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• Convoy to Coutts marks one year since start of border blockade - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 23:57
  Convoy to Coutts marks one year since start of border blockade  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 22:55
  Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary businesswoman to meet the Queen Consort as part of new military role

  28-01-2023 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary entrepreneur Manjit Minhas has been named the new honorary lieutenant-colonel for the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
  
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• Calgary's Abi Strate lands on podium in German FIS ski jumping event

  28-01-2023 22:15
  
  Calgary's Abigail Strate became the latest Canadian women's ski jumper to land on a podium Saturday when she finished third at an FIS event in Hinterzarten, Germany. It was the Beijing Olympics bronze-medal winner's first time finishing on the podium in an FIS World Cup Ski Jumping event. “These things happen when you least expect them!” said Strate, in a release. “After a bit of trouble, figuring out the rhythm of the hill in the training rounds, I’m glad I was able to p
  
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• AASAS calls for more funding as sexual violence cases continue to climb

  28-01-2023 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A survey of 1,500 people conducted by AASAS in 2020 found 43 per cent of respondents have experienced sexual violence — at least once in their lifetime.
  
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• SUV slides into side of northwest Calgary home Saturday morning

  28-01-2023 20:15
  
  An SUV slid into a house in northwest Calgary Saturday morning. The incident took place just before 11 a.m., at 11600 Rocky Valley Drive N.W. A woman driving on a hill adjacent to the house lost control of her vehicle due to icy road conditions, slid off the road and into the garage attached to the house. The driver wasn't injured and structural damage to the house was minimal. The vehicle did take out part of a metal fence, before impacting the side of the house. Calgary fire crews on hand have
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes defeat Winnipeg Ice 2-1 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  28-01-2023 19:51
  Lethbridge Hurricanes defeat Winnipeg Ice 2-1 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Hurricanes shut down Winnipeg, edging Ice 2-1 in Lethbridge

  28-01-2023 19:51
  
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes battened down the hatches Friday night, edging the East Division-leading Winnipeg Ice 2-1 at ENMAX Centre. Hayden Smith on a first-period power play, and Blake Swetlikoff, midway through the third, scored for the Hurricanes. Connor McClennon had the goal for Winnipeg. Winnipeg outshot Lethbridge 29-28.The #WHLCanes returned home on Friday with a 2-1 victory over the WHL-leading Winnipeg ICE to split the season series! Bryan Thomson made 28-saves in the win!Recaphttps://
  
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• AHS renews partnership with Alberta Native Friendship Centres

  28-01-2023 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The two organizations will partner for another three years to support the 21 friendship centres across the province.
  
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• Flames assign trio of players to Wranglers

  28-01-2023 18:44
  
  The Flames made some roster moves Saturday morning, assigning forwards Jakob Pelletier, Walker Duehr and defenceman Dennis Gilbert to the Calgary Wranglers. The move came as the Flames start a nine-day long all-star hiatus.Pelletier had no points in four NHL games. Duehr scored twice in eight games, while Gilbert recorded one assist in nine games.#Flames Roster Update: Walker Duehr, Dennis Gilbert, and Jakob Pelletier have been assigned to the @AHLWranglers. — Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) J
  
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• Video of brutal, violent beating of Tyre Nichols leaves many unanswered questions

  28-01-2023 18:36
  
  The nation and the city of Memphis struggled to come to grips Saturday with video showing police pummeling Tyre Nichols -- footage that left many unanswered questions about the traffic stop involving the Black motorist and about other law enforcement officers who stood by as he lay motionless on the pavement. The five disgraced Memphis Police Department officers, who are also Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in Nichols' death three days after the arre
  
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• Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols

  28-01-2023 18:36
  
  The nation and the city of Memphis struggled to come to grips Saturday with video showing police pummeling Tyre Nichols -- footage that left many unanswered questions about the traffic stop involving the Black motorist and about other law enforcement officers who stood by as he lay motionless on the pavement. The five disgraced Memphis Police Department officers, who are also Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in Nichols' death three days after the arre
  
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• 'Cloud of dishonour:' Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols

  28-01-2023 18:36
  
  The Memphis police chief disbanded the city's so-called Scorpion unit on Saturday, citing a "cloud of dishonour" from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist. Police Director Cerelyn "CJ" Davis acted a day after the harrowing video emerged, saying she listened to Nichols' relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. Her announcement came as the nation and the city struggled to come to gr
  
