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• Climate change behind increases in extreme rain danger: researchers

  01-06-2020 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The rains soaked southern Alberta for days, unrelenting, saturating soil already sodden with melting snow -- and before long Calgary was awash as rivers overflowed their banks.
  
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• Lengthy debate begins over Green Line alignment plan

  01-06-2020 23:44
  
  The city’s Green Line Committee will hear from more than 80 members of the public before deciding whether to approve the revised alignment for the massive project. Several amendments to the project’s plan are expected to be proposed with some members of council expressing concerns with the current proposal. Stage one of the LRT project is expected to cost $4.9 billion and construction could start in 2021. When the entire project is completed, it’ll run 46 kilometres from Shepar
  
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• Legislation looks to create Alberta Parole Board

  01-06-2020 23:31
  
  Legislation tabled Monday calls for creation of the Alberta Parole Board, which will oversee those serving provincial jail sentences. Parole decisions and monitoring in Alberta is currently done by the Parole Board of Canada. "A provincial parole board would better protect Albertans, their loved ones and their property from repeat offenders, including parolees," read a release from the province. "The government is fulfilling a commitment to Albertans to better hold criminals responsible to prote
  
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• Alberta introduces legislation to create its own parole board

  01-06-2020 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has introduced a bill to create its own parole board.
  
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• Fort McMurray flood caused $228M in insured damages

  01-06-2020 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  This year's spring flooding in Fort McMurray, Alta., caused over $228 million in insured damages, according to numbers released Monday by the Insurance Bureau of Canada. 
  
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• Electric vehicles could be as disruptive to oil industry as coronavirus, Suncor CEO says

  01-06-2020 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil producer and the sector accounts for 10.6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product.
  
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• Bill 18 aims to replace federal Parole Board with Alberta counterpart for provincial offenders

  01-06-2020 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney explains that Bill 18, the Corrections Amendment Act, tabled Monday in the legislature aims to replace the Parole Board of Canada with a new Alberta Parole Board, which would determine parole or early release eligibility for offenders serving sentences in provincial correctional facilities, which are sentenced less than two years. Kenney said...
  
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• Fly fishing shop owner reminds Albertans of regulations as season begins

  01-06-2020 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Shane Olson, co-owner of My Fly Guy Fly Shop in Coalhurst, Alta., many people are looking to take up fishing as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. As Eloise Therien reports, Albertans must carefully follow provincial guidelines before taking part in the sport.
  
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• Hinshaw to deliver COVID-19 update at 3:30 p.m.

  01-06-2020 22:44
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will deliver her first COVID-19 update of the month at 3:30 p.m. The province, which currently has 584 active cases of the coronavirus, reported a total of 31 new cases and one death over the weekend. Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers  This is what we know about Alberta's COVID-19 cases  More at Edmonton.ctvnews.ca/coronavirusSince the pandemic started, Alberta has had 7,010 cases and 143 deaths as a result. Watch Dr. Deena
  
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• Alberta Health counts 34 new COVID-19 cases, monitoring increase in Edmonton zone

  01-06-2020 22:44
  After processing some 2,700 tests since Sunday, Alberta counted 34 new cases of COVID-19.  That brings the total number of active cases in the province to 400, with 53 people hospitalized. Six of those individuals are in ICUs, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported Monday afternoon.  Hinshaw said Alberta Health was monitoring an increase in active cases in the Edmonton medical zone.  “Many of the new cases can be traced back to two private family gatherin
  
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• RCMP and Brooks Fire encourage safe boating following weekend rescues on Lake Newell

  01-06-2020 22:16
  
  High wind made for treacherous boating conditions on Sunday resulting in three separate rescues on Lake Newell near Brooks. According to RCMP officials, wind gusts of approximately 80 km/h on Sunday afternoon led to emergency responses by the Brooks Fire Department, conservation officers and RCMP on Sunday afternoon. A kayaker contacted 911 at around 4 p.m. after washing ashore on the south side of the lake and becoming disoriented. A family of five was stranded — without shelter and with
  
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• U.S. cities erupt in more violence amid threats from Trump

  01-06-2020 21:23
  
  American cities erupted in violence and destruction in a seventh straight night of unrest, with several police officers shot or run over, amid boasts and threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to send in troops to "dominate the streets." In New York, nonviolent protests Monday night were punctuated by people smashing shop windows near Rockefeller Center and breaching the doors of Macy's flagship store on 34th Street, littering the pavement with broken glass. A vehicle plowed through a group of
  
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• Trump threatens to send in army amid protests across the U.S.

