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• Calgary nurse born in fire hall reunites with biological mom, delivery doctor

  24-09-2022 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary nurse born in a fire hall 40 years ago reunites with her biological mom and the people who delivered her after she learned a recent patient was her delivery doctor.
  
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• Judge still at 60, homerless in 4th straight as Yanks win - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Judge still at 60, homerless in 4th straight as Yanks win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Dozens of guns seized in Calgary following road rage incident - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 22:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Dozens of guns seized in Calgary following road rage incident  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bridgeland celebrates grand opening of new sport court

  24-09-2022 21:36
  Bridgeland got a new kind of basketball court Saturday. The inner city Calgary neighbourhood celebrated the opening of its new sport court, which is designed as three half courts that allow multiple age and ability groups to shoot hoops at the same time. It's ideal for 3x3 basketball, which is considered the world's number one urban team sport, and now boasts a pro league run by Ice Cube, featuring numerous former NBA players with games airing on CBS. The grand opening was celebrated by represen
  
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• Calgarians walk in support of veterans to raise awareness for mental health and economic challenges

  24-09-2022 21:32
  Active and retired Calgary members of the armed forces gathered alongside their families and friends at South Glenmore Park Saturday morning for the fifth annual Canadian Walk for Veterans. The five-kilometre walk aims to raise awareness of the plight of Canadian veterans, first responders, and foreign nationals who have supported Canadian troops in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda, and other peacekeeping missions. "The whole purpose is to support these veterans and w
  
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• Calgary filmmaker Tank Standing Buffalo explores family trauma in SAVJ

  24-09-2022 19:48
  A Calgary filmmaker is showcasing a highly personal animated film at the Calgary International Film Festival Sunday that features the voice of one of his Hollywood heroes. SAVJ, a seven minute long animated film created by Tank Standing Buffalo, is being screened Sunday as part of Shorts: Alberta Spirit #1, then again Sept.30 at the Edmonton International Film Festival as part of Studio A: 5.0. Standing Buffalo describes SAVJ as an autobiographical horror-fantasy that's a deeply personal project
  
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• GAME DAY: Hurricanes Open New Season in Medicine Hat Against Tigers – Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  24-09-2022 19:31 via lethbridgehurricanes.com
  GAME DAY: Hurricanes Open New Season in Medicine Hat Against Tigers – Lethbridge Hurricanes  Lethbridge Hurricanes
  
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• For International team, tie feels like win in Presidents Cup - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 19:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  For International team, tie feels like win in Presidents Cup  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  24-09-2022 18:45
  Pop music legends Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams and David Foster will be officially inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Saturday. The homegrown performers are set to be honoured during an evening of live music and orations at Toronto's Massey Hall. Also joining the Hall of Fame is Jim Vallance, one of Adams' most frequent collaborators who's also written songs for Anne Murray, Joan Jett and Glass Tiger. And Daniel Lavoie will be recognized for his solo efforts and work he's penn
  
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• Calgarian Melissa O'Neill goes undercover for Season 5 of The Rookie

  24-09-2022 18:39
  The latest season of the hit TV show The Rookie launches Sunday with a former Calgarian front and centre. Melissa O'Neill grew up in Calgary before going on to become the youngest woman to win Canadian Idol in 2005, when she was still a Lester Pearson High School student. That launched her musical career, which included a Juno nomination in 2007 and led to O'Neill doing musical theatre, including roles on Broadway in Jesus Christ Superstar and Les Miserables. "We have so much for people to get e
  
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• Calgarian Melissa O'Neil goes undercover for Season 5 of The Rookie

  24-09-2022 18:39
  The latest season of the hit TV show The Rookie launches Sunday with a former Calgarian front and centre. Melissa O'Neil grew up in Calgary before going on to become the youngest woman to win Canadian Idol in 2005, when she was still a Lester Pearson High School student. That launched her musical career, which included a Juno nomination in 2007 and led to O'Neil doing musical theatre, including roles on Broadway in Jesus Christ Superstar and Les Miserables. "We have so much for people to get exc
  
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• Hitmen open regular season with victory over Broncos

