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• Alberta out at Brier as Koe rink suffers heartbreaking 9-8 loss to Ontario

  10-03-2023 23:57
  
  One Alberta rink is moving on and one Alberta curling icon is out at the Tim Horton's Brier after a pair of Friday contests. Ontario's Mike McEwen defeated Alberta's Kevin Koe 9-8 while Brendan Bottcher's Wild Card #1 topped Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan 8-5 in Friday's crossover elimination games at Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. They advance to the four-team Page playoffs with seeding games scheduled for the evening.  Unbeaten Manitoba skip Matt Dunstone and Team Canada's Brad G
  
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• Provinces knew health transfers could be affected by user fees, expert says

  10-03-2023 23:25
  
  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced federal health transfers to the provinces are being reduced by $82 million after the Ottawa learned Friday they were charging patients for services that should have been covered by the public funding. Eight provinces will see reductions in their next health transfer from the federal government over fees charged to patients in 2020 and 2021. Alberta's deduction amounts to $13.78 million, behind Quebec and British Columbia. Most of the deductions are rela
  
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• KidSport launching a training program for hockey and soccer referees

  10-03-2023 23:03
  
  They're the people you only notice when they're messing up, but without refs, there's no games, so a new initiative has been launched to fund the training of a new generation of whistle-blowers. KidSport Calgary & Area and the Calgary Flames Sports Bank have initiated Project REF. It will fund the training and certification of young referees for local sports and also provide them with all the equipment they need. Kevin Webster is the CEO of KidSport and is excited about the program. "As we l
  
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• Ottawa greenlights WestJet's takeover of Sunwing

  10-03-2023 22:34
  
  The federal government is giving the thumbs up to WestJet Airlines' takeover of Sunwing Airlines and Sunwing Vacations. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the decision "was not taken lightly" given the travel chaos that erupted over the winter holidays and left Sunwing passengers stranded abroad for days. Announced last March, the takeover will see Calgary-based WestJet bolster its vacation package offerings as it adds the tour operator to its fleet, though they've said the two brands will be
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline construction costs balloon again, this time to $30.9B

  10-03-2023 22:29
  
  The federal Crown corporation that owns the pipeline says the ballooning costs are due to a number of factors, including inflation and supply chain challenges, flooding in B.C. and unexpected major archeological discoveries along the route. The 1,150 km Trans Mountain pipeline carries 300,000 barrels of oil per day, and is Canada's only pipeline system transporting oil from Alberta to the West Coast. Its expansion will increase the pipeline's capacity from 590,000 barrels per day to a total of 8
  
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• B.C. dropping COVID-19 vaccine requirement for provincial public ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 22:05 via news.google.com
  
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• 'The moral is the title': Theatre Calgary presents world premiere production of Forgiveness

  10-03-2023 21:45
  
  Some plays are more personal than others for theatre artists as is the case for Theatre Calgary artistic director Stafford Arima with Forgiveness, which opens Friday night at Max Bell Theatre in Arts Commons. It's a world-premiere presentation of an ambitious co-production (in partnership with the Vancouver Arts Club Theatre) of an adaptation of author Mark Sakamoto's memoir of the story of his maternal grandfather, who was imprisoned in Japan during the Second World War while his paternal grand
  
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• Lethbridge temporarily closes road for water service repair | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  10-03-2023 21:31 via news.google.com
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• Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge welcomes new executive director - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 21:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Moose Jaw Warriors head coach and GM suspended, 4 players out for season following Edmonton incident

  10-03-2023 21:05
  
  Four Moose Jaw Warriors players suspended since February will remain off the ice for the remainder of the Western Hockey League (WHL) regular season, a news release from the league said on Friday. In addition, Warriors head coach Mark O’Leary and general manager (GM) Jason Ripplinger have been suspended for five games. The team has also been fined a total of $25,000. The four players, Connor Ungar, Max Wanner, Lynden Lakovic, and Marek Howell were suspended in February after an off-ice inc
  
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• Class-action lawsuit proposed for shareholders affected by Adastra ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 21:00 via news.google.com
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: March 10, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 20:33 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta will have $13.8M deducted from health transfers because patients paid for services: feds

  10-03-2023 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa says there's evidence of Albertans 'paying out of pocket to access diagnostic services such as ultrasounds, MRI and CT scans... that should be accessible at no cost.'
  
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• RCMP members cleared in death of man temporarily sheltered at Fort Macleod detachment

  10-03-2023 20:14
  
  An investigation into the 2020 death of a Fort Macleod man who perished the day after RCMP members sheltered him in a holding cell has confirmed he died from natural causes. Officers were called to an area outside of the Fort Macleod Public Library shortly after 8 p.m. on Oct. 4, 2020 for reports of a man on the ground. The man told the RCMP members that he was diabetic and suffered from pneumonia. The officers, according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), suspected the man w
  
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• Edmonton police say actions of Moose Jaw Warriors players not criminal as WHL issues steep sanctions

  10-03-2023 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Four players have been suspended for the remainder of the regular season, the head coach and general manager have also been issued five-game suspensions and the team fined $25,000.
  
