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• COVID cases and hospitalizations trend down in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 23:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta wildlife centre treating fox kits that became infected with avian influenza

  18-05-2022 23:52
  
  A central Alberta wildlife centre is caring for four young foxes, two of which are on the mend after contracting avian flu. Staff at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre south of Red Deer say they're starting to see more scavengers needing treatment, and suspect it's because the animals are eating carcasses of birds that died from avian flu. The organization's executive director Carol Kelly says there were seven fox kits brought in who had consumed an infected bird. "Two were normal, five were sho
  
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• Mount Yamnuska reopened to hikers and climbers

  18-05-2022 23:45
  
  Hikers and outdoor enthusiasts take note — the popular Mount Yanmuska trail and climbing area west of Calgary has been reopened ahead of the May long weekend. The area was closed at the end of March due to what the province described as "unfavourable conditions caused by mild temperatures." "Temporary, seasonal closures of trails are not uncommon. During shoulder season, the ground at lower elevations begins to thaw; however, there may still be considerable amounts of snow at higher elevat
  
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• Parliament creates day to remember Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 23:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Flames families having fun taking in the playoffs

  18-05-2022 23:41
  
  Johnny Gaudreau was the hero for the Calgary Flames on Sunday night. His overtime goal against the Dallas Stars sent the Flames to the next round against the Edmonton Oilers for the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991. It was the biggest goal of Gaudreau's career and he says he'll never forget it. "That was pretty crazy. The last game was pretty special," Gaudreau told a packed media availability after Wednesday's morning skate. "You've got to forget about it real quick now and get ready
  
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• 'Pivotal moment:' Integrity commissioner starts process of cleaning up Canadian sport - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 23:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 'Just drive': Alberta RCMP emphasize road safety ahead of long weekend

  18-05-2022 23:09
  
  From texting to brushing their teeth behind the wheel, Alberta RCMP say the poor behaviour of many drivers can create serious safety issues on area highways. That is why police are continuing with an annual event aimed at reminding Albertans about the consequences of their actions. Between May 17 and 23, which is Canada's Road Safety Week, the RCMP is conducting activities to reinforce safe driving behaviours and reduce the risk of injuries and death on the province's roadways all throughout the
  
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• Shapovalov eliminated at Geneva Open after second-round loss to Ivashka - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 22:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Michael Stone steps in, steps up for Calgary Flames in the playoffs

  18-05-2022 22:41
  
  He watched far more games than he played this season, but Flames defenceman Michael Stone came out of the press box to make an impact in the playoffs for Calgary. Calgary was one of the healthier NHL teams in 2021-22 and Stone, the No. 7 defenceman on the depth chart, was rarely activated to fill in on the back end. The 31-year-old from Winnipeg appeared in just 11 regular-season games and sat the first three of Calgary's first-round playoff series against the Dallas Stars. Flames head coach Dar
  
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• Police seek driver who may have given ride to accused killer Talal Amer

  18-05-2022 22:38
  
  Calgary police want to speak to the driver of a vehicle who may have given accused killer Talal Amer a ride after a shooting and subsequent car crash that claimed the life of a mother of five. Amer, 29, is wanted on seven Canada-wide warrants, including manslaughter, attempted murder, and five weapons charges.   He is described as being 180 centimetres (5'11") tall and weighing 104 kilograms (230 pounds) with brown hair and brown eyes. The known gangster has an extensive criminal history in
  
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• Calgary doctor who ignored complaints found guilty of unprofessional conduct by CPSA

  18-05-2022 21:56
  
  After refusing to respond to allegations about his medical practice and conduct for two years, a Calgary doctor has been found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA). Proceedings against Dr. Hasan Hafiz, who operated a clinic in northwest Calgary, began on Feb. 12, 2020, when he ignored a request from the CPSA's continuing competence department for an individual practice review. The board says this behaviour continued, with the College attempting "to contact Hafiz num
  
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• Mini-golf, zipline and summer bobsleigh: What you can do at Winsport starting this weekend

  18-05-2022 21:38
  
  WinSport will begin offering a number of summer activities at Canada Olympic Park starting this weekend. The organization will be opening its Monster Zipline, summer bobsleigh experience and 18-hole mini-golf course on Saturday. WinSport says the zipline is the fastest in North America. Participants take off from the iconic 90-metre ski jump tower and can reach up to 100 km/h before finishing at the landing tower at the bottom of the hill. Meanwhile, the bobsleigh sees a professional pilot take
  
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• Construction starts on Lethbridge Recovery Community facility - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 21:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 3 face charges following incident on Stoney Nakoda First Nation

