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• Two Calgarians bound for the Vision Cup at TPC Sawgrass

  25-08-2022 23:59
  
  Kiefer Jones' life changed just before his 16th birthday.  He was living in Mexico and had an upper-respirator virus attack his optic nerve.  He went from having 20/20 vision to 20/800. Derek Kibblewhite started to lose his vision when he was 11 years old due to a genetic eye disease. Despite losing their vision, both found solace in the game of golf   Both are legally blind but still have silky smooth golf swings and starting on September 18th, they'll live out a dream when
  
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• Man in life-threatening condition following savage attack

  25-08-2022 23:42
  
  Calgary police are investigating another violent scene in the city after a man was brutally beaten by attackers in a park. Officials told CTV News that at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, police responded to a green space in the 1700 block of Eighth Street N.W. for reports of an assault. When officers and EMS arrived, they located an adult male who had suffered significant injuries. The victim was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition. Witnesses told police that the two suspects in
  
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• Three Hills man faces multiple charges after trying to escape arrest

  25-08-2022 23:41
  
  A Three Hills man faces multiple charges in relation to an incident where he was allegedly caught trying to break into a rural property and responded by trying to run over the property owners. On Tuesday, Drumheller RCMP were called to a property north of Carbon, where they were told that a man cut the locks on a gate, then entered the property. Police say the property owners found the suspect and he responded by trying to run them off the road using a stolen truck. At around 2 a.m., Drumheller
  
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• Trio sought by police for string of charity box thefts

  25-08-2022 23:03
  
  A string of charity box thefts from Calgary Tim Hortons locations has police in a giving mood — they have charges they'd like to dole out to a trio of suspects. Police believe the same man and two women are behind three incidents at two Tim Hortons locations. The Tim Hortons at 1185 49 Ave. N.E. had its charity box stolen twice — once shortly after 2 a.m. on June 18 and again on Aug. 17. And the Tim Hortons at 6460 Centre St. N.E. had its charity box stolen shortly before 4 p.m. on J
  
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• Coaldale sees second highest population growth among regional neighbours - My Lethbridge Now

  25-08-2022 22:59 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Coaldale sees second highest population growth among regional neighbours  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Okotoks, Chestermere get boost to EMS services

  25-08-2022 22:26
  
  Okotoks and Chestermere now have local, 24-hour ambulance coverage, as well as eight extra pairs of life-saving hands on deck. Alberta Health Services announced Thursday that Okotoks, south of Calgary, and Chestermere, east of Calgary, have each had four additional paramedics working since Aug. 15. Previously, ambulances from nearby communities were responding to calls out of Okotoks and Chestermere beyond set coverage hours. Health Minister Jason Copping called it another step in responding to
  
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• Fall Harvest Sale to offer 'deeply-discounted' fruits and vegetables

  25-08-2022 22:26
  
  For anyone feeling a bit battered by the rapidly rising cost of a trip to the grocery store, mark your calendars for Sept. 10 and 11. That's when the 47th Fall Harvest Sale takes place at the BMO Centre in Stampede Park. Presented by the Calgary Produce Marketing Association, the Fall Harvest Sale features a wide array of produce donated by members which offers heavily-discounted fruits and vegetables for sale to the public. The produce comes from a number of different places, including Californ
  
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• Alberta's wages lag behind other provinces, NDP calls for more action

  25-08-2022 22:20
  
  Albertans are falling behind in the affordability crisis and the UCP government is partially to blame for making the situation worse, says the NDP. The Official Opposition made the comments during a media availability in Calgary, where NDP MLA Joe Ceci said workers in this province are working harder than ever before but are slipping further behind. "They're struggling to make ends meet, but the UCP have done next to nothing to support families during this affordability crisis," said Joe Ceci, N
  
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• 'It's what keeps me alive': Calgarian continues walking entire city post-heart attacks

  25-08-2022 22:11
  
  Mark Shupe has 'been around the block' a few times to say the least. The 60-year-old Calgarian has a passion for staying active and regularly walks about 15 kilometres each day. He set a goal back in 2018 to walk every one of Calgary's streets within five years and he's well on his way to achieving the milestone.  "I used to run a lot and started having back problems when I turned 50 so it was a struggle," said Shupe. "But I decided to start walking and needed to find something interesting
  