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• Part of 10 Street South closed due to water service repairs

  10-03-2023 19:53
  
  Tenth Avenue South is closed in both directions between 21 Street and 22 Street South for a water service repair, the city of Lethbridge announced in a release Friday morning. Transit riders should call 311 during business hours to learn about possible bus stop closures and any scheduling changes or adjustments. Motorists are asked to drive with caution and to follow posted detours. The work is expected to be completed by end of day on March 13, weather permitting. A water service repair has clo
  
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• Part of 10 Avenue South closed due to water service repairs

  10-03-2023 19:53
  
  Tenth Avenue South is closed in both directions between 21 Street and 22 Street South for a water service repair, the city of Lethbridge announced in a release Friday morning. Transit riders should call 311 during business hours to learn about possible bus stop closures and any scheduling changes or adjustments. Motorists are asked to drive with caution and to follow posted detours. The work is expected to be completed by end of day on March 13, weather permitting. A water service repair has clo
  
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• Northern Alberta child killed in suspected dog attack - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 19:49 via news.google.com
  
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• City council to look at de-regulating taxis - My Lethbridge Now

  10-03-2023 19:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Ontario legislature member is part of alleged Beijing 2019 election-interference network: sources

  10-03-2023 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sources say an Ontario PC MPP and a former aide to a Toronto-area Conservative MP were intermediaries in a Chinese government scheme to interfere in Canada's 2019 election.
  
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• New mental health centre for Alberta youth opens in Calgary on Monday

  10-03-2023 18:56
  
  A new mental health centre for children opens in Calgary on Monday. The facility, called The Summit: Marian & Jim Sinneave Centre for Youth Resilience, will provide mental health services to Albertans 18 years old and under, including no-cost therapy sessions and services to help manage acute and escalating mental health symptoms. The Summit will be operated by Alberta Health Services (AHS) and has the capacity to serve up to 8,000 youth and their families. "The Summit will provide young peo
  
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• Agriculture Roundup: March 10, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 18:42 via news.google.com
  
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• Canada bans Russian steel, aluminum imports as part of sanctions ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 18:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada restores voyeurism conviction against ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 18:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary's unemployment rate is now the highest in Canada

  10-03-2023 18:07
  
  Though unemployment rates throughout Alberta remained little changed last month, Calgary now has the dubious honour of being the city with the highest jobless numbers in all of Canada. Released on Friday, Statistics Canada's February 2023 Labour Force Survey shows Calgary's unemployment rate sitting at 6.6 per cent, the same as the month prior. However, with numbers dropping in the other metropolitan areas surveyed, Calgary now has the largest jobless rate nationally. In Edmonton, unemploym
  
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• Veterans Affairs closes assisted-dying investigation, says four cases ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 18:05 via news.google.com
  
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• Boy, 5, killed in dog attack on Alberta First Nation

  10-03-2023 17:40
  
  A five-year-old boy is dead after a dog attack on a First Nation in northern Alberta. He is believed to have been attacked by three dogs Sunday afternoon on Whitefish First Nation, nearly 400 kilometres north of Edmonton. High Prairie RCMP were called at 5:35 p.m. The boy was dead by the time officers arrived. Mounties described his injuries as "consistent with a dog attack." "Residents had already identified and destroyed 2 dogs believed to be involved in the attack. RCMP located and destroyed
  
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• Medicine Hat man charged in string of fast food restaurant break-ins

  10-03-2023 17:39
  
  Medicine Hat police have arrested a 35-year-old man following an investigation into numerous business break-ins in the southern Alberta city. According to police officials, the first break-and-enters were reported in the fall of 2022 and additional break-ins took place in the months that followed. "A number of businesses were hit in a short amount of time and our team worked quickly with everyone involved," said Staff Sgt. Ryan Thorburn of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT). "We a
  
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• Businessman Pierre Karl Peladeau purchases Montreal Alouettes ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 17:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Unemployment rate rises slightly in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat in ... - My Lethbridge Now

  10-03-2023 16:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties, with China's help - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 16:29 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta wildfire experts in Bolivia to help with fire training, prevention

  10-03-2023 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jane Park is one of two Alberta experts spending some of their off-season helping the Bolivian government prepare for an increase in fires due to climate change.
  
