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• 'I want it to be an experience': Calgarian turns yard into Halloween display

  04-10-2022 23:50
  A Calgary man is putting hours of work to turn the front yard of his Douglasdale home into a haunted attraction. Shane Harrop says the annual Halloween display takes a lot of planning. This year, he started transforming his yard on Sept. 25, and has spent hours and hours building on his driveway and lawn and his neighbour's front lawn. There are already many skeletons scattered around as the display starts to take shape. "You can never just do it the same, you always have to one-up your last pre
  
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• Alberta government considering 2030 Olympics bid

  04-10-2022 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Culture Minister Ron Orr said the government is aware of a small group of people putting together proposals for future Olympic opportunities.
  
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• Sketch of suspect in Lethbridge sexual assault released

  04-10-2022 23:26
  Lethbridge police are releasing new information about a suspect they say sexually assaulted a woman late last month. Police responded to a scene in the St. Edwards neighbourhood at approximately 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 after a woman told them an unknown male had sexually assaulted her. "The male left the area and was last seen along St. Edwards Boulevard North," officials said in a release. "Police canvassed the area but the male was not located and continued efforts to identify him have been unsucce
  
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• Construction underway on housing for Indigenous women in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 23:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Canes Chatter: October 4, 2022 – Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  04-10-2022 23:07 via lethbridgehurricanes.com
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• Banff's Mount Norquay announces plans to replace chairlift, lodge

  04-10-2022 23:00
  Mount Norquay ski resort in Banff National Park has announced plans to replace its North American Chairlift, originally built in 1946, with a two-station gondola. Officials say the gondola would run from the main lodge area to the Cliff House restaurant. It's one of a number of proposed changes outlined in Norquay's vision for the next hundred years of operation, during which time the resort aims to modernize ski and sightseeing opportunities with energy-efficient lifts and the integration of ne
  
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• CFD investigates cause of northeast grass fire

  04-10-2022 22:50
  The Calgary Fire Department was called in to put out a grass fire that sparked in a field near Memorial Drive on Tuesday. Officials told CTV News that firefighters were dispatched to the scene, near Memorial Drive and 1st Street N.E., at approximately 1 p.m. They say flames quickly spread up a hill in the area, but no one was injured and no property was damaged.The cause is under investigation, but the CFD advises that conditions right now are very dry and all residents should properly dispose o
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps hand CEO Axel Schuster four-year contract extension - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 22:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Toronto Arrows sign Canadian international fly half Shane O'Leary - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 22:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Former head of Alberta Human Rights Commission suing justice minister over dismissal

  04-10-2022 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  May was ostensibly fired over concerns raised by a book review he wrote in 2009, in which he quoted statements saying Islam was a fundamentally violent religion.
  
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• Water access at Henderson Lake limited due to algae - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 21:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Water access at Henderson Lake limited due to algae  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Flight 752 families want Ottawa to get tougher on Iran - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 21:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lethbridge trailer manufacturer expanding its southern Alberta operation - CBC.ca

  04-10-2022 21:26 via cbc.ca
  Lethbridge trailer manufacturer expanding its southern Alberta operation  CBC.ca
  
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• Province invests $2 million into Southland Trailer expansion in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 21:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Province invests $2 million into Southland Trailer expansion in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta designates Oct. 4 Sisters in Spirit Day: ‘We remember who they were’

  04-10-2022 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  Sisters in Spirit Day is an initiative led by Indigenous women and the Native Women's Association of Canada. It inspired vigils and marches across Canada annually on Oct. 4.
  
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• Alberta hamlet of Cheadle now home to giant Cheeto statue

  04-10-2022 20:44
  Bow Island, Alta. has a giant pinto bean, Glendon, Alta. is home to the world's largest perogy and not far away in Mundare, Alta. you can view the world's largest sausage – but now Alberta has a new snack-inspired roadside attraction. Cheetos has recently unveiled a giant Cheeto statue in Cheadle, Alta. The monument, which is almost 5.2 metres tall (17'), shows a thumb and two fingers holding a Cheetos Puffs snack in the air. The fingers are covered in the Cheeto's orange dust – whic
  
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• Alberta government confirms another Olympic bid is being explored

  04-10-2022 20:34
  Nearly four years after a majority of Calgary voters said no to pursuing the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, the provincial government says it is aware of another effort to bring the games to Alberta and it is not ruling the possibility out.  "The question certainly has been raised. Is it a possibility? We're certainly open to that," said Alberta's Minister of Culture Ron Orr. Orr made the comments Tuesday morning at WinSport while announcing that the province will put up $17.5 million toward up
  
