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• Alberta Chamber of Commerce visits Lethbridge to vote on advocacy policies - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Back on the track: Calgary high school athletes compete in city championships for first time since pandemic

  28-05-2022 23:04
  
  More than 600 athletes from 29 schools competed Saturday in the first Calgary high school city championship competition since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It’s been three long years, but it was worth the wait for newly crowned javelin city champion, Bronwyn Larsen. The Grade 10 student from West Island College achieved a personal best. “This was a big one for me, I really have no words,” Larsen said. “It’s so great to be out here again and to be competing after the
  
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• Lethbridge Soccer Association seeing an increase of players - Lethbrige Herald

  28-05-2022 22:58 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Kiai! Junior kendo athletes meet at Calgary tournament

  28-05-2022 22:56
  
  Athletes of a sport derived from an important symbol of Japanese culture are meeting at the first-ever Canadian junior championship, taking place right here in Calgary. Kendo, which means "way of the sword", is a Japanese martial art that evolved from the experiences of the samurai. Two competitors face off against each other and attempt to score two points in a match that lasts approximately three to four minutes. Points are scored in one of four zones on their opponent's body. "The first one i
  
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• Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 22:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• AHS launches stage 4 of Connect Care in Edmonton, Calgary

  28-05-2022 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  AHS completed its largest launch of Connect Care to date on Saturday and has added more than 23,000 staff and physicians to the provincial clinical information system.
  
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• Calgary Stampeders fans excited for first pre-season kickoff in 3 years

  28-05-2022 22:16
  
  Fans of the Calgary Stampeders are breathing a sigh of relief and looking forward to watching pre-season football at McMahon Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2019. A deal struck between the CFL Players’ Association and the league meant the collective bargaining agreement would be agreed upon just in time for exhibition games. A 2 p.m. matinee affair between the Stamps and B.C. Lions on Saturday brought out thousands of spectators, including Andrea Henry who has been tailgating
  
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• Fine fabrics: Hundreds of quilts on display at Heritage Park

  28-05-2022 22:05
  
  If you have the chance to visit Heritage Park this weekend, you will be able to take in an exhibition of handcrafted quilts made by residents of Calgary and surrounding areas. Ranging from modern styles that appeal to younger quilters to traditional styles made by seniors, officials say the blankets are on display at various locations throughout the facility. Beverly Patkau, the show day manager for the festival, says there are 561 quilts for guests to admire at the event. "They are all here don
  
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• Jasper National Park warns of grizzly bears wandering into townsite

  28-05-2022 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  As summer weather draws people to camp and hike in the mountains, Jasper National Park is warning people to be aware of more bears wandering into the townsite.
  
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• Colorado to Western Conference Finals at last, faces Oilers - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 20:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 'A new beginning': Calgary family in need helped by local charity

  28-05-2022 20:56
  
  A group of volunteers spent their Saturday morning outfitting a Calgary home with new appliances, furniture and food for a family in need. Stephen's Backpacks Society, an organization that helps those experiencing homelessness, led the furnishing charge. The group pitched in their time to set up a home for a family of four fleeing domestic violence. That family recently left Calgary's Discovery House. "To move out with your kids into an empty home with a few makeshift beds and try to furnish it&
  
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• Calgary Marathon set for in-person race on Sunday

  28-05-2022 20:13
  
  Following two years of cancellations and public health restrictions affecting its operations, the Calgary Marathon will be back this year with a different flavour. Now sponsored by Servus Credit Union, the event will feature both in-person and virtual participants logging in from all over the world. "Beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday, some 6,000 people will participate in distances ranging from five kilometres to 50 kilometres in the in-person event starting from Stampede Park," organizers said in a re
  
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• Leclerc puts Ferrari on pole in Monaco GP as Perez crashes - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 18:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Leclerc puts Ferrari on pole in Monaco GP as Perez crashes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspect arrested for sexual assault, confinement of woman in Fort Saskatchewan

  28-05-2022 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  After being on the run for a week, a convicted sex offender suspected of brutally attacking a women northeast of Edmonton in Fort Saskatchewan has been arrested.
  
