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• Canada into women's under-18 hockey championship final with 3-2 OT win over Finland

  14-01-2023 23:49
  Alex Law scored twice, including the overtime winner, as Canada edged Finland 3-2 in overtime in a women's world under-18 hockey championship semifinal Saturday. Canada will face Sweden for the gold medal Sunday. Law's OT winner at 7:32 was first credited to defender Ava Murphy, although it was Law's wrist shot that sneaked under Kerttu Kuja-Halkola. Murphy skated the puck from the defensive to offensive zone and dished to Law in open ice. Law's shot got underneath Finland's goalie, who kicked t
  
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• New Indigenous-inspired IKEA room inspired by connection

  14-01-2023 23:24
  IKEA unveiled a new room with a decidedly Indigenous flavour Saturday. Designed by artist Lana Manyfingers, Our Family Story is inspired by Manyfingers' own family history, which covers the Treaty 4, 7 and 8 areas. The theme room also showcases Indigenous art from other artisans. Manyfingers, who was born and raised in Calgary, said the message she hopes to send with the room is one of connection. "The connection that we have to our homes, because they are sacred spaces," she said. "To our famil
  
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• Calgarian questioning the city's maintenance priorities after dog injured in Deer Run

  14-01-2023 23:22
  A Calgary woman is blaming the city for a hefty vet bill she received after a trip to the dog park.  Olivia Matchett says her dog Boomer suffered two deep cuts -- one to his leg and one to his stomach -- while playing in the Deer Run Off Leash Area in southeast Calgary Sunday.  "The area should've been more maintained and looked after," she told CTV News. "The city should've been more vigilant." The incident happened near the road.  A guard rail protects the street from a steep in
  
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• Calgarian questioning the city's maintenance priorities after dog injured in Deer Ridge

  14-01-2023 23:22
  A Calgary woman is blaming the city for a hefty vet bill she received after a trip to the dog park.  Olivia Matchett says her dog Boomer suffered two deep cuts -- one to his leg and one to his stomach -- while playing in the Deer Ridge Off Leash Area in southeast Calgary Sunday.  "The area should've been more maintained and looked after," she told CTV News. "The city should've been more vigilant." The incident happened near the road.  A guardrail protects the street from a steep i
  
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• Albertans celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year: Year of the rabbit

  14-01-2023 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Chinese communities in Edmonton and Calgary are getting to celebrate the Lunar New Year for the first time in person in three years.
  
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• Crown attorneys weigh in on controversial comments by Premier Smith

  14-01-2023 21:23
  The Alberta Crown Attorneys Association is weighing in on comments made by Premier Danielle Smith earlier this week. On Thursday, Smith indicated she was regularly speaking with Crown prosecutors about how they would handle cases involving those accused of breaking COVID-19 health violations and other COVID-related offences. The association said in its statement that prosecutorial independence (from political pressure) is fundamental to the role of a Crown prosecutor. It also stated that it is n
  
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• Smith backpedals on ‘imprecise language’ used in referring to COVID violation prosecutions         

  14-01-2023 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  On Saturday, Premier Danielle Smith said she has never consulted a Crown prosecutor and only goes through the proper channels of speaking with the Attorney General.
  
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• Ranj Pillai set to be sworn in as Yukon's 10th premier - Lethbridge News Now

  14-01-2023 20:06
  Ranj Pillai set to be sworn in as Yukon's 10th premier  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre - Lethbridge News Now

  14-01-2023 20:06
  Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue

  14-01-2023 18:31
  Some Albertans who regularly bike, climb, hike or take photographs at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say a decision by Parks Canada to restrict personal vehicles on its access road was long overdue. The federal agency has announced it will require visitors to take its shuttles, regional transit or commercial vehicles to get to the iconic blue alpine lake and its nearby climbing routes and hiking trails. People with a disability tag hanging in their vehicle and those who want to bike will be
  
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• Wranglers lose to Silver Knights in Friday night battle in Nevada

  14-01-2023 17:46
  Goals were scarce Friday night in Nevada as the Calgary Wranglers dropped a 3-1 decision to the Silver Knights in a game played at the Dollar Loan Centre in Henderson. Connor Zary scored the lone goal for the Wranglers, who saw a three-game winning streak snapped. Zary buries the biscuit! pic.twitter.com/EyMQrNm7Jo — Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) January 14, 2023The loss prevented the Wranglers from moving into first place in the AHL's Pacific Division. They're currently second, a poin
  
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• Regular Moraine Lake visitors say parking restriction long overdue

  14-01-2023 17:34 via globalnews.ca
  Regulars at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say the recently announced parking restrictions are long overdue, as tourism continues to rise at the park.
  
