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• Alberta proposes bill to merge continuing care rules, strengthen enforcement

  28-03-2022 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Under Bill 11, the Continuing Care Act, all care facilities — including home care, designated supported living facilities, and hospices — would be licensed and regulated.
  
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• Alberta proposes new Continuing Care Act - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 23:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta proposes new Continuing Care Act  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kenney interviewed by RCMP in criminal probe tied to 2017 UCP leadership race

  28-03-2022 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Kenney says he has been interviewed by RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership contest.
  
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• Quebec police watchdog investigating after man murdered at factory - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 23:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Quebec police watchdog investigating after man murdered at factory  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian gymnasts calling for investigation into abusive practices, toxic culture - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 23:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian gymnasts calling for investigation into abusive practices, toxic culture  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary police investigate early morning attack on woman near Prince's Island Park

  28-03-2022 23:33
  
  Calgary police are investigating after a woman was attacked while walking near Prince's Island Park early Sunday. Police say the woman was walking from the park to the Bow River Pathway when someone grabbed her from behind and tried to drag her toward the river. The woman was able to break free and ran away, reaching a nearby security guard, who called police. Investigators are now searching for CCTV footage from the area.  "All Calgarians should be able to move around our city any time of
  
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• 'Creative way to make a point': Alberta premier defends using Will Smith slap meme

  28-03-2022 23:29
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is defending the use of a meme from the Oscars as a contemporary way to draw attention to what he considers failing green energy policies. The meme, shared widely online, is a photo of actor Will Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock on stage over comments Rock made about Smith's wife at the Hollywood awards show on Sunday.pic.twitter.com/YiTmssiXbn — Jason Kenney(@jkenney) March 28, 2022In the version shared on Kenney's social media accounts, the word "Reality" i
  
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• Kenney interviewed by RCMP in criminal probe tied to party leadership race

  28-03-2022 23:21
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has been interviewed by RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership contest. Kenney, answering questions from reporters, says he did one interview with Mounties at their request and remains confident his campaign team followed all the rules. The police investigation is one of two probes into the 2017 vote, which saw Kenney defeat his main rival Brian Jean to win the top job in the pa
  
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• Alberta's Kenney interviewed by RCMP in criminal probe tied to party leadership race

  28-03-2022 23:21
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has been interviewed by RCMP as part of an investigation into potential criminal identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership contest. “I did an interview at (their) request, once,” Kenney said Monday after being asked by reporters. “As I’ve said from the very beginning ... we’d always be happy to answer questions. At the end of the day, my campaign did everything it could to carefully follow all of the rules,
  
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• Provinces agree on nuclear energy plan for small reactors to reduce emissions

  28-03-2022 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, the provinces' energy ministers agreed to a proposal for small modular reactors. The first 300-megawatt plant is to be built in Darlington, Ont., east of Toronto.
  
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• Cancer treatment at risk over 'exodus' of medical physicists

  28-03-2022 23:03
  
  A group of 24 doctors including the section head of radiation oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre is warning patient care is at risk following an exodus of medical physicists. "Our group as a whole has recently learned of the resignation of multiple medical physicists, including the Director of Medical Physics, primarily over remuneration and workload concerns. "This is a devastating loss for the radiation medicine program," says the letter addressed to Dr. .J. Dean Ruthie, medical director
  
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• 3 killed in 50-vehicle pileup on snowy Pennsylvania highway - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 22:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  3 killed in 50-vehicle pileup on snowy Pennsylvania highway  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada sets roster for women's soccer celebration tour in B.C. - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 22:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada sets roster for women's soccer celebration tour in B.C.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A healthy George Springer brings leadership to Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 22:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  A healthy George Springer brings leadership to Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two Yukoners to be inducted into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame - Whitehorse Star

  28-03-2022 22:01 via whitehorsestar.com
  
  Two Yukoners to be inducted into the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame  Whitehorse Star
  
