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• Calgarians gather to protest Nigerian police violence

  17-10-2020 23:55
  
  Approximately 200 people in Calgary gathered at the Peace Bridge Saturday for a protest against police brutality in Nigeria. “We can’t take this anymore, we’re tired of what’s happening, they’ve been doing this for a very long time,” said Choox Emmanuel, one of the protesters. The group is protesting the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS, which was set up to combat armed robbery. Its members have been implicated in several cases of human rights abuses
  
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• Police search for suspects in Saturday afternoon stabbing

  17-10-2020 23:30
  
  Calgary police are searching for suspects after a man was stabbed in broad daylight. Officers were called to the 1700 block of 2 St. N.W. shortly after 2:30 p.m. for reports of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found a man, approximately 25 years old, suffering from a stab wound. The victim was taken to hospital by EMS, but his condition is not known. Calgary police say witnesses told them the suspects got away in a vehicle. HAWCS has been called in to track the individuals. This is a developi
  
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• 1 in life-threatening condition after Saturday afternoon stabbing

  17-10-2020 23:30
  
  Calgary police are searching for suspects a stabbing left one person in life-threatening condition and injured a second. Officers were called to the 1700 block of 2 St. N.W. shortly after 2:30 p.m. for reports of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found a man, approximately 25 years old, suffering from a stab wound. The victim was taken to hospital by EMS in critical, life-threatening condition.  A second man in his 20s took himself to the hospital. Calgary police say witnesses told them t
  
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• 'Home Improvement' actor Zachery Ty Bryan charged with strangulation, assault

  17-10-2020 23:19
  
  Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sit-com "Home Improvement" was arrested in Oregon and faces charges of strangulation and assault. The Eugene Police Department said officers were dispatched to a North Eugene apartment Friday night on a report of a physical dispute. They found Bryan, 39, sitting outside and his girlfriend, 27, at a neighbouring apartment. Bryan reportedly assaulted the victim, impeded her breathing, and took her phone away when she t
  
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• Women's march rallies outside White House urging voters to reject Trump

  17-10-2020 22:55
  
  Thousands of mostly young women in masks rallied Saturday in the nation's capital and other U.S. cities, exhorting voters to oppose President Donald Trump and his fellow Republican candidates in the Nov. 3 elections. The latest of rallies that began with a massive women's march the day after Trump's January 2017 inauguration was playing out during the coronavirus pandemic, and demonstrators were asked to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. Rachel O'Leary Carmona, executive direct
  
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• 4 anti-pipeline protesters arrested near Trans Mountain drill site near Kamloops, B.C.

  17-10-2020 22:49
  
  Mounties say four people who were protesting oil and gas development at a drill site in Kamloops, B.C. this week are facing charges. Kamloops RCMP were called to a Trans Mountain (TMX) drill site on Mission Flats Roads at about 12:40 p.m. on Oct. 15 for reports of a demonstration taking place. Initial reports indicated the protesters were allegedly blocking work trucks from getting to the site, thus interfering with the operation. Upon arrival, members of the Division Liaison Team (DLT) engaged
  
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• Flu shots available across Alberta beginning October 19 - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 22:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Flu shots available across Alberta beginning October 19  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Anti-mask protesters cause delay on BC Ferries vessel

  17-10-2020 21:46
  
  BC Ferries says a "police incident" aboard one of its vessels caused an unexpected delay Saturday. The Queen of Oak Bay was operating 41 minutes behind schedule on the route between Nanaimo's Departure Bay and West Vancouver's Horseshoe Bay terminals Saturday morning, BC Ferries said in a statement. The company's statement did not elaborate on the nature of the incident that caused the delay, but West Vancouver police confirmed to CTV News Vancouver Island that the ferry service asked them to at
  
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• 'Outnumber the mask-wearers': Mask protest planned at Calgary's Chinook Centre

  17-10-2020 19:57
  
  Police and mall security staff say they are aware of and prepared for a possible anti-mask protest scheduled to take place at Calgary's largest shopping centre. The Freedom Unity Alliance, a group that claims to bring socially conscious people together is reportedly planning an anti-mask protest at Calgary's Chinook Centre Saturday afternoon. The organization, a Facebook group that has more than 600 members, first proposed the idea of the protest on Oct. 12. "I really would like for all of us to
  
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• Calgary police calls mask protest at Chinook Centre a 'non-event'

  17-10-2020 19:57
  
  Police and mall security staff were prepared for a possible anti-mask protest at Calgary's largest shopping centre Saturday but, approximately two hours after it started, officials said it was a non-event. The Freedom Unity Alliance, a group that claims to bring socially conscious people together, had planned an anti-mask protest at Calgary's Chinook Centre Saturday afternoon. However, when CTV News spoke with the Calgary Police Service at 3 p.m., they said only a handful of protesters showed up
  
