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• Patrick Brown to remain on Conservative leadership ballots despite disqualification

  06-07-2022 23:46
  
  Despite being disqualified by the Conservative Party of Canada from becoming its next leader, ousted candidate Patrick Brown's name will still appear on the ballot. In an interview on CTV News Channel, Conservative Party President Rob Batherson said they "simply don't have the time to do a reprint,” of hundreds of thousands of ballots and still meet the party’s set deadline for announcing a new leader on Sept. 10. Last week, the party announced approximately 675,000 members will be e
  
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• Calgary Flames take on Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche in 2022-23 home opener

  06-07-2022 23:07
  
  The Calgary Flames will face off against the Colorado Avalanche in their 2022-23 season home opener this fall. The Flames take on the defending Stanley Cup champions on Thursday, Oct. 13 following eight pre-season games that run from Sept. 25 to Oct. 7. Four of the pre-season games will be on the road and four will be played at the Scotiabank Saddledome. During the regular season, the Flames will play each divisional opponent four times, with the exception of Edmonton and Seattle who they will f
  
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• Toronto Raptors sign Otto Porter Jr. multi-year contract - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 22:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Toronto Raptors sign Otto Porter Jr. multi-year contract  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lions, Blue Bombers clash in battle of undefeated CFL clubs - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 22:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lions, Blue Bombers clash in battle of undefeated CFL clubs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 22:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Surging energy prices harmful to families, should drive green transition: Freeland  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 22:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 22:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Iran media: Revolutionary Guard accuses diplomats of spying  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Belting it out on the bus: Karaoke Bus rolls into Calgary

  06-07-2022 22:25
  
  Calgary Transit officials say a pilot project to let riders sing on a modified city bus is more than just a one hit wonder. The first Karaoke Bus rolled into Brentwood station in the northwest on Wednesday morning and Calgarians quickly lined up to take turns on the microphone. With the project hitting the right note with riders, there are already plans to send the stage on bus routes throughout the city. "We're really excited to now take this on the road. Next week, we will be putting it in ser
  
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• 1st set of tickets for Pope’s mass in Edmonton booked within minutes

  06-07-2022 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The July 26 mass with Pope Francis in Edmonton is part of his six-day Canadian tour, which also includes stops in Quebec City and Iqaluit.
  
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• Middle-inning surge leads to Lethbridge win over Miller Express - Moose Jaw Today

  06-07-2022 22:15 via moosejawtoday.com
  
  Middle-inning surge leads to Lethbridge win over Miller Express  Moose Jaw Today
  
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• Why is gas more expensive in Calgary than Toronto? Retail experts weigh in

  06-07-2022 22:09
  
  Calgary drivers might be asking why the price of gasoline is more expensive in their energy rich province where oil is refined and extracted than in Ontario, but one retail expert claims to have the answer. Vijay Muralidharan, managing director of R Cube Economic Consulting, notes that a critical part of fuel availability at the retail level has a lot to do with fuel blending. He says ethanol, required to blend with gasoline when filling vehicles, is seeing a dire shortage in Canada.  "We i
  
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• Jeromy Farkas raises Pacific Crest Trail fundraising goal to $125K after reaching $100K

  06-07-2022 22:02
  
  When former Calgary councillor and mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas initially set off on his journey along the Pacific Crest Trail his goal was to raise $50,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area. After successfully hitting that goal with plenty of trail left to cover, he decided he'd try to raise $100,000. On Wednesday, Farkas announced he would again be upping his fundraising goal after successfully reaching $100,000. Now, Farkas is hoping to raise $125,000 as he finishes his self
  
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• Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 21:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hampered Nadal gets past Fritz at Wimbledon; Kyrgios next  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man found dead in northeast Calgary neighbourhood

  06-07-2022 21:42
  
  One man is dead and another is being questioned by police in connection with a Tuesday night incident in the neighbourhood of Greenview. Emergency crews responded to the 4400 block of Greenview Drive N.E. shortly after 8 p.m. to reports of a man in medical distress. He was dead when first responders arrived on scene. The identity of the deceased as well as the nature of his death have not been released. Calgary Police Service officials confirm one man is being questioned in connection with the d
  
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• Head-on crash near Sorrento, B.C. kills 3, police confirm

  06-07-2022 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP say when officers arrived on scene, all three occupants had already been declared dead by emergency services. The three were all from B.C.’s Shuswap region.
  