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• Flyers fire embattled GM Fletcher, give Briere interim job - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 16:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Snowfall warnings blanket southern Alberta, fog advisory in place for Calgary

  10-03-2023 15:38
  
  Environment and Climate Change Canada issued warnings ahead of a blast of wintry weather that's set to arrive in southern Alberta Friday morning. Upward of 20 centimetres of snow is expected to fall in some sections of the province, before it tapers off overnight. As of 7 a.m., snowfall warnings were in place for the following regions:Okotoks – High River – Claresholm; Brooks – Strathmore – Vulcan; Hanna – Coronation – Oyen; Lethbridge – Taber – Mi
  
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• Calgary likely facing 5 to 8 centimetres of snow Friday

  10-03-2023 15:30
  
  Snow day! Not in the school sense, so we're clear. Calgary is currently under a fog advisory, with a layer of freezing fog near the surface reducing visibility in some areas to 600 metres or less. Since our baseline temperature is -18 C, you're looking at a series of water particles that are cooled well below their norm. All they want to do is freeze on something; a twig, a remnant leaf, a pine needle, et cetera. This is called rime frost. At the bottom of the article, you'll see a few sources t
  
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• City of Calgary event centre committee meets on new arena for Flames

  10-03-2023 15:22
  
  The City of Calgary's event centre committee will reconvene Friday morning to update members on negotiations for a replacement for the aging Saddledome. Although much of the meeting will be held behind closed doors, there have been recent signs of progress. Council and committees meet in private any time issues of real estate are being discussed. Last week NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was in Calgary and met with Mayor Jyoti Gondek and committee chair Coun. Sonya Sharp. Bettman described the tal
  
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• Ottawa warns provinces not to charge fees for medically necessary services

  10-03-2023 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government is calling on provinces to ensure patients are not charged for medically necessary services, such as MRIs and CT scans.
  
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• Influenza in Alberta: Cases remain low, no new deaths reported for first time in months

  10-03-2023 14:55
  
  No Albertans died from influenza this week according to the latest data, while only 29 new cases were reported – a low not seen since October. The last time no new deaths were reported was the week of Nov. 5. The death toll this flu season is 116. In-hospital deaths as well as deaths in community settings reported by first responders are included in that number, while data for seasons prior to 2021-2022 only include hospital deaths.March 2 Alberta influenza updateHOSPITALIZATIONS This infl
  
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• China accuses Canada of smearing reputation over alleged secret ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 14:19 via news.google.com
  
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• Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 14:15 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘Loved to death’: Balancing recreation and conservation in Alberta’s mountain parks

  10-03-2023 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Using personal vehicles to access Banff National Park is not sustainable and using transit should be encouraged, according to a panel on sustainable transportation.
  
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• Canadian time changes may be a thing of the past if U.S. passes 'sunshine' law

  10-03-2023 13:28
  
  Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night. Provinces have been promising for years to ditch the time change but have cited a need for consistency with U.S. states for the delays.Daylight time: When do we set the clocks forward this year? Tips to deal with the time changeNow a U.S. bill to authorize the change that has been repea
  
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• Mother's Day Founder Anna Jarvis Fought To Have The Holiday ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 11:40 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes and Regina Pats to face off in sold out arena - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• German police: 8 dead in Jehovah's Witnesses hall shooting - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 08:52 via news.google.com
  
  German police: 8 dead in Jehovah's Witnesses hall shooting  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations lowest since January 2022, 20 deaths added

  10-03-2023 05:59
  
  Alberta now has 518 people in hospital with COVID-19, 12 of whom are receiving care in ICUs. That is a decrease of 36 hospitalizations and three ICU admissions compared to last week's update. The last time Alberta's hospitalization numbers were this low was in Jan. 2022. Alberta Health data is routinely updated for accuracy and to account for reporting delays. Last week’s hospital numbers were retroactively increased from 554 to 578. According to the province, 239 of the 578 people in hosp
  
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• Raptors guard VanVleet fined by NBA for public criticism of officiating - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 03:58 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘This time it feels different,’ father says of ASIRT probe into Prince George RCMP

  10-03-2023 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's civilian police watchdog has been tapped to investigate historic claims of police harassment of Indigenous girls in Prince George and allegations of police inaction.
  
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• Canada's Fernandez, American Townsend advance in women's ... - Lethbridge News Now

  10-03-2023 03:27 via news.google.com
  
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• Wranglers defeat Eagles in Saddledome rematch

  10-03-2023 02:26
  
  The Calgary Wranglers carried on their winning ways after splitting a pair over the weekend to the Colorado Eagles, defeating them 2-1 Wednesday night at the Saddledome. Dustin Wolf stood tall in goal, stopping 39 of 40 shots to backstop the team to its 40th victory of the 2022-23 season. Ben Meyers gave the Eagles a second period lead, before Ben Jones tied it up eight and a half minutes into the third. Shortly after, Cole Schwindt scored on a power play to give the Wranglers the victory. The t
  
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