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• Calgary-area Lowe's store reports 2 cases of COVID-19 this week

  17-10-2020 19:46
  
  Lowe's Canada is encouraging customers who recently shopped at its store near CrossIron Mills to take appropriate action after two associates tested positive for COVID-19 this week. The home improvement giant says they were informed of the cases at the store, located on 300-261199 CrossIron Blvd. in Rocky View County, Alta., on Oct. 12 and 16. The first associate last worked at the business on Sept. 30 and the second had their last shift on Oct. 11. Officials say the store was closed and disinfe
  
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• Suspect in teacher's beheading in France was Chechen teen - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 19:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Suspect in teacher's beheading in France was Chechen teen  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New virus restrictions in Europe; Merkel warns of hard days - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 19:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New virus restrictions in Europe; Merkel warns of hard days  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Software CEO Robert Brockman charged in US$2-billion tax evasion case

  17-10-2020 19:27
  
  Texas tech mogul Robert T. Brockman has been charged in a US$2-billion tax evasion case, the largest ever tax charge in the United States, law enforcement officials said. A federal grand jury returned an indictment alleging that Brockman, the CEO of software company Reynolds & Reynolds, engaged in tax evasion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes as part of a nearly 20-year scheme to conceal around $2 billion in income from the Internal Revenue Service and defraud investors in his s
  
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• Azerbaijan: Armenian missile killed 13, wounded over 50 - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 19:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Azerbaijan: Armenian missile killed 13, wounded over 50  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Banksy claims bicycle hula-hooping girl artwork in Nottingham, England

  17-10-2020 19:22
  
  After much speculation, street artist Banksy has claimed responsibility for a new piece of artwork in Nottingham, England, showing a young girl hula-hooping with a bicycle tire. The graffiti artist posted a picture of the artwork to his Instagram feed Saturday. Though he did not include a caption, the reclusive artist often claims responsibility for the anonymous pieces on social media. Painted outside a beauty salon in Nottingham, the work shows a young girl hula-hooping with a bicycle tire. Ac
  
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• Trump plays down virus as he steps up pitch for second term

  17-10-2020 18:56
  
  Gone are the days when U.S. President Donald Trump held forth daily at the White House podium flanked by members of his coronavirus task force. And the days when Vice-President Mike Pence and other task force officials would head to Trump's office to brief him immediately after their meetings. The White House won't say when Trump last met with the task force. In the week since he emerged from coronavirus isolation, Trump has demonstrated new determination to minimize the threat of the virus that
  
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• Banff wolves have lower survival rate due to hunting, trapping outside park boundary

  17-10-2020 18:07
  
  A study shows grey wolves in Banff National Park don't live much longer than those in the rest of Alberta because many are being hunted or trapped when they leave the protected area. The paper that documents the survival of Banff wolves over three decades was published this week in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation. Researchers looked at 72 radio-collared wolves in the national park from 1987 to August 2019. “We found that the life of a wolf in Banff looks very much like the life
  
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• Weather warnings lifted in Calgary, frigid temperatures linger throughout Alberta

  17-10-2020 17:51
  
  A special weather statement and snowfall warning has been dropped in the southern Alberta region, but residents are still waking up to a frosty October Saturday. On Friday morning, Environment Canada issued a snow squall watch for Calgary and put several areas other areas in southern Alberta under a snowfall warning. Now, as of 9:30 a.m. Saturday, the warnings are gone, but the cold weather remains. The agency says Calgary is only expected to reach a high of -3C for the day, while overnight lows
  
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• Walmart Canada ends price-matching program, sparking consumer outrage

  17-10-2020 17:21
  
  One of the country’s largest retailers, Walmart Canada, is no longer allowing customers to price-match items in its stores, sparking consumer outrage in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company announced it would discontinue the ad match program in September citing a decrease in usage and delays at checkout. As of Oct. 15, customers are no longer able to request a price match in Walmart Canada stores, a move that has not been received kindly by customers trying to save money and kee
  
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• Alberta’s cannabis retail landscape two years after legalization

  17-10-2020 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saturday marked the second anniversary of legal cannabis in Canada. Here in Alberta, the AGLC has handed out close to 530 retail licences. Kendra Slugoski has the story.
  
