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• Death of person in Fish Creek Park not criminal in nature, police say

  07-01-2020 23:31
  
  Calgary police say the death of a person who was found early Sunday morning in Fish Creek Park is not suspicious. Investigators were called to an area near the Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 5 for reports of a person who was engulfed in flames. The death was first considered to be suspicious in nature, but a subsequent investigation has determined there was no criminal intent in the case. The victim's family has been notified and police say there will be no further information re
  
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• Burned body found in Fish Creek Park ruled a suicide

  07-01-2020 23:31
  
  Calgary police say the victim who was found early Sunday morning in Fish Creek Park was the victim of a suicide. Investigators were called to an area near the Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 5 for reports of a person who was engulfed in flames. The death was first considered to be suspicious in nature, but a subsequent investigation has determined there was no criminal intent in the case. The victim's family has been notified and police say there will be no further information rel
  
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• Burned body found in Fish Creek Park determined to be a suicide

  07-01-2020 23:31
  
  Calgary police say a victim who was found early Sunday morning in Fish Creek Park was the victim of a suicide. Investigators were called to an area near the Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 5 for reports of a person who was engulfed in flames. The death was first considered to be suspicious in nature, but a subsequent investigation has determined there was no criminal intent in the case. The victim's family has been notified and there will be no further information released.
  
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• Uber launches PIN verification safety feature

  07-01-2020 23:26
  
  Uber is launching a new feature this week aimed at making rides safer for users and drivers. Riders will have the option of receiving a four-digit verification code, which they can provide to the driver before getting in to verify they're at the right vehicle. The driver then enters the code, starting the trip. “We are constantly working and innovating to provide riders and drivers with the tools they need to help ensure a safe and reliable experience,” said Sachin Kansal, head of sa
  
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• Alberta Sheriffs shut down drug house in west Lethbridge

  07-01-2020 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  A home on Assiniboia Way has been fenced off for 90 days by the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Unit (SCAN).
  
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• Climate change driving up risk of wildfires in Canada: fire experts

  07-01-2020 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now.
  
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• Colossal cougar trapped near Meadow Lake, Sask.

  07-01-2020 23:07
  
  Correction: Based on information provided by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, a previous version of this story stated that the man pictured with the cougar was the person who caught it. This is not the case. A large cougar pictured in a photo circulating on social media was caught by a licensed trapper just south of Meadow Lake, Sask., in late December according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment. "It was a male cougar about 186 pounds, (it's) unknown how old the cougar was ...
  
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• Ticket sales 'surge' ahead of Tuesday's record $70M Lotto Max draw

  07-01-2020 22:59
  
  There has been a "massive surge" in ticket sales for Tuesday's Lotto Max draw, which will be the richest jackpot in Canadian history at $70 million. "Sales for tonight are tracking high," said Kevin van Egdom, director of communications for the Western Canada Lottery Corporation. "We have seen a massive surge." This is the second time the $70-million maximum jackpot will be up for grabs, as there were no winner in Friday's draw, meaning the jackpot carries over once again. Even though there was
  
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• Alberta energy minister fires back at UN committee for criticism of energy megaprojects

  07-01-2020 22:39
  
  Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statement, says it's the job of elected leaders, not the UN, to make decisions on how best to govern people and economies. The UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged Canada to stop work on three major resource projects — including the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — until it obtains ap
  
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• Up to 70 cm of snow possible on some B.C. highways; drivers warned against travel

  07-01-2020 22:36
  
  While Metro Vancouverites wring out their socks, those elsewhere in B.C. may find themselves knee-deep in snow. Weather warnings are in effect for a wide swath of B.C., ranging from Vancouver Island to Elk Valley, and from pounding rain to heavy snow. A Pacific storm is to blame for the wet weather, according to the warnings from Environment Canada.North Shore ski hills announce closures due to weather Get the latest forecast and more on our interactive weather pageSnowfall warnings issued for m
  
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• Alberta energy minister fires back at ‘unelected, unaccountable’ UN for criticism of energy projects

  07-01-2020 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  "With all the injustice in the world, it's beyond rich that the unelected, unaccountable United Nations would seemingly single out Canada."
  
