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• ‘It’ll be very emotional’: Alberta Indigenous leader to spend his birthday meeting with Pope Francis

  23-03-2022 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wilton Littlechild of Ermineskin Cree Nation is hoping the head of the Catholic Church will soon apologize for the church's role in residential schools.
  
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• AHS no longer reporting active COVID cases in first weekly update - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 23:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Man accused in fatal stabbing of Calgary chef insists he doesn't know if he did it

  23-03-2022 23:14
  
  One of two men accused in the killing of a popular Calgary chef continued to tell a trial Wednesday that he has no memory of stabbing the victim. Anthony Dodgson and Tommie Holloway have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Christophe Herblin on March 14, 2020. Herblin was a longtime executive sous chef at the Glencoe Golf and Country Club and his new restaurant was weeks away from opening. Court has heard that he went to his business in the middle of the night after an ala
  
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• Canada's Adam Hadwin joined by Blue Jays pitchers at Valspar Championship - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 23:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Calgary man faces multiple charges of criminal harassment, voyeurism

  23-03-2022 22:54
  
  A Calgary man faces multiple charges in relation to criminal harassment and voyeurism. Cochrane RCMP launched an investigation March 14, which resulted in 44-year-old Jason Dempster being charged with a single count of criminal harassment. Dempster was arrested, and following a judicial hearing, was subsequently released on a number of conditions including no contact with the victim and an agreement not to visit the victim's residence or workplace. On March 21, Cochrane RCMP responded to a repor
  
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• Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary hosts first-ever pageant for young Indigenous women

  23-03-2022 22:40
  
  The Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary (AFCC) held it's first-ever pageant on Wednesday, and though turnout was slim, it's hoped the annual event will continue to grow over the next few years. Only a single competitor participated in the first Miss AFCC Moohkinnstsis Princess Pageant at the Calgary Central Library. The sole participant, 21-year-old Selena Medicine Shield, says she thinks Indigenous women were probably too scared, shy or nervous to try out. "I signed up because I felt like I
  
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• 2 Calgary pubs host Voyageur viewing parties for World Cup qualifier

  23-03-2022 22:33
  
  Two Calgary pubs will play host to Voyageur-supported viewing parties for Canada's World Cup qualifying match against Costa Rica on Thursday. The Voyageurs are the support group for Canada's national soccer team and the viewing parties will be at the Ship and Anchor (534 17th Avenue S.W.) and the upstairs portion of Limericks (7304 Macleod Trail S.). The match between Canada and Costa Rica kicks off at 8:05 p.m. MT. Canada has won six straight qualifying games, including victories over the power
  
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• Canmore music teacher nominated for a Juno Award

  23-03-2022 21:56
  
  She isn't a household name like Bieber or Shania or Drake, but Janell Toews is well-loved and admired by her music students at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy in Canmore who now shares something in common with all those Canadian music superstars. "It was really Ms. Toews that kind of brought that inner musician out and through that she was able to help me kind of guide my path through the school," said Sam Armstrong, grade 12 student. "So she really helped me mature and grow as an individ
  
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• Legault warns new Liberal-NDP alliance will trigger confrontation with provinces - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 21:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Highlights of Saskatchewan government budget include smaller deficit, new taxes - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 21:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Mummy Brown: The Paint Color Made From Actual Human Corpses - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 21:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Mummy Brown: The Paint Color Made From Actual Human Corpses  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• COVID pandemic's long-lasting impact on children a major concern for Canadian parents: poll

  23-03-2022 21:33
  
  A survey conducted for Children First Canada found the vast majority of Canadian parents are worried about the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having, and will continue to have, on their children. "We know over the past two years that kids have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic," said Sara Austin, Children First Canada president and CEO, in an interview with CTV News Calgary. "And with Canada approaching the second anniversary of the pandemic, we wanted to gauge how Canadians were f
  
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• Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 21:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lethbridge City Council again proclaims April 7 as Green Shirt Day - My Lethbridge Now

  23-03-2022 21:08 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Lethbridge City Council again proclaims April 7 as Green Shirt Day  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Moose antlers on the loose: Hikers put call out for missing animal shed

  23-03-2022 20:55
  
  A group of hikers from Calgary came across a unique find while exploring in the Alberta Rockies last summer. At the start of August 2021, James Crawford, along with two friends, hiked Mount Smutwood, in Kananaskis Country, west of Calgary. “Near the top of the mountain we saw a lot of beautiful sights,” said Crawford, an avid hiker. “(There was) also the remains of a glacier up there, so we went to check that out.” As they got closer, the group came across something unexp
  
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• Investigation finds debris killed Nunavut mine worker when helicopter rolled - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 20:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Investigation finds debris killed Nunavut mine worker when helicopter rolled  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rookie GMs hit the ground running ahead of NHL trade deadline - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 20:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Looking for a job? Calgary to hold Youth Hiring Fair in April

