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• Apprenticeship program for young agrarians - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 23:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Industrial development giving coyotes an edge in wolverine habitat: study - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 23:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Industrial development giving coyotes an edge in wolverine habitat: study  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Flames reschedule 7 postponed home games in Februrary

  19-01-2022 22:47
  
  The NHL announced a schedule update Wednesday as they rescheduled games postponed over the holidays due to the fifth wave of COVID-19. Among thos were the Flames, who rescheduled 10  overall, including seven home games in February, one in March and two road games in March. February rescheduled games: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 (8:00pm MT) – Flames vs. Golden Knights Thursday, February 10, 2022 (7:00pm MT) – Flames vs. Maple Leafs Saturday, February 12, 2022 (8:00pm MT) –
  
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• Flames reschedule 7 postponed home games in February

  19-01-2022 22:47
  
  The NHL announced a schedule update Wednesday as they rescheduled games postponed over the holidays due to the fifth wave of COVID-19. Among those were the Flames, who rescheduled 10  overall, including seven home games in February, one in March and two road games in March. February rescheduled games: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 (8:00pm MT) – Flames vs. Golden Knights Thursday, February 10, 2022 (7:00pm MT) – Flames vs. Maple Leafs Saturday, February 12, 2022 (8:00pm MT) –
  
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• Federal grant supports new clean energy facility in Calgary

  19-01-2022 22:34
  
  The federal government is doing more to support opportunities in the sustainable energy industry through a large grant aimed at building a specialized office in downtown Calgary. The Energy Transition Centre will be a space that offers a meeting area between the country's largest energy companies and businesses that are working to develop green energy initiatives. The facility, which will be built in vacant space in the downtown core, will provide companies access to specialized equipment, energ
  
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• Snickers the Shih Tzu returns home after braving eastern Ontario extreme cold for 3 weeks

  19-01-2022 22:28
  
  An eastern Ontario man is overjoyed his beloved dog, Snickers, is safe and sound after being missing for three weeks, battling the elements, predators, and even illness. The 8-year-old Shih Tzu is a friendly staple of his owner’s flower shop in downtown Picton, Ont. called Flowers by Marvin, spending his days with his owner Marvin Chapman. Chapman left on vacation on Boxing Day, and had Snickers staying at a dog sitter’s, when he got the call that his dog had run off. Chapman said he
  
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• Ontario dog who ran off on Boxing Day returns home

  19-01-2022 22:28
  
  An eastern Ontario man is overjoyed his beloved dog, Snickers, is safe and sound after being missing for three weeks, battling the elements, predators, and even illness. The 8-year-old Shih Tzu is a friendly staple of his owner’s flower shop in downtown Picton, Ont. called Flowers by Marvin, spending his days with his owner Marvin Chapman. Chapman left on vacation on Boxing Day, and had Snickers staying at a dog sitter’s, when he got the call that his dog had run off. Chapman said he
  
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• Police search for man who missed Calgary drug treatment court date

  19-01-2022 22:12
  
  Police are asking for help from the public to locate a man who missed a Calgary drug treatment court appearance as officers are now concerned for his safety. The Calgary drug treatment court diverts accused people facing charges driven by drug addiction and "integrates justice, health and treatment services and empowers them to restore their lives and to become productive members of the community," read a release. Jay Douglass Ross Curry, 28, is described as being 172 centimetres (5'8") tall and
  
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• LPS investigating break-in & theft at tattoo studio - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 21:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Inflation fallout: Albertans should brace for impending price hikes coming at breakneck speed

  19-01-2022 21:09
  
  Nationwide inflation hit a 30-year high at the end of 2021.  Economists are warning that the speed of price increases could increase, with many predicting an interest rate hike from the central bank the end of January. Financial educator Mark Kalinowski of the non-profit Credit Counselling Society sees firsthand the effect inflation us having on his clients "People's incomes don't keep up with the rising cost of goods. So, especially when we're talking about middle class or lower middle inc
  
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• Man who allegedly stole $8,000 guitar by hiding it in his pants sought by police north of Toronto

  19-01-2022 21:02
  
  York Regional police are searching for a man who they say stole an $8,000 guitar from a music store north of Toronto last month by hiding it down his pants. In a news release issued Wednesday, investigators said they were made aware of the alleged theft on Dec. 30 by a Richmond Hill music store located in the area of Leslie Street south of Elgin Mills Road East. According to investigators, 10 days before the police report was filed, an unknown male entered the music store and stole a guitar
  
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• Canada goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe surprises by announcing retirement plans

  19-01-2022 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  'I really truly feel at this point that I've given everything to the game and I've invested my heart and soul into it and I just don't feel that I have anything left.'
  