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• Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland meets with Kenney and Nenshi in Calgary

  07-01-2020 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting today with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
  
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• UBC students go on hunger strike to push for fossil fuel divestment

  07-01-2020 21:54
  
  A group of students is vowing to go hungry until the University of British Columbia divests from fossil fuels. Eight students who are part of the climate activism group Extinction Rebellion started the strike Monday. The activists threatened the strike a month ago following UBC's declaration of a climate emergency. At the time, the university committed to moving 22 per cent of its $1.71 billion endowment into a fossil fuel-free fund by April 2020. But members of Extinction Rebellion UBC said tha
  
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• Sheriffs shutter suspected Lethbridge drug den following dozens of police responses

  07-01-2020 21:31
  
  Crews have fenced off a home in the Lethbridge neighbourhood of Indian Battle Heights following an investigation into alleged drug trafficking and drug use. The doors and windows at 82 Assiniboia Way were boarded over Tuesday afternoon and the locks were changed. The residence will remained closed for the next 90 days. According to Alberta Sheriffs, a Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) investigation was launched in March 2018. The Lethbridge Police Service responded to the home on nearl
  
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• Maintenance tips so your vehicle starts in a deep freeze: plug it in, tune it up, pack a roadside kit

  07-01-2020 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  With winter weather here, drivers are advised to have an emergency roadside kit in the car and make sure their block heater and battery are in good condition.
  
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• Snowfall warnings issued for mountain regions in southwest Alberta and southeast B.C.

  07-01-2020 20:03
  
  Snowfall warnings are in place for several areas in southwest Alberta, including Banff National Park and Jasper National Park and Crowsnest Pass and Waterton Lakes National Park. Environment Canada says a Pacific weather system is forecast to arrive late Monday afternoon, bringing heavy snow to the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93). "Snowfall totals are expected to be around 20 cm before the snow tapers off on Wednesday afternoon," reads the warning." Blowing snow in open areas is also expected to
  
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• Vintage sealskin parka left in Edmonton Goodwill donation bin: ‘It’s a rarity’

  07-01-2020 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Based on the tag, Goodwill staff determined the sealskin parka was made by the Holman Eskimo Co-operative and it could date back as far as the 1950s.
  
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• Mounties believe missing woman from Yellowknife could be in Calgary or Edmonton

  07-01-2020 19:36
  
  Authorities in Yellowknife trying to find a woman who has been missing since late last year are now looking for help from residents of Alberta. Sladjana Petrovic, 60, was last seen in downtown Yellowknife on Boxing Day and was reported missing a day later. An extensive search was conducted following her disappearance that included patrols by the Yellowknife Ground Search and Rescue (YKGSAR) of back alleys and yards in that city. Despite all the work that has gone into the search, there have been
  
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• Pierre Poilievre will run for Conservative leadership, sources say

  07-01-2020 19:32
  
  Pierre Poilievre is going to run for the Conservative leadership, multiple sources have told CTV News. Poilievre has been a member of Parliament in Ontario since 2004 and is currently the Conservative Party's finance critic. Speculation began to circle about his potential bid after a press conference on Dec. 16, just four days after Andrew Scheer announced his plan to resign as leader. As journalists pressed him for an answer, Poilievre refused to rule out a bid. "It's too early to say what's go
  
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• Pierre Poilievre and Erin O'Toole will run for Conservative leadership, sources say

  07-01-2020 19:32
  
  Pierre Poilievre and Erin O'Toole are both going to run for the Conservative leadership, CTV News has learned. Poilievre has been a member of Parliament in Ontario since 2004 and is currently the Conservative Party's finance critic. O’Toole, who and already has one failed leadership bid under his belt from 2017, has been elected since 2012. Speculation began to circle about both Poilievre and O'Toole's potential leadership bids shortly after Andrew Scheer's Dec. 12 resignation. As journali
  
