerning," Aliu wrote on social media Thursday morning.   Aliu added he has accepted an invitation to meet with NHL officials and "out of respect for that process," he won't be commenting further. Peters wrote a letter to Flames general manager Brad Trel
  
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• 'Swatting' hoaxes at Alberta schools result in charges against Scottish teens

  28-11-2019 18:09
  
  Three teenagers in Scotland have been charged and charges are pending against another teen in England after a series of shooting and bomb threats made against schools in five countries earlier this year, including some in Alberta. On Feb. 11, multiple schools in Edmonton received phone calls threatening either a bomb or impending attack by an armed suspect. Police say the calls were made by an online calling app, and the caller had a Scottish or English accent. The schools initiated heightened s
  
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• 'Travel at your own risk': Northbound I-15 in Montana reopens after massive snowstorm

  28-11-2019 18:01
  
  Northbound Interstate 15 in Montana, leading to the Coutts border crossing into Canada, was reopened early Thursday, however motorists are being advised to travel at their own risk. Heavy snowfall forced the interstate to be closed at Shelby, about 60 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border, Wednesday evening. Drivers could still head south, however motorists were advised they would be travelling at their own risk. The Coutts Civic Centre was opened to accept stranded travellers as the local
  
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• Northbound I15 in Montana reopens after massive snowstorm, but travel 'at your own risk'

  28-11-2019 18:01
  
  Northbound Interstate 15 in Montana, leading to the Coutts border crossing into Canada, was reopened early Thursday, however motorists are being advised to travel at their own risk. Heavy snowfall forced the interstate to be closed at Shelby, about 60 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border, Wednesday evening. Drivers could still head south, however motorists were advised they would be travelling at their own risk. The Coutts Civic Centre was opened to accept stranded travellers as the local
  
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• Northbound I-15 in Montana reopens after massive snowstorm, but travel 'at your own risk'

  28-11-2019 18:01
  Northbound Interstate 15 in Montana, leading to the Coutts border crossing into Canada, was reopened early Thursday, however motorists are being advised to travel at their own risk. Heavy snowfall forced the interstate to be closed at Shelby, about 60 kilometres south of the Canada-U.S. border, Wednesday evening. Drivers could still head south, however motorists were advised they would be travelling at their own risk. The Coutts Civic Centre was opened to accept stranded travellers as the local
  
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• Albertans asked to weigh in on future of Daylight Saving Time

  28-11-2019 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  An online survey is now open, asking Albertans to weigh in on the future of Daylight Saving Time in the province. Kent Morrison speaks with Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish about the topic.
  
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• Trouble posting to Facebook? Site says access issues also affected Instagram, Messenger

  28-11-2019 17:27
  
  Users who found they were unable to use certain functions on social media sites were not alone. Issues were reported by users trying to post to Facebook, as well as other networking apps owned by the site including Instagram and Messenger. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CTV News Vancouver that the company knew of the problem. "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook's family of apps," he said in an email Thursday morning. "We're working to get things ba
  
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• Trouble posting to Facebook? Site says access issued also affected Instagram, Messenger

  28-11-2019 17:27
  
  Users who found they were unable to use certain functions on social media sites were not alone. Issues were reported by users trying to post to Facebook, as well as other networking apps owned by the site including Instagram and Messenger. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CTV News Vancouver that the company knew of the problem. "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook's family of apps," he said in an email Thursday morning. "We're working to get things ba
  
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• Facebook working to fix access issues also affecting Instagram, Messenger

  28-11-2019 17:27
  
  Users who found they were unable to use certain functions on social media sites were not alone Thursday. Issues were reported on Facebook itself, as well as Facebook Messenger and Instagram, which is also owned by the company. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CTV News Vancouver that the company knew of the problem. "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook's family of apps," he said. "We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible."
  
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• 'I am staying on to fight the fight' says Scheer amid more calls for resignation

  28-11-2019 17:02
  
  On a day Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was hoping to change the channel from ongoing calls for his resignation, he was once again dogged by questions about whether he’s fit to lead the party. Speaking in Ottawa after naming his House leadership team on Thursday, Scheer reiterated he has no intention of stepping down. "I am staying on to fight the fight Canadians elected us to do," said Scheer speaking to reporters. "Now is not the time for internal divisions or internal party politics
  
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• Elections Alberta ends practice of naming people, organizations fined for violating law

  28-11-2019 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's election agency has moved away from publishing the names of those fined for violating the election finances act.
  
