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• Alberta NDP urges UCP to rethink changes to Seniors Drug Benefit Program

  05-02-2020 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's Opposition NDP says changes to drug plan benefits affecting 60,000 people are not only heartless but could lead to higher health spending in the long run.
  
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• Police charge man and woman after stolen SUV collides with semi-trailer truck

  05-02-2020 23:35
  
  A Calgary man and woman are facing charges after a stolen Ford Explorer collided with a semi-trailer truck east of the city on Sunday. The incident took place Sunday around 11:50 p.m. when the police service's HAWCS helicopter located a stolen vehicle being driven in a dangerous manner on 68th Avenue S.W. Unmarked vehicles on the ground confirmed that the vehicle was stolen and the people inside were known offenders believed to have breached release conditions. The vehicle was followed from the
  
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• Police charge auto theft offenders following collision with semi-trailer truck

  05-02-2020 23:35
  
  A Calgary man and woman face charges following a vehicle theft Sunday evening that resulted in a collision between a stolen Ford Explorer and a semi-trailer truck. The incident took place Sunday evening around 11:50 p.m. when the police service's HAWCS helicopter located the stolen vehicle being driven in a dangerous manner on 68th Avenue S.W. Unmarked vehicles on the ground confirmed that the vehicle was stolen, and that the people inside it were known offenders believed to have breached releas
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline project’s opponents to ramp up protests in B.C.

  05-02-2020 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say they will do whatever it takes to stop the project after suffering a devastating legal blow at the Federal Court of Appeal.
  
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• Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 23:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Shipping crude oil through Manitoba has been floated, rejected before  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton lawyer who killed her boyfriend in 2017 sentenced to five years

  05-02-2020 22:18
  
  The local lawyer who pleaded guilty to killing her boyfriend in a west Edmonton home in 2017 has been sentenced to five years in prison. Laurie Cunningham, who was 60 years old at the time, was charged with second-degree murder after Mark Huemer, 59, was stabbed to death on Nov. 7. On Monday, Cunningham pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Cunningham told court she and Huemer had been drinking that night — she was also on sleeping pills, according to the agreed statement of facts — and he
  
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• Airdrie RCMP seek suspect following dealership break-in, vehicle theft and armed threats

  05-02-2020 22:15
  
  RCMP are on the hunt for a man who allegedly broke into an Airdrie dealership to steal a vehicle and returned to the scene hours later and threatened staff with a gun. In the early morning hours of Jan. 31, a man gained access to the House of Cars location on Gateway Drive N.E.. According to RCMP, the suspect stole a vehicle and several keys. Surveillance cameras captured his actions. That afternoon, dealership staff spotted a man attempting to steal another vehicle from the lot. When employees
  
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• Still no coronavirus in Alberta; province 'ready to respond' if needed

  05-02-2020 21:25
  
  Alberta's top doctor has provided another update on what the province is doing to prepare for the possibility of novel coronavirus. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health, posted an update on the province's website Wednesday confirming there are still no probable or confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in Alberta. Five cases have been confirmed in the rest of Canada. Alberta Health's latest numbers show 18 people in the province had been tested for novel coronavirus as of Jan. 31, bu
  
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• Inmates at Bowden Institution will soon be allowed to possess needles to take drugs

  05-02-2020 21:12
  
  Inmates at Bowden Institution in Alberta will be allowed to possess needles to take intravenous drugs beginning next month, a move the union representing correctional officers says will put its members at greater risk. The Prison Needle Exchange Program is being implemented March 1 at the medium-security institution — located about 110 kilometres north of Calgary — which will allow prisoners to possess needles so they can to take drugs in their cells. Instead, the union says it would
  
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• Inmates at Alberta prison will soon be allowed to possess needles to take drugs

  05-02-2020 21:12
  
  Inmates at Bowden Institution in Alberta will be allowed to possess needles to take intravenous drugs beginning next month, a move the union representing correctional officers says will put its members at greater risk. The Prison Needle Exchange Program is being implemented March 1 at the medium-security institution — located about 110 kilometres north of Calgary — which will allow prisoners to possess needles so they can to take drugs in their cells. Instead, the union says it would
  
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• Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent

  05-02-2020 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection plan as "the largest investment ever made to protect Canada's coasts and waterways."
  