  01-06-2020 21:23
  
  Wielding extraordinary federal authority, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened the nation's governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. His announcement came as police under federal command forced back peaceful demonstrators with tear gas so he could walk to a nearby church and pose with a Bible. Trump's bellicose rhetoric came as the nation convulsed through ano
  
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• Trump threatens military force against protesters across the U.S.

  01-06-2020 21:23
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to deploy the United States military unless states quickly halted the violent protests that have convulsed cities from coast to coast, speaking in the White House Rose Garden as tear gas canisters could be heard exploding just a block away. Trump said he was recommending that governors deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers to "dominate the streets." If governors fail to take action, the president said, he will mobilize "thousands and tho
  
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• Fort McMurray flood caused $228M in damage, says insurance bureau

  01-06-2020 21:20
  
  A quarter of a billion dollars in damage was caused when a 25-kilometre ice jam caused water levels to flood downtown Fort McMurray earlier this year. The quote of $228 million came Monday from the Insurance Bureau of Canada, which said the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo counted 1,200 structures impacted – or about half of those damaged in the 2016 wildfire. The Athabasca River ice jam caused water levels to rise between 4.5 and six metres throughout the area. Thirteen thousand peop
  
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• Walmart closing all Tire & Lube Express centres in Canada

  01-06-2020 21:10
  
  Walmart Canada is permanently closing all its Tire & Lube Express auto service centres in 106 stores across the country by the end of June. The move will impact 550 employees, though the company will work to find them comparable roles and expects to “retain the vast majority of associates in our stores,” Adam Grachnik, director of corporate affairs, told CTVNews.ca in an email. An existing partnership through which Mr. Lube centres are embedded in 50 Walmart locations will contin
  
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• High streamflow advisory issued for Bow River between Banff and Ghost Lake Reservoir

  01-06-2020 21:05
  
  Alberta Environment has issued a warning after considerable weekend rainfall is expected to increase water level in sections of the Bow River by up to 60 centimetres. A High Streamflow Advisory is in place along the Bow River from the Ghost Lake Reservoir upstream into Banff National Park. According to Alberta Environment, the river's level in the coming days could potentially be 60 cm higher than the level recorded last Saturday. Pathways in the Banff townsite along the river's north shore, nea
  
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• City of Lethbridge celebrating Environment Week - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 20:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City of Lethbridge celebrating Environment Week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No new COVID-19 deaths in Alberta but Edmonton sees 10 cases linked to gatherings

  01-06-2020 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We have the ability to prevent such cases by continuing to follow public health measures when gathering.
  
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• Health officials to provide update on COVID-19 in Alberta Monday afternoon

  01-06-2020 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates and the public health response.
  
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• Nathan Gervais' appeal of first-degree murder conviction dismissed

  01-06-2020 19:35
  
  The appeal of a man convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the November 2013 swarming and stabbing death of 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird has been dismissed. Nathan Gervais received an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for 25 years after being convicted in May 2019 in connection with the fatal attack on Strasser-Hird outside of a Beltline nightclub. In the appeal request, Gervais' legal council indicated that the presiding judge erred in the interpretation of unla
  
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• Former Stampeder Jon Cornish never experienced racism in Calgary ‘until last week’

  01-06-2020 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speaking candidly about racism, Cornish said, “it is here. It’s not like this is some issue that’s far away.”
  
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• Trump slams governors as 'weak,' urges crackdown on protests

  01-06-2020 19:31
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks in the Rose Garden Monday evening after deriding many governors as "weak" and demanded tougher crackdowns on burning and stealing among some demonstrations in the aftermath of violent protests in dozens of American cities. Trump spoke at the White House as a large group of protesters demonstrated outside ahead of a citywide curfew. Just before Trump was scheduled to speak, police fired tear gas and deployed flash bangs to disperse the protesters, who
  
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• Trump declares he's president of law, order amid protests

  01-06-2020 19:31
  
  Amid racial unrest across the nation, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself "the president of law and order" and threatened to deploy the United States military to American cities to quell a rise of violent protests. As Trump spoke, an incredible TV split screen developed around the White House. While he addressed the nation in the White House's idyllic Rose Garden, a series of military vehicles rolled out front on Pennsylvania Avenue and military police and law enforcement clas
  
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• Embracing religious themes, Trump visits John Paul II shrine

  01-06-2020 19:31
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump toured a Catholic shrine on Tuesday in his second straight religious-themed appearance as the nation grappled with widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Critics said the president was misusing religious symbols for partisan purposes. The White House said Trump and first lady Melania Trump were observing a "moment of remembrance," laying a wreath in a quiet visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine. The visit came a day after Trump decl
  