  23-03-2022 20:19
  
  The City of Calgary will be holding its annual Youth Hiring Fair next month, and the deadline for companies to register to attend is Thursday. The hiring fair, put on by the Youth Employment Centre (YEC), will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the Big Four Building in Stampede Park. The event will feature employment opportunities from a variety of industries. City officials say it typically attracts more than 5,000 job seekers between the ages of 15 and 24 who ar
  
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• Independent review paints damning, dysfunctional picture of Rugby Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 20:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 19:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• How to avoid being scammed when purchasing a new pooch

  23-03-2022 19:42
  
  In honour of National Puppy Day, which is held on March 23, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is sharing tips on how to avoid getting scammed when buying a dog. "There's been a lot of puppies actually purchased during the last couple years with the pandemic, for companionship. So the serious side of National Puppy Day is there's been a lot of people who have been scammed online," said BBB spokesperson Wes Lafortune. Lafortune says online purchases rank third on the BBB's list of the Top 10 riskie
  
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• Hinshaw, Copping to provide Alberta COVID-19 update Wednesday afternoon

  23-03-2022 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province is now posting weekly COVID-19 case and outbreak data every Wednesday, rather than providing updates every weekday.
  
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• About 60% of PCR-positive COVID-19 cases in Alberta are Omicron subvariant BA.2

  23-03-2022 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health said Wednesday that the Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the province.
  
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• Phillips' appeal of decision in LPS surveillance case dismissed - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 18:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Phillips' appeal of decision in LPS surveillance case dismissed  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• RCMP arrest Calgary man wanted in double stabbing at Okotoks campground

  23-03-2022 18:45
  
  RCMP say a Calgary man accused of stabbing two people at a campground south of the city last weekend is now in custody. Officers were called to a campground in Okotoks on Sunday at around 6:15 a.m. The victims, a man and a woman, had been stabbed multiple times, police said. Paramedics rushed them to hospital where they remain in stable condition. On Monday, Okotoks RCMP issued a new release asking the public to keep their eyes open for the suspect, 38-year-old Ryan Cameron Bain, but warned not
  
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• Montreal man, 21, charged with attacking child sent for psychiatric evaluation - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 18:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership review moved to mail-in vote

  23-03-2022 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  UCP president Cynthia Moore said the party's board members wanted to ensure every single party member has an opportunity to vote in the leadership review.
  
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• AHS offers chance to try out sledge hockey in Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  23-03-2022 17:53 via mylethbridgenow.com
  AHS offers chance to try out sledge hockey in Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• UCP leadership review to be decided by mail-in ballot, meeting moved online

  23-03-2022 17:31
  
  The United Conservative Party’s upcoming leadership review will now happen by mail after more than 15,000 people registered to vote. The review of Premier Jason Kenney's leadership was to take place in Red Deer on April 9. On Tuesday night, the UCP board decided to move the April 9 meeting online and switch to main-in ballots. This is a breaking news story. More details to come…
  
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• Jean accuses Kenney camp of cheating, breaking the law in leadership vote

  23-03-2022 17:31
  
  The battle for the leadership of the United Conservative Party, and the premier's chair in Alberta, reached a boiling point Wednesday, with MLA-elect Brian Jean accusing Jason Kenney's supporters of cheating and breaking the law. This, after the UCP board decided Tuesday night to change the rules of its upcoming leadership review by cancelling in-person voting in Red Deer in favour of mail-in ballots by all members. "Make no mistake, a rushed mail-in ballot is a formula for fraud and cheating. T
  
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• Jason Kenney's leadership to be decided by mail-in ballot, Red Deer vote cancelled

  23-03-2022 17:31
  
  The battle for the premiership of Alberta will not be decided in a hotel ballroom but rather by mail-in ballot, after the United Conservative Party board decided Tuesday to change the rules of its upcoming leadership review. More than 15,000 people registered for the in-person vote in Red Deer, and it was expected as many as 20,000 could show up at the Cambridge Hotel on April 9. About 2,800 were at the party’s founding convention in 2018. UCP president Cynthia Moore said the party should
  
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• Lethbridge Police seeking suspect in liquor store robbery - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 17:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Lethbridge Fire Department donates surplus items to Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 17:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Fire Department donates surplus items to Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta-based search and rescue team works to find Ukrainian survivors beneath collapsed buildings

  23-03-2022 17:23
  
  Members of an Alberta search and rescue group are in Ukraine working to save the lives of those trapped beneath the rubble of buildings collapsed by airstrikes. The Canadian International Rescue Organization (CIRO) consists of eight volunteer team members, mostly from central Alberta, who have travelled to Kyiv to conduct a series of high-tech missions in hopes of finding survivors. After reaching out to the Ukrainian consulate in Edmonton at the end of February to offer their services, the team
  
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• Interactive map launched for Calgary Culture and Entertainment District construction projects

