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• Equine PTSD therapy program to expand

  20-06-2022 23:48
  
  When Laurence Kettlewell left the Canadian army in 2012 with a medical discharge he didn’t think he had PTSD. When the veteran, who served in Bosnia, started retraining for a civilian career he started to recognize the symptoms. "It was a lot of cognitive function stuff. My memory was horrible. I would walk into a room and forget why I was there. I was horrible at remembering appointments, dates, times, being somewhere where I was supposed to be." said Kettlewell. "It caused a lot of stres
  
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• Victims of fatal Alberta highway crash identified as young couple

  20-06-2022 23:11
  
  Two people killed in a three-vehicle crash near Three Hills, Alta. last week have been identified. Alberta RCMP confirmed to CTV News that 21-year-old Ethan Halford and girlfriend 20-year-old Macy Boyce were killed in the collision on Highway 21, just north of Trochu, on Friday, June 17. According to investigators, two cars were travelling north on Highway 21 when the second rear-ended the first, causing it to cross over the centre line where it was hit by an oncoming semi-truck. Officers found
  
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• Half a million in drugs, cash, vehicles seized in Edmonton, Wainwright organized crime investigation

  20-06-2022 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A bust by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams organized crime unit has resulted in the seizure of more than half a million dollars-worth of drugs, plus vehicles and cash.
  
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• Another landslide north of Quebec City 'inevitable,' 187 forced from homes - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 23:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Another landslide north of Quebec City 'inevitable,' 187 forced from homes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 2 more charged in connection with 2021 Cochrane, Alta. child abduction

  20-06-2022 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The girls, age five and two, were reported missing in March 2021 after RCMP said their grandmother and sister took them from their home in Cochrane.
  
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• Wife of WNBA's Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 22:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Wife of WNBA's Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary cider company accepting unwanted crab apples through Leftovers Foundation

  20-06-2022 22:23
  
  A Calgary brewery that makes handcrafted hard ciders is teaming up with the Leftovers Foundation in an effort to reduce local food waste. The Leftovers Foundation is a large Canadian food rescue organization. Its Home Harvest program connects Calgarians who have excess fruit and veggies growing in their backyards with volunteers who can harvest it. On Monday, officials with the Leftovers Foundation announced they are now be working with Calgary brewer SunnyCider to "upcycle" excess fruit they ca
  
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• $1 million lotto win claimed in Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  20-06-2022 21:54 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  $1 million lotto win claimed in Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Sundial Growers signs deal to make stalking horse bid for Zenabis Group

  20-06-2022 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The agreement will set a minimum acceptable bid for the Zenabis Group's business and assets.
  
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• Play tells story of Ukrainian immigrant’s escape from Banff internment camp

  20-06-2022 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Run Nawrocki Run! Escape from Banff Prison tells the story one of over 8,000 Eastern Europeans who were sent to internment camps during the First World War.
  
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• Russian winger Andrei Kuzmenko to sign with Canucks: player, agent - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 20:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Russian winger Andrei Kuzmenko to sign with Canucks: player, agent  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Zoo announces death of baby Rocky Mountain goat

  20-06-2022 20:37
  
  Staff at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo are mourning the loss of a Rocky Mountain goat born just last month.  According to a post on the zoo's Facebook page, the facility welcomed a pair of baby goats, called kids, to the Canadian Wilds exhibit in May.  The kids were twins, a boy and girl, conceived by parents Shannon and Yukon.   "Sadly, despite receiving exceptional emergency care from our Animal Care, Health and Welfare team, the young male passed away due to an overwhel
  
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• Police charge 17-year-old following stabbing in west Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 19:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Police charge 17-year-old following stabbing in west Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada investing $4.9 billion to modernize Norad - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 18:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada investing $4.9 billion to modernize Norad  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Teen charged in Lethbridge car prowling stabbing | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  20-06-2022 18:46 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Teen charged in Lethbridge car prowling stabbing | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge man repeatedly stabbed by car prowling suspect, teen charged

  20-06-2022 18:46
  
  A Lethbridge man was stabbed multiple times and hospitalized after confronting a teenaged car prowling suspect early Saturday morning. Lethbridge Police Service officials say the 26-year-old man spotted someone inside a parked vehicle in the 200 block of Blackfoot Road W at around 1 a.m. The man confronted the intruder and was subsequently stabbed multiple times. Emergency crews arrived and the stabbing victim was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He has since been rele
  
