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• Bars serve up help for rival devastated by flooding

  23-01-2020 23:54
  
  Calgary brewers and bar owners, who know how precarious their industry can be, are stepping up to help one of their rivals, that was double-devastated this week by the winter thaw. “Margins are not like in the car business when you’re running a restaurant. Margins are very small.” said Gerry Forbes, a part-owner of Bookers Crab Shack Forbes is organizing a fundraiser for the owners of the Pig and Duke pubs. Unbelievably, both of the pub’s locations were flooded this week
  
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• Calgary police arrest suspect in connection with death of 'Baby Jane'

  23-01-2020 23:03
  
  Over two years after the body of a baby was found lying in a northwest Calgary parking lot, police have made an arrest in the case. Calgary police say charges of indignity to a human body are pending against an accused person in the case. Investigators have not released the name of the suspect yet because they have not been formally charged. Officers were called to an area behind a grocery store at Bowness Road and 79 Street N.W. on Dec. 24, 2017 at about 11:30 p.m. They said a resident had call
  
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• Calgary police arrest suspect in connection with death of 'Baby Eve'

  23-01-2020 23:03
  
  More than two years after the body of a baby was found lying in a northwest Calgary parking lot, police have made an arrest in the case. Charges of indignity to a human body are pending against one person, Calgary police said. Investigators have not released the name of the suspect yet because they have not been formally charged. Officers were called to an area behind a grocery store at Bowness Road and 79 Street N.W. on Dec. 24, 2017, at about 11:30 p.m. They said a resident had called them whe
  
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• Alberta Justice says courthouse provided ‘inaccurate information’ about tissues, water not being provided

  23-01-2020 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta Justice official has confirmed Global News reports that court staff told people tissues and water would no longer be provided, but she says they were "mistaken." 
  
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• Alberta Justice says courthouse gave ‘inaccurate information’ about tissues, water not being provided

  23-01-2020 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta Justice official has confirmed Global News reports that court staff told people tissues and water would no longer be provided, but she says they were "mistaken." 
  
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• Elephant hunting trip auction in Calgary expected to draw protesters

  23-01-2020 22:20
  
  A limited number of elephant hunts in the southern African nation of Botswana will be on the auction block this weekend in Calgary to the disappointment of animal rights activists. Botswana, which is slightly larger than France, is home to about 130,000 elephants, nearly one-third of the entire wild population on the continent. Last year, Botswana's government lifted a five-year ban on hunting the pachyderms in response to a surge in population. Local farmers complained after aggressive elephant
  
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• Can Amy Klobuchar pull off a last-minute surge in Iowa?

  23-01-2020 22:16
  
  It was the kind of event designed to play up the Midwestern sensibilities that Amy Klobuchar so often talks about on the campaign trail. In a small rural Iowa community, voters gathered in a neighbour's home. They ate tater tot hot dish -- Klobuchar's award-winning recipe -- and listened to the case for the Minnesota senator to be Democrats' nominee for president. The only thing missing was the candidate, who was stuck in the Senate chamber some 1,100 miles away for the start of U.S. President D
  
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• Obama talks Trump, Thunberg and his favourite thing about Canada

  23-01-2020 21:57
  
  Efforts by the Trump administration to undo fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles are a setback to the battle against climate change, former U.S. president Barack Obama said on Thursday. Speaking at a sold-out forum about the future of work, Obama said it's clear not everyone is on his page when it comes to the enormous global challenge. "I instituted higher fuel-efficiency standards on cars, and the subsequent administration has now tried to actively reverse them," Obama said of U.S. President
  
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• Canadian experts returning home after probing Tehran plane crash, TSB says

  23-01-2020 21:52
  
  The Transportation Safety Board says two investigators are heading back to Canada after six days in Tehran and two in Kyiv, helping probe the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines jet. Iran has admitted firing surface-to-air missiles at the airliner as it left Tehran's international airport Jan. 8, saying it was a mistake. Fifty-seven Canadian citizens were among the 176 people killed. The TSB says it understands the plane's flight-data recorders are still in Iran, while the country's auth
  