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• Child on bike struck in Bowness hit-and-run

  25-08-2022 21:17
  
  Calgary police are seeking public assistance to help identify a suspect in a hit-and-run that sent a child to hospital. On Aug.11, at around 7:45 p.m., three children on bikes were riding eastbound on Bowness Road N.W. when one of the children was struck by a red Suzuki Aerio turning from Bowness Road N.W. onto 72 Street N.W. The child was knocked off their bike and sustained minor injuries. After the collision the driver continued driving north, increasing speed as it left the scene. The child
  
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• New commissioner Mark Noonan excited about Canadian Premier League's potential - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 21:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Canadians rely on 'best before' dates even if it causes food waste, study finds

  25-08-2022 20:57
  
  After some U.K. grocers removed “best before” dates on select food products, a new study found that the majority of Canadians prefer to keep these labels, even if getting rid of them could lead to reducing food waste. The study, conducted by Dalhousie University in partnership with the Angus Reid Institute, found only 27 per cent of Canadians agreed to the idea of removing these labels from food products. Major grocery store chains in the U.K., including Morrisons and Waitrose, have
  
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• Interior Health’s former top doctor charged with new child sex crimes

  25-08-2022 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers was charged with invitation to sexual touching, voyeurism and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
  
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• Interior Health’s former top doc charged with new child sex crimes

  25-08-2022 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Albert Stefanus de Villiers was charged with invitation to sexual touching, voyeurism and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
  
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• Visa delays leaving international students in limbo for fall semester - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 20:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Visa delays leaving international students in limbo for fall semester  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspicious package suspect sought in northeast investigation

  25-08-2022 20:22
  
  The Calgary Police Service has released surveillance camera stills of a man wanted in connection with a suspicious package investigation in a northeast industrial park last month. Officers were called to the 1000 block of 68th Avenue N.E., in the Deerfoot Business Centre area, shortly before 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 23 after someone spotted what appeared to be an improvised explosive device. Tactical team members inspected the package and determined it was non-explosive. Police have released sur
  
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• Flames announce new ECHL affiliate

  25-08-2022 20:19
  
  The Calgary Flames announced Thursday that they have a new ECHL affiliate. The team said in a release that they've entered into a deal with the Rapid City Rush for the 2022-23 season. "The Calgary Flames are pleased to reach an affiliate agreement with the ECHL’s Rapid City Rush," said Flames assistant GM Brad Pascall. “Our organization prides itself on its ability to develop young prospects and was seeking a team with great ownership like Rapid City that shares our principles and ob
  
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• Fire ban lifted for Lethbridge County, fire restriction now in place - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 19:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Fire ban lifted for Lethbridge County, fire restriction now in place  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Mike Babcock resigns as coach of University of Saskatchewan hockey team - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 19:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Mike Babcock resigns as coach of University of Saskatchewan hockey team  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Utility companies urge farmers to 'look up and live' during harvest - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 19:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Utility companies urge farmers to 'look up and live' during harvest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A horse, of course: Traffic stopped by a very Calgary problem

  25-08-2022 19:21
  
  A woman, who says she is the owner of a horse that ran into traffic in northeast Calgary on Thursday says the animal is in big trouble when it gets back home. The horse was spotted by a CCTV camera in the interchange between 16 Avenue and 36 Street N.E. Another individual was seen trying to corral the animal, but the horse was having none of it. It then went north, stopping someone with a motorcycle on the way and crossing a lane of traffic. Eventually, it made it onto the intersection between 3
  
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• Lethbridge County lifts fire ban, restriction still in effect - My Lethbridge Now

  25-08-2022 18:59 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Lethbridge County lifts fire ban, restriction still in effect  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Red Deer man arrested, charged in possession of stolen truck and travel trailer

  25-08-2022 18:52
  
  A travel trailer and truck, worth approximately $64,000, were recovered by RCMP following the arrest of a suspect who attempted to evade police near the community of Strathmore. Officials say on Aug. 14, at approximately 2:30 a.m., a Strathmore RCMP member found a U-Haul truck and a pickup truck hauling a travel trailer parked on the ramp to Highway 1 from Highway 797. When the officer offered to help the driver, they drove away from the scene. "The Strathmore member followed and tried to initia
  
