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• Emergency goalie given hero's welcome at 'David Ayres Day' in North Carolina

  25-02-2020 23:19
  
  Emergency backup goalie and hockey sensation David Ayres visited North Carolina on Tuesday to celebrate “David Ayres Day” in Raleigh and receive an honorary residency from the state for his show-stopping performance on the ice. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver from Whitby, Ont., joined the Carolina Hurricanes as an emergency goalie on Saturday night when both the team’s regular goalies left due to injury. Ayres made eight stops on 10 shots and helped the Hurricanes secure a
  
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• 'Getting Albertans back to work' the focus of speech from the throne as UCP unveils its plan to reinvigorate economy

  25-02-2020 23:12
  
  Jobs, pipelines and reinvigorating Alberta's economy were the focus when Lt- Governor Lois Mitchell delivered the speech from the throne Tuesday in Edmonton. If that sounds somewhat single-minded, that'sbecause it's exactly what Premier Jason Kenney had in mind. The premier outlined what he described as the province’s $6.4 billion dollar commitment to the 2020 Capital plan and stance on renewing and defending Alberta’s economy. “Ours is a government obsessed with job creation,&
  
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• Transport Minister confirms police will be 'moving in' on new blockades

  25-02-2020 23:10
  
  Transport Minister Marc Garneau says provincial police will be "moving in" to respond to injunctions against new blockades sprouting up across Canada in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose a planned natural gas pipeline in British Columbia. Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Garneau said some of these new blockades have been "temporarily stopping the trains." "The provincial police will be moving in and responding to the injunctions that have been put in,"
  
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• Seafood City offers taste of home for Asian-Calgarians

  25-02-2020 22:59
  Calgarians from Asia wanting a taste of home now have another shopping option after the international grocery chain Seafood City opened its doors to the public last week.   The newly added location on Sunridge Way N.E. is the latest in a growing number of specialty supermarkets in the area that provide Asian-sourced products and groceries to Calgary’s multicultural population.  The store features an open, wet-market with a large selection of fish and shellfish laid out on ice. Th
  
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• Canada’s agriculture sector near ‘tipping point’ over blockades, farming federation warns

  25-02-2020 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Federation of Agriculture represents around 200,000 farm families across the country, specifically cited shortages of propane for heating barns and feed for animals as among the top concerns, particularly for farmers in Eastern Canada.
  
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• Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief ‘optimistic,’ ready to talk with RCMP on blockades

  25-02-2020 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Blockades from Wet'suwet'en supporters are stretching into their third week.
  
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• Suspect in 2014 Edmonton homicide arrested after throwing rocks at cars on B.C. bridge

  25-02-2020 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man wanted for a 2014 homicide in Edmonton was arrested by RCMP in B.C. Thursday, after he was caught throwing rocks at vehicles during rush hour on a bridge in Maple Ridge.
  
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• International Women’s Day 2020: Who is the inspiring woman in your life?

  25-02-2020 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Do you want to send a shoutout to an inspirational woman in your life?
  
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• Alberta’s Condo Property Act ineffective at protecting fraud victims: Condo owners advocate

  25-02-2020 21:57
  
  This is the second part of Kathy Le's two-part investigation into alleged condo fraud. Part 1, which explored the allegations against Carol Lloyd, is available here: Calgary woman accused of stealing millions from condo corporationsDespite amendments made Jan. 1 to the Condominium Property Act -- meant to cut red tape and protect condo owners and their investments -- some critics say it doesn’t go far enough. Effective now, condo corporations must have insurance to protect themselves again
  
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• Diagnostic imagery ordered by chiropractors, physios won’t be covered in Alberta

  25-02-2020 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of March 31, Albertans will have to pay out-of-pocket for diagnostic imaging services like X-rays, ultrasounds, bone scans and MRIs ordered by certain practitioners.
  
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• Gitxsan members arrested for blockading CN tracks near New Hazelton, B.C.

  25-02-2020 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several people were arrested following a rail blockade in northern B.C. in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
  
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• Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she'll obey ethics report

  25-02-2020 21:35
  
  Sen. Lynn Beyak sought to stave off suspension from the upper chamber Tuesday, pledging to do more to make amends for the harm she caused by posting offensive letters online. "I would like to unreservedly apologize for my actions," she told the Senate. "After deep and careful reflection, I have come to the view that the posting of offensive and hurtful letters to a Senate public website was wrong and ill-considered and my insistence on leaving them up was also wrong." The letters were sent to Be
  
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• Canadian small businesses hurting because of the rail blockades, survey says

