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• ‘Skinniest horse I’ve ever seen’ removed from property: Alberta SPCA

  16-08-2022 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta SPCA said Marvin was about half the size of a similar horse his age when he came into the organization's care on July 12. 
  
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• Inflation dips, but experts wary of celebrating just yet

  16-08-2022 23:39
  
  While Canada and Alberta's inflation rates have dropped from a record-high peak seen in June, not all consumer prices are falling with it. While the price to gas up your vehicle may have dropped, groceries continue to be more expensive than last year, and experts say the market is so volatile it wouldn't take much to send prices back up. Canada's year-over-year inflation rate dropped from a four-decade peak of 8.1 per cent in June to 7.6 per cent in July, while Alberta's rate dipped from 8.4 per
  
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• Dawgs fourth in North American attendance as they prepare to meet Moose Jaw in finals

  16-08-2022 23:28
  
  Just as they prepared to start the Western Canadian Baseball League finals Tuesday night, the Okotoks Dawgs announced that they're also a box office hit. The Dawgs revealed on their Twitter feed Tuesday that they ranked fourth in attendance in all North American summer college baseball programs, averaging more than 4,200 fans a game at Seaman Stadium with a total 2022 attendance of 113,825. The Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League led everyone, drawing just under 200,000 fans or 5,500 a gam
  
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• Calgary housing market remained hot in Q2, expected to slow

  16-08-2022 22:57
  
  The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) says while home sales in the second quarter of the year were almost as strong as in the months prior, inventories are relatively low and supply is tight. CREB released its latest quarterly update on Tuesday, in which the organization examined housing sales in April, May and June. In it, CREB noted 9,303 total sales in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 2.24 per cent over the same period last year. However, new listings were down 3.25 per cent in the s
  
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• Alberta justice minister outlines plan for provincial police force

  16-08-2022 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government continues to make its case for a provincial police force, saying it would add hundreds of front-line officers to small detachments.
  
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• Lethbridge-West MLA calls on UCP to stop “nickel-and-diming” seniors - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 22:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge-West MLA calls on UCP to stop “nickel-and-diming” seniors  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Fort Macleod RCMP seek information in arson investigation - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 22:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Fort Macleod RCMP seek information in arson investigation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hockey Canada says summer, ‘understandable scrutiny’ behind small World Juniors crowds

  16-08-2022 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The national sports organization has come under fire in recent months for its handling of sexual assault allegations levied against members of two former world junior teams.
  
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• Excessive heat in Calgary straight into the weekend

  16-08-2022 21:33
  
  Hot weather is sticking around in the five-day forecast, and with it, we'll remain under the heat advisory. Early in the noon hour, showers began to propagate along the foothills; with them, severe thunderstorm watches have built up just north of Calgary:Alberta's Alerts picture right now: storm watches (Airdrie is the current southern limit), and heat warnings. #yyc #abstorm pic.twitter.com/WlffG8o5Dc — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) August 16, 2022The showers associated with "wave one"
  
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• Edmonton boy’s body pulled from pond in Whitecourt

  16-08-2022 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The body of a 14-year-old Edmonton boy was recovered from the Rotary Park pond in Whitecourt Tuesday morning, two days after he fell in the water.
  
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• Proposed provincial policing plan would bolster Alberta’s rural, remote detachments

  16-08-2022 21:25
  
  CALGARY -- An Alberta Provincial Police Service would see sworn officers currently working in administrative positions at larger detachments redeployed to front-line roles in smaller communities, according to a proposed plan released Tuesday. The effort would see Alberta's smallest detachments staffed with a minimum of 10 front-line officers as part of an overhaul to the structure of policing in the province, should the government choose to move away from the RCMP. The government hasn't decided
  
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• 'Blueprint' for Alberta police service to be released

  16-08-2022 21:25
  
  Alberta's justice minister is expected to release more details on a proposed plan to introduce a provincial police service that is expected to replace the RCMP. Tyler Shandro is scheduled to speak at McDougall Centre at 2:30 p.m. The provincial government first mentioned the idea of transitioning Alberta from a reliance on the RCMP to its own police force when it released it's Fair Deal Panel report, suggesting the move would improve policing in rural Alberta. The UCP government also contended i
  
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• Team Canada heads into quarterfinals at World Juniors with momentum

  16-08-2022 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Over the course of four games, the Canadians outscored their opponents 27-7 and they lead the world juniors with a plus-20 goal differential.
  
