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• UCP staying silent on Livingstone-Macleod candidate's disqualification

  08-11-2022 23:28
  Alberta's United Conservative Party (UCP) has yet to comment on the reported disqualification of its candidate in the riding of Livingstone-Macleod. Nadine Wellwood revealed her disqualification on Monday night through a statement posted to her website. It in, she said she received a letter on Nov. 7 stating the Party Candidate Selection Committee (PCSC) rejected her application "based on a referral from the Executive Director of the UCP." "The reasoning given for my disqualification, most are c
  
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• New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, considers well cleanup breaks

  08-11-2022 23:13
  Alberta's new energy minister has promised to maintain an order protecting the Rocky Mountains in the province from coal development, for now. However, Peter Guthrie says his department is already working on a controversial program to give oil companies breaks on their royalties to clean up old wells. Speaking at an Edmonton press conference Tuesday on funding for a hydrogen project, Guthrie said he has no plans to withdraw an order from the previous minister that restored protections for the Ro
  
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• Man convicted of taking his daughter from Calgary to Iraq now faces 8-year sentence

  08-11-2022 22:54
  An appeal judge has extended the sentence of a man convicted of abducting his daughter, taking her from Calgary to Iraq four years ago. Ali Farhan Al Aazawi had told the mother of his then-11-year-old daughter Zahraa that he was going on a vacation with the girl to Egypt in 2018. According to a parenting order that was established on May 11, 2016, approximately four years after their separation, Madhi had sole custody while Al Aazawi was "granted access" to Zahraa every other weekend, on Father'
  
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• Brr! Record-breaking cold weather hits Alberta

  08-11-2022 22:43
  The latest wallop of wintery weather in Alberta has led to a dozen new record daytime lows throughout the province, including in Calgary. Environment and Climate Change Canada says heavy snow and blowing snow impacted most of central and southern Alberta on Monday. "As the skies cleared, overnight low temperatures fell significantly, resulting in new daily minimum temperature records set this morning," said a Tuesday summary from the national weather agency. In Calgary, the daytime temperature d
  
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• Alberta’s Court of Appeal dismisses case against COVID-19 vaccine requirement for organ transplant

  08-11-2022 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  The COVID-19 vaccination requirement also did not meet the criteria of discrimination under the Charter, according to the judges.
  
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• Alberta Opposition demands Smith revoke call for advice from COVID ‘bioweapon’ doc

  08-11-2022 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Paul Alexander is a one-time professor at McMaster University and medical adviser to former U.S. president Donald Trump.
  
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• New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well cleanup breaks

  08-11-2022 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Energy Minister Peter Guthrie confirmed he has no plans to withdraw the order — although he wouldn't say how long it will remain.
  
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• New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well clean up breaks

  08-11-2022 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  Guthrie confirmed he has no plans to withdraw the order - although he wouldn't say how long it will remain.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal dismisses unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation

  08-11-2022 21:15
  EDMONTON - Alberta's Court of Appeal has dismissed the case of a woman who was unable to get an organ transplant because she refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018 and was told she would not survive unless she received an organ transplant. She was placed on a transplant waitlist in 2020, but was told a year later she would need to get the vaccine to receive an organ. Lewis argued the vaccine requirement violates her right to life, but the
  
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• Aspects of Lethbridge Clean Sweep program 'reeks of exploitation': U of L professor - My Lethbridge Now

  08-11-2022 21:12 via news.google.com
  Aspects of Lethbridge Clean Sweep program 'reeks of exploitation': U of L professor  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Lethbridge researcher honoured - Alberta Express

  08-11-2022 20:44 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge researcher honoured  Alberta Express
  
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• Energy Transition Centre opens its door in downtown Calgary

  08-11-2022 19:20
  A new Energy Transition Centre has opened its doors in downtown Calgary today. The centre is a partnership between the University of Calgary, Innovate Calgary and Avatar Innovations, a local company that works with the oil and gas sector on innovation and technology. The Energy Transition Centre is meant to support the research and development of new energy technologies and support startups seeking to commercialize. Calgary’s economy has long been dominated by oil and gas, but the city is
  