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• 'Rolls Royce of Ferris Wheels': Calgary Stampede introduces Superwheel to 2022 midway

  20-06-2022 18:23
  
  A giant new Ferris Wheel is coming to the Calgary Stampede this year. Officials with the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth have announced the Superwheel, North America's largest travelling Ferris Wheel, will be making its Canadian debut at the Stampede midway in 2022. The Superwheel takes riders 46 metres (150 feet) high in 36 different climate-controlled gondolas that seat four to six people. The company that provides the ride, North American Midway Entertainment (NAME), says it takes 20 semi-trai
  
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• Showers and thundershowers line Calgary's 5-day forecast

  20-06-2022 15:44
  
  A caveat with this post: I know it's not a fix, and I'll get to that right after. Our first map here is growing season precipitation – this only dates out as far as June 16, and so will not include the ~eight millimetres we’ve had over the past couple of days.Our second map is the same data spam, but showing our "departure from normal" relative to seasonal conditions:Why it's not a perfect fix: For one, ongoing dry conditions persist in the southern reaches. Two, areas that are at or
  
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• Evening thundershower risk for Calgary; rainy for the next few days

  20-06-2022 15:44
  
  AFTERNOON UPDATE: Very recently, a few severe thunderstorm watches sprang up from Environment Canada for the evening's events:SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH from Environment Canada: https://t.co/gUShKuBfCW #abstorm #yyc pic.twitter.com/H4zFr36FO7 — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) June 20, 2022This morning, I mentioned the small chance of this populating much closer to Calgary - even now, I'm sticking to it.  Rainfall totals in the coming days are quite variable, but the Monday precipitatio
  
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• Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley apologizes over mistreatment of volunteers, staff - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 15:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley apologizes over mistreatment of volunteers, staff  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Paul Haggis arrested in Italy, faces sexual assault charges

  20-06-2022 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Canadian film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy.
  
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• 'The robots are coming': Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters

  20-06-2022 14:12
  
  It could be a character on a Saturday morning kids show, but this rescue robot is anything but fantasy. "It's not science fiction. It's science and this thing exists," said Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano at the unmanned vehicles robotarium lab at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. The robot is a man's height with a space-age helmet for a head, working arms and legs, and interchangeable hands. It looks like a cross between RoboCop and a Transformer. Ramirez-Serrano has be
  
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• Early bodychecking doesn’t prevent hockey injuries: U of C study

  20-06-2022 13:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kids at that level who were experienced bodycheckers suffered injuries at a rate more than 2 1/2 times greater than the non-checkers.
  
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• Kenney travelling to Washington again to advocate for Alberta oil

  20-06-2022 05:56
  
  Alberta's premier and energy minister will make a case for the province's oil to U.S. leaders during another trip to Washington, D.C., this week. Energy Minister Sonya Savage will join the premier at meetings on Capitol Hill, participate in the IHS Oil Sands Dialogue, and events organized by the Pathways Alliance, a lobby group representing the six major Canadian oil sands producers. According to the province, the trip's goal is to push Alberta oil as part of a "North American energy strategy" t
  
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• Ukrainian newcomers treated to pre-Stampede breakfast

  20-06-2022 04:47
  
  As Calgary welcomes hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country, many got a preview of what the city is best known for: the Stampede. The displaced Ukrainians were treated to a pre-Stampede breakfast and an introduction to what the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is all about after a Sunday service at St. Stephen Protomartyr Ukrainian Catholic Church. Bill Lewchuk, one of the organizers, said the event was also aimed at helping connect the newcomers with support and people able to help
  
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• Canadian girl with autism in world-first test on how brain stimulation could stop severe self-harm

  20-06-2022 04:00
  
  A nine-year-old Canadian girl with autism spectrum disorder has "amazed" her doctors and scientists after they were able to send electrical signals to her brain that stopped her from inflicting severe harm on herself. Ellie Tomljanovic who lives in Barrie, Ont., is patient number one in a world-first study to see if deep brain stimulation (DBS) can stop children who repeatedly try to hurt themselves. Doctors estimate that up to 50% of children with ASD self-harm, including by hitting themselves,
  
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• What's happening around Lethbridge this week, June 19, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2022 02:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  What's happening around Lethbridge this week, June 19, 2022  Lethbridge News Now
  
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