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• After 2 postponements, Rage Against the Machine cancels Alberta shows

  04-10-2022 20:16
  Albertans who bought tickets more than two years ago to rock out to Rage Against The Machine will not be going to the show, and will get refunds instead. The band announced Tuesday morning the cancellation of the rest of its 2023 North American tour including stops in Edmonton and Calgary. Tickets for the "Public Service Announcement" tour originally went on sale in February 2020. The band planned to swing through Alberta with two shows in May 2020, but the pandemic forced the postponement of th
  
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• 91 Days and 2000 Miles: Man Kayaks from California to Hawaii - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 19:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• GAME DAY: Hurricanes Kick Off Trip in Saskatoon - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  04-10-2022 19:05 via lethbridgehurricanes.com
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• RCMP investigating suspected child luring in Bragg Creek

  04-10-2022 19:03
  Mounties are asking for help identifying a man who allegedly approached an 11-year-old girl in Bragg Creek in September. According to RCMP, the girl was walking near White Avenue on the afternoon of Sept. 19 when a grey Dodge Ram pickup truck pulled onto the grass near her. The driver, described as an older man, allegedly spoke to her in what RCMP suspect was an attempt to lure her into the vehicle. The girl walked away from the truck and the man drove off. The suspect is described as:Being in h
  
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• Naomi Osaka to publish picture book 'The Way Champs Play' - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Naomi Osaka to publish picture book 'The Way Champs Play'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Body of long-time adventure racer who went missing while paddling found in B.C.

  04-10-2022 18:29
  The body of a man who was reported missing during a paddling trip in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this year has been found, local Mounties say. Peter Jolles, 46, was reported missing in June during a paddling trip down Bugaboo Creek after he didn't arrive at his designated take-out spot. A local search-and-rescue team found the raft at the time, but the swift water in the area made it too dangerous for crews to continue their search. Mounties said a second search was finally conducted on
  
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• Hockey Canada's board chairs to answer to federal government - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 18:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• 'I will give all I can': Alta. blood donor aiming for Guinness record

  04-10-2022 16:35
  Two hundred blood donations is just a milestone for an Alberta woman on her way to setting a Guinness World Record. Josephine Michaluk, 76, from Penhold in central Alberta, recently donated blood for the 203rd time in Red Deer."After I got to 150, I thought: 'I'm gonna just see if I can get to 200,'" she recalled in an interview with CTV News. "So I'm still going." Michaluk made her first donation in 1965 while accompanying her sister who was donating. At about five donations per year, she's sin
  
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• Former Alberta human rights chair serves province $2.1M wrongful dismissal lawsuit

  04-10-2022 15:53
  Alberta's former human rights commission chief has filed a lawsuit against the justice minister for "malicious treatment" and wrongful dismissal. In September, Collin May's appointment as head of the provincial human rights body was rescinded by a cabinet order following an open letter from the Muslim community concerned with a book review he published that has been called Islamophobic. May first joined the Alberta Human Rights Commission and Tribunals (AHRC) as a commissioner in 2019. He was ap
  
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• Basketball players fleeing Ukraine find home with University of Lethbridge Pronghorns - CBC.ca

  04-10-2022 15:39 via cbc.ca
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• Calgary's 5-day forecast; more sun, warmth

  04-10-2022 15:34
  An Omega Block – and its effects stick around through the weekend; the high-pressure ridge at its centre is bringing us a good glut of warm weather for the next week.Pictured; my not-so-spectacular art skills on display, showing the Greek symbol for Omega in red over the high; the dips on either side of the ridge stem the airflow. There are signs that this will break apart in the middle of next week, but that doesn't take away from westerly wind continuing to provide heat for us beyond the
  
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• TC Energy spending $146M to build solar power project south of Calgary

  04-10-2022 15:22
  TC Energy Corp. says it is spending $146 million to build its first Canadian solar power project. The company says the Saddlebrook solar project will be located near Aldersyde, Alta., south of Calgary. It will have the capacity to generate 81 megawatts, enough energy to power 20,000 homes annually.  TC Energy says it has obtained all regulatory approvals and permits and construction is expected to be finished next year.  During the construction phase, the company says the project will
  
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• TC Energy spending $146 million to build solar power project in Alberta

  04-10-2022 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  TC Energy said the Saddlebrook solar project will be located near Aldersyde, Alta., south of Calgary and will employ two full-time employees once fully operational.
  
