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• 'Marda Lake' prompts colourful southwest Calgary protest

  18-03-2023 23:29
  
  Signs and floating pool toys caused quite the stir near a massive puddle that accumulated in Marda Loop this month. The problem area — near 35 Ave. and 20 St. S.W. — stretched along the road and completely submerged a sidewalk. A frozen, clogged drain likely caused it. Similar winter thaw is a common problem in Calgary, but many in the neighbourhood say they reached a breaking point with the mess this year. One resident was especially upset after his wife fell. "She was on her back a
  
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• Calgarian Brady Leman's gold leads three-medal day for Canada at ski cross World Cup

  18-03-2023 22:30
  
  Brady Leman earned a gold medal in the men's World Cup ski cross to lead a three-medal day for Canada in the event on Saturday. The Calgary native outmatched France's Youri Duplessis-Kergomard and Switzerland's Joos Berry, who grabbed silver and bronze, respectively. He also announced that the race was the final one of his career.When you ask @Lemanracing to ONLY pick 5 top moments of his career . Brady has been in the game since the beginning with @canadaskicross and we will miss hear
  
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• RBC Training Ground seeks out Calgary’s future Olympic athletes

  18-03-2023 21:53
  
  Calgary’s next generation of athletes are putting their physical fitness to the test in the hopes of capturing their Olympic dreams at this weekend’s RBC Training Ground talent search. The Canadian Olympic Committee event is entering the eighth year of its free program that puts athletes aged 14 to 25 years-old through strength, power, endurance, and aerobic fitness testing to find prospective Olympic stars. From sprinting, to jumping, and the famous ‘beep’ test, several
  
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• Charitable campaign collects personal products for women

  18-03-2023 20:00
  
  Women and children fleeing domestic violence need support, including help with the simplest personal products. That's where the Souls for Sisters campaign comes in. It's seeking donations of sanitary and personal hygiene products. They will be distributed to the Brenda Strafford Foundation's home heart network. They need diapers, sanitary pads, tampons, deodorant and shaving kits. "This is one of the pillars that is essential for women to be able to leave a domestic violence situation," said Jes
  
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• Regimental funerals to be held for fallen EPS officers March 26

  18-03-2023 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  In addition to regimental funerals to be held, the families of slain Edmonton police officers Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan will also receive $100,000 each from the Heroes Fund.
  
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• No official date for regimental funerals for fallen EPS officers

  18-03-2023 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The families of slain Edmonton police officers Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan will also receive $100,000 each from the Heroes Fund.
  
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• Thousands celebrated St. Patrick's Day 2023 in southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-03-2023 19:35 via news.google.com
  
  Thousands celebrated St. Patrick's Day 2023 in southern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary teenage girls sample the political life

  18-03-2023 18:37
  
  A group of Calgary teenage girls got a taste of the political life Friday. Twenty students in grades nine to 12 visited city hall as part of a "She Governs" event. They assumed the roles of mayor and councillors, holding a debate in council chambers on single use plastics. Students also had the opportunity to speak to councillors Sonya Sharp, Jennifer Wyness, Jasmine Mian and Kourtney Penner about their experiences in politics. "If you want to go to politics, I know that that's a path that I can
  
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• Government indicates no plans to change minimum wage in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  18-03-2023 16:52 via news.google.com
  
  Government indicates no plans to change minimum wage in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Roughnecks throw a St. Patrick's Day party at the 'Dome as they defeat Rush 11-6 in front of 17K fans

  18-03-2023 16:06
  
  The biggest St. Patrick's Day party in the city was at the Saddledome Friday night, as 17,444 fans watched the Calgary Roughnecks defeat the Saskatchewan Rush 11-6. Jesse King scored four, Tyler Pace three and Dan Taylor, Jeff Cornwall, Tanner Cook and Kyle Waters each scored a single goal. Christian Del Bianco stopped 32 of 38 shots to claim the victory for the Roughnecks, and passed 3,000 career saves. The Roughnecks improved their record to 9-4, with five games left in the regular season. htt
  
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• Mayerthorpe man faces charges following seizure of 52 trail research cameras

  18-03-2023 15:41
  
  A Mayerthorpe man faces charges following the seizure of 52 stolen trail cameras. On Oct. 18, 2021, Sundre RCMP got a complaint from the Help Alberta Wildies Society that 10 research trail cameras were stolen from the Williams Creed area. Since receiving that first complaint, the same area was targeted three more times. On Feb.6, 2022, 30 trail cameras were swiped. On March 6, one month later, 43 cameras were reported stolen, with an estimated replacement cost of around $17,000. One year later,
  
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• Hurricanes stage third period comeback to defeat Hitmen 6-4

