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• Drumheller man charged in relation to July vehicle break-ins

  18-07-2022 23:38
  
  A Drumheller man faces multiple charges in relation to a vehicle break-in in early July. On July 3, a man was spotted entering a vehicle and removing personal items. Drumheller RCMP were able to identify the man and located him in town, while he was allegedly entering a second vehicle to steal personal items. Nicholas Murphy, 42, of Drumheller, has been charged with two counts of mischief under $5,000 and two counts of theft under $5,000. Murphy is scheduled to appear in Drumheller provincial co
  
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• Alberta opposes federal government's plan to further reduce emissions - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 23:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta opposes federal government's plan to further reduce emissions  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police warn cougar reported near Lethbridge College | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  18-07-2022 22:52 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police warn cougar reported near Lethbridge College | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Tornado touches down, heavy hail in Southeastern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 22:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Tornado touches down, heavy hail in Southeastern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tornado touches down in Cypress County, damaging homes and vehicles

  18-07-2022 22:22
  
  A tornado touched down in Cypress County Monday afternoon. According to the Cypress County Twitter account, the twister landed around 2 p.m. in the area around Highway 523 and the Trans-Canada Highway, causing damage to homes and vehicles in the area. There was no word about whether anyone was injured.TORNADO ALERT, 1:55PM: a tornado has touched down in the area of Hwys 523 & 1 and has caused damage to homes and vehicles in the area. Watch for funnel clouds in the area and follow @AB_EmergAl
  
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• Tornado touches down in Cypress County, Atla., damaging homes and vehicles

  18-07-2022 22:22
  
  A tornado touched down in Cypress County in southeaster Alberta Monday afternoon, according to an emergency alert. According to the Cypress County Twitter account, the twister landed around 2 p.m. in the area around Highway 523 and the Trans-Canada Highway, causing damage to homes and vehicles in the area. There was no word about whether anyone was injured.TORNADO ALERT, 1:55PM: a tornado has touched down in the area of Hwys 523 & 1 and has caused damage to homes and vehicles in the area. Wa
  
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• Significant wind event strikes Cypress County, Atla., damaging homes and vehicles

  18-07-2022 22:22
  
  A significant wind event struck Cypress County in southeastern Alberta Monday afternoon, according to an emergency alert that originally described it as a tornado. According to the Cypress County Twitter account, the heavy weather landed around 2 p.m. in the area around Highway 523 and the Trans-Canada Highway, causing damage to homes and vehicles in the area. The City of Medicine Hat tweeted that over 7,000 residents were without power Monday afternoon after a severe thunderstorm struck the cit
  
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• Significant wind event strikes Cypress County, Alta., damaging homes and vehicles

  18-07-2022 22:22
  
  A significant wind event struck Cypress County in southeastern Alberta Monday afternoon, according to an emergency alert that originally described it as a tornado. The Cypress County Twitter account says the heavy weather landed at around 2 p.m. in the area around Highway 523 and the Trans-Canada Highway, causing damage to homes and vehicles in the area. Their Twitter page said there are 337 people without power, which is expected to be back on by 6:30 p.m.UPDATE: FORTIS reports 337 customers ar
  
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• Calgary Transit offers discounted monthly passes for August, September

  18-07-2022 22:18
  
  Calgary Transit is offering discounted monthly passes for August and September. Adult and youth monthly passes will be sold for $56 each, a fifty percent discount of the adult passes and a thirty percent discount for the youth passes. Discounted passes can be purchased in four ways:Through local vendors who normally sell transit passes, like convenience stores, grocery stores and pharmacies. Through Calgary Transit Customer Service Centres – with the exception of the Village Square Leisure
  
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• Homes damaged after vicious storm rips through southeastern Alberta on Monday

  18-07-2022 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Redcliff RCMP said its officers and other emergency responders are fielding calls about damaged homes as a result of a "possible tornado touching down" in southeastern Alberta.
  
