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• Toronto man sought on two Canada-wide warrants for murders in Alberta

  11-02-2020 23:52
  
  A Toronto man is being sought in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old man whose body was found inside a Lethbridge home last week. Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of Toronto is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with a shooting that took place inside a west side home last week. Investigators say the shooting was a targeted incident and Dhiblawe and the victim knew each other. They add the pair had gotten into an argument about something related to the drug trade. It c
  
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• Toronto man sought on two Canada-wide warrants for murder in Alberta

  11-02-2020 23:52
  
  A Toronto man is being sought in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old man whose body was found inside a Lethbridge home last week. Mohamud Omar Dhiblawe, 29, of Toronto is charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with a shooting that took place inside a west side home last week. Dhiblawe is also charged with second-degree murder in connection with an incident in Edmonton on Feb. 8, 2020. He is considered to be armed and dangerous and the public is urged not to approach
  
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• Jason Kenney calls Coastal GasLink blockades a ‘dress rehearsal’ for future project fight

  11-02-2020 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal'' for opposition to future energy projects.
  
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• Jason Kenney calls Coastal Gas Link blockades a ‘dress rehearsal’ for future project fight

  11-02-2020 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's concerned blockades in support of First Nations opponents to a northern British Columbia natural gas pipeline are a "dress rehearsal'' for opposition to future energy projects.
  
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• LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2020 23:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LPS issues Canada-wide warrant for suspect in Lethbridge homicide  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Protesters supporting Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs block major Vancouver intersection

  11-02-2020 23:42
  
  Protesters opposed to the Coastal GasLink project in northern B.C. blocked a major intersection in Vancouver on Tuesday afternoon. Around 2 p.m., the Vancouver Police Department tweeted that the intersection of Cambie Street and Broadway had been blocked by demonstrators. The VPD advised that traffic was not getting through and drivers were asked to avoid the area. "We don't have any accidents reported at Cambie and Broadway, but all of the roads in the surrounding area are gridlocked," the VPD
  
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• Police say homicide in Bowness was domestic in nature; accused allegedly drove over victim

  11-02-2020 23:39
  
  The death of a woman found in distress on a street in Bowness on Monday was domestic in nature, according to police. Ronald John Candaele, 35, is facing a charge of second-degree murder for the death of Melissa Rae Blommaert, 33. An autopsy performed Tuesday revealed blunt force trauma as the cause of death. Blommaert was found lying on the roadway in the 8000 block of 34th Avenue N.W. about 6 a.m. She was transported to hospital in critical, life-threatening condition, where she later died. Pol
  
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• Sears plume saga: Appeal board upholds order against Sears and Suncor

  11-02-2020 23:38
  
  The original owner of a northwest Calgary gas station and its predecessor have been ordered to pay to clean up contaminated soil from a leak known as "the Sears plume.” In its decision released Tuesday, the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board also said it would take 15 years for the remediation work to be properly completed, but the total cost is unknown. According to court documents, Sears Canada Inc. owned and operated a gas station from 1958 to 1984 located where the city’s North
  
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• Minnesota Wild acquires Hurricanes' Calen Addison in NHL trade - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2020 23:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• US$20,000 reward for information on dead dolphins shot, stabbed in Florida

  11-02-2020 23:08
  
  Marine authorities in the U.S. are offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the criminals responsible for the deaths of two dolphins. Last week, biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission discovered a dead dolphin off the coast of Naples, with what appeared to be a gaping gunshot wound or stabbing injury from a sharp object. The same week Florida’s Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge recovered a dolphin with a bullet in its left side on Pensacola Beach.
  
