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• Saudi-led coalition declares unilateral ceasefire in Yemen - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 23:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Saudi-led coalition declares unilateral ceasefire in Yemen  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertan energy watchers respond to aggressive federal climate plan

  29-03-2022 23:43
  
  As oil prices climb and numerous markets boycott Russian oil, the Canadian government wants Canada's resource sector to slash emissions, while some energy analysts say serious action is already underway for an energy transition and this new plan moves too fast. The new climate plan is calling for the oil and gas industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two fifths or 42 per cent by 2030 -- at 60 per cent of previous emissions targets set in 2005. The new initiative tabled in the House of Co
  
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• Hockey world reacts to death of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 23:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hockey world reacts to death of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary doctor suspended 6 months for writing himself false prescriptions

  29-03-2022 23:15
  
  A Calgary doctor had his permit to practise medicine suspended for six months and he will have to pay the full cost of the investigation and hearing after admitting to writing prescriptions for himself under colleagues' names — without their knowledge or consent. A College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta tribunal heard Dr. Peter Idahosa wrote prescriptions for himself in the names of four colleagues between September 2017 and September 2019. Idahosa pleaded guilty and the findings we
  
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• Alberta sheriff first on scene at Columbia Icefield bus crash walks across Canada for PTSD awareness

  29-03-2022 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta sheriff highway patrol officer from Calgary is about to start an eight-month journey walking across Canada raising awareness about post-traumatic stress injuries.
  
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• Calgary land flipper sentenced for evading taxes on $7.5M sale

  29-03-2022 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rodney Potrie received a conditional 15-month sentence and a fine of more than $643,000, representing all the taxes he pleaded guilty to evading from a land sale.
  
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• After celebrating World Cup qualification, Canadian men get back to business - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 22:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  After celebrating World Cup qualification, Canadian men get back to business  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A brief history of Canada's climate plans - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 22:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  A brief history of Canada's climate plans  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary man fined $643K for tax evasion

  29-03-2022 22:25
  
  A Calgary man has been handed a 15-month conditional sentence and $643,228 fine after pleading guilty to tax evasion under the Income Tax Act. The penalty was announced by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on Monday after the ruling was made last week. The fine levied against Rodney Potrie, who was director of the Calgary-based RAP Designs Inc. represents 100 per cent of the taxes evaded. Potrie pleaded guilty in November 2021 after an CRA investigation revealed RAP Designs Inc. bought 110.94 acr
  
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• Edmonton secures critical funding for 2026 World Cup bid

  29-03-2022 22:20
  
  The Alberta government has committed more than $100 million to support Edmonton's bid to hold FIFA World Cup matches in 2026. The province's culture minister, Ron Orr, told CTV News Edmonton the city would receive $110 million. "I think it will be a great event, I think it will be great for Alberta," Orr said. "This will be incredibly inspiring for a lot of young people." Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi lobbied the province for weeks to get the money needed to convince FIFA, soccer's international
  
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• Alberta funds Edmonton 2026 World Cup bid

  29-03-2022 22:20
  
  The Alberta government has committed more than $100 million to support Edmonton's bid to hold FIFA World Cup matches in 2026. The province's culture minister, Ron Orr, told CTV News Edmonton the city would receive $110 million. "I think it will be a great event, I think it will be great for Alberta," Orr said. "This will be incredibly inspiring for a lot of young people." Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi lobbied the province for weeks to get the money needed to convince FIFA, soccer's international
  
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• 'We're ready': Oil is way up, so is Fort McMurray booming again?

  29-03-2022 22:02
  
  Driving around Fort McMurray, the lack of houses for sale is noticeable, and there are a few new businesses popping up. The northeast Alberta oil boomtown has been battered by a devastating wildfire, damaging flood, and oil price crash – all in the past six years. But as signs of a recovery start to emerge, it's not yet keeping pace with sky high prices at the gas pumps. Regular gas was selling for 165.9 a litre in the city in mid-March, but local officials said the boom times are not back
  
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• Emissions plan leaves oilpatch with uncertainty; cap on sector still in development

  29-03-2022 21:57
  
  Canada's oil and gas industry is still facing uncertainty in the wake of the federal government's sweeping new emissions reduction plan. The plan tabled in the House of Commons Tuesday lays out ways the country can reach its target of cutting emissions by 2030 to no more than 60 per cent of 2005 levels. In it, the government says Canada's oilpatch can reduce emissions by 31 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, or 42 per cent below 2019 levels. But those numbers are not necessarily the target that
  
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• Make three-digit suicide prevention hotline accessible, CRTC told in consultations - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 21:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Make three-digit suicide prevention hotline accessible, CRTC told in consultations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Foo Fighters cancel tour after 'staggering loss' of Taylor Hawkins, were set to play 9 Canadian shows