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• Centre aims to help Calgary retain its title of 'energy capital of Canada'

  08-11-2022 19:20
  Across from the headquarters of some of Canada's largest oil and gas companies, a new initiative aims to ensure that Calgary and its largest industry aren't left behind in the global pursuit of a low-carbon economy.  The "Energy Transition Centre," a $4.2 million office space that marked its grand opening Tuesday, is meant to be a place where academics, start-ups, and the traditional oil and gas sector can work together on the development and commercialization of new energy technologies &m
  
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• Calgary city council outlines priorities in proposed 4-year budget

  08-11-2022 18:47
  The City of Calgary has released its proposed budget for the next four years, detailing spending priorities amid increasing inflation. Calgary's proposed total annual operating budget will reach $4.9 billion by 2026 and plans are in place toinvest a total of $10.2 billion in capital infrastructure that starts or continues in this cycle. "The investments we’re proposing will continue our progress to make Calgary a great place to make a living and a great place to make a life for all Calgari
  
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• Alberta government invests $161M in clean hydrogen

  08-11-2022 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  On Tuesday, the Alberta government announced it was awarding $161 million to a U.S.-based industrial gas company that’s behind a new hydrogen facility northeast of Edmonton.
  
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• Health talks end with no agreement as federal government withdraws

  08-11-2022 16:25
  The federal government has withdrawn from a joint communique with provincial and territorial health ministers, ending widely anticipated meetings in Vancouver without any agreement to boost health-care funding. British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix, who called it a "disappointing" end to the meetings, had previously said provincial and territorial ministers were united behind a request for federal funding to be increased to 35 per cent, up from 22 per cent. However, Dix says the federal go
  
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• Health talks end with no agreement as federal government walks away, blaming premiers

  08-11-2022 16:25
  The federal government has withdrawn from a joint communique on health funding with provincial and territorial ministers, ending two days of widely anticipated meetings in Vancouver without any agreement. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he went to the meetings "in good faith" but blamed premiers for giving their ministers "marching orders" to force the talks to end with no deal. Duclos blames the premiers for releasing a statement that he says depicted the talks as a failure, forci
  
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• Meth, fentanyl seized in Medicine Hat and Redcliff drug bust

  08-11-2022 16:21
  Two Medicine Hat women and a man from Redcliff face charges after a drug trafficking investigation unearthed methamphetamine, fentanyl and cash.   On Oct. 27 and 28, officers searched three locations in the city of Medicine Hat and one location in Redcliff, seizing:104 grams of methamphetamine; 28 grams of fentanyl; $3,180 in cash; Ammunition; and, A small amount of cocaine.Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) officials say the estimated street value of the drugs, plus the seized
  
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• Emergency training exercise taking place at Lethbridge Airport on Tuesday - My Lethbridge Now

  08-11-2022 16:17 via news.google.com
  Emergency training exercise taking place at Lethbridge Airport on Tuesday  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Premier Smith in byelection battle for Brooks-Medicine Hat seat

  08-11-2022 15:27
  It's up to voters in the Brooks-Medicine Hat electoral district to decide whether Premier Danielle Smith will secure her seat in the legislature. Polls for Tuesday's byelection close at 8 p.m. while advanced voting wrapped up on Saturday. Despite the high-profile nature of this byelection, there was little interest in advanced voting, with just 12.4 per cent (4,231) of eligible voters (34,060) sending in their ballot early. That's only about half of the advance votes tha
  
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• Chilly in Calgary for a few days, then cool for a few more

  08-11-2022 15:08
  I must have done something silly to the Word document I type these up in, because it was an older edition, featuring high temperatures between 28 C and 30 C. Yeesh. Those are October temperatures – and they're a far cry from current circumstances. Low temperatures will reach wind chills in the mid-to-high-minus twenties for commuters this morning; tomorrow morning, they could hit -30 C, which is cold enough to produce wind chills with a risk of frostbite. The next couple of days will be&he
  