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• Dog attack in southeast Calgary sends woman to hospital

  19-01-2022 20:32
  
  A woman is in hospital with injuries she sustained during a dog attack, EMS confirmed to CTV News on Wednesday. Officials say they responded to the scene, in the 100 block of Elgin Manor S.E., for reports of an incident involving a dog at approximately 11:20 a.m. An adult woman was assessed and taken to hospital a short time later. Her condition is not known at this time. Police have not released any details about the incident so far. This is a developing story and we will have more details when
  
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• Suspended Alberta justice minister says he called police chief to check he wasn’t being profiled

  19-01-2022 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Madu said he did not phone Edmonton police Chief Dale McFee to get the $300 distracted driving ticket cancelled, but understands why people could have concerns about the call. 
  
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• Kevin J. Johnston released on $2,500 surety, will reside with friend in Edmonton

  19-01-2022 20:14
  
  Former Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston has been released from custody and will have to live on house arrest with a friend in Edmonton who posted a $2,500 surety. Johnston is also forbidden from using any electronic device that can access the internet. He was arrested by U.S. authorities on Jan. 4 while trying to walk over the border illegally from Saskatchewan to Montana. He was held in Plentywood, Mon. before being returned to Canada. Warrants had been issued for Johnston for being
  
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• Calgary police seek driver in hit-and-run that injured 11-year-old girl

  19-01-2022 20:14
  
  Calgary police are investigating a hit-and-run in the community of Erin Woods on Wednesday that injured an 11-year-old girl. Emergency crews were called to Erin Woods Boulevard S.E. near 36th Street S.E. at around 8:10 a.m. for reports that a pedestrian had been hit while in a crosswalk. Police said the driver, who was in a white Toyota car, left the scene before officers arrived. Paramedics transported a female youth to the Alberta Children's Hospital in stable, non-life-threatening condition.
  
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• Calgary paramedics rush girl to hospital after being hit by vehicle

  19-01-2022 20:14
  
  Calgary EMS officials say a young girl was injured on Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle in the community of Erin Woods. Emergency crews were called to Erin Woods Boulevard S.E. near 36th Street S.E. at around 8:10 a.m. for reports that a pedestrian had been hit. EMS say paramedics transported a female youth to the Alberta Children's Hospital in stable, non-life-threatening condition.
  
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• Wildlife caught on cam: Photo project documents Calgary's animal population

  19-01-2022 19:59
  
  A three-year wildlife monitoring project in the city of Calgary has captured more than 100,000 images in an effort to better understand how species and humans interact in natural park spaces. The Miistakis Institute, a non-profit charitable research group at Mount Royal University, gathered data from 97 motion-activated cameras set up by Calgary Capture across 19 natural area parks from May 2017 to May 2020. In total, 125,765 images were captured, allowing Calgarians and people around the world
  
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• ATCO announces plans to reach net zero emissions by 2050

  19-01-2022 19:57
  
  ATCO announced on Wednesday the company is working toward achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The company says the goal of becoming net zero by 2050 builds on past efforts to decarbonize, including a 90 per cent reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions from 2019 to 2020. "ATCO is actively pursuing several pathways to further reduce its operational emissions, as well as its customers’ emissions, by accelerating the deployment and use of clean hydrogen, energy stora
  
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• City Council votes to endorse new Airport Incentive Framework - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 19:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Nurse practitioners can help with physician shortage, but not without roadblocks - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 18:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• New ultra-affordable airline Lynx unveils 5 Canadian destinations as tickets go on sale

  19-01-2022 18:48
  
  Flights aboard Canada's new ultra-affordable airline are now up for grabs.  Based in Calgary, Lynx Air launched in November with a promise of low fares, a fleet of brand-new Boeing 737 aircraft and great customer service. Tickets for flights aboard Lynx Air went on sale for the first time on Wednesday. The airline is serving five destinations including Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Kelowna and Winnipeg – and says there are more to come. Lynx’s inaugural flight will take to the sk
  
