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• Alberta man charged in 2018 killing of ‘outstanding’ Chilliwack, B.C. man

  28-11-2022 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Kyle Cromarty, 27, was found with gunshot wounds in the 46600-block of Yale Road in Chilliwack on Oct. 4, 2018, and later died from his injuries. 
  
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• Affordable housing, halfway covered: City of Calgary to pitch in $53.5M for Bridgeland Place redevelopment

  28-11-2022 23:36
  The City of Calgary will fund nearly half the estimated cost of its planned Bridgeland Place affordable housing redevelopment. Council announced Monday it has approved $53.5 million for the project as part of its 2023-26 service plans and budget deliberations, or 49 per cent. Total estimated costs to redevelop the site at 736 McDougall Ct. N.E. sits at $109 million. In Monday's announcement, the city said it would look to other funding sources and levels of government to come up with the rest of
  
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• Arbitrator will referee Dr. J's suit against brand developer - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 23:16 via news.google.com
  Arbitrator will referee Dr. J's suit against brand developer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Health experts worried about Alberta’s low flu vaccine uptake: ‘We are seeing healthy kids brought down’

  28-11-2022 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  Health experts are raising concerns about Alberta's low influenza vaccine uptake as lab-confirmed cases and hospital admissions keep rising.
  
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• Alberta not proceeding with Premier Smith's bill to protect COVID-19 unvaccinated

  28-11-2022 22:40
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is rolling back on a promise to introduce legislation this fall that would have outlawed restrictions on people not vaccinated against COVID-19. Government house leader Joseph Schow says such a bill will not be introduced this fall, as the focus is on other priorities. He declined to say whether the bill is gone for good. Smith won the leadership of the United Conservative Party this summer promising to make the change, adding last month that the COVID-19 unvaccina
  
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• ‘Draconian’ Line 5 shutdown must be avoided with ‘imperfect’ alternatives: U.S. judge

  28-11-2022 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  The Wisconsin judge wants Enbridge and the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa to explore other options to a total shutdown while also mitigating a potential oil spill.
  
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• Design work underway for Canmore's new emergency department

  28-11-2022 22:29
  Work on revitalizing emergency services for residents in Canmore has shifted to a new phase, Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced Monday. Officials say Edmonton-based ACI Architects has been chosen to lead the next step in the plan for the Canmore General Hospital's new emergency department. A $4.4 million project – funded by the provincial government, AHS and the Canmore and Area Health Foundation – is expected to improve patient flow, create new private treatment spaces and meet
  
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• Line 5 shutdown 'draconian,' both sides must consider 'imperfect' alternatives: judge - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 22:08 via news.google.com
  Line 5 shutdown 'draconian,' both sides must consider 'imperfect' alternatives: judge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hundreds in Vancouver rally in sympathy with China COVID protests - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 22:08 via news.google.com
  Hundreds in Vancouver rally in sympathy with China COVID protests  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Opposition, experts praise new Indo-Pacific strategy but want implementation plan - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 22:02 via news.google.com
  Opposition, experts praise new Indo-Pacific strategy but want implementation plan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man arrested, charged for series of thefts across western Canada

  28-11-2022 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton police recovered about $500,000 worth of stolen items from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  
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• Medicine Hat doctor sanctioned for unprofessional conduct related to cannabis prescriptions

  28-11-2022 21:41
  A Medicine Hat doctor has been sanctioned by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) after being found guilty of unprofessional conduct. Dr. Gaylord Wardell accused of failing to comply with three CPSA Standards of Practice stemming from his care of a patient in 2017: Cannabis for medical purposes, referral consultation and telemedicine (now virtual care). However, in February, a CPSA tribunal found while he wasn't compliant with the "cannabis for medical purposes" standard, the
  
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• Senior Air Force officers charged over ‘inappropriate’ fighter pilot nickname

  28-11-2022 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  The charges stem from an informal call sign meeting in June at one of Canada's two main fighter jet bases, 4 Wing Cold Lake in Alberta.
  
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• More details on Alberta's proposed inflation relief measures - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 21:33 via news.google.com
  More details on Alberta's proposed inflation relief measures  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man charged in connection with arson at Innisfail hotel

  28-11-2022 21:08
  RCMP say a 40-year-old man faces charges of arson and mischief in connection with a fire that they say was intentionally set inside a hotel room. Innisfail RCMP say officers were called to respond to a fire at the Zoo Hotel in Innisfail on Nov. 26. On arrival, they determined that the building had been evacuated due to a fire in one of the rooms. Several other residents in the hotel had put out the blaze using fire extinguishers, police say. Further investigation resulted in the arrest of the re
  
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• Smith’s bill to protect Alberta’s unvaccinated won’t be introduced in legislature

  28-11-2022 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The bill will not be put forward, as the Alberta legislature is choosing to focus on other matters.
  
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• In meteorite, Alberta researchers discover 2 minerals never before seen on Earth

  28-11-2022 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  A meteorite expert from the University of Alberta was part of a team of researchers that discovered at least two new minerals never before seen on earth. 
  
