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• $1.78 million grant to support entrepreneurs in Southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 23:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 'You've got to be willing to play the price to create those life-long memories': Flames can punch ticket to Pacific division final with Friday win

  12-05-2022 23:18
  
  Blake Coleman knows what it takes to win a Stanley Cup.  The 30-year-old out of Plano, Texas won back to back championships with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Coleman saw his team struggle for two periods against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.  He and others in the locker room knew they would have to be a lot better in the third if they wanted to take a 3-2 lead in the series. Coleman says there were some things said in between periods. "You know I don't want to get too much into deta
  
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• 'You've got to be willing to pay the price to create those life-long memories': Flames can punch ticket to Pacific division final with Friday win

  12-05-2022 23:18
  
  Blake Coleman knows what it takes to win a Stanley Cup.  The 30-year-old out of Plano, Texas won back to back championships with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Coleman saw his team struggle for two periods against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.  He and others in the locker room knew they would have to be a lot better in the third if they wanted to take a 3-2 lead in the series. Coleman says there were some things said in between periods. "You know I don't want to get too much into deta
  
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• Flames look to punch ticket to Pacific Division Final Friday night

  12-05-2022 23:18
  
  Blake Coleman knows what it takes to win a Stanley Cup.  The 30-year-old out of Plano, Texas won back-to-back championships with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Coleman saw his team struggle for two periods against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night.  He and others in the locker room knew they would have to be a lot better in the third if they wanted to take a 3-2 lead in the series. Coleman says there were some things said in between periods. "You know I don't want to get too much into deta
  
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• Mosasaur fossils discovered at Southern Alberta mine - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 23:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Former Flames captain Mark Giordano's $2.25M Calgary house for sale

  12-05-2022 23:07
  
  He may have left Calgary to join the Seattle Kraken last year, but former Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano's house is just now hitting the market. The 5,000 square foot home in the community of Altadore will go up for sale on Thursday night with an asking price of $2.25 million, and includes four bedrooms and five bathrooms. Giordano and his family don't live in the house any more, so it has been staged for potential buyers. Giordano, who now plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs, bought the hou
  
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• Family, friends rally around orphaned children after mother killed in road rage crash

  12-05-2022 23:05
  
  Family and friends are rallying around the children of a Calgary woman who died after a road rage shooting led to a crash. Angela McKenzie, 40, was killed late Tuesday when two vehicles that were pursuing each other collided with her van and another car at an intersection in the city's southeast. McKenzie was identified by her church pastor as a mother of five children between the ages of nine and 17. "It's a huge tragedy," said Capt. Ian Scott of the Salvation Army Berkshire Citadel Community C
  
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• Family, friends rally around orphaned children after Calgary mother killed in road rage crash

  12-05-2022 23:05
  
  Family and friends are rallying around the children of a Calgary woman who died after a road rage shooting led to a crash. Angela McKenzie, 40, was killed late Tuesday when two vehicles that were pursuing each other collided with her van and another car at an intersection in the city's southeast. McKenzie was identified by her church pastor as a mother of five children between the ages of nine and 17. "It's a huge tragedy," said Capt. Ian Scott of the Salvation Army Berkshire Citadel Community C
  
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• Calgary police release new photos, video of deadly road rage suspect

  12-05-2022 23:05
  
  Calgary police have released new photos and video from a deadly shooting this week that investigators described as a "disturbing road rage incident." Officers were called to the area of 36 Street S.E. and 17 Avenue S.E. at around 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday for reports that two vehicles, a 2021 red Chevrolet Silverado and a 2021 grey Volkswagen Jetta, were driving erratically and exchanging gunfire. Police say "several" homes were hit by bullets, and an innocent victim inside an third, unrelated vehic
  
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• Innisfail RCMP looks to return suspected stolen plywood to rightful owner

