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• Legislation to temporarily boost GST rebate expected to pass this week - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Legislation to temporarily boost GST rebate expected to pass this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• More MRI, CT scans being completed than before pandemic: AHS - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  More MRI, CT scans being completed than before pandemic: AHS  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• AHS says more MRI, CT scans being completed than before COVID-19 pandemic

  03-10-2022 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  AHS says nearly 20,000 of the scans were performed in the first two weeks of September, compared to an average of 17,000 in 2018 and 2019.
  
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• 'Lack of transparency': Critics show concerns over Hockey Canada fund

  03-10-2022 23:47
  More revelations are coming out tonight about how Hockey Canada has set aside money to deal with outstanding sexual assault claims. According to documents obtained by the Globe and Mail, a trust fund set aside millions of dollars to cover incidents between 1986 and 1995 – before Hockey Canada carried insurance for sexual assault claims. The concerning piece is just how specific the fund is – and the fact that it was recently extended by 20 years – meaning that money will remain
  
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• Report reveals toxic culture within Rowing Canada's high performance program - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Report reveals toxic culture within Rowing Canada's high performance program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge kicks off Fall Leaf Collection Program - My Lethbridge Now

  03-10-2022 23:41 via mylethbridgenow.com
  Lethbridge kicks off Fall Leaf Collection Program  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Changing census question raises concerns about language data: expert - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:37 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Changing census question raises concerns about language data: expert  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lake Minnewanka: Alberta’s underwater ghost town has deep history

  03-10-2022 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's Lake Minnewanka is known for awe-inspiring views of crystal blue water nestled between towering mountain peaks. But there is more to this lake than its outward beauty.
  
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• Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• If successful in UCP leadership bid, Danielle Smith will find a seat as soon as possible

  03-10-2022 23:05
  Danielle Smith is the only UCP leadership hopeful without a seat in the legislature but she hopes to change that. “If I'm successful Oct. 6, I would look for an early opportunity to get into the legislature,” said Smith. Smith says she wants to run in a rural riding and not the current vacant one of Calgary-Elbow, vacated by Doug Schweitzer. She also said she would not call a snap election if she wins the leadership race, something one political scientist believes would hurt her chan
  
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• Ottawa to spend $3.8 million on residential energy retrofits in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 23:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ottawa to spend $3.8 million on residential energy retrofits in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Police arrest man under Mental Health Act - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 22:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lethbridge Police arrest man under Mental Health Act  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada and U.S. border check points should be open longer, some officials urge

  03-10-2022 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  The group of provincial and state leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden that curtailed hours at border crossings are hurting the economy.
  
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• Hockey Canada lacks transparency, needs new leadership: sport minister - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 21:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hockey Canada lacks transparency, needs new leadership: sport minister  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ringo Starr postpones tour due to COVID, Lethbridge show impacted - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 21:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ringo Starr postpones tour due to COVID, Lethbridge show impacted  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta aims to attract international students through new bureau - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 21:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Alberta aims to attract international students through new bureau  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Accessible Gaming with Streamer RockyNoHands - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 21:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Accessible Gaming with Streamer RockyNoHands  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary home sales in September down nearly 12 per cent from year ago mark

  03-10-2022 20:55
  The Calgary Real Estate Board says home sales in the city for September were down nearly 12 per cent compared with the same month last year. The board says home sales totalled 1,901 for the month as sales of detached homes fell 23 per cent compared with a year ago and sales of semi-detached homes pulled back 27 per cent. However, sales of apartments rose 23 per cent compared with September 2021, while row houses gained three per cent. The board says September saw new listings decline by 10 per c
  
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• MPs debate second reading of dental care, targeted inflation relief - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 20:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  MPs debate second reading of dental care, targeted inflation relief  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alleged Calgary drug dealer faces 32 new charges, arrested on 39 warrants

  03-10-2022 20:33
  A 30-year-old Calgary man wanted on dozens of outstanding warrants has been arrested and now faces an additional 32 charges, following an investigation spurred by tips from the public. Alexander Corbett, 30, was arrested following a two-month drug trafficking investigation that involved the search of two Calgary homes — one in the 11800 block of Lake Fraser Drive S.E. and the other in the 0 to 100 block of 24th Avenue S.E. where Corbett was found — as well as two vehicles. The four s
  
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• EXPLAINER: Favre, other sports figures in welfare fraud case - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 20:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  EXPLAINER: Favre, other sports figures in welfare fraud case  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says if elected, she won’t call early election

  03-10-2022 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Danielle Smith, the perceived front-runner in the UCP leadership race, says the public tends to punish leaders who call an early election.
  
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• Trump rallies drift to fringe ahead of potential 2024 bid - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 19:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Trump rallies drift to fringe ahead of potential 2024 bid  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• City of Lethbridge advises of immediate road closure on 13 Street North - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge advises of immediate road closure on 13 Street North  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada, U.S. to play women's hockey Rivalry Series game in Nevada - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Canada, U.S. to play women's hockey Rivalry Series game in Nevada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rent-to-own affordable housing units to be built in Edmonton for Paul First Nation members

  03-10-2022 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Twenty-four new affordable rental and rent-to-own units will be built in Edmonton in a joint affordable urban Indigenous housing project with Paul First Nation.
  