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• Alert issued as tornado touches down in Cypress County

  18-07-2022 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tornado touched down in the area of Highway 523 and Highway 1 at approximately 1:50 p.m. and has caused damage to homes and vehicles in the area.
  
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• Alert issued as strong winds affect homes in Cypress County

  18-07-2022 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tornado touched down in the area of Highway 523 and Highway 1 at approximately 1:50 p.m. and has caused damage to homes and vehicles in the area.
  
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• Siksika Nation wants go ahead from Ottawa on police force

  18-07-2022 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  ``We're funding it ourselves and we're just asking for co-operation from Alberta, co-operation from the federal government, to keep our people safe.''
  
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• LPS search for suspicious man who showed indecent photo to child near Henderson Lake

  18-07-2022 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The vehicle Lethbridge police are looking for is described as a four-door, silver car, possibly a 2000s model Pontiac Grand Prix or Grand Am.
  
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• Alberta seeing high demand for Pope Francis’ public events

  18-07-2022 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta is seeing high demand for Pope Francis' appearances in the Edmonton area, which start in less than a week. Here is more of what you need to know about the public events.
  
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• Alberta partners with Siksika Nation to create new police service

  18-07-2022 21:08
  
  The province has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Siksika First Nation that states the two sides will try to create a new police service. Members of the nation have called on all levels of government to bring back a dedicated police service to Siksika after theirs, called the Siksika Nation Tribal Council, was disbanded in 2002 due to funding cuts.  Since then, the nation, located near Bassano, has had its policing needs served by Gleichen RCMP, a hamlet of a few hundred peop
  
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• Yegor Klavdiev not returning to the Hurricanes this season - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 20:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Yegor Klavdiev not returning to the Hurricanes this season  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge police search for stranger who showed sexual image to young girl

  18-07-2022 20:37
  
  Lethbridge police are investigating after a man allegedly approached a 12-year-old girl this weekend and showed her a sexually explicit image. Police say three youths were approached by a stranger who pulled up beside them in a silver car in an alley in the 1100 block of Henderson Lake Boulevard South at about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday. He allegedly told them he had lost him cat and wanted to show them a photo, but instead presented a sexual image to a young girl before driving away. Offic
  
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• Lethbridge girl shown sexually explicit image by stranger | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  18-07-2022 20:37 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge girl shown sexually explicit image by stranger | CTV News  CTV News CalgaryPolice asking for help to locate unique items stolen from west Lethbridge  Lethbridge News NowMan charged after targeted shooting at encampment: Lethbridge police  Global NewsSuspect charged in connection to Lethbridge encampment shooting  CHAT News TodayLethbridge Police seek public's help in identifying suspicious person who showed an indecent image to a child Saturday&
  
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• Hockey Canada had reserve fund to cover abuse claims: court documents

  18-07-2022 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  An affidavit filed in an Ontario court case suggests Hockey Canada has maintained a fund to pay for uninsured liabilities, including sexual abuse claims.
  
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• Bozeman Bucks split doubleheader with Lethbridge Elks - Bozeman Daily Chronicle

  18-07-2022 20:04 via bozemandailychronicle.com
  Bozeman Bucks split doubleheader with Lethbridge Elks  Bozeman Daily Chronicle
  
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• Province and Siksika Nation sign agreement focused on policing services - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 20:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province and Siksika Nation sign agreement focused on policing services  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Judge denies bail for fourth murder conspiracy suspect in Coutts, Alta. protest

  18-07-2022 19:22
  
  A judge has denied bail for the fourth man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade earlier this year in southern Alberta.  Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik ruled in Lethbridge court today that Jerry Morin, who is 40, must remain in custody until his trial. Morin, Anthony Olienick, Chris Carbert and Christopher Lysak are accused of conspiring to kill police officers at a blockade near Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictio
  
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• Bail denied for 4th suspect charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Coutts border protest

  18-07-2022 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik ruled in Lethbridge court on Monday that Jerry Morin, who is 40, must remain in custody until his trial.
  
