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• Police investigate multi-vehicle crash near Deerfoot Trail

  29-08-2021 23:31
  
  Officials are investigating after two vehicles and a motorcycle collided Sunday afternoon. The incident occurred at about 1 p.m. along Blackfoot Trail, between Deerfoot Trail and Inglewood Drive S.E. Police tell CTV News that the crash involved two vehicles as well as a motorcycle. There are no details on any injuries at this time. This is a developing story and we will have more details when they become available…
  
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• Calgary Paralympian takes home bronze medal in para-triathlon

  29-08-2021 23:13
  
  Calgary's own Stefan Daniel has won the bronze medal for Canada despite grueling conditions on the course in Tokyo. Daniel, 24, completed the para-triathlon PTS5 event in a time of 59 minutes and 22 seconds. The race included a 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike ride and a five-kilometre run, all of which took place in extreme heat. Daniel won silver in the same event at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Canada has earned 11 medals in the competition so far.
  
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• Kananaskis Country mountains closed after grizzly with cubs charged at people

  29-08-2021 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Parks closed the area northeast of Highway 40 to the west side of Mist Creek, including Mount Lipsett and Mist Mountain trails, on Aug. 27 until further notice.
  
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• After dearth of hockey, Canadian women's hockey team savours Beijing preparation

  29-08-2021 22:36
  
  Never have players on the Canadian women's hockey team looked forward to the rigours of pre-Olympic preparation more. Ice time wasn't always available during the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone skating in large groups or playing a game. Olympic team alumni have said the months they lived, trained and played games in Calgary before a Winter Games were the closest they came to feeling like professional hockey players. It's the only time they get dedicated ice time, a regular slate of games, full-time
  
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• Brian Pallister says he will step down as Manitoba premier on Wednesday

  29-08-2021 22:11
  
  Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister plans to leave office Wednesday and have the Tory caucus choose an interim leader. Pallister, who announced his intention to step down earlier this month, said he has decided to leave well before the Progressive Conservative leadership vote Oct. 30. Part of the reason, he says, is a desire to ensure the race does not become divisive. "The dangers of not leaving (this week) are that false allegations will be made about me trying to influence the outcome (of the le
  
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• TV acting icon Ed Asner has died at 91

  29-08-2021 20:07
  
  Ed Asner, the burly and prolific character actor who became a star in middle age as the gruff but lovable newsman Lou Grant, first in the hit comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and later in the drama "Lou Grant," died Sunday. He was 91. Asner's representative confirmed the actor's death in an email to The Associated Press. Asner's official Twitter account included a note from his children: "We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch passed away this morning peacefully. Words cannot express t
  
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• Oil and gas sector 'not as attractive' to young Albertans, industry leaders say

  29-08-2021 19:04
  
  Susannah Pierce's children aren't interested in following in her footsteps. The president of Shell Canada Ltd., one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies, heads up a workforce of 3,500 Canadian employees, earned public recognition as the face of the $40 billion LNG Canada project, and has lived and worked around the world. But Pierce's 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter don't see a future for themselves in the industry where their mother has thrived. The oil and gas sector is simply
  
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• 'So many more needs': Southern Alberta volunteers offer recreation for the homeless

  29-08-2021 18:57
  
  For some Albertans, going out for a picnic, playing lawn games or hitting the water for a quick kayak trip may sound like an average summer afternoon. But for the homeless community in Lethbridge, those opportunities don't come around very often. "Some of our guests out here are probably 60 years old and have never had these experiences," said soup kitchen executive director Bill Ginther. "I think it's nice and it's really important just to give people the opportunity to do normal things even if
  
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• 'Resilient Rec Program' helps Lethbridge's homeless blow off steam - CTV News Calgary

  29-08-2021 18:57 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  'Resilient Rec Program' helps Lethbridge's homeless blow off steam  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

  29-08-2021 18:39
  
  Jacques Rogge, who oversaw an era of political and financial stability in the Olympic movement after its worst ethics scandal and pursued a hard line against doping during his 12 years as IOC president, has died, the Olympic organization said Sunday. He was 79. The International Olympic Committee announced his death without giving details. Rogge's health had visibly declined when he attended Olympic events since his presidency ended in 2013. "First and foremost, Jacques loved sport and being wit
  
