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• Anti-Trudeau billboards advertising Alberta Wexit campaign cause an uproar

  11-01-2020 23:41
  
  An advertising campaign that is taking issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is getting a lot of attention on social media this week. One of the billboards, posted alongside the QE2 Highway north of Calgary just outside of Airdrie, Alta., was first noticed on Jan. 9 by Twitter user @MzRacz.Hey @City_of_Airdrie, we’ve got one of these billboards up just inside the city limits now. Sure makes me proud to call this town home. It’s right behind the Welcome to Airdrie sign. Great city
  
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• ‘We’re looking for our own country’: Wexit supporters brave cold in Edmonton for referendum protest Saturday

  11-01-2020 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 100 Edmontonians braved the cold on Saturday at the provincial legislature for a protest aimed to get the UCP on board with a secession referendum.
  
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• Terry Fox floated as “no brainer” choice for new $5 bill

  11-01-2020 23:02
  
  When Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz revealed the bank will be asking the public who to put on a new $5 bank note, Canadians were quick to respond. Some suggestions floated on social media have included Canada's first female astronaut, Roberta Bondar, suffragette Nellie McClung, and Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie. But one of the most popular suggestions is Terry Fox, a young man from Port Coquitlam, B.C. who became a beloved Canadian hero when he attempted to run across Canada in 1980
  
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• Ukraine to compensate families of its citizens who died in crash

  11-01-2020 22:19
  
  The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local): 11:55 p.m. Ukraine is offering over $8,000 in financial compensation to the families of its citizens who died in the jetliner crash in Iran earlier this week. All 176 people on board the plane were killed, including 11 Ukrainians. Iranian officials have admitted responsibility for mistakenly shooting down the plane. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address Saturday that his government will also push Iran to provide
  
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• The Latest: Trump expresses support for 'brave' Iranians

  11-01-2020 22:19
  
  The latest on Iran-related developments (all times local): 2:35 a.m. U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the Iranian regime to allow human rights groups to monitor protests in the Islamic Republic in the aftermath of the regime acknowledging that it mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner earlier this week. Via Twitter, Trump expressed his support of the "brave, long-suffering people" of Iran on Saturday after hundreds gathered at universities in Tehran to protest the government's belate
  
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• 'Just an overall waste': Friends, family react to Iran's admission that jet was shot down

  11-01-2020 22:17
  
  From anger to a profound sense of waste, family and friends of those aboard a downed jetliner have been left to process a range of emotions now knowing their loved ones were killed in what Iranian officials have called a horrific military mistake. "We're in complete shock, we're full of so much emotion," said Nadia Eghbali, whose aunt, uncle and eight-year-old cousin who lived in Toronto died in the crash. "There's anger, there's so many things, we just don't know why this happened."Read more: T
  
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• Calgary homeowners concerned over blasting work for ring road construction

  11-01-2020 20:33
  
  Residents of southwest Calgary who are concerned about the construction work being done to build the final section of the city's ring road got to meet with developers Saturday. The public information session was held at Winsport at 10:30 a.m. and gave people the opportunity to voice their concerns. One of the main issues they have has to do with the excavation being done at the site. Crews need to clear out about 20 m of bedrock for the highway's expansion and they say they can't use conventiona
  
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• Rainy, icy and snowy weekend in store for Canadians across the country

  11-01-2020 20:22
  
  Coast to coast, this weekend is shaping up to be a snowy, wet and generally unpleasant time for Canadians. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, Western Canada has been hit with frigid temperatures, causing a swath of extreme cold warnings stretching down from Yukon and Northwest Territories into British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. “Temperatures will plummet to values not seen in years,” the weather agency predicted in a special weather statement. The source of
  
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• Skier buried in avalanche on Mount Hector near Lake Louise

  11-01-2020 19:39
  
  Avalanche Canada says three skiers near a mountain in Banff National Park were caught in an avalanche Friday afternoon with one of them ending up being buried in snow. It's believed the group triggered an avalanche while in the area. One of the skiers was buried. The agency says the incident took place at about 2 p.m. in the alpine region of Mount Hector, which is located on the east side of Highway 93 across from Hector Lake, about 20 kilometres north of Lake Louise.  Two of the skiers man
  
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• Skier buried in avalanche on Lake Louise's Mount Hector