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• Quebec breaks another record as over 1,200 people test positive for COVID-19 in 24 hours

  17-10-2020 17:10
  
  Quebec broke another record for new COVID-19 positive cases Saturday, as public health authorities reported that 1,279 more people tested positive in the past 24 hours.  The previous high mark was Oct. 2, when 1,161 people tested positive.  Quebec originally reported 1,364 new cases Oct. 6, but the provincial public health insitute retroactively adjusted that number to 997. The new cases bring the total number of positive novel coronavirus cases in the province to 92,297 since the star
  
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• Man dropped off at Calgary hospital with fatal injuries

  17-10-2020 17:08
  
  Calgary police are working to determine what led up to a man being fatally shot in northeast Calgary Friday night. Officials tell CTV News a man was dropped off at the Peter Lougheed Centre at about 9:05 p.m. They say he was suffering from gunshot wounds. The victim, who was in his early 20s, later died in hospital.Members of the Homicide Unit are now questioning the people who brought the victim to hospital, but say they are not cooperating with the investigation. A number of scenes have been e
  
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• Ontario records single-day uptick in new COVID-19 cases

  17-10-2020 16:16
  
  Ontario is reporting a rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases after several days of infection numbers below the 800 mark. Provincial health officials logged 805 new infections of the novel coronavirus on Saturday after four days of cases numbers in the 700s. The province had reported 712 cases on Friday, 783 on Thursday, 721 on Wednesday and 746 on Tuesday. On Monday, health officials reported 807 new cases in Ontario.  Health officials also reported on Saturday that ten more people have
  
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• Trio of Lethbridge authors featured in Canadian short stories collection - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 16:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trio of Lethbridge authors featured in Canadian short stories collection  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Armenia, Azerbaijan announce new attempt at ceasefire

  17-10-2020 14:55
  
  Armenia and Azerbaijan on Saturday announced a new attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh starting from midnight, a move that comes a week after a Russia-brokered truce frayed immediately after it took force. The new agreement was announced following Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's calls with his counterparts from the two nations, in which he strongly urged them to abide by the Moscow deal. There were no immediate claims of violations after the truce t
  
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• Early figures for new aid and EI provide glimpse of how post-CERB supports to be used

  17-10-2020 14:16
  
  The employment insurance system absorbed almost 1.3 million people in the last three weeks, new figures show, as a key COVID-19 benefit wound down. A breakdown of applications for the simplified EI program shows that overall there had been more than 1.5 million claims as of late this past week, among them 1.15 million people who were automatically transferred when their emergency benefit ran out. The figures are enormous for a system that in one day this month handled 246,000-plus claims. In the
  
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• Lethbridge Sport Council launching free loanable sport, recreation kits today - Medicine Hat News

  17-10-2020 14:15 via medicinehatnews.com
  Lethbridge Sport Council launching free loanable sport, recreation kits today  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Suspect in teacher's beheading in France was Chechen teen

  17-10-2020 14:14
  
  A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack, officials said Saturday. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said authorities investigating the killing of Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday arrested nine suspects, including the teen's grandfather, parents and 17-year-old brother. Paty had
  
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• Southwest N.S. lobster pound destroyed by fire, man in hospital with life-threatening injuries

  17-10-2020 13:43
  
  One man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries, after a large fire destroyed a commercial building, reported to be used as a lobster pound by Mi’kmaw fishers, in Middle West Pubnico, N.S. early Saturday morning. Shortly after midnight on October 17, Yarmouth County RCMP and West Pubnico Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a fish plant located at 1065 Highway 335 in Middle West Pubnico. RCMP say the building incurred 'significant damage', but was not occupied at the
  
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• The Bruce McArthur victim who no one took seriously might have stopped a serial killer

  17-10-2020 13:00
  
  Warning: The details of this story may be graphic to some readers. TORONTO -- Last June I received a direct message on Twitter from a man named Mark Henderson. He wanted to meet in person but his name didn’t register with me, and so we opted to speak on the phone instead. Just minutes into that call, I realized this was the Mark Henderson I spent years looking for. The first known survivor of serial killer Bruce McArthur. Since that conversation, we’ve been meeting regularly and I ha
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic a ‘boon’ for legal cannabis in Canada as marijuana industry turns two

  17-10-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since Canada legalized recreational cannabis on Oct. 17, 2018, legal sellers and producers have struggled to compete with the black market, but there have been recent gains in the licensed industry.
  
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• Fire in Rosscarrock sends 1 to hospital suffering smoke inhalation

  17-10-2020 03:47
  
  One person was sent to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after a fire in southwest Calgary on Friday. It happened about 5:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of 38th Street S.W. at a single-storey detached home. Fire crews arrived to find smoke coming from the home and the fire was found in the basement. The occupant of the home, who was there alone, was able to get themselves out before emergency crews arrived. They were assessed by EMS before being taken to hospital. Firefighters remained at the scene
  
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• Coaldale church added to list of Lethbridge-area COVID-19 outbreaks - Global News

  17-10-2020 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coaldale church added to list of Lethbridge-area COVID-19 outbreaks  Global News
  
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• Coaldale church added to list of Lethbridge-area COVID-19 outbreaks

  17-10-2020 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Friday, R.O.C. Christian Ministries in Coaldale became the region's seventh active outbreak for the novel coronavirus.
  
