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• Canada asked France extradite priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 23:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada asked France extradite priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews talks healthcare and more in Lethbridge - EverythingGP

  27-07-2022 23:49 via everythinggp.com
  UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews talks healthcare and more in Lethbridge  EverythingGP
  
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• Lethbridge police name newest K9 member Bridge - My Lethbridge Now

  27-07-2022 23:42 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Lethbridge police name newest K9 member Bridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• The Latest on the Pope's visit to Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 23:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Manchin says he has health, energy, tax deal with Schumer - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 23:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Manchin says he has health, energy, tax deal with Schumer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hospitalizations up as BA.5 becomes dominant variant in Alberta

  27-07-2022 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The highly contagious and immune-evading BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants became dominant in Alberta in mid-June, according to new data from the University of Calgary.
  
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• BA.4 and BA.5 dominant subvariants in Alberta according to new wastewater data

  27-07-2022 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The highly contagious and immune-evading BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants became dominant in Alberta in mid-June, according to new data from the University of Calgary.
  
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• Young Calgary golfer competes against the best in the world

  27-07-2022 23:10
  
  At nine years old, Sedona Weitz made her first trip to the IMG Junior World Golf Championship in San Diego and managed to place 49th. She was grouped with other boys and girls her age and one year older. "The experience was unimaginable," she said. "Lots of people from all over the world, different accents, different words, different names but the good thing about all this, we could take a cart (on the golf course) so we didn't have to walk because it was really hot there." The outgoing junior g
  
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• Lethbridge K9 Unit announces the winning name of its new puppy

  27-07-2022 22:50
  
  The Lethbridge police department's K9 unit announced that after extensive consultation with over 700 Lethbridge youth, they have selected the name of their newest member. It's Bridge. “We were overwhelmed by the response we received and we want to thank everyone who submitted a suggestion. There were some great names and it was a tough choice,” said Cst. Braylon Hyggen, who is currently training the four-month old Belgian Malinois puppy. The name Bridge was chosen, the department exp
  
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• Pope Francis apology: ‘Gaps’ in pontiff’s remarks can’t be ignored, says Miller

  27-07-2022 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Indigenous people will decide for themselves what they think about the Pope's apology to residential school survivors.
  
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• Meet “Bridge”, the new K9 puppy-in-training at Lethbridge Police - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 22:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Meet “Bridge”, the new K9 puppy-in-training at Lethbridge Police  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Drop-In Centre looking to offer overdose prevention services

  27-07-2022 22:07
  The Calgary Drop-In Centre is hoping to offer overdose prevention services to its clientele amid the looming closure of the city's only supervised drug consumption site. The province announced over a year ago it plans to close the Safeworks site at the at Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre and replace it with two new sites at "more appropriate" locations.   Since then, the Calgary Drop-In Centre has been strategizing alternative options to offer the service to many of its clients. &n
  
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• Lethbridge approves additional $230000 to remove encampments - My Lethbridge Now

  27-07-2022 21:51 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Lethbridge approves additional $230000 to remove encampments  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Charges laid in smashing of Peace Bridge windowpanes that caused $1M in damage

  27-07-2022 21:21
  
  One man is facing charges after 80 per cent of the glass windowpanes on Calgary's iconic Peace Bridge were shattered over the weekend, causing nearly $1 million in damage. The vandalism to the 70 panels happened at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, July 24. Witnesses reported a man using a hammer, rebar and bricks to smash the glass as he walked from one side of the bridge to the other, pushing a shopping cart with him as he went.  On Wednesday, police said 58-year-old Brian Douglas Jensen had been
  
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• Provincial ag ministers 'disappointed' with federal fertilizer emissions target - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 20:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Provincial ag ministers 'disappointed' with federal fertilizer emissions target  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• How Canadians can enter to win Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots

  27-07-2022 20:35
  
  The winning tickets to some of the world's largest lottery jackpots have been drawn in the United States, but Americans aren't the only ones eligible for a chance to win the billion-dollar prizes. Mega Millions and Powerball lottery tickets are sold in 45 states in addition to the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, but you don't need to be a resident of these places to buy a ticket. Powerball tickets are also available in Puerto Rico. Anyone visiting these states and territories,
  
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• Two people arrested in murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik: homicide team - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 20:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two people arrested in murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik: homicide team  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province helping seniors with rising cost of continuing care accommodation - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 20:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Vancouver police say woman deliberately burned Monday in attack - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 19:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Vancouver police say woman deliberately burned Monday in attack  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta government to provide financial relief for continuing care residents

  27-07-2022 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta said residents' accommodations will only increase by 3.2 per cent during this time period, compared to this year's rate of 5.5 per cent.
  
