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• Recent hit-and-runs in Calgary sparks renewed plea from mother to driver who struck her son

  28-10-2022 23:47
  A series of recent hit-and-run incidents in the city has sparked a Calgary mother to speak out, imploring the suspect responsible for injuring her teenage son to come forward. When 17-year-old Brandon Taylor was hours late for dinner the night of Oct. 17, his mother, Kailey Naugler, became worried. She later noticed emergency vehicles across the street from her home, at the intersection of 16 Avenue and 46 Street N.W., and decided to walk over to see what happened. “I watched paramedics wo
  
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• Explorer's cameras recovered after 85 years on Yukon glacier - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 23:39 via news.google.com
  Explorer's cameras recovered after 85 years on Yukon glacier  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The Famous Five come to life onstage: What's on in Calgary Oct. 28-30

  28-10-2022 23:04
  High and Splendid Braveries at Motel. If you ever passed by the Famous Five sculpture in Olympic Plaza that celebrates the achievements of a quintet of remarkable women, Calgary playwright Caroline Russell-King has a story to share with you. It's a stellar drama called High and Splendid Braveries, which tells the story of the Famous Five through the lens of the life of Emily Murphy. Murphy (played by Tara Marlena Laberge) was a remarkable woman who became Alberta's first female magistrate back i
  
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• FIFA report shows growth in women's soccer - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 22:54 via news.google.com
  FIFA report shows growth in women's soccer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Winter storm warning issued for Banff, Jasper National Parks - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 22:38 via news.google.com
  Winter storm warning issued for Banff, Jasper National Parks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Imperial ‘striking a balance’ between shareholder returns and capital spending: CEO

  28-10-2022 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  The Calgary-based company reported its third-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year ago.
  
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• 'It was historic': Motion to call residential schools genocide backed unanimously - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 22:10 via news.google.com
  'It was historic': Motion to call residential schools genocide backed unanimously  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U of C weapons suspect charged with sexual assault

  28-10-2022 22:03
  A man has been charged in relation to a report of assaults on campus at the University of Calgary earlier this week, in addition to a sexual assault that took place downtown. Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, a woman told police she'd been walking west on Riverfront Ave. S.W. toward Second Street when a man approached her from behind and touched her inappropriately. Later that day, at around 8:25 p.m., Calgary police were called to the University of Calgary campus for reports of a man stabbing
  
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• Driver that did 'burnouts' in front of Strathmore town hall sought by RCMP

  28-10-2022 22:03
  Strathmore RCMP are looking to the public for help identifying a driver who used a Jeep to do several "burnouts" in the town hall parking lot and the surrounding area this summer. The red/orange 1970s-80s Jeep was caught on surveillance cameras just before midnight on July 15, driving in a "reckless manner," according to a Friday RCMP release. The Jeep damaged the grass at the entrance to Kinsman park and left tire tracks in front of Strathmore’s town hall and throughout the parking lot. &
  
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• Residents express concern after encampment disbursed and fences put up - My Lethbridge Now

  28-10-2022 22:01 via news.google.com
  Residents express concern after encampment disbursed and fences put up  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Lethbridge County asks residents' opinion on speed limits - My Lethbridge Now

  28-10-2022 21:48 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge County asks residents' opinion on speed limits  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Vancouver Canucks acquire defenceman Bear, forward Pederson from Carolina Hurricanes - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 21:45 via news.google.com
  Vancouver Canucks acquire defenceman Bear, forward Pederson from Carolina Hurricanes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ottawa restricting foreign state-owned investments in critical minerals - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 21:21 via news.google.com
  Ottawa restricting foreign state-owned investments in critical minerals  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Olds, Alta., high school temporarily locked down due to threat

  28-10-2022 21:01
  School administrators and the RCMP say an "emergency lockdown" at the École Olds High School on Friday, issued in response to a report of a suspicious person, has been lifted. In a letter sent home to parents of the school, which was obtained by CTV News, the procedure was enacted at about 10:20 a.m. "The outside doors of our building were locked, and our students and staff remained in their locked classrooms, from approximately 10:20 until 11:30 a.m., as the RCMP investigated a report of
  
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• Census: Lethbridge welcomed 3645 immigrants between 2016-2021 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 20:11 via news.google.com
  Census: Lethbridge welcomed 3645 immigrants between 2016-2021  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rights activist, archaeologist, architect honored in Spain - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 19:38 via news.google.com
  Rights activist, archaeologist, architect honored in Spain  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Concordia University issues apology to Black community for history of racism - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 19:13 via news.google.com
  Concordia University issues apology to Black community for history of racism  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta RCMP capture suspect who was 'actively evading police'

  28-10-2022 19:07
  Coronation RCMP say they've arrested a suspect that was evading them for nearly two years. Officials say Kristopher Ronald Neergaard, 52, a resident of Didsbury, was arrested on Oct. 26 with the assistance of the Southern Alberta Crime Reduction Unit as well as residents in the town of Coronation. According to police records, the offences he is accused of are in connection with a drug investigation from Jan. 22, 2021. Neergaard now faces 42 criminal charges, including:Possession for the purpose
  
