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• The Fearless Daredevils Who Built The Empire State Building - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 23:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• COVID deaths and hospitalizations rise in Alberta over the last week - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  COVID deaths and hospitalizations rise in Alberta over the last week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province introduces legislation to give Albertans utility rebates - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 23:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province introduces legislation to give Albertans utility rebates  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• University of Lethbridge researching possible Parkinson's disease treatments - CTV News Calgary

  20-04-2022 23:31 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Digging out after Tuesday's record Calgary snow

  20-04-2022 23:29
  
  Spring time in Calgary: The city's outdoor plant life was beginning to come to life as temperatures rose and the days got longer. Not many people were ready for another blast of winter, and then April 19 happened. Snow fell throughout the city but the northwest got hit the hardest. Wednesday home owners began digging out. In Panorama Hills Nony Aristore was using a snow blower to clear his driveway and sidewalk. It's deep, heavy snow that he hasn't seen like this in the 25 years in the community
  
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• Russian, Belarusian players allowed at National Bank Open, for now - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 23:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Russian, Belarusian players allowed at National Bank Open, for now  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta tables bill to make way for electricity, natural gas rebates

  20-04-2022 23:15
  
  The Alberta government tabled a bill on Wednesday that would allow the implemention of electricity and natural gas rebates announced earlier this year. Bill 18, the Utility Commodity Rebate Act, would replace the Natural Gas Price Protection Act so the province can implement the Natural Gas Rebate Program announced in February as part of Budget 2022 and the Electricity Rebate Program announced in March. The Electricity Rebate Program will give Albertans $150 in total — $50 per month betwee
  
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• Martin St. Louis pushes forward with rebuilding Canadiens: 'Elite hockey mind' - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Martin St. Louis pushes forward with rebuilding Canadiens: 'Elite hockey mind'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Power companies almost quintupled profit during winter's utility price spike: U of C report

  20-04-2022 22:56
  
  Power companies were drastically increasing their profit margins as many Albertans were struggling to keep up with skyrocketing utility bills, according to a new report from the University of Calgary.  Data from the School of Public Policy shows some companies went from making about $9 per megawatt hour in 2020 to $44/MWh last year.  That's a market markup of $35/MWh, says economist and report co-author Blake Shaffer.  "We wanted to break down what really is behind this spike," he
  
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• Alberta UCP tables new Utility Commodity Rebate Act but silent on timelines

  20-04-2022 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new bill will allow the Alberta government to implement an electricity rebate program and a natural gas rebate program, replacing the old Natural Gas Price Protection Act.
  
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• Seedy Saturday Returns After Two Year Hiatus - My Lethbridge Now

  20-04-2022 22:42 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Seedy Saturday Returns After Two Year Hiatus  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Dossi gives birth to baby gorilla at Calgary Zoo

  20-04-2022 22:40
  
  The zoo population at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo grew by one Wednesday, when Dossi, the zoo's beloved 21-year-old western lowland gorilla gave birth to a healthy baby. Mom and baby are both doing well, as is Jasiri, the zoo's 23-year-old silverback male, who is the new baby's dad. The sex of the new baby hasn't been determined yet. "This is Dossi’s first baby, and we are cautiously optimistic," said Jamie Dorgan, Director of Animal Care, Health and Welfare at the Wilder Institute/Cal
  
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• Climate change investments now reduce future costs, report finds - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Climate change investments now reduce future costs, report finds  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian tennis star Auger-Aliassime opens with win at Barcelona Open - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian tennis star Auger-Aliassime opens with win at Barcelona Open  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Saskatchewan First Nation to disclose 'possible burials found' - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Saskatchewan First Nation to disclose 'possible burials found'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Police hear residents' concerns at town hall meeting - My Lethbridge Now

  20-04-2022 22:33 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
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• Nunavut cabinet minister resigns post over integrity commissioner report - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Nunavut cabinet minister resigns post over integrity commissioner report  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada launches Aeroplan fund to bring Ukrainians to Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada launches Aeroplan fund to bring Ukrainians to Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Israeli military says rocket fired from Gaza amid tensions - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Israeli military says rocket fired from Gaza amid tensions  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta woman killed in Yoho National Park ski mountaineering accident

