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• CIFF lineup includes Cannes Palme d'Or winning satire Triangle of Sadness, and many others

  02-09-2022 23:56
  Calgary movie lovers won't have to fly to France to see the Palme d'Or winning film Triangle of Sadness this fall. That's because the Cannes prize winner is among the films announced as part of the Calgary International Film Festival's 2022 lineup earlier this week. Triangle of Sadness, directed by Sweden's Ruben Ostlund, stars Woody Harrelson as a Marxist yacht captain. It's a satire that received an eight minute long standing ovation when it was screened at Cannes, a film festival in the south
  
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• Alberta's VirtualMD relaxes pressure on overloaded emergency rooms

  02-09-2022 23:32
  A different way of getting help for medical problems using 811 has helped a patient get treatment for sinus infection, and has helped the health care system. VirtualMD connects those calling 811 with doctors and patients using either a secured Zoom link or over the phone. This allows for doctors to conduct an assessment without putting undue strain on emergency rooms. Kristen Wagner had a sinus infection and was referred to the service because she couldn’t contact her family doctor. &ldquo
  
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• Mobile mammography service coming to Cochrane

  02-09-2022 23:17
  Alberta Health Services' mobile mammography trailer will visit the town of Cochrane, Alta., this month. Mammograms are an X-ray of the breast used to detect early signs of cancer. "Early detection allows for a greater number of options for treatment and a better chance of survival," AHS said in a Friday news release. The trailer will be parked at the Cochrane Community Health Centre at 60 Grande Blvd. on Sept. 9, 10and 12-17, and will serve women ages 50 to 74 – the group most at risk of d
  
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• Alberta NDP promises to push LGBTQ2S+ rights if elected

  02-09-2022 22:54
  The NDP promises a better province for LGBTQ2S+ and racialized Albertans ahead of this year's Calgary Pride Parade, and an imminent election down the road. MLA Janis Irwin and candidates Rosman Valencia and Brooks Arcand-Paul say the Alberta NDP will advance the rights of LGBTQ2S+ Albertans if given the opportunity to form provincial government again. “When I first started out teaching, I helped my school establish its first-ever Pride club,” Valencia said. “This was a big mome
  
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• ‘It’s worth every dime’: Calgarian fundraises for camping adventure for boys without fathers

  02-09-2022 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary man has devoted his spare time to raising money to help take boys without present fathers to adventure camps. He is humbled to influence others with positive direction.
  
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• 'Out-of-control' grassfire threatens homes in Carstairs, Alta.

  02-09-2022 22:32
  Authorities say a number of homes in Carstairs, Alta., are in the process of being evacuated because of a large grassfire burning near the community. RCMP confirm to CTV News that the fire, located south of the community, is out of control and is heading toward the town. Fire crews with Mountain View County as well as members from the Didsbury RCMP detachment are assisting with the situation. Carstairs is located approximately an hour north of Calgary. This is a breaking news story. More details
  
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• Grassfire near Carstairs, Alta. brought under control, no homes damaged

  02-09-2022 22:32
  Authorities say a number of homes in Carstairs, Alta., are in the process of being evacuated because of a large grassfire burning near the community. RCMP, along with fire crews responded to the scene south of the town of Carstairs on Friday afternoon. Initially, the grassfire was listed as out of control. Members of the Carstairs Fire Department as well as members from the Didsbury RCMP detachment were called to assist with the situation and authorities say the fire is now "under control." Crew
  
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• Free movies, music at 17th Avenue park for the rest of summer

  02-09-2022 21:56
  Calgarians can bring a blanket and some booze to Tomkins Park to watch movies and musical performances for the next three weekends. The 17th Avenue Business Improvement Area (BIA) will be hosting the free events for the remaining weekends of summer – from the Labour Day long weekend until Sept. 21. The events, which are a part of the Summer of 17th festival, begin on Saturday, Sept. 3 with a performance by Shalaine Stebner at 11:30 am., a screening of The Goonies at 3 p.m. and a scree
  
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• Alberta parents fear running up debts to cover rising school costs: survey

