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• Flames' Nazem Kadri brings Stanley Cup to hometown for special celebration - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 23:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Alberta premier, energy minister travelling to promote trade, energy industry

  27-08-2022 23:30
  
  Alberta's premier and energy minister are travelling on separate trade missions to South Korea and Norway to push oil and the province's interest in developing hydrogen and atomic energy. Premier Jason Kenney's five-day trip aims to build connections with South Korea's atomic energy, hydrogen and auto sectors. During the trip, the premier will meet with South Korean stakeholders to discuss small modular reactors "as part of the province's efforts to reduce emissions." Last year, the province sig
  
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• Owen Hart Foundation gives away hundreds of backpacks to children in need

  27-08-2022 23:19
  The Owen Hart Foundation spread a little happiness Saturday. The organization, partnering with the Calgary Police Youth Foundation, held its annual backpack giveaway for families in need Saturday, at the Trapped Escape Room in Kensington. The initiative provides backpacks, school supplies and other items like toothbrushes, stuffed animals and snacks to ensure that children will be well stocked with the basic tools necessary to go back to school in a week.OHFers busy at work preparing for the OHF
  
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• ‘No place’ for harassment in Canada: Trudeau, others slam verbal attack on Freeland

  27-08-2022 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Across the nation, Canadian politicians – both current and former – are denouncing an incident in Alberta in which Chrystia Freeland appears to have been verbally accosted.
  
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• ‘No place’ for harassment in Canada: Politicians slam verbal attack against Deputy PM

  27-08-2022 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Across the nation, Canadian politicians – both current and former – are denouncing an incident in Alberta in which Chrystia Freeland appears to have been verbally accosted.
  
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• Nazem Kadri brings the Stanley Cup home to London, Ont. mosque

  27-08-2022 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  London, Ont.’s own Nazem Kadri brought the Stanley Cup home to celebrate with his hometown. Festivities began at the London mosque on Oxford Street, where Kadri attended prayers growing up. As the first Muslim NHL player to ever win the cup, this was a big moment for the city of London, and the Muslim community....
  
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• Brandi Danielle Lethbridge August 22nd 2022 - Nécrologie Canada

  27-08-2022 21:33 via necrocanada.com
  
  Brandi Danielle Lethbridge August 22nd 2022  Nécrologie Canada
  
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• Politicians denounce video of Alberta man verbally harassing Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland

  27-08-2022 21:28
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was verbally ambushed Friday on a visit to Grand Prairie. A video, posted on TikTok and Twitter, shows a large stocky white man with a beard wearing a ripped white tank top and baggy jeans approaching the front reception desk of an office in Grand Prairie demanding to speak with Freeland. A woman taking the video then notices Freeland down the hall of the building about to get into an elevator and makes the man aware of her presence. “Oh, right there
  
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• Politicians condemn harassment of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 21:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Food bank usage rising in Lethbridge and across Alberta - CHAT News Today

  27-08-2022 20:04 via chatnewstoday.ca
  
  Food bank usage rising in Lethbridge and across Alberta  CHAT News Today
  
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• Pride Week gets unofficial start Friday with raising of progress flag at city hall

  27-08-2022 19:50
  
  A special flag raising was held outside City Hall Friday morning for the unofficial start to Pride Week. Highlighted by Indigenous drumming, the Progress Flag was raised in front of the mayor and members of the 2+LGBTQ+ community. It's just one of several events celebrating Pride Week, which officially kicks off Saturday at Central Memorial Park. Calgary Pride says it began using the Progress Flag which includes the colours of the Trans and Two-Spirit flags  to embrace the diversity of Prid
  
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• 9-year-old Cree boy inspires others with educational science videos

  27-08-2022 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Simon Monteith, aka Simon The Scientist, is creating educational videos for other kids, and bridging the gap between science and Indigenous culture.
  
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• Banff’s new 10 year plan to focus on climate, Indigenous land reconciliation

  27-08-2022 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2022 management plan for Banff National Park is looking to focus on climate sustainability and Indigenous relations and reconciliation.
  
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• Nazem Kadri shares Stanley Cup with hometown of London, Ont.

  27-08-2022 17:28
  
  This was the celebration Nazem Kadri had been waiting for -- his day with hockey’s Holy Grail. “I’m very appreciative and privileged and honoured to be the first-ever Muslim to bring the Stanley Cup to the mosque,” says Kadri. Players only get a short time with Lord Stanley’s Cup, but the 31-year-old Londoner wanted to share it with his faith community, and the mosque where he grew up. “Kadri in Arabic, means person who can achieve anything he wants,” Dr
  
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• Flames' Nazem Kadri brings Stanley Cup to hometown for special celebration