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• Pierre Poilievre and Erin O'Toole running for Conservative leadership, sources say

  07-01-2020 19:32
  
  Pierre Poilievre and Erin O'Toole are both going to run for the Conservative leadership, CTV News has learned. Poilievre has been a member of Parliament in Ontario since 2004 and is currently the Conservative Party's finance critic. O’Toole, who and already has one failed leadership bid under his belt from 2017, has been elected since 2012. Speculation began to circle about both Poilievre and O'Toole's potential leadership bids shortly after Andrew Scheer's Dec. 12 resignation. As journali
  
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• Parks Canada introduces reserved seats for shuttles between Lake Louise and Moraine Lake

  07-01-2020 19:25
  
  Visitors to Banff National Park will soon be able to reserve their spot ahead of time for the shuttle between Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Parks Canada will begin accepting reservations for seats on the shuttle on April 1. Bookings will be available through Parks Canada – Getting around the Lake Louise area. Previously, seats on the shuttles were available on a 'first-come, first-served' basis at the Lake Louise lakeshore.
  
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• Tokyo 2020 to mark more marketing freedom for Canada’s Olympians

  07-01-2020 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  For most of the Canadian athletes bound for Tokyo, more freedom on social media is crucial. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are their primary means of marketing themselves.
  
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• Hereditary chiefs say they will protect territory in B.C. pipeline dispute

  07-01-2020 19:11
  
  On the first anniversary of the RCMP's enforcement of an injunction against opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, First Nation hereditary chiefs said the company behind the project is not welcome on their traditional territory. Chief Na'moks said Tuesday there will be no access to the territory without the consent of the chiefs, who are demanding the province stop construction of the pipeline and that the RCMP withdraw from their land. "If they wish to force their way
  
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• 3 men arrested in connection with Beltline homicide, search continues for a fourth suspect

  07-01-2020 18:57
  
  Charges of second-degree murder are pending against three men and police are searching for a fourth connected to a homicide in the Beltline early Sunday. Police were called to the area of 11th Avenue and First Street S.W. just before 5 a.m. on Sunday where they found a man in medical distress. He was rushed to hospital, where he later died. On Monday, police arrested three men they believe were responsible for the attack and said charges of second-degree murder are pending. Investigators continu
  
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• Extreme cold warnings issued for northern Alberta

  07-01-2020 18:55
  
  Parts of northern Alberta are under an extreme cold warning on Tuesday. Environment Canada issued the extreme cold warnings for the Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan and High Level areas. The agency expects wind chill temperatures nearing -40 C overnight. "Temperatures are not expected to warm significantly over the next week," Environment Canada said, and added the warning may be expanded south later this week. Albertans are asked to keep their pets inside during the extreme cold warning. Environme
  
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• CBE recognizes accomplishments of former student turned neurobiologist

  07-01-2020 18:02
  
  The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. Freda Miller will be honoured with its Legacy Award. Dr. Miller attended CBE schools in both Montgomery and Bowness during her formative years and benefitted from the gifted program at Queen Elizabeth High School. She currently lives in Toronto where she is a cell and molecular developmental neurobiologist at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Miller has made several extraordinary discoveries over the cour
  
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• Fisherman rescued after truck gets stuck while accessing lake in central Alberta

  07-01-2020 17:52
  
  A fisherman had to be rescued near Gap Lake in central Alberta on Monday evening after his truck got stuck while following a snowmobile track. Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue was alerted about 8:30 p.m. by a 66-year-old man who said he was on his way to go ice fishing at the popular lake between Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg when the snow got too high. Three SAR members using two snowmobiles found the man safe but cold just before 11 p.m.
  
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• Canada relocating some troops from Iraq to Kuwait

  07-01-2020 17:39
  
  Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian military is temporarily relocating some soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait. The move, which Vance announced in a letter to the families of Canadian soldiers in Iraq and the surrounding region that was posted to Twitter on Tuesday, follows the lead of Germany and several other allies who have withdrawn some of their troops. Western troops in Iraq have been on high alert since the weekend killing of a top Iranian military general by a U.S.
  
