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• Fringe hit musical Bear Grease to play Festival Hall

  28-02-2022 23:47
  
  When it came to sassy 1970's musicals imagining the 1950's, Grease used to be the word. Now in 2022, it's Bear Grease. That’s the name the hip hop duo LightningCloud have given their Indigenous take on the iconic musical, a sold-out hit at the Edmonton Fringe Festival that will be performed in Calgary March 18-20 at Festival Hall. Featuring rapper Crystle Lightning, who won Best Actress at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards for her role in the CBC series Trickster and MC Red Cloud, Bear Greas
  
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• Coaldale teen killed in highway crash: RCMP

  28-02-2022 23:47
  
  RCMP say an 18-year-old from Coaldale was killed in a crash north of Lethbridge last week. The two-vehicle collision happened on Highway 25 between Township Road 102 and Township Road 204 just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Police say the driver of a southbound car crested a hill where she lost control and her vehicle entered the northbound lane. A northbound car then hit the passenger side of the vehicle.  The driver of the southbound car was rushed to hospital in Calgary where she later died. T
  
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• RCMP seize 440 cannabis plants worth $440K during Alberta traffic stop

  28-02-2022 23:41
  
  Innisfail RCMP is reminding Albertans that even though Cannabis is legal in Canada, there are still limits on how much you can carry with you in public after 400 plants worth an estimated $440,000 were seized during a recent traffic stop. Police say a member of the integrated traffic unit performed a traffic stop on a male driver for speeding, then based on numerous indicators entered into a drug trafficking investigation. "During the search of the vehicle, the officer found 440 marijuana plants
  
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• Hodgson Out of Lethbridge Brier - Sports Illustrated

  28-02-2022 22:58
  
  Hodgson Out of Lethbridge Brier  Sports Illustrated
  
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• Calgary announces new mixed-use fire hall for Inglewood

  28-02-2022 22:44
  
  The City of Calgary has announced plans to build a new fire hall in the community of Inglewood. The mixed-use fire station will be built on 11th Avenue S.E. between 12th Street and 11th Street S.E., across the street from Cold Garden and Ol' Beautiful Brewing. The site, currently home to a parking lot and a park with a basketball court, was originally bought by The City of Calgary in 1986. The creation of the hall comes after council directed city administration in 2015 to begin building multi-s
  
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• Tsuut'ina Costco hires local police to alleviate gas station traffic snarls

  28-02-2022 22:37
  
  Members of the Tsuut'ina Police have begun directing traffic near the Tsuut'ina Costco gas bar as financial relief at the pumps is drawing crowds to the warehouse store on Calgary's western edge. Tsuut'ina Police officials confirm Costco is paying to have officers, working outside their regular shifts, assist with traffic flow along Buffalo Run Close as part of a standing order for peak times on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Officers have been deployed to the area for the last three weekends a
  
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• IIHF bans Russia, Belarus from all events indefinitely - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 22:24
  
  IIHF bans Russia, Belarus from all events indefinitely  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Murder trial begins in Calgary chef's death

  28-02-2022 22:10
  
  Jurors in the trial for two men charged with killing a popular Calgary chef have heard that he was lured into a parking lot where he was fatally stabbed. Anthony Dodgson and Tommie Holloway have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Christophe Herblin's death. Crown prosecutor Carla MacPhail told court on the first day of the trial that Herblin had responded to a call of a break-in at his soon-to-be opened café on March 14, 2020. The café was beside a cannabis shop that had
  
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• IIHF suspends Russia, Belarus from competition

  28-02-2022 21:56
  
  The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended all national teams from Russia and Belarus and withdrawn Russia's hosting rights for the 2023 world junior hockey championship in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The decision came Monday following a meeting of the IIHF's council. The IIHF said Russian and Belarusian national teams and clubs would be suspended until further notice. The organization left open the possibility of further sanctions. Russia is scheduled to host the world
  
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• Security increased on Calgary Transit as workers return to offices

