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• Federated Co-operators union members march on picket line in Carseland

  27-01-2020 23:37
  
  Dozens of Unifor members from across the country are on the picket line outside the Co-Op cardlock fuel station in Carseland. 760 members were locked out of the Federated Co-operators Limited refinery in Regina on December 5th, 2019. Union members are on the picket line fighting for pension pay, something the company was possibly looking at changing. Blockades and metal fences have since been set up in Carseland preventing trucks from entering the facility. “We saw a lot of aggressive beha
  
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• Federated Co-operatives union members march on picket line in Carseland

  27-01-2020 23:37
  
  Dozens of Unifor members from across the country are on the picket line outside the Co-Op cardlock fuel station in Carseland. 760 members were locked out of the Federated Co-operatives Limited refinery in Regina on December 5th, 2019. Union members are on the picket line fighting for pension pay, something the company was possibly looking at changing. Blockades and metal fences have since been set up in Carseland preventing trucks from entering the facility. “We saw a lot of aggressive beh
  
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• ‘She brought joy everywhere’: Calgary teen paralyzed after fall from swing supported by former classmates

  27-01-2020 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary school is rallying behind a student after a 14-year-old girl was left paralyzed after falling off a swing last year.
  
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• Elder room at University of Lethbridge renamed after Carolla Napiakii Calf Robe

  27-01-2020 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The University of Lethbridge renamed its elder room on Monday to honour the late Carolla Napiakii Calf Robe, who was an elder in residence with the university for 11 years.
  
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• Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation launches - Lethbridge News Now

  27-01-2020 22:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation launches  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• YouTube documentary will show 'vulnerable' side of Justin Bieber, director says

  27-01-2020 22:34
  
  The creator of a new YouTube documentary series on Justin Bieber says the Canadian pop superstar shows an "incredibly vulnerable" side as he opens up and sets the record straight on rumours surrounding him. Director and executive producer Michael D. Ratner says "nothing was off-limits" during filming for the newly released "Justin Bieber: Seasons." The 10-episode series follows Bieber as he makes his first album in four years and reflects on his past and current life. Viewers see footage of his
  
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• Justin Bieber 'breaks down crying' in new YouTube docu-series: director

  27-01-2020 22:34
  
  The creator of a new YouTube documentary series on Justin Bieber says the Canadian pop superstar shows an "incredibly vulnerable" side as he opens up and sets the record straight on rumours surrounding him. Director and executive producer Michael D. Ratner says "nothing was off-limits" during filming for the newly released "Justin Bieber: Seasons." The 10-episode series follows Bieber as he makes his first album in four years and reflects on his past and current life. Viewers see footage of his
  
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• Airdrie RCMP release surveillance photos of rural break-in suspects

  27-01-2020 22:02
  
  The Airdrie RCMP detachment is attempting to identify two men who allegedly attempted to break into a rural home but fled after tripping an alarm. According to RCMP, a rear window of a home west of Airdrie was smashed on the afternoon of Jan. 18. The two suspects, both Caucasian males, left without gaining access to the building after an audible alarm scared them off. Surveillance cameras captured the suspects driving away in a white Hyundai Sonata. Anyone who recognizes the suspects is asked to
  
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• Andre Tourigny to be next coach of Team Canada at world juniors

  27-01-2020 21:57
  
  After serving as an assistant coach this year for Canada's gold medal-winning team, Andre Tourigny has earned a promotion for the 2021 world junior hockey championship. The native of Nicolet, Que., will be Canada's head coach at the tournament, Dec. 26, 2020-Jan. 5, 2021, in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta. Tourigny, the head coach/vice president of hockey operations for the Canadian Hockey League's top-ranked Ottawa 67's, was an assistant under Dale Hunter this year as Canada captured gold earlier
  
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• Deadly crash renews call for blue emergency lights on tow trucks

  27-01-2020 21:49
  
  Calls for blue flashing lights on tow trucks have been renewed following a crash that killed a semi-truck driver and left a tow truck operator in shock. Trevor Snyder is calling for the safety measure after witnessing a Jan. 22 fatal crash from the ditch along Highway 2 just outside of Innisfail, just moments after stepping out of his tow truck to service a stranded vehicle. “It’s just too unsafe. We just can’t keep up having this happen," he said. "One fatality is too many on
  