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• Biden says remark on Putin's power was about 'moral outrage' - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 21:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Biden says remark on Putin's power was about 'moral outrage'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• High court to hear case about Andy Warhol art, Prince photo - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 21:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  High court to hear case about Andy Warhol art, Prince photo  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trudeau to visit Williams Lake First Nation following residential school probe - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 20:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trudeau to visit Williams Lake First Nation following residential school probe  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Students call for Sir John A. MacDonald School in northwest Calgary to be renamed

  28-03-2022 20:56
  
  An art event was held Sunday by students calling for Sir John A. MacDonald School in northwest Calgary to be renamed. "The school is just west of the Nose Hill Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel, a monument that sits on traditional Blackfoot territory and holds spiritual and historical significance for the Blackfoot Confederacy," read a release from the Reconciliation Action Group.   The event was spearheaded by Makena Halvorsen, a 13-year-old student at the junior high school, after 215 g
  
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• Alberta border blockade cases delayed: Lawyers waiting for RCMP evidence

  28-03-2022 20:48
  
  Four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder after being arrested at a border blockade in southern Alberta are to return to court next month once lawyers have received more information.  Christopher Lysak, 48, is also charged with uttering threats, possession of a weapon, and mischief to property over $5,000.  Lysak — along with Chris Carbert, Anthony Olienick and Jerry Morin — are to return to Lethbridge provincial court April 11.  All four men remain in custody.
  
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• Jesuits continue to investigate alleged sexual abuse in Quebec Mohawk community - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 20:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Jesuits continue to investigate alleged sexual abuse in Quebec Mohawk community  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cases delayed again for Coutts blockade protestors charged with conspiracy to commit murder

  28-03-2022 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Four men charged with conspiracy to commit murder after being arrested the Coutts border blockade in southern Alberta had their cases delayed for the second time Monday.
  
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• Alberta government to again call on feds to stop carbon tax increase

  28-03-2022 19:44
  
  Alberta is resuming calls for Ottawa to scrap its planned carbon tax increase on April 1.  Premier Jason Kenney is scheduled to talk publicly about Canada's carbon tax on Monday.  Watch the news conference live on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca at 12 p.m.  An Alberta economist expects the federal carbon tax hike to raise the price at the pumps by 2.2 cents. Kenney has been steadily calling on Ottawa to ditch its carbon tax as fuel prices have shot past record levels.  Some pundits a
  
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• Alberta calls on Ottawa to stop carbon tax increase

  28-03-2022 19:44
  
  Alberta's premier is requesting an audience with Canada's prime minister in an 11th-hour attempt to get him to scrap a planned carbon tax increase on April 1. Jason Kenney announced Monday he would introduce a bill in the Alberta legislature that afternoon "to clearly demonstrate our opposition to the Trudeau government's April Fool's Day prank of hiking the carbon tax." The news conference was stocked with such brassy comments from Kenney; he called the carbon tax a "green-left" policy "whose g
  
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• 'Don't Say Gay' bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 19:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Don't Say Gay' bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney to make announcement on federal carbon tax increase

  28-03-2022 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The press conference comes after the Alberta government announced a temporary halt of the provincial gas tax in response to rising gasoline prices on Mar. 7.
  
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• Alberta urges federal government to stop carbon tax increase

  28-03-2022 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's UCP government will be introducing a motion to urge the federal Liberal government to halt the carbon tax increase scheduled to take effect April 1.
  
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• Russian billionaire reducing stake in Calgary's Spartan Delta Corp.

  28-03-2022 19:03
  
  The investment group owned by a billionaire Russian oligarch is selling part of its leading stake in a Calgary-based natural gas company. ARETI Energy SPV says it will sell 15 million Spartan Delta Corp. shares to a third party purchaser for $121.5 million. The shares represent 10 per cent of issued and outstanding Spartan shares. ARETI Energy is owned by Russian oligarch Igor Makarov. The billionaire is not on the list of Russian businesses and individuals who have been sanctioned by the Canadi
  
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• Eriksen to captain Denmark on return to Parken Stadium - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 17:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Eriksen to captain Denmark on return to Parken Stadium  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'What a time to be alive': Calgarians cheer as Canada qualifies for World Cup

