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• Man taken to hospital after house fire in Tuscany

  25-01-2020 23:30
  
  Fire officials were called to attend a blaze that broke out inside a home in northwest Calgary Saturday afternoon. The fire department was called to the scene, at 19 Tuscany Springs Pl. N.W., at about 2:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found the two-storey home on fire. Crews managed to bring the fire under control in a short period of time. EMS tells CTV News an adult male, who was the only one inside when the fire broke out, was taken to hospital in serious, but stable, condition. No one else w
  
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• Canada’s policy time bomb: Rising home prices and homelessness

  25-01-2020 22:44
  
  When you watch the news or read the latest macroeconomic data, things in Canada seem good. Unemployment remains near historic lows, interest rates are under control and Canada is back on the list of the top 10 largest economies in the world. Sounds pretty good. How is it that even with all this good news Canadians remain anxious about our economic state of affairs? Research suggests that there is a fundamental disconnect between the macroeconomic data and how people feel. Only a little more than
  
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• Alberta Indigenous band Northern Cree seeking 1st Grammy win

  25-01-2020 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Maskwacis-based group has released 40 albums since being formed in 1982.
  
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• Personal spending a party matter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says

  25-01-2020 21:47
  
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer declined Saturday to shed any light on lingering questions about the use of party money to pay for his children's tuition, an issue that threw his party into turmoil just as he announced his decision to step back from the leadership job. Scheer wrapped up meetings with Conservative MPs and senators to strategize for the return of the House of Commons, saying that his remaining months in the top job will have the dual focus of holding the minority Liberal governm
  
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• French automaker to evacuate expatriate workers from China

  25-01-2020 21:02
  
  French automaker PSA Group says it plans to evacuate its expatriate employees and their families from Wuhan, the locked-down Chinese city that is the epicenter of a deadly virus outbreak. PSA Group tweeted on Saturday that the employees will be quarantined in another major city in China, before they are brought back to France. The tweet said transportation, housing and other organizational considerations are being worked out. It did not say how many employees would be part of the evacuation. Fra
  
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• UCP government to ease restrictions on wooden buildings in Alberta

  25-01-2020 20:52
  
  Construction companies will be able to go twice as high with new wooden buildings in the province, thanks to the United Conservative Party government's decision to change the building code. Currently, Alberta and national building codes only allow wood-building construction projects to reach six storeys, but the new code, expected to come into effect later this year, will increase that to 12 storeys. Officials say Alberta is the first province in the country to allow the practice province-wide.
  
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• Byte, the sequel to Vine and potential competitor to TikTok, launches on mobile

  25-01-2020 19:37
  
  TikTok teens have a shiny, new toy to try: Byte, a social media platform, has launched on mobile. It's a direct successor to the Vine app, which was discontinued in early 2017 although videos posted to the platform are preserved to this day. Users can post six second videos to Byte, either by spontaneously turning on the camera and filming whatever catches their fancy, or uploading pre-existing videos. "It's both familiar and new. We hope it'll resonate with people who feel something's been miss
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator warns public against tampering with oil and gas facilities

  25-01-2020 19:10
  
  A provincial agency says the public needs to steer clear of oil and gas infrastructure because entering the sites and touching any of the equipment is dangerous and could lead to criminal charges. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released the notice Friday in response to a call from local landowners to 'fight back' against the companies in charge of the sites they say have defaulted on their leases. "A person attempting to interfere with oil and gas infrastructure could expose themselves and o
  
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• Police find body of Joshua Wall, who went missing during Newfoundland snowstorm

  25-01-2020 18:10
  
  The RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador say they've found a man who went missing at the height of a historic storm that hit the eastern part of province on Jan. 17. Joshua Wall, 26, had vanished after leaving his home for a friend's house in nearby Marysvale as the massive snowstorm struck the province. Earlier today, Bay Roberts RCMP were called after a body was discovered off of Roaches Line, a small community about 70 kilometres west of the capital, St. John's. The RCMP said in an email that th
  
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• Trump lawyers argue Democrats just want to overturn election

  25-01-2020 17:16
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers plunged into their impeachment trial defence Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump's dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House. "They're here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history," White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told senators. "And we can't allow that to hap
  
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• Trump lawyer says Dems want to 'overturn' last election