  25-02-2020 21:30
  
  Small business owners are being faced with a "crisis" as rail disruption continues throughout Canada, a new report shows. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says nearly a quarter of small businesses have been negatively impacted by the ongoing blockades and another 48 per cent anticipate they will feel the impact very soon. “The continued disruption of rail service is quickly becoming a crisis for small businesses,” said CFIB president Dan Kelly in a release. &ldq
  
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• 1 in 4 Canadian small businesses hurting because of the rail blockades, survey says

  25-02-2020 21:30
  
  Small business owners are being faced with a "crisis" as rail disruption continues throughout Canada, a new report shows. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says nearly a quarter of small businesses have been negatively impacted by the ongoing blockades and another 48 per cent anticipate they will feel the impact very soon. “The continued disruption of rail service is quickly becoming a crisis for small businesses,” said CFIB president Dan Kelly in a release. &ldq
  
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• After losing in Alberta, carbon tax heads to Supreme Court — here’s what to know

  25-02-2020 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court was already set to hear appeals from Ontario and Saskatchewan prior to Alberta's ruling.
  
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• Canadian energy projects more difficult to get to completion: analysts

  25-02-2020 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Analysts say geography is part of the problem as pipeline projects in Canada tend to cross more borders and Indigenous territories than typical projects in the United States.
  
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• Scheer accuses Trudeau of doing ‘dirty work’ for Canada’s foreign oil, gas competition

  25-02-2020 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer spoke on Tuesday in the House of Commons about the Feb. 24 Alberta Court of Appeal decision that deemed the federal carbon pricing scheme unconstitutional, asking Liberals why Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing the “dirty work” for the country’s foreign oil and gas competitors.
  
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• Peter Nygard steps down following FBI raid at Nygard fashion house

  25-02-2020 20:49
  
  Just hours after FBI and New York City police raided Nygard headquarters in Times Square, Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard announced he will be stepping down from his company. The decision comes amid ongoing allegations of sexual assault, rape and sex trafficking. In a statement to CTV News, Nygard Companies spokesperson Ken Frydman confirmed Nygard will no longer be chairman for the company and will divest his ownership interest. The decision comes after a slew of allegations accusing Nygard
  
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• Council approves funding for new women's transitional home - Lethbridge News Now

  25-02-2020 20:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Council approves funding for new women's transitional home  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• RCMP say pair of semi tractor-trailers burst into flames in Saturday crash

  25-02-2020 20:36
  
  Revelstoke RCMP are investigating after two people died in a serious crash near the mountain community last weekend. Authorities were called to the scene on the Trans-Canada Highway, 20 km west of Revelstoke near Three Valley Gap, at about 7:50 a.m. on Feb. 22. A preliminary investigation showed an eastbound transport truck lost control and ended up sliding sideways across the lanes of the highway, where it crashed into a westbound vehicle. Both semi tractor-trailer units burst into flame as a r
  
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• 3 courts, 3 rulings: Carbon tax seen differently in different courts

  25-02-2020 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Legal experts say rulings from provincial Appeal Courts on the federal carbon tax aren't about the tax itself, but rather the government's legal grounds for it.
  
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• Is it time to consider changing the play-in setup at Scotties and Brier?

  25-02-2020 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Every time the national curling championships roll around, the competition format becomes a talking point.
  
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• One cup of milk per day associated with up to 50 per cent increase in breast cancer risk: study

  25-02-2020 19:15
  
  New evidence suggests that women who drink as little as one cup of dairy milk per day could increase their risk of developing breast cancer by up to 50 per cent. Researchers say the observational study gives fairly strong evidence that dairy milk or factors closely related to the consumption of dairy milk is linked to the development of breast cancer in women. "Consuming as little as one-quarter to one-third of a cup of dairy milk per day was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer of
  
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• Calgarian recovering in Florida hospital after being shot while on vacation in Barbados

  25-02-2020 19:13
  
  A Calgary man is recovering in a Florida hospital after being left paralyzed in a shooting during an apparent home invasion while vacationing in Barbados. Ken Elliott was playing Scrabble with his wife, Linda, brother Rob and sister-in-law Mary on Saturday at a home they were renting in the parish of Christ Church, in Barbados, when two men — one armed with a machete and another with a handgun — stormed inside. Ken and Rob struggled with the men and Ken was shot. The two men then fle
  
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• Long-term agreement signed between Lethbridge College and Farming Smarter - Lethbridge News Now

  25-02-2020 19:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Long-term agreement signed between Lethbridge College and Farming Smarter  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• RCMP search for man accused of robbing Alberta bank with bear spray

  25-02-2020 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police are looking for a man after an armed robbery in Magrath, Alta., on Monday afternoon.
  