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• Abuse in women's pro soccer league was systemic, report says - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Abuse in women's pro soccer league was systemic, report says  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NWSL abuse was systemic, damning report says - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 19:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  NWSL abuse was systemic, damning report says  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canmore RCMP arrest 4 following string of garage, vehicle break-ins

  03-10-2022 19:03
  Four suspects have been charged following several garage and vehicle break-ins in Canmore. RCMP officials say the detachment received "numerous reports" of break-ins on Sept. 17 involving a large white truck. The suspect vehicle was spotted and four males were arrested. Officers recovered a number of stolen items and several weapons including:Mountain bikes; Welders; Power tools; Garage door openers; Tablets; A sawed-off rifle; Several knives; Machetes; A sword; and, A set of vehicle keys.Mounti
  
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• Carol Todd calls for police to take online harassment, sextortion seriously - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 18:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Carol Todd calls for police to take online harassment, sextortion seriously  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Sexual assault suspect sought in Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  03-10-2022 18:51 via mylethbridgenow.com
  Sexual assault suspect sought in Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• City of Lethbridge begins fall leaf collection program - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 18:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge begins fall leaf collection program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Nearly 4500 Canadian Armed Forces members, families waiting for military housing - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 18:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Nearly 4500 Canadian Armed Forces members, families waiting for military housing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Countdown begins: New UCP leader, Alberta premier to be decided in 3 days

  03-10-2022 17:29
  Alberta is three days away from learning who its next premier is.  The results of the governing United Conservative Party's leadership contest will be announced Thursday in Calgary.  Monday was the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received.  About 124,000 UCP members were eligible to vote between seven candidates vying for the job. Next UCP leader to be elected in October; candidates facing $150K entry fee 7 Alberta conservatives are in the running to lead the UCP. Here is
  
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• Countdown begins: New Alberta UCP leader, premier to be decided in 3 days

  03-10-2022 17:29
  Alberta is three days away from learning who its next premier is.  The results of the governing United Conservative Party's leadership contest will be announced Thursday in Calgary.  Monday was the deadline for mail-in ballots to be received.  About 124,000 UCP members were eligible to vote between seven candidates vying for the job. Next UCP leader to be elected in October; candidates facing $150K entry fee 7 Alberta conservatives are in the running to lead the UCP. Here is
  
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• Enbridge's Al Monaco to retire Jan. 1, board chair Greg Ebel named next CEO

  03-10-2022 17:14
  Enbridge Inc. says chief executive Al Monaco will retire effective Jan. 1, 2023, and be replaced by Greg Ebel, currently the company's board chair. Monaco was appointed chief executive of Enbridge in 2012. Ebel has been chair at Enbridge since 2017 and before that was chair and chief executive of U.S. company Spectra Energy, which was acquired by Enbridge. He says Monaco led Enbridge through a period of unprecedented growth. Monaco will serve as an adviser to help Ebel through the transition unt
  
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• Motorcyclist suffers broken arm, leg in Barlow Trail crash

  03-10-2022 17:08
  An investigation is underway into a Monday morning crash involving a car and a motorcycle that sent one person to hospital. The collision occurred shortly after 7 a.m. at the intersection of Barlow Trail and 76th Avenue S.E. in the Foothills Industrial Park. Calgary Police Service officials confirmed the motorcyclist, whose age and gender were not released, suffered a broken leg and arm in the crash and was taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. There have been no reports of injury
  
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• Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico's Pacific coast near Mazatlan - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 16:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico's Pacific coast near Mazatlan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jurors begin hearing Jan. 6 Oath Keepers sedition case - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 16:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Jurors begin hearing Jan. 6 Oath Keepers sedition case  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New Indigenous artwork adorns west side fire hall and boulevard - My Lethbridge Now

  03-10-2022 16:34 via mylethbridgenow.com
  New Indigenous artwork adorns west side fire hall and boulevard  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Five years later: Waterton Lakes National Park plan considers fire recovery - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 15:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Five years later: Waterton Lakes National Park plan considers fire recovery  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Feds seek organization to administer Black-led philanthropic fund - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 15:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Feds seek organization to administer Black-led philanthropic fund  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary's trend of temperatures above the curve continues

  03-10-2022 15:15
  A low pressure system skimming along south of the border remained a non-factor for the greater portion of southern Alberta, and so it remained – in its wake, we're going to copy and paste yesterday's template directly onto today; high temperatures will crest into the low 20s, and conditions will be fair. The extent of anomaly to this forecast pattern (and it's a stretch to call it an anomaly for the time of year) is low-lying fog in areas with proximity to water. That's about it. It's a fr
  
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• Another (relative) warm spell continues for Calgary

  03-10-2022 15:15
  AFTERNOON UPDATE: The temptation to just write "See: Morning Edition" teetered pretty high this go-around; when there's nothing to talk about, there's nothing to talk about! So let's talk about the 'streak' we're on:Today is #Calgary's 135th consecutive day with maximum temperature ≥12°C which puts this run in 3rd place for the longest run on record. If this continues, we will reach 2nd place Saturday. #ABWx #YycWx pic.twitter.com/jTeq8JsesL — Calgary Weather Records (@YYC_Weather)
  
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• Iran's supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 12:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Iran's supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Quebec votes: Quebecers head to the polls for province's general election - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 10:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec votes: Quebecers head to the polls for province's general election  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation - Lethbridge News Now

  03-10-2022 10:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province announces up to 70 new winter shelter spaces in Lethbridge - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  03-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Province announces up to 70 new winter shelter spaces in Lethbridge - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Province announces up to 70 new winter shelter spaces in Lethbridge - Global News

  03-10-2022 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  Province announces up to 70 new winter shelter spaces in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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