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• Calgary burger joint aims to give away 1,000 to people in need

  24-12-2022 23:23
  A local burger joint is helping make the holidays a little bit brighter for the city's less fortunate. Each year on Christmas Eve, Flippin' Burgers on 10th Street gives out as many free burgers as possible to people in need. It will be delivering between 700 and 800 burgers to the Mustard Seed and Drop-In Centre and more to anyone who walks in and asks for one. The restaurant hopes to distribute more than 1,000 burgers. Staff have ben busy cooking burgers since eight in the morning and a while i
  
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• Chiefs dump Seahawks 24-10, stay tied for AFC's best record - Lethbridge News Now

  24-12-2022 22:44 via news.google.com
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• Slippery city streets result in hundreds of fender benders

  24-12-2022 22:39
  City crews were out clearing Priority 2 routes late Friday, but it wasn’t in time to prevent a few hundred fender benders on Calgary's slick, slippery streets. That's after a dump of snow that left many streets icy slick in the cold. Police said between 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, they responded to 289 collisions, 13 of which resulted in injuries. Fortunately, no serious injuries were reported. Priority 2 routes includes major traffic arteries such as Kensington Road and Acadia Drive. By Sat
  
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• Five people killed in multiple fires amid winter storm, police say - Lethbridge News Now

  24-12-2022 22:12 via news.google.com
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• Calgary artist's mouse armour featured in National Geographic

  24-12-2022 21:17
  Jeff de Boer's mouse armour is ready for its close-up. The Calgary artist, whose work blurs the line between art, artefact, jewelry, science fiction and toy, is the subject of a glowing feature story on the National Geographic website. The feature, by Kristen Romey, introduces National Geographic to the world of de Boer's idiosyncratic, unmistakable and unforgettable mouse and cat armour that he's been building for 36 years, along the way developing a roster of international clients and a devote
  
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• The latest news on winter storms complicating holiday travel across ... - Lethbridge News Now

  24-12-2022 19:25 via news.google.com
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• Ovechkin, Georgiev, Pettersson named NHL's three stars of the week - Lethbridge News Now

  24-12-2022 18:10 via news.google.com
  Ovechkin, Georgiev, Pettersson named NHL's three stars of the week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Here's what you're entitled to if your flight is delayed or cancelled due to bad weather

  24-12-2022 17:41
  Canadians attempting to travel during the holidays this week have faced a number of challenges getting to their destinations, thanks to the arrival of intense winter storms. Major Canadian airlines cancelled hundreds of flights across the country Thursday, Friday and Saturday amid freezing rain, blowing snow and strong winds.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV NewsIn response to the storms, Air Canada announced on Thursday it would implement “goodwill refund policy” that allows
  
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• Special weather statement warning of freezing rain issued for Brooks, Vulcan area

  24-12-2022 16:45
  A special weather statement was issued by Environment Canada Saturday warning that a warm front might bring freezing rain to the region Saturday afternoon. "Freezing rain may impact areas from Red Deer to the Cypress Hills, east toward the Saskatchewan border starting Saturday afternoon," it said. "This freezing rain will change to snow overnight and will then be followed by gusty winds. "Travel in these regions will likely become difficult as freezing rain will cause untreated surfaces to becom
  
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• Andersson's OT goal gives Flames 3-2 win over Ducks

  24-12-2022 16:03
  Rasmus Andersson scored 2:24 into overtime and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Friday night. Andersson beat Lukas Dostal with a wrist shot from the right circle to extend Calgary’s points streak to four games, with three wins in that stretch. “Overtime is a possession game, we all know that,” Andersson said. “I think they had a couple of tired guys out there and we managed to capitalize. … Now we have a couple days off and enjoy Christmas
  
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• A Christmas season without its traditional glow in Ukraine

  24-12-2022 15:01
  Just a year ago, Sophia Square in Kyiv was all about the big Christmas tree and thousands of lights spreading over the plaza. These final days of 2022, in the middle of a war that has ravaged the country for 10 months, a more modest tree stands there, its blue and yellow lights barely breaking the gloom of the square that is otherwise dark apart from the headlights of cars.Complete coverage of the war in UkraineIn recent months, Russia has been targeting the energy infrastructure, aiming to cut
  
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• World junior hockey championship held in Canada in shadow of scandal

  24-12-2022 14:52
  The world junior hockey championship will be held in Canada the next two weeks, shadowed by Hockey Canada's handling of explosive sexual assault allegations. The national hockey governing body has been mired in controversy for months after it was revealed in May that it settled a lawsuit with a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by several members of the 2018 world junior team. In July, Halifax Regional Police began investigating allegations that members of the 2003 team sexually assaulte
  
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• Weather warnings in place across Canada as fierce storms move across the country

  24-12-2022 14:25
  Weather warnings remain in place across the country as major storms continue to dump snow and freezing rain on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful winds.Get the CTV News App now for breaking news alerts and all the top storiesHundreds of thousands of customers have been left without power in the final hours before Christmas, with hydro crews working around the clock to get the lights back on. A Hydro-Quebec spokesman said about 1,000 workers w
  
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• Storms, extreme weather shut down power and strand holiday travellers across Canada

  24-12-2022 14:25
  Weather warnings remain in place across the country as major storms continue to dump snow and freezing rain on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful winds. Hundreds of thousands of customers have been left without power in the final hours before Christmas, with hydro crews working around the clock to get the lights back on. Here's what you're entitled to if your flight is delayed or cancelled due to bad weather How to check road conditions in y
  
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• Holiday travel chaos: Ferocious winter weather grounds flights, strands trains, shuts down power

