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• ‘Snake-bitten’: Lethbridge Hurricanes searching for offense ahead of Game 3

  04-04-2023 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 'Canes power play is 1-10 in the series so far, including 0-6 in Game 1's 2-1 double overtime loss.
  
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• Lethbridge lining up a shot at the Olympic Curling Trials - City of Lethbridge

  04-04-2023 23:42 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge lining up a shot at the Olympic Curling Trials  City of Lethbridge
  
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• Traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs up for auction to help people impacted by war

  04-04-2023 23:36
  
  Intricately designed eggs are an Easter tradition for many Ukrainians, and now local artists are painting massive replicas to raise money for those impacted by the war. It's the second year pysanky master Daena Diduck is painting the massive eggs, which range in height from almost a metre to nearly two metres. Artists are working on 14 eggs – one for each month of the war in Ukraine – that will be on display at Southcentre Mall and up for auction starting April 5. The fundraiser is c
  
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• 'How long do I have to live?' Stabbing victim recounts random attack, man charged

  04-04-2023 23:26
  
  Shane Walsh had just finished an appointment in downtown Calgary early Monday afternoon when he says a man, whom he didn't know, ran at him from behind and stabbed him several times. "I felt a stab in my back and then there was some quite quick, hard thrusts in my abdomen, my shoulder, my arm," Walsh told CTV News on Tuesday. Walsh says it happened in the area of Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue S.W. around 12:45 p.m. Calgary Police allege a man stabbed at least two more people and assaulted anot
  
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• Additional downtown development incentives available as Calgary continues core revitalization

  04-04-2023 22:57
  
  Pleased with how redeveloping Calgary's core has gone to date, the city is looking for new and broadened pitches to convert or demolish downtown office space. In addition to residential transformations, the city will consider grants for hotels, schools and performing arts spaces, post-secondary campuses and the tearing down of buildings not suitable for saving. "We are seeing great success from the initial phase of the downtown development incentive program. The ultimate goal is to create a thri
  
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• Updated: Lethbridge police search for missing woman - My Lethbridge Now

  04-04-2023 22:50 via news.google.com
  
  Updated: Lethbridge police search for missing woman  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• UPDATE: Lethbridge Police locate missing person - Lethbridge News Now

  04-04-2023 22:39 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: Lethbridge Police locate missing person  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge's Team Dupont wins provincial curling title - Lethbridge News Now

  04-04-2023 21:34 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge's Team Dupont wins provincial curling title  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge police say 99.5% of calls resolved without use of force

  04-04-2023 21:23
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service says its officers were able to de-escalate situations in the vast majority of calls without the use of force last year. The service released annual data on the use of force by its officers during a recent presentation to the Lethbridge Police Commission. That information indicated that in nearly 37,000 calls for service, 99.5 per cent "were resolved without any use of force." The information was based on the "use of force" reports filed by officers in 2022, which ar
  
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• Trans-Canada Highway: Kicking Horse Canyon to undergo 5-day closure next week

  04-04-2023 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kicking Horse Canyon, the section of the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Golden, B.C., will see another closure that will affect some 10,000 vehicles a day.
  
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• Report shows that Lethbridge Police used no force in 99 per cent of ... - Lethbridge News Now

  04-04-2023 20:02 via news.google.com
  
  Report shows that Lethbridge Police used no force in 99 per cent of ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Increased commercial lease rates driving new development in ... - My Lethbridge Now

  04-04-2023 19:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to oilsands releases: document

  04-04-2023 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The fact that the province waited over a month before initiating its emergency response is not surprising at all," said Chief Alan Adam of the Athabasca Cree First Nation.
  
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• Alberta waited a month to declare emergency response to Kearl oilsands releases: document

  04-04-2023 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  'The fact that the province waited over a month before initiating its emergency response is not surprising at all,' said Chief Alan Adam of the Athabasca Cree First Nation.
  
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• Lethbridge reports 18 deaths from drug poisoning in December ... - My Lethbridge Now

  04-04-2023 18:54 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge reports 18 deaths from drug poisoning in December ...  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta government to unveil new measures to improve safety on province’s streets, transit systems

  04-04-2023 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The news conference is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Sunalta CTrain station.
  
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• Alberta government to fund 100 more police officers in Calgary, Edmonton

  04-04-2023 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province will also add funding for cleaning along transit lines and police and crisis (PACT) teams.
  