  12-05-2022 22:57
  
  Innisfail RCMP is looking to return suspected stolen plywood to its rightful owner after some was seized following a crash. The wood was discovered after a crash between an RCMP cruiser and a white GMC Sierra Truck on 49A Avenue in Innisfail – 119 kilometres north of Calgary -- in the early morning hours on Wednesday. "After the collision, the GMC Sierra fled at a high rate of speed for a short distance before the occupants fled on foot," police said in a release. "One passenger, a  4
  
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• 'Police operation' near Airdrie high school, recreation centre, resolved

  12-05-2022 22:53
  
  Police officers briefly blocked off a scene in southeast Airdrie on Thursday and issued "hold and secure" protocols at the city's recreation centre and a nearby high school. Airdrie RCMP said a "police operation" at a home in Big Springs was the reason for the situation, and asked the public to avoid the area. Safety procedures were put in place at the nearby Bert Church High School and Genesis Place, but the situation was resolved at approximately 3:15 p.m. Officials confirmed the RCMP's emerge
  
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• 'Hold and secure' called at Airdrie high school, recreation centre

  12-05-2022 22:53
  
  Police officers have blocked off a scene in southeast Airdrie and issued "hold and secure" protocols at the city's recreation centre and a nearby high school. Airdrie RCMP say they are involved in a police operation at a home in the community of Big Springs on Thursday. Officials confirmed the RCMP's emergency response team has been dispatched to the scene, but would not share any details about the nature of the incident. There is no immediate risk to the public, officials said, but safety proce
  
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• Alberta health minister pausing, apologizes for insulin pump program changes

  12-05-2022 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pausing proposed changes to Alberta's Insulin Pump Therapy Program will allow for more consultation with people who directly benefit from it, the health minister said.
  
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• Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 22:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• COVID-19 outbreak forces cancellation of remaining performances of DJD's Family of Jazz

  12-05-2022 22:32
  
  COVID-19 might be on the back burner for many Albertans, but it continues to produce challenges for Calgary's performing arts community. Wednesday afternoon, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks artistic director Kimberley Cooper announced the cancellation of the remaining performances of Family of Jazz, the company's first performance for live audiences since the pandemic started in 2020. "It is with such a heavy heart that we are announcing the cancellation of the last week of performances of Family of J
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces training exercise in Wainwright creates European invasion scenario

  12-05-2022 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 3,000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel are currently taking part in the Canadian Army's largest and most complex annual training exercise.
  
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• Suspect abandoned stolen vehicle at Cochrane gas station, RCMP say

  12-05-2022 21:41
  
  Cochrane RCMP is working to identify and located a suspect who abandoned a stolen vehicle at a local gas station last week. Officials say police were called to respond to reports of a suspicious person at a service station on May 4. "He entered the service station, spoke with an employee and left, abandoning the vehicle," RCMP said in a release. Further investigation determined that the vehicle had been stolen out of Calgary. Police are now looking for the suspect, who is approximately 30 years
  
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• Diabetes Canada requests meeting with Alberta health minister about insulin pump program changes

  12-05-2022 21:13
  
  Diabetes Canada has sent a letter to Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping, requesting a meeting to discuss recently announced changes to the Alberta Insulin Pump Therapy Program. The letter asks that a plan to suspend the program by Aug. 1 be delayed, and instead the province "initiate a meaningful consultation with the diabetes community." "Diabetes Canada is extremely concerned about the negative impact this decision will have on the health of Albertans enrolled in the IPTP and the additional
  
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• Alberta not stopping Insulin Pump Therapy Program on Aug. 1: Copping

  12-05-2022 21:13
  
  Alberta will not be stopping its Insulin Pump Therapy Program on Aug. 1, Health Minister Jason Copping told reporters on Thursday. Copping made the announcement as he entered the provincial legislature. The move comes after Diabetes Canada sent a letter to Copping, requesting a meeting to discuss the previously announced changes. "Diabetes Canada is extremely concerned about the negative impact this decision will have on the health of Albertans enrolled in the IPTP and the additional costs they
  