  24-12-2022 14:25
  Ferocious winter weather grounded flights and stranded nine Via Rail trains between Ontario and Quebec on Saturday as snow, freezing rain, high winds and rain hammered much of the country and plunged holiday travel plans into chaos. The only provinces or territories not affected by an Environment Canada weather warning or statement as of mid-afternoon were Nunavut and Nova Scotia. Here's what you're entitled to if your flight is delayed or cancelled due to bad weather How to check road conditio
  
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• Lethbridge search and rescue's task: to find what's missing - Lethbrige Herald

  24-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Emotional support dog that went missing from Deer Run yard found

  24-12-2022 05:32
  A Calgary family’s beloved emotional support dog that went missing earlier this week has been found. Noble, an 11-month-old blue merle poodle, escaped from a friend’s yard on Deer Lane Close S.E. Sunday evening. He spent the next five days outside during the city’s latest cold snap. The dog is far more than a pet to his family -- they have a 16-year-old girl with special needs who relies on him for emotional support. After friends and neighbours spread the word around the area,
  
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• 'Christmas miracle': Calgary Flames assistant general manager home for the holidays

  24-12-2022 05:08
  Chris Snow, the Calgary Flames' assistant general manager, is home for the holidays. Snow's wife, Kelsie, tweeted on Friday, "We got our Christmas miracle. After two weeks in hospital and two times on life support, Chris is home." Chris Snow, who has ALS, was admitted to hospital earlier this month and was on a ventilator for much of his stay. But a photo shared by his wife on social media shows he is back at home, with his family. Kelsie Snow continues to urge Albertans to spread awareness abou
  
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• Police: Mall of America on lockdown after reported shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  24-12-2022 04:37 via news.google.com
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• Flight frustrations continue in Calgary as hundreds of trips cancelled

  24-12-2022 02:40
  Major storms in British Columbia and Ontario continue to create travel troubles for people in Calgary, with dozens or flights to and from the city cancelled and some people stuck in the airport for days at a time. It has some people forgoing their entire vacations or scrambling to make alternative plans to head home for Christmas. Sarah and Ed O'Brien were supposed to be on a beach in Mexico right now. Instead, their Tuesday flight from Calgary never left and they feel like they've been left in
  
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• Coping with grief during the holidays

  24-12-2022 02:24 via globalnews.ca
  Christmas, and the surrounding holidays, are wrapped in ritual and tradition, but nothing can turn all that joy on its head faster than trauma and grief.
  
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• Obama holiday reading list includes Kate Beaton graphic novel about Alberta oil sands

  24-12-2022 02:12
  Barack Obama's Christmas reading list had a little Alberta content to it. The former American president included Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which was published by Montreal-based Drawn & Quarterly. The book chronicles Beaton's experiences working in northern Alberta for a couple of years to pay off student loans. Beaton tweeted a reply to Obama Friday. "Well thank you," she said. "I am honoured." Beaton was in Calgary recently, discussing Ducks at a Wordfes
  
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• Edmonton ATCO employee celebrates season with elaborate Christmas displays

  24-12-2022 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton ATCO employee has set up dozens of holiday displays over his 32 years, but the 2022 Christmas season will be his last with the company.
  
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• Two Ponoka men win 100K lottery draws days apart

  24-12-2022 01:38
  Ponoka, Alta. must be built on a lucky charm, because two recent Extra lottery winners both call the central Alberta town home. Kenneth Novotney bought a ticket at the Reddi Mart at 4509 39 Ave. in Ponoka on Nov. 23. He claimed a $100,000 prize by matching the last six numbers of the winning Extra number for the Nov.25 Lotto Max draw, which were 5870603. Novotney discovered he won at a local lottery retailer's ticket checker, when he saw a bunch of zeroes show up on the machine. “I said to
  
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• Police watchdog investigating after man allegedly armed with sword shot by Calgary officers

  24-12-2022 00:52
  The province's police watchdog is investigating after a standoff between Calgary officers and a man allegedly armed with a sword ended with the man being shot. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was called in to examine the Calgary Police Service's use of force during the incident on Dec. 21. According to ASIRT, shortly before midnight, CPS officers responded to a 911 call about -- and quickly encountered -- a man carrying a sword inside a parkade on Varsity Estates Circle N.W. A
  
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• Lethbridge charities reach Christmas finish line - Lethbridge ... - Global News

  24-12-2022 00:45 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge charities reach Christmas finish line

  24-12-2022 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  The LFS Angel Tree campaign, which provides toy bundles and other services to families in need, said they received bundle requests for more than 3,500 children.
  
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• Calgary man and woman allegedly caught in middle of break-in at rural residence

  24-12-2022 00:09
  A Calgary man and a Calgary woman face multiple charges after police say they were caught in the middle of breaking into a home in Wheatland County. On Dec. 15, around 9:30 a.m., a rural resident notified police that they got an alert on their home security system showing that their home had been broken into. The resident was able to remotely view the suspects on his home surveillance system while Strathmore RCMP officers responded to the call in the area around Township 244 and Range Road 255.
  
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• Shopping local in Lethbridge | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  24-12-2022 00:04 via news.google.com
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• Last-minute holiday shoppers flock to local stores in Lethbridge

  24-12-2022 00:04
  Friday marked one of the busiest shopping days of the year, as Lethbridge residents were out in full force picking up last-minute Christmas gifts. “We waited for the last-minute because it was so cold,” said Darcy Dubitz. “I live in Taber and was waiting for the roads to get better to come in and get a few stocking stuffers.” As for Maxwell Wiebe, he ordered a gift online, but with delays in shipping,  his order won’t arrive until after Christmas which has forc
  
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