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• Heritage Park's senior Moyie captain retiring

  26-08-2022 23:41
  
  Andrew Hooper has spent 21 years at the helm of the S.S. Moyie navigating the waters of the Glenmore Reservoir. The historic paddle wheeler is one of the most popular attractions at the park and Hooper has enjoyed hosting thousands of visitors. "Hey I'm 81, I can still (captain the ship) at the moment," Hooper said. "I'm mentally and physically capable of doing this job and I'd sooner quit when I could do it and someone else could take it rather than people sort of edge you out." Hooper started
  
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• No wrongdoing in LPS assault investigation: report - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 23:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  No wrongdoing in LPS assault investigation: report  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No foul play suspected in man's death; police seek contact

  26-08-2022 23:21
  
  Police don't believe foul play led to a man being discovered dead in the street in northwest Calgary on Thursday afternoon. Around 3:20 p.m. on Thursday, police responded to reports of a man found unresponsive on a road near the intersection of 18 Avenue/Victoria Crescent and 20 Street N.W. Paramedics arrived and declared the man deceased on scene. Investigation into the man's death is ongoing, but police said Friday a preliminary autopsy suggests the incident wasn't criminal in nature. What exa
  
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• Game on! Community Stadium officially reopens - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 22:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Game on! Community Stadium officially reopens  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Livestream of Artemis 1 mission sells out TELUS Spark

  26-08-2022 22:36
  
  Some space-crazed Calgarians who were hoping to watch the Artemis rocket launch from TELUS Spark's Infinity Dome early Monday morning will have to make a Plan B. TELUS Spark announced Friday that its free Aug.29 crack-of-dawn livestream of  the Artemis 1 moon rocket launch, which will be shown inside the 360-degree Infinity Dome, sold out within a few hours of being made available to the public. According to a TELUS spokesperson, they went on sale around 4 p.m. Thursday and were fully sold
  
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• Food bank usage rising in Lethbridge and across Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 22:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Food bank usage rising in Lethbridge and across Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary club helps cultivate girl power in skateboarding scene

  26-08-2022 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Women are helping usher in a revival in a male-dominated sport. A Calgary club dedicated to that inclusivity has helped foster the rise of the skater girl.
  
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• Quebec government releases list of companies allowed to exceed pollution norms - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 21:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec government releases list of companies allowed to exceed pollution norms  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two Holy Spirit Catholic School Division employees honoured with awards - My Lethbridge Now

  26-08-2022 21:46 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Two Holy Spirit Catholic School Division employees honoured with awards  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Thunderstorm stops rides and rodeo at Whoop-Up Days - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 21:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Thunderstorm stops rides and rodeo at Whoop-Up Days  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Gondek calls on province for better mental health, housing supports amid gun violence

  26-08-2022 21:02
  
  Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city’s increasing gun violence is a crisis that must be combated with greater mental health, addiction and housing initiatives and additional support from the province. Calgary has seen 97 shootings in 2022 so far, already surpassing last year’s total of 95. Six shootings have occurred over the past two weeks, killing two people and injuring at least three. "There are people that are feeling isolated and lost, feeling no sense of community," said G
  
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• Gondek calls on province, feds for better mental health, housing supports amid gun violence

  26-08-2022 21:02
  
  Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city’s increasing gun violence is a crisis that must be combated with greater mental health, addiction and housing initiatives and additional support from the provincial and federal governments. Calgary has seen 97 shootings in 2022 so far, already surpassing last year’s total of 95. Six shootings have occurred over the past two weeks, killing two people and injuring at least three. "There are people that are feeling isolated and lost, feeling no s
  
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• Hundreds of memorial plaques stolen from northwest Calgary cemetery

  26-08-2022 20:56
  
  Police are investigating after around 300 memorial plaques were removed from a northwest Calgary cemetery. The plaques disappeared some time between Aug.18 and Aug.23. Police believe an unknown number of suspects visited the Queen's Park Cemetery at  3219  Fourth Street N.W., and took approximately 300 bronze plaques, which memorialized deceased loved ones. An undisclosed number of bronze flower vases were also stolen from the cemetery. Cemetery staff were alerted to the missing plaque
  
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• Police increase presence on Hamilton trails after two women assaulted by bicycle rider

  26-08-2022 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hamilton police say two women reported being 'targeted' and inappropriately touched by a male riding on a bicycle near the Chedoke Trail in separate incidents.
  