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• Council mulls proposed bylaw to cut down on single-use plastics

  04-10-2022 15:08
  A proposed bylaw to reduce single use items is heading to council chambers on Tuesday. The Single-Use Items Reduction Strategy makes recommendations on how Calgarians can limit one-time items including forks and bags "independent of composition" and not by just replacing single-use plastic items with items made from other materials. The proposed bylaw primarily targets bags and cutlery. It recommends charging a minimum fee on paper and new reusable shopping bags, while single- use food ware like
  
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• University of Lethbridge Pronghorns welcomes basketball players who fled Ukraine - Global News

  04-10-2022 14:46 via globalnews.ca
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• University of Lethbridge Pronghorns welcomes basketball players who fled Ukraine

  04-10-2022 14:46 via globalnews.ca
  Looking to escape the conflict, the two women obtained their Canadian visas. Using Facebook, they looked for volunteers in Canada who could help them.
  
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• Tanev's pre-season debut helps Flames beat Kraken 4-1

  04-10-2022 14:29
  When Chris Tanev last played in an NHL game in the spring, he was playing through a dislocated shoulder. He's healthy again and it showed on Monday night. Tanev scored in his pre-season debut and his longtime teammate Jacob Markstrom made 21 stops as Calgary defeated the Seattle Kraken 4-1 in NHL exhibition action. "It's good to get back and get into a game and get up and down the ice and compete." said Tanev, a key member of the Flames top-four on defence. “You can mimic it in practice as
  
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• Basketball players fleeing Ukraine find home with University of Lethbridge Pronghorns

  04-10-2022 14:21
  The squeak of their shoes and the thump of the ball on the court feels blessedly normal for Vika Kovalevska and Vlada Hozalova. Basketball provides a brief sanctuary from the ceaseless undercurrent of tension they feel over what's happening at home in Ukraine. Hoops also helps ground them in their new life in Alberta, where they play basketball for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. "Basketball helps to distract from everything that has happened around you," Kovalevska told The Canadian Pr
  
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• Lethbridge School Division passes anti-racism policy - Medicine Hat News

  04-10-2022 12:26 via medicinehatnews.com
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• Lethbridge Police advise residents to avoid the Lethbridge Courthouse - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Downtown Lethbridge traffic disrupted as crowd gathers for Coutts ... - Global News

  04-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Construction underway on housing for Indigenous women in ... - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Holloway leads Oilers to 7-2 pre-season rout over Canucks - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 06:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Tanev's pre-season debut helps Flames beat Kraken 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 05:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Air Canada passenger’s bag arrives destroyed. A nightmare followed

  04-10-2022 05:47 via globalnews.ca
  President of the Air Passenger Rights advocacy group Gabor Lukacs said Wolk’s case is a clear violation of the law and passengers need to stand their ground.
  
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• Quebec votes: Dominique Anglade retains seat, Liberals remain official Opposition - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 05:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Quebec votes: Dominique Anglade retains seat, Liberals remain official Opposition  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend's abortion, report says - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 05:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Herschel Walker paid for girlfriend's abortion, report says  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 49ers use defence, Deebo Samuel to beat Rams 24-9 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 05:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  49ers use defence, Deebo Samuel to beat Rams 24-9  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Guerrero homers to lead Blue Jays past Orioles 5-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 04:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Lethbridge benefits from provincial funding to tackle homelessness Pipa News - PiPa News

  04-10-2022 02:10 via pipanews.com
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• Calgary shooting investigations present police with roadblocks

  04-10-2022 02:07
  Police say that as the city is coming up on a record number of shootings in a single year, they are finding it more and more difficult to make arrests in the incidents. A lot of the problem has to do with the victims not wanting to speak with investigators, they say. "We literally are getting calls from somebody showing up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to their leg and telling us that they don't want anything to do with us," said Calgary Police Supt. Scott Boyd during a presentation to the
  
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• Alberta Court of Justice: Provincial court to get new name in 2023

  04-10-2022 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  The name change was requested by the court and the Alberta government said it better describes the relationship between citizens and the justice they seek from the court.
  
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• N. Korea fires ballistic missile that flew over Japan - Lethbridge News Now

  04-10-2022 01:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  N. Korea fires ballistic missile that flew over Japan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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