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• Report: Auto insurance rates in Alberta above national average - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 23:48 via news.google.com
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• Operation Red Nose in 'desperate' need of volunteers as holiday season ramps up in Lethbridge

  12-12-2022 23:38
  It's been a way to get you and your car home safe during the holidays for almost 30 years and after a two-year hiatus, Operation Red Nose is back in service in Lethbridge. "Our first weekend was very successful, we saw around 100 rides in just two nights, so it's really nice to see people using the service again after we've been out for so many years," said Kayla Wurzer-Fix, organizer of Operation Red Nose. The fundraiser, which benefits the University of Lethbridge’s Pronghorn Athletics,
  
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• Lethbridge's Operation Red Nose could use some help | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-12-2022 23:38 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge holiday check stop program underway | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-12-2022 23:16 via news.google.com
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• A fruitful first weekend for Christmas Check Stop campaign in Lethbridge

  12-12-2022 23:16
  The annual Christmas Check Stop campaign in Lethbridge is coming off a busy first weekend. Lethbridge police say some 700 vehicles were pulled over this past weekend. As a result, one impaired driver was arrested, three immediate roadside sanction failures and two IRS warnings were issued and one graduated driving licence was suspended. Police in the southern Alberta city were assisted by MADD Lethbridge and Area, who are regular partners in such endeavours. "The Christmas Check Stop program wil
  
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• Lethbridge residents, visitors advised they may need to mind dead waterfowl in river and lake areas

  12-12-2022 22:52
  The City of Lethbridge says a number of waterfowl have likely fallen prey to the recent weather. And officials with the southern Alberta city are warning residents and visitors they might stumble upon the sad aftermath in the River Valley and around Henderson Lake. Currently, the city says, there's not much that can be done about it. "While the City makes efforts to remove deceased animals where possible, due to the instability of the lake ice it is unsafe for staff to remove the waterfowl at th
  
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• Dead waterfowl on the rise in Lethbridge | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-12-2022 22:52 via news.google.com
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• Canadians with fixed-rate mortgages 'terrified' in face of higher interest rates upon renewal

  12-12-2022 22:41
  After seven interest rate hikes implemented by the Bank of Canada in 2022, Anita Gupta says she won’t be able to afford her home payments by the time her fixed-rate mortgage comes up for renewal in March. As a result, Gupta said she has no choice but to sell her home. “We don’t stand a chance … we’re packing right now,” Gupta told CTVNews.ca in a telephone interview on Thursday. “It's going to be extremely difficult to renew because the interest rate is
  
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• Enmax to replace Calgary power station with new facility

  12-12-2022 22:18
  Enmax is moving ahead with construction on a new power station that will replace one that's been a part of Calgary's energy since the turn of the century. The city's Substation No. 1, which has provided power to the city's downtown core – including early streetlights and streetcar rail system – for more than 100 years, is set to be replaced. The company says a new station located across the street is much larger and has much different capabilities. "Construction includes a new 35,000
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricane's Laventure named WHL Player of the Week - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 21:38 via news.google.com
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• 3 men charged in Coutts blockade frustrated over trial delays

  12-12-2022 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  Three men charged with participating in a protest blockade at the border crossing at Coutts appeared in court Monday as a judge heard about frustrations regarding their case.
  
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• Business group offers $100000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 20:31 via news.google.com
  Business group offers $100000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta NDP shares details about how broken Calgary's EMS really is

  12-12-2022 20:11
  New government data, acquired by the Alberta NDP, show just how dire the situation is for Calgary and area ambulance services. The information, collected via a Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) request and shared with the media on Monday, found that the number of unfilled EMS shifts in the Calgary area has exceeded 1,000 each month since July. It also shows there have been 9,629 unfilled shifts since the beginning of this year. The NDP's FOIP request also found there were 4
  
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• Calgary police acknowledge bathhouse raid caused pain and trauma for LGBTQ2S+ community

  12-12-2022 19:56
  The Calgary Police Service is acknowledging the pain and trauma caused by a raid at a bathhouse in the city 20 years ago and is recommitting to improving its relationship with the LGBTQ2S+ community. Goliath’s Bathhouse opened in 1987 and was a safe place for men to meet other men and explore their sexuality. However, that came crashing down on Dec. 12, 2002, when officers raided the place after receiving public complaints. Seventeen men were arrested and charged, along with the owners. Ke
  
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• Calgary police acknowledge bathhouse raid caused pain and trauma for LGBTQ community

