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• Calgary woman who learned English by watching Jeopardy! to compete on the show

  10-02-2020 23:59
  
  At the age of eight, Kristyna Ng immigrated to Canada from China.  She immediately focused on learning English, leafing through reference books, dictionaries and encyclopedias. That helped her reading, but to learn to speak the language, she watched game shows like Jeopardy!  In a way, Alex Trebek was her ESL tutor. “It was a soundtrack of my life,” said Ng. “Jeopardy really elevated my English skills because you had to listen to what the clue was, then you
  
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• A Canadian evacuee describes life under quarantine at CFB Trenton - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  A Canadian evacuee describes life under quarantine at CFB Trenton  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Airdrie man charged with 56 offences

  10-02-2020 23:39
  
  A Sunday evening call to the Airdrie RCMP about someone breaking in to vehicles in a residential neighbourhood led to the arrest of a 21-year-old man, who now faces 56 criminal code charges. The incident that brought him down took place around 7:30 p.m., when Airdrie RCMP responded to a complaint of someone breaking into vehicles in Luxtone, adding a description of a vehicle parked in the area that might be involved. RCMP arrived and shortly thereafter, discovered the vehicle, and a male driver,
  
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• In letter to Trudeau, Kenney says rejection of Teck Frontier project could be ‘boiling point’ for western alienation

  10-02-2020 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's premier has penned a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, warning that the federal government's rejection of the Teck Frontier mine project could be a tipping point for the province.
  
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• Convicted triple murderer Derek Saretzky's appeal heard in Calgary - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 23:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Convicted triple murderer Derek Saretzky's appeal heard in Calgary  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian teenager Fernandez feeling confident after stunning fifth-ranked Bencic - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 23:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian teenager Fernandez feeling confident after stunning fifth-ranked Bencic  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian men learn schedule for Olympic soccer qualifier in Mexico - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 23:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian men learn schedule for Olympic soccer qualifier in Mexico  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Latino group say Census must dispel doubts on citizenship - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 23:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Latino group say Census must dispel doubts on citizenship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Premier Kenney says rejecting Teck Frontier mine would 'send a chilling signal' to Alberta in letter to Trudeau

  10-02-2020 23:01
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took what he says is the "unusual step" of writing directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stress the importance of obtaining federal approval for the proposed Teck Frontier mine. The massive $20 billion oilsands project is proposed to be built in northern Alberta and would be capable of producing more than 250,000 barrels of oil every day. The federal government has until the end of February to decide whether or not to approve the project. “If this projec
  
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• Stamps have a different plan for 2020 free agents: signing some

  10-02-2020 22:56
  
  The Calgary Stampeders have never been a team that’s gone all in on free agency. They always preferred to take care of their own. But this off-season looks different. The Stamps got hit hard, losing a number of key players and now need to restock the roster for the 2020 season. President and General Manager John Hufnagel admitted Monday that his team will probably get a little more aggressive when it comes to free agency which kicks off Tuesday at noon. “Yeah I think we’ll have
  
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• Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen returns to practice, could play Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 22:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Leafs goalie Frederik Andersen returns to practice, could play Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign defenceman Darnell Nurse to two-year extension - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 22:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers sign defenceman Darnell Nurse to two-year extension  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Triple murderer Derek Saretzky wants one count overturned

  10-02-2020 22:42
  
  The Alberta man who killed a father, his two-year-old daughter and a senior in the Crowsnest Pass in 2015, wants one of his convictions thrown out. The Alberta Court of Appeal heard arguments Monday in the case of Derek Saretzky, 27, who believes he should be acquitted on one count of first-degree murder for the death of Hanne Meketech, 69.  Saretzky was not in present in the courtroom. He is currently in custody, out of province, serving life sentences. He was also convicted of first-
  
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• A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 22:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Promising Lethbridge soccer player sentenced to prison on drug related charges - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 22:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Promising Lethbridge soccer player sentenced to prison on drug related charges  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Veteran Argos quarterback Nichols holding no grudges against Blue Bombers - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 21:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Veteran Argos quarterback Nichols holding no grudges against Blue Bombers  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Melania Trump asks governors' spouses to tackle cyberassault - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 21:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Melania Trump asks governors' spouses to tackle cyberassault  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Carolina Herrera brings big bows, pops of colour and drama - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 21:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Carolina Herrera brings big bows, pops of colour and drama  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Adults organizing student ‘fight club’ in Grande Prairie, Alberta: RCMP

  10-02-2020 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP believe that the fights, which have been happening after school, are organized by adults between the ages of 18 and 24.
  