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• Kenney “confident” he will win UCP leadership review vote - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 21:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Flames welcome fans to Red Lot viewing party for Game 6

  12-05-2022 21:08
  
  The Calgary Flames will be opening up the Saddleddome parking lot to fans on Friday as the team looks to close out the series against the Dallas Stars. The club had already created a free spot for fans to gather to watch home games outside the 'Dome, but said Thursday that location will now be open for Friday night's away game as well. The Red Lot viewing party, which includes an enormous TITAN screen, will open at 4:30 p.m., three hours before puck drop, and is geared toward fans of all ages. O
  
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• Flames welcome fans to Red Lot viewing party for Friday away game

  12-05-2022 21:08
  
  The Calgary Flames will be opening up the Saddleddome parking lot to fans on Friday as the team looks to close out the series against the Dallas Stars. The club had already created a free spot for fans to gather to watch home games outside the 'Dome, but said Thursday that location will now be open for Friday night's away game as well. The Red Lot viewing party, which includes an enormous TITAN screen, will open at 4:30 p.m., three hours before puck drop, and is geared toward fans of all ages. O
  
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• Waterton Lakes National Park expects high traffic for 2022

  12-05-2022 20:46
  
  Parks Canada says it is expecting a lot of visitors this year to Waterton Lakes National Park and is offering some advice to guests to make sure everything on their trip goes smoothly. Officials say there is plenty to do and see in the southern Alberta park, which is approximately 450,000 square kilometres in size. "Whether they're looking for adventure, fun for the whole family, a chance to explore nature and history, or a break from the everyday, there are countless unique experiences to suit
  
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• Alberta Premier Kenney heading to U.S. to talk oil, energy security with lawmakers

  12-05-2022 20:04
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will head to Washington D.C. next week to speak to lawmakers about the importance of getting more oil from Canada. Kenney will speak to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources about Alberta’s role in strengthening North American energy security. Kenney has said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has amplified global energy concerns and highlighted the need for a better-integrated North American energy network. The appearance comes after commit
  
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• Calgary Flames head to Dallas with sights on series clincher

  12-05-2022 19:43
  
  Darryl Sutter isn't about to reveal his plans for a potential series-clinching game, but the Calgary Flames have won back-to-back playoff games with the coach taking from his forwards and giving to his defencemen. Running 11 forwards and seven defencemen instead of 12 and six in two straight wins not only eased pressure on Calgary's back end, but the mixing and matching of the forward lines threw a few wrinkles at a dense Dallas Stars defence. Up three games to two in the best-of-seven conferenc
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to address U.S. Senate energy committee

  12-05-2022 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government said Kenney will promote the province's approach to resource development and aim to increase energy exports to the U.S. and the world.
  
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• Investigation into fossil heist leads to $20K fine from Parks Canada

  12-05-2022 19:01
  
  A Quebec resident has been fined $20,000 for taking 45 fossils from three national parks in the Rocky Mountains, including an internationally known fossil site. Parks Canada says in a news release that park wardens in Lake Louise, Alta., received a tip in 2020 from a member of the public about fossils being removed from the Burgess Shale, a significant fossil site. An investigation that summer and fall led to a search warrant by Quebec wardens and police at a home in the Montreal area in Novembe
  
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• Snowpack may be high west of Calgary, but flooding depends on rainfall

  12-05-2022 18:59
  
  Snowpack in the mountains west of Calgary is above average this year, but that doesn't mean the risk of flooding is also higher than normal. The real risk of flooding, officials say, depends on how much rain falls in the area over the next two months. "Heavy rainfalls west of Calgary are more so the trigger for river flooding," said Sandy Davis, team lead of river engineering. "Over the next couple of months, we’ll be monitoring the rivers 24/7, keeping an eye on any large rain systems tha
  