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• Ottawa posts $10.2 billion surplus in first quarter of fiscal year - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ottawa posts $10.2 billion surplus in first quarter of fiscal year  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Chief justice welcomes Michelle O'Bonsawin to Supreme Court of Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 19:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Chief justice welcomes Michelle O'Bonsawin to Supreme Court of Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Suspect there are more': Parks Canada captures invasive crayfish

  26-08-2022 19:55
  
  Parks Canada officials are looking into how a northern crayfish, listed as an invasive species in Alberta, found its way into Banff National Park. The invertebrate, which looks like a miniature lobster, does live in ponds and creeks in other areas of the province, but officials were surprised when they were told they could be in the icy waters of Bow Lake. The discovery brought Parks Canada officials to the area in force and, after approximately a week of searching, they found it. "We captured a
  
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• Alouettes suspend fullback Christophe Normand in response to child luring allegation - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alouettes suspend fullback Christophe Normand in response to child luring allegation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta children aged 5 to 11 can get a COVID-19 booster next week

  26-08-2022 19:43
  
  Alberta children aged five to 11 will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine boost starting Aug. 31. Bookings open Aug. 29, Alberta Health announced Friday morning. Health Canada approved Pfizer's Comirnaty vaccine to be offered in booster doses to the age group on Aug. 19. The effectiveness of the booster against symptomatic infection in children aged five to 11 is estimated to be between 30 and 50 per cent. The rate of efficacy against severe disease is higher: 41 to 68 per cent. "Vaccines remain o
  
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• Alberta expands COVID-19 vaccine boosters to children aged 5 to 11

  26-08-2022 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Children in the five to 11 age group are recommended to wait at least six months after completing their second dose before getting their booster dose.
  
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• Drumheller drug bust leads to charges against local man and woman

  26-08-2022 19:17
  
  Two Drumheller residents face drug trafficking charges following a search of a home and two vehicles earlier this month. RCMP members launched an investigation into suspected drug activity in July that culminated with the arrest of two suspects — 43-year-old Steven Dixon and 36-year-old Jennifer Dixon — on Aug. 3. Officers searched a home and two vehicles the following day and seized:101 grams of psilocybin; 605 Oxycodone pills; 16 fentanyl tablets; 180.33 grams of methamphetamine; 1
  
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• Tanya Fir named Alberta's new Minister for Jobs, Economy and Innovation - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 18:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Tanya Fir named Alberta's new Minister for Jobs, Economy and Innovation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta names Tanya Fir new minister of jobs, economy and innovation

  26-08-2022 18:55
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced a change in cabinet on Friday, saying Calgary-Peigan MLA Tanya Fir would be taking over as the minister of jobs, economy and innovation. The move comes three weeks after Doug  Schweitzer announced he was resigning.  Fir will continue serving as the associate minister of red tape reduction, a position she was appointed to in July. "As someone who served in this portfolio previously, and who has done tremendous work in the related Red Tape Reduction portfol
  
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• Tanya Fir named Alberta jobs minister after Doug Schweitzer resignation

  26-08-2022 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  United Conservative Party MLA for Calgary-Peigan, Tanya Fir, has been named Alberta minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation, the premier announced Friday. 
  
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• Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 18:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta man found guilty in deaths of Métis hunters to be sentenced

  26-08-2022 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  One of the men found guilty in the shooting deaths of two Métis hunters in March 2020 has his sentencing hearing in Edmonton Friday. 
  
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• Alberta man found guilty in deaths of Métis hunters sentenced to 6 years

  26-08-2022 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  One of the men found guilty in the shooting deaths of two Métis hunters in March 2020 was sentenced to 10 years less 1,624 days (4.5 years) on Friday. 
  
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• Women's professional hockey growing in North America, but in parallel universes - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 17:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Women's professional hockey growing in North America, but in parallel universes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Innisfail man arrested following flight from police in Three Hills

  26-08-2022 16:58
  
  RCMP say a prolific offender was arrested following an incident involving a stolen vehicle last week. Mounties were called to respond, at approximately 1:40 p.m. on Aug. 20, after two vehicles, believed to be stolen, had fled from another officer who had attempted a traffic stop in Three Hills. RCMP located the two vehicles and managed to follow one of them; a black, mid-2010 model Ram pickup. "The vehicle travelled west and back to Highway 21 north through the Airdrie rural area," RCMP said in
  
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• Rain, storms ahead of another heat wave in Calgary

  26-08-2022 16:12
  
  Before you know it, we're right back into heat warnings. First, we're running the risk of thundershowers carrying into the start of the weekend. A band of organized convection will knock our temperatures down a few pegs, but with that, we could see gusts approach 50 kilometres per hour locally, coupled with the usual suspects in a storm; lightning, hail, and driving rain. The storm potential is most likely to occur Friday evening, but a risk extends to Saturday, as wel. This element has flip-flo
  
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• Alberta faces a cold front Saturday; storm risk this evening

  26-08-2022 16:12
  
  AFTERNOON UPDATE: We're still eyes-up on storms. Last night, I mentioned that the development pattern according to some of our more high-resolution modeling seemed a bit ... off. Today, it holds firm. Calgary's humidity is such that while storms are possible, the low-precipitation event still holds true. Today's temperature helps provide a little extra punch to the atmosphere, so isolated severe storms are still probably when this goes through. Tomorrow, we get the cold front. Wind will likely p
  
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• CANADA CREATES MORE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR WOMEN IN LETHBRIDGE - Canada NewsWire

  26-08-2022 14:44 via newswire.ca
  
  CANADA CREATES MORE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR WOMEN IN LETHBRIDGE  Canada NewsWire
  