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• Axe throwing – Not just for lumberjacks anymore - Lethbridge News Now

  27-01-2020 20:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Axe throwing – Not just for lumberjacks anymore  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bombers lock up Zach Collaros for two years

  27-01-2020 20:37
  
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have locked up the quarterback that helped them win the Grey Cup. The club announced Monday that Zach Collaros has been signed to a two-year contract extension. Collaros, who was scheduled to become a free agent next month, started four games for the Blue Bombers, winning each contest. He played in the last game of the regular season, then went on to start each game in the playoffs, eventually leading to a Grey Cup win. His 2019 postseason performance saw him complete 4
  
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• California man arrested for killing five of his children as infants

  27-01-2020 20:30
  
  A California father has been arrested in the decades-old killings of five of his infant children, a case the sheriff said had haunted his agency for years. Paul Perez, 57, was arrested at a state prison in Delano, days before he was expected to be released on unrelated charges. He is suspected in the deaths of the children born between 1992 and 2001. The case reflects an "unspeakable evil," Yolo County Sheriff Tom Lopez said. "I cannot think of a case more disturbing than this one," he said. "Th
  
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• Toronto man charged with 1st-degree murder has connections to Calgary: police

  27-01-2020 20:17
  
  A man charged with first-degree murder in Toronto who failed to appear in court on Monday has ties to Calgary and police are asking for help locating him. Ricardo Miraballes, 37, of Toronto, is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Maryna Kudzianiuk, 49, also of Toronto. Emergency crews were called to an apartment building at 25 Bay Mills Blvd., in Scarborough, just after 3 a.m. on Jan. 13 for reports of a fire and arrived to find a woman suffering serious injuries. She was rushed to
  
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• Alberta might extend Feb. 28 deadline for high-tech panel report

  27-01-2020 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The seven-member Innovation Capital Working Group is tasked with presenting options and strategies to grow Alberta's tech sector.
  
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• 'Final straw' CBE Trustee Lisa Davis announces resignation citing lack of transparency

  27-01-2020 18:51
  
  Lisa Davis announced she will be tendering her resignation as the Calgary Board of Education Trustee for Wards 6 & 7 due to "continued restrictions on my ability to fulfill my duties."Today I submitted my resignation from the CBE Board of Trustees. Sunday night at 9:10 pm the Board passed a motion that is not in the best interests of CBE and is the last straw in preventing me from fulfilling my duties.Full statement at https://t.co/RHhzZyxG67 #ableg #WeAreCBE — Lisa Davis (@LisaDavisYY
  
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• CBE accepts Trustee Lisa Davis' resignation

  27-01-2020 18:51
  
  Lisa Davis has tendered her resignation as the Calgary Board of Education Trustee for Wards 6 & 7 due to "continued restrictions on my ability to fulfill my duties."Today I submitted my resignation from the CBE Board of Trustees. Sunday night at 9:10 pm the Board passed a motion that is not in the best interests of CBE and is the last straw in preventing me from fulfilling my duties.Full statement at https://t.co/RHhzZyxG67 #ableg #WeAreCBE — Lisa Davis (@LisaDavisYYC) January 27, 2020
  
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• ‘Black Beauty’ and ‘Hellboy’ the dino stars of the Royal Tyrrell Museum

  27-01-2020 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The museum's 11,200 square metres, houses 130,000 fossils and includes eight exhibits in a series of chronological galleries marking the 3.9-billion-year-history of life on Earth.
  
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• Contemporary Calgary art gallery debuts in former Centennial Planetarium building

  27-01-2020 18:08
  
  An historic building on the west end of downtown has new life after undergoing $25 million in renovations and reopening as an art gallery. Contemporary Calgary, a gallery housed in the former site of the Calgary Science Centre and Centennial Planetarium, opened to the public this weekend. The unique building in the 700 block of 11th Street Southwest had sat vacant since 2011 when the doors were close with the arrival of TELUS Spark, Calgary's new science centre. "When the city put this building
  
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• Diamonds and Denim – A musical night out - Lethbridge News Now

  27-01-2020 18:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Diamonds and Denim – A musical night out  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: January 24-26, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-01-2020 17:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: January 24-26, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary sport school that grooms Olympic champions threatened with shutdown