  28-02-2022 21:36
  
  Acknowledging the Calgary Transit system has seen an increase in social disorder among riders during the pandemic, officials announced a series of safety enhancements Monday. Riders will see an increase in the number of Calgary Transit peace officers on patrol, along with bylaw officers, uniformed security guards and members of the Calgary Police Service. The move is being done in conjunction with the province moving to Phase 2 of its reopening plan. Most health restrictions, including masking a
  
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• Dori Modney retires after 32-year broadcasting career - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 20:43
  
  Dori Modney retires after 32-year broadcasting career  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The District: What you'll find inside Calgary's new Beltline food hall

  28-02-2022 20:29
  
  A new food hall in the heart of Calgary's Beltline opens to the public this week with six different dining options created by some well-known Canadian chefs. The District, located at 227 11th AvenueS.W., spans 5,600 square feet and has seating for nearly 80 people. "The District food hall has been designed as a culinary gathering place to facilitate memorable social experiences in a setting that invites guests to stay awhile and foster community connection," said a news release. "The newly desig
  
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• Jasper makes list of top national parks in the world

  28-02-2022 20:22
  
  Jasper has been named one of the 30 best national parks across the globe. Outside, an online publication, has included the picturesque spot on its list of must see destinations. Jasper is the only Canadian entry. The Alberta mountain town finds itself among the likes of Kruger National Park in South Africa, Fuji-Hakone-Izu in Japan, Plitvice Lakes in Croatia and Corcovado in Costa Rica to name a few. Jasper can sometimes be overshadowed by it’s cousin to the south, Banff, but Outside said
  
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• Businesses expecting to face challenges in next three months: survey - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 20:16
  
  Businesses expecting to face challenges in next three months: survey  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trial for Lethbridge man charged in fatal impaired driving collision set for early 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 19:03
  
  Trial for Lethbridge man charged in fatal impaired driving collision set for early 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta Ballet prepares for launch of new David Bowie performance

  28-02-2022 19:02
  
  After two years of pandemic-related delays, dancers with Alberta Ballet are preparing to take to the stage next month in Phi, featuring the music of David Bowie. The performance of Phi will mark the seventh and final installment of artistic direction Jean Grand-Maître’s portrait ballet series, in which he’s draws inspiration from some of the most significant singer-songwriters of our time. Grand-Maître says it has been his "greatest privilege" to spend the past 16 years c
  
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• Trial dates set for 228 kg meth smuggling case at Coutts - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 18:42
  
  Trial dates set for 228 kg meth smuggling case at Coutts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No injuries in south Lethbridge garage fire - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 18:31
  
  No injuries in south Lethbridge garage fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alaskans charged with smuggling after prohibited firearms found at Coutts border crossing

  28-02-2022 17:50
  
  A search of a motorhome attempting to enter Canada earlier this year yielded six prohibited guns and led to charges against two Americans. Canada Border Services Agency officials say two residents of Alaska attempted to enter Canada from the south at the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta on Jan. 3 in a recreational vehicle. Border services officers searched the motorhome and found seven weapons that the pair had not declared. The search led to the discovery of:Two prohibited assault-sty
  
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• CBSA officers seize prohibited guns at Coutts crossing - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 17:49
  
  CBSA officers seize prohibited guns at Coutts crossing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Lightning to battle Fort Macleod in round one of RHL playoffs - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 16:48
  
  Lethbridge Lightning to battle Fort Macleod in round one of RHL playoffs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New 9th Avenue bridge, connecting Inglewood with East Village, opens

  28-02-2022 16:31
  
  Calgary city officials opened the Ninth Avenue S.E. bridge Monday morning, replacing a temporary bridge that had been in place during the removal of the original 110-year-old Inglewood bridge that had reached the end of its lifespan. The new bridge, which was inspired by its predecessor but built with modern standards to improve flood resiliency, opened with single eastbound and westbound lanes. Once construction is complete, the bridge atop the Elbow River will feature two lanes in each directi
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: 14 weekend deaths reported Monday as province readies to lift most restrictions