  20-04-2022 22:19
  
  Parks Canada says an Alberta woman was killed in a mountaineering accident in Yoho National Park last week. According to officials, the victim was swept down the face of Mont des Poilus at around 11 a.m. on April 13 after a cornice she was moving across collapsed. Cornices are overhanging masses of snow formed by wind on ridgelines. The large heavy masses of compact snow are generally at their largest and least stable during spring. Alberta RCMP say the victim was a 28-year-old woman from Cochra
  
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• Prosecutors have report on fatal Icefield bus rollover after RCMP complete investigation

  20-04-2022 22:08
  
  A final RCMP report into the fatal rollover of an all-terrain tour bus at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains is in the hands of prosecutors. Three people were killed and 14 others had life-threatening injuries after the red-and-white Ice Explorer lost control on the road to the Athabasca Glacier, about 100 kilometres southeast of Jasper, Alta., on July 18, 2020. The bus with 27 people on board rolled about 50 metres down a moraine embankment before coming to rest on its roof. The RCMP
  
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• Alabama receiver John Metchie III moves atop Scouting Bureau rankings - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Quebec rights commission drops discrimination cases after Supreme Court's Ward ruling - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec rights commission drops discrimination cases after Supreme Court's Ward ruling  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 22:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hikers, dog rescued after spending night on side of mountain in Kananaskis country

  20-04-2022 21:56
  
  Two men and an injured dog were airlifted to safety Monday morning after becoming stuck and spending the night on Midnight Peak in Kananaskis. Kananaskis Country Public Safety officials say the hikers became stuck on the peak, located near Baldy Pass, after they attempted to find a shortcut down the mountain as their dog had injured paws and was exhausted. "It sounds like they were following a track which they thought originally was a human track and then it turned out to be an animal track, pro
  
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• 'It's the place': Daisy Edgar-Jones and Pedro Pascal discuss Calgary's Model Milk on 'Late Late Show' appearance

  20-04-2022 21:40
  
  Two stars who have been in Calgary over the last year to film separate Hollywood projects shared stories about their love for a local eatery, Banff, and the northern lights while appearing on an American talk show this week.  Daisy Edgar-Jones has been in Alberta to film the FX mini series Under the Banner of Heaven with co-star Andrew Garfield, while Pedro Pascal has been in the province shooting scenes for HBO's The Last of US. Both Edgar-Jones and Pascal were guests on The Late Late Show
  
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• RCMP investigation complete: Prosecutors have report on fatal Icefield bus rollover

  20-04-2022 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three people were killed and 14 others had life-threatening injuries after the red-and-white Ice Explorer lost control on the road to the Athabasca Glacier on July 18, 2020.
  
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• 'Groped women at random': More sexual assault charges laid against Calgary man

  20-04-2022 20:39
  
  Calgary police say additional charges have been laid against a man accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the downtown core earlier this month. The assaults began shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, and the offender was arrested by officers at 2:10 p.m. During that time, police allege the man "groped women at random" as he travelled between the 600 block of Sixth Street S.E. and the City Hall LRT station.  Police said CCTV footage also captured the man entering a nearby
  
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• Two Lethbridge locals win lottery jackpots - My Lethbridge Now

  20-04-2022 20:20 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
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• Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 20:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: ‘Increases in virus circulation and hospital admission’ but rise is smaller, slower

  20-04-2022 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  While COVID-19 continues to spread in Alberta and hospital admissions due to the virus continue to tick up, the trends are not as drastic as previous waves, Copping said.
  
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• Alberta health minister and top doctor to provide COVID-19 update Wednesday

  20-04-2022 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health Minister Jason Copping and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide a COVID-19 update at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Air Show returning to Lethbridge this summer - My Lethbridge Now

  20-04-2022 19:55 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
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• Alberta government committed to helping Ukrainians but mum on other refugees

  20-04-2022 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced more than $2 million in additional funding as part of a rapid resettlement support program for Ukrainians coming to Alberta on Wednesday.
  
