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• 'Extremely disappointed': Group upset over Crescent Road's re-opening

  25-10-2020 23:48
  
  A group of Crescent Heights residents are angry a road previously made pedestrian-only is now re-opened to cars. City crews took down the signs along Crescent Road Sunday. The strip had been closed to traffic during the spring and summer months to allow pedestrians room to physically distance. But, according to a city representative, now that the cold weather is upon Calgary, the added room to roam won’t be needed. The Crescent Heights Community Association is trying to get the decision re
  
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• Alberta mansion valued at $15M to hit real estate auction in November

  25-10-2020 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 17,610-square-foot home featuring a half-size basketball court and a fountain saved from Hurricane Katrina will be up for auction next month.
  
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• Alberta mansion valued at $15M to hit auction in November

  25-10-2020 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 17,610-square-foot home featuring a half-size basketball court and a fountain saved from Hurricane Katrina will be up for auction next month.
  
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• Six Nations and Caledonia residents clash over land claim dispute

  25-10-2020 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Haudenosaunee people have been demonstrating on the land since July, arguing the housing development is on unceded Indigenous land.
  
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• Mountaintop coal mine hearings to begin amidst fears of pollution, development rush

  25-10-2020 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  A proposed coal mine that would create hundreds of jobs but shear off a mountaintop in one of Alberta's most sensitive environments is to go to a public hearing this week.
  
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• Cenovus buys Husky in $3.8B share transaction, signals consolidation trend in Canadian energy sector

  25-10-2020 23:16
  
  Cenovus Energy Inc. will merge with and acquire Husky Energy Inc. at a $23.6 billion price tag including debt, the Calgary-based companies announced jointly on Sunday. Cenovus will keep its head offices in Calgary with CEO Alex Pourbaix at the head of the merged company, while acquiring Jeff Hart from Husky as chief financial officer. "We will be a leaner, stronger and more integrated company, exceptionally well-suited to weather the current environment and be a strong Canadian energy leader in
  
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• High River, Alta. woman seeks to find owners of vintage photos of Calgary family

  25-10-2020 22:48
  
  All she knows is two names: Du Nghi Truong and Tam Minh Truong. Those were the names written on several brown envelopes filled with family pictures taken in 1984 or 1985. Karen Bitz purchased the home in Ogden in 1989 and began renovating it. A few years into the project, she found the photos stashed inside a wall. “One closet, inside the walls, was only built halfway up so at the bottom of one of these walls, we found a brown envelope with about 80 photos in it,” Bitz said from her
  
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• Douglas Coupland light exhibit opens in downtown Calgary

  25-10-2020 21:40
  
  A huge art installation lit up the night sky for the first time in Calgary Saturday night. Northern Lights, by artist Douglas Coupland, is a 160,000-square-foot light display installed on the north and south sides of the TELUS Sky building. Incorporating more than 2.2 kilometres of LED lighting, it's the largest public art piece in the city of Calgary.The display has already brought new love for the city's skyline. "I think it's pretty neat. It beats the regular light from downtown," one spectat
  
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• ‘So fortunate’: Alberta baby ‘wins’ drug lottery for $2.8M spinal muscular atrophy treatment

  25-10-2020 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Harper Hanki, who is just over a year old, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy Type 1 (SMA 1) when she was just seven months old.
  
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• Woman in critical condition after Sunday morning fire in northwest Calgary

  25-10-2020 20:10
  
  Emergency crews say a woman in her 60s is in hospital after a fire broke out inside a Calgary apartment building Sunday. The Calgary Fire Department was called to the scene of building fire in the 100 block of 27 Avenue N.W. at about 11:15 a.m. Upon arrival, they found a large amount of smoke and flames coming from the middle floor of the three-storey building. Crews managed to quickly bring the fire under control and keep it contained to a single unit on the second floor. An occupant of that un
  
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• Lethbridge police identify driver in hit-and-run earlier this month - CTV Toronto

  25-10-2020 18:54
  
  Lethbridge police identify driver in hit-and-run earlier this month  CTV Toronto
  
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• Lethbridge police identify driver in hit-and-run earlier this month

  25-10-2020 18:54
  
  Investigators with the Lethbridge Police Service are thanking the public and media for their help in locating a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash in mid-October. Officers were called to the scene, in the intersection of South Parkside Drive and Parkside Drive South, at about 8:50 a.m. on Oct. 17. When they arrived, witnesses told them the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash had left the scene. Police released details about the vehicle, identified as a red Chevrolet Silverado
  
