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• Fire ban lifted for Lethbridge river valley area - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 23:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Emergency crews in Lethbridge participate in active shooter training exercise | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  21-09-2022 23:43 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Active shooter simulation sharpens skills of Lethbridge's first responders

  21-09-2022 23:43
  Police, firefighters, paramedics and even physicians in Lethbridge took part in a special training exercise on Wednesday involving a very dangerous type of incident. Emergency crews were mobilized at the city's Southminster United Church for a simulation of an active shooter situation. Wednesday's full-scale exercise included actors, who had realistic interactions with first responders, playing all of the civilians involved. Even staff members at Lethbridge's Chinook Regional Hospital participat
  
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• 'We're just lost': Travellers say it's time to move on from travel restrictions

  21-09-2022 23:36
  International travellers at Calgary’s International Airport say its time to do away with COVID-19 border measures and travel restrictions. “Right now we have a federal government that likes making rules and controlling peoples’ lives,” said Allan Chatenay, who was returning to Calgary from Dallas. "It’s sort of like the rest of the world has moved on (from COVID-19 restrictions) and Canada is stuck a year back." CTV News learned Monday that Ottawa plans to scrap ran
  
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• ‘Canada is stuck a year back’: travellers say it's time to move on from travel restrictions

  21-09-2022 23:36
  International travellers at Calgary’s International airport say its time to do away with COVID-19 border measures and travel restrictions. “Right now we have a federal government that likes making rules and controlling peoples’ lives,” said Allan Chatenay, who was returning to Calgary from Dallas. “It’s sort of like the rest of the world has moved on (from COVID-19 restrictions) and Canada is stuck a year back.” CTV News learned Monday that Ottawa plans
  
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• Calgary fire-fighting duo compete to become Lego Masters

  21-09-2022 23:25
  While the first episode of Lego Masters' third season airs Wednesday on CTV, it was spring when the series was taped and a couple of local Stephens competed against 12 other teams for a grand prize of $100,000. "This is the most extensive (event) I could ever possibly imagine," said Stephen Joo. "For any Lego fan, this is kind of the pinnacle. This is the best of the best. This is where you want to be." Joo and Stephen Cassley are Calgary firefighters and also one of three Canadian teams accepte
  
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• Zelenskyy addresses UN meeting – on video from Ukraine - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 23:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Four charged in connection to illegal drone use at Jasper wildfire - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 23:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Integration of Huberdeau, Kadri the buzz at Calgary Flames training camp - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 23:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Integration of Huberdeau, Kadri the buzz at Calgary Flames training camp  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Corb Lund wants UCP front-runners to promise ban on new coal mines: 'It's a stupid idea'

  21-09-2022 23:19
  Alberta country artist Corb Lund delivered a familiar tune with a fresh twist Tuesday, when he called on UCP leadership candidates to make their coal policies "crystal clear" ahead of the final votes being cast. Lund went public in January 2021 with his criticism of plans to establish new coal mines in and around the province's Rocky Mountains. The outcry from him and others prompted the United Conservative Party government to back down from its position to remove a coal policy that had been in
  
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• Police seek public assistance in Cranston vehicle theft that came with a dog

  21-09-2022 23:06
  Police are looking for the public's help to identify a man believed to be involved with a stolen vehicle in Cranston - along with a dog that was discovered five days later in Auburn Bay. On Saturday, August 27, at around 8 p.m., police responded to reports of a theft of a vehicle in the 100 block of Cranford Way S.E., including the victim's dog, which was in the vehicle at the time of the theft. The vehicle, a 2022 Volkswagen Jetta, was abandoned in Ogden shortly after the theft. The dog wasn't
  
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• Dozens of Alberta schools on ‘respiratory illness’ outbreaks

  21-09-2022 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  An outbreak is declared by Alberta Health Services when schools report at least 10 per cent of students are sick.
  
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• 21 Edmonton schools experiencing ‘respiratory illness outbreaks’

  21-09-2022 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  An outbreak is declared by Alberta Health Services when schools report at least 10 per cent of students are sick.
  