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• RCMP investigating armed robbery at Magrath bank MAGRATH, AB - Lethbridge News Now

  25-02-2020 18:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  RCMP investigating armed robbery at Magrath bank MAGRATH, AB  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary mother charged following investigation into infant's broken arm

  25-02-2020 17:23
  
  A Calgary woman faces a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the injuries her twins suffered in 2018. According to police officials, the 11-month-old girl was brought to the Alberta Children's Hospital on March 13, 2018 for treatment of a broken arm. Doctors notified police after the mother's explanation for the injury was inconsistent with the physical nature of the injury. An investigation determined the injured girl had a twin brother and a medical assessment of the boy revealed he
  
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• Calgary mother charged following investigation into infant daughter's broken arm

  25-02-2020 17:23
  
  A Calgary woman faces a charge of aggravated assault in connection with the injuries her twins suffered in 2018. According to police officials, the 11-month-old girl was brought to Alberta Children's Hospital on March 13, 2018 for treatment of a broken arm. Doctors notified police after the mother's explanation for the injury was inconsistent with the physical nature. An investigation determined the injured girl has a twin brother and a medical assessment of the boy revealed he had suffered a fr
  
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• Okotoks RCMP ask for help to identify two men accused of stealing appliances

  25-02-2020 17:20
  
  Okotoks RCMP is asking for help from the public to identify two men accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of appliances from a Walmart store earlier this month. The two men were captured on surveillance video leaving the store about 1 p.m. on Feb. 9 pushing shopping carts full of high-end appliances. Once outside, authorities aren't sure how they left the area. Anyone with information is asked to call Okotoks RCMP at 403-995-6400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• Armin van Buuren, Marshmello and Shaquille O'Neal to play Chasing Summer

  25-02-2020 16:56
  
  Chasing Summer has announced its 2020 lineup and this year's EDM festival is slated to include giants of the genre as well as a gigantic former NBA superstar. The two-day August long weekend electronic music event at the Max Bell Centre festival grounds will see Armin van Buuren headline on the Saturday and Marshmello close the festival Sunday. In addition to the headliners, this year's festival is scheduled to include performances from Loud Luxury, Fisher, Gryffin and Diesel, the stage moniker
  
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• Canada's quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months

  25-02-2020 15:39
  
  Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government says today it is giving fighter-jet makers another three months to submit their proposals for replacing Canada's aging CF-18s.Keep up with the minority Parliament: Sign up for our Capital Dispatch newsletterCompanies were to have submitted their bids at the end of March, but will now have until June. Canada wants to buy 88 new fighter jets at an estimated cost of $19 billion, to replace the nearl
  
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• Population variances has City of Calgary considering ward boundary changes

  25-02-2020 15:38
  
  The City of Calgary is seeking public input on the potential redrawing of ward boundaries in an effort to ensure each councillor represents a similar number of constituents ahead of the 2021 general election. "A ward boundary review is done to equalize the population as best as were able and subject to the policy council has passed," explained Laura Kennedy, City of Calgary returning officer. "Cities grow, as we know, people move to areas where they can afford to live and because of that we have
  
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• Canadian charged after $15M of meth smuggled into Australia

  25-02-2020 15:27
  
  A dual French-Canadian citizen faces a possible life sentence for his part in the alleged import of nearly AUD$17 million worth (C$15 million) of methamphetamine from Mexico to Australia. The 26-year-old man was charged after more than 150 kilograms of the controlled drug was found hidden inside a 19-tonne shipment of silver concentrate in Melbourne, Victoria, in January this year. The accused, named as “A. Forcade” in court documents, was arrested by members of the Victorian Joint O
  
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• Thunder Bay curlers on board plane that crashed in Dryden, Ont.

  25-02-2020 15:24
  
  Two curlers for team Northern Ontario were on board a flight that crashed at the Dryden Regional Airport. Krista McCarville, Ashley Sippala and their coach Rick Lang were on the plane, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, headed to Sioux Lookout, Ont. The plane lost control and left the runway during takeoff. In a Facebook message to CTV News, McCarville said they are all doing okay, but are shaken up. The Ontario Provincial Police responded to the incident just before 4:15 p.m., along with fire a
  
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• Kenney to bring in stiff penalties against railway blockaders as Alberta legislature resumes

  25-02-2020 14:27
  
  Alberta politicians will return to the legislature Tuesday and the UCP government is taking aim at protesters who interfere with major energy projects. Premier Kenney is expected to table the Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (Bill 1), which will target protesters who set up blockades and create stiffer penalties for anyone who seeks to impair critical economic infrastructure, including railways. The province has been critical of blockades in support of the Wet’suwet’en First Natio
  
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• Alberta legislature to resume with throne speech, tabling of blockade bill

  25-02-2020 12:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney plans to table a bill that would create stiffer penalties for "anyone who riots on or who seeks to impair critical economic infrastructure, including railways."
  