  11-01-2020 19:39
  
  Avalanche Canada says three skiers near a mountain in Banff National Park got into some trouble Friday afternoon. It's believed the group triggered an avalanche while in the area and, as a result, one of the skiers was buried. The agency says the incident took place at about 2 p.m. in the alpine region of Mount Hector. Two of the skiers managed to escape the path, but the third was full buried. Reports indicate emergency crews needed to be brought in to rescue them. Their condition is not known
  
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• Man shot by police in Cold Lake, ASIRT investigating

  11-01-2020 19:01
  
  The shooting of a man in a community northeast of Edmonton has prompted an investigation by the province’s police watchdog. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team confirmed Saturday morning it had been directed to look into an RCMP-involved shooting in Cold Lake which left one man with serious injuries. According to Cold Lake RCMP, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning members were called to a break-and-enter in progress in an industrial area in Cold Lake South. A Mountie already
  
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• Bus catches fire in road accident in India; at least 20 dead

  11-01-2020 18:03
  
  At least 20 people were killed when a double-decker bus caught fire after ramming into a truck on a highway in northern India, police said. Another 21 people were taken to a hospital, some of them in critical condition, following the crash late Friday, said senior police officer Mohit Aggarwal. Many of the bodies were burned beyond recognition after the fire swept through the bus, he said. The accident occurred near Kannauj, a town about 200 kilometres (125 miles) southwest of Lucknow, the capit
  
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• Climate change education in Canada’s medical schools needs to improve, students say

  11-01-2020 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The growing health effects of climate change, such as the spread of Lyme disease and heat-related deaths, mean medical students must be prepared, the students' group wrote in a comment for the Lancet's Planetary Health journal last week.
  
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• Two U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

  11-01-2020 16:00
  
  Two U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement Saturday. In keeping with defence department rules, the U.S. military did not identify the service members. The Taliban immediately took responsibility for the attack. A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, said it occurred in the southern Kandahar province. More than 2,400 U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan.
  
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• 2 U.S. troops killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

  11-01-2020 16:00
  
  Two U.S. service members were killed and two others injured when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement Saturday. In keeping with defence department rules, the U.S. military did not identify the service members. The Taliban immediately took responsibility for the attack. Qari Yusouf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, said it occurred in the southern Kandahar province. More than 2,400 U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan.
  
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• Hayley Wickenheiser helps lead campaign for her trainer's cancer battle

  11-01-2020 15:50
  
  Hayley Wickenheiser, a champion of women's hockey in Canada, has taken up a new cause in Calgary after learning her long-time friend and trainer was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 41-year-old retired hockey player has started a GoFundMe campaign alongside her sister to help Dr. Syl Corbett, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer on Dec. 24. Wickenheiser says Corbett is a therapist and trainer to countless world-class athletes and Olympians and credits her with "every gold medal" and acc
  
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• Magnitude 6 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

  11-01-2020 14:51
  
  A magnitude 6.0 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8:54 a.m. (1254 GMT) quake hit 8 miles (13 kilometres) south of Indios at a shallow depth of 6 miles (10 kilometres). Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority said outages were reported across much of southern Puerto Rico and crews were assessing possible damage at power plants. Barbara Cruz,
  
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• Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

  11-01-2020 14:51
  
  A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8:54 a.m. (1254 GMT) quake hit 8 miles (13 kilometres) southeast of Guanica at a shallow depth of 3 miles (5 kilometres). Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority said outages were reported across much of southern Puerto Rico and crews were assessing possible damage at power plants. Barbara Cr
  
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• Three dead in Louisiana as severe storms sweep southern U.S.

  11-01-2020 14:46
  
  Authorities in Louisiana said Saturday said at least three people have died in connection with a severe storm that is sweeping across parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast and Southeast. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office said on its Facebook page that the bodies of an elderly couple were found near their demolished trailer by firefighters. A search for more possible victims was underway. The Sheriff's Office also said the roof of Benton Middle School was damaged and "that water damage from the sprinkle
  
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• Three dead in Alabama, bringing storm death toll to 7: officials

  11-01-2020 14:46
  
  Authorities say at least seven people have died as severe storms sweep across parts of the U.S. South, bringing high winds and unrelenting rain. The National Weather Service in Birmingham, Alabama, said Saturday via Twitter that three people have been confirmed killed near Carrollton in Pickens County. The Alabama Emergency Management Agency said that an "embedded tornado within a long line of intense thunderstorms" caused the deaths. Earlier Saturday, firefighters found the bodies of an elderly
  
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• Four dead as severe storm sweeps through southern U.S.