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• Upcoming PBR events rescheduled, including Lethbridge stop - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 18:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Family of 6 mistakenly targeted in Calgary home invasion

  19-01-2022 18:21
  
  A Calgary family of six is recovering after being terrorized during an armed home invasion that targeted the wrong residence. The family was at their home about noon on Sunday in the southeast community of McKenzie Towne when two men armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a conducted energy weapon suddenly burst inside demanding money, drugs and jewelry, police said in a release. The men tied up two adults with zip ties and duct tape and confined four children in a separate room. They then used t
  
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• PBR Canada's Elite Cup Series postponed for Lethbridge › Prairie Post - Prairie Post

  19-01-2022 18:19 via prairiepost.com
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• Registration open for virtual 2022 Polar Plunge - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Impasse in negotiations between U of L and Faculty Association - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Province enacts change for replacing lost or stolen licence plates - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 17:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Court to hear urgent appeal on Alberta ID policy for supervised drug-use sites

  19-01-2022 16:35
  
  Alberta's top court will hear an urgent appeal by harm reduction advocates who want to stop a provincial policy that requires supervised drug-use clients to identify themselves. The rule, set to come into place on Jan. 31, requires people who are using substances to show their personal health-care number to access the sites. Moms Stop the Harm and the Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society, which are the two non-profit societies challenging the Alberta government, argue this could increase barri
  
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• More warm weather on the way for Calgary

  19-01-2022 14:43
  
  Welcome back! I bring good tidings: Central Alberta is likely wrapping on those extreme cold warnings later today. This is a familiar cycle on a more aggressive swing than in previous editions. Today's weather is once again guided by the entrance region of a high pressure area:Cold air sinks in, ice crystals form, we reminisce about the first week of the year, and then we move on. It won't stick – it can't! The rest of that high pressure wave is just around the bend. Conditions thereafter
  
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• Killer to serve 15 years before parole eligibility for random attack on LRT platform in Calgary

  19-01-2022 14:29
  
  A man who randomly killed a Nigerian nursing student in a brutal attack will have to serve 15 years in prison before he is eligible to apply for parole. Keeton Gagnon, 43, was found guilty in September of second-degree murder for an unprovoked knife attack on Nicholas Nwonye on a Calgary light-rail transit platform in June 2017. Nwonye, 46, had just finished his nursing classes at a downtown college when he was stabbed. Gagnon then walked away and boarded another train where he was arrested. Bef
  
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• Monahan's 2-goal performance powers Calgary Flames past Florida Panthers 5-1

  19-01-2022 14:17
  
  After spending most of the season on the Calgary Flames' fourth line Sean Monahan finally found his scoring touch. Monahan's first two-goal game of the season helped the slumping Flames to a surprise 5-1 victory over the NHL-leading Florida Panthers on Tuesday. "When the puck goes in, you get some more confidence in your game and you want to continue that," said Monahan, a three-time 30-goal scorer, who entered the night having only scored four times. "Obviously I want to produce and I've got to
  
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• More than half of Albertans using emergency shelter are in Calgary, study suggests

  19-01-2022 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The report analyzed data from the last province-wide point-in-time count conducted on April 11, 2018.
  
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• COVID-19 health messaging: triumph or train-wreck? Experts reflect on past 2 years

  19-01-2022 13:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Has keeping track of COVID-19 guidance left things clear or confusing for you? Experts reflect on what went right, and what went wrong when communicating science to the public.
  
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• Statistics Canada set to release inflation reading for December - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 10:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Canada's annual inflation rate highest since 1991

  19-01-2022 10:18
  
  Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to its highest rate since 1991. The agency says the consumer price index in December was up 4.8 per cent compared with a year ago. The reading compared with a year-over-year increase of 4.7 per cent in November. Driving the faster pace of price growth in December were higher year-over-year prices for food, passenger vehicles and housing.How Canada compares to other G7 countriesStatistics Canada says that excluding gasoline p
  
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• Annual inflation rate rises to 4.8 per cent in December, highest since 1991

  19-01-2022 10:18
  
  Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation climbed in December to its highest rate since 1991. The agency says the consumer price index in December was up 4.8 per cent compared with a year ago. The reading compared with a year-over-year increase of 4.7 per cent in November. Driving the faster pace of price growth in December were higher year-over-year prices for food, passenger vehicles and housing.How Canada compares to other G7 countriesStatistics Canada says that excluding gasoline p
  
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• Support for RCMP discussed in Lethbridge as Alberta considers provincial police force | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  19-01-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge city council reopens discussions on future curbside organics program - Global News

  19-01-2022 07:07 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge city council reopens discussions on future curbside organics program

  19-01-2022 07:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Councillor Rajko Dodic would like a closer look at the costs of curbside organics collection is Lethbridge. 
  