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• IOC says its former president Jacques Rogge has died at 79

  29-08-2021 18:39
  
  Jacques Rogge, the Olympic sailor and orthopedic surgeon from Belgium who led the International Olympic Committee as president for 12 years, has died. He was 79. The IOC announced his death on Sunday without giving details. Rogge's health had visibly declined when he attended Olympic events since his presidency ended in 2013. "First and foremost, Jacques loved sport and being with athletes -- and he transmitted this passion to everyone who knew him," said Thomas Bach, Rogge's successor as presid
  
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• New research reveals how to reduce risk of airborne​ COVID-19 spread during musical performances

  29-08-2021 18:24
  
  As concerts and live theatre begin to return, a new study says that safety measures such as time limits, social distancing and putting a mask over wind instruments can go a long way in reducing airborne transmission of COVID-19 during performances. The study was published on Friday in the journal ACS Environmental Au and led by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Maryland. The authors investigated the flow of aerosols during musical and theatre performances. Aer
  
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• Manhunt continues after multiple robberies reported in Innisfail, Alta.

  29-08-2021 18:11
  
  Authorities in central Alberta are seeking the public's help to identify an individual linked to a number of robberies in Innisfail. RCMP say the incidents all occurred within the last seven days, and two robberies took place at the same business, days apart. Police were first alerted to the incidents when a clerk at the Fas Gas location at 5107 50 St., as well as a customer, were robbed by a male suspect with a weapon on Aug. 26. The suspect returned at about 1:40 a.m. on Aug. 28 to the same bu
  
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• U.S. says drone kills ISIS bombers targeting Kabul airport

  29-08-2021 16:33
  
  A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying "multiple suicide bombers" from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said. The strike came just two days before the U.S. is set to conclude a massive two-week-long airlift of more than 114,000 Afghans and foreigners and withdraw the last of its troops, ending America's longest war with the Taliban back in power. The U.S. State Dep
  
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• U.S. says drone kills IS bombers targeting Kabul airport

  29-08-2021 16:33
  
  A U.S. drone strike blew up a vehicle carrying "multiple suicide bombers" from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Sunday before they could attack the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said. The strike came just two days before the U.S. is set to conclude a massive two-week-long airlift of more than 114,000 Afghans and foreigners and withdraw the last of its troops, ending America's longest war with the Taliban back in power. The U.S. State Dep
  
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• U.S. airstrike hits suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport

  29-08-2021 16:33
  
  A U.S. drone strike Sunday struck a vehicle carrying "multiple suicide bombers" from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said. There were few initial details about the incident, as well as a rocket that struck a neighborhood just northwest of the airport, killing a child. The Taliban initially described the two strikes as separate incidents, though information on both remained scarce a
  
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• Trudeau climate promises interrupted by angry crowd in Ontario

  29-08-2021 14:31
  
  An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., Sunday. The event was delayed more than hour as the throng of people blocked the entrance to the local sheet metal business where Trudeau made the first big climate announcement of his re-election effort. It also comes two days after a Trudeau rally in Bolton, Ont., was cancelled over security concerns from another angry crowd.Election Di
  
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• Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec

  29-08-2021 14:31
  
  The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after taking yesterday off. He's returning to the campaign trail for the first time since a Friday evening event was cancelled because police said raucous protesters posed a security threat.Election Dispatch: Sign up for a daily update on the campaignBoth the Conservative and NDP leaders, meanwhile, will be in Que
  
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• Lethbridge Sport Council, Nikka Yuko celebrating Payden Vair and Paralympic athletes - Lethbridge News Now

  29-08-2021 14:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Sport Council, Nikka Yuko celebrating Payden Vair and Paralympic athletes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wind, storm urge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., blowing off roofs and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometres) west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land. Ida's 150-mph
  
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• Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., blowing off roofs and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometres) west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land. Ida's 150-mph
  
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• Hurricane Ida winds hit 230 km/h ahead of Louisiana strike

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just before hitting the Louisiana coast near one of the country's main centres for drilling for and moving oil. As Ida moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world in the northern Gulf of Mexico, its top winds grew by 45 mph (72 kph) to 150 mph (230 kph) in five hours. The system was expected to make landfall early Sunday afternoon on the exact date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Missi
  
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• Hurricane Ida strikes Louisiana; New Orleans hunkers down