  18-05-2022 20:55
  
  RCMP say charges have been laid against three people in connection with an incident where a number of suspects fled from a traffic stop near the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. Officials say on May 15, a member of the Stoney Nakoda RCMP attempted to stop a vehicle for a driving infraction. Instead of stopping, the driver fled from the officer. The vehicle was later found at a home in Mini' Thni, Alta., but when the officer approached, three people got out and ran inside. "RCMP secured the area and o
  
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• Alberta gas tax pause helps, but latest inflation stats still 'worrisome': Economist

  18-05-2022 20:25
  
  New data shows record-high inflation across the country but in Alberta, huge increases were at least somewhat softened by new provincial government policy.  Statistics Canada said Wednesday that its national consumer price index for April rose 6.8 per cent compared with a year ago, up from a gain of 6.7 per cent for March. In Alberta, the rate declined from March to April, from 6.5 to 6.3 per cent.  Economists believe it's a change largely spurred on by a provincial gas tax holida
  
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• Edmonton Elks, Calgary Stampeders players will be in legal strike position Thursday

  18-05-2022 20:15
  
  Players with the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders will be in a legal strike position Thursday afternoon. The CFL took to social media Wednesday to offer clarity on the subject, tweeting players with both teams will be in a legal strike position as of 2:25 p.m. ET on Thursday. Elks and Stampeders players were the only ones to open training camp Sunday after talks between the CFL and CFL Players' Association on a new collective bargaining agreement broke off Saturday. Players on the other seve
  
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• Calgary's Red Mile celebrations: what to know before you go

  18-05-2022 19:52
  
  The Calgary Flames take on the Edmonton Oilers in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, but if you're heading to the Red Mile to celebrate there are some key things you'll need to know. RED MILE ROAD CLOSURES The City of Calgary says 17th Avenue S.W. will be closed between Fourth Street S.W. and Fifth Street S.W. for approximately 30 minutes starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a performance by the Stampede Showband. As such, city officials are advising anyone heading to the Scotiabank Saddledome to
  
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• Hurricanes select Harrison Boettiger and Clarke Nehmens in US Priority Draft - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 19:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Crown wants Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich returned to jail to await trial

  18-05-2022 19:25
  
  Crown prosecutors want Ottawa protest organizer Tamara Lich sent back to jail to await trial, claiming she breached her bail conditions by agreeing to participate in an event next month where she will receive a “Freedom Award.” In an application filed in advance of Lich’s bail review hearing, the Crown claims she violated the court-imposed condition that she not express support for anything related to the Freedom Convoy movement she led in Ottawa earlier this year. At a gala or
  
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• $100K raised for 5 Calgary siblings orphaned in crash

  18-05-2022 18:58
  
  Five Calgary siblings who lost their mother and father in a three-month period are set to receive financial support from an online fundraising campaign. As of Wednesday morning, the 'In Memory of Angela McKenzie' GoFundMe campaign had eclipsed the $106,000 mark, with contributions from nearly 1,000 separate donors. The 40-year-old mother of five was killed in a late night crash on May 10 at the intersection of 17th Avenue and 36th Street S.E. McKenzie's minivan was struck by a stolen Chevrolet S
  
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• Free permits offered for Calgary's 2022 Neighbour Day celebration

  18-05-2022 18:48
  
  The City of Calgary is offering free block party, street play and greenspace permits for Neighbour Day 2022. The annual celebration started back in 2014 as a way to honour the support and generosity Calgarians showed each other during the devastating 2013 floods. This year, it will be held on Saturday, June 18. "As we slowly emerge from the shadow of the pandemic, the community spirit and kindness felt on Neighbour Day has never been more important," said Mayor Jyoti Gondek in a news releas
  
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• MS Walk returns to North Glenmore Park on May 29

  18-05-2022 18:42
  
  After being put on pause due to the pandemic, the Jayman BUILT MS Walk is set to return as an in-person event on May 29 at North Glenmore Park. The walk at North Glenmore Park will be a five kilometre route, with an opening ceremony slated for 11 a.m. And those who don't yet feel comfortable gathering in large groups are encouraged to take part by watching a livestream, or walking in a small group or as an individual and using the hashtag #MSWalk. "The MS community isn’t defined by virtual
  
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• DHS pauses disinformation board, director will resign - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 2 homes damaged by fire in northwest Calgary

  18-05-2022 17:12
  
  Crews remained at the scene of a house fire in the northwest community of Varsity on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called just before 3:30 a.m. to reports of fire between two homes in the 1100 block of Varsity Estates Drive N.W. around 8 a.m. No injuries were reported but two people have been displaced due to "significant damage," according to the Calgary Fire Department. The fire is considered suspicious and an arson investigator has been brought in. "Fires that start on the outside (and
  
