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• Street closed in Kenora due to heavy smoke around hotel

  17-01-2020 23:39
  
  KENORA - Fire forced guests at Kenora’s Clarion Lakeside Inn from the hotel Friday afternoon. Todd Skene, fire chief of Kenora Fire and Emergency Service, told CTV News the flames were reported around 3:30 p.m. He says the fire started under a deck and a nearby vehicle was also burned in the blaze, which took about 30 firefighters to extinguish. Skene said all of the hotel guests were evacuated safely and no one was injured. He didn't know the exact number of guests staying inside the hote
  
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• Grey Cup saved from hotel fire in Kenora

  17-01-2020 23:39
  
  Fire forced guests and the Grey Cup out of Kenora’s Clarion Lakeside Inn Friday afternoon. Todd Skene, fire chief of Kenora Fire and Emergency Service, told CTV News the flames were reported around 3:30 p.m. He said the fire started under a deck and a nearby vehicle was also burned in the blaze, which took about 30 firefighters to extinguish. Skene said all of the hotel guests were evacuated safely and no one was injured. The exact number of guests staying inside the hotel us unkown but Sk
  
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• Counter-speaking group trying to make social media a better place

  17-01-2020 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  I Am Here Canada hopes to encourage people who tend to avoid commenting because they don't feel comfortable to add their voices to the conversation.
  
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• U.S. court rejects Omar Khadr’s request for military to hear his appeal

  17-01-2020 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Khadr turned to the D.C. Circuit Court to order the U.S. Court of Military Commission review to hear the appeal.
  
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• Dustin Duthie to stand trial for deaths of parents and girlfriend

  17-01-2020 23:28
  
  A Calgary man charged with killing his girlfriend and parents in 2018 will stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree murder. A judge made the ruling following a two-week preliminary hearing, which wrapped up Friday. The bodies of 26-year-old Dustin Duthie's mother, Shawn Boshuk, and stepfather, Alan Pennylegion, were discovered in their Hidden Valley home in July 2018. Investigators believe Duthie's 24-year-old girlfriend, Taylor Toller, was killed a week ea
  
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• Dustin Duthie to stand trial for deaths of mother, stepfather and girlfriend

  17-01-2020 23:28
  
  A Calgary man charged with killing his girlfriend and parents in 2018 will stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree murder. A judge made the ruling following a two-week preliminary hearing, which wrapped up Friday. The bodies of 26-year-old Dustin Duthie's mother, Shawn Boshuk, and stepfather, Alan Pennylegion, were discovered in their Hidden Valley home in July 2018. Investigators believe Duthie's 24-year-old girlfriend, Taylor Toller, was killed a week ea
  
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• Feds to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain

  17-01-2020 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is studying the best options for Indigenous communities to reap economic benefits from the Trans Mountain pipeline but Ottawa is not planning to sell the project while legal and political risks remain.
  
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• Ground search planned to help find Marshal Iwaasa

  17-01-2020 23:08
  
  It's been two months since Marshal Iwaasa was last seen in Lethbridge and his family says they haven't given up in their search to find him. In a post on the Facebook page dedicated to the effort, a ground search of the community's river valley is being organized to take place later this month. "We are conducting a search in Lethbridge where Marshal was last seen. We plan to search the Riverbottom area on the weekend of January 25 & 26, weather permitting," the post says. Iwaasa was last see
  
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• Newfoundland blizzard as seen from space

  17-01-2020 22:53
  
  The frigid winter storm blasting through eastern Canada can be seen from space covering much of Newfoundland.The storm, which is expected to linger until Saturday, is expected to hit Newfoundland and Labrador the hardest, with the capital of St. John’s declaring a state of emergency. The scope of the storm can be seen in a photo captured by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Environment Canada issued blizzard warnings with visibility near zero, storm surges, and extrem
  
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• Canadian troops will leave Iraq if government orders it: Sajjan

  17-01-2020 22:37
  
  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canada wants to resume its military training efforts in Iraq, but will respect any decision by Baghdad to expel foreign troops. Sajjan spoke following a visit to Kuwait and Jordan, where he met with some of the hundreds of Canadian troops who have been participating in Canada's five-year fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. That fight has largely focused over the past couple of years on training Iraqi military forces on the basics of soldier
  