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• 80% of Albertans feel economy is in recession: survey - Lethbridge News Now

  14-01-2023 17:22
  80% of Albertans feel economy is in recession: survey  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Newest acquisition Carter MacAdams shines in Hitmen victory over Swift Current

  14-01-2023 16:39
  The Hitmen started a weekend of action with a win, defeating Swift Current 6-3 at the Saddledome. Newly-acquired forward Carter MacAdams had a goal and assist and was named the game's first star. Carson Wetsch, London Hoilett, Jacob Wright, Riley Fiddler-Schultz and Oliver Tulk added goals for the Hitmen, while Caleb Wyrostok, Mathew Ward and Brady Birnie scored for Swift Current.Welcome to Calgary kid pic.twitter.com/zs2BpO8XeS — Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) January 14, 2023The Hitmen impr
  
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• Road to Australian Open: Canadian Katherine Sebov's lengthy struggles to pave the way

  14-01-2023 16:11
  It's been a long, solitary road for Katherine Sebov of Woodbridge, Ont., who has been toiling in anonymity at the lower levels of tennis for years, trying to break through. On Friday in Melbourne, in the qualifying round for the Australian Open, her perseverance finally paid off. Sebov, who turned 24 on Jan. 5 and came in at a career-high No. 191 in the WTA Tour rankings, qualified for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career after defeating No. 21 seed Simona Wa
  
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• How to beat ‘Blue Monday’

  14-01-2023 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Peter Silverstone, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Alberta joins Global News Calgary to discuss ‘Blue Monday’ and what people can do to improve their mental health.
  
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• Tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community in Alabama

  14-01-2023 14:52
  Zakiya Sankara-Jabar's cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives' homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Text messages and calls from loved ones, many of them hysterical, provided her with devastating updates of Thursday's storms, which tore through her native Dallas County, including the history-steeped streets of Selma.Climate Barometer newsletter: Sign up to keep your finger on
  
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• Iran hangs former defence minister official over spy claim

  14-01-2023 14:36
  Iran said Saturday it had executed a dual Iranian-British national who once held a high-ranking position in the country's defence ministry despite international warnings to halt his death sentence, further escalating tensions with the West amid the nationwide protests now shaking the Islamic Republic. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of top security official Ali Shamkhani, suggests an ongoing power struggle within Iran's theocracy as it struggles to contain the demonstrations over th
  
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• Ukrainians wounded, killed in Dnipro as Russia targets more cities

  14-01-2023 14:22
  U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks. Five people were killed and 39 wounded in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a Russian missile strike destroyed a section of an apartment building, regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. Photos showed a large gap in the nine-story building.Complete coverage of the war in Ukr
  
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• U.K. to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv

  14-01-2023 14:22
  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting the Ukrainian capital and other cities. Sunak's Downing Street office said in a statement that he pledged to provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems after speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday. It did not say when the tanks were to be delivered or how many. British media has reported that four British
  
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• Kraken, Elon Musk and dead Canadian doctors: Disinformation surges 3 years into the pandemic

  14-01-2023 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  A Canadian conspiracy theory claims the COVID-19 vaccine is killing doctors. It's not, but an investigation into the murky world of disinformation shows how the hoax has grown.
  
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• Hurricanes End Homestand with OT Loss to Rebels – Lethbridge ... - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  14-01-2023 09:00
  
  Hurricanes End Homestand with OT Loss to Rebels – Lethbridge ...  Lethbridge Hurricanes
  
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• Cougars Collect Point in 4-3 Overtime Setback in Lethbridge ... - Prince George Cougars

  14-01-2023 07:16
  
  Cougars Collect Point in 4-3 Overtime Setback in Lethbridge ...  Prince George Cougars
  
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• Man rescued from ventilation system in downtown Calgary building

  14-01-2023 06:10
  Firefighters conducted an unusual, painstaking rescue at a downtown building Friday night. They freed a man who entered the ventilation system at the old YWCA building at Macleod Trail and 5th Avenue S.E. The building is boarded up and fenced off. It housed the YW until a few years ago. The fire department says, somehow, a trespasser got into a cold-air vent on the third floor. The technical rescue team responded, and firefighters started looking for him using an aerial ladder truck. Eventually,
  