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• Judge denies bail for fourth murder conspiracy suspect in Coutts protest - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 19:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Judge denies bail for fourth murder conspiracy suspect in Coutts protest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth in Standoff - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 19:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alberta police and emergency services recruit Indigenous youth in Standoff  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Liberals present 2 options to reduce emissions from oil, gas sector

  18-07-2022 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Liberal government is aiming to cut emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, and targeting net-zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• Precision Drilling buying Canadian well servicing business from High Arctic

  18-07-2022 18:52
  
  Precision Drilling Corp. has signed a deal to buy the Canadian well servicing business of High Arctic Energy Services Inc. for $38.2 million in cash. The deal adds to Precision's fleet of service rigs as well as includes rental assets, ancillary support equipment, inventories and spares, and six additional operating facilities in key basins. Precision CEO Kevin Neveu says the acquisition expands the company's well servicing division with high quality rigs and field personnel as well as strategic
  
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• Dr. Raj Sherman intends to run for UCP leadership - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 18:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Dr. Raj Sherman intends to run for UCP leadership  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigates fatal seaplane crash in Quebec - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 18:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Transportation Safety Board of Canada investigates fatal seaplane crash in Quebec  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Storm season rolls in through southern Alberta - Global News

  18-07-2022 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Storm season rolls in through southern Alberta  Global News
  
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• Storm season rolls in through southern Alberta

  18-07-2022 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Normally storms move at about 40 to 50 km/h; these cells were moving northeast at about 70 to 80 km/h." 
  
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• Warmer, drier weather expected to fuel flames near Lytton: wildfire service

  18-07-2022 17:26
  
  British Columbia's wildfire service has warned that warmer and drier weather expected throughout this week could fuel potentially volatile conditions as crews battle an out-of-control fire just west of the village of Lytton. Environment Canada's forecast for the area at the north end of the Fraser Canyon shows clear skies with daytime temperatures above 30 C starting Tuesday. The wildfire service says the lower relative humidity will cause fuels to dry out, stoking the flames of the blaze that m
  
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• B.C. wildfires: Gusty winds in Lytton's forecast as blaze remains out of control

  18-07-2022 17:26
  
  Showers are likely over the northern end of British Columbia's Fraser Canyon, potentially aiding crews battling a 17-square kilometre wildfire just west of the village of Lytton. But Environment Canada says any rain will also be accompanied by very blustery winds. The weather office is calling for a 60 per cent chance of showers around Lytton and warns of the chance of thundershowers, while winds are expected to gust up to 70 km/h later in the day. Those conditions cover the same area where the
  
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• B.C. wildfire pushing toward an Indigenous heritage park: public safety minister

  18-07-2022 17:26
  
  Overcast skies with a chance of showers are shifting to sun in the forecast for British Columbia's Fraser Canyon, where crews are battling an out-of-control wildfire just west of the village of Lytton. Environment Canada says there's a 60 per cent chance of showers near the area, with winds gusting up to 70 km/h, but the winds will slow to 30 km/h by Tuesday and the sun is out the rest of the week with daytime temperatures peaking at 34 C. Those conditions cover the same area where the blaze dis
  
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• Indigenous culture recognized at Kainai Powwow and Celebration in Standoff - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 16:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Indigenous culture recognized at Kainai Powwow and Celebration in Standoff  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Vanessa Gilles making her presence felt with Canadian women's soccer team - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 16:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Vanessa Gilles making her presence felt with Canadian women's soccer team  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pat King, ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer, granted bail

  18-07-2022 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pat King was back in court last week after a hearing in April came to an abrupt halt when his lawyer's computer appeared to be hacked.
  