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• A Quebec snowmobiler dies after possible collision with moose ... - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 18:27
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• Kolby Hay stops 44 shots for first career shutout as Oil Kings blank Hitmen 3-0

  28-01-2023 17:47
  
  The Hitmen ran into a hot goalie in Edmonton  Friday night, dropping a 3-0 decision to the Edmonton Oil Kings. Goalie Kolby Hay was the story of the night, stopping all 44 shots for his first career WHL shutout. Brayden Peters stopped 27 of 30 shots for the Hitmen.Gavin Hodnett, Dawson Seitz and Noah Boyko, on an empty netter, scored for Edmonton Calgary's special teams weren't so special, failing to score on seven power play opportunities. They did kill off both Oil King power plays. The H
  
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• Police say 3 dead, 4 hurt in sixth California mass shooting this month

  28-01-2023 17:02
  
  Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting at a short-term rental home in an upscale Los Angeles neighbourhood early Saturday morning, police said. The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m. in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood. This is at least the sixth mass shooting in California this month. Sgt. Frank Preciado of the Los Angeles Police Department said earlier Saturday that the three people killed were inside a vehicle. Two of the four victims were taken in private vehicles to ar
  
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• Power restored to southeast Calgary neighbourhoods after pole fire

  28-01-2023 17:01
  
  The power is back on a number of southeast Calgary neighbourhoods after a power pole caught fire Friday night and popped right off. Area resident Vivian Raddis sent CTV News a photo Friday, saying the explosion took place at 5:40 p.m. right outside her window in a trailer park along 17th Avenue S.E. She said the neighbourhood has a lot of elderly people who were left without heat or electricity. Enmax said power was restored to 282 customers in Dover, Forest Lawn, Forest Lawn Industrial, Penbroo
  
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• One of Canada's 'most wanted' arrested in Mexico for alleged pimping and sexual offences

  28-01-2023 16:48
  
  A Laval, Que. man considered one of Canada's most wanted criminals has been arrested in Mexico on allegations of pimping and serious sexual offences. A Canada-wide warrant had been placed for Blake Charbonneau's arrest, with a reward of up to $50,000 offered last year for information that could lead to his capture. Charbonneau will appear at the Quebec City courthouse to face charges of sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for a fee (
  
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• City crews plowing priority routes as snowfall slows

  28-01-2023 16:43
  
  Crews are spreading gravel on Calgary's main roads after the city received 14 centimetres of snow since Thursday night. The city issued a statement early Saturday morning that its plowing focus is on Priority 1 routes Saturday, in addition to clearing pedestrian infrastructure, transit routes and bridge decks. With light, intermittent snowfall forecast throughout the day Saturday, the city said it does not anticipate the need to call a snow route parking ban.Snow Update: Crews are working on the
  
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• Flames rebound with impressive 5-2 win over Kraken

  28-01-2023 16:07
  
  Tyler Toffoli and the Calgary Flames rebounded from one of their ugliest losses of the season and picked up an important two points in the Pacific Division before starting the All-Star break. Toffoli, Elias Lindholm and Blake Coleman each had a goal and two assists, and the Flames topped the Seattle Kraken 5-2 on Friday night. Calgary bounced back impressively after getting surprisingly routed at home a day earlier in a 5-1 setback to lowly Chicago. The Flames topped the Kraken fo
  
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• Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina for Australian Open women's title

  28-01-2023 15:11
  
  The serves were big. So big. Other shots, too. The points were over quickly. So quickly: Seven of the first 13 were aces. And so it was immediately apparent in the Australian Open women's final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that the one who could manage to keep her serve in line, get a read on returns and remain steady at the tightest moments would emerge victorious. That turned out to be Sabalenka, a 24-year-old from Belarus, who won her first Grand Slam title by coming back to bea
  
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• Selling a home? How to know if you qualify for a capital gains exemption

  28-01-2023 14:00
  
  When selling a home, Canadians may be exempted from paying capital gains tax on a residential property if it is determined to be their principal residence. A capital gains tax is normally applied to 50% of your profits made from selling an asset for a profit. However, the CRA is a bit vague when defining one’s principal residence, and several factors could either help or prevent you from qualifying for the principal residence tax exemption. Below, I’ll explain more about how the CRA
  
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• Self-proclaimed spiritual leader John de Ruiter, accused of sexual assault, granted bail in Edmonton

  28-01-2023 06:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  John de Ruiter, the self-proclaimed leader of Edmonton-based College of Integrated Philosophy or Oasis Group, was granted bail on Friday under strict conditions.
  