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• Amid protests, Trump talks of war and re-election

  01-06-2020 19:31
  
  Embracing the language of confrontation and war, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself the "president of law and order" and signalled he would stake his reelection on persuading voters his forceful approach, including deploying U.S. troops to U.S. cities, was warranted in a time of national tumult and racial unrest. Trump made his Rose Garden declaration to the sound of tear gas and rubber bullets clearing peaceful protesters from the park in front of the White House. It created
  
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• 'Couldn’t think of a better way to give birth': Okotoks mom delivers baby on overpass

  01-06-2020 19:01
  
  An Okotoks woman is thanking the strangers who helped ensure her family was safe when her newborn arrived seven minutes into the drive to a Calgary hospital. The maternity wards in Okotoks and other nearby hospitals were closed due to the pandemic, so Melissa Gordon’s boyfriend, Carrey Drews, was driving her to Rockyview Hospital on May 27 when she gave birth to her daughter in the vehicle. “I couldn’t think of a better way to give birth,” said Melissa Gordon. “It w
  
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• Trans Mountain reaches ‘key milestone’ as pipeline construction begins in B.C.

  01-06-2020 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Construction on a seven-kilometre section of the Trans Mountain pipeline has begun in Kamloops.
  
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• Calgary Public Library takes annual summer reading program online

  01-06-2020 18:43
  
  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and closure of libraries across the city has prompted the Calgary Public Library to revamp the 2020 edition of its Ultimate Summer Challenge program. The organization has done away with physically handing out reward stickers for reading accomplishments and adopted a series of digital badges and a printable map to track reading hours. "At the Library, we understand the importance of keeping young minds active over the summer months," said library CEO Mark Asberg in a
  
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• Snowbirds crash may have been caused by bird strike, investigation reveals

  01-06-2020 18:09
  
  The May 17 crash that killed a member of the Snowbirds team and injured a pilot may have been caused by a bird, an investigator revealed Monday. "A detailed analysis of video footage recovered for the investigation revealed one bird in very close proximity to the aircraft right engine intake during the critical phase of take-off," the investigator with the Department of National Defence’s Airworthiness Investigative Authority said in a brief statement. Both occupants of the CT-114 Tutor ai
  
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• 11 arrested, dozens of businesses damaged after Montreal anti-racism rally - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 18:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  11 arrested, dozens of businesses damaged after Montreal anti-racism rally  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge County lifts road bans issued in March - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 17:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge County lifts road bans issued in March  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pirates warned to respect COVID-19 guidelines as GoldHunt plans Alberta relaunch

  01-06-2020 17:46
  
  The hunt for treasure will continue this month with the return of GoldHunt in Edmonton and Calgary. A total of $100,000 in gold and silver coins will be split and hidden between the two cities. The company is selling maps for $25 or $35, depending on how many clues treasure-hunters want, for a game start on June 20. GoldHunt says it is possible to respect the government’s health guidelines while looking for the bounty by keeping to small groups, refraining from touching anything while hunt
  
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• Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 17:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Waterton reopens for limited use following COVID-19 shutdown - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 17:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Waterton reopens for limited use following COVID-19 shutdown  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Singh, Scheer speak out against Floyd killing, racism in U.S. - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 17:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Singh, Scheer speak out against Floyd killing, racism in U.S.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 17:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Florida police officer suspended for pushing kneeling woman  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 16:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Medical examiner: Floyd's heart stopped while restrained

  01-06-2020 15:48
  A medical examiner on Monday classified George Floyd's death as a homicide, saying his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck, in a widely seen video that has sparked protests across the nation. "Decedent experienced a cardiopulmonary arrest while being restrained by law enforcement officer(s)," the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said in a news release. Cause of death was listed as "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck
  
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• Family autopsy: Floyd asphyxiated by sustained pressure

  01-06-2020 15:48
  
  An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd's family found that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression when a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd's neck until he stopped breathing, ignoring his cries of distress, the family's attorneys said Monday. The autopsy by a doctor who also examined Eric Garner's body found the compression cut off blood to Floyd's brain, and that the pressure of other officers' knees on his back made it impossible for him to breathe, attorney
  
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• Sentencing hearing for Edmonton woman convicted of manslaughter in death of toddler