  02-09-2022 21:39
  New data released this week suggests that as many as one-in-four Alberta parents and students are worried that they will need to consider going into debt to pay for education costs this year. Bromwich+Smith, a team of licenced insolvency trustees and debt relief specialists, says its Stressed By The Bell survey found a majority of Alberta parents are anxious about inflation and how it will affect their ability to manage education costs this school year. The survey, which was conducted online bet
  
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• City looks to rename section of Parkside Drive South - My Lethbridge Now

  02-09-2022 21:28 via mylethbridgenow.com
  City looks to rename section of Parkside Drive South  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• 'Significant concerns': Province scraps plans for Drop-In Centre consumption site

  02-09-2022 20:49
  Alberta's associate minister of mental health and addiction confirms proposed plans for a supervised consumption site in Calgary's East Village have been halted. Mike Ellis took to social media on Friday to announce that discussions between the provincial government and Drop-In Centre officials regarding the plans for an 'overdose prevention site' have ended. "Over the past year Alberta's government has been working closely with the Calgary Drop-in Centre to establish a small-scale overdose prev
  
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• The CEBL needs to name Calgary's franchise, and wants some suggestions

  02-09-2022 20:34
  Calgary's new pro basketball team needs a name and is reaching out to the city for suggestions. The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL)'s website now includes a page dedicated to the new Calgary franchise, which was announced August 17. That's when the league revealed they were moving the Guelph franchise, formerly known as the Nighthawks, to play out of WinSport next spring. CEBL commissioner Mike Morreale said that he'd heard from potential ownerships, but that none had met the criteria so
  
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• Calgary officers cleared in shooting of man wielding axe, sledgehammer: ASIRT

  02-09-2022 20:34
  Two Calgary police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting of a man armed with an axe and sledgehammer outside a Mayland Heights home almost five years ago. The shooting, which saw the suspect hit by five bullets, happened on Sept. 20, 2017. Police were initially called to a home in the 900 block of 17A Street N.E. after the suspect got into a physical argument with his wife and her father. He left the home before officers arrived, but the man's wife texted him, telling him
  
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• These Canadian cities have seen the largest drop in gas prices since June

  02-09-2022 20:00
  Prices at the pump have seen a noticeable decline in recent weeks, with the cost of regular gasoline falling by more than one-fifth across Canada compared to the highs seen earlier this summer, data from the federal government shows. Figures from Natural Resources Canada show the average monthly price of regular gas in Canada fell by 22.8 per cent on Sept. 1 to 161.1 cents per litre, down from the yearly high of 208.6 cents per litre on average for the month of June. However, gas prices across C
  
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• Alberta’s lieutenant-governor was just explaining her duties in regards to the ‘Sovereignty Act’: Kenney

  02-09-2022 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's lieutenant-governor Salma Lakhani said she is duty-bound to ensure the Constitution is followed.
  
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• Gas prices expected to drop for the long weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Gas prices expected to drop for the long weekend  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Job action at Calgary Courts Centre sees legal aid lawyers on the picket line

  02-09-2022 19:49
  Disgruntled legal aid lawyers, who have already begun to refuse certain cases in Alberta, stepped up their fight against the provincial government on Friday. Several dozen protesters mobilized at the Calgary Court Centre, forming a picket line with signs showing their disapproval with their situation and displeasure with the treatment handed to them but the justice ministry. Participants say this is the first time such action has taken place. "It's never happened in this province before," said K
  
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• Calgary's Piper Logan gets chance to shine on Rugby World Cup Sevens stage

  02-09-2022 18:05
  Piper Logan, who turned heads at the Commonwealth Games in July in her rugby sevens international debut, will get another chance to shine on the world stage next week. The 21-year-old from Calgary, named to World Rugby's Women's Dream Team after Canada's fourth-place finish at the eight-country Commonwealth competition in Birmingham, England, is on the Canadian roster for the Rugby World Cup Sevens, which run Sept. 9-11 in Cape Town, South Africa. Logan, who plays for the UBC Thunderbirds, impre
  