  27-01-2020 17:09
  
  The National Sport School in Calgary that produces Olympic and Paralympic champions faces possible closure after a quarter century. The Calgary Olympic Development Association - now WinSport - and the Calgary Board of Education jointly established the school in 1994 to help athletes both pursue sport at a world level and graduate from high school. Alumni include Olympic champions Kyle Shewfelt (gymnastics), Jennifer Botterill, Carla MacLeod and Jocelyne Larocque (hockey), Kaillie Humphries (bobs
  
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• Kenney government hosts final Fair Deal Panel meeting

  27-01-2020 16:24
  
  The province’s final installment of its series of Fair Deal Panel meetings will take place Monday evening in Airdrie. The town hall was originally supposed to take place on Jan. 15 but was postponed after the death of panel member and First Nations leader Jason Goodstriker. Goodstriker was a councillor with the Blood Tribe and a former Alberta Regional Chief for the Assembly of First Nations. The Kenney government has been holding the panels to consult with Albertans on ways to secure a fa
  
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• Cycling federation cancels race in China because of virus

  27-01-2020 16:05
  
  A cycling race scheduled for next month in China was cancelled Monday because of the deadly virus that has killed more than 80 people and infected thousands more in the country. The International Cycling Union said the second-tier Tour of Hainan, which was scheduled to take place from Feb. 23-March 1, could be postponed to a later date "subject to availabilities on the calendar."Up-to-date map: Tracking the spread of the coronavirusThe next UCI-sanctioned bike race in China is the women's Tour o
  
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• Calgary councillors call on province for property tax assessment reform

  27-01-2020 15:25
  
  A group of Calgary city council councillors are calling on the provincial government to launch a task force on property tax assessment reform. Ward 6 Councillor Jeff Davison will present a notice of motion to be debated by city council on Feb. 3. His motion has already received the support of Councillors Ward Sutherland, Joe Magliocca, Sean Chu, Jyoti Gondek, Shane Keating, Diane Colley-Urquhart and Peter Demong. Davison says they are all calling on Mayor Nenshi to write to Premier Kenney on the
  
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• Desperately seeking kidney transplant: Alberta billboard pleads for donors

  27-01-2020 14:44
  
  The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads: "Jim really needs a kidney donor." Jim Lomond, a 54-year-old former oilfield worker, has been waiting for the last four years for his fourth kidney transplant. He has rare B-negative blood, which makes finding a donor that much more difficult. He keeps a positive attitude, but says it's hard being on a waiting list and
  
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• Council to discuss potential fallout from $73M provincial funding shortfall

  27-01-2020 14:11
  
  Calgary city councillors will be going over recommendations Monday on how to deal with a $73 million shortfall in provincial funding. The money was originally allocated for capital projects under the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI), first introduced in 2007 by the Ed Stelmach government. Successive provincial governments have been decreasing their contributions to the initiative year over year, with the newly-elected UCP government following suit. Premier Kenney announced a $73 million
  
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• Council discusses potential fallout from $73M provincial funding shortfall

  27-01-2020 14:11
  
  Calgary city councillors went over recommendations Monday on how to deal with a $73 million shortfall in provincial funding. The money was originally allocated for capital projects under the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI), first introduced in 2007 by the Ed Stelmach government. Successive provincial governments have been decreasing their contributions to the initiative year over year, with the newly-elected UCP government following suit. Premier Kenney announced a $73 million reductio
  
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• ‘Still room’ left in Alberta’s booming brewing industry: brewery founder

  27-01-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Even with boom-like growth in Alberta's brewing and distilling industry over the past decade, brewers and observers alike say there's still room to grow.
  
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• ‘Still room’ left in Alberta’s booming brewing and distilling industry: brewery founder

  27-01-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Even with boom-like growth in Alberta's brewing and distilling industry over the past decade, brewers and observers alike say there's still room to grow.
  