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• City issues RV parking reminder ahead of May long weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 16:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Light showers possible before Game 1 Battle of Alberta

  18-05-2022 15:18
  
  UPDATE: I can finally say, "no change." Early afternoon rainshowers with an isolated sprinkle or two Wednesday evening. That's fine.  But, beyond that, it seems like forecast models have really zeroed in on Thursday and Friday's rain event between 20 and 25 millimetres. Temperature-wise, very little has changed, and the other update is that the chance of showers Sunday has been upgraded to a small chance of thundershowers instead! This qualifies as an event derived off the foothills, and co
  
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• Light showers possible before Battle of Alberta's Game 1

  18-05-2022 15:18
  
  UPDATE: I can finally say, "no change." Early afternoon rainshowers with an isolated sprinkle or two Wednesday evening. That's fine.  But, beyond that, it seems like forecast models have really zeroed in on Thursday and Friday's rain event between 20 and 25 millimetres. Temperature-wise, very little has changed, and the other update is that the chance of showers Sunday has been upgraded to a small chance of thundershowers instead! This qualifies as an event derived off the foothills, and co
  
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• Barely a drop of rain on the way for Game 1 Battle of Alberta viewing parties

  18-05-2022 15:18
  
  Environment Canada reported a grand total of 2.7 millimetres of rain at the airport. While every little bit helps, we're still angling for a much heavier dose before the end of the week. In fact, the closer we get to the Thursday-Friday rain event, the more rain we end up finding there. Even yesterday’s fair estimates heading up toward 20 mm may fall short of the total – something closer to the mid-20 mm marker is populating, instead! This rain will likely begin Thursday morning, and
  
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• 'Put this process in the past': Kenney confident he'll win UCP review

  18-05-2022 14:09
  
  Alberta's premier was "optimistic for a very good result" as the hours ticked down on his United Conservative Party leadership review, with results due after 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Kenney, through a spokesperson, was already planning past the announcement as he focused on getting "back to doing the people's work." "This has been an exhaustive, one-of-a-kind process in which tens of thousands of votes will be cast," spokesperson Brock Harrison told CTV News Edmonton Tuesday. "The premier is optimis
  
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• Jason Kenney steps down after 51.4 per cent approval in leadership review

  18-05-2022 14:09
  
  Jason Kenney quit as leader of his party, and premier of Alberta, Wednesday night after receiving a slight majority of support in his United Conservative Party leadership review. "While 51 per cent of the vote passes the constitutional threshold of a majority, it clearly is not adequate support to continue on as leader," Kenney told a crowd gathered at Spruce Meadows in Calgary. "I'm sorry, but friends, I truly believe that we need to move forward united. We need to put the past behind us, and a
  
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• Jason Kenney steps down after 51.4% approval in leadership review

  18-05-2022 14:09
  
  Jason Kenney stepped down as premier of Alberta Wednesday night after receiving 51.4 per cent support in his United Conservative Party leadership review. The party announced the results at 6:30 p.m. during a virtual address streamed on the UCP website. Exactly 34,298 members voted, party officials said, in a mail-in ballot process that began on April 9 as part of a virtual Special General Meeting. Ballots were sent to nearly 60,000 eligible party members with the simple question: “Do you a
  
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• Alberta's Kenney to learn fate as party announces results of leadership review vote

  18-05-2022 14:09
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is to learn today if he still has enough support from his party to stay on as leader. The United Conservative Party plans to release the results of the mail-in balloting on Kenney’s leadership review. It’s been a contentious process, with Kenney facing open criticism from a number of caucus members. If he gets majority support — even a slim majority — he says he will stay on as leader. He says if that happens, he expects opponents will get beh
  
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• 1 dead in Deer Ridge house fire

  18-05-2022 14:04
  
  A Tuesday night fire in a southeast neighbourhood has left one man dead. Calgary fire crews responded to a multi-unit house fire in the 100 block of Deerview Way in the southeast community of Deer Ridge shortly before 11 p.m. Flames and thick smoke billowed out of the basement when Calgary Fire Department members arrived on scene. The fire was quickly brought under control by multiple crews using aerial apparatus. Upon searching the house's interior, crews located a body. The identity of th
  
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• It's time to change the conversation about Lethbridge - Lethbrige Herald

  18-05-2022 14:00 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Canada's inflation rate up slightly in April to 6.8 per cent: Statistics Canada

  18-05-2022 12:04
  
  The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to push the annual inflation rate up in April. Statistics Canada said Wednesday that its consumer price index for April rose 6.8 per cent compared with a year ago, up from a gain of 6.7 per cent for March.The rate was the highest since January 1991 when the annual rate was 6.9 per cent. "The key takeaway from April's CPI release is that inflation is spreading much more broadly, and at clear risk of getting firmly entren
  