  12-12-2022 19:56
  Calgary police Chief Mark Neufeld has acknowledged a raid at a bathhouse in 2002 caused pain and trauma for everyone involved. Goliath's Bathhouse was established in 1987 and serves the city's gay community. Neufeld's remarks come on the 20th anniversary of officers executing a search warrant at the club after public complaints led to a police investigation. He says it was a legitimate investigation but the raid has had a lasting impact on men who were arrested and charged. Neufeld says it
  
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• Violent crime involving firearms down five per cent: Statistics Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 19:51 via news.google.com
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• More 'sustainable' funding needed to revitalize Indigenous languages, committee hears - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 19:51 via news.google.com
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• Christmas fundraiser launched for mother of five battling terminal ... - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 19:45 via news.google.com
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• Christmas fundraiser launched for mother of five battling terminal cancer - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 19:45 via news.google.com
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• U.S. data shows Keystone pipeline leaks becoming more severe in recent years

  12-12-2022 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  U.S. government data shows spills from TC Energy Corp.'s Keystone pipeline have increased in severity in recent years.
  
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• Lethbridge man facing charges after convenience store robbery - My Lethbridge Now

  12-12-2022 19:00 via news.google.com
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• Hockey Canada releases slate of candidates to form new board of directors

  12-12-2022 18:59
  Hockey Canada has named its slate of candidates to fill the nine vacant positions on its board of directors on a one-year term. The organization's provincial and territorial members will hold a vote Saturday on whether to accept or reject the entire slate, which includes five women and four men. Hockey Canada's board stepped down in October as part of the fallout from its past handling of sexual assault allegations and hushed payouts to victims. Hugh L. Fraser, a retired judge with nearly three
  
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• Keystone pipeline leaks becoming more severe in recent years, U.S. data shows

  12-12-2022 18:57
  U.S. government data shows spills from TC Energy Corp.'s Keystone pipeline have increased in severity in recent years. The Calgary-based company has more than 250 people on the ground in Washington County, Kan., cleaning up the approximately 14,000 barrels of oil that leaked into a creek last week. The spill is the largest in the history of the 4,324-km Keystone pipeline. A report last year from the U.S. Government Accountability Office said pipelines are considered to be much safer than moving
  
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• Gifts still needed for 600+ Lethbridge kids: Angel Tree officials - My Lethbridge Now

  12-12-2022 18:37 via news.google.com
  Gifts still needed for 600+ Lethbridge kids: Angel Tree officials  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta announces funding to preserve, protect Fish Creek Provincial Park

  12-12-2022 18:37
  The provincial government has committed $750,000 over three years to an organization that works to preserve and protect Calgary's Fish Creek Provincial Park. Alberta's Minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism announced the funding for the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society on Monday, saying the organization is an essential part of the provincial parks system. "For 30 years, the Friends of Fish Creek have been an integral part of the work that has been done in this provincial park," Tod
  
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• Alberta government invests $750000 into Fish Creek Provincial Park - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 18:09 via news.google.com
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• 'Mishandling and delays' of Montreal archdiocese abuse complaints: ombudsperson - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 17:56 via news.google.com
  'Mishandling and delays' of Montreal archdiocese abuse complaints: ombudsperson  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Stamps coach Dickenson adds GM duties as Hufnagel steps down - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 17:26 via news.google.com
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• Federal government commits $2.4 million to athletes' mental health - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 17:26 via news.google.com
  Federal government commits $2.4 million to athletes' mental health  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pelé's health improves, but he remains in hospital - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 17:21 via news.google.com
  Pelé's health improves, but he remains in hospital  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• How high can Canada's prime rate go?

  12-12-2022 16:59
  As part of its quantitative tightening plan to decrease Canada’s inflation rate to 2%, the Bank of Canada recently increased its policy interest rate by 50 basis points (0.50%). In response, almost all major banks and lenders in Canada have adjusted their prime rates accordingly, increasing interest rates across the board. This marks the seventh consecutive increase to the Bank of Canada’s target overnight rate in 2022 and has left many Canadians wondering just how high Canada’
  
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• Stamps coach Dickenson adds GM duties as Hufnagel steps down

  12-12-2022 16:56
  Calgary Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson is taking over as general manager of the CFL team, while John Hufnagel will continue as team president. The Stampeders announced the changes to their football operations staff in a release. Dickenson will retain the head coach duties he inherited in 2016, when Hufnagel stepped away from the sidelines to focus on general manager’s duties as well as his new role as team president. Dickenson has been coaching with the Stamps in 2009 after completin
  
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• Pembina signs deal to sell stake in Key Access Pipeline System