  28-03-2022 17:37
  
  Calgary's soccer community was out in full force Sunday, cheering on Canada's men's soccer team as they ultimately punched their ticket to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. With local players like Scott Kennedy and Samuel Adekugbe on the team, Cavalry FC head coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr. is optimistic this era of Canadian soccer will not just be a blip in the history books. "What a time to be alive if you’re in the game of football!" said Wheeldon Jr. during an appearance on CTV Morning Live. "On t
  
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• Ontario MPP Randy Hillier facing charges after Ottawa convoy protest - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 17:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ontario MPP Randy Hillier facing charges after Ottawa convoy protest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Liberals expected to launch negotiations to buy F-35 fighter jets - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 17:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Liberals expected to launch negotiations to buy F-35 fighter jets  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada looks for next generation of paratriathletes

  28-03-2022 15:45
  
  Saheed Alawiye isn't new to parasports. The 17-year-old has used a wheelchair his entire life but that never stopped him from playing basketball or participating in track and field. Now, for the first time, he's trying Para triathlon "I really enjoy sports, I'm happy when I play," said the Airdrie teen. "It puts a smile on my face and (I) get to know how it feels to be part of a team." Alawiye was one of several people to show up at Calgary's Repsol Place on Sunday to try Para triathlon, combini
  
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• Warm days, cool nights and flurry potential in Calgary to end March

  28-03-2022 15:07
  
  Northern wind is a dominant force for much of tomorrow, and with it, we're anticipating another change in conditions. Late in the afternoon, we're hit with a cold front, which likely pushes gusts to the mid 50 km/h range; we can expect our temperatures to "plunge" to a docile -4 C. There's even a slight chance for flurries overnight. Tuesday will take care of them, however, with mainly sunny conditions and ongoing melting temperatures. As with last week, Wednesday is the main attraction; we'll s
  
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• UPDATED: Staying seasonal - for temps, and showers in Calgary this week

  28-03-2022 15:07
  
  UPDATE: Gusts in the dinner hour today are still shooting for 50-60 km/h, and flurries haven't left the picture, either. At most, just over a half-centimetre appears for us, while snowfall warnings dot Hinton and Grand Cache to our northwest, aiming for at least 10 cm instead. This is where the bult of the snow falls. Calgary's taste is the result of our cold front sliding the warmer surface air upward. As a potentially-amusing side note, sections of the southwestern foothills run a very small c
  
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• Alberta university students calling for end to budget cuts, tuition increases

  28-03-2022 14:56
  
  Students from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta are planning a province-wide rally in an attempt to reverse budget cuts and freeze tuition increases. U of C drama students voted to hold a one-day strike, cancelling all of Monday's classes, to send a message to the province that students are unhappy with the recent changes to post-secondary funding. In Edmonton, students plan to march from the U of A campus to the legislature to take their message straight to elect
  
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• Alberta university students call for end to budget cuts, tuition increases

  28-03-2022 14:56
  
  Students from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta are planning a province-wide rally in an attempt to reverse budget cuts and freeze tuition increases. U of C drama students voted to hold a one-day strike, cancelling all of Monday's classes, to send a message to the province that students are unhappy with the recent changes to post-secondary funding. "These cuts affect everyone from biology students to engineering students to business students to drama students," sa
  
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• CFIA recalls Pacific Rim Shellfish brand oysters due to norovirus risk

  28-03-2022 14:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CFIA says they were sold in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, and Ontario, and possibly other provinces and territories as well.
  