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• Bystander dies after road-rage shooting led to crash: Calgary police - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 18:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Blood Tribe Police arrest two people after drug seizure - Lethbridge News Now

  12-05-2022 18:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Lethbridge College to host Stone Pipe Celebration - My Lethbridge Now

  12-05-2022 18:28 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
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• Calgary professor receives $1M in funding to research with immigrant, refugee youth

  12-05-2022 17:59
  
  The federal government is giving $1 million in funding to a professor at the University of Calgary so she can study the experiences youth immigrants face when they come to Canada and what supportsthey need. Dr. Pallavi Banerjee and her research team will work with BIPOC youth from four Calgary-based organizations – the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, Centre for Newcomers, The Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youthand Calgary Immigrant Women's Association– to learn how to better su
  
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• Drugs and cash seized from illegal cannabis shop near Cardston, Alta.

  12-05-2022 17:41
  
  Members of the Blood Tribe Police Service in southern Alberta seized more than two kilograms of cannabis and 800 grams of psilocybin – also known as magic mushrooms -- from an illegal store this week. The bust happened Tuesday in the community of Moses Lake, just north of Cardston after complaints from the public about illegal sales of cannabis. Police seized a total of 2.013 kilograms of cannabis and 838 grams of psilocybin, along with cannabis edibles and other products – worth an
  
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• Crescent Point reports $1.18B Q1 profit, raises quarterly dividend

  12-05-2022 16:23
  
  Crescent Point Energy Corp. raised its quarterly dividend as it reported first-quarter net income of $1.18 billion, boosted by a reversal of a non-cash impairment charge related to the rise in energy prices. The company said it will increase its quarterly dividend to 6.5 cents per share, up from 4.5 cents per share. The increased payment to shareholders came as Crescent Point said it earned $2.03 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, up from a profit of $21.7 million or four cents pe
  
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• The Thursday afternoon/evening update: showers? Not nearly as likely

  12-05-2022 16:07
  
  UPDATE: First, thundershower potential has all but quit for your Thursday evening. Rainshowers are a distant possibility. The Friday forecast still involves that "chance of" a thundershower, with a better risk of rain. Central Alberta is the primary recipient again. Saturday, there's now an incredibly small chance of rain, and that's baked into another wave of showers for, you guessed it, Central Alberta. Sunday and Monday are the warm spots, but as our forecast tends to do, we're right back int
  
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• Rain and storm potential for Calgary on Thursday – but it could hold off

  12-05-2022 16:07
  
  Thursday’s forecast for Calgary has undergone some shifts over the last few days -- originally we planned on staying high and dry and then a chance of thundershowers advanced on us. Now, it’s downgraded to a chance for weak showers this evening, as the marginal mid-level instability that governed storm potential earlier in the week has moved north. The front half of the forecast involves a good deal of sunshine, which has been the primary thread running through the week. With the lar
  
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• Quebecer fined $20,000 after 45 fossils stolen from Burgess Shale, Parks Canada says

  12-05-2022 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The individual from Quebec, whom Parks Canada has not identified, pleaded guilty to two charges in a Cranbrook, B.C., court last month.
  
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• Take notes: What federal CPC leadership candidates can learn from Alberta politics

  12-05-2022 14:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  ``This is a movement, almost, that I've never seen before in politics,'' said David Egan, the former president of a federal Conservative riding association in Edmonton.
  
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• What federal Conservative leadership candidates can learn from Kenney and Alberta

  12-05-2022 11:14
  
  As federal Conservative leadership candidates travelled to Alberta this week, they arrived in a fractured Tory heartland. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who won a majority government in 2019, leading the newly formed United Conservative Party to victory over the NDP, is awaiting the results of a membership review, where ballots to be counted next week will determine his fate as leader.Capital Dispatch: Stay up to date on the latest news from Parliament HillThose ballots were due Wednesday, roughl
  
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• These 10 gas-saving tips actually work and will save you money