  12-12-2022 15:49
  Pembina Pipeline Corp. has signed a deal to sell Pembina Gas Infrastructure's 50 per cent interest in the Key Access Pipeline System to private equity firm Stonepeak Partners LP for $662.5 million. Pembina Gas Infrastructure is 60 per cent owned by Pembina and 40 per cent by KKR's global infrastructure fund. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, subject to approval by the Commissioner of Competition as well as other closing conditions. The sale came as Pembina says it expec
  
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• Local speed skaters impress at recent events - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 15:49 via news.google.com
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• Successful weekend for Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 15:18 via news.google.com
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• Milder midweek in Calgary with potential snow showers

  12-12-2022 15:14
  It's a bit strange to look at the seven-day forecast and see Dec. 18 on there. Christmas isn't far off! If you're one of those shoppers who enjoys a palatable temperature whilst out and about, Tuesday or Thursday are likely the days for you. We're walking through another set of sagging conditions, and high temps in the negative double-digits are just around the corner all over again. The cooler air that encompasses the day may contain an impulse that nabs us with a spot of flurries but, based on
  
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• Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil makes gains in 'painful' race

  12-12-2022 14:46
  Laurent Dubreuil's love-hate relationship with speedskating's 1,000 metres has swung closer to love, but it's still a painful bond. Ranked first in the world in the men's 500 metres, Dubreuil collected a silver medal Sunday in a World Cup 1k just two hundredths of a second behind victor Hein Otterspeer of the Netherlands. Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu of Sherbrooke, Que., was third to put two Canadians on a World Cup speedskating podium for the first time since 2015. Dubreuil earned his second
  
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• Pedestrian rushed to hospital after early morning collision on Centre Street North

  12-12-2022 14:31
  One person was taken to the Foothill Medical Centre following an early morning collision involving a pedestrian in north Calgary.  Emergency crews were called to a location along Centre Street North between 68th Avenue and the Thornhill Aquatic and Recreation Centre at around 4:40 a.m. Monday.  One person, age and gender not confirmed, was found on scene in serious, life-threatening condition.  Calgary Police Service officials told CTV News the condition of the individual involved
  
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• Man in wheelchair struck by vehicle on Centre Street North

  12-12-2022 14:31
  One person was taken to the Foothill Medical Centre following an early morning collision involving a pedestrian in north Calgary.  Emergency crews were called to a location along Centre Street North between 68th Avenue and the Thornhill Aquatic and Recreation Centre at around 4:40 a.m. Monday.  A man who had been in a wheelchair was found on scene in serious, life-threatening condition.  Calgary Police Service officials told CTV News the condition of the individual involved had im
  
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• Man in wheelchair struck by car on Centre Street North

  12-12-2022 14:31
  One person was taken to the Foothill Medical Centre following an early morning collision involving a pedestrian in north Calgary.  Emergency crews were called to a location along Centre Street North between 68th Avenue and the Thornhill Aquatic and Recreation Centre at around 4:40 a.m. Monday.  A man who had been in a wheelchair was found on scene in serious, life-threatening condition.  Calgary Police Service officials told CTV News the condition of the individual involved had im
  
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• Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 14:21 via news.google.com
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• W5 exposes the drug connections and money trail in the Pivot Airlines story

  12-12-2022 13:00
  A seismic international drug-smuggling scandal that led to the arrest, imprisonment and detention of 12 Canadians in the Dominican Republic for eight months began with a seemingly innocuous inquiry. "I am looking for some charter services with your company. We have a couple of our client groups coming in from USA and Dubai next week… to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic," the company wrote in a January email to Pivot Airlines, a charter company based in Toronto. The email was sent by Joh
  
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• Dogs gifted by North's Kim resettle in South Korean zoo - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 09:43 via news.google.com
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• Charges laid in Lethbridge convenience store robbery | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Canes Chatter: December 12, 2022 – Lethbridge Hurricanes - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  12-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Second Iranian detainee executed over alleged protest crime - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 05:36 via news.google.com
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• Capitals defeat Jets 5-2 behind four-goal second period - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 04:01 via news.google.com
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• Canada's Schachter, Dearing strike gold at Beach Volleyball Tour Finals - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 03:51 via news.google.com
  Canada's Schachter, Dearing strike gold at Beach Volleyball Tour Finals  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wagner, Banchero lead Magic past Raptors for 3rd win in row - Lethbridge News Now

  12-12-2022 03:21 via news.google.com
  Wagner, Banchero lead Magic past Raptors for 3rd win in row  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Winter Light Festival lighting up Lethbridge - Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  12-12-2022 03:14 via news.google.com
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