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• Second-degree murder charge laid in death of Banff, Alta. man

  06-08-2022 23:44
  
  RCMP are continuing to investigate the first homicide case in the town of Banff in several decades that stemmed from a disagreement inside a local pub. Alberta RCMP announced Saturday that 22-year-old John-Christopher Arrizza is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ethan Enns-Goneau, 26. Police say the death occurred as a result of a fight inside a bar, identified by CTV News as the Dancing Sasquatch. The incident occurred in the early morning hours on Aug. 5, and those who live and
  
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• Ukrainian refugee ready to build new life in Calgary for her kids

  06-08-2022 23:15
  
  Following months of bureaucracy and hard work, a woman who fled war-torn Ukraine is now looking ahead to her future and the opportunities Canada will give to her children. Nataliia Vynohradova is one of millions of Ukrainians who've fled from the path of Russian aggression. She had to leave her home and many of her relatives behind in order to get to safety. "My husband stayed and my parents stayed and my friends and my relatives," she said after getting off a plane that landed at Calgary Intern
  
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• Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 22:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian wrestlers Di Stasio, Randhawa capture Commonwealth Games gold  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Amanda got justice': Dutch man accused in B.C. teen sextortion case found guilty on all charges

  06-08-2022 22:05
  
  A Dutch man has been found guilty on all five counts related to the online sextortion of British Columbia teen Amanda Todd. Aydin Coban was convicted of extortion, harassment, communication with a young person to commit a sexual offence, possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography The verdict was handed down in B.C. Supreme Court Saturday, less than 24 hours after the jury began deliberations. The trial lasted nearly two months and took place over a decade after Todd di
  
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• Woman flown to hospital following serious crash north of Cochrane

  06-08-2022 19:43
  
  A 24-year-old woman was flown to hospital in Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance after a crash on a highway north of the town of Cochrane on Saturday. RCMP say emergency crews responded to the scene, at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 567, at approximately 11 a.m. on Saturday. Officials say STARS was also called to the scene.STAR-1 (Calgary) has been dispatched for a scene call emergency in the Cochrane, AB area. — STARS air ambulance (@STARSambulance) August 6, 2022Officials with th
  
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• 2 vehicles involved in serious crash north of Cochrane

  06-08-2022 19:43
  
  At least two people are seriously injured, police say, after two vehicles crashed on a highway north of the town of Cochrane. RCMP say emergency crews responded to the scene, at the intersection of Highway 22 and Highway 567 at approximately 11 a.m. on Saturday. Officials say STARS was also called to the scene.STAR-1 (Calgary) has been dispatched for a scene call emergency in the Cochrane, AB area. — STARS air ambulance (@STARSambulance) August 6, 2022There is no information on the patient
  
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• Northern athletes undaunted by their challenges at Canada Games - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 19:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Northern athletes undaunted by their challenges at Canada Games  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police seek evidence linked to murder of Calgary woman

  06-08-2022 18:08
  
  Police officers, with assistance from the public, will be conducting a search on the Siksika First Nation for evidence believed to be connected to the murder of Tammie Doreen Howard. Howard, who was also known as "Irish," was last seen in December 2016 and reported missing by her family in April 2017. Last month, investigators released details in the case that led them to believe that she had been murdered. Her remains have not been located. At that time, police announced they were looking for a
  
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• Hockey Canada board Chair Michael Brind'Amour stepping down from position - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 16:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hockey Canada board Chair Michael Brind'Amour stepping down from position  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man shot by police in southeast Calgary incident

  06-08-2022 15:56
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating the circumstances that led up to a police officer shooting a suspect in southeast Calgary. Officials said police responded to a scene in the southeast community of Radisson Heights at approximately 10 p.m. When officers arrived in the 1500 block of 35 Street S.E., they found a man in possession of several weapons who was acting erratically. Calgary police aren't clear on exactly what sort of confrontation took place, but say one of the
  
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• Stampeders snap two-game losing streak, defeat Redblacks 17-3

  06-08-2022 15:50
  
  Despite being short-handed, the Calgary Stampeders found a way to pull out a 17-3 win over the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night at TD Place. The win allowed the Stampeders (5-2-0) to snap a two-game losing streak and keep pace with the B.C. Lions, who are second in the West Division and will be visiting Calgary Aug. 13. Calgary was missing a number of starters, but did enough to beat a struggling Ottawa team. Bo Levi Mitchell was far from his best, but on this night, he proved to be the better quar
  
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• Brier provides big bang for Lethbridge's bucks - Medicine Hat News

  06-08-2022 12:24 via medicinehatnews.com
  Brier provides big bang for Lethbridge's bucks  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 12:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Moral rot knocks hockey off Canada's pedestal - Saltwire

  06-08-2022 11:25 via saltwire.com
  
  GAIL LETHBRIDGE: Moral rot knocks hockey off Canada's pedestal  Saltwire
  
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• Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 10:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 10:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Stampeders snap two-game losing streak, defeat Redblacks 17-3 - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 05:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Stampeders snap two-game losing streak, defeat Redblacks 17-3  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Actress Anne Heche has 'long recovery ahead' after car crash

  06-08-2022 04:16
  
  Anne Heche remains hospitalized and in intensive care after a car she was driving crashed into a residence in Los Angeles on Friday and became engulfed in flames. "Anne is in the ICU, she's lucky to be alive. She has severe burns and has a long recovery ahead. Her team and her family are still trying to process what led up to the crash," a source close to Heche told CNN Saturday morning. The vehicle was travelling at a high rate of speed when it ran off the road and collided with a residence, Lo
  
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• Indiana Legislature 1st to approve abortion bans post Roe - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 04:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Indiana Legislature 1st to approve abortion bans post Roe  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• This Scottish island is more affordable than average homes in some of Canada's major cities