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• Calgary man charged in connection with robbery of Penhold gas station

  17-01-2020 22:32
  
  Police are crediting an observant citizen with helping track down three suspects after a gas station was robbed in Penhold earlier this week. Two males went into the Centex in Penhold, about 130 kilometres north of Calgary, on Jan. 13, and demanded cash. Staff at the store complied, and hit a panic alarm, however the suspects fled in a dark-coloured Honda Civic. "Some very alert citizens provided excellent detailed descriptions of the males and the suspect vehicle to police," read an RCMP releas
  
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• 'I've definitely gotten some looks': Extreme cold warnings not enough to keep a Calgary cyclist from her bike

  17-01-2020 22:31
  
  Gabrielle Heine hasn’t missed a day of her cycling commute all winter, even with extreme cold warnings that have almost become routine affairs for the entire province over the past eight days. She does admit she has gotten a lot of stares from people sitting inside cozy, warm vehicles. “I think someone filmed me from their car too. I’ve definitely gotten some looks,” Heine told CTV News. Two days ago the biker posted a video to Twitter detailing how she gears up to get ou
  
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• Is your cat in pain? Researchers say its face discloses the extent of its suffering

  17-01-2020 22:28
  
  Veterinarians now have a new, simple tool — co-developed by a Calgary veterinary researcher — to assess pain in cats. The Feline Grimace Scale assesses a cat's facial expression to determine how much pain it is feeling. "We’ve known historically that cats are difficult to identify pain in and difficult to manage pain in," said Dr. Daniel Pang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary and the co-author of the Cat Grimace Scale Study. "Beca
  
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• Autopsy shows man found dead near Medicine Hat was victim of homicide

  17-01-2020 22:11
  
  A man found dead on a rural road near Medicine Hat earlier this week was the victim of homicide, police said Friday. The victim was a 27-year-old man from Brooks, however police are not releasing his name. An autopsy was done Wednesday and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit is investigating. The body was found about 11 a.m. Monday south of Medicine Hat and east of Highway 3. Anyone with information is asked to call their local police or Crime Stoppers.
  
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• ATB Financial files $7.3M lawsuit against Alberta health care provider

  17-01-2020 21:50
  
  A private health care company, which closed three Alberta clinics this week leaving workers and contractors in the lurch, is now being sued by ATB Financial in millions in unpaid loans. PrimeCARE Health, which operated three clinics in Calgary, Carstairs and Grande Prairie, announced on its website Monday it would be permanently closing all of its locations, effective immediately.In a lawsuit filed this week, ATB Financial claims $7,339,316.42 loans from all three locations. The statement of cla
  
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• Posts about $100 bills, zip ties left by sex traffickers believed to be a hoax: police

  17-01-2020 21:29
  
  Posts circulating on social media about $100 bills and zip-ties in Canadian and U.S. cities appear to be a hoax, police say. Versions shared with CTV News Vancouver appear to suggest the incidents took place in a parking lot in Burnaby, B.C., though similar posts are circulating in the Edmonton area and in California. One post claims the sister of a friend of the Facebook user found a $100 bill wrapped with a red ribbon and attached to her car door handle. "She noticed there was a man in a van w
  
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• Edmonton tech CEO calls out Alberta government for lack of support at Las Vegas tech show

  17-01-2020 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CEO of an Edmonton-based tech company is calling out the province for its lack of representation at a major electronics trade show earlier this month.
  