  25-01-2020 17:16
  
  President Donald Trump's lawyers opened their impeachment trial defence Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump's dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House. "They're here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history," White House Counsel Pat Cipollone told senators. "And we can't allow that to happen." The T
  
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• Delta fined US$50,000 for discriminating against Muslim passengers

  25-01-2020 17:09
  
  Delta Air Lines was fined US$50,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation Friday to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes. In its consent order, the department said it found Delta "engaged in discriminatory conduct" and violated anti-discrimination laws when it removed the three passengers. In one incident on July 26, 2016, a Muslim couple were removed from Delta Flight 229 at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris after a passenger
  
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• 'This is huge': Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa

  25-01-2020 16:31
  
  The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious insects from feasting on their crops in this rural community. The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia. Those two countries have not had an infestation like this in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and t
  
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• Alberta Health Services issues boil water advisory in Oyen, Alta.

  25-01-2020 16:25
  
  Health officials have advised all residents who live in the community of Oyen avoid using the water in their homes unless it has been properly boiled first. Alberta Health Services enacted the order as a precaution due to a water disruption in the town. Town officials also posted information about the issue on the town of Oyen's Facebook page.As a result, the agency says all residents must bring water to rolling boil before using it for any of the following purposes:drinking brushing teeth clean
  
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• Peter MacKay announces Tory leadership bid

  25-01-2020 16:19
  
  After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before an enthusiastic hometown crowd in Nova Scotia. MacKay made the announcement at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, N.S., in front of a large Canadian flag and before more than 200 supporters bearing signs with his name. He said he is running because the current Liberal government is making the lives of Canadians ha
  
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• Volunteers and family members to conduct search for Marshal Iwaasa

  25-01-2020 15:43
  
  A significant search effort has been gathered online to help find Marshal Iwaasa, a young man who was last seen in Lethbridge in November. Iwaasa, 26, was heading back to Calgary on November 17, 2019, when he did not arrived as scheduled. Just over a week later, authorities in Pemberton, B.C. located a burned-out vehicle, which is believed to belong to the young man. Police also found three cell phones, a laptop as well as other electronics, Iwaasa's current passport and an expired passport. His
  
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• Volunteers and family members conduct search for Marshal Iwaasa

  25-01-2020 15:43
  
  A significant search effort has been gathered online to help find Marshal Iwaasa, a young man who was last seen in Lethbridge in November. Iwaasa, 26, was heading back to Calgary on November 17, 2019, when he did not arrived as scheduled. Just over a week later, authorities in Pemberton, B.C. located a burned-out vehicle, which is believed to belong to the young man. Police also found three cell phones, a laptop as well as other electronics, Iwaasa's current passport and an expired passport. His
  
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• Lethbridge woman given house arrest after kidnapping her son

  25-01-2020 15:22
  
  A woman who admitted to fleeing the country with her young son six years ago pleaded guilty in a Lethbridge courtroom Friday. The woman, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, was accused of kidnapping her 11-month-old son in January 2014. The pair evaded authorities for three years, travelling through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize before they were finally caught in the summer of 2017.The woman was arrested by local authorities when she did not produce the proper immigration documents
  
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• Republicans show little desire for witnesses ahead of critical impeachment vote

  25-01-2020 14:35
  
  Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from Rep. Adam Schiff and the other House prosecutors. Over three days of arguments, Democrats warned that the senators will live to regret not delving deeper into Trump's dealings with Ukraine. One of the managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, even told them it was "treacherous" to vote against gathering more evidence. Yet t
  
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• Effort to help injured right whale off U.S. coast was first of its kind

  25-01-2020 14:30
  
  When scientists used a dart to give an antibiotic to a badly injured newborn whale off the coast of Florida last week, it was the first time the system was used for that purpose. A crew of trained specialists got close enough to the injured calf and its mother off the coast of Fernandina Beach last Wednesday to inject the baby using a syringe fired from an air gun. The system was developed about 12 years ago by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu
  
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• Quebec wants answers from Canada after convicted killer out on parole allegedly kills again

  25-01-2020 14:24
  
  Quebec's justice minister is questioning whether the federal parole board has enough resources to properly evaluate the risk prisoners pose to the public following the slaying of a 22-year-old woman -- allegedly by a man previously convicted of murder and out on parole. Sonia LeBel told reporters Friday she was extremely concerned by the facts surrounding the death of Marylene Levesque, a sex worker allegedly killed by 51-year-old Eustachio Gallese in a Quebec City hotel on Wednesday.She called
  
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• No winning ticket for Friday night's $17 million Lotto Max jackpot

  25-01-2020 14:04
  
  No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 28 will grow to approximately $22 million.
  