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• Elections Alberta backtracks on decision not to name people, organizations fined for violating law

  28-11-2019 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's election agency has decided to adopt the former election commissioner's practice of publishing the names of those fined for violating the election finances act.
  
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• Edmonton’s ‘Robin Hood of McNuggets’ captures attention of Hollywood actor Tom Hanks

  28-11-2019 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton man who shot to internet fame after revealing he used to add extra Chicken McNuggets to nearly every order he made while working at McDonald's, has caught the attention of a major Hollywood star.
  
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• UBC study finds caribou habitat restoration may be ineffective in the short term

  28-11-2019 15:59
  
  A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and researchers at the University of British Columbia say their results make the case for a more rigorous analysis of conservation methods. Much of the caribou habitat in Western Canada has already been degraded by industrial activities, such as oil and gas exploration, so one of the key tools being used to protect caribou is habitat restoration
  
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• How a 73-year-old fitness phenom lost 29 kilos and built muscle naturally

  28-11-2019 15:58
  
  It's not every day you see a woman in her seventies demonstrating a deadlift. “I know many people my age would normally shy away from an exercise like this,” Joan MacDonald wrote in a recent Instagram post. “I can’t say this enough: surround yourself with knowledgeable people who see the best in you and can get the best out of you! Just because you’re older doesn’t mean you can’t still be pushed and still learn and grow.” Three years ago, the Cobou
  
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• Scheer maintains core parliamentary team, names new deputy leader

  28-11-2019 15:42
  
  With a week to go before the 43rd Parliament kicks off, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has announced his House leadership team and has named a new deputy leader. This top roster of MPs remains largely the same as it was in the last Parliament and will be Scheer’s core group of colleagues focused on delivering his promise of being a government-in-waiting in the Liberal-led minority House of Commons. Scheer has named Leona Alleslev as his new deputy leader, a role previously held by Lisa
  
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• Keith Urban, Dan + Shay and Kane Brown to headline Country Thunder Alberta 2020

  28-11-2019 15:22
  
  Country music fans have reason to cheer following the unveiling of the lineup for Country Thunder Alberta 2020. The three-day festival at Prairie Winds Park in northeast Calgary will be headlined by CMA Duo of the Year Dan & Shay and multi-platinum selling Kane Brown while superstar Keith Urban is slated to close out the festival with a Sunday evening performance.CFL Grey Cup halftime show entertainer Keith Urban speaks to the media in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRE
  
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• Country Thunder Alberta 2020 lineup features Dan + Shay, Kane Brown, Keith Urban

  28-11-2019 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Keith Urban had already been announced as a headliner for the 2020 Country Thunder music festival, but now the complete lineup has been released.
  
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• Country Thunder Alberta 2020 lineup features Dan + Shay, Kane Brown

  28-11-2019 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Keith Urban had already been announced as a headliner for the 2020 Country Thunder music festival, but now the complete lineup has been released.
  
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• Seven people, including three children, dead after Kingston plane crash

  28-11-2019 14:15
  
  Seven people, including three children, are dead after a plane that took off from Markham, Ont. crashed in a wooded area in Kingston. Emergency crews were called to the area of Creekford Road and Bayridge Drive, south of Highway 401 and Gardiners Road, for reports of a plane crash Wednesday evening. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said the aircraft is a Piper PA-32 that took off from Buttonville Municipal Airport and was headed to Kingston. TSB police confirmed on Thursday aftern
  
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• TikTok apologizes for removing viral video with hidden anti-China message

  28-11-2019 14:01
  
  Chinese-owned app TikTok has admitted it briefly removed a viral video that condemned Beijing's crackdown on Muslims in Xinjiang and apologized to the U.S. teen who posted the clip. In a post that has now been seen 1.6 million times, Feroza Aziz begins talking about eyelash curling but quickly switches to decrying China's mass detention of ethnic Uighurs and other minorities in its far northwest. Aziz said this week that she had been blocked from posting on the app for a month after uploading th
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, November 27, 2019

  28-11-2019 08:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Logan Stankoven scored twice as the Kamloops Blazers downed the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-3 in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes down Pats to move into top spot in the WHL

  28-11-2019 07:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes hosted the Regina Pats on Wednesday night. Danica Ferris has the highlights.
  
