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• Soaring to new heights: Canadian ski jump team continues to shock the world

  18-01-2023 23:46
  
  Canada's ski jumping team ended up being one of the best stories to come out of the 2022 Olympic Winter games in Beijing, China when they came from nowhere to win a bronze medal in the team jumping event. It didn't end there, either. That's because last week, Calgary's Alexandria Loutitt, who is 19, became the first Canadian to ever win a World Cup ski jump event. Louttit won her first-ever World Cup at an event in Zao, Japan when she soared through the air for a combined 240.3 points and says i
  
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• Volunteer bird lovers all over North America are collecting data in their own backyards

  18-01-2023 23:20
  
  Researchers need to know how many birds and what species people are seeing at their backyard bird feeders, so they're turning volunteers into citizen scientists. Project FeederWatch is hosted by Birds Canada jointly with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the U.S. It started in Canada 36 years ago, running November to April annually. "Collecting long-term data on birds is so important," said Jody Allair, director of community engagement at Birds Canada. "Birds are one of the most important indica
  
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• Postmedia sells Calgary Herald building for $17.25M

  18-01-2023 23:11
  
  Newspaper publisher Postmedia says it has sold the Calgary Herald building for $17.25 million to U-Haul Co. The landmark brick building is in a prominent location just across the river from downtown, and is visible from the busy commuter routes of Memorial Drive and Deerfoot Trail. Postmedia's announcement comes the same day as the company said it is moving a dozen of its Alberta community newspapers to digital-only formats and laying off workers. Those moves were announced in an internal memo t
  
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• Predators forward McCarron reinstated by NHL/NHLPA assistance ... - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 23:10 via news.google.com
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• Lose some money? The Lethbridge police may have found it

  18-01-2023 22:57
  
  The Lethbridge police are looking for someone who lost a lot of cash, because they may have it. On November 11, 2022, a man found a bank envelope full of money lying in the snow at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Fifth Street S. There was no deposit slip or receipt or any other information that could identify who the money belonged to, so the person turned it into the Lethbridge police. Police are seeking the owner of the money, but proof of ownership is required. The person will have t
  
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• Thousands of construction jobs vacant in Calgary, impacting development: industry association

  18-01-2023 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An association representing hundreds of construction companies in Calgary is sounding the alarm about job vacancies in the region.
  
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• Canadian freestyle skier Rachael Karker skies for joy post-Beijing - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 22:31 via news.google.com
  
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• Pedestrian killed in north Lethbridge collision, another in critical ... - Global News

  18-01-2023 22:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Pedestrian killed in north Lethbridge collision, another in critical condition

  18-01-2023 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police investigation determined a GMS truck hit two pedestrians crossing in a crosswalk at 26 Avenue and 28 Street.
  
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• As affordability payment portal launches, ineligible Albertans share reaction

  18-01-2023 22:11
  
  Now that the application process has opened up for the province's affordability payments, reaction is pouring in from Albertans who do not qualify for the instalments totalling $600. Persons with disabilities who already receiving income support through the province are automatically eligible. Parents of children under 18 and seniors over 65 who don't receive the Alberta seniors benefit are eligible to apply -- so long as the annual household income is less than $180,000 per Canada Revenue Agenc
  
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• Alberta government warns of scammers trying to cash in on $600 inflation relief payments

  18-01-2023 21:28
  
  Scammers targeted Albertans within hours of a provincial inflation relief program going live on Wednesday.  Certain families, seniors and residents on income support are eligible for $600 over six months under the program. Those eligible could apply through an online portal starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.Eligible Albertans can now apply for $600 affordability payments What you need to know about Alberta's $100 per month affordability paymentsBut several viewers contacted CTV News reporting
  
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• Canadian midfielder Shamit Shome signs multiyear deal with Cavalry FC

  18-01-2023 21:14
  
  Canadian Premier League club Cavalry FC has signed Canadian international midfielder Shamit Shome to a multiyear contract. The 25-year-old spent last season in his hometown on loan to FC Edmonton from Forge FC, which signed him in April. Montreal selected Shome in the second round (41st overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft after he signed a Generation Adidas contract with the league. Shome made 52 appearances for Montreal before the club declined his contract option in November 2020. The midfield
  
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• Notley slams feds, Alberta government’s reaction over ‘just transition’ bill

  18-01-2023 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  At a news conference in Calgary Wednesday morning, Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said the provincial government is showing 'jaw-dropping levels of incompetence.'
  
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• Alberta judge investigated for perceived racist remarks won’t face sanctions

  18-01-2023 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Judicial Council says it will take no further action against an Alberta judge after receiving a complaint that comments he made could be perceived as racist.
  
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• One person dead in multi-vehicle collision near Gleichen, Alta.

  18-01-2023 20:31
  
  One person is dead following a multi-vehicle collision east of Gleichen Wednesday morning. The incident between a semi and a passenger vehicle took place around the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 842 around 11:30 a.m. Police confirmed one person deceased on scene in addition to multiple injures According to @511Alberta, eastbound Highway 1 just east of Gleichen is closed to facilitate clean up of the area. Motorists are asked to avoid the area and find an alternate route.Update: EB Hwy 1 at j
  
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• Lethbridge College nursing student awarded $5000 scholarship - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 20:31 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary woman dead in multi-vehicle collision near Gleichen, Alta.