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• Iraqi officials: At least 6 shot dead in southern Iraq - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 21:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Iraqi officials: At least 6 shot dead in southern Iraq  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Plane skids off Istanbul runway, breaks apart; 120 hurt - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 20:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Plane skids off Istanbul runway, breaks apart; 120 hurt  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Oscar Predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'? - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 20:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Oscar Predictions: Can 'Parasite' upset '1917'?  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police believe there could be more victims of alleged pimps in Quebec and Alberta

  05-02-2020 20:31
  
  Police in Quebec are looking for more potential victims of two men arrested multiple times on charges related to assault and pimping. The investigators have reason to believe these men might have more victims in Quebec and Alberta. Vincent-Olivier Marcheterre and Antoni Proietti appeared Wednesday at the Gatineau Courthouse to face eight counts, including human trafficking, material benefits, procuring, sexual assault and assault for events that allegedly occurred in 2011 and 2012. The victim, p
  
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• Sen. Lynn Beyak denies claiming to be Metis - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 20:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Sen. Lynn Beyak denies claiming to be Metis  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto Argonauts sign CFL veterans Tommie Campbell, Natey Adjei - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Toronto Argonauts sign CFL veterans Tommie Campbell, Natey Adjei  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Missing Saskatchewan man found dead outside of Calgary, police say

  05-02-2020 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A body tentatively identified as Sheldon Wolf’s was discovered in a rural area near Airdrie, Alta., on Tuesday.
  
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• 'We're on the brink': Report highlights concerning virus in B.C. salmon

  05-02-2020 19:22
  
  Fourteen fish farms in British Columbia are infected with a virus that can potentially spread from farmed salmon to struggling wild salmon populations, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report, released by Tofino-based conservation group Clayoquot Action, says that piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) was found at nearly 100 per cent of the open-net salmon farms tested by the organization in Clayoquot Sound, a waterway on the west coast of Vancouver Island. However, a spokesperson for the
  
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• Yarn made from human skin could soon be stitching up your wounds

  05-02-2020 19:20
  
  It may sound like a gruesome detail from a dystopian movie, but a team of scientists believe yarn grown from human skin could soon be used to stitch up surgical patients and repair organs. The researchers say their "human textile," which they developed from skin cells, can be used for knitting, sewing and even crochet, and can aid a number of medical procedures. The string-like substance would have the ability to "truly integrate into the host's body," the team from the University of Bordeaux in
  
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• KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE Pincher Creek arena joins Kraft Hockeyville competition PINCHER CREEK, AB - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 19:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE Pincher Creek arena joins Kraft Hockeyville competition PINCHER CREEK, AB  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• World Read Aloud Day goes to the dogs in Calgary, but in a good way

  05-02-2020 19:06
  
  In a celebratory twist to World Read Aloud Day, Clever Canines — a Calgary-based "day school" for dogs — invited author Shawna Robinson to share some of her stories with the pack. Robinson is the author of Everyday Icing, a subscription-based, digital library of unique, five, 10 or 15-minutes stories meant to be read aloud.  On Wednesday, Robinson is reading a rhyming tale called Suburban Dawgs. It’s about a group of canines that disclose their secret identities when they
  
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• Missing Saskatchewan man found dead in rural area north of Calgary

  05-02-2020 18:55
  
  Police confirm the body of Sheldon Wolf of Carrot River, Sask. was found Tuesday at a location north of Airdrie. The 47-year-old was reported missing after he failed to return to the Sandman Hotel in downtown Calgary Sunday night. According to police, evidence connected to Wolf's disappearance was located in Elliston Park in southeast Calgary. Officers scoured the park Tuesday afternoon for additional evidence. Wolf's body was found Tuesday afternoon in a rural area north of Airdrie. "We are det
  
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• 'It breaks my heart': Family mourns Saskatchewan man found dead north of Calgary

  05-02-2020 18:55
  
  Police confirm the body of Sheldon Wolf of Carrot River, Sask. was found Tuesday at a location north of Airdrie. The 47-year-old was reported missing after he failed to return to the Sandman Hotel in downtown Calgary Sunday night. Family members saw Wolf leave the hotel at approximately 7 p.m. and that was the last time they heard from him. According to police, evidence connected to Wolf's disappearance was located in Elliston Park in southeast Calgary. Officers scoured the park Tuesday afternoo
  