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• Alberta legislature resumes with focus on jobs and blockade bill

  25-02-2020 12:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new legislature sitting has begun with the Alberta government promising to invest directly in oil and gas, if necessary, and to pass a law that would punish people who block roads and rail lines.
  
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• Mubarak, Egypt's autocrat ousted by protests, dies at 91

  25-02-2020 12:15
  
  Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising, died Tuesday, state-run TV announced. He was 91. Mubarak was a stalwart U.S. ally, a bulwark against Islamic militancy and guardian of Egypt's peace with Israel. But to the hundreds of thousands of young Egyptians who rallied for 18 days of unprecedented street protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square and elsewhere in 2011, Mubarak
  
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• New project part of Lethbridge Women's Day Rally - Lethbridge Herald

  25-02-2020 10:20 via lethbridgeherald.com
  New project part of Lethbridge Women's Day Rally  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• Iran official running anti-coronavirus task force has virus

  25-02-2020 09:14
  
  The head of Iran's counter-coronavirus task force has tested positive for the virus himself, authorities announced Tuesday, showing the challenges facing the Islamic Republic amid concerns the outbreak may be far wider than officially acknowledged. The announcement regarding Iraj Harirchi came after he gave a news conference with journalists in Tehran about the virus just one day prior, seeking to minimize the danger posed by the outbreak. The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday meanwhile banned all
  
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• Sanders takes hits in debate while gaining spotlight as front-runner

  25-02-2020 06:54
  
  Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested the strength of the two men at the centre of the party's presidential nomination fight. As the undeniable Democratic front-runner, Sanders faced the brunt of the attacks for much of the night, and for one of the few times, fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren was among the critics. The Massachusetts senator pressed the c
  
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• Sanders faces brunt of the attacks at South Carolina debate

  25-02-2020 06:54
  
  Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested the strength of the two men at the centre of the party's presidential nomination fight. As the undeniable Democratic front-runner, Sanders faced the brunt of the attacks for much of the night, and for one of the few times, fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren was among the critics. The Massachusetts senator pressed the c
  
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• Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash

  25-02-2020 06:54
  
  Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested the strength of the two men at the centre of the party's presidential nomination fight. As the undeniable Democratic front-runner, Sanders faced the brunt of the attacks for much of the night, and for one of the few times, fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren was among the critics. The Massachusetts senator pressed the c
  
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• TSX suffers worst day since 2015 in bloodbath amid coronavirus fears

  25-02-2020 06:50
  
  Canada's main stock index suffered its worst day in four-and-a-half years as it fell by triple digits for a third straight day amid growing concerns about the impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 385.37 points or 2.2 per cent at 17,177.37, the largest single-day decrease since August 2015. It hit an intraday low of 17,124.86, slightly above where it started 2020. "I think investors are just assessing what the economic implications are considering
  
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• Southeast Calgary home catches fire, forcing evacuation of two people and a fish

  25-02-2020 05:44
  
  No one was injured in a southeast house fire Monday night, not even the family's pet fish. The fire department responded to a call just before 8 p.m. Monday, about a stubborn fire causing a lot of black smoke and low flame burning at 323 Mount Douglas Court in southeast Calgary. Two adult children were home in the basement, smelled smoke and were able to get out unharmed, along with their pet fish. It's believed the fire started as a result of the boiler/floor heating system in the house. Initia
  
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• Fire prompts evacuation of two people and a fish from McKenzie Lake home

  25-02-2020 05:44
  
  A southeast Calgary home caught fire Monday, forcing two people to escape the building with their pet fish. The fire department responded to a call just before 8 p.m.following reports of a stubborn fire causing a lot of black smoke and low flame burning at 323 Mount Douglas Court in southeast Calgary. Two adult children were home in the basement, smelled smoke and were able to get out unharmed, along with their pet fish. It's believed the fire started as a result of the boiler/floor heating syst
  
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• Calgary man shot, paralyzed while on vacation in Barbados during attempted armed robbery

  25-02-2020 05:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ken Elliott, 65, is in hospital after being shot during what Barbados police are calling an attempted home invasion. The shooting was caught on a security camera.
  
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• Lethbridge approves funding for transitional housing - Global News

  25-02-2020 04:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge approves funding for transitional housing  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge approves funding for transitional housing

  25-02-2020 04:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge city council is moving forward with funding for a new women's transitional housing project following a unanimous vote Monday afternoon.
  
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