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• Lemonade for a cause: Young Calgarian raises money for Ukraine

  03-04-2022 23:23
  
  Some children spend their weekends with friends, others are playing sports, but there is at least one young Calgarian who is spending his free time raising money for an important cause. Andrew Tereshchuk has started selling lemonade outside of his Glendale home to help people in Ukraine. “I was originally thinking of starting a simple lemonade stand, and then I remembered the war in Ukraine, and I kind of put the two together,” said the nine-year-old. Andrew’s lemonade stand is
  
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• Calgary churchgoers attend Sunday services and reflect on the Pope's apology

  03-04-2022 23:01
  
  Churches from all denominations hosted services Sunday as both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Calgarians reflected on this week’s historic papal apology to Canadian residential school victims and survivors. The Hillhurst United Church held its first-in person mass and in doing so, welcomed Indigenous minister Tony Snow, who represents the Chinook Winds region of the United Church of Canada. Snow began his sermon with a special smudging ceremony to symbolize the church’s connection wit
  
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• ‘There’s a great need right now’: Calgary’s Distress Centre short of crisis line volunteers

  03-04-2022 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's Distress Centre is in need of volunteers to take calls on the crisis line.
  
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• Hurricanes win back-to-back games against the Tigers - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 20:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Arrest made in southeast Calgary homicide, vehicle found

  03-04-2022 20:13
  
  Calgary police say they've found a vehicle of interest in the investigation into a murder that occurred on April 1 in a southeast neighbourhood. They also confirmed that a suspect has been arrested. Officials have not shared any details about where the vehicle was found or who the suspect is, but police say that more information will be available soon. This is a breaking news update. More details will be released when it becomes available…
  
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• MLB looking at electronic system for calling pitches - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 20:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Weighed down by bad reviews, 'Morbius' opens with $39.1M - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Weighed down by bad reviews, 'Morbius' opens with $39.1M  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hungarians vote on giving pro-Putin PM Orban a 4th term - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 19:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Kiki the cat, missing for 5 years, flies from Edmonton to Ontario for reunion with owners

  03-04-2022 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  After escaping from her Edmonton home, Kiki was missing for five years. Her family thought they would never see the cat again — until she showed up in a woman's backyard.
  
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• App aims to help end food waste in Calgary

  03-04-2022 18:46
  
  More than 100 stores across Canada have already signed up, but Calgary is the first city in Alberta to join a growing movement to help cut down on food waste at restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores. It's being done through a mobile app called Too Good To Go, which helps connect users with surprise bags of surplus food products that would have otherwise gone into the garbage. The food is still good to eat and the best thing is prices for the packages are one-third the regular price. Executive
  
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• Big turnout for Calgary church's perogy fundraiser for Ukraine

  03-04-2022 17:39
  
  Dozens of people lined up for some delicious homemade perogies outside a Calgary church Saturday, all in support of humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church organized the event, which involved volunteers making perogies and cabbage rolls by hand. A variety of other handcrafted good were also available. Officials say the support from the Calgary community was outstanding. "It was really heartwarming, the amount of support that we got from the community and th
  
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• Husso makes 39 saves, Blues deal Flames their 3rd straight defeat

  03-04-2022 15:41
  
  Outshot badly on the back end of a back-to-back, the opportunistic St. Louis Blues made the most of their chances on Saturday night to bag a big two points and complete a successful road trip. Justin Faulk had a goal and two assists and Nathan Walker scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period in the Blues' 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames. St. Louis returns home after earning five of six possible points on its Western Canada road trip. The Blues are third in the Central Division, three
  
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• Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes

  03-04-2022 15:31
  
  A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves. The man from the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is said to have received up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months until criminal police caught him earlier t
  
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• Federal budget could see more money for climate programs: Guilbeault

  03-04-2022 15:10
  
  With the federal budget slated to be unveiled on Thursday, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says we could see more climate-related elements in the budget. Speaking to Evan Solomon on CTV's Question Period, he said it's "fair" to say that new programs to fight climate change could be in the budget. "I'm not the finance minister. I don't know what will be in the budget, but it is possible that that there will be new elements announced in the budget," Guilbeault said.Capita
  
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• Police say 6 dead, at least 9 injured in Sacramento shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 14:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Joni Mitchell, the Weeknd, Alex Cuba among early Grammy Award winners

  03-04-2022 13:48
  
  Joni Mitchell, the Weeknd and Alex Cuba were among the Canadian artists to collect early Grammy Awards at a pre-telecast ceremony Sunday hosted by LeVar Burton and livestreamed from Las Vegas. Mitchell took the stage draped in white and walking slowly with a cane but she bopped along to the live band as she made her way to claim her ninth career Grammy -- best historical album for "Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967)," a remastered boxed set of her early work. "I didn't e
  
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• Joni Mitchell, the Weeknd, Alex Cuba among Canadian Grammy Award winners

  03-04-2022 13:48
  
  Joni Mitchell took a victory lap at the Grammy Awards on Sunday as the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter picked up her ninth career trophy at the event, closing out a weekend that toasted her timeless contributions to music. The "Both Sides Now" performer was one of several Canadians announced as winners as part of music's biggest night, but unlike most of them, she was present in Las Vegas to accept her honour. Other winners, including the Weeknd and Alex Cuba, were absent from the event whi
  
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• Cattle helping to manage B.C. wildfire risk with targeted grazing - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 13:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Pakistan president dissolves Parliament at PM's request - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 11:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Temporary relief at gas pumps for Alberta drivers - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 07:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Husso makes 39 saves, Blues deal Flames their 3rd straight defeat - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 07:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Husso makes 39 saves, Blues deal Flames their 3rd straight defeat  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 1 arrested, 8 traffic summons issued after downtown COVID-19 protests

  03-04-2022 04:04
  
  Around 500 people marched down Stephen Avenue Saturday, Calgary police say, as they protested COVID-19 public health restrictions. According to police, a demonstration was held outside City Hall around 1 p.m., after which protesters walked west on Stephen Avenue to Harley Hotchkiss Gardens, then back on the same route. Police arrested one person on outstanding warrants, and eight traffic summons were issued on Saturday. The temporary court injunction remains in place to keep peace in the Beltine
  
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• Coutts border crossing clogged up by travellers following lifting of COVID tests

  03-04-2022 03:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Friday, travellers coming into Canada through the Coutts land border crossing were caught up in long lineups that took several hours to get through.
  
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• Albertans rally against province’s proposed K-6 curriculum

  03-04-2022 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  “The draft curriculum they have put together is not of sufficient quality for Alberta students or teachers and we need to start the process over."
  
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• Montreal defeats Cincinnati 4-3 on Torres' game-winner - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2022 01:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Montreal defeats Cincinnati 4-3 on Torres' game-winner  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Family of Calgary teen murder victim grieving loss of ‘respectful and hard-working kid’

  03-04-2022 00:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family of a 16-year-old Calgary boy who was was murdered this week is describing him as a gifted athlete who loved his family.
  
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• Flames' Sean Monahan to undergo season-ending hip surgery

  03-04-2022 00:09
  
  Calgary Flames centre Sean Monahan's season is over. Monahan will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hip, the Flames said Saturday. The 27-year-old from Brampton, Ont., has eight goals and 15 assists in 65 games this season. Monahan was scratched in a March 25 game against the Arizona Coyotes. “Sean is one that plays through a lot of stuff without telling a lot of people,” Flames general manager Brad Treliving said Saturday. “This guy plays through a lot of things. For
  
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