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• NYC Thanksgiving parade balloons will fly, officials say

  28-11-2019 07:01
  
  The beloved balloons of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were set to fly, if lower than usual, after an anxious weather watch Thursday morning. Parade officials and the New York Police Department had been keeping an eye on wind gauges along the 2.5-mile (4-kilometre) parade route that snakes through Manhattan. The balloons aren't allowed to fly if it's too windy. But Macy's Vice-President Susan Tercero had good news a half-hour before the parade's start. "We're going to start, and they're goin
  
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• After wind scare, balloons fly in Macy's Thanksgiving parade

  28-11-2019 07:01
  
  The beloved balloons flew, but lower than usual, in a windy Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade after an anxious weather watch. Wind had threatened to ground the giant inflated characters. But officials announced less than an hour before Thursday's start time that the balloons could fly, if in a down-to-Earth way. As the parade continued -- even while city emergency officials sent out a public alert about wind gusts -- handlers struggled with some balloons and pulled them close to the ground. Meanwhi
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Nov 27

  28-11-2019 06:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Wednesday, November 27, 2019 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• 'I forgive you': Hundreds gather to mourn two kids killed in Fort Saskatchewan

  28-11-2019 05:46
  
  A park in Fort Saskatchewan was awash in light during a candle-lit vigil Wednesday night, as hundreds gathered to express condolences for two local children who died suddenly over the weekend. “To the lady that struck my son, there are no hard feelings. It was an accident,” said Cliff McPhee. “If it needs to be said, I forgive you.” McPhee’s 15-year-old son Jesse was killed Saturday morning, when he was struck by a vehicle as he attempted to walk across Highway 21 i
  
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• Judge upholds charges that could put Weinstein away for life

  28-11-2019 04:37
  
  A New York judge has rejected Harvey Weinstein's bid to throw out the most serious charges in his sexual assault case, dealing a big blow to the disgraced movie mogul as he sought to limit the scope of his looming trial and any potential punishment. The ruling made public Wednesday clears the way for prosecutors to bolster their case with testimony from actress Anabella Sciorra who says Weinstein raped her in 1993 or 1994. It also leaves open the possibility of a life sentence if he is convicted
  
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• 'Numerous fatalities' after small plane crashes in Kingston, Ont.

  28-11-2019 04:23
  
  Police in Kingston, Ont., have confirmed there were “numerous fatalities” after a small aircraft crashed in a wooded area in the northwest portion of the city. Transport Canada will be launching a joint investigation, police said in a brief statement online. Officers blocked roads for several hours on Wednesday evening as rescue crews, including helicopters, searched for a small plane. The Transportation Safety Board told CTV News Ottawa that the plane is a small, single-engine aircr
  
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• Border workers' union says 'two-tier system' at CBSA creates toxic environment

  28-11-2019 04:07
  
  The union representing thousands of front-line employees working without a contract at the Canadian border has released a scathing new video accusing management at the Canada Border Services Agency of “abuse of authority” and “harassment.” The video, which runs just under two minutes, features two alleged incidents where the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) says supervisors assaulted employees but were never disciplined. “We feel there’s a two-tier system a
  
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• Winter storm prompts closure of Coutts border crossing in Southern Alberta

  28-11-2019 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travel is not recommended on a number of highways south of Lethbridge, and drivers are being urged to avoid any non-essential travel.
  
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• Players speak out against racism in hockey in wake of Calgary Flames coach allegations

  28-11-2019 03:57
  
  Current and former hockey players are speaking out against racism in their sport, in the wake of accusations of blatant racism and abusive behaviour by Calgary Flames’ head coach Bill Peters. In an explosive tweet earlier in the week, former NHL player Akim Aliu accused Peters of “dropping the N-word several times towards me in the dressing room.”READ MORE: Peters releases statement apologizing for racist remarksAn internal team inquiry was kicked off after others came forward
  
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• Backlash builds over pickleball funding following Alberta budget

  28-11-2019 03:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government is facing backlash over grants being handed out to organizations across the province, but one particular grant is getting most of the attention.
  
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• 'She's a fighter like her mom': Aly Jenkins' husband Scott recounts daughter's birth

  28-11-2019 01:49
  
  Five weeks after his wife died during labour, Scott Jenkins says his family is still trying to find "a new normal." "It's waking up, making sure these kids are happy, you know, keeping them busy, keeping their minds busy," said Jenkins, a dad to three kids. Jenkins’ wife Aly, a well-known Saskatchewan curler, died in October from an amniotic embolism while giving birth to their third child. It’s a rare complication where amniotic fluid enters a mother's bloodstream causing the body a
  
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