  27-08-2022 17:28
  
  LONDON, Ont. -- The Calgary Flames' Nazem Kadri will be bringing the Stanley Cup to his hometown today. Kadri, 31, won it for the first time with the Colorado Avalanche this past season. The Cup celebration will begin at 12 p.m. ET from London Muslim Mosque and head to Victoria Park. The forward had a career year in assists (59) and points (87) in his third and final season with the Avalanche, while his 28 goals were the second-best total of his career. He added seven goals and eight assists for
  
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• Vehicle rolls over in northeast Calgary

  27-08-2022 17:04
  
  Police and fire crews are on hand after a vehicle rolled over Saturday morning in northeast Calgary. The incident took place just before 7 a.m., on 15 Street N.E., just south of Stoney Trail. One person was transported by EMS to Foothills hospital. There was no word on their condition. This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• 2 teens injured in vehicle rollover in northeast Calgary

  27-08-2022 17:04
  
  Police and fire crews are on hand after a vehicle rolled over Saturday morning in northeast Calgary. The incident took place just before 7 a.m., on 15 Street N.E., above 128 Avenue. Two teenagers were transported to Foothills hospital, EMS confirmed. One was in critical, life-threatening condition, while the other was stable. There were other teenagers on scene who declined treatment but it wasn't clear if they were in the vehicle or not. This is a developing story that will be updated as more i
  
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• 1 dead in vehicle rollover in northeast Calgary

  27-08-2022 17:04
  
  A 16-year-old boy died when a vehicle rolled over Saturday morning in northeast Calgary. The incident took place just before 7 a.m., on 15 Street N.E., above 128 Avenue. Two teenagers were transported to Foothills hospital, EMS confirmed. One was in critical, life-threatening condition,  the other was in stable condition. The driver, a 14-year-old boy, was driving a Toyota 4Runner with a 16-year-old male passenger, police said in a release. They believe the driver made a sharp left turn on
  
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• Banff National Park plan focuses on climate change, traffic, Indigenous relations

  27-08-2022 16:38
  
  Canada's busiest national park aims to look for better ways to help visitors get around in the coming years as it works to address climate change and strengthen Indigenous relations. Those were among the highlights of a 2022 management plan for Banff National Park in Alberta setting the direction for the next decade. Parks Canada also released plans this week for the other mountain national parks: Jasper and Waterton Lakes in Alberta, as well as Kootenay, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier, and Yoho i
  
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• Banff National Park plan focuses on climate change, traffic, Indigenous relations - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 16:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Banff National Park plan focuses on climate change, traffic, Indigenous relations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Philippines: All 85 people from burned ferry safely rescued

  27-08-2022 15:53
  
  All 85 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire near its port destination south of Manila have been safely rescued and a search effort has been terminated, Philippine officials said Saturday. The last two passengers unaccounted for on the M/V Asia Philippines, which was carrying 47 passengers and 38 crewmembers, turned out to have taken a different ferry. They were earlier believed to be onboard the cargo and passenger vessel that was hit by fire on Friday as it approached t
  
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• 'Star Trek' legend's ashes will head to deep space on a Vulcan rocket

  27-08-2022 15:48
  
  The ashes of the late trailblazing "Star Trek" actor Nichelle Nichols will take flight when they are released into space from a Vulcan Centaur rocket by United Launch Alliance later this year. Nichols -- who died at 89 on July 30 -- is best known for playing Lt. Nyota Uhura in the "Star Trek" television series from 1966 to 1969, and in the sci-fi franchise's films from 1979 to 1991. As the only Black character on "Star Trek" during the civil rights era of the 1960s, Nichols became a vanguard of
  
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• Why NASA is returning to the moon 50 years later with Artemis I

  27-08-2022 15:45
  
  It's time to go back to the moon. Almost 50 years after the last Apollo mission ventured to the lunar surface, NASA has established a program that promises to land humans on unexplored lunar regions and eventually the surface of Mars -- and it all begins with Artemis I. It's no coincidence that the Artemis program is named for the twin sister of Apollo from Greek mythology. Artemis will pick up where the famed Apollo program left off in 1972 by sending crewed missions to the moon, but in a new w
  
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• Fajardo bounces back as Roughriders roll past Lions 23-16 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 07:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Fajardo bounces back as Roughriders roll past Lions 23-16  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Rugby Club eye trip to cities final - Lethbrige Herald

  27-08-2022 06:56 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Timbers down Sounders 2-1 to win Cascadia Cup - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 06:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Timbers down Sounders 2-1 to win Cascadia Cup  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bethel-Thompson, Peters combine to lead Argos past Ticats 37-20 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 04:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bethel-Thompson, Peters combine to lead Argos past Ticats 37-20  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UCP leadership hopefuls causing separation anxiety

  27-08-2022 03:45
  
  Danielle Smith says Alberta needs more power and more independence from Ottawa.   The perceived front-runner to win the United Conservative Party leadership race, and succeed Jason Kenney as premier, has been campaigning on her proposed Alberta sovereignty act, which she says will essentially give Alberta the option of ignoring federal laws and regulations that interfere with the province's best interests.   Martin Olszynski, with the University of Calgary's law faculty, says it would
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: August 26, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 03:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Advocates call for poverty support as province anticipates budget surplus in upcoming fiscal report

