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• Limbaugh draws bipartisan criticism for Buttigieg remarks - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 23:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Defence minister hails Iraq's approval of expanded NATO mission - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 22:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Defence minister hails Iraq's approval of expanded NATO mission  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Candy, cheese soar to space station to satisfy crew cravings

  15-02-2020 21:43
  
  A cargo ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying candy and cheese to satisfy the astronauts' cravings. Northrop Grumman launched its Cygnus capsule from the Virginia seashore. The nearly 4-ton shipment should arrive at the orbiting lab Tuesday. It took three tries over the past week to get the Antares rocket off the pad, with it finally taking flight at 3:21 p.m. -- an auspicious 3-2-1. "Awesome launch," Joel Montalbano, NASA's deputy space station program manag
  
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• Ex-'Love Island' host Caroline Flack found dead in London - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 20:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ex-'Love Island' host Caroline Flack found dead in London  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• All Wuhan evacuees under quarantine at Canadian military base healthy, no virus symptoms

  15-02-2020 20:07
  
  All of the Canadian passengers and their families who were recently evacuated from Wuhan, China to a military base in Ontario for two weeks of quarantine are currently healthy with none of them exhibiting symptoms of novel coronavirus. That’s according to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam who said the evacuees residing at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in eastern Ontario are all on track to leave the base after the 14-day quarantine period should their condition not change. This me
  
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• Olympic gold medallist Erica Wiebe named Alberta Ambassador for Sport and Active Living

  15-02-2020 20:01
  
  Olympic gold medal wrestler Erica Wiebe has been appointed as the Alberta Ambassador for Sport and Active Living. The title will see Wiebe work on promoting "the value and importance of sport and physical activity to Albertans," according to a release from the province. Wiebe will also "focus on encouraging under-represented populations, including women and girls, to engage in sport and physical activity." "I look forward to being an advocate for improving sport and active living opportunities f
  
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• 14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 19:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  14-year-old charged with Barnard College student death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 19:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ex-Michigan State hoops star Appling facing heroin charges  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Historic King Edward Hotel in Pincher Creek destroyed by fire

  15-02-2020 17:48
  
  The historic King Edward Hotel in Pincher Creek was destroyed by fire early Saturday. The fire started in the early morning hours Saturday at the hotel, which was originally built in 1904 in the southern Alberta town, about 98 kilometres west of Lethbridge. A large portion of the building collapsed during the blaze. The town posted to social media that Main Street is closed from Bev McLachlin Drive to Hewetson Avenue and residents are asked to avoid the area if possible. A reception centre has b
  
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• Fire crews battle blaze at historic King Edward Hotel in Pincher Creek

  15-02-2020 17:48
  
  Emergency crews in Pincher Creek are battling a fire at the historic King Edward Hotel. The fire started in the early morning hours Saturday at the hotel, which was originally built in 1904 in the southern Alberta town, about 98 kilometres west of Lethbridge. The town posted to social media that Main Street is closed from Bev McLachlin Drive to Hewetson Avenue and residents are asked to avoid the area if possible. This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day …Pincher
  
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• New Zealand teenager Robinson wins GS in absence of Shiffrin - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 16:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New Zealand teenager Robinson wins GS in absence of Shiffrin  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Emergency crews respond to fire at Pincher Creek hotel

  15-02-2020 16:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP and fire crews were called to the King Edward Hotel in Pincher Creek at 4 a.m. on Saturday.
  
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• Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 16:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No winning ticket for Friday night's $55 million Lotto Max jackpot

  15-02-2020 15:17
  
  No winning ticket was sold for the $55 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. There were also four Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but none were claimed. It means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Feb. 18 will grow to approximately $60 million and there will be six Maxmillion prizes offered.
  
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• U.S. to fly home Americans stuck on quarantined ship in Japan

  15-02-2020 14:50
  
  The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined cruise ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday, but that they will face another two-week quarantine. About 380 Americans are aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which has docked at Yokohama, a port city southwest of Tokyo. So far, 285 people from the ship have tested positive for the new virus that began in China, after 67 new cases were found Saturday. The passengers have been quarantined on the ship since Feb. 5. That 14-day q
  
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• Ont. rail blockade still in place as police keep watch

  15-02-2020 14:39
  
  Members of the Mohawk First Nation are to meet Saturday with Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller at a CN rail crossing in Ontario. "The CN Rail stoppage is in its 9th day since Mohawks demanded that no trains cross their Territory at Tyendinaga until the RCMP leave Wet'suwet'en Territory, where the government is using the militarized police force to escort Coastal Gas Link employees who are building a new fracked gas pipeline," a Mohawk news release said Friday. "Federal Indigenous
  
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• Federal minister meets First Nation at rail blockade

  15-02-2020 14:39
  
  The federal Indigenous services minister arrived for a meeting today with representatives of the Mohawk Nation to discuss a rail blockade that has shut down rail services across Eastern Canada. Marc Miller says the situation is "very tense, very volatile" and it is time to talk as members of the Mohawk Nation block the line in support of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en in their opposition to a natural gas pipeline across their traditional territory in northern B.C. The blockade on Tyen
  
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• Iranian minister to appear at Canadian hosted meeting of Tehran crash victims

  15-02-2020 14:16
  
  Iran's foreign minister is to make a brief appearance today at a meeting hosted in Germany by Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne with counterparts from countries that lost citizens the Ukrainian jetliner crash near Tehran last month. Canada and its allies are pushing Iran to release the black boxes from the crash so their data can be properly analysed by facilities in France. Champagne says the decision to invite Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif to the gathering was made after consu
  
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• Canada joins other nations pressing Iran for compensation to Ukranian jetliner victims