  18-03-2023 15:17
  
  The Hurricanes only led at the end Friday, as they defeated the Calgary Hitmen 6-4 in a game played at a packed Enmax Centre in Lethbridge. Tyson Laventure, Logan McCutcheon, Cole Shepard, Trae Wilke, Brayden Edwards and Jett Jones scored for the Hurricanes, who overcame deficits of 1-0, 2-1, and 3-2 before taking over the game in the third, as a St. Patrick's Day crowd of 5,249 cheered them on. Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Maxim Muranov, Matteo Danis and London Hoilett scored for the Hitmen. Lethbrid
  
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• Trump says he expects to be arrested, calls for protest

  18-03-2023 14:45
  
  Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that his arrest is imminent and issued an extraordinary call for his supporters to protest as a New York grand jury investigates hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. Despite no evidence that Manhattan prosecutors have given any official notice to him or his lawyers, Trump declared in a post on his social media platform that he expects to be taken into custody on Tuesday. The message seemed designed to preempt a for
  
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• Trump expects to be arrested Tuesday as DA eyes charges

  18-03-2023 14:45
  
  Donald Trump said in a social media post that he expects to be arrested Tuesday as a New York prosecutor is eyeing charges in a case examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president. Trump provided no evidence that suggested he was directly informed of a pending arrest and did not say how he knew of such plans. But in a Saturday morning message on his Truth Social network, Trump noted "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan district attorney's office that he
  
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• Lethbridge YWCA cancels supportive housing programme - Alberta Worker

  18-03-2023 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge YWCA cancels supportive housing programme  Alberta Worker
  
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• Dinos men's hockey team denied bid to play for national title in defeat to P.E.I.

  18-03-2023 02:36
  
  The University of Calgary Dinos' dream season came crashing down on them Friday, when they were upset by the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers 4-2 in the quarter-finals of the USports Canadian University Men's Hockey Championship. The Panthers built a 2-0 lead early, on goals by Drake Pilon and Andrew Picco, before the Dinos cut the lead to 2-1 on a goal by Bradley Schoonbaert. Kaleb Pearson gave the Panthers a two-goal lead early in third, then Troy Lajeunesse added another to make th
  
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• Edmonton police say family and domestic violence calls most dangerous to respond to

  18-03-2023 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police said domestic and family violence calls are unpredictable and dangerous, and those who work to prevent it say the situations are becoming more complex.
  
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• Convertible crashes into concrete barrier near Dalhousie LRT station

  18-03-2023 02:21
  
  It was a close call for a convertible on Crowchild Trail Friday. Police say a tire blew on a convertible, sending the car into and then right over a concrete barrier on north Crowchild Trail. It came to rest right-side up on the tracks next to the Dalhousie LRT station. No one was hurt, but southbound trains were stopped and traffic was backed up on Crowchild Trail for about 90 minutes.
  
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• Tanya Tucker set to return to Calgary for 2023 folk festival

  18-03-2023 01:33
  The Calgary Folk Festival announced a half-dozen artists Thursday who will perform at the festival, which kicks off July 27, at the same time they put tickets on sale. Digable Planets, who blend jazz samples around hip hop, will perform Thursday, in addition to jazz futurist Kassa Overall.Friday night will feature country icon, Grammy-winner Tanya Tucker whose first hit song was Delta Dawn, in 1972, when she was 13 years old. Saturday night's mainstage will feature Fantastic Negrito, who blends
  
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• Friends of fallen Edmonton officer from N.S. remember him as 'faithful' husband, 'loyal friend'

  18-03-2023 00:44
  
  As displays of grief grow in Edmonton, a day after two city police officers were shot and killed on the job, a town in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley is also hurting. Const. Travis Jordan, one of the officers killed, grew up in Coldbrook, N.S. His friends say they are in disbelief, after talking to him only hours before his death. “He was senselessly killed in the line of duty,” said Brodie Sampson. “Travis was the most dedicated husband, the most loyal friend, [and a] wo
  
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• Lethbridge’s St. Patrick’s Church reopens, group advocating for full-time use - Global News

  18-03-2023 00:38 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge’s St. Patrick’s Church reopens, group advocating for full-time use  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge’s St. Patrick’s Church reopens, group advocating for full-time use

  18-03-2023 00:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than a century old, the Catholic church at 917 Fourth Avenue South last hosted a service in 2011, when it was closed by Calgary's then-Bishop Frederick Henry.
  
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• Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway Project underway in southern Alberta

  18-03-2023 00:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The official groundbreaking of the Horsefly Regional Emergency Spillway project was a historic moment for communities in southern Alberta.
  
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• Pressure remains on Calgary compounding pharmacies to produce children’s medicine

  18-03-2023 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pressure remains on Calgary compounding pharmacies to produce children's medicine
  
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