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• Four Kodiaks receive ACAC soccer awards - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 18:54 via news.google.com
  Four Kodiaks receive ACAC soccer awards  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• College and university sports preview: October 28, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 18:43 via news.google.com
  College and university sports preview: October 28, 2022  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Warrants issued for suspects in Thanksgiving Day downtown assault

  28-10-2022 18:41
  A Calgarian ended up battered, bruised and in hospital after being randomly attacked near the Calgary Drop-In Centre on Thanksgiving Day. According to police, the man had gone to the Harry Hays Building in an attempt to renew his passport only to discover the office was closed due to the holiday. The man's route home took him along Dermot Baldwin Way S.E. where police officials say he was approached by five men who attacked him and tried to steal his backpack. The victim was taken to hospital fo
  
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• Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional

  28-10-2022 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  The ruling came in the case of a 19-year-old Edmonton man who was brought to a party publicized by an explicit ad on Facebook and sexually touched two women.
  
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• Advocates urge Ottawa to remove quota on Afghan refugee sponsorship program - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 18:22 via news.google.com
  Advocates urge Ottawa to remove quota on Afghan refugee sponsorship program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tkachuks to meet in Atlantic Division for first time: 'Stressful for the parents'

  28-10-2022 18:11
  Chantal Tkachuk's rule still stands. And it remains pretty straight forward -- there will be no fighting. "Absolutely still in place," Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, the family's eldest son, said of the not-so-subtle directive. "Set in stone," added Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk, 21 months his sibling's junior. "That rule will not be broken." The Tkachuk brothers have played against each other plenty since Brady made his NHL debut in 2018. There was that memorable first meetin
  
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• Canada takes on new international challengers in Pan Continental Curling Championship

  28-10-2022 18:09
  Canada's Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson face some non-traditional opponents in the inaugural Pan Continental championship starting Monday in Calgary. Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and Chinese Tapei are among countries in a new World Curling Federation event designed to both streamline the world championship qualification process and provide an equivalent to the 47-year-old European championship that is a worlds qualifier. The seven-day Pan Continental concluding Nov. 6 at Calgary's WinSport Event Centre
  
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• Must-See Halloween Display Attracts Thousands to Man's Yard - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 18:03 via news.google.com
  Must-See Halloween Display Attracts Thousands to Man's Yard  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Biased' Ottawa police intelligence harmed its ability to contain 'Freedom Convoy,' say security analysts

  28-10-2022 18:02
  Declassified intelligence information shows the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) may have hampered its own ability to contain the Freedom Convoy by relying on its own analysis while dismissing crucial threat assessments from outside agencies. Intelligence reports from both OPS and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), which differ widely in tone, were parsed earlier this week at the federal inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act. In January, OPS investigators characterized the "Freedom Convoy" protes
  
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• 'Biased' Ottawa police intelligence harmed its ability contain 'Freedom Convoy,' say security analysts

  28-10-2022 18:02
  Declassified intelligence information shows the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) may have hampered its own ability to contain the Freedom Convoy by relying on its own analysis while dismissing crucial threat assessments from outside agencies. Intelligence reports from both OPS and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), which differ widely in tone, were parsed earlier this week at the federal inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act. In January, OPS investigators characterized the "Freedom Convoy" protes
  
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• Cybersecurity centre warns of evolving ransomware tactics, state-sponsored threats - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 18:01 via news.google.com
  Cybersecurity centre warns of evolving ransomware tactics, state-sponsored threats  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton signs on with OSIC; athletes angry about rescheduled AGM

  28-10-2022 17:48
  
  Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the new federal program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. Effective no later than Jan. 17, 2023, complaints of abuse, discrimination and harassment at the national level will go directly to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC). The announcement comes a week before the embattled national sport organization resumes its heated annual general meeting that was abruptly adjourned on Sept.
  
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• Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen announce divorce after 13 years - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:37 via news.google.com
  Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen announce divorce after 13 years  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada takes on new international challengers in Pan Continental Curling Championship - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:37 via news.google.com
  Canada takes on new international challengers in Pan Continental Curling Championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Deaths of 8 in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:35 via news.google.com
  Deaths of 8 in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:28 via news.google.com
  Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Bublik to reach semifinals at Swiss Indoors - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:22 via news.google.com
  Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Bublik to reach semifinals at Swiss Indoors  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Vigil for slain Lethbridge woman to be held Friday - iHeartRadio.ca

  28-10-2022 17:20 via news.google.com
  Vigil for slain Lethbridge woman to be held Friday  iHeartRadio.ca
  
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• Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April-to-August period - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 17:11 via news.google.com
  Federal government posts $3.9B surplus for April-to-August period  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Vigil for Tia Blood to be held Friday

