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• TC Energy looking at bringing nuclear power to oilsands

  29-04-2022 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  TC Energy's CEO told analysts on Friday he believes the oilsands are "an excellent use case" for small modular nuclear reactors.
  
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• TC Energy interested in helping bring nuclear power to oilsands

  29-04-2022 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  TC Energy's CEO told analysts on Friday he believes the oilsands are "an excellent use case" for small modular nuclear reactors.
  
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• Hurricanes’ season over after Oil Kings complete sweep - Global News

  29-04-2022 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hurricanes’ season over after Oil Kings complete sweep  Global News
  
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• Hurricanes’ season over after Oil Kings complete sweep

  29-04-2022 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 6-4 loss ended the Canes' season, with the Oil Kings sweeping the series 4-0.
  
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• Woman flown to Calgary hospital after fall in Banff backcountry

  29-04-2022 23:54
  
  A woman was flown to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance on Friday afternoon after a high fall in Banff National Park. Banff EMS was called to the Mosquito Creek Hostel parking lot about 11 a.m. after the women suffered a high fall in the backcountry nearby. Due to the severity of her injuries, STARS was also called and she was flown to hospital in Calgary in serious condition. No other details were available.
  
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• Husky Oil fined $600K for releasing harmful substance into Saskatchewan waterway

  29-04-2022 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Husky Oil has been fined $600,000 for releasing a harmful substance into a river in Saskatchewan.
  
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• City wants public input on creation of ward system in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 23:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City wants public input on creation of ward system in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Basically strangers': Calgarian receiving liver donation from co-worker she barely knew

  29-04-2022 23:33
  
  A Calgary woman says she's not only being gifted with a life-saving organ donation from her co-worker, but also a powerful new friendship.  Though Karla Frisko and Scott Watson work together, Frisko admits the pair were "basically strangers" when Watson offered to give her a donation she'd been desperately searching for. For the last six years, Frisko has been battling primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare liver disease that attacks bile ducts. She's been on the transplant list since July
  
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• Calgary firefighters extinguish blaze on SAIT campus

  29-04-2022 23:08
  
  At least a hundred people were forced out of a building on the SAIT campus on Friday because of a fire in the school's welding area. Crews were called to the campus' Aldred Centre at around 11 a.m. after smoke alarms started going off, and arrived to find smoke throughout the first, second and third floors. “People leaving the building confirmed that there was smoke on the second floor and potentially a fire in one of the instructional areas,” said a Friday news release from the Calg
  
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• MPs debate Keira's Law to require judicial training on domestic violence - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 23:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  MPs debate Keira's Law to require judicial training on domestic violence  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hurricanes season done after Oil Kings sweep series

  29-04-2022 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  A disappointing end to the season for the Lethbridge Hurricanes, after the Edmonton Oil Kings completed a first-round sweep with a 6-4 win Thursday night. Erik Bay has more on the Hurricanes’ season.
  
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• NDP pitches Alberta car insurance freeze but the UCP isn't buying the idea

  29-04-2022 22:53
  
  Alberta's Opposition offered a suggestion to help Albertans save money on their car insurance Friday, proposing the government freeze premiums for a year. The call follows a new report which found that private insurance providers increased their profits by more than $150 million from 2019 to 2020. Overall, the industry profited $1.3 billion last year, the report said. An independent analysis found that insurance companies' surpluses in both 2020 and 2021 totalled about $2 billion. On Friday, the
  
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• NY to move some primaries to August after court tosses maps - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 22:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NY to move some primaries to August after court tosses maps  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• B.C. scraps controversial plan to involuntarily treat youth after overdose - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 22:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  B.C. scraps controversial plan to involuntarily treat youth after overdose  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta's mountain snowpack above average this season: Province

  29-04-2022 21:53
  
  To track the amount of snow that falls in Alberta's mountain parks, the province monitors real-time electronic data along with physically measuring the depth and weight to calculate its water equivalence. So far this season, numbers show there is a lot of snow in the mountains. At various points in mountain parks the snowpack averages between 115 and 145 per cent of normal. The province says all the Kananaskis plots are above the 30-year normal right now. For example, the Highwood Pass season sn
  
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• Former Idaho lawmaker found guilty of raping intern - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 21:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Former Idaho lawmaker found guilty of raping intern  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Imperial Oil posts best first quarter profit in 30 years

  29-04-2022 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  But the company's production at its massive Kearl oilsands mine significantly missed analyst expectations, as Imperial struggled with harsh winter conditions in northern Alberta.
  
