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• Pilot project allows Alberta tow truck drivers to use blue lights

  10-06-2022 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta announced a one-year pilot project on Friday that will give tow truck operators the option of using blue lights to increase their visibility and safety. 
  
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• Turner Valley RCMP investigates attempted vehicle theft with child inside

  10-06-2022 23:29
  
  RCMP officers in Turner Valley, Alta. are investigating an attempted car theft involving a vehicle with a child sitting inside. Police say it happened about 8:30 a.m. on Friday in the town just south of Calgary when a man tried to get into a vehicle parked next to the Turner Valley School. Police say they don’t believe it was an attempted abduction. The suspect was last seen walking down an alley near the United Church in Turner Valley. He is described as:Being about 40yearsold; Having a s
  
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• Calgary Police Service member charged with harassment for off-duty conduct

  10-06-2022 23:29
  
  A Calgary police officer is facing charges in connection to an off-duty incident. Jacqueline MacNeil has been with the Calgary Police Service (CPS) for 16 years but isn't currently on active duty. In 2019, she was charged with criminal harassment after an investigation found she excessively contacted and made threats to an unnamed victim over a seven-month period. Police allege that between April and November 2018, MacNeil excessively contacted a woman and threatened to ruin her reputation perso
  
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• Hurricanes sign 2007 born defenceman Carsen Adair - My Lethbridge Now

  10-06-2022 23:16 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Hurricanes sign 2007 born defenceman Carsen Adair  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Whoop-Up Drive lane reductions expected Sunday - My Lethbridge Now

  10-06-2022 23:00 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Whoop-Up Drive lane reductions expected Sunday  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Imaging procedures in Alberta affected by contrast dye shortage

  10-06-2022 22:53
  
  Alberta Health Services says patients are being told to wait for their imaging procedures because of a global shortage of a compound required to complete them. Officials say CT scan imaging and angiographic procedures require the use of contrast dye material, which enhance the visibility of blood vessels as well as different structures and body tissues in images. Since the province's supplies are dwindling, AHS says it is postponing as many as 1,500 procedures per week. Alberta is not alone in t
  
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• 101-year-old Calgary man's piano playing adored by retirement home residents

  10-06-2022 22:46
  
  Jim Moore was born on June 12, 1920 and spent much of his life in Ontario, but moved to Calgary at the beginning of the pandemic. While he doesn't walk much any more after breaking both hips over a three month span, he finds his way into the dining room at the Auburn Bay Retirement Residence in southeast Calgary most evenings where he plays the piano for diners. "I developed a style a lot of people like the sound of," said Moore. "So they'll come and ask me to play songs, they have certain favor
  
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• Alberta tow trucks allowed to use blue lights to enhance roadside visibility

  10-06-2022 22:39
  
  Starting June 30, tow trucks in Alberta will be allowed to use blue lights to help increase visibility as crews work on the side of roads and highways. Generally reserved for law enforcement, tow trucks will be permitted by the province to use blue emergency lights in a one-year optional pilot project after Brad Rutherford, MLA for Leduc-Beaumont, introduced the idea as a private member's bill in April. "Too many tow truck drivers are involved in collisions or dangerous situations because motori
  
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• Calgarians with allergies noticing more severe symptoms as pollen levels increase

  10-06-2022 22:28
  
  Calgarians suffering from allergies can expect their symptoms to act up a little bit more than usual as an extra blast of pollen wafts its way into the city.   Pat Teodoro regularly walks in Prince’s Island Park and said she’s never experienced allergies until this year.   “They’re bad, I’ve never had allergies but now I have a lot of sneezing, runny nose, and even some coughing,” she said.   “I don’t know if the trees have more of t
  
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• Some Alberta imaging procedures postponed due to global dye shortage

  10-06-2022 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services said on Friday imaging procedures will only be deferred if it is clinically safe to do so.
  
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• Alberta to recognize the accomplishments of newcomers - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 22:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta to recognize the accomplishments of newcomers  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 21:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Female grizzly bear killed in Yoho National Park near Alberta-BC border

  10-06-2022 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The five-year-old grizzly is the sibling of a well-known white bear in the area. 
  
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• Alberta teachers ‘narrowly’ vote to accept contract

  10-06-2022 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The four-year deal will see a 3.75 per cent wage increase for Alberta teachers and a two per cent increase on daily rates for substitute teachers in lieu of benefits.
  
