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• Suspects identified, one charged, in incident involving assault and truck theft

  06-03-2022 23:40
  
  Police say charges have been laid against one person in connection with an assault on a Good Samaritan who stopped for a crash in the city of Brooks. However, authorities say they are still looking for another person and have issued a warrant for his arrest. Officials say police were called to respond to an incident where a male victim was assaulted by a pair of individuals that he had stopped to help after witnessing their vehicle crash into a ditch. The occupants, a man and a woman, stole the
  
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• “I can make a difference”: Alberta grocery chain staff train to save overdose victims

  06-03-2022 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta grocery store chain has joined a collective of businesses dedicated to supporting harm reduction and training employees to use naloxone kits.
  
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• Cochrane RCMP seek armed suspect following incident at business

  06-03-2022 22:56
  
  RCMP are looking for information from the public that could help them locate an individual connected to an incident at a Cochrane business. Officials say police responded to reports of a "disturbance" at a business on First Street in Cochrane. A subsequent investigation determined that an altercation took place during which a male suspect threatened the occupants of the business with a knife. He fled the scene in a small car. He is described as:Young male; Slim build; and Wearing a black hoodie,
  
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• Blurry Brier Eyes in Lethbridge - Sports Illustrated

  06-03-2022 21:33
  
  Blurry Brier Eyes in Lethbridge  Sports Illustrated
  
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• Here are some of the places where you will still need to wear a mask in Calgary

  06-03-2022 20:07
  
  While the province dropped its requirement for masking inside public buildings and businesses as of March 1, there are a number of locations in Calgary who say they're not ready to go ahead just yet. If you're walking through the hallways at the Olympic Oval, you'll have to mask up, says director Peter McCrory. "It's a conservative measure, but also one that's prudent," he told CTV News. Skaters can take their masks of once they get onto the ice, but the guideline was kept in place to ensure the
  
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• More privacy breaches in handling of military sex misconduct settlement deal - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 19:06
  More privacy breaches in handling of military sex misconduct settlement deal  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada's Blouin, Baird claim top spots on World Cup slopestyle podium - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 19:04
  Canada's Blouin, Baird claim top spots on World Cup slopestyle podium  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rock falls onto vehicle near Golden, B.C., kills 1 person

  06-03-2022 19:03
  
  RCMP closed Highway 1 for a couple hours Friday afternoon after a rock fell onto a vehicle and killed one person in a canyon east of Golden, B.C. Golden RCMP say they were notified about the incident, which occurred in Kicking Horse Canyon, around 3:50 p.m. on March 4. Emergency crews, including EMS, the fire department and highway services, all responded to the scene. "(They) worked together to get drivers out of the danger zone and prevent further injuries," RCMP said in a release. One person
  
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• Rock falls onto vehicle near Golden, B.C., injures 1 person

  06-03-2022 19:03
  
  RCMP closed Highway 1 for a couple hours on Friday afternoon after a rock fell onto a vehicle in a canyon east of Golden, B.C. Golden RCMP say they were notified about the incident, which occurred in Kicking Horse Canyon, at about 3:50 p.m. on March 4. Emergency crews, including EMS, the fire department and highway services, all responded to the scene. "(They) worked together to get drivers out of the danger zone and prevent further injuries," RCMP said in a release. One person was taken to the
  
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• Quebec doctors are providing virtual training for Ukrainian health-care workers - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 18:45
  
  Quebec doctors are providing virtual training for Ukrainian health-care workers  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes beat Regina Pats in OT - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 18:13
  Lethbridge Hurricanes beat Regina Pats in OT  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rally planned in downtown Calgary to show support for Ukraine

  06-03-2022 17:14
  
  Residents, along with many members of Calgary's Ukrainian community, will be holding an event at city hall on Sunday afternoon. The rally, organized by local members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), will feature a number of speakers, including Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Calgary Shepard MP Tom Kmiec, Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner among many others. Officials say the movement hopes to help raise awareness of the atrocities being committed in Ukraine by the invading Russian forces.
  
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• Calgarians rally across the city for Ukraine

  06-03-2022 17:14
  
  Several events across Calgary are being held in support of Ukraine and the invasion from Russian president Vladimir Putin. The Grey Eagle Casino is hosting the YYC Food Trucks drive-thru, with vendors cooking Ukrainian specials. The public is invited to grab some food between noon to 6 p.m. A portion of the proceeds are being donated to the Canadian Red Cross in support of the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis. A rally at Calgary City Hall, organized by local members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congre
  
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• Moulding's New Brunswick side comes up short against former teammate Bottcher

  06-03-2022 16:46
  
  A night packed with wild swings of emotion caught up to Darren Moulding as he left the ice area Saturday at the Tim Hortons Brier. He needed a moment to get the words out as the embrace of his six-year-old son, Brady, by the side boards at the Enmax Centre was still fresh in his mind. After being cut by Brendan Bottcher's team last fall, Moulding wanted to use the situation as a teaching example. He later joined a new team and returned to the national playdowns to show he could write his own nar
  
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• Gaudreau scores 37 seconds into OT, Flames beat Avs 4-3

  06-03-2022 15:54
  
  Johnny Gaudreau scored 37 seconds into overtime, Elias Lindholm had two goals and the red-hot Calgary Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Saturday night in a matchup between two of the Western Conference’s top teams. Gaudreau took a pass off the boards from Lindholm and beat Pavel Francouz to the glove side for the winner. Erik Gudbranson added a goal for a Calgary team that is 13-1-1 over its last 15 games. This marked the first time this season the two teams that lead their respect
  