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• Logan Boulet Arena vying for Kraft Hockeyville win - Lethbridge News Now

  23-01-2020 21:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Logan Boulet Arena vying for Kraft Hockeyville win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Health clinics start petition against proposed changes to physician billing

  23-01-2020 21:29
  
  As the province continues to consult with doctors on how fees are collected, clinics have created a petition against the proposed changes. In late November, Health Minister Tyler Shandro told the Alberta Medical Association about his government's intention to save money in the health care system. The proposal includes 11 recommended changes to the way doctors are compensated by Alberta Health. "The analysis showed that 85 per cent of the decline in fee revenue would happen to family practice," M
  
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• Alberta Health Services report seven more deaths from influenza

  23-01-2020 21:18
  
  Alberta Health Services say seven more people have died from confirmed cases of influenza in hospitals across the province. The agency released the latest results on its website Thursday and say 19 people have died from influenza so far this season. Three of those deaths occurred in the Central Zone while the Edmonton Zone reported two more deaths. The Calgary region and North Zone each reported another death since the latest release of influenza data. There have also been over 300 hospitalizati
  
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• Bilingualism on the rise among children in Canada

  23-01-2020 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada tracked the rate of English-French bilingualism in a cohort of children. Over 10 years, the rate of bilingualism increased from 17 per cent to 27 per cent.
  
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• Photos show mudslide near Burnaby Mountain; homes evacuated

  23-01-2020 20:46
  
  Six Metro Vancouver homes were evacuated Thursday morning after a mudslide swept down Burnaby Mountain. Three of those homes are still under an evacuation order, but the other residents have been allowed to go back inside. Photos from the scene following the 9 a.m. slide showed dirt and debris across an alley near Bayview Drive and Barnett Road in Burnaby. It was raining heavily at the time. Also visible was what appeared to be an uprooted tree or trees.A retaining wall was knocked over by the s
  
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• Evacuation order lifted after mudslide near Burnaby Mountain

  23-01-2020 20:46
  
  Six Metro Vancouver homes were evacuated Thursday morning after a mudslide swept down Burnaby Mountain. The residents were out of their homes for most of the day, but the evacuation order was lifted at around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Photos from the scene following the 9 a.m. slide showed dirt and debris across an alley near Bayview Drive and Barnett Road in Burnaby. It was raining heavily at the time. Also visible was what appeared to be an uprooted tree or trees.A retaining wall was knocked over
  
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• 'We were quite aghast at what we spotted': Grader smashes into parked vehicles in hit and run

  23-01-2020 20:43
  
  Two parked vehicles were damaged after a grader smashed into one of them. It happened at 3:10 a.m. on Thursday in south Edmonton. The crash was captured on video by Rick Medlock’s security camera. The grader can be seen crashing into the back of a vehicle, before pushing it forward into a parked Jeep. The grader then drives away. Medlock said the two vehicles that were involved in the smash-up are owned by the same couple. "We got a text message from Jason across the street at about 6:30 t
  
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• 'We were quite aghast at what we spotted': City of Edmonton grader smashes into parked vehicles

  23-01-2020 20:43
  
  Two parked vehicles were damaged after a grader smashed into one of them. It happened at 3:10 a.m. on Thursday in south Edmonton. The crash was captured on video by Rick Medlock’s security camera. The grader can be seen crashing into the back of a vehicle, before pushing it forward into a parked Jeep. The grader then drives away. Medlock said the two vehicles that were involved in the smash-up are owned by the same couple. "We got a text message from Jason across the street at about 6:30 t
  
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• Suspect wanted in connection with theft from Airdrie Winners

  23-01-2020 20:35
  
  Police in Airdrie are looking to identify a suspect they say took a number of items from a Winners store last week. Officials say they were informed that a man was inside the shop, located at 2761 Main Street, on Jan. 18 and left the store at about 7:30 p.m. carrying a number of items he allegedly did not pay for. The man is described as:Caucasian Approximately 30 years old Wearing a black jacket, black pants and blue toqueAnyone with information regarding this crime or can identify the suspect
  