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• Canada prepares for the new coronavirus as the death toll in China keeps rising

  25-01-2020 13:53
  
  As the new coronavirus claims more lives in China, health authorities in this country are trying to reassure Canadians that plans and procedures are in place to protect them. While no cases have yet been confirmed in Canada, Dr. Peter Donnelly, with Public Health Ontario, said Friday that it is indeed "likely" the coronavirus, which comes from the same family of viruses as SARS, will arrive here. However, Donnelly added that health officials are much better prepared now than they were in 2003 wh
  
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• Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus

  25-01-2020 13:31
  
  China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to stop the spread of an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks, reported by state broadcaster CCTV, came at a meeting of Communist Party leaders convened on the Lunar New Year holiday and underlined the government's urgent and ever-expanding efforts to bring the situatio
  
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• Virus-hit Wuhan bans cars, Hong Kong closes schools

  25-01-2020 13:31
  
  The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown, banned most vehicle use downtown and Hong Kong said it would close schools for two weeks as authorities scrambled Saturday to stop the spread of an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said her government has declared the outbreak an emergency and will close primary and secondary schools for two more weeks on top of next week's Lunar New Year holiday. They will re-open Feb. 17. She sa
  
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• China's president calls situation grave as country scrambles to contain virus

  25-01-2020 13:31
  
  China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks, reported by state broadcaster CCTV, came at a meeting of Communist Party leaders convened on Lunar New Year -- the country's biggest holiday whose celebrations have been muted -- and underlined the government's urgent,
  
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• China's president calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus

  25-01-2020 13:31
  
  China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to stop the spread of an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. President Xi Jinping's remarks, reported by state broadcaster CCTV, came at a meeting of Communist Party leaders convened on the Lunar New Year holiday and underlined the government's urgent and ever-expanding efforts to bring the situatio
  
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• Family, friends search for Lethbridge man last seen in November - CTV News

  25-01-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Family, friends search for Lethbridge man last seen in November  CTV News
  
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• Man sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempted shooting of New West police officer

  25-01-2020 07:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Steven Gordon Vollrath pointed a handgun at a police officer in May 2015 and pulled the trigger, but the gun did not fire.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, January 24, 2020

  25-01-2020 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tristen Robins scored a hat trick, including the winning goal five minutes into the third period, to lead the Saskatoon Blades to a 6-5 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• Calgary-based energy firm withdraws permit application for controversial Oregon pipeline

  25-01-2020 06:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta energy company has withdrawn its application for a state permit for a controversial natural gas pipeline and export terminal in Oregon, and a project spokesperson said Friday it is instead awaiting possible federal approval.
  
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• Hurricanes hammer Pats 7-2 in Regina

  25-01-2020 05:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes scored seven times for the second-straight game as they beat the Regina Pats 7-2 on Friday. Tom Roulston has a recap of the game.
  
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• Former Stampeder Norm Hill, one of the heroes of the 1948 Grey Cup game, passes away at 91

  25-01-2020 05:34
  
  Norm Hill, one of the architects of the Calgary Stampeder's victory in the 1948 Grey Cup game that forever changed the CFL, has passed away at the age of 91. Hill, a Winnipeg native, played for the Stamps from 1948-50, and then again in 1950. He died January 18, in his sleep. Hill will always be remembered as the guy who caught the Sleeper Play that led to the Stamp's first touchdown in the 1948 Grey Cup game. That was a play that involved a receiver flopping onto the ground, hoping the oppositi
  
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• Lethbridge’s Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden calls 2020 Winter Lights Festival very successful - Global News

  25-01-2020 05:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge’s Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden calls 2020 Winter Lights Festival very successful  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge’s Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden calls 2020 Winter Lights Festival very successful

  25-01-2020 05:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge hosted opera night on Friday evening as its fourth annual Winter Lights Festival winds down.
  
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• Young Calgary conservatives push for CPC image change

  25-01-2020 04:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two young Calgary conservatives are pushing for a new image for the Conservative Party of Canada to attract younger voters to the party.
  