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• Doctor shortage forces Southern Alberta emergency room closure over long weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 17:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Doctor shortage forces Southern Alberta emergency room closure over long weekend  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man facing charges after stolen vehicles recovered in Pincher Creek - My Lethbridge Now

  02-09-2022 17:25 via mylethbridgenow.com
  Man facing charges after stolen vehicles recovered in Pincher Creek  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Medicine Hat police officer found guilty of assault in 'nicky, nicky nine door'

  02-09-2022 17:18
  A member of the Medicine Hat Police Service has been found guilty of assault after he attacked a youth after someone knocked on the officer's door and ran away. Const. Myles Steiger, a 12-year veteran, was convicted on Thursday in connection with the assault that took place near the officer's home. He received an 18-month suspended sentence. MHPS officials say the officer was at home on the night of April 18, 2021, when a youth knocked on the door and ran off — a prank known by many names
  
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• Medicine Hat, Alta. police officer found guilty of assault in 'nicky, nicky nine door' prank

  02-09-2022 17:18
  A member of the Medicine Hat Police Service has been found guilty of assault after he attacked a youth when someone knocked on the officer's door and ran away. Const. Myles Steiger, a 12-year veteran, was convicted on Thursday in connection with the assault that took place near the officer's home. He received an 18-month suspended sentence. MHPS officials say the officer was at home on the night of April 18, 2021, when a youth knocked on the door and ran off — a prank known by many names i
  
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• Kicking Horse Canyon project put on hold for Labour Day long weekend

  02-09-2022 17:05
  Anyone crossing between Alberta and B.C. for the long weekend will have an easier time as construction crews have hit the "pause" button on a major project. The work being done on Kicking Horse Canyon is the final section of a larger, billion-dollar project to twin the Trans-Canada Highway from the Alberta border to Kamloops, B.C. Officials say the last section is the "most difficult part" of the whole project. However, drivers this long weekend won't be seeing any delays through the area becaus
  
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• US Navy says Iran again briefly seizes American sea drone - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 15:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  US Navy says Iran again briefly seizes American sea drone  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Queen Elizabeth II to skip Highland Games event in Scotland - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 14:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Queen Elizabeth II to skip Highland Games event in Scotland  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A hot weekend ahead in Calgary leads into mild weather

  02-09-2022 14:45
  It's best said in the tweet below with the image attached:What a difference 24 hours makes. #yyc pic.twitter.com/WkdZhrSQKC — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) September 2, 2022Granted, that was only for the evening; Calgary still managed to top out just shy of 27 C earlier in the day. And it was a one-day affair. Temperatures are back above seasonal now for a few days, though I mentioned yesterday and maintain today that we're on the outset of a downward trend. Whether you love exceptionall
  
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• Crews battle house fire in Ogden, Beltline balcony fire

  02-09-2022 14:32
  The Calgary Fire Department battled two separate fires just hours apart on Thursday evening. The first broke out in a single-family home in Ogden, in the 2300 block of Crestwood Rd. S.E., at around 6:30 p.m. The four people living in the home escaped and were outside trying to push back the flames with a garden hose. When fire crews arrived on scene, a significant amount of smoke and flames was pouring out of the house. Two of the residents and a neighbour were assessed for smoke
  
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• Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 13:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including senior cleric  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pakistan’s ‘monsoons on steroids’ show world that extreme weather is never far away

  02-09-2022 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Climate experts fear the extreme weather that has ravaged Pakistan can happen anywhere. In fact, it already has.
  
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• Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ shows world that extreme weather is never far away

  02-09-2022 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Climate experts fear the extreme weather that has ravaged Pakistan can happen anywhere. In fact, it already has.
  
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• Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ show world that extreme weather is never far away

  02-09-2022 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Climate experts fear the extreme weather that has ravaged Pakistan can happen anywhere. In fact, it already has.
  