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• Logan Boulet Arena nominated for Kraft Hockeyville 2020

  23-01-2020 20:05
  
  The father of Logan Boulet, one of the Humboldt Broncos players who died when the team's bus crashed in 2018, says the Lethbridge rink named in his son's honour has been nominated for a contest celebrating hockey in Canadian communities. Toby Boulet posted the news on Twitter Thursday, saying the building was his son's favourite place to play when he was growing up.The Logan Boulet Arena has been nominated for KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE 2020 CANADA The LBA was Logan’s favorite arena and where he st
  
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• U of A survey researching wildfire smoke impact on Canadians

  23-01-2020 19:52
  
  How are wildfires affecting Canadians? A University of Alberta professor and undergraduate student are working to answer that question through an online survey. "The survey is examining the general public's perception of and response to the risk of wildfire smoke," said undergraduate student Devon Healey, who is conducting the research as part of his thesis. "The results of this survey will provide information for government agencies responsible for reducing impacts of wildfire smoke," said Heal
  
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• How airports are preparing for the potential spread of coronavirus in Canada

  23-01-2020 19:32
  
  Health care workers and border security officials maintain they are well prepared to treat the potential spread of the coronavirus if it makes its way to Canada. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is now more than 630, including 17 deaths. The Chinese government says 13 men and four women between the ages of 48 to 89-years-old have died from the illness. Seven of the victims had no pre-existing health conditions before contracting the v
  
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• Privacy commissioner now investigating liquor store ID pilot project

  23-01-2020 19:16
  
  Alberta's privacy commissioner is investigating after a northeast Edmonton liquor store began to scan customer's IDs upon entry Monday. Alcanna Inc., which owns Liquor Depot, Wine and Beyond and Ace Liquor, and the Edmonton Police Service, installed an ID verification system as part of a pilot project aimed at reducing theft. Customers have to scan their ID to gain entry to the store, and if valid ID is not scanned, the doors to the store remain locked. On Tuesday, the privacy commissioner said
  
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• Shares in Calgary-based Birchcliff fall after higher-than-expected 2020 budget unveilved

  23-01-2020 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shares in natural gas producer Birchcliff Energy Ltd. fell by as much as 13.7 per cent on Thursday after it announced a higher-than-expected $350-million 2020 capital spending budget.
  
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• Alberta privacy commissioner investigating Alcanna’s use of ID scanning at liquor stores

  23-01-2020 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's privacy commissioner is investigating Alcanna's ID-scanning pilot project aimed at curbing violent liquor store robberies.
  
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• Film by U of C engineering grad to debut in Calgary

  23-01-2020 18:34
  
  A film made by Amair Javaid, an engineering student turned director, is making its big screen debut in Calgary Thursday evening. Hafiz tells the story of a recent immigrant to Canada as he waits for his exam approval letter to practice as a doctor. He passes the time by calling his mom back home in Pakistan to learn how to cook.  "The film explore themes of isolation and volatility through painting a portrait of the excruciating homesickness felt by immigrants in their early years," reads a
  
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• Former Calgary realtor responds to $175k lawsuit filed by ex-fiancée

  23-01-2020 18:06
  
  Former Calgary realtor and mortgage broker Trevor Fenn is coming to his own defence, denying the allegations outlined in a lawsuit filed against him by his former fiancée None of the allegations have been tested in court, but in a statement of defence, Fenn denies the allegations contained in a statement of claim. "In text messages and emails, I have over 250 pages at my lawyers," said Fenn. "Without a doubt, everything she says is not true." Fenn is being sued by Heidi Hebditch, his ex.
  