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• Pandemic parenting: the pleasures and pitfalls of relaxed health measures in Alberta

  20-04-2022 19:40
  
  Becoming a parent is always an emotional time and the days and months that follow are filled with all kinds of challenges, but becoming a parent during the COVID-19 pandemic introduced a whole new set of trials and tribulations for Albertans. After two years of health restrictions of varying levels, most of Alberta's measures – including mandatory masking in the majority of indoor spaces – were dropped on March 1. Now, over a month later, mothers who gave birth during the pandem
  
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• RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 19:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  RCMP's inability to track officers during N.S. killings questioned at inquiry  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta woman dies after falling on Mount des Poilus, B.C. ascent

  20-04-2022 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada said a group of five skiers was climbing a ridge near the summit "when a cornice failure caused one member of the party to fall through the cornice."
  
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• Alberta woman dies after falling on Mont des Poilus, B.C. ascent

  20-04-2022 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada said a group of five skiers was climbing a ridge near the summit "when a cornice failure caused one member of the party to fall through the cornice."
  
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• Tom Renney retires as CEO of Hockey Canada, Scott Smith to step into position

  20-04-2022 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tom Renney was appointed president and CEO of Hockey Canada in 2014. He replaced Bob Nicholson, who held those positions for 16 years.
  
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• Judge delays Alex Jones trial as Infowars seeks bankruptcy - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 19:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Judge delays Alex Jones trial as Infowars seeks bankruptcy  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tom Renney retires as Hockey Canada CEO, replaced by Scott Smith

  20-04-2022 19:07
  
  Tom Renney has retired as Hockey Canada's chief executive officer after eight years and will be replaced by Scott Smith. Renney was appointed president and CEO in 2014. He replaced Bob Nicholson, who held those positions for 16 years. Renney stepped out of the role of president in 2017 when Smith, Hockey Canada's chief operating officer stepped into it. Renney continued as CEO. Smith has held various jobs in Hockey Canada since 1995. The 55-year-old from Bathurst, N.B., became chief operating of
  
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• Application for Coutts arrest documents to be unsealed adjourned two weeks - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 19:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Plug pulled on McMahon Stadium's aging suspended sound system

  20-04-2022 18:48
  
  McMahon Stadium's sound system has been decommissioned and the search has begun for its replacement. The McMahon Stadium Society announced plans to remove the 35-year-old system, installed ahead of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games, on Tuesday. "The McMahon Stadium Society (MSS) board of directors has made the decision to decommission the suspended sound system prior to the start of the 2022 CFL season. This decision was made after consultation with engineers, stadium management, the University of C
  
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• City temporarily shutters northwest pool due to roofing concerns

  20-04-2022 18:09
  
  Shouldice Aquatic Centre has been closed to the public, and will remain closed for at least two weeks, due to concerns regarding the facility's roof. The temporary closure of the pool, located in the 5300 block of Bowness Road N.W., began Tuesday to accommodate the inspection of the roof to determine if repairs are required. The City of Calgary has extended the hours of the Foothills Aquatic Centre at 2915 24th Ave. N.W. for the duration of the temporary closure of Shouldice. For updated informa
  
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• Town of Raymond council votes against ending century-old alcohol ban - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 18:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Michelle Obama to address democracy summit June 13 in LA - Lethbridge News Now

  20-04-2022 17:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• City committee looks at amendments to public spaces bylaw - My Lethbridge Now

  20-04-2022 17:59 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  City committee looks at amendments to public spaces bylaw  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Southern Alberta town council votes to keep long-standing alcohol ban in place

  20-04-2022 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is no liquor store in the town Raymond, Alta., which is home to 4,000 people. However, people can buy booze in nearby communities to drink at home.
  
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• Southern Alberta town council votes against ending century-old alcohol ban

  20-04-2022 17:13
  
  The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol. Six out of seven councillors in the town of Raymond, about 240 kilometres south of Calgary, voted against the motion to amend a bylaw after just over half of town residents who answered a survey indicated they were not in favour of the change. Kurtis Pratt, Raymond's chief administrative officer, said 462 out of 890 residents who participated said the
  
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• ‘It’s a mixed feeling’: locals react to Raymond remaining a dry community, town council voting against ending alcohol ban

  20-04-2022 17:13
  
  The council of a southern Alberta town that has been dry for more than a century has voted against a motion to allow restaurants to serve alcohol. Six out of seven councillors in the town of Raymond, about 240 kilometres south of Calgary, voted against the motion to amend a bylaw after just over half of town residents who answered a survey indicating that they were not in favour of the change. Kurtis Pratt, Raymond's chief administrative officer, said 462 out of 890 residents who participated sa
  
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