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• Thanksgiving, fewer restrictions contributing to Canada's surge in COVID-19 cases, experts say

  25-10-2020 18:47
  
  Experts say there are a variety of factors contributing to Canada's recent surge in record breaking COVID-19 cases including Thanksgiving celebrations, fewer restrictions and increased testing capacity. Dr. Matthew Oughton, an infectious disease expert at the Jewish General Hospital and McGill University in Montreal, told CTVNews.ca family gatherings that occurred two weeks ago are a "likely contributor to the higher numbers of cases that many provinces have been reporting" in recent days. Quebe
  
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• Calgary's COVID-19 field hospital hasn't seen a single patient with the illness

  25-10-2020 18:44
  
  A multi-million-dollar temporary care centre, meant to cater to patients suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms, has not admitted a single patient with the illness, CTV News has learned. Earlier this year, Alberta Health Services invested $3 million on the Sprung Pandemic Response Facility at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary. Sprung Structures donated the tent structure, which cost about $235,000 to build. When it was completed in May, Health Minister Tyler Shandro called it an example of h
  
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• 1 dead, child seriously injured after multi-vehicle crash near Raymond, Alta.

  25-10-2020 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The crash occurred just west of Raymond on Highway 52, when an car travelling eastbound lost control on the snow-packed road and collided with a van travelling west.
  
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• Ontario willing to take 'swift action' after record spike in COVID-19 cases

  25-10-2020 17:27
  
  The Ontario government said it is willing to take "swift action" after a record spike in COVID-19 cases, adding that Thanksgiving gatherings may be the cause of the massive increase in infections. Health officials confirmed 1,042 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario on Sunday. It comes after the province saw 978 infections on Saturday. The majority of cases were found in Ontario's four COVID-19 hotspots, which are currently in a modified Stage 2. There are 309 new cases in Toronto, 289 in Peel Region,
  
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• Lethbridge Food Bank annual fundraiser to highlight live music - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 17:00
  
  Lethbridge Food Bank annual fundraiser to highlight live music  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hamilton stands alone in Formula One after 92nd victory

  25-10-2020 16:35
  
  After growing up watching Michael Schumacher's triumphs on television, Lewis Hamilton now stands above him and alone in Formula One history with 92 victories. Hamilton's comprehensive win at the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday also edged him closer to a seventh F1 title, the last of Schumacher's major records left for Hamilton. "I could only ever have dreamed of being where I am today," Hamilton said. "It's going to take some time to fully sink in. I can't find the words at the moment." On a rai
  
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• Cenovus to buy Husky Energy in $23.6B deal, company to stay in Alberta

  25-10-2020 15:49
  
  Cenovus Energy Inc. will buy Husky Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $23.6 billion, the Calgary-based companies said Sunday in a joint announcement. The merged Cenovus Energy Inc. will remain headquartered in Alberta. The deal would combine the companies into a new integrated oil and gas business with increased and more stable cash flows, the statement said. Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix will head the combined company, with Husky chief financial officer Jeff Hart taking on that role
  
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• Cenovus to buy Husky Energy for $3.8 billion in shares, CEO will be Alex Pourbaix

  25-10-2020 15:49
  
  A surprise move by Cenovus Energy Inc. to buy rival Husky Energy Inc. for $3.8 billion in shares will create the third-largest Canadian oil and natural gas producer by total production, the companies announced Sunday. The all-stock transaction was cast as a $23.6-billion deal by the Calgary-based companies by including the value of Cenovus and net debt, reported at the end of the second quarter as $8.2 billion for Cenovus and $5.1 billion for Husky. The combined company will be better able to we
  
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• Fatal two vehicle collision near Raymond - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 15:32
  
  Fatal two vehicle collision near Raymond  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ontario records more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time ever

  25-10-2020 15:17
  
  Ontario is reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time, setting another record for the number of infections in a single day. Health officials confirmed 1,042 new COVID-19 cases in Ontario on Sunday. It comes after the province saw 978 infections on Saturday. According to modelling data released by the provincial government in late September, Ontario was forecast to hit 1,000 new cases per day by mid-October.  As usual, the majority of cases were found in Ontario's four C
  
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• Cenovus to buy Husky Energy for $3.8B in shares; company will remain in Alberta

  25-10-2020 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The merged Cenovus Energy Inc. will remain headquartered in Alberta.
  
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• Cenovus Energy set to buy Husky Energy, company will remain in Alberta

  25-10-2020 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The merged Cenovus Energy Inc. will remain headquartered in Alberta.
  