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• Not guilty pleas entered in Lethbridge human trafficking case - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 18:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Not guilty pleas entered in Lethbridge human trafficking case  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Serena Williams' 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 18:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Serena Williams' 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta & Saskatchewan expected to lead economic growth in Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 18:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta & Saskatchewan expected to lead economic growth in Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• West side house fire causes estimated $275,000 in damage - My Lethbridge Now

  25-08-2022 18:09 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  West side house fire causes estimated $275,000 in damage  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 17:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• $275K in estimated damage after fire breaks out in west Lethbridge home

  25-08-2022 17:27
  
  A Wednesday evening basement fire caused significant damage to a home in west Lethbridge but all residents were able to escape unharmed. Crews from three fire stations responded to reports of a fire at a house in the 100 block of Laval Boulevard W at around 6:30 p.m. Firefighters managed to contain and extinguish the basement fire, and confirmed none of the residents had been injured. City of Lethbridge officials say the estimated damage to the home is $275,000. The cause of the fire remains und
  
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• Calgary police bust suspected 3D-printed gun producers

  25-08-2022 17:08
  
  Two Calgary men face a total of 66 charges after police busted suspected homemade gun production facilities as part of a firearms trafficking investigation. An investigation by the Calgary Police Service's firearms investigative unit was launched into a suspected firearms trafficker in 2020 and officers soon discovered the man was allegedly using a 3D printer to manufacture guns. In May of this year, officers searched two homes — one in the 2600 block of Dover Ridge Drive S.E. and another
  
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• Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can't travel to States - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 16:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Unvaccinated Djokovic out of US Open; can't travel to States  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Statistics Canada says job vacancies reached another new high in June

  25-08-2022 16:14
  
  Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies climbed 3.2 per cent in June to reach a new high as employers were looking to fill more than one million positions for a third consecutive month.The agency says employers were actively seeking to fill 1,037,900 positions compared with 1,005,700 in May. The job vacancy rate was 5.9 per cent in June, matching the record-high mark reached in September 2021 and up from 4.9 per cent in June 2021. Statistics Canada says employers in the health care an
  
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• Sun for Calgary Thursday, storms to the south

  25-08-2022 15:11
  
  While we might get a touch of cloud rolling through, we're still looking largely sunny today. However, the same whirling wave that passed through southern Calgary yesterday drops further south Thursday. What Calgary gets instead is a touch of storm outflow, equating to 40 kilometre per hour gusts, and little else. A day later, a shortwave from the west will offer a shot at convective thundershowers; our high Friday could reach a point where the storms become severe in some areas. Saturday also h
  
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• Prairie provinces leading on economic growth, a new report says

  25-08-2022 14:41
  
  The Conference Board of Canada says the Prairie provinces will likely be the top economic performers this year, even as the Bank of Canada's inflation-fighting measures quell the country's overall economic output. In a new report looking at factors that will drive Canada's provincial economies between 2022 and 2024, the not-for-profit think tank says Saskatchewan will lead the country with real growth of 7.6 per cent this year and Alberta will see a 4.9 per cent gain.  It says the oil and g
  
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• This year's harvest called “the most expensive in history” - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 14:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  This year's harvest called “the most expensive in history”  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Here comes hydrogen: How this abundant element could revolutionize the way we fuel our lives 

  25-08-2022 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada is already one of the world’s top ten producers of hydrogen, but now, wind energy is about to fuel an export market that could be worth $50 billion by 2050.
  
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• No injuries reported in West Lethbridge basement fire - Lethbridge News Now

  25-08-2022 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  No injuries reported in West Lethbridge basement fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Phil Kessel signs with Golden Knights, has chance to set new NHL iron man record

  25-08-2022 06:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  With the contract, the 34-year-old winger has an opportunity to set a new NHL record for most consecutive games played.
  