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• Fort Macleod fire deemed arson, second set at property this month

  16-08-2022 20:36
  
  RCMP in a southern Alberta town are investigating two fires at a property in the last week that are believed to have been deliberately set. Emergency crews were called to reports of a fire at a Fort Macleod home on Monday night. No injuries were reported in connection with the blaze and the subsequent investigation determined it was an act of arson. This week's fire at the home was the second to occur at the property in the last seven days and both fires are considered suspicious. The extent of
  
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• Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska's 2 elections on Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 20:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska's 2 elections on Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Upside-down Lightning In Oklahoma Most Powerful Ever Recorded  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• RCMP investigate ‘deliberately set’ fire to Fort Macleod home

  16-08-2022 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fort Macleod RCMP continue to investigate the arson of a Fort Macleod home after it was suspiciously set on fire twice in one week.
  
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• Suspect vehicle photos released in fatal hit-and-run near Red Deer's Gasoline Alley

  16-08-2022 19:34
  
  RCMP has released surveillance photos of a car sought in connection with a July hit-and-run south of Red Deer that killed a cyclist. Emergency crews responded to an area outside the McKenzie Industrial Business Park near Gasoline Alley on the evening of July 6 after a 45-year-old woman on a bicycle was struck by a car. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled prior to the arrival of police. On Tuesday, RCMP officials released details regarding the car as we
  
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• Building a better Eighth Street? City seeks pedestrian-friendly proposals

  16-08-2022 18:58
  
  Calgary city council is looking to reinvigorate a southwest street that stretches through the Beltline and downtown and is currently seeking proposals from design firms. The city says the reimagining of the section of Eighth Street S.W. between 17th Avenue and the Bow River, will need to be prioritize pedestrians while reinvigorating the area hardest hit by office vacancies of recent years. "It's time to rethink 8 Street SW," said Thom Mahler, the City of Calgary's director of downtown strategy.
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says involvement in talent recruitment campaign ‘not political’

  16-08-2022 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney said he's been talking about Alberta's "critical" labour and skills shortages throughout his political tenure.
  
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• Environmental groups expressing concern about Calgary-to-Banff passenger train plan - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 18:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Environmental groups expressing concern about Calgary-to-Banff passenger train plan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Community Foundation grants now open for applications - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 18:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Community Foundation grants now open for applications  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Restricted free agent Jalen Harris reinstated by NBA after drug suspension - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 18:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Restricted free agent Jalen Harris reinstated by NBA after drug suspension  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Charges pending against woman who struck 2 police vehicles: RCMP

  16-08-2022 18:26
  
  RCMP say charges are pending against a woman who allegedly rammed into two police vehicles in southern Alberta last week. Officers from the Vulcan detachment were called to an area south of Champion, Alta. at around 4 p.m. on Aug. 12 for reports of a woman trespassing on private property. RCMP say responding officers recognized the woman's vehicle from "two separate incidents" in Claresholm and Vulcan the previous day, though no specifics on those incidents were given. When the woman spotted the
  
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• Home rental prices rise approximately 10% in one year in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 18:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Home rental prices rise approximately 10% in one year in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertans can now access ‘one-stop shop’ online for domestic abuse resources

  16-08-2022 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Domestic Abuse Resource Hub offers a wide range of resources, including connections to counselling, videos, podcasts and written materials.
  
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• Vulcan RCMP investigate multiple trespassing complaints - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 18:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Vulcan RCMP investigate multiple trespassing complaints  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CP-KCS deal wins OK from foreign investment committee in U.S.

  16-08-2022 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it has received regulatory approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for its acquisition of Kansas City Southern.
  
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• Calgary Transit to host trivia competition aboard bus at Saddletowne Station

  16-08-2022 17:53
  
  Calgary Transit is inviting commuters to test their trivia knowledge in a friendly competition on Wednesday. Officials will be running a live trivia game show aboard a Trivia Transit bus at Saddletowne Station from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Riders can hop aboard to compete against each other, and Calgary Transit says the more questions you answer correctly the better the prizes will be. "Beyond the launch at Saddletowne Station, keep your eyes out for the mobile Trivia Transit bus throughout August &mda
  
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• Lethbridge Chamber invites young professionals to join mentorship program - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 17:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Chamber invites young professionals to join mentorship program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Boston police boat comes to rescue of stranded groom - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 17:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Boston police boat comes to rescue of stranded groom  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No injuries reported in Tuesday morning garage fire in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 16:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  No injuries reported in Tuesday morning garage fire in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Medicine Hat man charged after allegedly pointing loaded handgun at car

  16-08-2022 16:47
  
  A 27-year-old Medicine Hat man faces several charges after a loaded handgun was allegedly pointed at a passing car on the weekend. Medicine Hat Police Service members responded to the area of Ross Glen Road and Ross Haven Avenue in the early morning hours of Aug. 13 following a call to 911 stating that a pistol had been pointed during an exchange between two suspicious males and the occupants of the car. Officers located the two suspects in the parking lot of the Ross Glen Water Park and a searc
  