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• Sam Bennett riding high as he returns to Saddledome to face Flames for first time

  19-01-2022 05:59
  
  Sam Bennett is finally living up to the high expectations the Flames had for him when they drafted him in 2014. The only problem is he's doing it as a member of the Florida Panthers, who were defeated by the Flames 5-1 Tuesday night. It was Bennett's first game against his former team and he scored the only Panther goal. That first game was originally supposed to happen Jan. 4, but didn't because he got suspended. There was no doubt Tuesday was a big night for Bennett, who was the Flames' fourth
  
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• B.C. man on mission to reunite lost 'treasure' with war veteran

  19-01-2022 04:13
  
  A scrapbook filled with photos of a soldier’s life during the war somehow ended up in a B.C. thrift shop, and the man who found it is trying to reunite the album with its rightful owner. Carlos Romero discovered what he calls "a treasure" at a Value Village store in Coquitlam, about five years ago. It’s a white leather bound book with “Snaps Scraps” printed in gold on the front and the initials LS, along with the name Len Hart at the bottom right corner. There are hundred
  
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• Alberta's Ukrainian community sounds the alarm over Russian incursion threat

  19-01-2022 03:14
  
  As Canada sends a small group of special forces and government officials to Ukraine, some of Alberta's Ukrainian community is calling for allies to do more to support the European nation. An estimated 100,000 Russian troops are poised to strike along Ukraine's eastern border. Inna Platonova, Calgary branch president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress has family and friends in the country and says each passing day is agonizing and heart-breaking. "Almost every day you hear from the frontlines, th
  
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• Snowboarder flown to hospital in Calgary after fall at Sunshine Village

  19-01-2022 02:23
  
  A 25-year-old man was airlifted to hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance after falling and hitting his head while snowboarding at Sunshine Village on Tuesday. Officials say the man, who was not wearing a helmet, was on Assiniboine Trail when he caught an edge and fell. The man was stable when he left the hill and he was taken to Banff Mineral Springs hospital, where his condition deteriorated and STARS Air Ambulance was used to transport the man to Foothills hospital in Calgary.   "All
  
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• Oil patch getting swagger back as crude hits 7 year high

  19-01-2022 02:21
  
  Tuesday morning the West Texas Intermediate benchmark oil price crested the $85 U..S mark, eventually hitting $85.90. "It's even more remarkable on the Canadian side of things,"said energy analyst Jeremy McCrea of Raymond James LTD. "When we were last at these prices, when you look back to 2014, that's when the Canadian dollar was at par with the U.S. But now that we're sitting at a 78 cent dollar, the price that we're getting here in Canada is actually almost just right back to where
  
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• University of Lethbridge students seek refunds, petition to move entire semester online - Globalnews.ca

  19-01-2022 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
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• University of Lethbridge students seek refunds, petition to move entire semester online

  19-01-2022 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Doing half of the semester online, and then going to an in-person delivery (is) confusing... It's hard for a lot of students' living situations.'
  
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• Third bridge would result in 14-22% tax increase in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  19-01-2022 01:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Hospitalizations in Alberta catching up with surging COVID-19 cases: doctor

  19-01-2022 01:21
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health says COVID-19 hospitalization rates are rising to levels not seen in the province since mid-October. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the surging number of cases driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant are starting to be reflected in hospital admissions. She says hospitalizations surpassed 1,000 on Sunday for the first time since Oct. 14, when hospitals were trying to deal with the pandemic's fourth wave. Hinshaw says there are 1,089 people in hospital wit
  
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• Kevin J. Johnston released on bail, placed under house arrest following border crossing

  19-01-2022 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  After being arrested by U.S. border patrol and returned to Calgary, Kevin J. Johnston was released on bail and placed under house arrest.
  
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