  11-01-2020 14:46
  
  Authorities say at least four people have died as severe storms sweep across parts of the U.S. South, bringing high winds and unrelenting rain. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana said on Facebook that the bodies of an elderly couple were found Saturday near their demolished trailer by firefighters. A search for more possible victims was underway. That brings the storm-related death toll in the state to three after a man was killed when a tree fell on his home in Caddo Parish. The S
  
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• 12 migrants found dead, 21 rescued at sea off western Greece

  11-01-2020 14:38
  
  Greece's coast guard says 12 migrants have been found dead in the Ionian Sea and 21 others have been rescued after their boat took in water and sank. Searchers are looking for more survivors. The deaths and sea rescues came southwest of the Greek island of Paxos, a coast guard spokesperson told the Associated Press, speaking on customary condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation. "The initial report is that 50 people were in the boat," he said. The coast guard said someone from
  
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• Taiwan's leader reelected as voters back tough China stance

  11-01-2020 14:30
  
  Taiwan's independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen won a second term in a landslide election victory Saturday, signalling strong support for her tough stance against China. Tsai soundly defeated Nationalist Party candidate Han Kuo-yu with 57.2% of the vote to Han's 38.6%, with 99.75% of precincts' votes counted. She wasted no time in warning communist-ruled China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, not to try to use threats of force against the self-governed island. "Today I want to on
  
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• Mideast's longest-ruling monarch, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, dies at 79

  11-01-2020 14:13
  
  Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully balancing diplomatic ties between adversaries Iran and the U.S., has died. He was 79. The British-educated, reclusive sultan reformed a nation that was home to only three schools and harsh laws banning electricity, radios, eyeglasses and even umbrellas when he took the throne. Under his reign, Oman became known as a welcoming t
  
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• 2 Aussie wildfires merge into inferno; man seriously burned

  11-01-2020 13:57
  
  Two wildfires merged to form a massive inferno in southeastern Australia and a man suffered serious burns protecting a home, in a night of treacherous conditions during the nation's unprecedented wildfire crisis, officials said Saturday. Authorities were assessing the damage after firefighters battled flames fanned by strong winds through the night and lightning strikes sparked new blazes in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia's most populous states. Conditions were milder Saturday and forec
  
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• Trudeau says Iran must take full responsibility for jetliner's downing

  11-01-2020 13:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Iran must take full responsibility for mistakenly shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 civilians on board, including 57 Canadians. Trudeau says he is "outraged" and "furious" over the crash. He says accountability must include a creditable investigation and compensation for the families of the dead. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has acknowledged that an Iranian missile mistakenly took down the plane. The admission came a day after Iran denied
  
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• Trudeau calls for creditable investigation into Iran plane crash

  11-01-2020 13:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Iran must take full responsibility for mistakenly shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 civilians on board, including 57 Canadians. Trudeau says he is "outraged" and "furious" over the crash. He says accountability must include a creditable investigation and compensation for the families of the dead. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has acknowledged that an Iranian missile mistakenly took down the plane. The admission came a day after Iran denied
  
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• Iran admits Iranian missile downed Ukrainian jetliner

  11-01-2020 13:28
  
  Iran's president has finally acknowledged what Canada, Britain and the United States have strongly suspected for days -- that it was indeed an Iranian missile that downed a Ukrainian jetliner on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. "The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake," Hassan Rouhani said late Friday in a post on Twitter. "My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning families. I offer my sincerest condolences." Rouhani said investigations continue to "id
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, January 10, 2020

  11-01-2020 09:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Brayden Tracey scored 1:46 into overtime as the Victoria Royals edged the Portland Winterhawks 2-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes face Calgary Hitmen for 5th time in 4 weeks

  11-01-2020 06:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes visited the Saddledome in Calgary for their fifth meeting in the last month with the Hitmen. Danica Ferris has the highlights.
  