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• Mayor's Community Barbecue set to entertain and feed residents August 23 - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 16:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Mayor's Community Barbecue set to entertain and feed residents August 23  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Canucks adopt city's unofficial colours, shed Vancouver similarities

  16-08-2022 15:22
  
  When the Calgary Canucks take to the ice for the upcoming Alberta Junior Hockey League season there will be little confusion regarding which city the team calls home. The Canucks have announced a new look for the 2022-23 season, embracing a red, yellow and white logo and jerseys, similar to the Calgary Flames' official colours, while doing away with the colour scheme reminiscent of the Vancouver Canucks. Brad Moran, head coach and general manager of the Calgary Canucks, says the team's new look
  
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• ESPN's Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 14:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  ESPN's Stephen A Smith has memoir coming in January 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Statistics Canada to release July inflation reading this morning

  16-08-2022 13:07
  
  Statistics Canada is expected to release July's inflation data this morning. Economists believe the inflation rate may have already peaked given the recent drop in gas prices, which fuelled May and June's inflation reading. RBC is forecasting the year-over-year inflation rate fell from a nearly 40-year high of 8.1 per cent in June to 7.7 per cent in July. As countries around the world struggle with skyrocketing prices, there are some signs inflation is beginning to ease, with the U.S. seeing its
  
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• Inflation slows to 7.6 per cent in July, Statistics Canada says

  16-08-2022 13:07
  
  Statistics Canada says the year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July as economists widely expected the pace of price increases to slow that month. The inflation rate hit a nearly 40-year-high of 8.1 per cent in June, but since then, gas prices have declined significantly. In its latest consumer price index report, the federal agency says the rise in prices in July marked the smallest monthly gains since December 2021. But while gas prices declined, food prices rose at the fast
  
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• Inflation slows to 7.6 per cent in July

  16-08-2022 13:07
  
  Statistics Canada says the country's year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July. The drop from the nearly 40-year high of 8.1 per cent in June was driven by a decline in gas prices. More coming.
  
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• Canada's inflation rate slows to 7.6 per cent in July as gas prices fall

  16-08-2022 13:07
  
  Canada's year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices. The inflation rate hit a nearly 40-year-high of 8.1 per cent in June, but economists were widely expecting inflation to have since slowed. In its latest consumer price index report, Statistics Canada said the rise in prices in July was the smallest monthly gains since December 2021. It also marks the first decline in year-over-year inflation since June 2020. The
  
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• Canada's inflation rate slows in July despite price gains in food, rent, travel

  16-08-2022 13:07
  
  Canada's year-over-year inflation rate slowed to 7.6 per cent in July, with the deceleration largely driven by a decline in gas prices even as prices for food, rent and travel continued to rise. Economists had pointed to the nearly 40-year-high of 8.1 per cent in June as a likely peak to the overall inflation rate, which had previously increased every month since June 2020. <br /> Although gas prices rose 35.6 per cent in July compared to a year earlier, that was down from a whopping 54.6
  
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• One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 10:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  One in four border officers witnessed discrimination by colleagues: internal report  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany's energy worries - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 10:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany's energy worries  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Statistics Canada to release July inflation reading this morning - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 10:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Statistics Canada to release July inflation reading this morning  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Soccer Association hosts successful Provincials - Lethbrige Herald

  16-08-2022 06:54 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Soccer Association hosts successful Provincials  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Murray, Shapovalov advance in Cincinnati Open - Lethbridge News Now

  16-08-2022 06:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Murray, Shapovalov advance in Cincinnati Open  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Group of Calgary artists to create mural on repurposed downtown office building

  16-08-2022 05:35
  
  A building along Seventh Avenue S.W. will soon be decorated with a large mural. The long, vacant office tower, formerly known as Sierra Place, is being transformed by Home Space into affordable housing. The mural will go on the west wall.It's named Neoma and its being created by the BUMP Festival. The lead artist said the mural is meant to represent motherhood, nurturing and fresh starts. "I feel like there's going to be a lot of impact through this," said Jacquie Comrie. "And I feel like a ther
  
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• Canada stays undefeated at world juniors with 6-3 win over Finland

  16-08-2022 03:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The result means Canada finishes the preliminary round at the top of Group A and will face Group B's Switzerland in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
  
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• CP Rail reaches collective agreement with 3,000 workers

  16-08-2022 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it has signed a two-year collective agreement with about 3,000 union members.
  
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• Alberta man blames VW for having to drive ‘unsafe’ vehicle

  16-08-2022 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta new car buyer is upset with Volkswagen Canada for not being able to replace his smashed windshield and asking him to foot the bill for a rental.
  
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