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• Skijordue combines Canadian cowboy and European mountain cultures

  18-02-2020 23:57
  
  What do you get when you tether a skier or snowboarder to a galloping horse going upward of 60 kilometres an hour? The sport of skijoring. Skijor Canada formed in 2017 to support the safe, consistent development of the sport on a national level with a goal of forming a race circuit, culminating in a Canadian Championship event in Calgary.  But organizers of the now-annual skijordue event have taken the sport one step further. It began in 2016 as a private party combining cowboys and snow ri
  
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• Concerns raised over Saskatchewan ban on sex offenders changing names - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 23:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Concerns raised over Saskatchewan ban on sex offenders changing names  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canucks' Boeser expected to miss rest of regular season with rib cartilage fracture

  18-02-2020 23:46
  
  The Vancouver Canucks expect forward Brock Boeser to be out of the lineup for the rest of the regular season due to a rib cartilage fracture. General Manager Jim Benning says the team will have a better idea on a specific timeline after Boeser, who was hurt on Feb. 8, sees a specialist on Wednesday. Benning adds that the original plan was to give an update on Boeser's injury in three weeks, but that it now looks like an eight-week injury. The 22-year-old forward has 45 points (16 goals, 29 assis
  
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• Highlights of the British Columbia budget - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 23:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Highlights of the British Columbia budget  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• SkipTheDishes now offering alcohol delivery in 3 Alberta cities

  18-02-2020 23:39
  
  Want a craft beer or locally distilled gin sent straight to your doorstep? There's an app for that. Delivery service SkipTheDishes has announced that for the first time, it will offer delivery from a variety of breweries, liquor stores and distilleries in Alberta. The service has been offered in B.C. and Manitoba since 2017, but this marks the first time the Canadian company will offer alcohol delivery in this province — specifically in Fort McMurray, Calgary and Edmonton. "We’re alw
  
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• Coastal GasLink pipeline investor committed to closing deal despite demonstrations

  18-02-2020 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  An investment firm buying a stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline says it remains "committed'' to the deal despite ongoing protests.
  
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• $3.7M of funding announced for 12 housing and homelessness projects across rural Alberta

  18-02-2020 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Rural Development Network will be distributing $3.7 million for 12 projects in 11 communities, through the Government of Canada's Reaching Home Program.
  
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• Teen shot at Toronto Airbnb party doubts company's safety measures - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 23:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Teen shot at Toronto Airbnb party doubts company's safety measures  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Fresh Off the Boat' leaving indelible mark on TV landscape - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 23:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Fresh Off the Boat' leaving indelible mark on TV landscape  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tribute for victims of Iranian plane crash to be held at Edmonton City Hall

  18-02-2020 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tribute is being held Saturday in Edmonton to remember the Canadians who were killed when a Ukrainian passenger plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Tehran.
  
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• Input needed on auto insurance reform in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 23:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Input needed on auto insurance reform in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto-bound Air Canada flight declares emergency after wheel falls off during take-off

  18-02-2020 22:34
  
  An Air Canada plane bound for Toronto was forced to declare a mid-air emergency after one of its wheels fell off during take-off.  Air Canada flight 715 from LaGuardia Airport landed safely after 4 p.m. in Toronto. A spokesperson for Air Canada said the Airbus A319 lost one of it's six tires while departing just after 2 p.m. on TuesdayThankful to be on the ground safe and sound! My thanks to the captain and crew for their excellent work and communications. Well done https://t.co/1VCFwadFnX
  
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• Alberta government given 10 days to make decision on Rigel oilsands project

  18-02-2020 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it will appeal a ruling that gives the province 10 days to make a decision on a bitumen recovery project in the oilsands.
  
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• Why the 1990 Oka Crisis is being evoked amid the Wet’suwet’en pipeline dispute

  18-02-2020 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a closer look at the crisis, and what's being about it now amid the current disagreement over pipeline construction on Wet'suwet'en territory.
  