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• Ranchers' group pushes back against Health Canada's “vilification” of beef - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 21:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ranchers' group pushes back against Health Canada's “vilification” of beef  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Random COVID-19 testing to be suspended at Canadian airports - My Lethbridge Now

  10-06-2022 21:17 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Random COVID-19 testing to be suspended at Canadian airports  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Lethbridge Family Services to receive funding for youth suicide prevention - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 21:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Family Services to receive funding for youth suicide prevention  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta beef producers take issue with Health Canada's proposed new labelling requirement

  10-06-2022 20:45
  
  Alberta's beef producers are concerned that a proposed regulation from Health Canada to change the labels on packages of ground beef may create doubt of their product's nutritional value. According to the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), Health Canada is proposing a food labelling change that will require ground beef sold in Canadian retail stores to carry a "high in" saturated fat warning label. The group says this would make the country "the only jurisdiction in the world" to have such
  
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• Alberta beef producers take issue with Health Canada's new labelling requirement

  10-06-2022 20:45
  
  Alberta's beef producers are concerned that a proposed regulation from Health Canada to change the labels on packages of ground beef may create doubt of their product's nutritional value. According to the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), Health Canada is proposing a food labelling change that will require ground beef sold in Canadian retail stores to carry a "high in" saturated fat warning label. The group says this would make the country "the only jurisdiction in the world" to have such
  
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• Alberta beef producers take issue with Health Canada's labelling proposal

  10-06-2022 20:45
  
  Alberta's beef producers are concerned that a proposed regulation from Health Canada to change the labels on packages of ground beef may create doubt of their product's nutritional value. According to the Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA), Health Canada is proposing a food labelling change that will require ground beef sold in Canadian retail stores to carry a "high in" saturated fat warning label. The group says this would make the country "the only jurisdiction in the world" to have such
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend, June 10, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 20:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend, June 10, 2022  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Grizzly bear feeding on dandelions prompts lockdown at Canmore school

  10-06-2022 20:33
  
  There were some tense moments for students and parents arriving at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School in Canmore on Friday morning when a grizzly bear wandered onto the soccer field to munch on some dandelions. Police were called in to steer the bear away, which took some time, said Staff Sgt. Ryan Singleton. Officers used their sirens to try and scare the bear off but it was more interested in breakfast than the people nearby, he said. "It was definitely choosing to eat rather than listening
  
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• Bond set at $100000 for Mich. cop who killed Patrick Lyoya - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 20:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bond set at $100000 for Mich. cop who killed Patrick Lyoya  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 72-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash near Turner Valley, Alta.

  10-06-2022 19:57
  
  RCMP are asking for any witnesses to come forward after a motorcycle rider was killed in a crash on Highway 22 about one kilometre south of Highway 540, at the Bar U Ranch intersection. It happened about 3:45 p.m. on Thursday and police said the motorcycle left the road. A 72-year-old man from Calgary was declared deceased at the scene. Police are asking anyone with dash cam footage, or who witnessed the incident, to call Turner Valley RCMP at 403-933-4262 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• UK judge nixes first legal challenge to Rwanda deportations - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 19:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UK judge nixes first legal challenge to Rwanda deportations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspect in Chinatown killings was dropped off in Edmonton, despite condition orders

  10-06-2022 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The man accused of killing two people in Chinatown was dropped off in west Edmonton the week before by RCMP, according to the Edmonton Police Service.
  
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• Suspect in Chinatown killings was dropped off by RCMP in west Edmonton, despite condition orders

  10-06-2022 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The man accused of killing two people in Chinatown was dropped off in Edmonton by RCMP after being kicked out of the home he had been living in west of the city.
  
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• Calgary conference aims to advance research and discuss driving factors of overdiagnosis

  10-06-2022 19:12
  
  The University of Calgary is inviting scholars and health care professionals from around the world to a conference discussing the issue of (and possible solutions to) doctors over-prescribing and over-diagnosing their patients. The conference, held at the Health Science Centre on the Foothills Campus until June 12, has sessions on everything from providing equity in health care to examining the field of medicine in a post-pandemic era. Dr. Eddy Lang, professor and department head for emergency m
  
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• Unemployment rate in Lethbridge region drops in May - My Lethbridge Now

  10-06-2022 19:09 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Unemployment rate in Lethbridge region drops in May  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta RCMP seek armed-and-dangerous suspect who gave false name during arrest

  10-06-2022 18:51
  
  RCMP in southern Alberta are on the hunt for a man who gave a false name and was released from custody following a May traffic stop where guns were seized on Highway 1 near Bassano, Alta. Officers responded to reports of a suspected impaired driver on the Trans-Canada Highway near the city of Brooks, Alta. on May 11. The vehicle was stopped near Bassano and the two occupants were arrested. A search of the vehicle yielded:A loaded .22 sawed-off rifle; A loaded 12 gauge sawed-off shotgun; Ammo; A
  
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• September sentencing date for Calgary man who killed girlfriend and her daughter

  10-06-2022 18:35
  
  A man who admitted to murdering his former girlfriend and was eventually convicted of killing her young daughter is scheduled to be sentenced in September.  Robert Leeming, 37, had pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty in the death of 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson.  Leeming testified the little girl had fallen down some stairs and was later unresponsive. He said he snapped when Lovett accused him of doing something to her child and he struck the w
  