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• 4 downtown Calgary offices buildings empty as vacancy rate climbs: report

  17-10-2020 03:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new report from Avison Young shows the economic downturn has caused more downtown offices in Calgary to sit empty, but experts believe the shift may not necessarily be a bad thing.
  
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• Piikani man charged in death of missing 16-year-old boy

  17-10-2020 03:13
  
  Alberta RCMP say a 37-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Tregan Crow Eagle. Dustin Big Bull, of the Piikani Nation, was arrested following a homicide investigation. RCMP first alerted the public to the case on July 25 when Crow Eagle was reported missing. The teenager was last seen at a home in Brocket, Alta. Two days later, his remains were located at an undisclosed location on the Piikani Nation. An autopsy determined his cause of death to b
  
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• Shandro proceeds with EMS dispatch consolidation despite mayors' pleas - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 03:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Shandro proceeds with EMS dispatch consolidation despite mayors' pleas  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Former Albertan participates in international climate change research project

  17-10-2020 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The MOSAiC Expedition is the largest polar expedition in history with researchers from 20 countries involved.
  
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• Temporary safe injection site not popular with residents in Lethbridge - APTN News

  17-10-2020 02:36 via aptnnews.ca
  
  Temporary safe injection site not popular with residents in Lethbridge  APTN News
  
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• Minnesota ruling gives boost to Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement project

  17-10-2020 02:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Minnesota pollution regulators properly considered the construction impacts of Enbridge's plan to replace the 542-kilometre segment of its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline that crosses the state, a judge ruled Friday
  
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• Canada and U.S. COVID-19 hockey protocols playing out on the ice

  17-10-2020 02:28
  
  Canada and the U.S. have taken different approaches to handling the COVID-19 virus and it’s resulting in a few changes to how seasons and tournaments are operating. South of the border, several NCAA Division I hockey conferences have stated their intent to have a 2020-21 season but here it’s a different story. USPORTS announced Thursday it was cancelling the 2021 men’s and women’s hockey national championship along with all other winter championships. “It wasn&rsquo
  
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• Calgary doctor calls for urgency in hospital COVID-19 outbreak reports to prevent future situations

  17-10-2020 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said the high hospitalization numbers in the province are due in large part to the outbreaks in hospitals, two more of which had outbreaks declared on Friday.
  
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• Family pleads for public’s help finding missing 46-year-old Blood Tribe man

  17-10-2020 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Almost a month after Jason Many Fingers was last seen, family and friends are now asking for the public's assistance in helping locate the 46-year-old
  
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• The Daily with LNN – October 16, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  17-10-2020 01:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  The Daily with LNN – October 16, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Coronavirus: Concerns over possible labour shortage in food-processing industry

  17-10-2020 01:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  New numbers from the food industry show there is a shortage of processing workers across Canada. One expert says COVID-19 outbreaks at meat packing plants are making it harder to recruit workers.
  
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• ‘I was stunned and elated’: former World Food Programme employee from Lethbridge reacts to Nobel Peace Prize - Global News

  17-10-2020 01:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  ‘I was stunned and elated’: former World Food Programme employee from Lethbridge reacts to Nobel Peace Prize  Global News
  
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• ‘I was stunned and elated’: former World Food Programme employee from Lethbridge reacts to Nobel Peace Prize

  17-10-2020 01:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  A former United Nations employee who lives in Lethbridge is pleased to hear that this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to the UN's World Food Programme.
  
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• COVID outbreaks declared at Rose and Crown Pub, private gathering in Calgary

  17-10-2020 00:58
  
  COVID outbreaks have been declared at a southwest pub along with a private party that drew "a large number of Calgarians," health officials said Friday. A total of seven cases were reported at the Rose and Crown Pub on Fourth Street S.W., with six of those active and one considered recovered. Alberta Health says contact tracing is ongoing and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is working with the owners on cleaning and testing protocols. In a post on social media, Rose and Crown said it is voluntaril
  
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• Alberta Sugar Beet Growers host 2020 harvest tour

  17-10-2020 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A very small part of southern Alberta is home to the only place in all of Canada that grows and refines sugar beets. As Quinn Campbell reports, on Thursday consumers got an up-close look at how a sugar beet operation works.
  
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