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• Lethbridge Family Services launches new disability services program - Medicine Hat News

  02-09-2022 12:31 via medicinehatnews.com
  Lethbridge Family Services launches new disability services program  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Scott Aitchison: aspiring Conservative leader 'raised by Huntsville' - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 10:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Scott Aitchison: aspiring Conservative leader 'raised by Huntsville'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Quebec election: Liberal party campaigning largely outside Montreal-area strongholds - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 10:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec election: Liberal party campaigning largely outside Montreal-area strongholds  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bail hearing for Saskatchewan mother accused faking deaths before entering U.S. - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 10:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Bail hearing for Saskatchewan mother accused faking deaths before entering U.S.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pools out for summer - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Pools out for summer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New constables join Lethbridge, Blood Tribe police services - Global News

  02-09-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  New constables join Lethbridge, Blood Tribe police services  Global News
  
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• Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 3 years for voting fraud - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 07:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 3 years for voting fraud  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Child hit by truck in northeast Calgary

  02-09-2022 05:34
  A child was rushed to hospital after being hit by a truck Thursday evening in northeast Calgary. They were struck in the 100 block of Cornerbrook Gate N.E., and rushed to hospital in what EMS said was potentially life-threatening condition. Police have not released the age or gender of the child. A child’s scooter could be seen laying on a patch of grass off to the side of the road. Police say they are speaking to the many witnesses who were in the area at the time of the crash. This is a
  
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• Man detained after pointing gun at Argentine vice president - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 04:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Man detained after pointing gun at Argentine vice president  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lightning strike ignites wildfire in Jasper National Park

  02-09-2022 03:58
  Parks Canada fire crews are responding to a wildfire more than two hectares in size on Chetamon Mountain in Jasper National Park. Katie Ellsworth, plan section chief for the wildfire response, told CTV News Edmonton that the fire was first discovered around 1:30 a.m. after a thunderstorm. Located around 22 kilometres north of the Jasper townsite, the high elevation fire, west of Snaring Road, poses no risk to the town. "We do anticipate some growth, just due to the slope and the wind conditions,
  
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• As Calgary students head back to school, some raise concerns about class sizes

  02-09-2022 03:56 via globalnews.ca
  With Calgary students heading back to school this year, advocates wonder how the education system will handle all the new learners.
  
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• Young players aim to impress at Lethbridge Hurricanes rookie camp - Global News

  02-09-2022 03:54 via globalnews.ca
  Young players aim to impress at Lethbridge Hurricanes rookie camp  Global News
  
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• Young players aim to impress at Lethbridge Hurricanes rookie camp

  02-09-2022 03:54 via globalnews.ca
  The training camp is open to the public, and runs through to Labour Day.
  
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• Serena, Venus Williams lose in 1st round of US Open doubles - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 03:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Serena, Venus Williams lose in 1st round of US Open doubles  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Child falls from second storey of northeast home

  02-09-2022 03:28
  A two-year-old boy fell from the second storey of a home in northeast Calgary Thursday. The incident took place around 6 p.m. in a home on Cornerstone Passage N.E.,  A call to 911 call was received from within the residence, police say, and responders arrived to find a child in life-threatening condition. Police established an escort to Alberta Children's Hospital, with police cruisers blocking traffic at various points to create space for the ambulance. Police are investigating. It's uncle
  
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• Alberta infectious disease experts encouraged new bivalent omicron-specific booster now approved

  02-09-2022 02:42
  Health Canada approved a variant-specific vaccine Thursday which some Alberta infectious disease experts hope will encourage uptake as doses become available this fall. The bivalent vaccine created by Moderna/Spikevax uses MRNA technology to increase an immune response to earlier editions of SARS-COV2 and has been designed to specifically target the Omicron variant BA.1. One infectious disease expert said the updated version may lag behind more recent virus mutations in circulation, but the deve
  
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• Doctor shortage forces emergency room closure in Bassano, Alta., over long weekend

  02-09-2022 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Health Services announced Thursday that the Bassano Health Centre's emergency department will be closed over the long weekend.
  
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• Biden at Independence Hall: Trump, allies threaten democracy - Lethbridge News Now

  02-09-2022 02:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Biden at Independence Hall: Trump, allies threaten democracy  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Defendant in Lethbridge careless driving trial testifies - Global News

  02-09-2022 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Defendant in Lethbridge careless driving trial testifies  Global News
  
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