  18-01-2023 20:31
  
  A Calgary resident is dead following a multi-vehicle collision east of Gleichen Wednesday morning. The incident between a semi and a passenger vehicle took place around the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 842 around 11:30 a.m. Police confirmed that a 25-year-old Calgary woman was declared dead on scene. The semi driver was uninjured. According to @511Alberta, eastbound Highway 1 just east of Gleichen has reopened. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.   Update: EB Hwy 1
  
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• 1 dead after trio of crashes in southern Alberta early Wednesday

  18-01-2023 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Paramedics told Global News the weather conditions in the area were "super foggy" and that they were amazed the helicopter was able to respond due to the lack of visibility.
  
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• Calgary 1988 Olympic gold medal, uniforms and torches up for auction

  18-01-2023 20:08
  
  A huge lot of Olympic memorabilia, including a number of items from the 1988 Calgary Winter Games, are now for sale in a U.S. auction. RR Auction, a Boston business, is hosting the sale of almost 400 lots of items from various competitions, some going back more than 100 years. Among the items for sale are an official Olympic torch relay package – complete with uniforms, a prototype torch, a set of participation medals, an IOC session badge and a pair of cowboy hats. However, the crown jewe
  
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• Alberta judge investigated for perceived racist remarks won't face ... - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 19:56 via news.google.com
  
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• University of Lethbridge named one of Canada's top research ... - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 19:55 via news.google.com
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• Postmedia to move Alberta community newspapers to digital, make changes in Saskatchewan

  18-01-2023 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Postmedia announced measures as part of a transformation plan to come for community newspapers in the prairies which includes Saskatchewan.
  
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• Vincent D’Onofrio coming to Calgary for first Canadian comic expo appearance

  18-01-2023 19:48
  
  Actor and filmmaker Vincent D’Onofrio, known for his roles in Daredevil and Law and Order: Criminal Intent, will attend the 2023 Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. The appearance will mark the American's first time at a 'Canadian Con' event.  D’Onofrio, 63, will meet with fans at autograph signings and photo ops. Fans will also be able to hear from him during his live on-stage Q&A. Calgary Expo 2023 runs at Stampede Park from April 27 to 30, and this year marks the event'
  
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• Alberta ending agreement to hold people detained on immigration matters

  18-01-2023 19:43
  
  The Alberta government is ending an agreement to hold federal immigration detainees in provincial jails. Written notice has been given to the federal government that Alberta is ending an agreement with Canada Border Services Agency to use provincial correctional centres to house people being detained on immigration matters. The federal government has until the end of June to come up with alternative arrangements. Between April 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022, the number of immigration detainees in pr
  
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• Coaldale residents invited to connect with town officials over coffee - My Lethbridge Now

  18-01-2023 19:37 via news.google.com
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• Defensive lineman Lorenzo Mauldin IV signs contract extension with ... - Lethbridge News Now

  18-01-2023 19:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Oilsands execs say a ‘just transition’ isn’t a worry — it’s their next big ‘boom’

  18-01-2023 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Liberals have promised such legislation for more than three years and are expected to introduce it in the House of Commons sometime this year.
  
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• Lethbridge police seek suspects in armed robbery

  18-01-2023 18:00
  
  Two suspects, who are believed to have been armed, are being sought by police in Lethbridge following a robbery earlier this month. Officials say on Jan. 7, between 3 and 4 a.m., a group of people were walking near Eighth Street and Sixth Avenue S. when two Indigenous men exited a vehicle and threatened one of them. They pointed an edged weapon and a handgun at the 30-year-old man before stealing his backpack and fleeing the area. The suspects' vehicle is described as a dark-coloured SUV. Lethbr
  
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• Alberta to end practice of holding immigrants in jail while detained

  18-01-2023 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has an agreement with Alberta that allows them to use provincial jails to house people being detained on immigration matters.
  
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• Lethbridge College Board Chair reappointed for another three-year ... - My Lethbridge Now

  18-01-2023 17:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary will introduce single-use plastics bylaw in 2024

  18-01-2023 16:58
  
  Calgary city council has passed a bylaw introducing new regulations regarding single-use plastic items, including mandatory fees on eco-friendly alternatives. Discussions over the bylaw lasted for several hours during Monday's council meeting and it finally passed with a vote of 10 to 4. Chabot, McLean, Wyness and Chu were all against the bylaw. Calgary's single-use plastics bylaw, which comes from the city's single-use items reduction strategy that was released to the public last year, includes
  
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• Zellers returns to Calgary in 2023 with Sunridge Mall location

  18-01-2023 16:14
  
  Calgary is set to welcome back a Zellers location nearly 10 years after the Canadian brand closed its doors nationwide. Hudson’s Bay Co., which acquired the brand in 1978, announced Zellers' return in the summer of 2022, saying the revival stores would be located within existing The Bay department stores. On Wednesday, the company revealed where the "Zellers store experiences" will be located. In Calgary, Zellers will open in The Bay at Sunridge Mall. The company says the stores will be be
  
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• Alberta’s affordability payment portal opens Wednesday for eligible parents, seniors

  18-01-2023 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta families and seniors who qualify for the affordability payment will be able to apply for it Wednesday. The government is confident its portal is easy to use and secure.
  