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• U.S. to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

  17-01-2020 20:30
  
  NEW YORK -- Three U.S. airports will screen passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens, killed two and prompted worries about an international outbreak, health officials said Friday. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention officials say they will begin taking temperatures and asking about symptoms of passengers at three U.S. airports who travelled from the outbreak city of Wuhan. Officials estimate roughly 5,000 passengers will go through the process in th
  
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• Extreme cold warnings lifted in several regions in Alberta

  17-01-2020 20:10
  
  While the rest of the province remained shivering under a persistent extreme cold warning Friday, weather in the mountain parks is looking a lot better. Environment Canada lifted the warnings for Banff National Park, Jasper National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park on Thursday. That doesn't mean that the temperatures will be balmy by any means in those regions as the forecasted high is only expected to reach -16 C in Banff, with the wind chill making it feel more like -25. Jasper's forecast
  
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• Lethbridge man wanted in connection with alleged sexual assault of teen at house party

  17-01-2020 20:03
  
  A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an 18-year-old man in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Adrian Jermias Peraza is wanted on charges of:Sexual assault Sexual interferencePeraza is accused of assaulting a teen girl at a house party in Lethbridge in November 2019. According to Lethbridge Police Service officials, investigators suspect there may be other victims who were assaulted on separate occasions since the date of the party. Anyone with information re
  
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• Lethbridge man arrested connection with alleged sexual assault of teen at house party

  17-01-2020 20:03
  
  Thanks to tips from the media and the public, Lethbridge police say 18-year-old Adrian Jermias Peraza has been arrested in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Adrian Jermias Peraza is accused of:Sexual assault Sexual interferencePolice say he assaulted a teen girl at a house party in Lethbridge in November 2019. According to officials, investigators suspect there may be other victims who were assaulted on separate occasions since the date of the party. Anyone with i
  
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• Motion will seek to ban conversion therapy in Calgary

  17-01-2020 19:18
  
  A notice of motion being tabled by a group of city councillors and the mayor next week will seek to have conversion therapy banned in Calgary. Signed by Couns. Evan Woolley, Druh Farrell, Gian-Carlo Carra and Jyoti Gondek, along with Mayor Naheed Nenshi, the motion will be put forward at Monday's regular meeting. "The loathsome practice of conversion therapy is opposed by the College of Alberta Psychologists and the Canadian Psychological Association and has long-term harmful consequences," Wool
  
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• Warrants issued for suspects in thefts of premium liquor

  17-01-2020 18:56
  
  Arrest warrants have been issued for a 29-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman in connection with the theft of pricey bottles of liquor from at least six Calgary stores and it was tips from the public that helped investigators identify the pair. According to police, the suspects visited Liquor Depot locations across Calgary in December and left without paying for the valuable bottles of scotch or whiskey they carried out. Surveillance footage stills of the suspects were released to the public on
  
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• SAIT partnering with the Calgary Renovation Show

  17-01-2020 17:46
  
  Calgarians will be flock to the BMO Centre later this month in search of home improvement ideas. The Calgary Renovation Show runs Jan. 17 to 19 at Stampede Park, where show-goers will get advice on everything from carpentry to plumbing and see easy, how-to fixes for their next project.  Instructors from SAIT will also host 15-minute do-it-yourself (DIY) demos. “These do-it-yourself workshops can help anyone kick off their projects with confidence through expert instruction and some he
  
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• U.S. agency examining Tesla unintended acceleration complaint

  17-01-2020 17:17
  
  The U.S. government's auto safety agency is looking into allegations that all three of Tesla's electric vehicle models can suddenly accelerate on their own. An unidentified person petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asking for an investigation into the problem. An agency document shows 127 owner complaints to the government that include 110 crashes and 52 injuries. The agency said it will look into allegations that cover about 500,000 Tesla vehicles including Model 3, M
  
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• Could Calgary be banning conversion therapy?

  17-01-2020 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conversion therapy is the practice of counselling people in an attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
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• Could Calgary ban conversion therapy?

  17-01-2020 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conversion therapy is the practice of counselling people in an attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
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• Alberta house speaker showcases retro Question Period

  17-01-2020 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Question Period at the Alberta Legislature is taking a step back in time. In an effort to keep Question Period and the day-to-day happenings at the legislature more engaging for Albertans, House Speaker Nathan Cooper is taking a page out of history.
  