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• Lethbridge police trying to locate missing woman last seen on Blood Reserve

  28-01-2023 05:45
  
  Lethbridge police are looking for a missing 18-year-old woman. Kei Michelle No Chief was last seen Jan. 17 on the Blood Reserve. She is known to frequent Lethbridge’s downtown area. No Chief is 5’10” and 115 pounds. She is described as having purple hair with black roots, but she's known to dye her hair frequently. She has braces and a nose piercing. If you see her, call police at 403-328-4444 and reference file 23002012.
  
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• Lethbridge police find missing Blood Reserve woman

  28-01-2023 05:45
  
  Lethbridge police safely located a missing 18-year-old woman last seen nearly two weeks ago. Kei Michelle No Chief was last seen Jan. 17 on the Blood Reserve. On Sunday, the Lethbridge Police Service said she had been found and thanked the public for their help.
  
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• Calgary woman missing, police reach out for tips as to her whereabouts

  28-01-2023 05:43
  
  Calgary police are asking for help to find a woman who disappeared from northeast Calgary. Alison Laycraft, 49, was last seen by family the morning of Jan. 26 in Marlborough. Police and her family are concerned for her well-being. Laycraft is 5’6” and 160 pounds with a medium build, red hair and green eyes. She was last seen wearing grey sweatpants, a grey sweatshirt and a black puffy winter jacket. Call police at 403-266-1234 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, calgarycrime
  
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• CRA head says it 'wouldn't be worth the effort' to review all ineligible pandemic payments

  28-01-2023 03:54
  
  The head of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it "wouldn't be worth the effort" to fully review $15.5 billion in potentially ineligible pandemic wage benefit payments flagged by Canada's Auditor General. "We take generally almost exclusively an approach within the agency to focus on a risk-based assessment," CRA Commissioner Bob Hamilton told members of Parliament Thursday afternoon. "So, take a look at the information that we have at our disposal, try to identify where the highest risks are,
  
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• University of Lethbridge students push back against controversial speaker

  28-01-2023 03:29
  
  The University of Lethbridge says a controversial guest speaker appearance will go ahead, despite pushback from some students. The university says a faculty member at the school has scheduled Frances Widdowson to speak on Feb. 1. The former MRU professor made headlines in 2020 for criticizing Black Lives Matter and espousing the educational benefit of residential schools. Widdowson was fired from Mount Royal University in January 2022, after more than 6,000 students signed a petition calling for
  
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• Natural gas prices down, electricity up in Alberta in February

  28-01-2023 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province issued a bulletin, saying February’s default natural gas rate is $3.715 per gigajoule (GJ), well below the $6.50 per GJ triggering rate and January’s $6.446 per GJ.
  
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• Downtown Lethbridge hosts Hot Beverage Week - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 01:54
  
  Downtown Lethbridge hosts Hot Beverage Week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UPDATE: Lethbridge Police Service locate 18-year-old previously ... - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 01:39
  UPDATE: Lethbridge Police Service locate 18-year-old previously ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Police Service searching for missing 18-year-old - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 01:37
  Lethbridge Police Service searching for missing 18-year-old  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘Back to being civil’: Coutts residents continue to heal one year after border blockade

  28-01-2023 01:01
  
  The quiet streets of Coutts are a stark contrast to one year ago, when more than 100 vehicles blocked the highway in opposition to COVID-19 measures For a few weeks late last January and early February, the world turned its eyes to Coutts, as the story drew widespread media coverage, even as it divided the community in two. “As a result of the blockade, I think we did everything that we needed to do,” said Keith Dangerfield, owner of Hills and Home Café and Bed and Breakfast i
  
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• Alberta budget set for Feb. 28, with focus on funding for health, school growth

  28-01-2023 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's expected to be the final budget before voters go to the polls for a scheduled May 29 general election.
  
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• Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on ... - Lethbridge News Now

  28-01-2023 00:19
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• Chinook Blast, High Performance Rodeo: What's On in Calgary, Jan. 27-29

  28-01-2023 00:02
  
  DJD, Old/New/Borrowed/Blue: Does dance make you anxious? Worried that you won't get it? It's too hard to understand. There's no words. It's weird. Well, maybe the cure for all of those feelings is Old/New/Borrowed/Blue, the latest show from Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. The Calgary company, which has been creating vibrant, imaginative work for close to four decades now, creates dance that's smart, sure, but also sexy, funny and irresistible. It pays homage to its cultural origins, sings the blues a
  
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