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• Cowtown Opera shutting its doors after 10 year run

  11-02-2020 23:03
  
  The Cowtown Opera, Calgary's alternate opera company, is closing its doors after 10 years. That was the word Tuesday from the innovative arts company when its founder, Michelle Minke, announced in a press release that following its world premiere presentation of Does Not Compute in April, the company will be closing its doors after 10 years of producing accessible, local, community-driven opera in some of the unlikeliest venues imaginable. "It has been my great honour to serve our community and
  
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• Wet’suwet’en solidarity protesters demonstrate at Carolyn Bennett’s office

  11-02-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Last week, the RCMP began enforcing an injunction on Wet'suwet'en territory, and concluded the operation Monday after making 21 arrests.
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

  11-02-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says details of who is buying the contracts and on what terms are not being released yet because of commercial confidentiality.
  
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• Victim of fatal Country Hills Boulevard crash was driving a stolen SUV: ASIRT

  11-02-2020 22:29
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is asking for witnesses to come forward as the investigation into Monday morning's fatal crash on Country Hills Boulevard continues. According to ASIRT, a Calgary Police Service officer spotted a stolen SUV at approximately 3:30 a.m. The driver of the SUV, a 21-year-old man who has not been identified, sped off westbound. ASIRT officials say the driver failed to obey a red light at the intersection of Country Hills Boulevard and Métis Tra
  
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• Crowdfunding campaign helps Calgary rapper with debut studio album

  11-02-2020 22:11
  
  Shosho Dania wants the world to know his name and has set his sights on a November release date for his solo debut album. Shosho Dania, known by his stage name Polo Sho, has just starting working on his first album, thanks to support from a successful crowdfunding campaign, which raised $5,000 to help cover the costs of new studio equipment and a future tour.  "I feel there hasn’t been a Calgary hip-hop artist to go on a noteworthy national tour, where they’re talking about this
  
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• Collaboration reached between Lethbridge County and the area's irrigation districts - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2020 21:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Collaboration reached between Lethbridge County and the area's irrigation districts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Letters and parcels stolen during two break-ins at central Alberta post office

  11-02-2020 21:26
  
  Police are looking for help to track down some sticky fingered mail thieves who broke into the post office in Bowden, Alta. twice over the past seven days. Olds RCMP were first called to the building, on 20 Avenue in Bowden, on Feb. 6 following reports that it had been broken into sometime over the previous night. Investigators say a suspect or group of suspects gained entry to the post office through the front entrance and proceeded to break into a number of mailboxes. The thieves also got into
  
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• Video shows missing former Calgary woman walking by poster of her, family says

  11-02-2020 21:14
  
  Holly Ellsworth-Clark’s family is convinced she walked right past one of the thousands of posters placed around Hamilton in an effort to locate the missing 27-year-old former Calgary woman. CTV has seen the black and white video, which shows a woman walking past a row of cars along Hamilton’s Wentworth and Shaw streets. In the video, the woman is wearing jeans and a sweater -- clothes different than those Ellsworth-Clark was last seen wearing when she disappeared on Jan. 11. Her fami
  
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• Calgary Flames Foundation and Air Canada host youth with autism for Fan Flight to Los Angeles

  11-02-2020 20:51
  
  When the Calgary Flames head out to Los Angeles for their match with the Kings this week, a flight of lucky fans will also be flying down to enjoy the game. Fourteen-year-old Isaiah Kurth and 15-year-old Adam Hayman, who are on the autism spectrum, are among the group on Tuesday's flight. The boys play hockey every Sunday with others who have various challenges. It’s sponsored by the Calgary Flames Foundation and is called the Super HEROS hockey program. Wayne Hayman, Adam’s dad, say
  
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• Calgary Flames and Air Canada host youth with autism for Fan Flight to Los Angeles

  11-02-2020 20:51
  
  When the Calgary Flames head out to Los Angeles for their match with the Kings this week, they'll be joined by a group of just over a dozen lucky fans. All of the youth are on the autism spectrum and are being honoured as role models for other kids living with the same issues. Fourteen-year-old Isaiah Kurtz and 15-year-old Adam Heyman are among the group on Tuesday's flight. The boys play hockey every Sunday with others who have various challenges. It’s sponsored by the Calgary Flames and
  
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• Calgary Flames and Air Canada host youth for Fan Flight to Los Angeles