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• Second presumptive case of coronavirus diagnosed in Canada; first case confirmed

  27-01-2020 13:51
  
  The first Wuhan coronavirus case in Canada has been confirmed as positive by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, health officials said Monday, while a second case, involving the man’s wife, is considered “presumptive positive”. The woman and her 50-year old husband recently returned to Toronto from Wuhan. The husband was ambulanced to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on January 23, while the wife has been in self-isolation since arriving in Toronto, On
  
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• Second presumptive case of coronavirus confirmed in Toronto; wife of first case

  27-01-2020 13:51
  
  The wife of Canada's first case of the Wuhan coronavirus has tested positive for the virus at Ontario’s public health laboratory, and has been in self-isolation since arriving in Toronto, according to Ontario health officials. "Given the fact that she has been in self-isolation, the risk to Ontarians remains low," Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said in a statement Monday. Toronto Public Health has been in regular contact with the woman during her self-isolatio
  
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• Lethbridge Police looking for missing person - Lethbridge News Now

  27-01-2020 13:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Police looking for missing person  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Erin O’Toole to announce bid for Conservative leadership in Alberta

  27-01-2020 13:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off his second attempt to become Conservative leader.
  
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• Erin O’Toole announces bid for Conservative leadership in Alberta

  27-01-2020 13:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario MP Erin O'Toole officially kicked off his second attempt to become Conservative leader in Calgary on Monday.
  
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• Capitalizing on Alberta’s craft beer boom: marketing, branding and tourism in 2020

  27-01-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  With Alberta's craft beer industry expanding at a rapid pace, many breweries say a good product and unique marketing are the keys to standing out in the crowd.
  
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• Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on

  27-01-2020 10:01
  
  Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning about the ominous growth of anti-Semitism and hatred in the world. "We have with us the last living survivors, the last among those who saw the Holocaust with their own eyes," Polish President Andrzej Duda told those at the commemoration, which included the German president as well as Jewish, Christian and
  
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• Kobe Bryant's helicopter tried to climb to avoid clouds before crash

  27-01-2020 06:03
  
  The pilot of the helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he was climbing to avoid a cloud layer before plunging more than 1,000 feet (305 metres) into a hillside, an accident investigator said. Radar indicated the helicopter reached a height of 2,300 feet (701 metres) Sunday morning before descending, and the wreckage was found at 1,085 feet (331 metres), Jennifer Homendy of t
  
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• Kobe Bryant's helicopter had tried to climb to avoid cloud layer

  27-01-2020 06:03
  
  The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside outside Los Angeles, killing former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, told air traffic controllers in his last radio message that he was climbing to avoid a cloud layer, an accident investigator said Monday. The pilot had asked for and received special clearance to fly in heavy fog just minutes before Sunday's crash and was flying at 427 metres when he went south and then west, said Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, January 26, 2020

  27-01-2020 05:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  EVERETT, Wash. - Cole Fonstad had a pair of goals as the Everett Silvertips downed the Spokane Chiefs 4-1 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Two pups rescued from Mexico now living in Calgary

  27-01-2020 04:20
  
  Four-month-old Jack Russell Terriers Annie and Millie are adapting to their new surroundings and climate in Calgary. The pair was rescued by an Edmonton woman, Tracy Ginger, who now lives in Mexico.  Ginger runs a rescue shelter, rehabilitating abandoned or street dogs back to health.  She gave all of the required shots and surgeries needed for the pair to meet Canadian requirements.  Annie and Millie landed in Calgary on a plane from Cancun early Sunday morning.  Whitney Jen
  
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• Search for missing Calgary man last seen in November, held in Lethbridge this weekend - Global News

  27-01-2020 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Search for missing Calgary man last seen in November, held in Lethbridge this weekend  Global News
  
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• Search for missing Calgary man last seen in November, held in Lethbridge this weekend

  27-01-2020 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A ground search was held in Lethbridge, Alta., on Saturday and Sunday for a missing Calgary man who was last seen on Nov. 17.
  
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• Ground search held for missing Calgary man last seen in Lethbridge in November

  27-01-2020 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A ground search was held in Lethbridge this weekend for missing Calgary man Marshal Iwaasa who was last seen on Nov. 17.
  
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• Distracted driving tickets issued in Calgary drop significantly in 2019

  27-01-2020 00:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of distracted driving charges laid by Calgary police in 2019 dropped dramatically from the year before.
  
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• Hockey Alberta hosts first ever ‘Female Hockey Day’ in Lethbridge - Global News

  27-01-2020 00:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hockey Alberta hosts first ever ‘Female Hockey Day’ in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• Hockey Alberta hosts first ever ‘Female Hockey Day’ in Lethbridge

  27-01-2020 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was a day filled with confidence building at the ATB Centre on Saturday as Hockey Alberta hosted their first ‘Female Hockey Day’ in Lethbridge.
  
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