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• Still a risk for storms tonight in Calgary

  18-07-2022 15:04
  
    AFTERNOON UPDATE: What a strange day, locally. I tweeted it for the best summation of events:Rolling #abstorm warnings continue this hour against our eastern boundary; strengthening storms migrate into Saskatchewan this afternoon. #Calgary, meanwhile, has seen south-end rain between 15-20 mm so far, while the north end has scarcely seen a few millimetres. #yyc pic.twitter.com/hWQelgWPYK — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) July 18, 2022 Predicted hail sizes for these storms were nickel
  
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• Calgary with a cooler, rainier start to the week

  18-07-2022 15:04
  
  Another Stampede has come and gone, and it has taken the locally-friendly, nice weather with it. Calgary's looking at 15 to 30 millimetres of rain by the end of the day. Added to this, some communities are already dealing with severe thunderstorms first thing this morning as part of this transition period:SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING from Environment Canada. https://t.co/gUShKuBfCW #abstorm #yyc #Calgary pic.twitter.com/h0DItHivr8 — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) July 18, 2022Up to nickel-
  
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• Bull rider Buttar fit to be tied in Calgary Stampede rodeo

  18-07-2022 14:48
  
  Dakota Buttar didn’t mind sharing the spotlight with Shane Proctor at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Sunday. Both Buttar and Proctor posted scores of 88.5 points atop their bulls in a bonus round of action of the marquee event in front of a near capacity crowd at GMC Stadium. "Shane’s a good guy, I’ve looked up to him for a long time," said the 29-year-old Buttar of Eatonia, Sask., in regards to the 37-year-old Proctor who hails from Grand Coulee, Wash. "It was a tie, but I didn
  
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• Suncor reaches deal with activist investor Elliott Investment Management

  18-07-2022 14:41
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. says it has reached a deal with activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP that will see it undertake a strategic review of its downstream retail business with the goal of "unlocking shareholder value." The agreement announced Monday will also see three new independent directors join the company's board.Sign up for The Climate Barometer, delivered right to your inboxThe new board members are former BHP Billiton executive Ian Ashby, former Devon Canada president Chris S
  
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• Police shoot attempted break-in suspect in Coventry Hills, ASIRT investigating

  18-07-2022 14:19
  
  One man is in hospital after being shot by Calgary police in a northeast neighbourhood Sunday night. Residents of a home in the 12100 block of Coventry Hills Way N.E. called police shortly before 10 p.m. saying a man with a weapon was in their yard and trying to break into their home. Police say the family sheltered inside as officers were dispatched. According to Calgary Police Service officials, officers located the armed man and attempted to deescalate the situation. Two CPS members fired on
  
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• Lethbridge Rugby Club teams get wins on 50th year celebration weekend - Lethbrige Herald

  18-07-2022 09:00 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Rugby Club teams get wins on 50th year celebration weekend  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Calgary Stampede 2022 comes to an end, organizers thrilled with turnout

  18-07-2022 04:36
  
  The Calgary Stampede comes to an end on Sunday after making its big return for the first time since 2019. “I think it’s fair to say Stampede in Calgary is back in the saddle,” said Steve McDonough, Calgary Stampede president and chairman of the board. As of Saturday, the Calgary Stampede saw 1.109 million guests, and organizers expect the total attendance number to reach 1.2 million by the end of Sunday. The all-time attendance record was set in 2012 during the Stampede’s
  
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• Southern Alberta Truck Expo hopes to fill gaps in driver shortages - Global News

  18-07-2022 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Southern Alberta Truck Expo hopes to fill gaps in driver shortages  Global News
  
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• Southern Alberta Truck Expo hopes to fill gaps in driver shortages

  18-07-2022 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lane Jacobson, president of the Southern Alberta Truck Exposition Association, said these events are important to educate the community about the trucking industry.
  
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• What's happening around Lethbridge this week, July 17, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  18-07-2022 01:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  What's happening around Lethbridge this week, July 17, 2022  Lethbridge News Now
  
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