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• Surveillance images of missing woman, a former Calgarian, released by Hamilton police

  23-01-2020 17:37
  
  The Hamilton Police Service has released surveillance stills of Holly Ellsworth-Clark, the 27-year-old woman who has been missing for nearly two weeks, in the hopes of garnering tips from the public. On Thursday morning, police shared images of Ellsworth-Clark leaving her home on the afternoon of Jan. 11.Have you seen Holly? Hamilton Police are releasing images from the last moment Holly was seen. The images were captured as she was leaving her home on Jan 11 at 4:00 p.m. Police and her family c
  
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• Did Prince Charles snub Mike Pence in Jerusalem?

  23-01-2020 17:27
  
  Buckingham Palace and the White House have both denied speculation that the Prince of Wales deliberately snubbed U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence while greeting world leaders on Thursday. In video shared widely online, Charles is seen shaking hands at the World Holocaust Forum in in Jerusalem. He greets European Jewish Congress president and founder of the World Holocaust Forum Moshe Kantor then appears to walk straight past Pence and wife Karen to greet Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of I
  
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• Charge laid in connection with fatal New Year's Eve assault at Alpha House

  23-01-2020 16:22
  
  A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with a New Year's Eve beating at a Beltline shelter that led to the death of the 30-year-old victim. On the evening of Dec. 31, 2019, emergency crews were deployed to the Calgary Alpha House in the 200 block of 15th Ave S.E. following reports from shelter staff indicating a man had been beaten. The call was cancelled a short time later at the request of the assault victim who indicated he was alright. Alpha House sta
  
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• Semi erupts in flames after crashing into stopped tow truck on QEII Highway

  23-01-2020 15:46
  
  A section of the QEII was closed for several hours following a fiery late-night crash south of Red Deer. Emergency crews were called to the southbound lanes of the highway at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday after a semi crashed into the back of a tow truck that had stopped at the side of the highway to load a vehicle. The semi burst into flames following the collision. The extent of the injuries to the semi driver and tow truck operator have not been confirmed. STARS Air Ambulance confirms a cre
  
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• Semi driver dead after crashing into stopped tow truck on QEII Highway south of Red Deer

  23-01-2020 15:46
  
  A 62-year-old man from Edmonton is dead after the semi he was driving crashed into the back of a tow truck on the QEII Highway Wednesday night. A section of the QEII was closed for several hours following a fiery late-night crash south of Red Deer. Emergency crews were called to the southbound lanes of the highway at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday after a semi crashed into the back of a tow truck that had stopped at the side of the highway to load a vehicle. The semi burst into flames following
  
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• Semi-trailer truck catches fire after crash on QEII Highway: RCMP

  23-01-2020 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The collision reportedly happened on the QEII Highway between Highway 590 near Innisfail and Highway 42 near Penhold at around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Semi-trailer catches fire after crash on QEII Highway: RCMP

  23-01-2020 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tow truck and a semi-trailer were involved in a crash near Innisfail, Alta. on Wednesday.
  
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• Driver killed after semi-trailer catches fire in QEII Highway crash: RCMP

  23-01-2020 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The town of Penhold is located about halfway between Calgary and Edmonton.
  
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• Warrants issued for Ryan Watson, the trespasser shot on ranch near Okotoks

  23-01-2020 14:20
  
  It appears the Calgary man who suffered a gunshot wound in February 2018 when a rancher near Okotoks fired a warning shot at trespassers has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of 43-year-old Ryan Randy Watson on charges of:Possession of stolen property Possession of a controlled substance Failing to attend courtThe wanted man is described as:Approximately 5-7 tall Having brown hair and blue eyes Having a large surgery scar on his right
  
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• Woman pushes back on Alberta minister’s denial that witnesses will no longer get tissues in court

  23-01-2020 08:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  After the province's justice minister denied reports witnesses would no longer be supplied with tissues in Alberta courtrooms, a woman told Global News she was told just the opposite in a courtroom earlier this week.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, January 22, 2020

  23-01-2020 07:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Dylan Cozens recorded his first hat trick of the season and added an assist as the Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 7-1 on Wednesday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide

  23-01-2020 07:02
  
  The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with gratitude and relief but also some skepticism that the country's rulers will fully comply. The ruling by the International Court of Justice came despite appeals last month by Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for the judges t o drop the case amid her denials of genocide by the armed forces that once held the forme
  
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• China expands lockdowns to 25M people as coronavirus kills 25

  23-01-2020 06:46
  
  China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass around 25 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, though the measures' potential for success is uncertain. At least eight cities have been shut down --- Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Chibi, Qianjiang, Zhijiang, Jingmen and Xiantao -- all in central China's Hubei province, where the illness has been concentrated. In Wuhan, where the lockdown began early Thursday, normally bustling street
  
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• Where did Victoria Park go? Community ceased to exist well ahead of arena agreement

  23-01-2020 05:32
  
  Ask a Calgarian to tell you the name of the community bordered by Stampede Park to the south, the East Village to the north, the Elbow River to the east and Centre Street to the west, and they'll likely answer Victoria Park. CTrains on the red line stop at the Victoria Park/Stampede station. Real estate websites currently offer dozens of listings for condos in Victoria Park. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation's Rivers District Master Plan, which includes the future arena, envisions a "vibran
  
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• Global News at 5: Lethbridge January 22

  23-01-2020 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Wednesday, January 22, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Tom Roulston
  
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• Alberta justice minister denies courtroom cuts; sources maintain tissues, water removed

  23-01-2020 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sources were told anyone in a courtroom would be required to supply their own tissues and there would be a change to how water would be provided.
  
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• 30 cows dead after crash involving 2 semi-trucks south of Edmonton

  23-01-2020 02:59
  
  Emergency crews and a veterinarian worked to free 104 cows from a wreck Wednesday night, after a semi-truck hauling livestock collided with another semi-truck that was stuck in the ditch. Thirty cows died in the crash or had to be euthanized on scene, RCMP said.  The other 74 animals were rescued and loaded into another trailer.  The collision happened around 4:30 p.m. and both drivers escaped without injury. The driver of the ditched truck had been waiting several hours for
  
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• Father found guilty of sexual assault and incest - Lethbridge News Now

  23-01-2020 02:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Father found guilty of sexual assault and incest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Coaldale offers tax rebates to help recruit and retain volunteer firefighters

  23-01-2020 02:30
  
  Coaldale has become the first municipality in Alberta to introduce a property tax rebate program for volunteer firefighters, and local businesses that allow volunteers to respond to emergency calls while at work. Coaldale Mayor Kim Craig said it’s a way of thanking firefighters and the businesses that are committed to the safety of the community. “We understand the great amount of sacrifice that local businesses face as a result of allowing volunteers to leave during daytime work hou
  
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• Teck Frontier project to challenge Trudeau’s climate policies, relationship to Alberta: expert

  23-01-2020 02:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal cabinet has until the end of February to decide whether the project will be approved. 
  
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• Lethbridge city council and ARCHES respond to premier’s supervised consumption comments - Global News

  23-01-2020 01:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge city council and ARCHES respond to premier’s supervised consumption comments  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge city council and ARCHES respond to premier’s supervised consumption comments

  23-01-2020 01:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Results from a UCP-appointed panel could soon determine the fate of the province's seven supervised consumption sites.
  
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• Alberta cannabis producer lays off 10% of workforce; expert blames poor-quality products

  23-01-2020 01:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  A weed expert is weighing in after Alberta-based cannabis producer Sundial confirmed Tuesday that it has laid off "less than 10 per cent" of its workforce.
  
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• Memorial for Jason Goodstriker set for this weekend in Lethbridge

  23-01-2020 01:30
  
  Those looking to pay their respects to a prominent Alberta First Nations leader can do so this weekend. Jason Goodstriker, who was once Alberta's regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations, passed away last Thursday in Slave Lake. He was called a "passionate Albertan" by Premier Jason Kenney and also served as a councillor with the Blood Tribe. Goodstriker, who was 47, had also been named a member of the province's Fair Deal Panel that has been holding town hall meetings in communities thr
  
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