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• Strathmore, Alta. woman charged with selling illicit drugs to minors

  29-04-2022 20:43
  
  Strathmore RCMP say a "priority" investigation involving the sale of illicit substances to minors in the community has resulted in charges against a 45-year-old woman. Investigators were first notified on March 10 that a woman was allegedly selling drugs to minors in Strathmore. A further investigation, which involved monitoring a home in the community, determined that youths were visiting the residence on multiple occasions and drug activity was taking place. RCMP say "sufficient evidence" was
  
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• Canadian NHL fans primed to return to arenas after long playoff absence

  29-04-2022 20:39
  
  The Toronto Maple Leafs haven't suited up for playoff game in front of more than a handful of fans in over 1,100 days. The wait has been similar for the Calgary Flames. The Edmonton Oilers, meanwhile, have gone nearly five years since their last playoff contest before a live crowd. COVID-19 restrictions pushed the NHL behind closed doors and inside its 2020 post-season Toronto and Edmonton bubbles. Near-capacity arenas started to return south of the border in time for last season's playoffs, but
  
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• Arson causes $100K in damage at Strathmore, Alta. school

  29-04-2022 20:16
  
  Damage is estimated at upward of $100,000 following a deliberately set fire at a school in Strathmore, and RCMP has released photos of people of interest. Emergency crews were notified a portable classroom at Crowther Memorial Junior High was on fire at about midnight on April 23 in the community located about 53 kilometres east of Calgary. Fire investigators later deemed the cause as arson. "There were several incidents of vandalism by spray paint in the nearby Strathcona area around the same t
  
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• 'Diversity is genocide': Racist posters found in north Calgary

  29-04-2022 20:11
  
  Calgary police are investigating racist posters found in the community of Thorncliffe on Friday.  The posters, which depicted racist, fascist and 'white lives matter' themes, were reported in the area of Centre Street N and 64 Avenue, between 4 Street N.W. and 4 Street N.E. One of the posters depicted an anti-semitic cartoon and stated several offensive and disturbing sentiments, including "diversity is genocide" and "diversity is hatred of whites." Police say all the posters found were rem
  
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• City of Lethbridge unveils new look Annual Report - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 20:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge unveils new look Annual Report  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Liver disease outbreak: What we know so far in Canada and globally

  29-04-2022 19:56
  
  Since early April, health officials around the world have been on alert for healthy, young children suddenly developing severe cases of hepatitis with no known cause. According to the latest estimates by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), there are at least 194 probable and confirmed cases reported around the world, excluding an unknown number of potential cases in Canada. Here is what we know so far about these cases. WHAT IS H
  
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• Husky fined $600K for 2018 pipeline spill in Saskatchewan - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 19:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Husky fined $600K for 2018 pipeline spill in Saskatchewan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man sought in connection with armed robbery at High River convenience store

  29-04-2022 19:50
  
  Police in High River are looking for help to identify a suspect who robbed a Circle K store at gunpoint earlier this week. Officials say a man entered the business at approximately 12:20 a.m. on April 28 and asked the clerk for cigarettes. When the employee turned around to retrieve them, the suspect pulled out what appeared to be a handgun. "The male held the gun in his right hand and pointed it towards the cashier," RCMP said in a release. "He then grabbed three items and left the store with t
  
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• Calgary police issue warning as high-risk offender released again

  29-04-2022 19:43
  
  The Calgary Police Service has issued an advisory after a high-risk offender, with a history of sexual offences involving minors, was released after completing his latest sentence. Cyril Douglas Apetagon, 39, returned to society last week after spending two years in prison for convictions on trespass by night and breaching court orders. According to police, Apetagon was previously convicted on numerous charges including:Sexual assault; Accessing child pornography; Aggravated assault; and, Vehicl
  
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• Calgary will soon award first urban hen licences, avian flu not a concern