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• Pope names 13 new cardinals, including first Black U.S. prelate

  25-10-2020 13:26
  
  Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise announcement from his studio window to faithful standing below in St. Peter's Square, Francis said the churchmen would be elevated to a cardinal's rank in a ceremony on Nov. 28. Francis asked for prayers so the new cardinals "may help me in my ministry as bishop of Rome for the good of all God's faithful holy
  
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• Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings

  25-10-2020 12:31
  
  Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including those at the top. Besides paying more tax, making more money can mean losing other benefits aimed at alleviating poverty. Understanding who loses more from earning more, and what federal programs are involved "can guide the development of approaches to ease the burden and encourage additional work," officials wr
  
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• Health minister says China must be held to account if they weren't honest about virus

  25-10-2020 12:00
  
  Health Minister Patty Hajdu says that if China misled the world in the early stages of the pandemic, then they will need to be held to account. Bloomberg News and The New York Times reported in April that the U.S. intelligence community had warned the U.S. administration in a classified report that China "concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country." Multiple countries have also questioned China's early response, including the U.K. and France. "If China wasn't honest, then th
  
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• New Democrats turn minority into majority in British Columbia election - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 08:07
  
  New Democrats turn minority into majority in British Columbia election  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Arozarena slugs into WS history, stumbles into October lore - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 07:08
  
  Arozarena slugs into WS history, stumbles into October lore  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ASIRT investigating death of man in cell at Spyhill Services Centre

  25-10-2020 04:28
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been assigned to investigate a death that happened in a cell at Spyhill Services Centre. On Friday, Calgary police were called to the Marlborough CTrain Station at 8 Avenue and 36 Street NE after a report of a man with an airsoft gun. Officials say the man was cooperative, and police took him into custody and charged with breach-related offenses. He was taken to Spyhill Services Centre, checked by a medic, and placed in a cell. A routine check was p
  
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• Attack, then pandemic: Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 04:13
  
  Attack, then pandemic: Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two charged in connection to fires at Kitchener-Waterloo Walmart stores

  25-10-2020 03:09
  
  The Waterloo Regional Police Service has arrested two people in connection to a series of fires set at Walmart stores in Kitchener and Waterloo that caused millions of dollars in damage. Police announced the arrests on Saturday night, and on Sunday revealed that a 21-year-old man from Paris, Ont. and a young person have been charged. Neither have been named. They now face several offences, including arson, disregard for human life, and discharging a false fire alarm. The fires were reported Tues
  
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• Late birdies let Justin Thomas keep slim lead at Sherwood - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 03:01
  
  Late birdies let Justin Thomas keep slim lead at Sherwood  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Winston Churchill reports positive COVID-19 test - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 02:45
  
  Winston Churchill reports positive COVID-19 test  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 02:33
  
  UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Earliest start to ski season at Norquay in 95 years

  25-10-2020 02:30
  
  Skiers and snowboarders at Mount Norquay strapped in for the earliest powder day of the ski season since the Rocky Mountain resort opened in 1926. Recent chilly weather and heavy snowfall confirmed conditions to open on Oct. 24, beating the last record set in 2012. It was also the first ski resort in the country to reopen the runs after the outbreak of COVID-19 ground all Canadian ski hill operations to a halt last March. “There is only one chair open currently, its still very fun to get o
  
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• Ailing Samsung Electronics chief Lee Kun-Hee dies - Lethbridge News Now

  25-10-2020 02:30
  
  Ailing Samsung Electronics chief Lee Kun-Hee dies  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• At least 6 children killed after gunmen storm school in Cameroon

  25-10-2020 01:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was unclear if the attack was linked to an ongoing struggle between the army and groups seeking to form a breakaway state called Ambazonia in the English-speaking west.
  
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• Inquiry into oil and gas foes to deliver report next year: Kenney

  25-10-2020 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says an inquiry into who is funding environmental opposition to the province's oil and gas sector will be completed some time next year.
  
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• Ski season starts this weekend in Alberta; earliest opening at Mount Norquay in 95 years

  25-10-2020 00:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, Mount Norquay in Banff National Park became the first ski hill in the country to open for the season.
  
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• ‘He’ll live in our hearts’: Family of 2018 Calgary stabbing victim holds traditional spirit ride on Blood Reserve

  25-10-2020 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family of Darby Shade (Soop), a 26-year-old man who was stabbed in southwest Calgary in 2018, is honouring his memory while spreading awareness to what they say are flaws in the justice system.
  
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