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• Ukraine's leader warns war will cost Russia for generations - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 23:15
  
  Ukraine's leader warns war will cost Russia for generations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• France wins Six Nations and Grand Slam by beating England - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 23:02
  
  France wins Six Nations and Grand Slam by beating England  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary couple puts vacation plans on hold to aid Ukrainians fleeing to safety

  19-03-2022 22:58
  
  Heather Wicksted and Matthew Daw were about to embark on a bike tour through Turkey this week, but the Calgary couple decided to put their vacation plans on hold in an effort to help Ukrainian refugees. The pair recently arrived at a train station in Bucharest, Romania where Wicksted said the decision to help out became real. “Everywhere there were signs for refugee help on top of the Ukrainian flag,” she said. “The wind blew in the zero-degree temps and the sounds of crying ch
  
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• Alberta's best young table tennis players face off at tournament

  19-03-2022 22:23
  
  An organization of table tennis players in Alberta were glad to see the COVID-19 public health restrictions be lifted so they could enjoy their favourite pastime once again. The Alberta Table Tennis Association (ATTA) is holding its first tournament in several years this weekend. Kim Law, president of the ATTA, says the tournament features the best junior players, from eight to 18 years old, that the province has to offer. He says it's the first meet since the pandemic was declared in 2020. "Thi
  
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• Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins two more Crystal Globe trophies - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 21:32
  
  Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins two more Crystal Globe trophies  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• World junior hockey championship rescheduled for August in Edmonton: IIHF

  19-03-2022 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada will play in Group B with Finland, Czechia, Slovakia and Latvia. The defending champion Americans are in Group A with Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
  
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• IIHF reschedules world junior hockey championship for mid-August in Edmonton - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 19:15
  
  IIHF reschedules world junior hockey championship for mid-August in Edmonton  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary man charged with first-degree murder after attack on woman

  19-03-2022 19:14
  
  A 26-year-old Calgary man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an attack on a woman in the Beltline. Police say Michael John Adenyi fatally stabbed a woman, who was in her 30s, in the 100 block of 10 Avenue S.E. at 6:40 p.m. on Friday. Emergency crews were called to the scene for reports of an assault. They soon found the woman who was critically injured. She died at the scene. The victim has not been identified, but police say the incident was not a random attack and she
  
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• Scots reshuffle lineup in women's world curling because of COVID-19 - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 18:13
  
  Scots reshuffle lineup in women's world curling because of COVID-19  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• World Cup champion Marco Odermatt wins again in giant slalom - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 16:53
  
  World Cup champion Marco Odermatt wins again in giant slalom  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Slokar a surprise winner in World Cup slalom; Canada's Nullmeyer sixth - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 16:53
  
  Slokar a surprise winner in World Cup slalom; Canada's Nullmeyer sixth  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Thompson scores in OT as Sabres beat Flames 1-0

  19-03-2022 16:21
  
  Eight years and two days after his first NHL shutout, journeyman goaltender Dustin Tokarski finally recorded his second - and against one of the NHL's hottest teams. Tage Thompson scored the only goal 3:07 into overtime and the 32-year-old Tokarski made 24 stops as the Buffalo Sabres won 1-0 on Friday night over the Calgary Flames. Since that first shutout that came against Buffalo, while a member of the Montreal Canadiens, the 32-year-old has spent most of his time in the minors suiting up for
  
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• Organizers behind Calgary freedom protest plan to rally, police say they will enforce the rules

  19-03-2022 15:46
  
  The group that has been conducting protests against COVID-19 public health restrictions says it will move ahead with another demonstration on Saturday. That's despite a temporary court injunction and a resolution from the Calgary Police Service that says it will enforce those rules. Following a meeting of the Calgary Police Commission on Friday, Chief Mark Neufeld said "there will be no marching" on Saturday. "Residents will see a significant police presence," he said Friday afternoon. "There wi
  