  29-04-2022 19:30
  
  Calgarians who applied to the city's urban hen ownership program will soon find out if their application was successful. A spokesperson for the City of Calgary says they received 204 applications and used a lottery to select 100 people who have been approved.  "The successful applicants have been receiving their notifications this week," said Jennifer Chiesa with Calgary community standards in an email to CTV News. City council decided to allow Calgarians to keep hens last year while updati
  
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• An Anthology Of Ripley's Fashion - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 18:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  An Anthology Of Ripley's Fashion  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Teen killed in single-vehicle rollover south of Lethbridge - Calgary Herald

  29-04-2022 18:30 via calgaryherald.com
  
  Teen killed in single-vehicle rollover south of Lethbridge  Calgary Herald
  
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• Tamara Lich receives Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms' freedom award

  29-04-2022 18:26
  
  The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has announced Tamara Lich is the winner of its 2022 George Jonas Freedom Award. The Medicine Hat, Alta. resident currently faces charges for her role in organizing last winter's convoy that brought thousands of people to Ottawa to protest COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Lich spearheaded a GoFundMe campaign for the convoy that collected more than $10 million in donations before the initiative was halted. She was arrested on Feb. 17 and subsequently ch
  
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• Calgary Bike Swap returns after 2-year hiatus

  29-04-2022 18:26
  
  The Calgary Bike Swap is back. The popular springtime event will return to Sunridge Mall — at the old World Health site — from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 8 after being put on pause in 2020 due to the pandemic. Bike swaps are also planned in Lethbridge (April 30) and Edmonton (May 14). "We’re not just a bike swap, we do a lot more than just provide a safe place to buy, sell, or donate a bike," Alberta Bike Swap organizers said in a release. "We tech check every bike and record ever
  
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• Alberta Bike Swap returns in Calgary, Lethbridge and Edmonton | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  29-04-2022 18:26 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta Bike Swap returns in Calgary, Lethbridge and Edmonton | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Police seek 6 suspects in stabbing near SAIT LRT station

  29-04-2022 17:45
  
  The Calgary Police Service has released surveillance footage images of six men who are wanted for questioning in connection with Wednesday morning's stabbing near a northwest CTrain station. Emergency crews were called to the SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee station, in the 1400 block of 14th Avenue. N.W., at around 5:30 a.m. after an injured man in medical distress hit an emergency help button. The stabbing victim, who was suffering from a wound to his neck, was taken by ambulance to the Foothills Medical C
  
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• Four Royal Military College cadets killed in Kingston, Ont. incident

  29-04-2022 17:44
  
  Four cadets at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. have been killed in a incident involving a motor vehicle. Emergency crews responded to an incident at approximately 2 a.m. Friday at Point Frederick on the RMC campus. The Department of National Defence confirmed Friday afternoon that four RMC cadets died in the incident. “The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is currently investigating, with assistance from the Kingston Police. As the investigation is in its
  
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• CBC expands news coverage with permanent Lethbridge bureau - CBC.ca

  29-04-2022 17:38 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC expands news coverage with permanent Lethbridge bureau  CBC.ca
  
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• Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 17:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police breached accused man's right to counsel, Supreme Court rules - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 17:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Police breached accused man's right to counsel, Supreme Court rules  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• TC Energy reports $358M first-quarter profit compared with loss a year ago

  29-04-2022 16:35
  
  TC Energy Corp. says it earned $358 million in its first quarter compared with a loss of $1.06 billion in the same quarter last year when it took a charge related to the cancellation of its controversial Keystone XL project. The pipeline company says the profit amounted to 36 cents per share for the quarter ended March 31 compared with a loss of $1.11 per share in the first three months of 2021. Revenue for three-month period totalled $3.5 billion, up from $3.38 billion a year earlier. TC Energy
  
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• Imperial Oil posts $1.17B first-quarter profit, best in over 30 years

  29-04-2022 16:16
  
  Imperial Oil Ltd. says it posted its highest first-quarter profit in over 30 years as it earned $1.17 billion, boosted by higher oil prices. The company also announced plans to buy back up to $2.5 billion of its common shares. Imperial says the profit amounted to $1.75 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, up from a profit of $392 million or 53 cents per share a year earlier. Total revenue and other income amounted to $12.69 billion, up from $7 billion in the first three months of 20
  