  01-06-2020 15:29
  
  A woman convicted of manslaughter in the death of a 19-month-old boy will be back in court on Monday for a sentencing hearing. Tasha-Lee Mack was convicted in November 2019. Anthony Joseph Raine was her then-boyfriend's son.The toddler's lifeless body was found outside the Good Shepherd Anglican Church in April 2017. Joey Crier was also convicted of manslaughter in a separate trial.READ MORE: Joey Crier, guilty of killing toddler son, will get a reduced sentenceCourt heard during Mack's trial th
  
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• Crown seeks 10-12 years for woman guilty of manslaughter in death of toddler

  01-06-2020 15:29
  
  The Crown has asked for a 10- to 12-year sentence for the woman convicted of manslaughter in the death of a 19-month-old Edmonton boy. Tasha-Lee Mack was convicted in November 2019 in connection to the death of Anthony Joseph Raine, her then-boyfriend's son. The toddler's lifeless body was found outside the Good Shepherd Anglican Church in April 2017. Joey Crier, the father, was also convicted of manslaughter in a separate trial. The two were initially charged with second-degree murder. REA
  
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• 'It's unsettling:' Ranchers and feedlots worried about future impact of COVID-19

  01-06-2020 15:25
  
  A cacophony of bellowing cattle makes it hard to hear the other hoof drop, but rancher Bruce Bird knows that it's coming. Bird runs a cow-calf operation and had to shout to be heard during annual branding last week on his ranch near Cremona, 80 kilometres northwest of Calgary. Over a hundred calves were run through a chute and locked onto a table to have ear tags applied and a mark seared onto their sides. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't had a serious effect on Bird yet, but he's anticipating it wi
  
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• PM Trudeau to fast-track infrastructure funds to help cities cover COVID-19 costs

  01-06-2020 15:14
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to announce this morning that the federal government will be offering cities an advanced transfer of infrastructure funding to help cover COVID-19-prompted budget shortfalls. Expected to be an announcement of $2.2 billion, the federal dollars were initially earmarked to go to municipalities in the fall, but the government will be passing along the funding early as many cities have seen their revenues dry up at the same time the cost of responding to the ongoi
  
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• Feds fast-tracking $2.2B in infrastructure funds to help cities cover COVID-19 costs

  01-06-2020 15:14
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the federal government will be offering cities an advanced transfer of $2.2 billion in infrastructure money to help cover COVID-19-prompted budget shortfalls, as the start of a new month marks the beginning of more regional re-openings. The 2020-21 funding will be sent through the federal Gas Tax Fund, and will be made in a single payment this month — rather than being spread across two annual payments as typically happens — to help mu
  
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• Cities to be sent $2.2B in infrastructure funds early to help COVID-19 recovery: PM Trudeau

  01-06-2020 15:14
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the federal government will be offering cities an advanced transfer of $2.2 billion in infrastructure money to help cover COVID-19-prompted budget shortfalls, as the start of a new month marks the beginning of more regional re-openings. The 2020-21 funding will be sent through the federal Gas Tax Fund, and will be made in a single payment this month — rather than being spread across two annual payments as typically happens — to help mu
  
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• 10,000 Canadians to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies in hopes of understanding immunity

  01-06-2020 15:00
  
  After a person has developed antibodies against COVID-19, how long does that immunity last? That is one of the crucial questions that a new study led by Toronto researchers is hoping to answer. By testing the blood of more than 10,000 Canadians for antibodies, which are developed after a person is exposed to the virus to fight it off, the Action to Beat Coronavirus study is hoping to not only find out whether immunity fades with time, but also discover just what percentage of the Canadian popula
  
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• Rallies against racism and police violence continue in Calgary

  01-06-2020 14:35
  
  A gathering will take place in Calgary Monday morning in solidarity with the anti-racism movement in the United States.  A peaceful Black Lives Matter protest is scheduled for 11 a.m. at River Walk Plaza in East Village.  Organizers say the demonstration is meant to peacefully display the pain, anger and frustration of participants while taking a strong stand against racism following last week’s death of George Floyd.  The handcuffed, unarmed black man died in Minneapolis, M
  
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• Calgarians rally against racism and police violence as protests move north of the border

  01-06-2020 14:35
  
  A massive crowd of Calgarians marched through downtown Monday morning chanting “black lives matter” during a rally to fight racism. “It hurts seeing that we always have to cower and hide away from the police or that we always have to live in fear,” said protester Leban Ahmmedmussa. “So to me, being out here, protesting against it and seeing all these amazing people around me, it just makes me feel more united with the city.” Protests have erupted across the co
  
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• Lethbridge seeing road closures this week - Lethbridge News Now

  01-06-2020 14:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge seeing road closures this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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