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• Kevin Stanfield's forecast: Snow showers Saturday? There's a chance!

  18-01-2023 15:27
  
  After a cooler overnight, our temperatures are languishing, slightly – even still, we're remaining above seasonal. Our high temperature (even on the drop-day, Thursday) will park at parity, as the warm January continues. How warm? Looking at the first seventeen days of the month, our average high is -2.25 C. So far, our actual average high is 3.1 C – a difference of 5.3 degrees. It's a holding pattern; the same vitriolic band of atmospheric rivers in California and British Columbia i
  
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• BDC leads US$50M funding round for Calgary-based lithium company

  18-01-2023 15:09
  
  A new fund launched in November by the Business Development Bank of Canada to help foster the growth of homegrown climate technology has made its largest investment yet. The Crown corporation's investment arm, BDC Capital, along with Vancouver-based Evok Innovations, recently co-led a Series A2 financing round that raised US$50 million in investment capital for Summit Nanotech, a Calgary-based lithium technology company. The company, which has developed a proprietary lithium extraction technolog
  
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• Pedestrian critically injured after being hit in northwest Calgary

  18-01-2023 14:44
  
  Calgary paramedics rushed a pedestrian to hospital on Wednesday after he was hit by a vehicle in the community of Montgomery.  The incident happened in the area of 44th Street and 16th Avenue N.W. at around 12:30 a.m. The pedestrian, a man in his 40s, was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre in unstable, life-threatening condition, according to EMS. A single lane of westbound 16th Avenue was closed at 44 Street N.W. for several hours while police investigated. Anyone who witnessed the cras
  
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• Market rebound expected for Lethbridge in second half of 2023 - Lethbrige Herald

  18-01-2023 12:12 via news.google.com
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• Pride crosswalk losing vibrancy in Lethbridge | Watch News Videos ... - Global News

  18-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Pedestrian killed in north Lethbridge collision, another in critical condition - Global News

  18-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta’s affordability payment portal opens, Lethbridge student unions ask for eligibility expansion - Global News

  18-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• School bus, 3 SUVs involved in northwest Calgary crash Tuesday afternoon

  18-01-2023 05:25
  
  Emergency crews scrambled to a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus during the afternoon rush on Tuesday. It happened at Sherview Drive and Symons Valley Parkway N.W. Three SUVs and the bus were involved. One SUV driver was shaken up. Thirteen children were on the bus, but none were injured in the collision. 
  
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• Rates of runway incursions double over the past decade in Canada

  18-01-2023 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Runway incursion is an aviation term for the improper positioning of vehicles, planes or people on any airport runway or its protected area that can result in close calls.
  
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• Rates of runway incursions double of the past decade in Canada

  18-01-2023 04:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Runway incursion is an aviation term for the improper positioning of vehicles, planes or people on any airport runway or its protected area that can result in close calls.
  
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• Used vehicle prices are dropping. Why you might want to hold off on your purchase

  18-01-2023 04:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  If you are in the market for a used vehicle, some auto industry experts are advising you to wait until later in the year to make your purchase.
  
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• Rainbow pride crosswalk sees significant deterioration in Lethbridge

  18-01-2023 03:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge's rainbow pride crosswalk is looking much less vibrant than it did just eight months ago, despite being installed using "permanent" paint.
  
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• More officers on the way as Calgary Transit safety concerns are raised at town hall meeting

  18-01-2023 02:29
  
  Residents in Kensington attended a town hall meeting Monday night to vent concerns with city officials and law enforcement surrounding public safety on transit and in the community. “I've been doing this job for 20 years and we've always been fairly lucky with our level of social disorder and crime has increased as a result of COVID,” said Annie MacInnis, executive director of Kensington Business Improvement Area. One resident voiced his frustration to Ward 7 Coun. Terry Wong, likeni
  
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• Smith says oil and gas jobs aren't going anywhere as she slams federal 'just transition'

  18-01-2023 02:17
  
  Alberta's premier insists she is willing to work with Ottawa on trying to reduce carbon emissions but vows to "fight" the prime minister on controversial legislation dubbed "just transition." Danielle Smith said all options are on the table to combat the bill, including using the province's new sovereignty act. Justin Trudeau's Liberal government insists the legislation, which has yet to be tabled, is about creating future jobs in "clean sources of energy" but Smith doesn't think workers will ne
  
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• Smith says she won’t pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials

  18-01-2023 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's premier says she won't introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it.
  
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• Alberta premier says she won’t pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials

  18-01-2023 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's premier says she won't introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it.
  
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• Piikani Nation chief and council officially inaugurated - Lethbridge ... - Global News

  18-01-2023 01:24 via news.google.com
  
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