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• Agriculture research group selects new executive director - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 14:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Agriculture research group selects new executive director  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspect sought following three-vehicle crash

  26-08-2022 14:14
  
  Calgary police are looking for the driver of a vehicle they believe triggered a three-vehicle crash early Friday morning.   Police say the driver of a grey Dodge Charger fled in the aftermath of the collision, which occurred shortly before 1:40 a.m. at the intersection of 16 Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E.   Witnesses told police they saw the grey Charger approaching the intersection from the east, at a high rate of speed, and run a red light.   The result was a collision between t
  
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• Serious early morning crash sends 4 to hospital

  26-08-2022 14:14
  
  Three vehicles were involved in a serious collision early Friday morning at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E. that sent four people to hospital. Emergency crews were called to the intersection at around 1:35 a.m. and four people were taken by ambulance to hospital. Police remained on scene throughout the morning and the intersection was closed to traffic in both directions. The intersection reopened shortly before 11:30 a.m. EMS officials say two men in their 20s were trans
  
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• Serious early morning crash closes busy northeast intersection

  26-08-2022 14:14
  
  At least three vehicles were involved in a serious collision early Friday morning at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Edmonton Trail N.E. that sent four people to hospital. Emergency crews were called to the intersection at around 1:35 a.m. and four people were taken by ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre. As of 6 a.m., police remain on the scene and the intersection is closed to traffic in both directions. One of the people involved was transported in serious, life-threatening conditio
  
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• Blue Bombers top Stampeders 31-29 in tightly-contested historic win

  26-08-2022 13:34
  
  Zach Collaros threw for a pair of touchdowns and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' defence played tough when it mattered in a historic 31-29 victory over the Calgary Stampeders on Thursday. The Bombers (10-1) became the first team in CFL history to record 400 home victories. They did it in front of 30,062 fans at IG Field, who were also treated to some highlights by the Stampeders. Calgary (6-4) receiver Malik Henry caught a trio of touchdowns from second-yard quarterback Jake Maier, who was starting f
  
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• Trudeau, NATO’s Stoltenberg to visit Alberta military base

  26-08-2022 12:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will be in Cold Lake, Alta., Friday as they wrap up a visit focused on northern defences.
  
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• FBI: Trump mixed top secret docs with magazines, other items

  26-08-2022 12:30
  
  Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former U.S. president Donald Trump's Florida estate early this year contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday. No space at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was authorized for the storage of classified material, according to the court papers, which laid out the FBI's rationale for searching the property this month, including "
  
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• FBI affidavit shows concerns about documents at Trump estate

  26-08-2022 12:30
  
  Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Florida estate early this year contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret level, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday explaining the justification for this month's search of the property. The 32-page affidavit, even in its heavily redacted form, offers the most detailed description to date of the government records being stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago property long after he left
  
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• Thrush into playoff race, Whitecaps see Julian Gressel's fire rekindled - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 12:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Thrush into playoff race, Whitecaps see Julian Gressel's fire rekindled  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Here's what to expect from Canada's real estate market as it cools this fall

  26-08-2022 12:01
  
  After fuelling Canada's economy through the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate market is showing signs of weakness as home prices fall and bidding wars dissipate. It's welcome news for prospective buyers hoping for a better price. But as the busy fall season nears, realtors and economists are at odds over how long the pricing slide will last and how low it will go. The Offer newsletter: Sign up for curated coverage of Canadian real estate"The fall is going to be interesting because we're going t
  
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• Canada's real estate market is cooling. Here's what to expect this fall

  26-08-2022 12:01
  
  After fuelling Canada's economy through the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate market is showing signs of weakness as home prices fall and bidding wars dissipate. It's welcome news for prospective buyers hoping for a better price. But as the busy fall season nears, realtors and economists are at odds over how long the pricing slide will last and how low it will go. The Offer newsletter: Sign up for curated coverage of Canadian real estate"The fall is going to be interesting because we're going t
  
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• NATO secretary-general, prime minister visit northern Alberta military base - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 10:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NATO secretary-general, prime minister visit northern Alberta military base  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge officer cleared of wrongdoing in 2017 arrest | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  26-08-2022 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Lethbridge officer cleared of wrongdoing in 2017 arrest | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Canada takes 99-87 win over Argentina in World Cup qualifying - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 07:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada takes 99-87 win over Argentina in World Cup qualifying  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Blue Bombers top Stampeders 31-29 in tightly-contested historic win - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 06:15 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Blue Bombers top Stampeders 31-29 in tightly-contested historic win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Taber Cornfest parade 2022: Photo and video gallery - Lethbridge News Now

  26-08-2022 03:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Taber Cornfest parade 2022: Photo and video gallery  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary siblings conquer the Rubik’s Cube

  26-08-2022 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of Calgary siblings is taking on the Rubik's Cube, but with different abilities. It's a hobby their neuroscientist father heartily endorses.
  
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• Calgary siblings conquer the cube

  26-08-2022 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of Calgary siblings are taking on the Rubik's cube, but with different abilities. It's a hobby their neuroscientist father heartily endorses.
  
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