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• Airplane manufacturing plant to be built east of Calgary - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 22:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Six inductees named for Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 22:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Six inductees named for Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Not making playoffs would be 'a disaster' for Canucks: coach - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Toronto Blue Jays demote Merryweather, recall Griffin from Triple-A Buffalo - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Toronto Blue Jays demote Merryweather, recall Griffin from Triple-A Buffalo  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jeromy Farkas' charity run raises $200K for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary

  21-09-2022 21:29
  When former Calgary city councillor and mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas set out on his journey from near the Mexican border to Canada, he thought he would only raise about $50,000. However, once his 168-day-long trip was over, he managed to gather four times that amount. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Calgary announced at a "welcome home event" held in Farkas' honour that more than $200,000 was raised during the campaign. "This couldn't have been done without the support of our community," F
  
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• De Grasse, other Canadian athletes, transcend sport in changing marketing world - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  De Grasse, other Canadian athletes, transcend sport in changing marketing world  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada Soccer makes new contract offer to men's and women's players - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada Soccer makes new contract offer to men's and women's players  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary police issue warning as high-risk offender released

  21-09-2022 21:17
  Calgary Police Service officials say the actions of a high-risk offender will be monitored after he was released in the city upon completion of his prison sentence. Police issued a warning Wednesday following the release of 23-year-old Paul Barrett stating "it is clearly in the public interest to inform the members of the community of the release." Barrett was convicted of two counts of break-and-enter with intent and both of the southeast Calgary break-ins, which took place on Sept. 8, 2019, we
  
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• Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine shots now available to Albertans

  21-09-2022 21:14
  Appointment bookings for the vaccine that targets both the original COVID-19 strain as well as the Omicron variant opened to Albertans on Wednesday.  The first doses of Moderna's Spikevax Bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose were also expected to be administered on Wednesday.  According to Alberta Health, the vaccine triggers a stronger immune response and provides extra protection against both strains.  Appointments could be made online.  Albertans were eligible if:&n
  
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• Transit ridership up 53 percent as Lethbridge students return | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  21-09-2022 21:13 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
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• Lethbridge Transit ridership numbers surge with return of students

  21-09-2022 21:13
  The return of students to Lethbridge campuses has meant a big jump in the use of Lethbridge Transit. The city issued a release Wednesday that after two years of depressed pandemic levels, ridership surged in the first week of September. The city said it was up 53 per cent over the first full week of school in 2021, which was the first year of the cityLINK network redesign. What does that mean in terms of data? Basically the average weekday ridership on Lethbridge transit has risen from 3,042 in
  
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• Conservatives may support part of the Liberal government's affordability plan - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Family: 2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Biden, Truss seek to smooth over N Ireland divide - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 21:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lawsuit opposed to COVID vaccine mandates at U of L dismissed - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 20:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• CBC Lethbridge attends Word on the Street - CBC.ca

  21-09-2022 20:28 via cbc.ca
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• AIMCo CEO rejects fossil fuel divestment as investment strategy

  21-09-2022 20:21
  The CEO of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) says divesting from fossil fuels is the opposite approach pension funds should be taking if they want to help solve the climate crisis. Evan Siddall says AIMCo wants to be a leader in financing the transition to a low-carbon economy, but it won't do that by divesting from fossil fuels as some global pension funds have done. Instead, Siddall says AIMCo will be exploring opportunities to invest in oil and gas companies and other heavy indu
  
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• Man pleads guilty to dousing 'Bewitched' statue in red paint - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 20:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Man pleads guilty to dousing 'Bewitched' statue in red paint  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio to miss Canada's friendlies in Europe - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 20:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• B.C. Lions look to cement first CFL playoff berth since 2018 - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 20:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• AIMCo CEO rejects fossil fuel divestment as investment strategy - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 19:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Airdrie RCMP seek public assistance in aromatic robbery

  21-09-2022 19:52
  Airdrie RCMP are searching for two suspects in a drugstore robbery who may smell marvellous. On July 23, at around 3:20 p.m. a man and woman entered a Shopper's Drug Mart on Coopers Boulevard and left with a "large quantity" of perfume without paying for it. The woman is described as having medium complexion, and dark brown or black hair. She wore a black skirt, black and white blouse and black sweater/jacket. The man had a medium complexion, and wore black runners, black pants, a black T-shirt
  
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• Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 19:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta's summer of storms results in more than $300M in damage