  24-09-2022 16:42
  The Calgary Hitmen got off to a winning start Friday night. Following an undefeated pre-season, the Hitmen kept it going in Swift Current, where they defeated the Broncos 2-1 in their regular season opener. The Hitmen got goals from Carson Wetsch, who scored his first Western Canadian Hockey League goal in the first period, and Maxim Muranov, who broke a 1-1 tie with the game-winner.First WHL goal for Wetschy and it’s a beautypic.twitter.com/MwKyBU7jha — Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) S
  
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• N.W.T. man among finalists in international astronomy photographer contest - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 16:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  N.W.T. man among finalists in international astronomy photographer contest  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hat-Lethbridge region posts 3.9% unemployment rate - Medicine Hat News

  24-09-2022 12:47 via medicinehatnews.com
  Hat-Lethbridge region posts 3.9% unemployment rate  Medicine Hat News
  
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• States of local emergency declared for Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Victoria County

  24-09-2022 12:38
  A state of local emergency has been declared for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) and Victoria County amid widespread power outages, road closures, displaced residents, and structural damage as post-tropical storm Fiona makes its way across the island Saturday morning. Peter Gregg, the president and CEO of Nova Scotia Power, says a satellite emergency operation centre will be opening in Sydney, acting as the second command centre to the one in Halifax. Island residents are being aske
  
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• State of emergency declared for Cape Breton Regional Municipality: mayor, council

  24-09-2022 12:38
  A state of local emergency has been declared by the mayor and council of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) amid widespread power outages, road closures, displaced residents, and structural damage as post-tropical storm Fiona makes its way across the island Saturday morning. Island residents are being asked to shelter in place. If shelter has failed, call 911 for evacuation. A Red Cross shelter is in operation at Centre 200 in Sydney, where about 20 people have already taken refug
  
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• Powerful post-tropical storm Fiona makes landfall near Canso, N.S.

  24-09-2022 11:36
  Fiona, now a post-tropical storm, continues to bring in powerful and destructive winds to parts of the Maritimes with hundreds of thousands of people without power. The storm landed east of Nova Scotia shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday in Nova Scotia’s Guysborough County between Canso and Guysborough. Fiona is the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum winds around 150 km/h. Sustained winds between 60 and 80 km/h were reported early Saturday morning for large areas of Nova Scotia.
  
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• GAIL LETHBRIDGE: A long, unfocused inquiry ends, now begins the long wait for answers - Saltwire

  24-09-2022 11:27 via saltwire.com
  GAIL LETHBRIDGE: A long, unfocused inquiry ends, now begins the long wait for answers  Saltwire
  
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• Tetz Sweeps PBR Canada Cup Series Competition in Lethbridge, Alberta - Wrangler Network

  24-09-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Tetz Sweeps PBR Canada Cup Series Competition in Lethbridge, Alberta  Wrangler Network
  
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• Western Hockey League to open 2022-23 season tonight – Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  24-09-2022 08:03 via lethbridgehurricanes.com
  Western Hockey League to open 2022-23 season tonight – Lethbridge Hurricanes  Lethbridge Hurricanes
  
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• Lethbridge Ringette Association seeing a rebound - Lethbrige Herald

  24-09-2022 06:54 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge Ringette Association seeing a rebound  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Police watchdog investigating man’s death in central Alberta hospital

  24-09-2022 05:44 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's police watchdog is investigating after a 72-year-old man died following a "confrontation" at a hospital in Sundre, Alta., on Friday, according to the RCMP.
  
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• Senior dies after 'physical confrontation' with police in Sundre

  24-09-2022 04:59
  Alberta's police watchdog has been called in after a senior died following a physical confrontation with Mounties at a Sundre hospital. The incident began shortly before 11 a.m. on Friday, at the Myron Thompson Health Centre. According to the RCMP, officers were dispatched when an Alberta Health Services peace officer called for help dealing with a 72-year-old man who had become violent. When the RCMP arrived, the physical confrontation continued and the man went into medical distress. By about
  
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• Canada stays undefeated at FIBA women’s World Cup with 59-45 win over France

  24-09-2022 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  Nirra Fields scored 17 points and the Canadians beat France 59-45 to remain the only undefeated team in Group B.
  