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• Canada, allies begin withdrawing troops from Iraq amid U.S.-Iran standoff

  07-01-2020 17:39
  
  The Canadian military started to move troops out of Iraq on Tuesday, following other Western nations concerned about the increasingly volatile standoff between the United States and Iran. The withdrawal of an unspecified number of Canadian soldiers to Kuwait was billed by chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance as a temporary measure intended to ensure their safety and security. Yet when -- or even if -- they will return is an open question as the sabre-rattling between Washington and Teh
  
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• Footage shows Britain's most prolific rapist prowling Manchester streets

  07-01-2020 15:43
  
  Police in England have released security footage of Britain’s most prolific rapist prowling the streets of Manchester. Reynhard Sinaga was jailed for a minimum of 30 years on January 6 after being found guilty of 159 counts of sexual offences against 48 men. The 36-year-old is believed to have lured nearly 200 men to his apartment, where he drugged them, rendering them unconscious and filmed his abuse. Newly released footage from May 2017, which was shown at one of Sinaga’s four tria
  
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• Premier Kenney to meet with Deputy PM Freeland in Calgary

  07-01-2020 15:10
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to meet with Premier Jason Kenney Tuesday in Calgary as she continues her tour through Alberta. This will be the pair’s first meeting of 2020, following their session in late November following the federal election. At that time, Kenney doubled down on calls for the Liberals to give a firm guarantee on the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by a fixed date, repeal contentious energy bills C-69 and C-48, and revisit provincial
  
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• Premier Kenney meets with Deputy PM Freeland in Calgary

  07-01-2020 15:10
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland met with Premier Jason Kenney Tuesday in Calgary as she continues her tour through Alberta. It was the pair’s first meeting of 2020 following their session in late November that followed the federal election. At that time, Kenney doubled down on calls for the Liberals to give a firm guarantee on the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by a fixed date, repeal contentious energy bills C-69 and C-48, and revisit provincial equalization p
  
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• Canadian oil prices to improve, curtailment to end in 2020: forecast

  07-01-2020 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Curtailment has done its job to help Alberta oil prices and the latter half of 2020 should see Canada's oil and gas industry improve, according to Deloitte.
  
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• Young woman dead following Highway 3 crash east of Coaldale

  07-01-2020 14:27
  
  A Monday evening crash at the intersection of Highway 3 and Highway 512, east of Coaldale, left an 18-year-old woman dead. Emergency crews responded to the junction of Highway 3 and Highway 512, east of Coaldale, at around 8 p.m. following a crash involving an Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV and a one-ton Dodge pickup truck. According to RCMP, the SUV was travelling eastbound when it struck the back of the truck that had been entering the eastbound lanes of Highway 3. The driver of the SUV, an 18-year-o
  
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• One dead following Highway 3 crash east of Coaldale

  07-01-2020 14:27
  
  One person is dead and another was transported to hospital following a Monday evening crash near Coaldale. Emergency crews responded to the junction of Highway 3 and Highway 512, east of Coaldale, at around 8 p.m. following a crash involving a truck and a van. The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene. Their age and identity has not been released. There were no passengers in the van at the time of the collision. There were two people in the truck at the time of the crash. One person
  
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• Committee set to review salaries and benefits of Nenshi and his fellow councillors

  07-01-2020 14:07
  
  The council compensation review committee will meet for a second time Tuesday.  The five-person panel, chaired by Scarlett Crockatt, will look at council’s salary, pensions and benefits pay.  Calgary city councillors each make $113,325.63 annually while the mayor’s salary is set at $200,586.40 as of January 1st.  In 2017, the panel recommended to council that the mayors salary be slashed, something council voted in favour of.  Ross McDougall co-chairs the committe
  
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• 6.4 quake strikes Puerto Rico amid heavy seismic activity