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• 'No new money for public sector raises': Arbitration ends in salary freezes for Alberta teachers, nurses

  11-01-2020 06:09
  
  Alberta’s nurses and teachers will not see their wages reduced, but instead frozen, it was decided late Friday afternoon after arbitration ended between their unions and the province. The province had been seeking a two-per cent decrease from teachers, the Alberta Teachers Association said, and a three-per cent rollback from registered nurses and psychiatric nurses, United Nurses of Alberta said. Finance Minister Travis Toews said in a statement the decisions reflect the province’s e
  
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• 'No one else sounded like that': rock world says goodbye to Neil Peart

  11-01-2020 05:51
  
  For the curators at the National Music Centre in Calgary, the announcement of the death of Neil Peart was acutely felt Friday. The music centre just closed a six month long exhibition dedicated to Rush frontman Geddy Lee's vast collection of bass guitars, and it also has a set of Peart's drums that were made specifically for him to perform the theme to Hockey Night in Canada on. "This is a guy," said CTV Pop Life host Richard Crouse, "who started off with illusions to being like a Keith Moon or
  
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• Ukrainian airline shot down unintentionally due to ‘human error,’ Iran says

  11-01-2020 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft.
  
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• Ukrainian aircraft shot down unintentionally due to ‘human error,’ Iran says

  11-01-2020 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft.
  
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• Iran says its military ‘unintentionally’ shot down Ukrainian jetliner

  11-01-2020 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Iran had denied for several days that a missile downed the aircraft.
  
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• Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down Ukrainian jetliner

  11-01-2020 04:47
  
  Iranian state TV, citing a military statement, says the country `unintentionally' shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard. The statement came Saturday morning and blamed "human error" for the shootdown.
  
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• Blue Jays' Winter Tour a big hit with students in Calgary

  11-01-2020 03:12
  
  Students from three Calgary area schools got the chance to meet with some Toronto Blue Jays players and take part in the "ultimate field trip" to Winsport Friday. The classes, that were chosen at random, rotated through various stations with players, including a Canadian Sports Hall of Fame scavenger hunt, the luge training track and a fitness circuit. “We get to do a bunch of fun things on a school day,” said Big Rock School student Parker Law. The major league players involved say
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jan 10

  11-01-2020 03:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, January 10, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• WEXIT political party can now run candidates in Canadian federal elections

  11-01-2020 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  WEXIT Canada plans to run 104 candidates in the next federal election throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
  
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• Don Cherry’s name removed from WHL’s annual ‘Suits Up’ fundraising games

  11-01-2020 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The third annual "Suits Up" season is set to get underway next week in Edmonton, but this year it's flying under a different banner.
  
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• Alberta arbitration outcomes result in no wage increases in cases involving ATA and UNA

  11-01-2020 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Finance Minister Travis Toews says rulings made in a pair of arbitration cases involving the Alberta Teachers Association and the United Nurses of Alberta "reflect the current economic realities in the province."
  
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• How to save energy but stay warm during Alberta’s first cold snap of 2020

  11-01-2020 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  As temperatures plunge, furnaces will be working overtime to keep homes heated. Here are some ways to avoid hefty energy bills.
  
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• City of Lethbridge prepares for another cold winter

  11-01-2020 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  With cold winter temperatures just getting started, we reached out to the city to find out how they’re doing so far in terms of maintaining infrastructure during the coldest months of the year. Taz Dhaliwal reports.
  
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• Canada’s newest astronauts finish basic training at NASA in Texas

  11-01-2020 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Joshua Kudryk and Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, who both hail from Alberta, graduated Friday along with 11 Americans from NASA's basic astronaut training and will be part of the next generation of space explorers hoping to return to Earth's satellite and beyond.
  
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• Lockdown lifted at Okotoks high school after threat Friday afternoon

  11-01-2020 01:00
  
  Students at a high school in Okotoks, Alta. were told to go into lockdown Friday afternoon after Mounties told administrators about a potential threat. In a letter posted on the École Secondaire Foothills Composite High School's website, staff at the institution say they were told by Okotoks RCMP that a video clip had been discovered depicting a weapon in the school's parking lot. The school was put under lockdown as the police investigated and, within a short time, they determined there
  
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• Video shows air ambulances on highway at site of fatal crash near Taber, Alta.

  11-01-2020 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video sent to Global News shows air ambulances taking off from the scene of a highway crash that killed four people and injured six others near Taber, Alta., on Friday, Jan. 10.
  
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• Slick road in northwest Calgary causes rollover crash

  11-01-2020 00:14
  
  The driver of a pickup truck was able to walk away after his vehicle lost control and rolled over on an icy Calgary road Friday. The man was driving along 16 Avenue Friday when he says his truck hit a patch of ice and lost control. He tells CTV News he wasn't going too fast but couldn't stop and ended up crashing into the barrier. The impact flipped his truck over, causing significant damage as a result. Luckily, he wasn't hurt, but says his vehicle will likely be written off.
  
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