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• Calgarian Suzette Mayr wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for 'The Sleeping Car Porter'

  08-11-2022 14:48
  Suzette Mayr hopes the Scotiabank Giller Prize that will soon be residing on her shelf might finally quash her persistent impostor syndrome. The Calgary author received the $100,000 award for her novel "The Sleeping Car Porter" during a televised gala at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel on Monday night.   "I'll just look at this award and think: OK, I accomplished something. I can do this. Somebody believes in me," she said in an interview after the ceremony. "The Sleeping Car Porter," publishe
  
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• TransAlta reports Q3 profit, raises dividend and financial guidance

  08-11-2022 14:37
  TransAlta Corp. increased its dividend as it reported a third-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago and raised its financial guidance for the year.  The power utility says it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 5.5 cents per share, up from five cents per share. The increased payment to shareholders came as TransAlta says it earned a profit attributable to common shareholders of $61 million or 23 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with a loss of $456 mi
  
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• ‘Party elite have overreached’: Alberta UCP candidate appealing nomination disqualification

  08-11-2022 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  Nadine Wellwood said she began campaigning in the riding the day the nomination opened and says she received triple the number of signatures required.
  
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• Voters go to polls in Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection

  08-11-2022 14:15 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is one of five candidates running in a byelection in the southern constituency of Brooks-Medicine Hat.
  
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• Dobson scores in OT to rally Islanders past Flames 4-3

  08-11-2022 14:15
  Noah Dobson scored a power-play goal 4:02 into overtime and the New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Sebastian Aho, Anders Lee and Kyle Palmieri also scored as New York came back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to get is sixth win in seven games. Mathew Barzal had three assists and Ilya Sorokin made 43 saves.  "We got to our game," Lee said. "We were able to be the ones on the forecheck, get some pucks back, be on top of them. We went on f
  
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• Celebrating Indigenous veterans on National Aboriginal Veterans' Day - Lethbridge News Now

  08-11-2022 13:10 via news.google.com
  Celebrating Indigenous veterans on National Aboriginal Veterans' Day  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Can carbon offsets offer a real solution to the climate crisis? 

  08-11-2022 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  The idea behind offsetting is simple, but the system is imperfect, experts say.
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters set to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry

  08-11-2022 12:41 via globalnews.ca
  A local Alberta politician facing charges for participating in ``Freedom Convoy'' protests at the Coutts, Alta., border blockade is among those scheduled to testify Tuesday.
  
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• Wall at ENMAX Centre dedicated to acclaimed Lethbridge promoter Ron Sakamoto - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  08-11-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Wall at ENMAX Centre dedicated to acclaimed Lethbridge promoter Ron Sakamoto - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Woman attacked with hatchet at Marlborough LRT station

  08-11-2022 04:39
  A woman has been rushed to hospital, bleeding and slipping out of consciousness, Calgary police say, after being attacked with a hatchet. Officers arrived at the Marlborough LRT station around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, responding to a report of an assault. Police say the incident took place on the upper platform, by the elevator. The victim of the attack was initially listed as being in life-threatening condition, but police say she has since improved. Officers located two suspects at the Franklin LR
  
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• Why shoppers can expect deep discounts this holiday season

  08-11-2022 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Unlike last year when holiday shopping was undermined by supply-chain issues, Consumer Matters has learned that this year the retail landscape is more favorable.
  
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• UCP disqualifies Nadine Wellwood nomination in Livingstone-Macleod; Wellwood says she’ll appeal

  08-11-2022 03:46
  Nadine Wellwood took to Twitter on Monday night to say she would appeal the disqualification of her nomination as United Conservative Party candidate in the riding of Livingstone-Macleod. The party's decision isn't stopping her campaign, however, with Wellwood saying she continues to plan meetings with residents of the southern Alberta riding in preparation for the upcoming provincial election. Wellwood released a statement saying she’d received a letter earlier in the day, saying, “
  
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• Further delays, cancellations expected as WestJet deals with service outage fallout, winter weather