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• Lethbridge-East MLA Neudorf endorses Danielle Smith in UCP leadership race - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 18:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge-East MLA Neudorf endorses Danielle Smith in UCP leadership race  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Precision Drilling reports $25M net loss in Q2, revenue up 62%

  27-07-2022 18:43
  
  Precision Drilling Corp. says it had a net loss of $24.6 million for the second quarter, down from a net loss of $75.9 million in the same quarter last year. The net loss for the quarter ending June 30 worked out to $1.81 per share, compared with $5.71 per share for the same quarter last year. Revenue of $326 million was up 62 per cent compared with the $201 million of revenue in the quarter last year. The company says revenue has climbed as it averaged 37 active rigs in the quarter, up 35 per c
  
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• Pope leaves Alberta for next stops in reconciliation journey

  27-07-2022 18:31
  
  Pope Francis left Edmonton, Alta., Wednesday morning to continue his "penitential pilgrimage" across Canada. The papal motorcade – consisting of security and police, Vatican cardinals, and journalists accredited to follow Francis onto Quebec – began to pull into Edmonton International Airport around 8:20 a.m. Francis left the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton at roughly the same time, his white Fiat arriving at the tarmac shortly before 9 a.m. The pontiff sat in the vehicle's front se
  
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• UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews talks healthcare and more in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 18:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews talks healthcare and more in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Crescent Point reports adjusted earnings jump on higher oil prices

  27-07-2022 18:25
  
  Crescent Point Energy Corp. says it had a net income of $331.5 million in the second quarter, down from a $2.1 billion net income for the same quarter last year when earnings were boosted by a large reversal of a non-cash impairment. The Calgary-based oil and gas producer reports adjusted earnings of $272.1 million for the quarter ending June 30, compared with $117.6 million for the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings per share came in at 47 cents each, compared with 20 cents per share las
  
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• $77K in drugs seized, charges laid in downtown Calgary trafficking investigation

  27-07-2022 18:15
  
  Calgary police have arrested a man in a trafficking investigation in the downtown core that saw $77,000 worth of illegal drugs seized. Officers stopped the suspect on July 13 after he was spotted driving a stolen vehicle. During the traffic stop, police discovered an undisclosed amount of drugs and $4,050 in cash. Police arrested the driver, who was charged with numerous trafficking offences. A passenger in the vehicle was also charged for breaching bail conditions in connection to a charge of a
  
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• How England's national team became a power in women's soccer - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 18:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 18:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Much of Alberta under heat warnings, including Edmonton and Calgary

  27-07-2022 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heat warnings stretch from areas as far north as Peace River and Wabasca, south through the Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary regions and into High River and Claresholm.
  
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• Sentencing arguments for Calgary man who ran down and killed his wife with U Haul van

  27-07-2022 16:28
  
  A Calgary judge reserved his decision Tuesday on a sentence for a man who deliberately drove over his wife with a U-Haul van during an argument and left her to die alone on a snow-covered street. Ronald Candaele was convicted of second-degree murder a year ago in the February 2020 killing of Melissa Rae Blommaert. Candaele already faces a life sentence but the Crown wants him kept in custody for 18 years before he's eligible for parole due to his long history of domestic violence. "He was violen
  
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• Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends 'strict isolation' - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 16:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends 'strict isolation'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Heat warning issued for Calgary, storm potential this weekend

  27-07-2022 15:58
  
  Environment Canada issued heat warnings across Alberta on Wednesday, encompassing a swathe of the province through the Peace Region and down the QE-2/Highway 2 corridor to Claresholm.  This is in advance of Thursday’s heat-warned criteria hit. Our weekend temperatures have cooled, slightly, but Monday, too, is in the thirties. For heat health advice, check out AHS’s page here. Today offers potential instability along the foothills corridor west of the city; however, there remain
  
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• Lethbridge City Council approves $230000 to help deal with encampments - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 15:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge City Council approves $230000 to help deal with encampments  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Danielle Smith defends sovereignty plan, cancer remarks in UCP leadership debate

  27-07-2022 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  This was the only scheduled debate before the crucial Aug. 12 cutoff for members to sign up if they wish to vote. A final debate is set for Aug. 30 in Edmonton.
  