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• Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 21:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian curlers John Morris, Shannon Birchard partner in mixed doubles  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 21:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tidewater pleads guilty to 2019 acidic water release

  06-07-2022 21:06
  
  Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. has pleaded guilty to a charge related to the company's release of acidic water in west-central Alberta in October 2019. The Calgary-based company was charged in October 2021 with breaching environmental protection laws by the Alberta Energy Regulator. In an agreed statement of facts, Tidewater acknowledged the release occurred at the company's Ram River sour gas processing plant near Rocky Mountain House. The acidic water flowed into a nearby creek. T
  
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• Calgary's 60-storey Telus Sky building welcomes tenants

  06-07-2022 20:45
  
  One of Calgary's tallest buildings is now officially open for business.  Tuesday marked the grand opening of Telus Sky, a 60-storey skyscraper in the 600 block of Centre Street South. Though the building's eye-catching light display has been captivating Calgarians for a few years, tenants are now moving in. The tower offers the 750,000 square feet of retail, office and residential space and was designed by architectural firms Bjarke Ingels Group and Dialog. The exterior of the building feat
  
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• Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 20:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Quebec government lawyer defends police power to randomly stop vehicles  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UPDATE: Missing 16-year-old no longer considered missing - My Lethbridge Now

  06-07-2022 20:16 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  UPDATE: Missing 16-year-old no longer considered missing  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Applications open for Lethbridge City Council's Boards, Commissions and Committees - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 19:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Applications open for Lethbridge City Council's Boards, Commissions and Committees  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 19:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  A chronology of Patrick Brown's political career  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ovintiv selling portions of assets in Uinta and Bakken Basins for US$250M

  06-07-2022 19:26
  
  Ovintiv Inc. has signed a pair of deals to sell portions of its assets located in the Uinta and Bakken Basins for total proceeds of approximately US$250 million. The company says the Uinta Basin assets being sold are mature waterflood assets. The Bakken assets include approximately 88 wells, located mainly in Richland County, Mont. Ovintiv says the combined production volumes from the assets being sold totalled about five thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, including 4,900 barrels per da
  
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• Edmonton Elks add Watson, Lyles and Scarlett to practice roster - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 18:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Edmonton Elks add Watson, Lyles and Scarlett to practice roster  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Biden tells with Griner's wife he's working to get her home - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 18:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Biden tells with Griner's wife he's working to get her home  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Contact restored with NASA spacecraft headed to lunar orbit

  06-07-2022 18:46
  
  NASA said Wednesday that contact has been restored with its US$32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit. Contact was lost after one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, after the spacecraft left Earth's orbit on its way to the moon, the space agency said. The spacecraft spent nearly a week circling the globe after launching from New Zealand on June 28. According to NASA, data shows “the spacecraft is in good health and operated s
  
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• Calgary Stampede Parade: Where to watch and which roads will be closed?

  06-07-2022 17:59
  
  Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the Stampede Parade route in downtown Calgary on Friday morning but how will they get there and where should they watch from? The City of Calgary, Calgary Transit and Calgary Parking Authority have compiled a list of parking options, transit disruptions and road closures to help Stampede revelers plan ahead of the big day and throughout the 10 days of The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. This year's parade is scheduled to begin at the intersection
  
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• AP source: Cipollone agrees to testify before Jan. 6 panel - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 17:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  AP source: Cipollone agrees to testify before Jan. 6 panel  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CH-146 Griffon helicopter to fly over Calgary at start of Stampede

  06-07-2022 17:08
  
  Calgarians and visitors to the city will have a chance to see a Royal Canadian Air Force tactical helicopter fly overhead when the Calgary Stampede kicks off. A CH-146 Griffon utility tactical-transport helicopter, part of the RCAF 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, is scheduled to make three flights from YYC Calgary International Airport to Stampede Park and back this week. The helicopter is scheduled to fly the route Thursday night during Sneak-a-Peak between 9:30 p.m.and 10:30 p.m. and twice o
  
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• How Did People Book Flights Before The Internet? - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 16:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  How Did People Book Flights Before The Internet?  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province extends electricity rebate program to December - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 16:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Province extends electricity rebate program to December  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• French government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 16:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  French government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Court OKs immunity defense in alleged sex trafficker's death - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 15:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Court OKs immunity defense in alleged sex trafficker's death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Severe storms possible Thursday for Calgary

  06-07-2022 15:56
  
  AFTERNOON UPDATE: Well, this cloud sure did stick it out! Calgray runs a storm risk through 5-7 p.m., but otherwise we're keeping that activity off to the south.  Tomorrow's activity remains of note and interest. A trough is forming and driving up toward southern Alberta, which will be the progenitor for widespread storms, many of which could be severe. Hail is the main threat, and in some places, it may be considered a significant event (greater than 2 cm in diameter). Funnel clouds are al
  