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• Canada's inflation rate hits three-decade high of 6.8 per cent: StatCan

  18-05-2022 12:04
  
  The cost of nearly everything at the grocery store continued to climb higher to push the annual inflation rate up in April. Statistics Canada said Wednesday that its consumer price index for April rose 6.8 per cent compared with a year ago, up from a gain of 6.7 per cent for March.The rate was the highest since January 1991 when the annual rate was 6.9 per cent. "The key takeaway from April's CPI release is that inflation is spreading much more broadly, and at clear risk of getting firmly entren
  
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• Divided households ready for Battle of Alberta playoff series

  18-05-2022 05:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Friends and family are preparing to be divided as the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers rekindle their hockey rivalry in the NHL playoffs this week for the first time in 31 years.
  
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• Tribunal rules that controversial Canmore real estate developments allowed to proceed

  18-05-2022 05:41
  
  A contentious proposed real estate development in Canmore got new life Tuesday. One year ago, Canmore town council rejected the Smith Creek development and decided the Three Sisters Village proposal needed significant changes. Three Sisters Mountain Village Properties Ltd., the project developer, appealed the decision to a municipal tribunal, and Tuesday the town was ordered to allow the projects to proceed. Conservation groups fought the proposal, saying it didn't provide enough space for wildl
  
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• Tribunal rules controversial Canmore real estate developments allowed to proceed

  18-05-2022 05:41
  
  A contentious proposed real estate development in Canmore got new life Tuesday. One year ago, Canmore town council rejected the Smith Creek development and decided the Three Sisters Village proposal needed significant changes. Three Sisters Mountain Village Properties Ltd., the project developer, appealed the decision to a municipal tribunal, and Tuesday the town was ordered to allow the projects to proceed. Conservation groups fought the proposal, saying it didn't provide enough space for wildl
  
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• Concerns raised after Alberta Education announces new pilot draft curriculum

  18-05-2022 03:05
  
  Alberta schools boards can choose to pilot three more subjects in the new K-6 draft curriculum this fall, which is drawing criticism from some parents and student advocates. The first subjects will be science for kindergarten through Grade 6 students, French first language and literature, and the language arts and literature subject in French immersion programs. The pilot program is optional. Education Minister Adriana Lagrange unveiled the subjects and scope of pilot program on Tuesday. "We hav
  
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• Province announces funding for high-demand programs in Southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 02:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Alberta could see milder storm season this summer

  18-05-2022 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta is no stranger to some severe weather, but experts are predicting this year's storm season could be a little milder than usual.
  
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• Stabbing victim walks to Forest Lawn McDonald's in search of help

  18-05-2022 01:44
  
  A man walked into a Calgary McDonald's restaurant Tuesday and informed a staff member that he'd been stabbed. The incident took place a little before 3 p.m. at the McDonald's located on the 4600 block of 17th Avenue S.E. After informing McDonald's staff that he was injured, he was transported to hospital in serious condition. According to a police spokesperson, the offenders fled the scene before officers arrived. Police are working to identify the suspects. Anyone with information is asked to c
  
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• Man stabbed, walks into Forest Lawn McDonald's

  18-05-2022 01:44
  
  A man walked into a Calgary McDonald's restaurant Tuesday and informed a staff member that he'd been stabbed. The incident took place a little before 3 p.m. at the McDonald's located on the 4600 block of 17th Avenue S.E. After informing McDonald's staff that he was injured, he was transported to hospital in serious condition. According to a police spokesperson, the offenders fled the scene before officers arrived. Police are working to identify the suspects. Anyone with information is asked to c
  
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• Cochrane woman killed in backcountry ‘had soft heart for downtrodden,’ parents say

  18-05-2022 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The parents of Lanea Schoeder, who died in a mountain fall, say she "had a soft heart for the downtrodden."
  
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• Sentencing hearing set for sexual assault conviction - Lethbridge News Now

  18-05-2022 01:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 'We're doing this for longevity': Blood Tribe replacing elementary school - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  18-05-2022 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  
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• ‘We’re doing this for longevity’: Blood Tribe replacing elementary school

  18-05-2022 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Aahsaopi Elementary School in the community of Levern is being replaced by a new, modern facility expected to house up to 600 students.
  
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• Telus says it plans to invest $34.5B in B.C., Alberta and will create thousands of new jobs

  18-05-2022 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Telus Corp. says it will invest $17.5 billion in British Columbia and $17 billion in Alberta.
  
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• Flames, Oilers bring potent offences to second round NHL playoff series

  18-05-2022 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The first post-season clash for Alberta's two NHL teams will see a pair of closely-matched teams across many aspects of the game.
  
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