  07-01-2020 10:09
  
  A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico before dawn on Tuesday, killing one man, injuring at least eight other people and collapsing buildings. The quake was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, part of a 10-day series of temblors spawned by the grinding of tectonic plates along three faults beneath southern Puerto Rico. Seismologists say it's impossible to predict when the quakes will stop or whether they will get stronger. The 6.4-magnitude quake cut power to the island as power p
  
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• Woman sentenced in armed robbery of north Lethbridge gas station - Lethbridge News Now

  07-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Woman sentenced in armed robbery of north Lethbridge gas station  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Third Lethbridge drug house in one year shut down by Alberta Sheriffs' SCAN unit - Lethbridge News Now

  07-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Third Lethbridge drug house in one year shut down by Alberta Sheriffs' SCAN unit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Dozens caught driving impaired in holiday-season check stops in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  07-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Dozens caught driving impaired in holiday-season check stops in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trump to address the nation amid showdown with Iran

  07-01-2020 08:03
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump faces one of the greatest tests of his presidency after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops and planned to address the nation on Wednesday. Iran's attack was its most brazen direct assault on America since the 1979 seizing of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.WATCH LIVE NOW: Trump makes a statement on missile attacksThe strikes pushed Tehran and Washington perilously close to war and put the world's attention on Trump as he weighs whether to r
  
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• Stampede kills dozens at funeral for Iran general

  07-01-2020 08:03
  
  A stampede broke out Tuesday at a funeral for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 40 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, two Iranian news agencies reported. The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession began, said the semi-official Fars and ISNA news agencies, citing Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's emergency medical services. There was no informat
  
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• Iran strikes back at U.S. with missile attack at Iraqi air base

  07-01-2020 08:03
  
  Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops and warning the United States and its allies in the region not to retaliate. U.S. officials confirmed airstrikes at the air base. There was no immediate word on injuries. Iranian state TV said the attack was in revenge for the killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose funeral Tuesday in his hometo
  
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• Iran strikes back at U.S. with missile attack at bases in Iraq

  07-01-2020 08:03
  
  Iran's foreign minister is calling a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops a "proportionate measures in self-defence." Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also tweeted early Wednesday that Iran does not seek escalation or war, but will defend itself against any aggression. Zarif's tweet follows Iran's missile attack that was in revenge for the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike last week in Baghdad. Iran struck back at the
  
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• Iran retaliates with missiles in 'slap' at U.S. bases in Iraq

  07-01-2020 08:03
  
  Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing its most powerful military commander, firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases that house American troops in what the Iranian supreme leader said was a "slap" against the U.S. military presence in the region. The retaliation risks a dangerous escalation in the Middle East. Still, behind the dramatic barrage of more than a dozen missiles, Iran averted casualties by giving some advance warning before hittin
  
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• 1 dead after 2-vehicle crash near Coaldale, Alta.

  07-01-2020 06:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said they responded to the crash between a truck and a van near Highway 3 and Highway 512 on Monday night.
  
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• CP and CN Rail move record 15.4 million tonnes of grain in 4th quarter

  07-01-2020 06:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's two largest railways moved a record 15.4 million tonnes of grain in the final three months of 2019.
  
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• Sex doll rental service opening up in Metro Vancouver this week

  07-01-2020 05:49
  
  Warning: This story contains graphic contentVANCOUVER – A company that delivers "extremely realistic" sex dolls to people's homes for short-term rentals is planning to open in Metro Vancouver this week, and it's already prompted calls for a boycott. Natrl was launched last year in Calgary by a father and son who are planning to open a new location in Langley on Friday. "We're tapping into a market that hasn't been served well," said Randy, who didn't want his last name published out of fea
  
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• Trans Mountain, LNG pipeline among projects UN racism committee urges to be stopped

  07-01-2020 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The committee, made up of 18 experts, said in a written directive last month that it is concerned by the approval and construction of three Canadian projects without the free, prior and informed consent of impacted Indigenous groups.
  
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