  23-03-2022 17:17
  
  With several construction projects underway and more slated to begin around the Culture and Entertainment District near Stampede Park, a new interactive map has been created to help Calgarians better navigate the area. A $500 million expansion is underway at the BMO Centre and the Victoria Park LRT station is being rebuilt, which includes a street level crossing at 17th Avenue S.E. to allow for safer and more direct access across the LRT tracks for pedestrians and cyclists. Both those projects a
  
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• Canadian running back Moore rejoins BC Lions - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 17:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Witness: Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 16:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Witness: Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge police identify suspect wanted in bear spray attack on liquor store worker

  23-03-2022 16:39
  
  An arrest warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old man in connection with a February bear spray attack during a robbery in Lethbridge. Lethbridge police are seeking Zachary Bottle, who also goes by the name Tracyn Healy, as part of the investigation into the Feb. 23 robbery at the Ace Liquor location on Aquitania Boulevard West. During the robbery, bear spray was discharged at an employee while the suspect stole merchandise. The worker was treated by EMS on scene. Police released surveillance i
  
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• Calgary yoga studio robberies see vehicles, wallets stolen while clients are in class

  23-03-2022 16:39
  
  Calgary police are investigating a series of robberies that targeted yoga studios throughout the city. Police say thieves have taken keys and wallets from lockers or jacket pockets from people while they're in class. "The keys are then used to steal cars, and stolen credit cards are being used to make fraudulent purchases," said Staff Sgt. Darwin Pearce in a news release. "The first incident was reported to us in January and there have been more than five other occurrences reported to us since t
  
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• Lethbridge police play key role in addiction treatment › Prairie Post - Prairie Post

  23-03-2022 15:39 via prairiepost.com
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• Kaillie Humphries' legal battle with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton subject of documentary - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 15:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 21-year-old gunned down along 16th Avenue N.W. identified

  23-03-2022 14:44
  
  The victim of Monday morning's fatal shooting in northwest Calgary has been identified as Ali Al Aqal. Police say Aqal was stopped at a red light at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Fourth Street N.W. at around 12:30 a.m. when a vehicle pulled up behind Aqal's truck. Someone exited the second vehicle, ran up to Aqal's door and opened fire. The 21-year-old was found dead inside his truck when emergency crews responded to reports of gunshots. Investigators say the shooting is believed to b
  
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• First weekly Alberta COVID-19 update due today

  23-03-2022 14:42
  
  Alberta is set to make its first weekly COVID-19 update on Wednesday.  It last provided an update on new cases, hospitalizations and deaths on Friday, having announced two days earlier it would transition to posting data just once per week.  "We're at a point where trends over longer periods of time are more relevant than day-to-day fluctuations," Health Minister Jason Copping said.  "As we shift out of crisis mode and move toward endemic response, we can make adjustments to the w
  
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• 'COVID-19 remains with us,' says Alta. health minister as province updates weekly data

  23-03-2022 14:42
  
  Alberta updated its COVID-19 data for the first time since last Friday. There are 956 Albertans with COVID-19 in hospital, including 56 in intensive care. "I'm pleased to report that hospitalizations due to COVID continue to drop, slowly but surely," said Health Minister Jason Copping. "We need to acknowledge that COVID-19 remains with us and the health system is still under significant pressure." A total of 4,044 Albertans have died since the pandemic began, a count that grew by 21 over the pri
  
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• Copping, Hinshaw to give Alberta's first weekly COVID-19 update today

  23-03-2022 14:42
  
  Alberta's health minister and chief medical officer of health will give the province's first weekly COVID-19 update on Wednesday. Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at 3:30 p.m. MT. Watch the news conference live on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca.  The last update on new cases, hospitalizations and deaths was delivered on Friday, with the officials having announced two days earlier Alberta would transition to posting data just once per week.  "We're at a point where trends over longer
  
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• Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.

  23-03-2022 13:32
  
  Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway through the Rocky Mountains earlier this month when the unthinkable happened. The two were on their way to Golden, B.C., to celebrate the anniversary of their daughter, Lisa, and her partner, Laura, who were married at a mountain resort two years ago. Lisa Tennant was driving with her wife and their two children — Matéo, 5, and two-and-a-half-year-old Aviana — through the Kicking Horse Canyon, a rugged s
  
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• Poland seeks expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying - Lethbridge News Now

  23-03-2022 12:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Rate of doctor burnout in Canada has doubled since before pandemic: survey

  23-03-2022 11:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Medical Association's national physician health survey showed doctors' mental health has taken a hit two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ‘Impaired driver caught here’: MADD Lethbridge partners with police on campaign - Global News

  23-03-2022 08:00 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Sharks score 2 late goals to top Flames 4-3

  23-03-2022 05:04
  
  Logan Couture scored the game-winner on Tuesday as the San Jose Sharks scored 28 seconds apart in the third period for a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames. Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Timo Meier and Alexander Barabanov also scored for San Jose (28-27-8). The Sharks will look to sweep their two-game road trip to Alberta when they play in Edmonton on Thursday. Johnny Gaudreau, Dillon Dube, and Mikael Backlund scored for Calgary (38-17-8), which lost at home in regulation fo
  
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