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• Calgary tumbles down list of cities with the best work-life balance

  28-05-2022 16:56
  
  Calgary has taken a dive in terms of juggling jobs and private life, according to new data released on Friday. The information, compiled by office security firm Kisi, was made up 100 cities across the world, with the majority being in the U.S. Four Canadian centres were on the list – Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Calgary. All four Canadian cities were also ranked on Kisi's lists in both 2021 and 2019. While the nation's capital placed the highest at seventh, Calgary placed the lowest amon
  
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• Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

  28-05-2022 14:17
  
  Russia asserted Saturday that its troops and separatist fighters had captured a key railway junction in eastern Ukraine, the second small city to fall to Moscow's forces this week as they fought to seize all of the country's contested Donbas region. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the city of Lyman had been "completely liberated" by a joint force of Russian soldiers and the Kremlin-backed separatists, who have waged war in the eastern region bordering Russia for eight ye
  
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• Putin warns against continued arming of Ukraine; Kremlin claims another city captured

  28-05-2022 14:17
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Saturday that European nations halt sanctions on his country and weapons shipments to Ukraine, where Moscow claimed its forces had captured another eastern city as they fought to seize all of the contested Donbas region. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the city of Lyman had been "completely liberated" by a joint force of Russian soldiers and the Kremlin-backed separatists, who have waged war in the eastern region bordering Russia
  
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• City of Lethbridge property tax bills are in the mail - Lethbrige Herald

  28-05-2022 13:13 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Woman with disabilities approved for medically assisted death relocated thanks to 'inspiring' support

  28-05-2022 13:00
  
  A 31-year-old disabled Toronto woman who was conditionally approved for a medically assisted death after a fruitless bid for safe housing says her life has been "changed" by an outpouring of support after telling her story. "It's ... mind-blowing and inspiring," said Denise, in a phone interview. Her voice sounded considerably stronger than in April when she last spoke with CTV News about her pending approval for MAID, a decision she said she made because she was suffering from severe chemical s
  
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• Migrant women workers continue to face abortion access barriers: advocates - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 12:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Migrant women workers continue to face abortion access barriers: advocates  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calling social conservatives dinosaurs was 'wrong terminology', says Patrick Brown - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 12:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Calling social conservatives dinosaurs was 'wrong terminology', says Patrick Brown  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• School police chief receives blame in Texas shooting response

  28-05-2022 06:30
  
  The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system's small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight. Preparing for mass shootings is a small part of what school police officers do, but local experts say the preparation for officers assigned to schools in Texas — including mandatory active shooter training — provi
  
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• Helm scores late, Avalanche beat Blues 3-2 to win series - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 05:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Helm scores late, Avalanche beat Blues 3-2 to win series  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Colorado Avalanche to face Edmonton Oilers after eliminating St. Louis Blues in 2nd round

  28-05-2022 05:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Colorado Avalanche will cross swords with the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup semi-finals, after eliminating the St. Louis Blues Friday night.
  
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• Caroline Masson sweeps round-robin group in LPGA Match-Play - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 05:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Caroline Masson sweeps round-robin group in LPGA Match-Play  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Public Health Agency of Canada investigating strawberry-related hep A outbreak in Alberta, Sask.

  28-05-2022 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  PHAC says 10 people in Alberta and Saskatchewan who ate fresh organic strawberries from Co-op stores are now part of a hepatitis A outbreak.
  
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• What's happening around Lethbridge this weekend, May 27, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 03:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Invasive Worms Get the Jump on West Coast - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 02:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Former Virginia Tech player acquitted in 2021 beating death - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 01:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Former Virginia Tech player acquitted in 2021 beating death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Grave injustice': SCC ruling could change sentence for Alberta's multiple murderers

  28-05-2022 01:21
  
  A southern Alberta man who killed three people, including a two-year-old girl, could have the ability to request a release from jail earlier than his original sentence intended, thanks to a landmark Supreme Court decision Friday. Derek Saretzky was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2015 deaths of Terry Blanchette, his two-year-old daughter, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and Hanne Meketech. He was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences, making him ineligible for parole for 75 years. Now,
  
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• Giants' Kapler refusing to take field for anthem in protest - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 01:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Giants' Kapler refusing to take field for anthem in protest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada's premiers want to reform health-care system, asks Ottawa to pick up the phone

  28-05-2022 01:18
  
  Western Canada's premiers want to reform their health-care systems by expanding services but they say Ottawa first needs to pick up the phone. At the premiers meeting in Regina, British Columbia Premier John Horgan said health-care services are no longer sustainable coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Within a developed country you think that you have access to certain basic commodities -- and health care is one of them," said Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane Friday. "I don't wa
  
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• Alberta organizations draft their own coal policy

  28-05-2022 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new policy created by stakeholders across Alberta was based on the available public input submitted to the government's Coal Policy Committee.
  
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• Lethbridge residents react to Alberta's move to ease restrictions for dogs on patios | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  28-05-2022 01:12 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge residents react to Alberta's move to ease restrictions for dogs on patios | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion - Lethbridge News Now

  28-05-2022 01:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• COMMENTARY: Hockey world divided over Blake Coleman call in Edmonton Oilers victory over Flames

  28-05-2022 00:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Blake Coleman kick. Should it have counted during Game 5 between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames? Former and current players and coaches weigh in.
  
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