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• Calgary stays warm, storm risk persists

  06-07-2022 15:56
  
  Yesterday's storms are something of a prelude for more inclement weather today. By the late afternoon, we could watch storms press by and, though many of these will be non-severe, there is plenty of runway for activity to mature further off the foothills. Most of today's inclement weather rolls south of Calgary, developing along the Highway 22 corridor and keeping an eastward trajectory. Otherwise, Calgary looks at a similar start from Tuesday; sunny weather to kick the day off, with building cl
  
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• 'No worship needed': Gondek asks to be referred to simply as mayor

  06-07-2022 15:44
  
  Calgary's mayor is asking members of the public, administration and her fellow councillors to no longer refer to her as 'your worship.' Mayor Jyoti Gondek made the request at the start of Tuesday morning's council session. "It has traditionally been practised to refer to the mayor as 'your worship, his worship, her worship,'" said Gondek during her opening remarks. "I find that to be clunky and colonial, quite frankly, and so in my efforts to practise some personal responsibility when it comes t
  
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• City of Lethbridge responding to encampment concerns - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 15:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge responding to encampment concerns  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 10 vehicles, shed catch fire in northeast scrapyard near airport

  06-07-2022 14:50
  
  An investigation is underway into the cause of a Wednesday morning fire at a scrapyard in northeast Calgary near YYC Calgary International Airport. Calgary Fire Department crews responded to the 7700 block of 40th Street N.E., in the Saddle Ridge Industrial area, at around 5 a.m. for reports of fire. Fire officials confirm 10 vehicles and a shed caught fire but, as of 6:30 a.m., the fire was under control. Firefighters were expected to remain on scene throughout the morning to monitor hotspots a
  
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• July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 14:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  July 4 shooting suspect bought guns legally despite threats  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UK's Johnson vows to stay on despite top tier resignations - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 13:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UK's Johnson vows to stay on despite top tier resignations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over NKorea - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 12:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Seoul spy agency files charges against ex-chiefs over NKorea  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• South Africa holds funeral for 21 teens who died in tavern - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 11:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  South Africa holds funeral for 21 teens who died in tavern  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge in Summer: Outdoor Fun, Festivals & Activities - To Do Canada

  06-07-2022 09:00 via todocanada.ca
  Lethbridge in Summer: Outdoor Fun, Festivals & Activities  To Do Canada
  
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• Local author recording history of Lethbridge Broncos - Lethbrige Herald

  06-07-2022 08:21 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Local author recording history of Lethbridge Broncos  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Lethbridge & District Exhibition Lotteries Program Announces Partnership with Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association - Lethbrige Herald

  06-07-2022 08:21 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge & District Exhibition Lotteries Program Announces Partnership with Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Calgary council approves $87B climate strategy

  06-07-2022 05:47
  
  Members of Calgary city council have passed a controversial climate strategy that outlines how the city will reach net-zero by 2050. Council debated the 99-page climate strategy on Tuesday evening for about three hours before narrowly voting 9-6 in favour of it.   "We've decided tonight that we've made a commitment to taking action on climate change," said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. Gondek says approving it allows administration to create a thorough action plan and accompanying budget in N
  
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• Reward offered after Oakland fans hit, hurt by bullet fragments - Lethbridge News Now

  06-07-2022 05:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Reward offered after Oakland fans hit, hurt by bullet fragments  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Conservative party disqualifies Patrick Brown from leadership race

  06-07-2022 05:17
  
  The Conservative Party of Canada's leadership election organizing committee says it has disqualified candidate Patrick Brown from the race to replace Erin O'Toole in the top job. Election committee chair Ian Brodie says in a statement the party became aware of "serious allegations of wrongdoing" by Brown's campaign that appear to violate financing rules in the Canada Elections Act. The statement did not provide further details on the allegations and the Brown campaign was not immediately availab
  
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• Brown campaign accuses Conservative party of acting in favour of Poilievre after disqualification from leadership race

  06-07-2022 05:17
  
  The campaign for Patrick Brown said it was consulting its legal team after the leadership election organizing committee of the federal Conservatives voted to disqualify him from the race late Tuesday. Ian Brodie, the chair of the committee, announced the stunning move in a written statement after a meeting to discuss the matter. He said the party had recently become aware of "serious allegations of wrongdoing" by the Brown campaign. The allegations are related to the financing rules in the Canad
  
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