  29-03-2022 21:22
  
  The Foo Fighters have cancelled all upcoming tour dates following the "staggering loss" of drummer Taylor Hawkins. "It is with great sadness that Foo Fighters confirm the cancellation of all upcoming tour dates in light of the staggering loss of our brother Taylor Hawkins,” the band said in a statement Tuesday. "We’re sorry for and share in the disappointment that we won’t be seeing one another as planned. "Instead, let’s take this time to grieve, to heal, to pull our lov
  
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• Doctors sound alarm over ‘insufficient’ personnel at Calgary’s Tom Baker, new cancer centre

  29-03-2022 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a letter leaked online, pay and workload were the primary concerns of the medical physicists who resigned from the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.
  
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• 2022 federal budget to be tabled April 7, Freeland says

  29-03-2022 20:51
  
  The government will be tabling the federal 2022 budget on April 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Tuesday. The budget — the first since the 2021 federal election — is expected to include increased defence spending as well as funding for commitments, such as dental care, made as part of the new Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement. "Our government was reelected on a commitment to grow our economy, make life more affordable, and to continu
  
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• 'Grooming': The ubiquitous buzzword in LGBTQ school debate - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 20:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  'Grooming': The ubiquitous buzzword in LGBTQ school debate  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Flair Airlines adding new winter flights to Arizona at 3 Alberta airports

  29-03-2022 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The service to the Tucson International Airport will begin in late November and early December, and run into March 2023.
  
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• Flair Airlines to begin operating Lethbridge to Tuscon, Ariz. flights in December | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  29-03-2022 20:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Flair Airlines to begin operating Lethbridge to Tuscon, Ariz. flights in December | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Direct flights from Lethbridge to Arizona to begin in December

  29-03-2022 20:29
  
  City of Lethbridge officials are celebrating the upcoming arrival of a new direct flight service between Lethbridge and Tucson, Ariz. Flair Airlines will begin operating the flights on Dec. 1, connecting the YQL airport with Arizona's second largest city. "The City of Lethbridge has been proactively preparing the airport for an opportunity just like this and we are thrilled to welcome Flair Airlines to southern Alberta," said Mayor Blaine Hyggen. "Several of the initiatives within our Council Ac
  
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• Honda involved in serious pedestrian crash recovered by Calgary police

  29-03-2022 20:28
  
  Investigators have recovered a vehicle driven into a pedestrian who was walking on a southwest Calgary sidewalk early Saturday morning and they are now searching for CCTV or anyone who has dash cam footage of the incident. Police were called to the 5700 block of Second Street S.W. just after 2 a.m. on Saturday for reports of a crash involving three people on a sidewalk. "An unknown person driving a Honda Accord pulled onto the driveway and struck one of the individuals, pinning him between the v
  
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• Paramedics: At least 5 killed in shooting in central Israel - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 20:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Paramedics: At least 5 killed in shooting in central Israel  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• TSB Canada to release final report into train derailment in B.C. that left 3 dead

  29-03-2022 19:47
  
  An investigation report into a fatal train derailment near the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta is to be released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday. The derailment in February 2019 caused 99 grain cars and two locomotives to plummet off a bridge near Field, B.C., killing three rail company employees. Conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell and trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer were in the lead locomotive and had just taken over from another crew whe
  
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• Lethbridge YMCA teams with Evergreen for new Golf Fit program - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 19:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge YMCA teams with Evergreen for new Golf Fit program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta government confirms funding to Edmonton for 2026 World Cup bid

  29-03-2022 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The government of Alberta will provide financial support to the City of Edmonton in its efforts to host games as part of the FIFA 2026 Canada-USA-Mexico World Cup.
  
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• YMCA of Lethbridge continues to help those in need - My Lethbridge Now

  29-03-2022 19:25 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  YMCA of Lethbridge continues to help those in need  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• TransPod secures US$550M to build Calgary-Edmonton hyperloop - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 19:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  TransPod secures US$550M to build Calgary-Edmonton hyperloop  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Europeans expel dozens of Russian envoys to combat espionage - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 18:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Europeans expel dozens of Russian envoys to combat espionage  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• $550M secured to help finance ultra-high-speed hyperloop between Edmonton and Calgary

  29-03-2022 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Toronto-based TransPod announced Tuesday that it has secured US$550 million in financing for its multibillion-dollar hyperloop system.
  