  11-02-2020 20:51
  
  When the Calgary Flames head out to Los Angeles for their match with the Kings this week, they'll be joined by a group of just over a dozen lucky fans. All of the youth are on the autism spectrum and are being honoured as role models for other kids living with the same issues. Fourteen-year-old Isaiah Kurtz and 15-year-old Adam Heyman are among the group on Tuesday's flight. The boys play hockey every Sunday with others who have various challenges. It’s sponsored by the Calgary Flames and
  
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• Alberta sells crude by rail contracts to private sector on 'very successful terms'

  11-02-2020 20:25
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that the province has sold its crude by rail contracts to the private sector in a move that he says will save taxpayers $500 million. "The NDP-signed project costs of $10.6 billion," said Kenney. "They projected $8.8 billion in incremental revenues to — eventually, over the course of two years — move 120,000 barrels per day of crude by rail. We have not triggered those contracts, as you know, because we've been working with the private sector to
  
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• Alberta sells crude by rail contracts to private sector

  11-02-2020 20:25
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that the province has sold its crude by rail contracts to the private sector in a move that he says will save taxpayers $500 million. The sale was announced during Kenney's discussion of his recent "productive" trips to Washington, D.C. and Montreal. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the afternoon.
  
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• Tow plane and glider lost sight of each other in fatal crash, TSB says

  11-02-2020 20:24
  
  An official report into a plane crash that killed two people in Black Diamond this past summer says the glider involved in the incident ran into the plane that was towing it. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) released the results of the investigation into the crash that took place east of the community on July 26, 2019. Emergency crews at the scene said the glider collided with the tow plane shortly after the smaller craft was released in mid-air. The TSB's investigation found the two planes
  
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• Feds announce $24.5M for affordable housing project in West Springs

  11-02-2020 19:59
  
  A new five-storey affordable housing building in southwest Calgary is one step closer to fruition following a funding announcement from the federal government. On Tuesday, Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced a $24.5 million funding pledge for the Mulberry, a 96-rental unit building that is slated to be constructed in West Springs, near the intersection of Old Banff Coach Road and 77th Street S.W. "Hard working Canadians deserve an affordable place to call home that meets their needs," s
  
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• Weather warnings lifted for parts of central and southern Alberta

  11-02-2020 19:52
  
  Weather warnings were in place for several areas in central and southern Alberta as a band of snow moved across the province, however they were lifted by mid-afternoon Monay. The warnings said visibility will be greatly reduced and snow will accumulate quickly. "Overall snowfall amounts will likely approach 10-15 cm, however the bulk of that snow has already fallen and the low visibility is the main hazard at this time," read the warning. The areas covered by the warning included:Airdrie, Cochra
  
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• Weather warnings in place for parts of central and southern Alberta

  11-02-2020 19:52
  
  Weather warnings are in place for several areas in central and southern Alberta as a band of snow moves across the province. The warnings say visibility will be greatly reduced and snow will accumulate quickly. "Overall snowfall amounts will likely approach 10-15 cm, however the bulk of that snow has already fallen and the low visibility is the main hazard at this time," reads the warning. As of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the areas covered by the warning include:Airdrie, Cochrane, Olds, Sundre Drumhell
  
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• 1.2M litres of oil spilled in Sask. train derailment

  11-02-2020 19:51
  
  The Saskatchewan government says about 1.2 million litres of oil spilled during a fiery train derailment in a rural area last week. The amount of oil recovered is still being determined, but a significant portion was burned off, the province's Environment Ministry said in an email Tuesday. The Canadian Pacific Railway freight train jumped the tracks near Guernsey, about 115 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, early Thursday. Thirty-two of the train's 104 cars derailed and a dozen caught fire. Fla
  
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• Alberta budget 2020 to be tabled on Feb. 27

  11-02-2020 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's finance minister will table the province's 2020 budget on Thursday, Feb. 27.
  