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• AUMA wants Alberta to make tax changes to address failing oil and gas properties

  25-01-2020 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association is calling on the province to change legislation to allow local governments to collect property taxes from oil and gas properties when they fail.
  
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• Newly-released video shows Oscar Arfmann during shooting that killed Abbotsford police officer

  25-01-2020 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The only known video of Oscar Arfmann with a gun on the day of Const. John Davidson's death was played in court in June, but was released to the public Friday.
  
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• Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner not ruling out federal Conservative leadership run

  25-01-2020 02:28
  
  Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she hasn’t ruled out a federal Conservative party leadership bid. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Friday, Rempel Garner said she’d throw her hat in the ring to help her area of the country. She believes Western Canada isn’t being represented among those candidates who’ve already put their names forward. "There are a lot of people in my province and Western Canada writ-large that feel very alienated and are questioning even
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Jan 24

  25-01-2020 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, January 24, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Anti-war protesters gather at University of Lethbridge - Global News

  25-01-2020 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Anti-war protesters gather at University of Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• Anti-war protesters gather at University of Lethbridge

  25-01-2020 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  "My father was in World War I, believe it or not, and we don't want to see it again, because wars escalate very quickly."
  
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• Calgary elephant auction withdrawn, hunt still going ahead

  25-01-2020 01:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary group planning to auction off a two-week elephant hunting expedition has changed the nature of its sale.
  
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• Lomond, Alta. residents blown away by scope of proposed wind farm

  25-01-2020 01:30
  
  A proposed wind project near the village of Lomond, set to begin construction by the end of the year, is raising concerns with some residents. "Our quality of life is definitely affected," said resident Larry Helland. The project headed by German Energy Company ABO Wind and will be built on 24,000 acres of privately-owned farmland in the area north of the community. The company maintains there are plenty of benefits, including $3 million in property tax revenues, and about a dozen permanent loca
  
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• More help urged for women facing unexpected pregnancy after mother charged in Calgary

  25-01-2020 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are calls to set up safe drop-off locations for newborns in Calgary after police charged a 21-year old woman in connection with a newborn baby who was found dead two years ago.
  
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• Senior out thousands after Kijiji deal

  25-01-2020 01:26
  
  Calgary senior Bobbie Gardiner says she's been using Kijiji for years, selling stuff she no longer uses to supplement her income. She never had a problem until Wednesday night, and now she says she's out thousands of dollars. “I am so upset about it,” said the retired grandmother, in an interview with CTV News. “I feel like I’ve been violated. Its my home, to have someone come her and do that to me.” Several weeks a ago, Gardiner posted an on Kijijij, offering to se
  
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• 'A growing trend': Calgary police say online dealings plagued by crime

  25-01-2020 01:26
  
  Calgary senior Bobbie Gardiner says she's been using Kijiji for years, selling stuff she no longer uses to supplement her income. She never had a problem until Wednesday night, and now she says she's out thousands. “I am so upset about it,” said the retired grandmother, in an interview with CTV News. “I feel like I’ve been violated. It's my home, to have someone come her and do that to me.” Several weeks a ago, Gardiner posted an on Kijiji, offering to sell a diamon
  
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• ‘We have lived wars’: protesters gather in Lethbridge

  25-01-2020 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Anti-war protesters rallied outside the University of Lethbridge on Friday morning, asking the Canadian government to take a stand against tensions between U.S. and Iran. Emily Olsen reports.
  
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• Raging Grannies take part in rally to defend Iran held at the University of Lethbridge

  25-01-2020 00:39
  
  The University of Lethbridge gained support from an older organization that makes their messages clear even if you're hard of hearing. The Lethbridge chapter of the 'Raging Grannies' brought their songs and their canes to the "No War on Iran" rally at the U of L Friday. Raging Granny Barb Philips says her generation lived through wars and so did her family and friends, including her father, who even fought in World War I. "Wars escalate very quickly and what we saw happening in the last couple o
  
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• Researchers studying where those alpine lakes in Banff and Yoho National Parks get their beautiful blue from

  25-01-2020 00:05
  
  They’re a husband and wife team who have been conducting research in the Canadian mountain parks for 14 years. Mark Olson is a fish biologist and his wife Janet Fischer studies smaller aquatic creatures.  The two started out  looking into the impact of ultraviolet radiation on underwater life. Their focus shifted seven years ago when they started looking at water transparency.  They initially thought all alpine lakes would be similar but soon learned differently. In the summ
  
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