  06-08-2022 03:26
  
  An entire Scottish island, with a six-bedroom house, a helipad and a lighthouse, has gone on sale for a price substantially lower than the average asking price of homes in major Canadian cities. The 27-acre property, listed by U.K. real estate agency Knight Frank, has 1,600 metres of rocky foreshore, a stone jetty with an open boathouse and scenic views of the Isles of Arran, Ailsa Craig and Northern Ireland. Its asking price is £350,000, or C$546,451.50. In many major Canadian cities, tha
  
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• GOP Rep. who voted to impeach advances in Washington primary - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 02:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  GOP Rep. who voted to impeach advances in Washington primary  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• As many energy companies post surging 2nd quarter profits, Alberta's job reports modest job growth

  06-08-2022 02:24
  
  Several Calgary-based energy companies are reporting a surge in earnings for the second quarter of 2022, yet analysts don't expect the energy boom to translate into an immediate rush of field jobs as companies recuperate from the financial toll extracted by the pandemic. Suncor reported record-breaking earnings of $3.99 billion in the second quarter, more than quadruple the $868 million it earned in the same period of 2021. "In the second quarter of 2022, Suncor reported the highest quarterly ad
  
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• 35-year-old Medicine Hat man reported missing - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 02:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  35-year-old Medicine Hat man reported missing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge hostage victim shares story of her survival | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  06-08-2022 02:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge hostage victim shares story of her survival | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• ‘I shouldn’t have survived’: Lethbridge hostage victim shares her story, blood drive started

  06-08-2022 02:03
  
  The scars on Kathryn Linder’s neck and body will be a reminder of how a normal day changed her life. “It was just a normal Thursday afternoon at the office,” she said. “I was doing paper work and answering a few calls when she walked in and wanted to speak with one of our lawyers who wasn’t in.”             Linder says once she and their practicum student said they could get the lawyer on the phone sh
  
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• ‘I shouldn’t have survived’: Lethbridge hostage-taking victim shares her story, blood drive started

  06-08-2022 02:03
  
  The scars on Kathryn Linder’s neck and body will be a reminder of how a normal day changed her life. “It was just a normal Thursday afternoon at the office,” she said. “I was doing paper work and answering a few calls when she walked in and wanted to speak with one of our lawyers who wasn’t in.”             Linder says once she and their practicum student said they could get the lawyer on the phone sh
  
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• Southern Alberta woman warns of Facebook scammers using random addresses - Global News

  06-08-2022 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Southern Alberta woman warns of Facebook scammers using random addresses  Global News
  
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• Southern Alberta woman warns of Facebook scammers using random addresses

  06-08-2022 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Claresholm resident Paula Berard warns the public of scammers after multiple people showed up on her doorstep this week hoping to pick up purchases made on Facebook Marketplace.
  
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• Parents of child who died from fentanyl charged with murder - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 01:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Parents of child who died from fentanyl charged with murder  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bryan Burnham returns as B.C. Lions take on struggling Edmonton Elks - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 01:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bryan Burnham returns as B.C. Lions take on struggling Edmonton Elks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Where Canada stands among nations paying the highest gas prices

  06-08-2022 01:18
  
  Canadians are spending the highest proportion of their income on gas compared with other G7 nations, according to the global gas price tracking website GlobalPetrolPrices.com. Their data shows that Canadians are spending 4.4 per cent of their income on gas, notably higher than second-place Americans who are spending 3 per cent. Other G7 nations such as Japan and U.K. spend half as much. The lowest proportion of income spent on gas is by those living in France (0.7 per cent). When looking at
  
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• Tourists by Lucy Lethbridge review — a history of the British on holiday - The Times

  06-08-2022 01:01 via thetimes.co.uk
  
  Tourists by Lucy Lethbridge review — a history of the British on holiday  The Times
  
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• Province expands rent assistance program to more Albertans

  06-08-2022 00:59
  
  Albertans who are struggling to make ends meet will soon be able to access government funding aimed at helping tenants with the rising cost of rent. The provincial government announced Friday that more than 80 communities will now have access to the temporary rent assistance benefit, a government subsidy that helps make rental accommodations more affordable. The payments are offered to all working households in Alberta for a period of up to two years to allow them to "stabilize or improve their
  
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• Lethbridge County council commits $15K toward doctor recruitment - Global News

  06-08-2022 00:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge County council commits $15K toward doctor recruitment  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge County council commits $15K toward doctor recruitment

  06-08-2022 00:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The funding will go towards marketing, advertising, and recruitment of physicians, following a request from the City of Lethbridge last month.
  
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• Solid competition: Alberta bricklayers go head-to-head

  06-08-2022 00:45
  
  It's got a name that sounds like it's right out of motorsports -- the 2022 Spec Mix Bricklayer 500. Six teams from Alberta compete by building an eight-metre long brick wall as high as possible in just one hour. This year's champions are mason Dave Sontag and his tender Sonny Harvey. The two managed to lay 557 bricks for their wall and this is Sontag's 10th year competing. "Once you try, you really want to succeed every single time be the best bricklayer you can," he said. "We compete against fr
  
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• Farmers concerned about federal fertilizer target - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 00:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Farmers concerned about federal fertilizer target  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tom Kim going places in a hurry, among leaders at Wyndham - Lethbridge News Now

  06-08-2022 00:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Tom Kim going places in a hurry, among leaders at Wyndham  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta’s jobs minister Doug Schweitzer resigns

  06-08-2022 00:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a tweet on Friday afternoon, jobs minister Doug Schweitzer announced he has provided Premier Jason Kenney with his resignation from Cabinet. 
  
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