  27-08-2022 03:02
  
  Anti-poverty advocacy groups and the NDP opposition are calling on the provincial government, which is anticipating a budget surplus, to lift up Albertans struggling with poverty . According to new data released by 2-1-1, the provincial help hotline, 30 per cent more Albertans are struggling to meet their basic needs for things like housing and food, over the past three years. "People are really hurting," said Susan Gwynn, of anti-poverty advocacy group PovertyTalk!. A study out of the Universit
  
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• Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 02:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Police lay murder charge in deadly Evergreen shooting

  27-08-2022 01:56
  
  Police on Thursday made an arrest in a recent shooting that left one Calgarian dead and another in hospital. Michael Tyrel Arnold, a 34-year-old Sherwood Park man, is in police custody and has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Nakita Baron, 31, was found dead inside a dark-brown Bentley parked in the 100 block of Everwoods Court S.W. the morning of Aug. 18. Her husband, Talal Fouani, was also shot and remains in hospital. Police say the pair we
  
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• Arrest made in deadly Evergreen shooting

  27-08-2022 01:56
  
  Police on Thursday made an arrest in a recent shooting that left one Calgarian dead and another in hospital. Nakita Baron, 31, was found dead inside a dark-brown Bentley parked in the 100 block of Everwoods Court S.W. the morning of Aug. 18. Her husband, Talal Fouani, was also shot and remains in hospital. Police say the pair were targeted by a man who allegedly fired several shots at the Bentley before leaving in a black 2017-2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Just over a week later, on Thursday, sources
  
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• Pro rodeo gets off to soggy start in Lethbridge - Global News

  27-08-2022 01:50 via globalnews.ca
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• Pro rodeo gets off to soggy start in Lethbridge

  27-08-2022 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heavy rains and lightning caused the pro rodeo at Lethbridge's Whoop-Up Days to pause on Friday.
  
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• Alberta’s outgoing premier to lead South Korea trade delegation

  27-08-2022 01:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  With six weeks until his replacement will be named as UCP leader, Premier Jason Kenney is leading a trade delegation to South Korea.
  
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• Communication important in working through back to school jitters: experts - Global News

  27-08-2022 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Communication important in working through back to school jitters: experts  Global News
  
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• Communication important in working through back to school jitters: experts

  27-08-2022 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A little anxiety and excitement is normal for kids heading back to school, experts said.
  
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• Free First Thursdays returns to Contemporary Calgary Sept.1

  27-08-2022 01:08
  
  Free First Thursdays returns to Contemporary Calgary next week after a one-month hiatus due to a water main break. On September 1, the art hub will offer free admission to everyone between 5 and 10 p.m. Visitors are invited to explore Contemporary Calgary's galleries, join a free tour of current exhibitions which take place hourly, or connect with the Antyx Community Hip-Hop Club, which will be in residence between 5 and 7 p.m. The Thursday Hip Hop Club is described on Contemporary Calgary's web
  
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• Alberta’s COVID-19 review has potential to change future pandemic responses, say experts

  27-08-2022 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney mentioned the review briefly on his regular radio talk show on Aug. 13, saying Health Minister Jason Copping will be making an announcement about it soon.
  
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• Alberta man guilty of manslaughter in deaths of Métis hunters sentenced to 10 years

  27-08-2022 00:56
  
  One of the two men involved in the deaths of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta in 2020 was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday. Roger Bilodeau, 58, was found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal in May. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, minus 1,624 days of time spent in pre-sentencing custody, which amounts to about 4.5 years. Bilodeau received the credit after COVID-19 restrictions at Edmonton Remand Centre saw him spend two hours or less
  
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• Warrior Relay Races back at Whoop-Up Days after eight years

  27-08-2022 00:39
  
  Despite muddy conditions Thursday evening, Whoop-Up Days' professional rodeo made its return for the first time in eight years. “Growing up, it was always a big event, a big rodeo, and I’m just happy that it's coming back,” said Ty Provost, owner of Thunder Beings Relay and a participant in the Warrior Relay Races. According to the Lethbridge and District Exhibition, this year's rodeo is one of Canada’s largest professionally sanctioned Canadian Professional Rodeo Associa
  
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• Harry Potter actor slams Air Canada while travelling to Toronto

  27-08-2022 00:22
  
  An actor known for his role in the Harry Potter franchise took to Twitter Friday to share his experience with Air Canada during a trip to Toronto. Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom in all eight Harry Potter films, called Air Canada “the worst airline in North America” in a tweet posted Friday. Lewis says representatives for the airline kicked him out of first class on Friday morning with little notice or explanation when he approached the gate at Orlando International Airp
  
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• Missouri to ban sexual images in school library books - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2022 00:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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