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• Crosswinds delay chartered flight evacuating Canadians stranded in Wuhan - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 18:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Crosswinds delay chartered flight evacuating Canadians stranded in Wuhan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Some people were confused' about media-licensing comment, says Guilbeault - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 18:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Some people were confused' about media-licensing comment, says Guilbeault  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Federated Co-operatives Limited seeks court injunction to remove Carseland blockade

  05-02-2020 18:33
  
  Scott Banda, the CEO of Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), is visiting the community of Carseland, southeast of Calgary, Wednesday as a blockade continues to restrict access to a fuel terminal. Union members have been on the picket line for nearly two weeks, setting up metal fences and blocking all access with large moving trucks. They are fighting to keep their pension pay and worker rights. FCL released a letter on Nov. 30, 2019 stating that they are committed to a fair deal. The company s
  
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• Send black boxes from Iran plane crash to France, Champagne demands

  05-02-2020 18:16
  
  Canada's foreign minister says he's asked for international help to pressure Iran to give up the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. Francois-Philippe Champagne says he and Transport Minister Marc Garneau have met the leaders at the International Civil Aviation Organization to try to break a logjam over the data recorders. Iran admits its air defences shot missiles at the plane in January. All 176 people aboard, including 138 who were headed fo
  
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• 'Homeland' stars say farewell to their Showtime spy series - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 18:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Homeland' stars say farewell to their Showtime spy series  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cabela's 'all new and used' firearm promotion broke advertising standards

  05-02-2020 18:05
  
  Email and radio ads promoting a 10 per cent discount on “all new and used firearms” at Alberta Cabela’s locations broke advertising standards, according to Canada's Ad Standards council. The deal was part of the company's "weekend firearms sale" that occured in late May and early June 2019. A shopper complained to the council that the ad from the outdoor recreation retailer was misleading after visiting a store to take advantage of the offer. He was told by a clerk that the dea
  
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• Flair Airlines offers unlimited travel pass for 3 months

  05-02-2020 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The flight pass costs between $500 and $700, and opens the gate to domestic flights between Feb. 13 and May 13.
  
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• Co-op places limitations on fuel across the Prairies amid labour dispute

  05-02-2020 17:41
  
  Federated Co-op Limited has placed limitations on diesel and gasoline at its Card Lock locations. In an email to CTV News, a representative from the company said there is a 300 litre limit on diesel per card, and a 100 litre limit on gasoline per card per day at Card Locks in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba. Co-op said the limitations are due to the illegal barricades outside the Regina Co-op Refinery. Unifor members from around the country are in Regina, taking part in the job action which ha
  
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• Suspicious package that closed B.C. RCMP detachment was a WWII ammo container

  05-02-2020 16:57
  
  A B.C. RCMP detachment was briefly closed one day last week due to the arrival of what police called a "suspicious package." Officers in Hope said a package was brought to the detachment for disposal. What it contained put police on "high alert," the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment said in a news release. Inside the tape-and-plastic-wrapped parcel was a Second World War-era ammunition container. Police said the man who brought it on Friday in had found it inside a storage locker. "The de
  
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• Impactful individuals recognized by Peigan Board of Education - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 16:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Impactful individuals recognized by Peigan Board of Education  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 16:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing sold, but ownership to remain local

  05-02-2020 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  After 25 years as a family business, the husband-and-wife owners of one of Edmonton's first craft breweries have sold Alley Kat to two fans from St. Albert.
  
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• City approves $30M in tax relief for commercial property owners

  05-02-2020 16:24
  
  Property tax increases have been capped for eligible business owners in Calgary following city council's approval of a $30 million relief program. As a result of the approval, more than 5,000 non-residential property owners will have their 2020 property tax increase by no more than 10 per cent of their calculated 2019 amount. "It’s important that Council take this step to extend the PTP (Phased Tax Program) for one more year, providing tax relief for Calgary’s small business owners,"
  
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• A salt-coated mask that kills viruses? Alberta researchers working on it

  05-02-2020 16:01
  
  Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a virus-killing salt coating that’s designed to improve the effectiveness of the common surgical masks often used to prevent the spread of pathogens like influenza or the new coronavirus. The sodium chloride coating applied to the surface of the surgical mask is designed to kill any virus particleswhich can otherwise survive for up to a week -- a risk researchers say the average person isn’t aware of.Can face masks protect you f
  