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• Trudeau cancels Caribbean trip amid pressure to end pipeline protests - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 22:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trudeau cancels Caribbean trip amid pressure to end pipeline protests  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'It completely changed my life': CNIB program connects people with vision loss with smartphones

  18-02-2020 22:05
  
  As millions of cell phones across Canada gather dust after their owners upgraded to newer models, the CNIB Foundation offers a way for people to donate their phones, get a tax break, and help people with blindness or vision loss. Only 46 per cent  of Canadians living with blindness own a smartphone. "A lot of people who are blind don't have access to smartphones because of unemployment rates being so high. It's hard for them to have access to a smartphone," said Leanna Smashnuk, a program s
  
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• Great gray owl released into wild after collision with semi

  18-02-2020 21:56
  
  A great gray owl is back in good health after a collision with a semi-truck last month in the Flin Flon, Man., area. According to the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre a man contacted them on Jan. 29 after he saw the animal bounce off a semi in front of him. He checked to see if it was hurt and realized it was still alive. The charity told the man to get in contact with Manitoba Conservation, who brought them the injured owl. Tiffany Lui, animal care manager for the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitat
  
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• Province announces new model of funding for K-12 education - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 21:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province announces new model of funding for K-12 education  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Family, friends can now officiate your wedding in Alberta

  18-02-2020 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pilot project is underway in Alberta that removes some of barriers for people seeking to serve as a temporary marriage commissioner.
  
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• Unganisha explores, celebrates Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Cuban dance

  18-02-2020 21:08
  
  As part of the ongoing celebration of Black History Month, the stage of The Grand will come alive this weekend with a jubilant display of dance. Unganisha: Explore. Connect. Dance. blends artistic genres in a similar vein to how Wunmi Idowu — the show's founder and artistic director — personifies several distinct cultural influences. Idowu spent her formative years in Lagos, Nigeria before relocating to Edmonton where she studied and performed dance for nearly two decades. The accomp
  
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• Lethbridge locals competing in Curling Championships this weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 21:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge locals competing in Curling Championships this weekend  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province ordered to decide on long-delayed Prosper Petroleum project

  18-02-2020 21:04
  
  A judge has ordered the provincial government to make a decision within 10 days on a Calgary-based company’s oilsands project which has been in limbo for nearly seven years.  Prosper Petroleum Ltd. asked a judge to force the UCP government to decide on a proposal that was first submitted in November 2013. The Alberta Energy Regulator granted approval in June 2018 but the company has been waiting on provincial approval for 20 months. Propser’s CEO says it’s been a very diff
  
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• Alberta streamlines grants, changes formula for K-12 education funding

  18-02-2020 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The government calls the move a way to reduce red tape for administration.
  
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• Alberta cutting grants, changing model of K-12 education funding

  18-02-2020 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of grants available to K-12 schools will be reduced from 36 to 15. The government calls the move a way to reduce red tape for administration.
  
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• Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 20:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Israeli Opera to host Placido Domingo despite protest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's sentence

  18-02-2020 20:12
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted what he called the "ridiculous" 14-year prison sentence handed out to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for political corruption, clearing the way for his release after more than eight years behind bars. The Republican president said the punishment imposed on the Chicago Democrat and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant was excessive. "So he'll be able to go back home with his family," Trump told reporters in Washington. "That was a tremen
  
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• Ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich released from prison after Trump pardon

  18-02-2020 20:12
  
  Rod Blagojevich walked out of prison Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump cut short the 14-year prison sentence handed to the former Illinois governor for political corruption. The Republican president said the punishment imposed on the Chicago Democrat and one-time contestant on Trump's reality TV show "Celebrity Apprentice" was excessive. "So he'll be able to go back home with his family," Trump told reporters in Washington. "That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence in my opi
  
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• Habs captain Weber, forward Byron cleared to return against Detroit - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 20:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Habs captain Weber, forward Byron cleared to return against Detroit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's sentence - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's sentence  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Supreme Court grants Alberta woman new trial in husband’s death

  18-02-2020 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta woman sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband and setting her home on fire will get a new trial.
  
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• Transgender athletes seek to become defendants in lawsuit - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Transgender athletes seek to become defendants in lawsuit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province to announce new school funding plan — watchdogs brace for cuts

  18-02-2020 19:46
  
  Alberta schools could be in for a $136-million cut in the coming school year. That number is based on documents obtained by the Alberta Teachers Association through a Freedom of Information request and stands in stark contrast to the UCP government’s promise of no cuts to classrooms. Education Minister Adriana Lagrange is scheduled to unveil the new funding model for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students at 1 p.m. Tuesday. LaGrange has said that overall funding to education will not be reduced
  
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• Province reveals new K-12 education funding model – with no dollar figures attached

  18-02-2020 19:46
  
  Education Minister Adriana Lagrange is promising more money in classrooms and more certainty for Alberta school boards planning their budgets. The new model for provincial funding of Kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms came with many assurances but essentially no numbers to support them. For that, she said, Albertans will have to wait for next week’s provincial budget. The new approach will use what it calls a "weighted moving average" to measure enrollment, which will in turn determine th
  