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• Canada's population could increase to 57M by 2068, posing challenges for housing, health care

  25-08-2022 05:04
  
  As Canada's population is set to become larger and older in the decades to come amid high immigration and low fertility, experts say these trends have huge implications for our housing and health care needs. A report from Statistics Canada released on Monday projects Canada's population could reach 47.8 million in 2043 and 56.5 million by 2068 under a medium-growth scenario. Other population projection scenarios say Canada's population could grow to anywhere between 44.9 million and 74.0 million
  
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• Concerns raised over proposed Bow River development

  25-08-2022 04:39
  
  The healthy wetlands along the Bow River on Calgary's southern edge are loaded with bird, plant and insect species, and all that life could soon have a lot of company. In June, the city's planning and infrastructure committee gave preliminary approval to five new communities along the city's edge. Three of them will be built on the Ricardo Ranch lands, immediately east of Highway 2 on the north side of the Bow River. "I identified almost 30 bird species just within an hour, a whole bunch of heal
  
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• Giant inflatable dome appears in northwest Calgary

  25-08-2022 03:01
  
  Javier Baroja rides his bike regularly on the path through Shouldice park in northwest Calgary. Wednesday, he was shocked to discover that a gigantic inflatable structure, covering an entire football field, had appeared, as if out of nowhere. “I came last week and it wasn’t there and I thought, ‘what is this?’” What he discovered is the Shouldice Seasonal Dome. It’s the largest inflatable dome covering an athletic field in Calgary. It is an air-supported struc
  
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• Prairie provinces leading on economic growth: report

  25-08-2022 02:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Conference Board of Canada says the Prairie provinces will likely be the top economic performers this year.
  
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• Police identify Ambassador shooting victim, renew plea to public in second homicide

  25-08-2022 02:43
  
  Calgary police have identified a man killed in a shooting at the Ambassador Restaurant and Bar on Sunday night. Temesgen Tesfatsion, a 35-year-old Calgary man, was found suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound when police arrived at the establishment, at 3504 17 Ave. S.E., around 4:40 a.m. on Aug. 21. Officers tried to save his life, but he died at the scene. Police are now searching for a suspect. "Our investigators are in the process of reviewing CCTV footage and interviewing witnes
  
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• Woman’s body found at abandoned home in northeast Calgary

  25-08-2022 02:18
  
  The body of a 55-year-old woman was discovered at an abandoned home in Crescent Heights on Saturday. Police were called around 6:45 p.m. on Aug. 20 to the 200 block of 14 Avenue N.E. where they found Rhonda Waite, also known as Rhonda Joroszek, deceased. It's believed she died several days prior, and that the manner of her death is suspicious, police said Wednesday in a release. An autopsy on the deceased has been conducted. "We are seeking information from anyone who knew the victim, was in rec
  
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• Woman’s body found at abandoned home in NE Calgary

  25-08-2022 02:18
  
  The body of a 55-year-old woman was discovered at an abandoned home in Crescent Heights on Saturday. Police were called around 6:45 p.m. to the 200 block of 14 Avenue N.E. where they found Rhonda Waite, also known as Rhonda Joroszek, deceased. It's believed she died several days prior, and that the manner of her death is suspicious, police said Wednesday in a release. An autopsy on the deceased has been conducted. "We are seeking information from anyone who knew the victim, was in recent contact
  
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• Calgary dog owner concerned about airline pet safety after pup left on tarmac in 30 degree heat

  25-08-2022 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary dog owner raises serious concerns about how long her pup was left on the tarmac by WestJet crews during a sweltering summer day.
  
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• Feds pledge funds toward sexual health education at announcement in Calgary

  25-08-2022 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa has pledged $2.8 million in funding for organizations helping those who face barriers in learning about sexual and reproductive health.
  
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• Lethbridge, Alta. mayor shares climate change denial post

  25-08-2022 02:00
  
  Critics are turning up the heat on the mayor of Lethbridge who reposted a story written by an organization known to spread lies about climate change. Mayor Blaine Hyggen posted the article on his personal Twitter account, calling the article from DailySceptic.org "interesting." His commentary drew a lot of criticism, saying he should spend more time focussing on other issues like homelessness. Others simply told Hyggen to "do better." He was not available to provide a comment on camera with CTV
  
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• Fake news article about climate change shared by Lethbridge mayor | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  25-08-2022 02:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Fake news article about climate change shared by Lethbridge mayor | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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