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• Connecting fleeing Ukrainians with Canadian community support could prove difficult - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 18:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Connecting fleeing Ukrainians with Canadian community support could prove difficult  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Oilfield services company Calfrac Well Services suspending any investments in Russia

  29-03-2022 18:10
  
  Calfrac Well Services Ltd. says it is suspending any investments in Russia. The company says despite the fact that the provision of parts and equipment are not restricted by sanctions, it cancelled shipments that were bound for Russia when the country invaded Ukraine. It has also cancelled any future shipments of parts and equipment into Russia.   Calfrac says its Western-based employees involved with its Russian operations are currently not in Russia. The company joins a long list of Canad
  
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• Hyperloop company claims to have $685M in funding for Edmonton-Calgary route

  29-03-2022 17:18
  
  The company seeking to build a high-speed hyperloop link between Calgary and Edmonton claims it has secured more than $685 million in funding for the project. TransPod says it’s gathered US $550 million, or about $688 million in Canadian dollars, from the Broughton Capital Group as well as the China-East Resources Import & Export Company. “The construction and operation of a TransPod Line will help Albertans move around easily, create new jobs, and facilitate investment into the
  
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• Mounties charge Oblate priest, Inuit delegates ask Pope to intervene - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 15:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Mounties charge Oblate priest, Inuit delegates ask Pope to intervene  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Unusually low': New survey shows decline in Mayor Jyoti Gondek's early approval rating

  29-03-2022 15:31
  
  A new survey by ThinkHQ Public Affairs suggests a majority of Calgarians don't approve of Mayor Jyoti Gondek's performance to date. According to the survey, just 38 per cent say they approve of Gondek's performance since taking office five months ago, while 53 per cent say they disapprove. Nine per cent of respondents say they are unsure of how they feel about her performance as mayor thus far. Such low approval ratings stand out as an anomaly compared to previous ratings of Calga
  
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• Very warm weather in Calgary by Wednesday, but with a chance of showers

  29-03-2022 14:58
  
  Overnight flurries lingered near the expected values, with heavier totals further west. The cold front late Monday stalled our high in a big way, and snowfall occurred even in the midafternoon over portions of the city.  But that's in the rear view. We can push back for an above-seasonal high tomorrow, and a well-above seasonal by Wednesday; then, we will continue to ride this wave, with ebbs and flows generating off-and-on overnight flurries for another couple of evenings. The other side e
  
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• Man in critical condition after assault in northeast Calgary

  29-03-2022 14:39
  
  A man in his 40s is in critical, life-threatening condition after an early morning assault. Emergency Medical Services responded to ab area behind a hotel near the corner of Barlow Trail and 26th St. N.E. just before 3:45 a.m. Tuesday and found a severely injured man. He was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre with undisclosed injuries. It's unclear if a weapon was involved or what motivated the assault. Police have set up a crime scene, and officers are combing through surveillance
  
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• Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket's 'box office' star - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 10:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket's 'box office' star  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge MP says Trudeau fits definition of 'dictator' in House of Commons verbal attack - CTV News Calgary

  29-03-2022 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge MP says Trudeau fits definition of 'dictator' in House of Commons verbal attack  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge among 5 Canadian cities to add flights to Arizona - CBC.ca

  29-03-2022 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Lethbridge among 5 Canadian cities to add flights to Arizona  CBC.ca
  
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• Delegates to view Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 08:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Delegates to view Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Overtime loss costs Lethbridge Lightning league championship - Lethbrige Herald

  29-03-2022 07:17 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Travis Scott accused of violating Astroworld suits gag order - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 06:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Travis Scott accused of violating Astroworld suits gag order  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New round of talks aims to stop the fighting in Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 06:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New round of talks aims to stop the fighting in Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Prairie premiers urge Prime Minister Trudeau to stop carbon tax in joint letter

  29-03-2022 03:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three Prairie premiers banded together with a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging him to stop the carbon tax to provide financial relief to Canadians.
  
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• Alberta Teachers’ Association concerned over potential removal of teacher disciplinary process

  29-03-2022 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Late last year, Alberta’s education minister said she plans to remove the disciplinary process role from the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
  
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• Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt - Lethbridge News Now

  29-03-2022 02:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Jan. 6 committee votes to hold Scavino, Navarro in contempt  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic saw fewer Alberta stroke patients, more deaths: study

  29-03-2022 02:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  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.
  
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• Lethbridge's Shaela Miller named winner in Project WILD finale - CTV News Calgary

  29-03-2022 02:18 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge's Shaela Miller named winner in Project WILD finale  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge's Shaela Miller named winner in Project WILD finale

  29-03-2022 02:18
  
  The final edition of Project WILD had a distinctly southern Alberta feel to it. The final edition of the musical talent incubator took place Saturday night at a sold-out King Eddy pub, and the winner was Lethbridge singer-songwriter Shaela Miller, who received $100,953 to help further the development of her career. Second place went to Airdrie country-roots singer and guitarist Kyle McKearney, who took home $75,000, while third-place finisher, Strathmore singer-songwriter and farmer Drew Gregory
  
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