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• New Alberta budget to be tabled February 27

  11-02-2020 19:25
  
  The government of Alberta says it will table its 2020 budget on Feb. 27.  “I have listened to the comments that thousands of Albertans have shared with me and I hear your concerns about the need to continue to create jobs and grow the economy," Finance Minister Travis Toews wrote in a news release.  In preparation for the new budget, Toews says the government consulted with more than 50,000 Albertans through telephone town halls and an online survey.  CTV News will have full
  
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• Calgarian finishes Dubai marathon despite losing shoe — and not having arms or legs

  11-02-2020 18:59
  
  Chris Koch was about halfway through the Dubai Marathon last month when he lost his right shoe. It had already fallen off four times by that point in the Jan. 24 event in the United Arab Emirates so the 40-year-old Calgarian made the decision to abandon it. "The fifth time, I was getting grumpy and frustrated, so I thought, 'screw it' and I bailed on the shoe and kept going," he said. Going without a shoe would be an issue for anyone completing a 42-kilometre course, but it was doubly so for Koc
  
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• Stephen Avenue to GLOW during weekend winter festival

  11-02-2020 18:47
  
  Calgarians and visitors to Calgary are invited downtown this weekend for a free festival that will illuminate the evenings. "GLOW is a free, all-ages, outdoor winter festival in the heart of downtown Calgary," said Marco De Iaco, executive director of the Calgary Downtown Association. "It's all about bright lights, fire pits, music, ice lounges. We're going to be staging it on the 14th, 15th and 16th of February — so this Friday, Saturday and Sunday —  from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m." Th
  
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• Sask. optometrists approve government's decision to ban eye tattooing

  11-02-2020 18:45
  
  Warning: Some readers may find these images disturbing. SASKATOON -- Saskatchewan optometrists are applauding the provincial government’s new legislation that bans eye tattooing and implantation of eye jewellery. Optometrists have responded to an increase of patients with complications due to eyeball tattooing and eye jewellery, according the Saskatchewan Association of Optometrists. “Complications can include inflammation, retinal toxicity, extreme pain, vision loss and surgical rem
  
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• ‘It’s actually quite comfortable’: Alberta couple on cruise ship quarantined over coronavirus

  11-02-2020 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama, just outside Tokyo.
  
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• This is how Tim Hortons is revamping its rewards program, and what it means to you

  11-02-2020 17:00
  
  Tim Hortons is overhauling its loyalty program after parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc. announced that profits at the coffee chain are down, and its coffee and doughnut giveaways are partly to blame. Restaurant Brands International Inc. released its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results on Monday, showing Tim Hortons profits were down, with same-store sales dipping 4.3 per cent in the quarter ended Dec. 31. Sales were down even more in Canada, falling 4.6 per cent in th
  
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• U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Feb. 7-9, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2020 16:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  U of L and Lethbridge College Weekend Sports Recap: Feb. 7-9, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kenney aimed to strengthen ties during trips to Quebec and Washington, D.C.

  11-02-2020 16:18
  
  Premier Jason Kenney is back in Alberta following a week-long trip to Montreal and Washington and is set to recap what was accomplished. Kenney — and a delegate of Canadian premiers and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland — met with several business leaders and senior government officials in an effort to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Alberta’s energy sector. Kenney says he worked to overcome concerns with the Keystone XL line which now has a presidential permit and w
  
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• Albertans on quarantined cruise ship staying calm after infections double

  11-02-2020 16:12
  
  An Alberta couple quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan say they're not panicking, even after the number of cases on board doubled in recent days. Jenny and Mark Rodrigue embarked on the Princess Cruises ship and were supposed to dock in Yokohama, Japan on Feb. 4. But a day before their departure, the ship was put under a 14-day quarantine after 10 people tested positive for novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 1,000 people. Since then, the number of infected passengers on
  
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• Video shows students go flying as Ohio school bus overturns in crash

  11-02-2020 15:43
  
  WARNING: The video contains footage some viewers may find distressing The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released disturbing video of the moment a school bus overturned in Perry County, Ohio. According to local media reports, the 74-year-old bus driver and eight high school students were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuriesafter the bus rolled on its side on Dec. 19. On Monday, police released footage captured from inside the bus. It shows students slamming into the roof and sliding in
  