  28-10-2022 17:08
  The family and friends of a 34-year-old Lethbridge woman who was found dead on Oct. 24 will be holding a memorial vigil on Friday. Tia Blood's body was located in a rural area near Coalhurst, approximately a week after she was reported missing by her family. Blood's loved ones have now organized a candlelight vigil, which will take place at 4 p.m. at Range Road 225 and Township Road 92 – where her body was found. Family members say they are "devastated" by Blood's death and haven't stopped
  
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• Vigil for slain Lethbridge woman to be held Friday

  28-10-2022 17:08
  The family and friends of a 34-year-old Lethbridge woman who was found dead on Oct. 24 will be holding a memorial vigil on Friday. Tia Blood's body was located in a rural area near Coalhurst, approximately a week after she was reported missing by her family. Blood's loved ones have now organized a candlelight vigil, which will take place at 4 p.m. at Range Road 225 and Township Road 92 – where her body was found. Family members say they are "devastated" by Blood's death and haven't stopped
  
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• Shania Twain announces pair of 2023 Saddledome shows

  28-10-2022 17:08
  Canada's reigning queen of country music will be coming to Calgary in the spring for two shows at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Shania Twain will be performing at the 'Dome on Tuesday, May 9 and Wednesday, May 10, 2023 as part of her tour supporting her soon-to-be released Queen of Me album. Calgary native turned Nashville star Lindsay Ell is slated to open both shows. Tickets for both Calgary concerts will go on sale on Nov. 4 with presales beginning Nov. 1. The Queen of Me tour also includes perf
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Freeland to deliver fall economic statement on Nov. 3 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 16:38 via news.google.com
  CP NewsAlert: Freeland to deliver fall economic statement on Nov. 3  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Imperial Oil Q3 profit more than doubles compared with year ago, raises dividend

  28-10-2022 16:33
  Imperial Oil Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend by nearly 30 per cent as it reported its third-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year ago. The company, which also says it plans to buy back up to $1.5 billion worth of its shares, will now pay a quarterly dividend of 44 cents per share, up from its previous dividend of 34 cents per share. The increased payment to shareholders came as Imperial said its net income totalled $2.03 billion or $3.24 per diluted share for the quarter ended
  
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• Warm west wind in Calgary ahead of Halloween temperature drop?

  28-10-2022 16:26
  We'll take a dose of yesterday, drop it off by a margin for the wind (in most spots, but not all – looking your way, Pincher Creek) and follow up with another series of warm temperatures to close out the majority of the month. The majority – but not all. The cutoff on this west wind arrives Sunday, which will contribute to our temperatures dropping back below seasonal in a hurry – so much so that the snow I've been prompting as a possibility for Halloween evening is starting to
  
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• Cochrane RCMP seek car prowling suspect

  28-10-2022 16:15
  RCMP are asking for help from the public with identifying the suspect in a number of car prowlings in Cochrane's Sunset Ridge early Thursday morning. According to RCMP, tools and other valuable items were stolen from parked vehicles on Sunrise View and Sundown Way at around 3 a.m. Surveillance video gathered from the neighbourhood showed a man checking vehicle doors. The suspect is described as having a medium complexion, medium build and short, dark-coloured hair. At the time of the car prowlin
  
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• Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 16:13 via news.google.com
  Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Spain's state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 16:10 via news.google.com
  Spain's state prosecutor drops charges against Neymar  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman killed in southeast Calgary hit-and-run

  28-10-2022 15:28
  A 40-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a vehicle while crossing at a southeast intersection Thursday night. Police confirm the woman suffered severe life-threatening head injuries when she was struck at the intersection of 17th Avenue and 44th Street S.E. at around 8 p.m. The injured pedestrian was taken by ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre where she died. The driver who hit the woman fled the scene before emergency crews arrived. Police have not released a description of the s
  
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• Woman in critical condition after southeast Calgary hit-and-run

  28-10-2022 15:28
  A 27-year-old woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a vehicle while crossing at a southeast intersection Thursday night. Police confirm the woman suffered severe life-threatening head injuries when she was struck at the intersection of 17th Avenue and 44th Street S.E. at around 8 p.m. The injured pedestrian was taken by ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. The driver who hit the woman fled the scene before emergency crews arrived. Polic
  
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• Calgary teen arrested in Surrey, B.C.; police recover 2 stolen vehicles loaded with cans of gasoline

  28-10-2022 15:24
  A 17-year-old from Calgary has been charged with possession of stolen property after a caller reported seeing a suspicious vehicle in Surrey, B.C. last week. A concerned resident reported the vehicle on 134 Street near 98 Avenue around 9:50 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to a news release from Surrey RCMP. Police did not elaborate on what made the vehicle suspicious, but said officers from the detachment's Auto Crime Target Team conducted "extensive patrols" in the area. They located the vehicle on
  
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• Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in - Lethbridge News Now

  28-10-2022 15:15 via news.google.com
  Spokesman: Speaker Pelosi's husband assaulted in break-in  Lethbridge News Now
  
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