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• 5 officers charged after Black man paralyzed in police van - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 20:29 via news.google.com
  5 officers charged after Black man paralyzed in police van  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this week: November 28, 2022 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 19:55 via news.google.com
  What's happening in Lethbridge this week: November 28, 2022  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Neuron scooters being put away for the winter - My Lethbridge Now

  28-11-2022 19:48 via news.google.com
  Neuron scooters being put away for the winter  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta premier to announce details about re-indexing AISH government benefit

  28-11-2022 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  AISH supports about 70,000 Albertans with permanent medical issues that prevent them from earning a living by providing a basic benefit of $1,685 per month.
  
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• Alberta NDP vows to protect public health care as fall sitting reconvenes

  28-11-2022 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The NDP is concerned Premier Danielle Smith will follow through on policy ideas exploring co-pays and deductibles to have patients cover some of their surgery costs.
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters respond to north side garage fire - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 19:18 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge firefighters respond to north side garage fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• E3 Lithium gets $27M from feds to support oilfield lithium extraction

  28-11-2022 17:58
  An Alberta-based company aiming to extract lithium from the province's old oilfields has received $27 million from the federal government. E3 Lithium has developed a technology to extract lithium, a light metal used to make EV batteries, from oilfield brines. E3 Lithium has already drilled test wells within Alberta's historic Leduc oilfield region. It aims to have a field pilot project up and running next year. Imperial Oil Ltd. has also invested in E3 Lithium and is providing technical and deve
  
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• Alberta-based E3 Lithium gets $37M from feds to support oilfield lithium extraction

  28-11-2022 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  E3 Lithium has developed a technology to extract lithium, a light metal used to make EV batteries, from oilfield brines.
  
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• Pronghorns swim to success at 2022 Canada West Championship - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2022 17:13 via news.google.com
  Pronghorns swim to success at 2022 Canada West Championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Body found following fire at southeast Calgary apartment building

  28-11-2022 16:05
  An investigation is underway into the death of a person whose body was found during a Monday morning fire response at an apartment building in the city's southeast. Fire crews were called to the building in the 2600 block of 16th Avenue S.E. shortly after 7 a.m. and extinguished a blaze on the second floor. A body was found inside the unit where the fire broke out. The age and gender of the deceased have not been released and, according to Calgary Police Service officials, it's not known if the
  
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• Arctic air bringing snow, -30 wind chill to Calgary

  28-11-2022 15:00
  Mother Nature is holding a particularly nasty grudge against Alberta today. The current wind chill as of this writing is -23; that's expected to remain throughout the day, thanks to a strong new system passing us by. The primary effects of this will involve snow (subtext: blowing snow) and resultant poor visibility across much of the province. While Calgary’s wind gusts could isolate in the 70 kilometre per hour range, we’re more likely to remain in the 60s today. Gusts will graduall
  
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• Alberta legislature to resume sitting Tuesday: Here's what you need to know

  28-11-2022 14:40
  The next session of Alberta's legislature, and the first led by Premier Danielle Smith, will begin Tuesday.  It will be the first time government members are in the legislature since it was prorogued in May, save a special sitting in September to mark the accession of King Charles III. The Fourth Session of the 30th Legislature will open with the speech from the throne delivered by Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani on Tuesday at 3 p.m. On Monday, Government House Leader Joseph Schow will provide detai
  
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• Fire breaks out at Bridgeland-Riverside Community Centre

  28-11-2022 14:39
  Calgary Fire Department crews were called to an early morning fire at the Bridgeland-Riverside Community Centre in the city's northeast. According to the CFD battalion chief, the fire at the building in the 900 block of Centre Avenue N.E. was reported at around 4:30 a.m. Heavy plumes of smoke were billowing out of the lower level of the building when crews arrived. As of 6:30 a.m., several fire trucks and the fire investigator remain on scene. The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage t
  
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• Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary to open heated trailer next to busy ER

  28-11-2022 14:22
  Alberta's health-care delivery agency says it's preparing for surges in patients at Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary by opening a heated trailer next to the facility's emergency department. Alberta Health Services announced the move in a series of tweets this weekend, noting the trailer will be operational in early December. Health officials said earlier this month that in-patient units at both Alberta Children's and Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton were at or over 100 per cent of
  
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• Lethbridge Christmas trees, greenery shipping improves but supply ... - Global News

  28-11-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Christmas trees, greenery shipping improves but supply ...  Global News
  
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• CJOC's Merry Meal Bracket - My Lethbridge Now

  28-11-2022 08:00 via news.google.com
  CJOC's Merry Meal Bracket  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Santa Claus parade returns to Fort Macleod streets - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  28-11-2022 03:46 via news.google.com
  Santa Claus parade returns to Fort Macleod streets - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Santa Claus parade returns to Fort Macleod streets

  28-11-2022 03:46 via globalnews.ca
  The 39th annual Fort Macleod Santa Claus parade returned on Saturday to a cheerful crowd. The previous two years were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Fire significantly damages Calgary duplex Sunday evening

  28-11-2022 03:04
  Crews battled a duplex fire in Calgary's southeast Sunday evening. About 10 engines were on scene in the initial stages of the blaze in the 7600 block of 27th Street S.E. just before 5 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they say smoke could be seen billowing from the home. No injuries were reported, and no one was home in either unit at the time of the fire. According to investigators, there is substantial damage inside both units. There is no word on a cause, as of publication, with firefighters e
  
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