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• Alberta UCP leadership contenders to square off in first debate in Medicine Hat

  27-07-2022 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wednesday's debate is the only scheduled debate before the crucial Aug. 12 cutoff for UCP members to sign up if they wish to vote in the leadership contest.
  
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• Will Eating Apple Seeds Poison You? - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 15:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• West Lethbridge residential fire causes more than $750000 in damages - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 14:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  West Lethbridge residential fire causes more than $750000 in damages  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UCP leadership candidates square off in Medicine Hat debate

  27-07-2022 13:30
  
  Alberta's United Conservative Party hosted its first official leadership debate in Medicine Hat on Wednesday night. The debate, held at the HALO Air Ambulance Hangar was  moderated by former Calgary councillor Jeff Davison. Seven candidates have met the requirements and are registered in the race to become the next party leader, including: Leela Aheer;  Brian Jean;  Todd Loewen;  Rajan Sawhney;  Rebecca Schulz;  Danielle Smith; and  Travis Toews.A rec
  
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• Candidates for UCP leadership prepare for debate in Medicine Hat

  27-07-2022 13:30
  
  Alberta's United Conservative Party is hosting its first official leadership debate in Medicine Hat on Wednesday night. The debate will be held at the HALO Air Ambulance Hangar from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and will be moderated by former Calgary councillor Jeff Davison. Seven candidates have met the requirements and are registered in the race to become the next party leader, including: Leela Aheer;  Brian Jean;  Todd Loewen;  Rajan Sawhney;  Rebecca Schulz;  Dan
  
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• Awards, arguments and apologies: first UCP leadership debate draws a crowd in Medicine Hat

  27-07-2022 13:30
  
  Alberta's United Conservative Party's first official leadership debate had heated exchanges, online and in-person disruptions and a controversial apology.  It also had some policy promises.  All seven candidates were in Medicine Hat on Wednesday night for the first of two debates.  The stage included former UCP cabinet ministers Leela Aheer, Rajan Sawhney, Rebecca Schulz and Travis Toews. Former Wildrose leaders Danielle Smith and Brian Jean and ousted UCPer Todd Lo
  
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• Pope Francis travels to Quebec City for final days of Indigenous reconciliation visit

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• Pope Francis to travel to Quebec City from Edmonton for final days of reconciliation visit

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• Plane carrying Pope Francis leaves Edmonton, makes way to Quebec City

  27-07-2022 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis is to visit with officials on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec's capital shortly after his plane touches down after flying from Edmonton.
  
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• ‘Dance with the universe:’ Indigenous languages, reconciliation and the papal tour

  27-07-2022 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  “We have a perpetual dance with the universe,” said Tom McCallum, translating the Cree word for "prayer" in an interview after Pope Francis arrived in Edmonton.
  
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• Hockey Canada has paid $7.6M in sex abuse settlements since 1989

  27-07-2022 10:43
  
  Hockey Canada says it has paid out $7.6 million in nine settlements related to sexual assault and sexual abuse claims since 1989, with $6.8 million of that related to serial abuser Graham James. The hockey governing body has been under fire since it was revealed the money in its multimillion-dollar National Equity Fund -- which had been reserved for uninsured payments including sexual assault and sexual abuse claims -- comes from player fees. The fund was also used to pay for the services of a l
  
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• MPs to resume committee probe of Hockey Canada's sex assault settlement - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 10:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Bilingualism in Parliament threatened by unaccredited, off-site hires: translators - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 10:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bilingualism in Parliament threatened by unaccredited, off-site hires: translators  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UPDATE: West Lethbridge residential fire causes more than $750000 in damages - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2022 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UPDATE: West Lethbridge residential fire causes more than $750000 in damages  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Airport seeing more people taking to the skies - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  27-07-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Airport seeing more people taking to the skies - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Singer says impromptu song at Maskwacis papal apology being mistaken for ‘O Canada’

  27-07-2022 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  An anguished rendering of a song that sounds similar to Canada's national anthem was sung by Si Pih Ko at the papal apology in Maskwacis.
  
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