  28-02-2022 15:32
  
  Alberta reported 14 more deaths due to COVID-19 over the weekend as the province readies to remove most of its COVID-19 health measures on Tuesday. Monday’s data report included numbers from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The deaths were of individuals ranging in age from in their 40s to more than 80 years old. They bring the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Alberta since the start of the pandemic up to 3,912.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers br
  
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• More midweek snow possible for Calgary

  28-02-2022 15:02
  
  UPDATE: A clearer picture is beginning to develop of the system that could follow the ~3 cm Wednesday evening. Calgary may run into a whole lot more snow Thursday evening and beyond into pockets of Friday. Some models are picking up a disturbance that isn't quite verified just yet. If that second wave pushes through, we'll have a snowfall total exceeding 10 cm, which will include our Wednesday skiff. Significant areas of impact would be the highway-22 corridor, and the boundary-lands from Lloydm
  
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• Midweek snow and a temperature drop for Calgary

  28-02-2022 15:02
  
  We're back! I hope last week treated everyone well – yesterday was a warm one! We'll have an in-depth look at how the province fared this evening during the 5 and 6 newscasts, but for interest's sake, Calgary's airport was the warmest spot in the province yesterday, though only the 26th-warmest spot in the nation. Today will present with another round of west wind, though milder in both temperature and wind compared to yesterday, where evening gusts topped the 50 km/h marker. Tomorrow will
  
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• New less stringent COVID-19 testing measures arrive for Canadians returning from abroad

  28-02-2022 14:47
  
  Stringent COVID-19 testing measures have dissuaded some Canadians from travelling abroad throughout the pandemic, but those measures have been scaled back. Fully vaccinated travellers returning to Canada, including those arriving at YYC Calgary International Airport, will still need to take a COVID-19 test, but it no longer has to be a costly polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A rapid antigen test is now accepted as long as it has been completed within a day of arrival and was observed by a m
  
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• Less stringent COVID-19 testing measures arrive for Canadians returning from abroad

  28-02-2022 14:47
  
  Stringent COVID-19 testing measures have dissuaded some Canadians from travelling abroad throughout the pandemic, but those measures have been scaled back. Fully vaccinated travellers returning to Canada, including those arriving at YYC Calgary International Airport, will still need to take a COVID-19 test, but it no longer has to be a costly polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A rapid antigen test is now accepted as long as it has been completed within a day of arrival and was observed by a m
  
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• World's largest plane destroyed in Ukraine

  28-02-2022 14:25
  
  The world's largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, generating alarm and sadness among the aviation world in which it occupies almost cult status. The enormous aircraft, named "Mriya," or "dream" in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it was attacked by "Russian occupants," Ukrainian authorities said, adding that they would rebuild the plane. "Russia may have destroyed our 'Mriya'. But they
  
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• Former Hurricane named coach for 2022 CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 13:01
  
  Former Hurricane named coach for 2022 CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Recruiting underway for Lethbridge doctors but residents face few options in the meantime - CBC.ca

  28-02-2022 13:00
  
  Recruiting underway for Lethbridge doctors but residents face few options in the meantime  CBC.ca
  
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• How interest rate hikes could affect your mortgage payment

  28-02-2022 13:00
  
  Despite the Bank of Canada’s key overnight interest rate target holding steady at 0.25 per cent, the bank has signalled that interest rates are expected to rise, and soon. An increase in the cost of borrowing will undoubtedly impact a number of homeowners, said Robert Hogue, a senior economist with the Royal Bank of Canada. He expects interest rates to rise gradually throughout the year and into 2023, he said, resulting in a cumulative impact on Canadian homeowners depending on the type of
  
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• Ukraine talks yield no breakthrough as Russians close in

  28-02-2022 09:25
  
  The first round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting between Ukraine and Russia ended Monday with no agreement except to keep talking, while an increasingly isolated Moscow ran into unexpectedly fierce resistance on the ground and economic havoc at home. Five days into Russia’s invasion, the Kremlin again raised the specter of nuclear war, while an embattled Ukraine moved to solidify its ties to the West by applying to join the European Union — a largely symbolic move unlikely to
  