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• 'The Masked Singer' hopes to take advantage of rare edge - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 15:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'The Masked Singer' hopes to take advantage of rare edge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Past sexual assault can now be reported to police online

  05-02-2020 14:53
  
  More victims of sexual assault can now report their experience to the Edmonton Police Service online using the online crime reporting tool. Victims can use the online system if the event occurred more than seven days ago. EPS will demonstrate the online reporting system on Wednesday morningWatch the demonstration live from EPS Headquarters on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca at 10 a.m.Other sexual assault reporting options include visiting a local EPS station, calling the non-emergency number, 780-423-4567, o
  
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• Flair Airlines introduces 90-day pass for unlimited spring flights

  05-02-2020 14:51
  
  An ultra-low cost Canadian airline has unveiled a pass that will allow passengers unlimited travel over a 90-day period this spring. Flair Airlines' Go Travel Pass offers unlimited domestic flights between Thurs. Feb. 13 and Wed. May 13. The $499 version of the pass excludes travel on Fridays and Sundays, as well as other restrictions, while the $699 unlimited pass has no blackout dates. The price excludes taxes and fees. The Edmonton-based airline currently offers flights to the following desti
  
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• 'Circumstances beyond the control' of Canadian government delay Wuhan evacuation flight

  05-02-2020 14:16
  
  Canadians stranded in a Chinese city under quarantine have been told a flight that would bring them home has been delayed. Myriam Larouche, a 25-year-old student from Quebec who is in Wuhan, says she got an email from the Canadian Embassy about the delay. She says the flight that was scheduled to leave early Thursday morning, local time, is now expected to leave in the evening. The email says the delay was "due to circumstances beyond the control of the Government of Canada." Foreign Affairs Min
  
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• Plans for Lethbridge Airport on the right track, say consultants - Medicine Hat News

  05-02-2020 10:48 via medicinehatnews.com
  Plans for Lethbridge Airport on the right track, say consultants  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Cyberspies mistakenly eyed Canadian for five years, watchdog report says

  05-02-2020 10:35
  
  The national cyberspying agency monitored a Canadian citizen, contrary to policy, for several years due to a series of internal mistakes, a newly released watchdog report says. The Ottawa-based Communications Security Establishment collects a wide array of foreign communications, including phone calls and emails, in search of information of interest to Canada. The CSE is forbidden by law from directing its activities against Canadians anywhere in the world and must try to protect their privacy w
  
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• More than 100 military procurements facing delays: Defence Department

  05-02-2020 10:30
  
  The Department of National Defence has identified delays in more than 100 planned military purchases and facility upgrades, most of which have flown under the radar as attention has focused on the government's problems buying new fighter jets and warships. While some of the schedule setbacks revealed by the Defence Department are relatively minor, others are significant, with the delivery dates for new or upgraded equipment -- some of which is needed urgently -- pushed several years into the fut
  
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• More than 100 military procurements facing delays: Defence Department - Lethbridge News Now

  05-02-2020 10:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  More than 100 military procurements facing delays: Defence Department  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• WHL Roundup: Tuesday, February 4, 2020

  05-02-2020 07:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tyler Preziuso and Michal Kvasnica both scored twice as the Vancouver Giants toppled the Tri-City Americans 12-4 on Tuesday in Western Hockey League play.
  
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• Senate acquits Trump in impeachment trial

  05-02-2020 06:55
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do "impartial justice" stood and stated their votes for the roll call -- "guilty" or "not guilty" -- in a swift tally almost exclusively along party lines. Trump, the chief justice th
  
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• Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment

  05-02-2020 06:55
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House. A majority of senators expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment. But the final tallies -- 52-48 favouring acquittal of abuse of power, 53-47 of obstruction of Congress
  
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• Not guilty: Senate acquits Trump of impeachment charges

  05-02-2020 06:55
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump won impeachment acquittal Wednesday in the U.S. Senate, bringing to a close only the third presidential trial in American history with votes that split the country, tested civic norms and fed the tumultuous 2020 race for the White House. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do "impartial justice" stood and stated their votes for the roll call -- "guilty" or "not guilty" -- in a swift tally almost exclusively along party lines. Trump, the chief
  
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