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• Province reveals new funding model – with no dollar figures attached

  18-02-2020 19:46
  
  Education Minister Adriana Lagrange is promising more money in classrooms and more certainty for Alberta school boards planning their budgets. The new model for provincial funding of Kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms came with many assurances but essentially no numbers to support them. For that, she said, Albertans will have to wait for next week’s provincial budget. The new approach will use what it calls a "weighted moving average" to measure enrollment, which will in turn determine th
  
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• Cleanfarms opens new office in Lethbridge - Greenhouse Canada

  18-02-2020 19:17 via greenhousecanada.com
  
  Cleanfarms opens new office in Lethbridge  Greenhouse Canada
  
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• Four elk shot and dumped east of Edmonton; Fish and Wildlife investigating

  18-02-2020 19:06
  
  Warning: This story contains a graphic image Four elk were shot and abandoned east of Edmonton earlier this month, prompting an investigating by Alberta Fish and Wildlife. The elk were shot on Feb. 7 at approximately 10 p.m., near a high metal tower on private land east of Highway 41 and approximately 500 yards south of the Camp Wainwright military base, Alberta Fish and Wildlife said. Officers believe the elk were shot from the highway, and that the vehicle then entered the land through a metal
  
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• Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 18:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ottawa supports heavy fuel ban for Arctic; northerners seek compensation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Body found north of Calgary believed to be missing man Kalix Langenau: RCMP

  18-02-2020 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP say a body discovered in a rural area north of Calgary on Monday is believed to 19-year-old Kalix Langenau, last seen in Calgary on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020.
  
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• 'He was the perfect person': Family and friends confirm body found outside Airdrie is missing 19-year-old

  18-02-2020 18:42
  
  A body found Monday outside Airdrie is that of a missing 19-year-old man, family and friends have confirmed to CTV Calgary. Kalix Langenau, 19, was reported missing to RCMP over the weekend. His last known whereabouts were in northeast Calgary early Saturday morning. An autopsy is expected to be conducted in the coming days. The nature of the death has not been released. The RCMP Major Crimes Unit is assisting with the ongoing investigation. Family members of Langenau have taken to social media
  
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• Body found outside Airdrie believed to be missing 19-year-old: RCMP

  18-02-2020 18:42
  
  RCMP officials confirm a body was found outside Airdrie city limits Monday and the discovery is expected to bring the search for a local man to an end. Kalix Langenau, 19, was reported missing to RCMP this weekend. His last known whereabouts were in northeast Calgary early Saturday morning. RCMP believe the body that was found in a rural area southeast of Airdrie Monday is that of Langenau. An autopsy is expected to be conducted in the coming days. The nature of the death has not been released.
  
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• Trump takes Daytona 500 warmup lap in presidential limousine - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 18:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trump takes Daytona 500 warmup lap in presidential limousine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Prison watchdog raises concerns of 'culture of impunity' - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 18:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Prison watchdog raises concerns of 'culture of impunity'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No new coronavirus cases under investigation in Ontario - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 18:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  No new coronavirus cases under investigation in Ontario  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr. - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 17:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trump pardons ex-San Francisco 49ers owner DeBartolo Jr.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Judge refuses to delay sentencing of Trump ally Roger Stone

  18-02-2020 17:06
  
  A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay sentencing for Republican political operative Roger Stone, setting up a crossroads moment later this week in an extraordinary case marked by a mini-revolt inside the Justice Department and allegations of interference by U.S. President Donald Trump. Stone was convicted in November of a seven-count indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign co-ordinate
  
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• US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 16:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 16:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tournament of Hearts veteran skip Kerry Galusha curls through pain - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 16:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Tournament of Hearts veteran skip Kerry Galusha curls through pain  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Provincial update on education funding model

  18-02-2020 16:30
  
  The province will make an announcement about Alberta's education funding model Tuesday. Education minister Adriana LaGrange will be speaking at the legislature at 1 p.m.Watch the announcement live on CTVNewsEdmonton.caIn its first budget, delivered in October 2019, the UCP froze education funding and called the current funding model unsustainable. LaGrange has said that overall funding to education will not be reduced. School boards and the Alberta Teachers' Association say a freeze in spending
  
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• Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall - Lethbridge News Now

  18-02-2020 16:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall  Lethbridge News Now
  
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