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• Ukraine slows Russian advance, talks underway in Belarus

  28-02-2022 09:25
  
  Russian and Ukrainian officials met for talks Monday amid high hopes but low expectations for any diplomatic breakthrough, after Moscow ran into unexpectedly stiff resistance when it unleashed the biggest land war in Europe since World War II. Outgunned Ukrainian forces managed to slow the Russian advance and Western sanctions began to squeeze the Russian economy, but the Kremlin again raised the specter of nuclear war, reporting that its land, air and sea nuclear forces were on high alert follo
  
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• Ukraine seeks to join EU as round of talks with Russia ends

  28-02-2022 09:25
  
  An embattled Ukraine moved to solidify its bond with the West on Monday by signing an application to join the European Union, while the first round of Ukraine-Russia talks aimed at ending the fighting concluded with no immediate agreements. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted photos of himself signing the EU application, a largely symbolic move that could take years to become reality and is unlikely to sit well with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has long accused the West of tryi
  
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• Russian forces shell Ukraine’s second-largest city and menace Kyiv

  28-02-2022 09:25
  
  Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighbourhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 27-kilometre convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. Amid ever-growing international condemnation, Russia found itself increasingly isolated five days into its invasion, while also facing unexpectedly fierce resistance on the ground in Ukraine and economic havo
  
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• Russian forces shell Ukraine’s No. 2 city and menace Kyiv

  28-02-2022 09:25
  
  Russian forces shelled Ukraine’s second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighbourhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, in a 27-kilometre convoy of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking. Amid ever-growing international condemnation, Russia found itself increasingly isolated five days into its invasion, while also facing unexpectedly fierce resistance on the ground in Ukraine and economic havo
  
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• EPA orders Lethbridge's Bamganie Pets Cremation Service to stop horse burials in unlicensed landfill - ABC News

  28-02-2022 06:59
  
  EPA orders Lethbridge's Bamganie Pets Cremation Service to stop horse burials in unlicensed landfill  ABC News
  
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• Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame is moving to the Hangar Flight Museum

  28-02-2022 05:41
  
  The Aviation Hall of Fame, currently based in Wetaskiwin, will be moved to the Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary. The Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin has been home to Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame for the past 25 years. The institution honours men, women and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Canadian aerospace industries. Last week, 15,000 artifacts were moved from Wetaskiwin and will be added to the Hangar Flight Museum’s collection. The inductee panels
  
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• Displaced by war, tens of thousands of Ukrainians take shelter in Poland

  28-02-2022 04:00
  
  The influx of civilians fleeing Ukraine has turned a warehouse in a small Polish village into a massive shelter -- and the number of refugees is going up by the minute. The United Nations says 360,000 people have now been displaced by this conflict. Most are now in Poland, with others heading to Hungary, as well as Moldova and Romania. Inside these makeshift shelters, families sleep on folding cots, their few bags leaning against them, unsure what the coming days entail. Olga grabbed her cat and
  
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• Alberta pulling Russian liquor products off shelves - Lethbridge News Now

  28-02-2022 02:07
  
  Alberta pulling Russian liquor products off shelves  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• AGLC bans Russian liquor imports as a sign of condemnation of war on Ukraine

  28-02-2022 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Effective immediately, AGLC has also stopped accepting new registrations of Russian-made liquor products, along with prohibiting the sale of any Russian-made liquor.
  
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• Travel bookings up as Albertans take advantage of loosening border measures

  28-02-2022 01:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada will ease entry rules for fully vaccinated international travelers starting on Monday, and that's causing an uptick in trip bookings.
  
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• Wayne Gretzky believes Russia should not play in rescheduled World Juniors contest

  28-02-2022 00:11
  
  Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky believes Russia should not be allowed to participate in the World Juniors tournament in Alberta this summer. After COVID-19 cases forced the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to cancel the tournament in December, players will have the opportunity to compete again sometime this August after the under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. In an interview on NHL on TNT, Gretzky said the international hockey community needs to make a statement after Russia's invasion of Ukraine
  
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