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• Warm weekend prompts warning from Calgary fire officials to stay off waterways

  14-01-2023 03:45
  Recent mild weather has led to unsafe conditions and thin ice, according to the Calgary Fire Department. And positive temperatures in the weekend forecast will only add to that. Footprints across the Bow River are signs that many people believe it's frozen enough to walk across from the East Village to St. Patrick's Island – when there's a perfectly good bridge to use. "It's just better to stay off (the river ice)," said Carol Henke, public information officer with the Calgary Fire Departm
  
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• Elementary students name Lethbridge snow plows - Lethbridge ... - Global News

  14-01-2023 02:55
  Elementary students name Lethbridge snow plows - Lethbridge ...  Global News
  
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• Elementary students name Lethbridge snow plows

  14-01-2023 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  It's not every day kids get the chance to be part of city affairs. Lethbridge students got to flex their creativity and come up with names for the city's finest team of snow plows.
  
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• Duehr shakes off the Blues with first NHL goal

  14-01-2023 01:35
  In the wire service recap of the game, the news merited a couple lines. "Walker Duehr’s first NHL goal broke a scoreless tie and gave Calgary the lead in the second period," it said. "Duehr took a pass from Nazem Kadri late in the second period and wristed a shot past goalie Thomas Greiss, who had stopped 61 successive shots over his past three games. Kadri set up the goal with a pinpoint pass on a 2-on-1 breakout. "Duehr was called up over the weekend and made the second start of his care
  
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• Alberta NDP: ‘A lot of lying going on’ about premier’s role in COVID-19 prosecutions

  14-01-2023 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  Both Smith and the justice ministry now say she had only high-level discussions with Justice Minister Tyler Shandro and his deputy attorney general.
  
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• Alberta bat populations at risk after signs of fungus found in province

  14-01-2023 01:27 via globalnews.ca
  A deadly disease could be infiltrating Alberta's bat population.
  
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• 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions: Alberta NDP

  14-01-2023 01:11
  Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violations. “She’s scrambling. She is either lying now or she was lying then. Clearly lying is happening. There is a lot of lying going on,” Rachel Notley told reporters in Calgary on Friday. Notley added there is also evidence of interference in the administration of justice. “The
  
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• Verdict coming soon in child sex assault trial for former top doctor at Interior Health

  14-01-2023 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  The charges against Dr. Albert de Villiers, 54, are for incidents alleged to have occurred between June 15, 2018, and July 31, 2020, near Grande Prairie, Alta.
  
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• Residential fire in Brooks, Alta., claims one; RCMP says incident not suspicious

  14-01-2023 00:39
  Though three people made it out OK, one person died in a house fire in Brooks, Alta., early Thursday morning. The Brooks RCMP say 911 was called regarding a structure fire around 3 a.m. According to the Mounties, three people managed to escape the blaze but the body of a fourth was discovered inside after the flames were put out. An autopsy is pending, but police say the deceased is believed to be a 62-year-old man. Investigators have deemed the incident non-suspicious. 
  
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• Fatal house fire under investigation in Brooks - Lethbridge News Now

  14-01-2023 00:27
  Fatal house fire under investigation in Brooks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• At least one injured in serious collision on Calgary’s Deerfoot Trail

  14-01-2023 00:08
  At least one person has been rushed to hospital in the aftermath of a serious collision Friday afternoon on Deerfoot Trail. Calgary police, firefighters and EMS responded around 3:30 p.m. to the southbound lanes of Deerfoot Trail at the Douglasdale overpass, following a collision between a pickup truck and a sedan. EMS says they have taken one patient to the South Health Campus in life-threatening condition. It’s not currently clear how many patients there were. As of 4 p.m., the scene was
  
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• Man accused of recording woman showering at Lethbridge YMCA

  14-01-2023 00:00
  A 34-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly filmed a woman having a shower at a YMCA in Lethbridge earlier this week. Officers were called to the YMCA on Mauretania Road on Monday after a man was spotted using his cellphone to record underneath an occupied shower stall. "The subject was confronted by two other males but left the business prior to police arrival," said Lethbridge police in a Friday news release. Officers later arrested the suspect without incident. Tate Owen Rasmussen,
  
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