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• Homes found for dozens of rabbits during emergency adoption event

  11-02-2020 15:20
  
  Officials with the Calgary Humane Society are celebrating after an emergency adoption event helped empty the cages that had been overwhelmed with bunnies. The adopt-a-rabbit initiative, which ran from Feb. 6 - 10, was created after the shelter found itself with nearly 100 of the domestic animals. The rabbits had been placing a strain on resources and prompted the humane society to offer adoptions at negotiable prices complete with a free bunny care kit. On Monday, the Calgary Humane Society conf
  
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• Social media may play role in youth mental health woes, especially for girls

  11-02-2020 15:10
  
  As more children report and seek help for mental health issues, Canadian researchers have found that social media use could be an ignored contributing factor. "Findings from a few longitudinal, randomized and controlled studies suggest that social media and smartphone use may be contributing to the rising burden of mental distress among youth," researchers from the Toronto-based Hospital for Sick Children wrote Monday in an analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. By revie
  
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• Town hall on Lethbridge School Division's finances takes place Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  11-02-2020 13:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Town hall on Lethbridge School Division's finances takes place Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Sanders leads in New Hampshire as Democrats cull presidential field

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders fought for Democratic front-runner status Tuesday night as New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary began to cull the crowded field, bringing at least some clarity to a presidential nomination fight marred so far by dysfunction and doubt. As Sanders predicted victory, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg hoped to seize the backing of his party's establishment with a strong finish. Joe Biden just wanted to avert political disaster after leaving the s
  
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• Sanders holds narrow lead over Buttigieg in New Hampshire

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  Bernie Sanders held a narrow lead over Pete Buttigieg in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Tuesday night as the two ideological opposites battled it out for front-runner status in the chaotic nomination fight to take on U.S. President Donald Trump. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Midwestern moderate like former Mayor Buttigieg, was trailing in third place. It It was an unexpectedly strong showing for Klobuchar, who surged following a standout debate performance on Friday. "Tonight in New Hamp
  
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• Sanders edges Buttigieg in New Hampshire, giving Dems two front-runners

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his Tuesday night win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong challenge from the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. The dueling Democrats represent different generations, see divergent paths to the nomination and embrace conflicting visions of America'
  
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• Sanders edges Buttigieg in New Hampshire, giving Dems 2 front-runners

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary Tuesday night, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong challenge from the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. The dueling Democrats represent different generations, see divergent paths to the nomination and embrace conflicting visions of America'
  
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• Sanders edges Buttigieg in New Hampshire, cementing Dem front-runners

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary election Tuesday night, narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong challenge from the 38-year-old former Midwestern mayor -- two men representing different generations and wings of their party. "This victory here is the beginning of the end for Donald T
  
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• Bernie Sanders leads in New Hampshire as Democrats cull presidential field

  11-02-2020 12:14
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Fiery progressive Bernie Sanders fought for Democratic front-runner status Tuesday night as New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary began to cull the crowded field, bringing at least some clarity to a presidential nomination fight marred so far by dysfunction and doubt. Sanders held a small lead over Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar as results were coming in. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden were vying for fourth, and neither was on track to receive any delegates. As Sander
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: Natasha Farah’s final goodbye

  11-02-2020 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Aug. 22, 2014, Natasha Farah was feeling especially nostalgic and had a long heart-to-heart with her best friend and also called her mother back home in Toronto. Neither of them realized how precious those talks would later become.
  
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• Second Canadian evacuation plane from China lands in Ontario

  11-02-2020 11:38
  
  A second Canadian plane carrying 185 passengers from China’s Hubei province, which has been in lockdown during the novel coronavirus outbreak, has landed at Canada’s largest armed forces base in southern Ontario. The plane touched down at Canadian Forces Base Trenton just after 6 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning. There were 130 Canadians and 58 accompanying family members aboard the flight. While more than 230 people had requested a spot on the flight, the chartered plane is only a
  
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