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• Star Canadian defender Buchanan signs three-year deal with Chelsea - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Star Canadian defender Buchanan signs three-year deal with Chelsea  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Veteran Evans comfortable in starting role with Hamilton Tiger-Cats - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 18:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Veteran Evans comfortable in starting role with Hamilton Tiger-Cats  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Auger-Aliassime through to Libema Open semifinals with win over Khachanov - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 18:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Auger-Aliassime through to Libema Open semifinals with win over Khachanov  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Alberta is back': Unemployment rate drops in May, sitting at 5.3 per cent

  10-06-2022 18:16
  
  Alberta's unemployment rate continued its downward trend last month, dropping to the lowest May rate the province has seen since 2014. According to Statistics Canada’s May 2022 Labour Force Survey, Alberta had a jobless rate of 5.3 per cent, down six-tenths of a percentage point from April when it sat at 5.9 per cent. In May 2014 the province's unemployment rate was a meager 4.8 per cent. "May’s job numbers reflect another month of strong economic momentum," said Jobs,
  
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• Three Hurricanes players invited to Canada's national U-17 development camp - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Three Hurricanes players invited to Canada's national U-17 development camp  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge outranks Atlanta, Baghdad for cities on the global crime index | News - Daily Hive

  10-06-2022 17:31 via dailyhive.com
  
  Lethbridge outranks Atlanta, Baghdad for cities on the global crime index | News  Daily Hive
  
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• 2 charged connected to Canmore bike theft and fraud investigation

  10-06-2022 17:25
  
  A man and a woman from Calgary are facing charges after eagle-eyes RCMP officers in Canmore recognized them as subjects of a months-long investigation into bike thefts and frauds. Police were alerted about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday about a man trying to use a fraudulent credit card at a business in the mountain community west of Calgary. When officers arrived, the found two men sitting in a vehicle and recognized them. Both men were arrested and the vehicle was seized. A search warrant was obtained
  
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• Quebec Halloween 2020 murderer sentenced to life in prison, will appeal - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 17:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec Halloween 2020 murderer sentenced to life in prison, will appeal  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ecuador keeps World Cup spot as FIFA rejects Chile complaint - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 16:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ecuador keeps World Cup spot as FIFA rejects Chile complaint  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Going deep: Riders confident offensive explosiveness will return this season - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 16:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Going deep: Riders confident offensive explosiveness will return this season  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U.S. lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

  10-06-2022 16:21
  
  The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travellers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. A senior administration official said the mandate expires Sunday at 12:01 a.m. EDT, saying the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that it's no longer necessary. The official, speaking Friday on the condition
  
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• B.C. Lions look to capitalize on continuity heading into 2022 campaign - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 16:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  B.C. Lions look to capitalize on continuity heading into 2022 campaign  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 16:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Lacrosse raises funds for cancer research with memorial game - My Lethbridge Now

  10-06-2022 16:01 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Lethbridge Lacrosse raises funds for cancer research with memorial game  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Paredes, Carey lead Stampeders to 30-27 season-opening win over Alouettes

  10-06-2022 15:23
  
  Pulling wins out of tight games in the final three minutes was among coach Dave Dickenson's stated goals for the Calgary Stampeders during training camp. The Stampeders delivered in their 30-27 victory over the Montreal Alouettes to open the CFL season on Thursday when Rene Paredes kicked a 38-yard field goal with 30 seconds remaining. Trailing 24-14 at halftime, the Stampeders outscored the Alouettes 16-3 in the second half. "I'm not going to say it was a clean game in any three of the three ph
  
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• New exhibit at The Military Museums explores military contributions of Alberta immigrants

  10-06-2022 15:12
  
  A new exhibition that is set to open this weekend at The Military Museums in Calgary celebrates the resiliency of military immigrants. The 'A Uniform Coat of Many Colours: Military Immigrants in Alberta' exhibit explores and presents diverse stories of immigrants to Alberta who have undertaken military service in their original countries. One of those, Ian Fred Causer, was born in the United Kingdom and served in the Royal Air Force. He says he was extremely proud to share his story about the da
  
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• YMCA of Lethbridge races past 10k members, nearing all-time high - Lethbrige Herald

  10-06-2022 12:59 via lethbridgeherald.com
  YMCA of Lethbridge races past 10k members, nearing all-time high  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• YMCA of Lethbridge races past 10k members, nearing all-time high - Medicine Hat News

  10-06-2022 12:24 via medicinehatnews.com
  YMCA of Lethbridge races past 10k members, nearing all-time high  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Statistics Canada to release May jobs report this morning - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2022 10:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Statistics Canada to release May jobs report this morning  Lethbridge News Now
  
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