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• Freedom protest moved to city hall, police monitor situation at Calgary park

  19-03-2022 15:46
  
  A mass protest scheduled to take place in Calgary's Central Memorial Park on Saturday has moved out of the neighbourhood, resettling on the steps of Calgary city hall. The rally, organized by a group calling itself Calgary Freedom Central, was supposed to take place at the park at 1 p.m., but CTV News crews found the gathering that had met in the park for the past several weekend never materialized there. Instead, it took place outside city hall, where people waved flags and listened to speakers
  
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• Pandemic underscores value of culturally sensitive Indigenous health care: experts - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 15:08
  
  Pandemic underscores value of culturally sensitive Indigenous health care: experts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• National Debt Clock comes through Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 13:05
  
  National Debt Clock comes through Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ukraine's leader warns war will cost Russia for generations

  19-03-2022 12:11
  
  Ukraine's president said Russia is trying to starve his country's cities into submission but warned Saturday that continuing the invasion would exact a toll on Russia for "generations." The remarks came after Moscow held a mass rally in support of its bogged-down forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Kremlin in an overnight video address of deliberately creating "a humanitarian catastrophe " and appealed again for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with him to prevent
  
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• Russians push deeper into Mariupol; Kyiv under fire

  19-03-2022 12:11
  
  Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help. The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since the Second World War. "Children, elderly people ar
  
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• Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

  19-03-2022 12:11
  
  Russian forces pushed deeper into Ukraine's besieged and battered port city of Mariupol on Saturday, where heavy fighting shut down a major steel plant and local authorities pleaded for more Western help. The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since the Second World War. "Children, elderly people ar
  
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• Ukraine no-fly zone shouldn't be off the table for NATO, says Bergen

  19-03-2022 12:00
  
  Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen says that Canada and other NATO members should not be taking Ukraine’s request for a no-fly zone off the table, and should further consider how to protect humanitarian corridors for those fleeing the war. “I don't think NATO should take anything off the table at this point. And I certainly don't think NATO should be announcing what they will or will not do to Putin. I just don't think that's the best strategy,” Bergen said in an interv
  
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• The word 'war' is banned in her country, but this Russian refuses to be silenced

  19-03-2022 12:00
  
  “War.” Uttering that one word inside Russia right now can have big consequences. But for those pushing against their country’s occupation of Ukraine, the cost is worth it. In St. Petersburg, Russia, Natalia Konstantinova has an internet line allowing her to securely communicate with the world outside her country’s borders. She calls herself a social media influencer, but at this point her posts mostly show acts of defiance. Roaming the streets and armed with her phone, Na
  
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• 4 US troops die in Norway plane crash; unrelated to Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 11:11
  4 US troops die in Norway plane crash; unrelated to Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Gingerly embracing the COVID thaw in Nova Scotia - Saltwire

  19-03-2022 10:25
  
  GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Gingerly embracing the COVID thaw in Nova Scotia  Saltwire
  
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• Thompson scores in OT as Sabres beat Flames 1-0 - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 05:23
  
  Thompson scores in OT as Sabres beat Flames 1-0  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hurricanes pick up 5-2 win against visiting Rebels Friday night - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 04:58
  Hurricanes pick up 5-2 win against visiting Rebels Friday night  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 04:51
  
  China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Stampeders get their closeup on NBC sitcom recalling movie star's CFL days

  19-03-2022 04:31
  
  The Calgary Stampeders were ready for prime time this week. That's because the Stamps and Calgary, were the focus of Tuesday's episode of Young Rock, an NBC sitcom based on the early years of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. It's no secret that Johnson has a strong Calgary connection, and the season premiere of the series paid hilarious tribute to Johnson's short time as a Stampeder. "After not hearing my name called by the NFL draft," said Young Rock in the episode, "I was signed by the Calgary Stamp
  
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• Rep. Don Young, longtime Alaska congressman, dies at 88 - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 04:08
  
  Rep. Don Young, longtime Alaska congressman, dies at 88  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 4 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed in Alberta but hospitalization numbers continue decline

  19-03-2022 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Four more deaths have been linked to COVID-19 in Alberta, the province's chief medical officer of health tweeted on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Norris scores the winner, Senators beat Flyers 3-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 03:12
  
  Norris scores the winner, Senators beat Flyers 3-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Court decision means First Nation has new chance to prove it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta

  19-03-2022 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its territory has a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its legal bills.
  