  12-05-2022 10:52
  
  Gas prices have smashed records in recent weeks as the world grapples with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demand has soared as the economy reopens. The daily average retail price for gas across the country hit an all-time high of 197.4 cents per litre Tuesday, up from the start of the year, when it hovered around 146.1 cents, Natural Resources Canada data shows. The high prices have drivers grumbling, but there are a few ways to get better mileage and reduce your gas bills, says Teresa Di Feli
  
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• Gas-saving myths that actually work and will save you money

  12-05-2022 10:52
  
  Gas prices have smashed records in recent weeks as the world grapples with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demand has soared as the economy reopens. The daily average retail price for gas across the country hit an all-time high of 197.4 cents per litre Tuesday, up from the start of the year, when it hovered around 146.1 cents, Natural Resources Canada data shows. The high prices have drivers grumbling, but there are a few ways to get better mileage and reduce your gas bills, says Teresa Di Feli
  
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• Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services facing staffing struggles - Global News

  12-05-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
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• City of Lethbridge committee hears about operational staffing struggles when it comes to fire, EMS - Global News

  12-05-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Calgary Flames down Dallas Stars 3-1 to take series lead

  12-05-2022 06:45
  
  Andrew Mangiapane scored the game-winner in the third period for the Calgary Flames in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars to take a 3-2 lead in their playoff series. Mangiapane and Mikael Backlund each had a goal and an assist and Trevor Lewis added an empty-net goal for the Flames, who pushed the Stars to the brink of elimination in the first round of the NHL playoffs. Game 6 is Saturday in Dallas. Game 7, if necessary, is Sunday back in Calgary. Calgary goaltender Ja
  
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• RCMP conducting internal review of officer’s use of force in northern Alberta

  12-05-2022 06:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  After video surfaced on social media that showed a person being kneed in the head seven times by an officer, the RCMP says it is conducting an internal review of the incident.
  
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• Videos show RCMP officer kneeing, punching male under arrest in northern Alta.

  12-05-2022 05:54
  
  A northern Alberta RCMP officer involved in a physical altercation during an arrest is now on administrative leave. Mounties say a single officer responded to a complaint of intoxicated people causing a disturbance at High Level's Flamingo Inn on Wednesday. Upon arrival, the officer tried to arrest an intoxicated male of unknown age. Police say he refused to follow instructions, and a "physical interaction occurred." When a second officer arrived, they arrested him without further incident, RCMP
  
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• Video appears to show RCMP officer kneeing, punching male under arrest in northern Alta.

  12-05-2022 05:54
  
  Northern Alberta RCMP say they are conducting an internal review after a physical altercation between an officer and a civilian. They say a single officer responded to a complaint of intoxicated people causing a disturbance at High Level's Flamingo Inn on Wednesday. Upon arrival, the officer tried to arrest an intoxicated male of unknown age. Police say he refused to follow instructions, and a "physical interaction occurred." When a second officer arrived, they arrested him without further incid
  
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• Poilievre's crypto policy questioned, and other notable moments from the English Conservative leadership debate

  12-05-2022 05:15
  
  Conservative Party of Canada leadership hopefuls Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Jean Charest, Leslyn Lewis, and Pierre Poilievre squared off in the first official party debate on Wednesday night in Edmonton, Alta. From policy conversations to some digs at each other, interrupted at times by a sad trombone buzzer cutting debaters off, here are some key moments from the English-language debate.Capital Dispatch: Stay up to date on the latest news from Parliament HillPOILIEVRE'S CRYPTO
  
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• Conservative leadership hopefuls debate future of party, trade Netflix suggestions

  12-05-2022 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  After a fractious debate last week, the Conservative Party focused their English-language tilt on the lighter side -- but candidates still found opportunities for contrast.
  
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• Alberta expands security grants for places of worship, community organizations

  12-05-2022 03:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary Vietnamese Alliance Church hasn't been able to afford security measures after an arsonist targeted their church last year.
  
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