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• Russia cracks down on media, protests as Ukraine war rages

  06-03-2022 15:14
  
  Russian authorities on Sunday continued to block independent news outlets and to arrest protesters in an effort to tighten control over what information the domestic audience sees about the invasion of Ukraine. Several prominent independent online outlets were blocked on Sunday, on top of dozens of others that were blocked last week. Others decided to halt operation in Russia because of new repressive laws or refused to cover the invasion at all because of the pressure. Hundreds of protesters ha
  
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• Ukraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas

  06-03-2022 14:21
  
  Russian forces stepped up shelling of cities in Ukraine's centre, north and south, a Ukrainian official said, as a second attempt to evacuate besieged civilians collapsed. With the Ukrainian leader urging his people to take to the streets and fight, Russian President Vladimir Putin shifted blame for the war to Ukraine, saying Moscow's invasion could be halted "only if Kyiv ceases hostilities." The outskirts of Kyiv, Chernihiv in the north, Mykolaiv in the south, and Kharkiv, the country's second
  
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• Ukraine official says assault halts evacuations for 2nd time

  06-03-2022 14:21
  
  Plans to evacuate civilians from a besieged port city in Ukraine failed to materialize Sunday for the second time along with an expected Russian ceasefire, a Ukrainian official said, as officials tried to persuade Russia to agree on establishing other evacuation routes near Ukraine's capital. Residents expected to leave the port city of Mariupol during a 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. local ceasefire, Ukrainian military authorities said earlier in the day. Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said th
  
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• Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate Ukrainian civilians

  06-03-2022 14:21
  
  A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday as Russian attacks stopped plans to create a humanitarian corridor, a Ukrainian government official said, and Pope Francis called for an end to the "rivers of blood and tears" created by the war. Food, water, medicine and almost all other supplies were in desperately short supply in the port city of Mariupol, where Russian and Ukrainian forces had agreed to a 11-hour cease-fire to allow civilians and
  
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• Canadian team makeup reflects gender gap in Winter Paralympic Games - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 14:06
  Canadian team makeup reflects gender gap in Winter Paralympic Games  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trudeau arrives in U.K. to start four-country consult with allies on Ukraine response

  06-03-2022 13:50
  
  As Olivia Milton and her husband packed up their four-year-year son up for trips to their Kyiv neighbourhood bomb shelter, they crafted a narrative to explain the flurry of activity to him. With the Russian war on Ukraine underway, Milton, 33, said they told him there was a "crazy man" who was "kind of sick" who was coming to take their land with his warplanes and tanks. "Hey mom, you know, I had a dream today," Milton recalled her son later telling her later. "I was dreaming while I was sleepin
  
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• Trudeau arrives in Europe to meet with allies on Ukraine response

  06-03-2022 13:50
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Europe to meet with allies about the intensifying situation in Ukraine. Trudeau has meetings set for Monday in London with the prime ministers of Britain and the Netherlands. In the days to come, Trudeau is to meet with other leaders in Riga, Latvia, Berlin and Warsaw, Poland. He's also due to meet with the secretary-general of NATO and with Canadian Armed Forces members during his trip. Trudeau left Canada as plans to evacuate civilians from a Ukrain
  
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• PM Trudeau departs for Europe to meet with allies on Ukraine response

  06-03-2022 13:50
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departed for Europe on Sunday to meet with allies about the intensifying situation in Ukraine.  Trudeau has meetings set for Monday in London with the prime ministers of Britain and the Netherlands. In the days to come, Trudeau is to meet with other leaders in Riga, Latvia, Berlin and Warsaw, Poland.  He's also due to meet with the secretary-general of NATO and with Canadian Armed Forces members during his trip. Trudeau left Canada as Russian forces said t
  
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• Lethbridge College Open House draws a crowd - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 07:54
  
  Lethbridge College Open House draws a crowd  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Moulding appreciative of electric Lethbridge crowd as Brier returns to normalcy - TSN

  06-03-2022 07:42
  
  Moulding appreciative of electric Lethbridge crowd as Brier returns to normalcy  TSN
  
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• Provincial and Federal Governments address situation in Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 02:05
  Provincial and Federal Governments address situation in Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U of L board of governors, faculty union to enter mediation process

  06-03-2022 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  About 500 UFLA members have been on strike since Feb. 10 since labour negotiations with the university's board of governors fell apart.
  
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• Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 00:43
  
  Attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant triggers worldwide alarm  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadians advised by federal government to leave Russia while means available - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2022 00:41
  
  Canadians advised by federal government to leave Russia while means available  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge woman faces charges after police find more than $11K worth of drugs, cash - Global News

  06-03-2022 00:33
  
  Lethbridge woman faces charges after police find more than $11K worth of drugs, cash  Global NewsLethbridge residents warned to stay away from police operation | CTV News  CTV News CalgaryPolice seize drugs and cash in North Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowLethbridge Police seize drugs and cash following search warrant execution  Canada Police ReportView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lethbridge woman faces charges after police find more than $11K worth of drugs, cash

  06-03-2022 00:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police discovered 94.2 grams of cocaine, .4 grams of methamphetamine, 4.7 grams of Psilocybin and 81 OxyContin pills.
  
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