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• North America vulnerable to Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons: NORAD commander

  19-03-2022 02:14
  
  North America has few options to defend against Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons, which can manoeuvre while travelling more than five times the speed of sound. Potentially capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the U.S. is still trying to develop a similar arsenal. “Hypersonic weapons are extremely difficult to detect and counter given these weapons’ speed, maneuverability, low flight paths, and unpredictable trajectories,” NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck told CTVNews.c
  
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• Province announces ammolite as Alberta’s offical gemstone

  19-03-2022 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Thursday, the Alberta government introduced an amendment to the Emblems of Alberta Act to designate ammolite as the official gemstone of Alberta.
  
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• NDP Leader Rachel Notley ridicules accusations she’s colluding with new UCP MLA Brian Jean

  19-03-2022 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's Opposition leader is ridiculing accusations from the governing United Conservatives that she and the UCP's newest member of the legislature are in cahoots.
  
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• Leduc fire chief resigns after sexual harassment, bullying lawsuit filed against city

  19-03-2022 01:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News obtained an Alberta Health Services report that determined an employee had improperly disclosed private medical details of one of the female complainants.
  
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• Calgary's Yvonne Ejim leads Gonzaga to opening victory in women's March Madness

  19-03-2022 01:04
  
  Another Calgary hoops hero is moving on in the NCAA Women's basketball tournament. Yvonne Ejim, a class of 2020 graduate from the Edge School in Calgary, scored 14 points and added six rebounds Friday as the Gonzaga Bulldogs defeated Nebraska 68-55, to move to the second round of the women's tourney. According to Alberta Basketball's Twitter feed, Ejim is one of four Albertans competing in March Madness. The others include former Calgarian Phillipina Kyei, Edmonton's Aher Uguak and Calgary's Cla
  
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• Canadian Paralympic athletes want financial rewards for medals — like Olympians get

  19-03-2022 00:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Olympic athletes who medaled in Tokyo or Beijing received $20,000 for a gold, $15,000 for a silver and $10,000 for a bronze. Paralympic medalists got nothing.
  
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• University of Lethbridge Faculty Association to review proposed collective agreement Saturday - Global News

  19-03-2022 00:38
  
  University of Lethbridge Faculty Association to review proposed collective agreement Saturday  Global News
  
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• University of Lethbridge Faculty Association to review proposed collective agreement Saturday

  19-03-2022 00:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  If ratified, U of L faculty could return to work as early as Tuesday and classes could resume by Wednesday. 
  
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• Canada's Adam Hadwin second after two rounds of Valspar Championship - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 00:30
  Canada's Adam Hadwin second after two rounds of Valspar Championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge, Blood Tribe Police to offer immediate access to addiction treatment - Lethbridge News Now

  19-03-2022 00:25
  
  Lethbridge, Blood Tribe Police to offer immediate access to addiction treatment  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'I'm ready to shake off the rust': Golf is in full swing at Paradise Canyon

  19-03-2022 00:06
  
  The holes are ready and the greens are prepped at Paradise Canyon Golf Club for the first day of the 2022 season. "It's like spring training or opening the baseball park, it feels the same for us at the golf course," saidhead pro Jae Maegaard. It may only be March, but Maegaard says it's the perfect time to get golfers on the links with warm days ahead. "We made a decision Monday morning, we saw the long term forecast," said Maegaard. "We also are very fortunate that we're down in the canyon her
  
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