  21-09-2022 19:35
  New data collected on insured damages from severe weather events has spelled bad news for many residents of Alberta. The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says a series of storms that struck in Western Canada resulted in more than $300 million in insured damage. Those weather events included thunderstorms, high winds and even several tornadoes: Four of the storms occurred in July while a fifth took place in August:July 7 to 8, over $30 million: Bergen tornado, storm damage in Ponoka and Oyen; Jul
  
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• Alberta premier slams GTA home prices, cost of living in campaign to draw workers west

  21-09-2022 18:54
  Toronto subway users may have found their station wrapped in photos of the Rocky Mountains Wednesday morning, the latest ploy by the Alberta government to entice Ontarians to its own province.  Premier Jason Kenney and two MLAs set up a news conference at a subway station at Yonge and Dundas in Toronto to unveil the next phase of a campaign called "Alberta is Calling."  "We have become victims of our own success," said Highwood MLA R.J. Sigurdson, touting the Alberta economy. "We have
  
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• Didsbury man dead, passenger injured in rollover outside Airdrie

  21-09-2022 18:50
  An 18-year-old Didsbury man was killed Tuesday night when the vehicle he was driving left the road northwest of Airdrie. Emergency crews were called to a location on Township Road 274 near Symons Valley Road shortly after 7 p.m. The driver was pronounced dead on scene. A passenger, age and gender not released, was taken to a Calgary-area hospital in stable condition with undisclosed injuries. RCMP are investigating the rollover.
  
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• Province launches second phase of worker recruitment campaign - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 18:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Former linebacker Hebert to retire as member of Montreal Alouettes - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 18:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 'Game-changing investment': De Havilland to announce airplane manufacturing plant near Calgary, create 1,500 jobs

  21-09-2022 18:06
  Aircraft manufacturer De Havilland is set to announce plans to build a massive new complex east of Calgary that will bring hundreds of jobs to the area, Premier Jason Kenney said early Wednesday. The premier made the comments in Toronto as he was launching phase two of the province's 'Alberta is Calling' campaign to attract skilled workers from Vancouver and Toronto. "(It's) an historic announcement for Alberta's economy," the premier said. De Havilland is expected to release further details Wed
  
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• De Havilland to open airplane manufacturing plant near Calgary, create 1,500 jobs

  21-09-2022 18:06
  Aircraft manufacturer De Havilland will build a massive new complex east of Calgary that will bring hundreds of jobs to the area. Premier Jason Kenney first made comments about the plan in Toronto as he was launching Phase 2 of the province's "Alberta is Calling" campaign to attract skilled workers from Vancouver and Toronto. "(It's) a historic announcement for Alberta's economy," the premier said. De Havilland made an official announcement Wednesday afternoon. The De Havilland Field airplane ma
  
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• Hurricanes Acquire Shepard from Giants - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  21-09-2022 17:50 via lethbridgehurricanes.com
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• Flames re-sign Adam Ruzicka to 2-year deal on eve of training camp

  21-09-2022 17:47
  The Calgary Flames have re-signed Slovak forward Adam Ruzicka to a two-year contract worth US$1.525 million The contract, which counts $752,500 against the salary cap, is a two-way contract in the first year and one-way in the second. Calgary's fourth-round pick (109th overall) in 2017 scored five goals and had five assists in 28 games for the Flames last season. Ruzicka, 23, also had 11 goals and nine assists in 16 games for the AHL's Stockton Heat.  He spent four seasons in the Ontario Ho
  
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• Cole Shepard acquired by Hurricanes in trade with Vancouver Giants - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 17:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Ottawa aims to table legislation this fall making Indigenous policing essential - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 17:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Kenney announces new airplane manufacturing plant east of Calgary

  21-09-2022 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  East of Calgary will be home to a new airplane manufacturing plant that will employ approximately 1,500 people.
  
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• Calgary Zoo grouse benefit from Drumheller's flood mitigation program

  21-09-2022 16:35
  Calgary Zoo staff and volunteers arrived in Drumheller on Tuesday to begin harvesting sage that will help support a population of endangered birds that will be settled in the region. The greater sage-grouse are part of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo's reintroduction breeding program for the species. Zoo staff had previously made the journey to Drumheller in 2019 to conduct an ecological harvest, taking clippings and trimmings throughout the Drumheller Valley. "The silver sagebrush found in the
  
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• Iran's president: US 'trampled upon' nuclear accord - Lethbridge News Now

  21-09-2022 16:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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