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• Battle of Alberta billboards: Radio station unveils design of Edmonton's Tkachuk signs

  17-01-2020 16:02
  
  There's been no love lost between the Flames and Oilers on the ice of late but a peace offering, of sorts, from Flames fans will soon appear in the provincial capital. During Saturday night's Battle of Alberta at the Saddledome, Oilers forward Zack Kassian took exception with the actions of Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk and expressed his disappointment with his fists. Kassian's decision landed him a two game suspension that will see him out of the Oilers lineup until Jan. 29 when the provincial
  
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• 'Unprecedented' blizzard prompts state of emergency in St. John's, N.L.

  17-01-2020 15:41
  
  Newfoundland and Labrador's capital shut down on Friday as blizzard conditions descended on the city and residents prepared for an intense storm expected to last until Saturday. The City of St. John's declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads. The nearby towns of Mount Pearl, Paradise, Torbay and Portugal Cove-St. Philip's followed suit shortly afterwards. Environment Canada has issued blizzard and wind warnings for much of Newfoundland, with the heavie
  
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• St. John's declares state of emergency as snowstorms hit

  17-01-2020 15:41
  
  The City of St. John's has declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads as blizzard conditions descend on the Newfoundland and Labrador capital. Environment Canada has issued blizzard and wind warnings for much of Newfoundland, with the heaviest snow expected in the Avalon and Bonavista peninsulas, where strong winds and blowing snow may cause whiteout conditions until Saturday. Residents have been told to prepare for an expected 40 to 75 centimetres of sn
  
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• St. John's declares state of emergency amid 'unprecedented' blizzard

  17-01-2020 15:41
  
  Newfoundland and Labrador's capital shut down on Friday as blizzard conditions descended on the city and residents prepared for an intense storm that could knock out power. The City of St. John's declared a state of emergency, ordering businesses closed and vehicles off the roads. The nearby towns of Mount Pearl and Paradise followed suit shortly afterwards. Environment Canada has issued blizzard and wind warnings for much of Newfoundland, with the heaviest snow expected in the Avalon and Bonavi
  
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• U.S. woman jailed for killing husband with eye drops

  17-01-2020 15:19
  
  A South Carolina woman was Thursday sentenced to 25 years in jail after she admitted poisoning her husband by putting eye drops in his drinking water. In a plea deal, Lana Sue Clayton, 53, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Steven Clayton, 64, at their home in Clover, near Charlotte, CBS-affiliate WBTV reported. She was accused of poisoning her husband by lacing his drinking water with eye drops between July 19 and 21, 2018. Her husband was initially thought to have died of
  
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• Security agency apologizes after agent pulls Native American traveller's braids

  17-01-2020 15:02
  
  An official of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration apologized Tuesday to a Native American air traveller who says an agent treated her offensively at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Indigenous rights activist and attorney Tara Houska says she was headed home to Bemidji Monday when a TSA agent said she needed to pat down her long braids and then pulled them behind her shoulders and said "giddyup" as she snapped them like reins of a horse. "My hair is part of my spirit.
  
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• Calgary hosts world’s largest ringette tournament

  17-01-2020 14:23
  
  More than 2,500 ringette players have descended on Calgary for what’s being dubbed the largest tournament of its kind in the entire world.  The 34th annual Esso Golden Ring Tournament officially gets underway Friday morning at several arenas throughout the city and will continue through to Sunday's finals. Organizers say 173 teams — from Atlantic Canada to British Columbia — will participate in this year's tournament and a total of 340 games will be played. Over 400 hours
  
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• Sussex staff 'redeployed' as Meghan stays longer than expected in Canada

  17-01-2020 13:12
  
  Members of staff employed by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at their Frogmore Cottage residence are being "redeployed," a source close to the couple told CNN on Friday, raising questions about the royal pair's plans for the future.Sign up for our Royal Dispatch newsletter for all the latest Royal news"In quiet periods staff are often redeployed elsewhere around the estate," the source told CNN after reports emerged in the British press Friday claiming that Harry and Meghan had let go of members
  
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• Iran's top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil

  17-01-2020 11:00
  
  Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nation but want to stick their "poisoned dagger" into its back. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his rare appearance at the weekly prayers to deliver a fiery address in which he insisted Iran would not bow to U.S. pressure after months of crushing sanctions and a series of recent crises -- from the killing o
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: January 17-19, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  17-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Preview: January 17-19, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge man sentenced for sexual contact with a child - Lethbridge News Now