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• Chargers QB Rivers will enter free agency after 16 seasons - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 21:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Chargers QB Rivers will enter free agency after 16 seasons  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• How Alberta RCMP is using ‘micro-pen’ marking technology to reunite stolen property with owners

  10-02-2020 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  As part of its Project Lock Up program, the Alberta RCMP is using trace pens to help get stolen property back to owners.
  
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• Top level tennis returns to Calgary with National Bank Challenger

  10-02-2020 20:31
  
  The Calgary National Bank Challenger tennis tournament is returning to Calgary Tournament director Danny Dacosta unveiled a list Monday of the 40 players that will compete at the Feb. 24 to March 1 event at the Osten and Victor Alberta Tennis Centre in southeast Calgary. “We announced that Vasek Pospisil is confirmed to play the event, as well as Ivo Karlovic," he said. Fans can expect to see top level tennis at the tournament. Karlovich is a former Top 14 player in the world and was last
  
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• New grant announced to help upgrade farmers' grain handling equipment - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 20:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New grant announced to help upgrade farmers' grain handling equipment  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police: 2 officers, 1 other person shot at Arkansas Walmart - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 20:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Police: 2 officers, 1 other person shot at Arkansas Walmart  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

  10-02-2020 20:08
  
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline and its expansion project. Speaking in Calgary, the minister says up to 129 communities will be consulted over the next weeks and months to ensure they have a chance for "meaningful economic participation" in the pipeline. He says the groups will be asked their level of support for
  
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• Highway 3 twinning considered a “future project” by provincial government - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 20:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Highway 3 twinning considered a “future project” by provincial government  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Youth 'fight club' that seriously injured one student investigated in Grande Prairie

  10-02-2020 19:50
  
  RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alta. are investigating a so-called "fight club" after a youth was seriously injured in an organized bout. In two recent cases, a student arranged to fight another student in an open parking lot in the evening, according to a letter sent home to parents by Grande Prairie Catholic Schools. The fights were watched by others who surrounded the two combatants, some of whom were students, Superintendent Karl Germann wrote. "The fight is pre-arranged, the location and times is
  
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• Student seriously injured in Grande Prairie, Alta. 'fight club'

  10-02-2020 19:50
  
  RCMP in Grande Prairie, Alta. are investigating a so-called "fight club" after a youth was seriously injured in an organized bout. In two recent cases, a student arranged to fight another student in an open parking lot in the evening, according to a letter sent home to parents by Grande Prairie Catholic Schools. The fights were watched by others who surrounded the two combatants, some of whom were students, Superintendent Karl Germann wrote. "The fight is pre-arranged, the location and times is
  
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• $2M grain dryer program launched to help farmers affected by terrible harvest

  10-02-2020 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  After several difficult harvests, a new grain dryer grant program is available to help Alberta farmers upgrade their grain handling systems.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline Indigenous ownership talks launched by federal government

  10-02-2020 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau said up to 129 communities will be consulted to ensure they have a chance for "meaningful economic participation" in the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Lethbridge's top home builders honoured at BILD Awards - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge's top home builders honoured at BILD Awards  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jordan Peterson in Russia for medical benzodiazepine detox: Daughter - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 19:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Jordan Peterson in Russia for medical benzodiazepine detox: Daughter  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• LNN News Update for Feb 10, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 19:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LNN News Update for Feb 10, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 18:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cannabis vape products to hit Alberta store shelves

  10-02-2020 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cannabis vape products will be available for purchase in Alberta within the next few weeks.
  
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• 'Reaper of death:' Fearsome new dinosaur species discovered in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 18:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Reaper of death:' Fearsome new dinosaur species discovered in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Buttigieg on defence as rivals aim to blunt his momentum - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Buttigieg on defence as rivals aim to blunt his momentum  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘Reaper of Death’: New species of tyrannosaur identified following Alberta fossil discovery

  10-02-2020 17:30
  
  The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology houses one of the world's largest displays of dinosaurs and is Canada's only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life. But what you don’t see is the large amount of fossils stored in rows of shelves and cabinets in the prepared collections storage room. That’s where University of Calgary PhD student Jared Voris has spent years studying all the tyrannosaur bones. He was looking into the evolution of the species for his masters
  
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• New species of tyrannosaur identified following Alberta fossil discovery

  10-02-2020 17:30
  
  The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology houses one of the world's largest displays of dinosaurs and is Canada's only museum dedicated exclusively to the study of ancient life. But what you don’t see is the large amount of fossils stored in rows of shelves and cabinets in the prepared collections storage room. That’s where University of Calgary PhD student Jared Voris has spent years studying all the tyrannosaur bones. He was looking into the evolution of the species for his masters
  
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• Coronavirus will ‘undoubtedly’ hit Canadian and global economies, says Morneau

  10-02-2020 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's finance minister said that while the impact right now is unclear, the effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak could be "significant."
  
