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• Maple Leafs acquire veteran defenceman Mark Giordano from Kraken - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 23:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Maple Leafs acquire veteran defenceman Mark Giordano from Kraken  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertans in Poland offering aid to Ukrainian refugees

  20-03-2022 22:12
  
  James Puckrin, the owner of ACESO Medical, is in Warsaw, Poland, to offer support in whatever way he can. “When we heard about the war that broke out, we thought it was a moral imperative, as a medical company, to support it to the best of our ability,” said Puckrin. “With the lack of access to medicine, medical care, insulin (specifically), we wanted to come over to see if there's anything we could do as a larger organization.” Puckrin, and Catherine Erofeeva, a licensed
  
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• Senators acquire defenceman Travis Hamonic from Canucks - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 21:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Leclerc wins Bahrain GP as Verstappen retires near the end - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 18:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Leclerc wins Bahrain GP as Verstappen retires near the end  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Nanton Palominos win opening game against Lethbridge - OkotoksOnline.com

  20-03-2022 18:16 via okotoksonline.com
  
  Nanton Palominos win opening game against Lethbridge  OkotoksOnline.com
  
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• Private investigator says drug kingpin targeted David Ortiz - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 17:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 'What is being hidden?' Curators say Vatican must give access to Indigenous artifacts

  20-03-2022 16:39
  
  Gerald McMaster has always wondered what mysteries and cultural objects are kept within the Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts. The renowned First Nations curator and artist says the artifacts are important to how Indigenous people see themselves and the world around them. Yet, he says, not many have ever laid their eyes on what's in the vaults. “What is being hidden? Why is it being hidden?” McMaster pondered in a recent interview with The Canadian Press. “Why (do) I
  
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• Tkachuk puts up three points, Calgary Flames hand Vancouver Canucks ugly 5-2 loss

  20-03-2022 16:30
  
  The Calgary Flames were playing with revenge on their minds Saturday night. On their last trip to Vancouver, the Canucks torched the Flames 7-1. It's a result the visitors didn't forget, said Matthew Tkachuk. “I thought we pretty much got embarrassed that night and this is our last game of the regular season here in this rink so we had one more crack at it to get them back,” the feisty forward said after Calgary handed Vancouver a decisive 5-2 loss on Saturday. The Flames were the do
  
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• Car runs into carnival revelers in Belgium, killing 6 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 13:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Car runs into carnival revelers in Belgium, killing 6  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Shutdown begins at CP Rail as both sides negotiate

  20-03-2022 13:19
  
  The company and the union are pointing fingers of blame at each other for a shutdown of Canadian Pacific Railway operations that began Sunday while the two sides remained at the bargaining table. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents some 3,000 engineers, conductors, yard workers, and other train employees, issued a release just before midnight saying a lockout was being initiated by management at the Calgary-based railway. But hours later the company put out a release stating t
  
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• Government wants quick resolution to CP Rail work stoppage, labour minister says

  20-03-2022 13:19
  
  The work stoppage at CP Rail could not have come at a worse time for Canadians and the government wants a deal to end the impasse immediately, said federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan. But O'Regan was not ready to discuss the possibility of back to work legislation being tabled when the House of Commons resumes Monday because the company and union are still talking. "We want a resolution and we want it now," O'Regan said in an interview Sunday afternoon. CP Rail shut down Canadian operations
  
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• Conductors, engineers on picket line as CP Rail, union can't reach deal

  20-03-2022 13:19
  
  Canadians expect a swift end to a work stoppage at CP Rail, federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan said Sunday, hours after thousands of workers ended up on the picket line and trains came to a halt nationwide. There is already pressure on O'Regan to end the labour dispute, but his spokesman said Sunday morning the government believes the best deal is reached at the bargaining table. "There are always challenges in bargaining, but you push through them to get the agreement you need," O'Regan sai
  
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• Ukraine says Russia bombs another shelter in besieged city

  20-03-2022 12:41
  
  Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia's military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the embattled port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine's president said an unrelenting Russian siege would be remembered for centuries to come. It was the second time in less than a week that city officials reported a public building where residents had taken shelter coming under attack. A bomb hit a Mariupol theatre with more than 1,300 believed to be inside on Wednesday, local officials said
  
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• Shelter bombed in Ukraine city as war enters new phase

  20-03-2022 12:41
  
  Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia's military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the port city of Mariupol, where heavy street fighting is underway weeks into a devastating Russian siege. The fall of Mariupol would allow Russian forces across southern and eastern Ukraine to link up. But Western military analysts say that even if the surrounded city is taken, the troops battling for control there a block at a time may be too depleted to help secure Russian breakthroughs
  
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• Russia demands Mariupol lay down arms but Ukraine says no

  20-03-2022 12:41
  
  Russia demanded that Ukrainians in the besieged city of Mariupol lay down their arms Monday in exchange for safe passage out of town, but Ukraine rejected the offer. The Russian demand came hours after Ukrainian authorities said Moscow's forces bombed an art school that was sheltering about 400 people. Russian forces would allow two corridors out of the coastal city, heading either east toward Russia or west to other parts of Ukraine, said Russian Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev.WATCH: Joy Malbon on
  
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• Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

  20-03-2022 12:41
  
  Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia's military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the port city of Mariupol, where heavy street fighting was underway weeks into a devastating Russian siege. The fall of Mariupol would allow Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine to link up. But Western military analysts say that even if the surrounded city is taken, the troops battling for control there a block at a time may be too depleted to help secure Russian breakthroughs on
  
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• Feds considering incentives for Canadians looking to help incoming Ukrainians

  20-03-2022 12:00
  
  The federal government is considering offering economic support to Canadians who are willing to take in Ukrainians who are fleeing the war, according to Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period, Fraser was asked whether Canada is considering implementing a program similar to what the U.K. is doing—offering households monthly payments for opening their homes to Ukrainian refugees—and he said that “everything is
  
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• Hurricanes beat Rebels 3-2 in shootout Saturday night - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 05:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hurricanes beat Rebels 3-2 in shootout Saturday night  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Forsberg's goal, assist lead Predators over Maple Leafs 6-3 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-03-2022 03:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Forsberg's goal, assist lead Predators over Maple Leafs 6-3  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 6 arrests made, multiple tickets handed out as Calgary Beltline protests continue

  20-03-2022 02:35
  
  Calgary police handed out multiple tickets and arrested six people during another weekend of protests in the Beltline area. Chief Mark Neufeld announced the enforcement Saturday evening during a media conference, saying one arrest was for assaulting a police officer. But by and large, the chief believes the protest and counter-protest groups were largely peaceful. "Our aim was to ensure public safety and reduce public impact," Neufeld said. Four arrests were for breaching an injunction granted t
  
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