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• Gas prices set to jump in Calgary as energy companies bring in major profit margins

  29-04-2022 16:16
  
  With the price of a litre at the Calgary pump poised to jump this weekend, Imperial Oil Ltd. says it posted its highest first-quarter profit in over 30 years as it earned $1.17 billion, boosted by higher oil prices. The company also announced plans to buy back up to $2.5 billion of its common shares. Total revenue and other income amounted to $12.69 billion, up from $7 billion in the first three months of 2021. Production averaged 380,000 gross oil-equivalent barrels per day in the quarter, down
  
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• Relatives: Former US Marine killed fighting in Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 15:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Relatives: Former US Marine killed fighting in Ukraine  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary rises above normal to close out April

  29-04-2022 15:33
  
  What was that line about shorter weather articles? It's another "less from the meteorologist = more time outside" kind of day, and kind of weekend. On Wednesday, we had a couple millimetres of rain and a reasonably solid shot at a weak thunderstorm in our forecast for Friday. Then Thursday’s forecast dropped the thunderstorm potential like a bad habit. Today, even the shower potential for this evening has fallen off drastically; we may see a few sprinkles of rain, but, with a dryer surface
  
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• Calgary ends April on a high note

  29-04-2022 15:33
  
  UPDATE: Check out the Twittersphere for the "Calendar shot," which tracks our high temperatures over the course of a given month, and stacks each day against the seasonal value to grade us based on how many were above or below seasonal - I'm going to cheat on it, a little, and use the forecast temperatures for tomorrow. It's really something, with that spree of heat at the start and the chill in the middle. Ending on a good note, too! Our forecast conditions haven't fluctuated much - the biggest
  
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• Oil Kings chase the crown into 2nd round playoffs with win over Hurricanes

  29-04-2022 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Oil Kings will face off against the winner of the Red Deer Rebels-Brandon Wheat Kings series. Those two teams are all knotted up at 2-2.
  
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• Cavalry FC look to right ship in home opener against defending champs

  29-04-2022 15:08
  
  There's a growing buzz surrounding Canadian soccer, and Cavalry FC hopes to capitalize on that momentum for their home opener. The team is set to take on the defending Canadian Premier League (CPL) champions Pacific FC at ATCO Field Sunday afternoon. "I think the players, the staff, and hopefully the city is just building that buzz, that excitement that I know we are as players," said Cavalry FC captain Mason Trafford. "We are really looking forward to Sunday. "We've been working hard
  
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• The risk of seed-placed fertilizer on canola emergence - Lethbridge News Now

  29-04-2022 14:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  The risk of seed-placed fertilizer on canola emergence  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Chestermere teen’s future in doubt with long COVID: ‘We don’t really know’

  29-04-2022 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 has touched the lives of many people. One Alberta teen shares how her life has been forever changed a year after being infected.
  
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• Protesters arrested Friday as ‘Rolling Thunder’ biker convoy arrives in downtown Ottawa

  29-04-2022 10:00
  
  Ottawa police say officers moved in to clear an "aggressive crowd" off Rideau Street in Ottawa’s downtown core Friday evening, as demonstrators, motorcycles and vehicles blocked the streets on the opening night of the “Rolling Thunder” biker rally. The sounds of motorcycle engines and sporadic chants of freedom filled the air of the Parliamentary Precinct in the late afternoon. Just after 7 p.m., a large crowd of people, some carrying Canadian flags, marched from Parliament Hil
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes eliminated from WHL playoffs after being swept by Edmonton Oil Kings

  29-04-2022 07:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  After a heartbreaking 6-4 loss on home ice, the Lethbridge Hurricanes’ season is done. The Edmonton Oil Kings swept the first-round playoff matchup 4-0. Erik Bay has more.
  
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• New Brighton stabbing sends 1 to hospital

  29-04-2022 05:59
  
  Calgary police are investigating a Thursday night stabbing in New Brighton that sent one man to hospital. Officials say the stabbing happened in the 100 block of New Brighton Manor S.E. shortly after 8 p.m. EMS confirms the man was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre by ambulance in non-life threatening condition. No arrests have been made in connection with the attack. Anyon who witnessed the stabbing or has information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Calgary Police Service at
  
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