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• Federal finance minister speaks in Calgary

  10-02-2020 16:54
  
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau is speaking in Calgary to a full room of local business leaders and members of the Economic Club of Canada. Morneau’s talk focused on the "government’s plan to strengthen the middle class and build a more sustainable economy," but his stop in Alberta comes just days after it was announced the cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion ballooned. The pipeline expansion — which would ship diluted bitumen, refined products and lighter crude from Al
  
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• 143 cats removed from one home: Alberta SPCA

  10-02-2020 16:50
  
  In five separate visits over five weeks, the Alberta SPCA removed 143 cats from a home in the Edmonton area.Watch live at 10:30 a.m. Alberta SPCA on removal of 143 catsIt was done with the cooperation of the home owner and with the support of the Edmonton Humane Society, Kirby Safe Team, Alberta Animal Services and WHARF Rescue. "The gradual approach to removing the cats allowed the owner to properly process what was happening, and to reduce the shock of having the cats removed," Ken Dean, direc
  
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• T-wolves win eighth straight, open playoffs Friday in Lethbridge - Prince George Citizen

  10-02-2020 16:39 via princegeorgecitizen.com
  
  T-wolves win eighth straight, open playoffs Friday in Lethbridge  Prince George Citizen
  
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• Weinstein rape trial winds down with more defence witneses - Lethbridge News Now

  10-02-2020 16:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Weinstein rape trial winds down with more defence witneses  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman dead after being found in distress on Bowness street

  10-02-2020 15:49
  
  Members of the Calgary Police Service are investigating an undetermined death of a woman in the city's northwest. According to CPS officials, emergency crews were called to the intersection of 34th Avenue and 79th Street N.W., in the community of Bowness, at around 6 a.m. following reports a body had been found in the road. EMS transported a woman from the scene to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. Police confirm the woman has died. The nature of her death has
  
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• Woman dead after being found in distress in Bowness

  10-02-2020 15:49
  
  Members of the Calgary Police Service are investigating an undetermined death of a woman in the city's northwest. According to CPS officials, emergency crews were called to the intersection of 34th Avenue and 79th Street N.W., in the community of Bowness, at around 6 a.m. following reports a body had been found in the road. EMS transported a woman from the scene to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. Police confirm the woman has died. The nature of her death has
  
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• Suspect in custody after woman found fatally injured on Bowness street

  10-02-2020 15:49
  
  The Calgary Police Service are investigating the death of a woman found in the city's northwest and say a man has been taken into custody. According to CPS officials, emergency crews were called to the intersection of 34th Avenue and 79th Street N.W., in the community of Bowness, at around 6 a.m. following reports a body had been found in the road. EMS transported a woman in her 30s from the scene to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. Police confirm the woman h
  
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• Suspect in custody after woman found dead in distress on Bowness street

  10-02-2020 15:49
  
  The Calgary Police Service are investigating the death of a woman found in the city's northwest and say a man has been taken into custody. According to CPS officials, emergency crews were called to the intersection of 34th Avenue and 79th Street N.W., in the community of Bowness, at around 6 a.m. following reports a body had been found in the road. EMS transported a woman in her 30s from the scene to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. Police confirm the woman h
  
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• Body found on Bowness street

  10-02-2020 15:49
  
  Members of the Calgary Police Service are investigating an undetermined death in the city's northwest. According to CPS officials, emergency crews were called to the intersection of 34th Avenue and 79th Street N.W., in the community of Bowness, at around 7 a.m. following reports a body had been found in the road. The age and gender of the deceased and the nature of their death have not been released. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the morning.
  
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• Canadian pitcher Soroka hoping to carry 2019 success into new season

  10-02-2020 14:57
  
  Canadian pitcher Mike Soroka found success quickly in his first full season in the major leagues last year. But for the 22-year-old Calgary native, there was nothing sudden - or surprising - about how his 2019 panned out. "I don't want to sound like I expected it, but I do understand what I'm capable of when I am at my best," the Atlanta Braves right-hander said in a recent phone interview with The Canadian Press. "I understand that if I'm able to do all the things I need to make things work for
  
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