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• Search underway for missing Calgary brothers

  28-03-2022 14:43
  
  The Calgary Police Service is asking for help from the public in connection with the disappearance of a 16-year-old Calgary boy and his 21-year-old brother. Michael Panagakos was last seen Sunday evening leaving his home in the 7000 block of Coach Hill Road S.W. with his older brother Gregory. Investigators suspect the brothers may have been travelling toward Bragg Creek in a gold-coloured, 2009 Ford F-150 with a black stripe running from the hood to the back of the truck. The truck's license pl
  
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• Missing Calgary brothers found safe

  28-03-2022 14:43
  
  The Calgary Police Service is thanking the public after a 16-year-old Calgary boy and his 21-year-old brother were located. Michael Panagakos had last seen Sunday evening leaving his home in the 7000 block of Coach Hill Road S.W. with his older brother Gregory. Investigators suspected the brothers may have been travelling toward Bragg Creek in a gold-coloured, 2009 Ford F-150 with a black stripe running from the hood to the back of the truck. Police confirmed Monday afternoon that both brothers
  
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• First year of COVID-19 pandemic saw fewer Alberta stroke patients, more deaths: study

  28-03-2022 14:41
  
  The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta saw fewer stroke patients, but a higher number of stroke-related deaths, according to new research. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, was conducted by a team of eight doctors and other researchers across the province. "One of the things that we began to realize within the first few months of the pandemic … is that there seemed to be a decline in the number of people presenting with acute strokes," le
  
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• Vermilion Energy buying Leucrotta Exploration for $477 million

  28-03-2022 14:10
  
  Vermilion Energy Inc. has signed a deal to buy junior energy company Leucrotta Exploration Inc. for $477 million. Leucrotta is a Montney-focused oil and natural gas exploration and development company with property in northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta.  The deal will see part of the Leucrotta land base and about $43.5 million in cash transferred to a new company which will be managed by the existing Leucrotta team.  Under the agreement, Leucrotta shareholders will receiv
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Edmonton - Charlotte Observer

  28-03-2022 13:29 via charlotteobserver.com
  
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• 'Truth, justice and healing:' Metis and Inuit delegates meet with Pope Francis

  28-03-2022 10:56
  
  The president of the Metis National Council says she feels Pope Francis has committed to a journey of justice after a meeting with the head of the Roman Catholic Church at the Vatican. "He repeated 'truth, justice and healing' and I take that as a personal commitment," said Cassidy Caron outside St. Peter's Square Monday morning. Caron said the Pope did not provide an apology for the church's role in residential schools. But, she added, they have always requested it take place on Canadian soil.
  
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• Hopes high for 'change of heart' by Pope Francis after meetings with Indigenous delegates

  28-03-2022 10:56
  
  While excited to land in Rome for a long-anticipated meeting with Pope Francis, Taylor Behn-Tsakoza also knows the responsibility that awaits her. "It's hard to capture youth perspective from across the nation, but I'm going to try my best to bring what I know and my experiences to our one-hour meeting on Thursday with the Pope," she told CTV's Your Morning on Monday. A member of Fort Nelson First Nation in British Columbia, Behn-Tsakoza is one of two youth representatives taking part in a serie
  
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• Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage, then wins best actor Oscar

  28-03-2022 06:21
  
  When Will Smith marched onto the Oscars stage and smacked Chris Rock, the unpredictable moment served as a jarring interruption to Hollywood’s feel-good celebration. But once Smith returned moments later to accept his first-ever Academy Award, he delivered a tearful apology for an act sure to overshadow his milestone achievement. He seized the opportunity during Sunday night's awards to speak on being a fierce defender just like his tennis dad character Richard Williams from “King Ri
  
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• Defending champion Stanford tops Texas 59-50 in Elite 8 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 05:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Defending champion Stanford tops Texas 59-50 in Elite 8  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Switzerland's Tirinzoni goes undefeated to win women's world curling championship - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 05:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Switzerland's Tirinzoni goes undefeated to win women's world curling championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hughes scores twice, Devils beat Canadiens 3-2 in shootout - Lethbridge News Now

  28-03-2022 04:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hughes scores twice, Devils beat Canadiens 3-2 in shootout  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings upended by desperate Lethbridge Hurricanes - Edmonton Sun

  28-03-2022 03:04 via edmontonsun.com
  
  Edmonton Oil Kings upended by desperate Lethbridge Hurricanes  Edmonton Sun
  
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