  15-02-2020 14:16
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he and his counterparts from countries that lost citizens in last month's Ukrainian jetliner crash pressed Iran for compensation today at a meeting in Germany. The ministers met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Munich Security Conference, and Champagne told a news conference afterward that they made it clear to Zarif what Iran must do. "We pressed Iran on the need for swift compensation to be provided to families
  
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• US Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 09:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• WHL Roundup: Friday, February 14, 2020

  15-02-2020 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Max Paddock turned in a 13-save shutout as the Prince Albert Raiders defeated the Swift Current Broncos 5-0 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Big night from Dylan Cozens propels Lethbridge Hurricanes to 5th-straight win

  15-02-2020 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Taking on the Winnipeg Ice in the first of back-to-back nights, the Lethbridge Hurricanes were powered by a huge performance from Dylan Cozens. Danica Ferris has the highlights.
  
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• T-wolves win playoff thriller in Lethbridge - Prince George Citizen

  15-02-2020 05:26 via princegeorgecitizen.com
  
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• Calgary woman pens book about a year-long dating spree

  15-02-2020 05:22
  
  Just in time for Valentine's day, a Calgary woman has written a book about going on a year-long dating spree to learn the relationship she had with herself was the most important. "But also I think when you're confident you are also more attractive," said Cindy Drummond, author of Reflections from the Dating Pool. After a bad break-up, she set a goal over a defined period of time to find a partner; and for 52 weeks after that, squeezed in dates at coffee shops, wine bars, restaurants and a few g
  
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• Zucker's two goals help Penguins beat Canadiens 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 04:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Zucker's two goals help Penguins beat Canadiens 4-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Figure skating friends from Lethbridge head to Alberta Winter Games together

  15-02-2020 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The pair qualified for the AWG through a sectionals competition in the fall, where the top two competitors from each zone were granted entry for the Games.
  
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• Shandro calls mediation with the Alberta Medical Association ‘unsuccessful,’ says ‘all options’ now being considered

  15-02-2020 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health Minister Tyler Shandro says his government is considering "all options at our disposal" after he described voluntary mediation with the Alberta Medical Association as being "unsuccessful" with regard to physician negotiations.
  
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• Canada's largest piece of land is up for sale in Manitoba

  15-02-2020 01:59
  
  The largest piece of land in Canada is up for sale in Manitoba, and all 25,900 acres could be yours -- if you have a spare $57 million lying around. The massive stretch of prairie-flat, cultivated farmland is nestled in the Carrot Valley, near The Pas, Man. It's actually a combination of four family farms put together for sale. The buyer will walk away with not only the topsoil rich land, but the homes, farm buildings, equipment and cattle, which is included in the sale. On one of the farms &nda
  
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• LNN News Update for Feb. 14, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  15-02-2020 01:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LNN News Update for Feb. 14, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• University of Lethbridge expert shares insight into Wet’suwet’en pipeline dispute - Global News

  15-02-2020 01:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  University of Lethbridge expert shares insight into Wet’suwet’en pipeline dispute  Global News
  
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• Home designed by Lethbridge College students wins regional BILD award - Global News

  15-02-2020 01:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Home designed by Lethbridge College students wins regional BILD award  Global News
  
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• Manitoba premier accused of racist language in fundraising letter on blockades

  15-02-2020 01:19
  
  Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says blockades and protests over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia are hurting the cause of reconciliation. The blockades over a Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline have shut down rail service in much of the country. Pallister says some of the protesters have gone overboard and have shifted public opinion against efforts to advance reconciliation with Indigenous people. The premier has also issued a fundraising email to Progressive Conservative
  
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• 'Beyond shocked': Questions unanswered for family of man shot dead by police in Blairmore

  15-02-2020 01:03
  
  The sister of Brian Kyle Schriver says she's heartbroken and angry after her older brother was killed by police in Crowsnest Pass earlier this week. Speaking with CTV Lethbridge from her hometown of Woodstock, N.B, Vannessa Schriver says she's at a loss following her brother's death. "Beyond shocked. It was the last thing anybody seen coming. It's very confusing." Schriver says her 30-year-old brother, who had gone by his middle name of Kyle for his entire life, was a welder who had been in the
  
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• Pair of Lethbridge figure skaters headed to Alberta Winter Games together

  15-02-2020 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of friends and teammates from the Lethbridge Skating Club have qualified for the Alberta Winter Games together in Airdrie. Danica Ferris has more on the two figure skaters who are looking to take it all in.
  
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• Home designed by Lethbridge College students wins regional BILD award

  15-02-2020 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Lethbridge College students have won a major industry award for a home they designed. The duo created “The Daphne” and the home was then built by Ashcroft Master Builder. Our Taz Dhaliwal finds out what it takes to bring an award-winning home to life.
  
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• Slowing development and progression of dementia through hobbies

  15-02-2020 00:38
  
  74 year old Jim Padley doesn’t have dementia, but both his dad and brother suffered from it. Padley is retired after spending almost three decades as a high school director of athletics and football coach.  But in the last number of years, he’s been working on a model train village in his basement.  It started small but now has grown to take up much of the developed space -- and along the way, he suspects, it may help keep his brain nimble. Mary Padley, who has been married
  
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• U of L expert shares insight into Wet’suwet’en pipeline dispute

  15-02-2020 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  An assistant professor of Indigenous governance and business management shared his insights Friday on a pipeline dispute in northern B.C. that’s ignited protests and blockades across Canada. Tom Roulston has more.
  
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• Calgary store owner says anti-pipeline blockades hurting business

  15-02-2020 00:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Blockades went up last week across Canada, with organizers saying they’re acting in solidarity with Wet'suet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project.
  
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