  17-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge man sentenced for sexual contact with a child  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• City of Lethbridge hires consulting firm to liaise with provincial government - Lethbridge News Now

  17-01-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City of Lethbridge hires consulting firm to liaise with provincial government  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rittich's 35-save performance powers Flames past Leafs 2-1 in a shootout

  17-01-2020 05:26
  
  Matthew Tkachuk scored the only goal of the shootout as the Calgary Flames defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Thursday. Derek Ryan scored in regulation for Calgary (26-18-5), which got 35 saves from David Rittich through 65 minutes of action. Rittich stopped Jason Spezza, Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner in the shootout. William Nylander knotted the game in the third period for Toronto (25-16-7). Frederik Andersen, who had given up 14 goals over his last four starts, stopped 31 shots. Tkach
  
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• Carbon monoxide leak forces out approximately 100 people from Calgary building

  17-01-2020 04:44
  
  Emergency crews were called to a five-storey condo building in the East Village Thursday evening because of a carbon monoxide leak. The issue was discovered at about 7 p.m. at the building, located at 630 8 Ave. S.E. A number of transit buses were brought in to help shelter the residents. The cause of the leak is under investigation.
  
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• Carbon monoxide leak forces approximately 100 people out of Calgary building

  17-01-2020 04:44
  
  Emergency crews were called to a five-storey condo building in the East Village Thursday evening because of a carbon monoxide leak. The issue was discovered at about 7 p.m. at the building, located at 630 8 Ave. S.E. A number of transit buses were brought in to help shelter the residents. The cause of the leak is under investigation.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jan 16

  17-01-2020 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Thursday, January 16, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Abandoned in a Calgary parking lot as a newborn, B.C. woman finds birth mother

  17-01-2020 03:31
  
  Teanna Elliot has always known she was adopted as a newborn. But social workers advised her parents not to tell her right away that she'd been abandoned in a Calgary parking lot in 1987, head poking out of a garbage bag, her umbilical cord still attached. She learned the truth at age 12. “At first, I thought it was the coolest thing ever," said Elliot, who now works as a teaching assistant in Kelowna, B.C. "I went to school the next day and I was like, 'Oh my gosh you would never believe w
  
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• 77 Canadians on their way to help Australia as wildfires rage on

  17-01-2020 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada has mutual aid agreements with Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Mexico and South Africa.
  
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• More than 100 Swoop passengers stranded in Mexico after flight attendant injured

  17-01-2020 02:41
  
  A flight attendant injury onboard a Swoop airlines flight heading to Cancun left more than 100 passengers scheduled for the return flight stranded in Mexico for days. Ann Marie Tulett, who was supposed to be on the flight back to Hamilton after a vacation with her husband, said Swoop employees did not inform them of the situation until much later and gave passengers two nights’ accommodation in hotels that were less than desired. “They were shipping everybody into the downtown core o
  
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• B.C. government, environmentalists ‘disappointed’ over Trans Mountain court decision

  17-01-2020 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environmentalists say B.C. can still impose additional conditions on Trans Mountain for the project despite the court loss.
  
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• How cold is cold in Canada? Toronto alert for -12 C revives never-ending debate

  17-01-2020 02:24
  
  A funny thing happened in 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved: Canada was no longer officially the coldest country on Earth, but fell to second place behind Russia. When Environment Canada announced the news, the reaction was far from national delight. “It was like taking away our birthright,” recalled David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada. “People weren’t cheered by it -- they were dismayed that we were no longer the coldest.&
  
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• N.S. Supreme Court ruling gives 100 per cent of life insurance to man who killed his wife

  17-01-2020 02:22
  
  A Nova Scotia man found not criminally responsible for killing his wife will receive 100 per cent of her life insurance policy. Richard Maidment -- also known as Richard MacNeil -- killed Sarabeth Forbes in their home in Gardiner Mines, N.S. on April 18, 2017. The couple had been in a common-law relationship for 10 years and had a son together. Maidment was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2012, which made him unable to continue to work for Nova Scotia Power as a welder, and he began collecting l
  
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