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• Alberta Municipalities convention wraps with words from Kenney, Notley

  24-09-2022 02:57
  Alberta's outgoing premier and the leader of the provincial opposition party each had the ears of hundreds of municipal heads in Calgary on Friday. Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley spoke to about 1,100 delegates from more than 190 municipalities, each talking about the economy, health care and municipal funding. Kenney, who is in his last weeks as premier, boasted about his government's work on bringing in investment and boosting Alberta's TV and film industry. He also j
  
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• Alberta should revisit safe supply in light of new research, advocates say

  24-09-2022 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  A new Ontario study suggests prescribed opioids for drug users can have immediate positive outcomes, generating conversation about the merits of such programs.
  
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• ‘We stand with them’: Alberta adopts IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism

  24-09-2022 02:35
  Alberta is the latest Canadian province to stand behind the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of anti-Semitism. The announcement was made Friday, along with an official endorsement through an order in council. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2016 crafted a working definition of anti-Semitism, stating it "is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism
  
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• Shannon Smallwood appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the N.W.T. - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 02:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Shannon Smallwood appointed Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the N.W.T.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Child falls from fourth-floor balcony in southeast Calgary

  24-09-2022 02:10
  A girl fell from a fourth-floor balcony of an apartment complex in southeast Calgary on Friday. Police said that just before 5 p.m., emergency crews were called to Doverglen Estates apartment, a four-storey building at 216 Doverglen Cresc. S.E. after receiving reports of a child falling. The girl was unconscious but has since regained consciousness. She was transported by EMS to Alberta Children's Hospital with a police escort. There was no confirmation on her age, or condition. Police are inves
  
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• Alberta woman who survived hostage-taking reunites with first responders

  24-09-2022 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  Kathryn Linder survived a hostage taking in July, where she was stabbed in the neck. Friday, she met with first responders, LPS and hospital staff who helped save her life.
  
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• Canada earns 2-0 win over World Cup host Qatar in men’s soccer friendly

  24-09-2022 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  Canada controlled large stretches of the game Friday, outshooting Qatar 13-8.
  
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• Roger Federer's last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 01:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Roger Federer's last match is doubles loss with Rafael Nadal  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban - Lethbridge News Now

  24-09-2022 01:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Arizona judge: State can enforce near-total abortion ban  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘Bring a trailer’: Stars of Rust Valley Restorers hosting no-reserve auctions

  24-09-2022 01:24 via globalnews.ca
  Slated for Oct. 1-2, vehicle auctions will be hosted by Alberta-based EG Auctions, which also hosted reality TV star Mike Hall’s wildly popular auction last fall.
  
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• Pro bull riders ride Into Lethbridge for weekend event

  24-09-2022 01:04
  While the Hurricanes are away, the bulls will play. The PBR Canada Cup Series arrives at the ENMAX centre tonight and tomorrow as they put on their annual south country co-op showdown. ENMAX Centre General Manger Kim Gallucci is as happy as ever to have bulls back in his building. “PBR guys are fantastic," Gallucci said. "We've worked with them for a long time and we've really come to work as a joint team. This event is as much theirs as it is ours.”  Putting on a bull riding ev
  
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• Bull riders take over Enmax Centre in Lethbridge | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  24-09-2022 01:04 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  Bull riders take over Enmax Centre in Lethbridge | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Canada’s oil and gas companies failing to meet environment commitments: report

  24-09-2022 00:21 via globalnews.ca
  Most of Canada's oilsands producers have made little progress on their goal to decarbonize the sector despite historically high profits and low capital expenditures.
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes have high WHL hopes after disappointing playoff finish - Global News

  24-09-2022 00:20 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Hurricanes have high WHL hopes after disappointing playoff finish  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes have high WHL hopes after disappointing playoff finish

  24-09-2022 00:20 via globalnews.ca
  Lethbridge Hurricanes head coach Brent Kisio is feeling good as his team turns its attention to the regular season.
  
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• Second World War veteran visits Alberta museum featuring him in exhibit

  24-09-2022 00:08 via globalnews.ca
  The exhibit, named Wings Over Claresholm, features three former Air Force pilots who trained in Claresholm before going overseas to fight in Europe.
  
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