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., rushing from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (230 kph) hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometres) west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land. The rising ocean swamped the barrier island
  
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• Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometres) west of where Category 3 Katrina
  
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• Hurricane Ida knocks out power to entire city of New Orleans, officials say

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida knocked out power to the entire city of New Orleans, hours after blasting ashore as one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S., New Orleans government officials said. The city's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness said on Twitter that energy company Entergy confirmed that New Orleans has no power, and that the only power in the city was coming from generators. The message included a screen shot that cited "catastrophic transmission damage" for the pow
  
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• Hurricane Ida blasts ashore in Louisiana with major force

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  Hurricane Ida blasted ashore along the Louisiana coast on Sunday, with the eye of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. arriving near the barrier island of Grand Isle. The powerful Category 4 storm made landfall on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles (64 kilometres) west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land. Arriving with a barometric pressure of 930 millibars, Ida preliminarily goes down as tied for the fifth
  
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• 1st death from Hurricane Ida, power out across New Orleans

  29-08-2021 13:57
  
  A Louisiana sheriff's office on Sunday reported the first death from Hurricane Ida just hours after the powerful storm slammed ashore. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that deputies responding to a report of someone injured by a fallen tree at a home in Prairieville confirmed the person's death. Prairieville is a suburb of Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital city. The Facebook post did not include the person's name or any other details. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's ear
  
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• 'Fair enough': Garneau accepts criticism of Canada's evacuation efforts in Afghanistan

  29-08-2021 13:00
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau acknowledged on Sunday public criticism towards the Canadian government on its evacuation operation in Afghanistan, saying that no one could predict how quickly the country would fall to the Taliban. "In terms of the criticism of us starting too late -- fair enough, fair enough," Garneau told CTV’s Question Period. "Nobody anticipated the speed with which the Taliban would take over the country, including probably the Taliban themselves, and how quickl
  
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• 2,000 years of warfare and military on display in Calgary

  29-08-2021 05:04
  
  A weekend event put on by the Military Museums of Calgary is giving people a chance to see and experience war on the battlefield from the ancient to the modern era. The Summer Skirmish is presenting 2,000 years of warfare on Saturday and Sunday through battle reenactments and demonstrations. “The Military Museums has a mission, and that is to remember, preserve and educate,” said Capt. Jody Marchuk, the organizer of the Summer Skirmish. “The Summer Skirmish is about the history
  
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• Pedestrian airlifted to hospital after being hit by vehicle in north Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  29-08-2021 02:23 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Pedestrian airlifted to hospital after being hit by vehicle in north Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Vigil to be held for infant killed on Stony Nakoda First Nation: ‘It breaks your heart’

  29-08-2021 01:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  People are gathering Saturday evening to remember a child who was the victim of a homicide on Stoney Nakoda First Nation earlier this week.
  
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• Vigil to be held for infant killed on Stoney Nakoda First Nation: ‘It breaks your heart’

  29-08-2021 01:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  People are gathering Saturday evening to remember a child who was the victim of a homicide on Stoney Nakoda First Nation earlier this week.
  
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• Pedestrian airlifted to Calgary after being struck by vehicle in Lethbridge - Calgary Herald

  29-08-2021 01:10 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Pedestrian airlifted to Calgary after being struck by vehicle in Lethbridge  Calgary Herald
  
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• Pedestrian, seriously hurt in Lethbridge crash, taken to Calgary

  29-08-2021 00:18
  
  Lethbridge police say a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle early Saturday has been flown to hospital in Calgary. Officials say the incident took place at about 8:45 a.m. in the area of 13 Street and 5A Avenue North. The pedestrian suffered serious, life threatening injuries in the incident and was subsequently air lifted to hospital in Calgary for treatment. There are no details on the age or gender of the victim. Lethbridge police say officers are continuing to investigate the incident and
  
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• SAIT mandates rapid tests for students moving to campus residences

  29-08-2021 00:10
  
  Thousands of families are packing up boxes and vehicles this weekend as they prepare to move post-secondary students into their new Calgary digs. But at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), there's an extra step that must be completed before any boxes can be unpacked. Everyone who enters on-campus residences throughout the weekend will be subject to a rapid COVID-19 test. Those who test negative will be allowed on site to move in. "We've got scheduled windows throughout the next
  
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