  08-11-2022 03:27
  WestJet is warning of further delays and cancellations over the next 24 hours as it continues to recover from a system-wide outage over the weekend and deals with the winter weather. “I’m angry. I mean, I’m like most Canadians, you know, I flow with punches, but not this. This is unconscionable,” said Stewart Roberts. Roberts was supposed to fly from Kelowna, B.C., and board a connecting flight in Calgary so he could be in Ottawa on Saturday in time to attend a funeral th
  
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• ‘It’s my happiest memory that day’: Calgary patient invites her paramedics to wedding day

  08-11-2022 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  It was a 911 call nobody expected to end the way it did. A senior's call for care was answered by two compassionate paramedics. The memorable interaction had the happiest ending.
  
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• Lethbridge carjacker dumped vehicle outside city; police seek suspect

  08-11-2022 01:21
  Lethbridge police say the public may be able to help them find a suspect who attacked a 77-year-old woman and stole her car. Officials first alerted residents about an incident on Saturday where a woman was assaulted and had her vehicle taken from her at a Bank of Montreal parking lot in the 600 block of Fourth Avenue S. on Saturday. Following the incident, police located the victim's vehicle, a white 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe, abandoned east of the city in a rest area off Highway 3, near Range Road
  
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• Full eclipse of ‘Beaver Blood Moon’ over Alberta sky

  08-11-2022 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  First Nations people traditionally used the lunar calendar to mark the changing of the seasons, with the moon acting not only like a clock and calendar, but also as a compass.
  
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• Southern Alberta powerlifter pushing for world record - Global News

  08-11-2022 01:13 via news.google.com
  Southern Alberta powerlifter pushing for world record  Global News
  
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• Southern Alberta powerlifter pushing for world record

  08-11-2022 01:13 via globalnews.ca
  A southern Alberta senior heads to England this week, hoping to break a powerlifting record.
  
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• Bow Island, Alta., works to diversify housing options to attract workers

  08-11-2022 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  Some staff come from nearby southern Alberta communities of Taber and Medicine Hat, but that commute isn't always appealing.
  
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• Emergency doctor and mental health advocate say surgery catch-up coming with cost to ER patients

  08-11-2022 00:40 via globalnews.ca
  An emergency doctor and mental health advocate are expressing frustration, saying clearing Alberta's surgical backlog is coming with a cost to ER patients
  
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• Ottawa willing to increase flow of health-care cash to provinces on 2 conditions

  08-11-2022 00:33 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa, the provinces and territories have been feuding for months over increasing the federal health transfers. As it stands, Ottawa covers about 22 per cent of health-care costs.
  
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• Calgary restaurateurs reach out to help Ukrainian refugees

  08-11-2022 00:29
  A Calgary restaurant, owned by a couple from Uzbekistan and Russia, is doing what it can to support those who fled the war in Ukraine. Pilav Central, on Macleod Trail S.E., has already hired four Ukrainians – all professional cooks – who came to Canada earlier this year. Elena Pinkhasov, who is Russian, says the idea of working with Ukrainians came from the couple's previous enterprises. "For over 13 years, we ran a cleaning company in Edmonton and Calgary and over those years, we wo
  
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• 'May not even know they have a furnace filter': Furnace techs busy as wintry weather returns to Lethbridge - CTV News Calgary

  08-11-2022 00:28 via news.google.com
  'May not even know they have a furnace filter': Furnace techs busy as wintry weather returns to Lethbridge  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 'May not even know they have a furnace filter': Furnace techs busy as wintry weather returns to Lethbridge

  08-11-2022 00:28
  Along with recent snow, colder temperatures have arrived in southern Alberta, and the wintry weather kept staff at 4 Seasons Home Comfort in Lethbridge busy with furnace repairs Monday. “Our first call came in this morning at 4:30 and it’s been pretty constant since,” said Richard Altvater, 4 Seasons Home Comfort owner. “We find that most customers don't start testing their heating equipment until they actually have the demand for it, and of course, once you have the dema
  
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