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• Medicine Hat men charged in drug trafficking investigation

  04-04-2023 18:21
  
  Two people are facing charges after a drug bust in Medicine Hat last month that saw investigators seize cocaine, magic mushrooms, methamphetamine and oxycodone. Officers from Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) searched three properties on March 29 over concerns they were tied to drug trafficking. During the searches, police seized the following:411 grams of cocaine; 132 grams of psilocybin mushrooms; 30 grams of methamphetamine; 140 pills of oxycodone; 411 grams of illicit cannabis p
  
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• No injuries reported in south Lethbridge fire - Lethbridge News Now

  04-04-2023 17:40 via news.google.com
  
  No injuries reported in south Lethbridge fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Syncrude charged in death of worker in northern Alberta

  04-04-2023 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been charged in the death of a worker north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
  
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• Alberta to announce new measures to boost transit safety, battle violent crime

  04-04-2023 15:18
  
  Alberta's provincial government will be announcing new measures to tackle transit safety and violent crime.  The announcement, planned for Tuesday morning, comes a day after Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek revealed immediate actions being taken to reduce crime on Calgary Transit, including an increase in security guards and overnight patrols. Gondek will join Premier Danielle Smith, Minister of Public Safety Mike Ellis, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Nicholas Milliken, Calgary Police Se
  
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• Alberta hiring 100 more police officers to boost transit safety, battle violent crime

  04-04-2023 15:18
  
  Alberta will be hiring 100 new police officers in Calgary and Edmonton in an effort to improve public safety. Premier Danielle Smith made the announcement in Calgary on Tuesday, saying the new street-level officers will be hired over the next 18 months. "Safety on public streets is never negotiable," Smith said. "We can address root causes like mental health and addiction at the same time, but we will not compromise on security for all Calgarians and Edmontonians." Smith also called on the feder
  
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• Calgary police arrest suspects in Erlton CTrain stabbing

  04-04-2023 14:57
  
  Calgary police took two people into custody on Tuesday after a stabbing at the Erlton LRT Station. Officers were called to the southeast CTrain station at around 1:30 a.m. Police say one man suffered serious, non-life-threatening injuries. Officers took two people, a man and woman, into custody.
  
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• Lethbridge police releases 2022 use of force report | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  04-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge police releases 2022 use of force report | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Rebels hold on for 4-2 win, take series lead against Hitmen

  04-04-2023 05:56
  
  The Red Deer Rebels jumped out to a lead and held it Monday night, defeating the Calgary Hitmen 4-2 at the Saddledome. The victory gave the Rebels a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven WHL series. Kai Uchacz scored a pair and Frantisek Formanek and Matteo Fabrizi added singles for the Rebels. Carter McAdams and Carson Wetsch scored for the Hitmen. Red Deer outshot Calgary 46-38. Game 4 is Wednesday night back at the Saddledome. Puck drop is 7 p.m.An empty net goal from Red Deer seals the deal on gam
  
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• Former Theatre Calgary artistic director Dennis Garnhum looks to move 'towards beauty' as he departs Grand in London

  04-04-2023 03:20
  
  Last week was pretty notable for former Theatre Calgary artistic director Dennis Garnhum. The 55-year-old writer and director did what he's been doing for the better part of two decades – he announced a new season of shows for The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, his hometown where he's been the artistic director since 2017. The poignant part was that it was Garnhum's last season announcement for the Grand, where he's stepping away after seven years on the job. If you throw in the 11 seas
  
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• Canada’s police chiefs request urgent meeting with the premiers: ‘Policing is at a crossroad’

  04-04-2023 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's police chiefs are calling for an urgent meeting with Canada's premiers after losing nine officers — eight of them to violence — in the last six months.
  
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• Avoiding 'bozo eruptions' vital to Smith campaign

  04-04-2023 02:47
  
  Controversial candidate statements come up every election, but with the fight for the premier's office so tight, political watchers say Premier Danielle Smith needs to keep them to a minimum if she wants to keep her job. Among them is former campaign manager Tom Flanagan, who is also professor emeritus in U of C's faculty of Political Science. He was at the helm of Smiths campaign during 2012's infamous "Lake of Fire" eruption. "Premier Smith got caught in the 2012 election, with inadequate oppo
  
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• Got a gift card? Use it before you possibly lose it

  04-04-2023 02:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A would-be customer of Bed Bath & Beyond in Calgary is warning others about using their gift cards after hers was denied, even though the retailer is still open in Canada.
  
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• Ukrainian newcomers forming new community at Lethbridge, Alta. church - Global News

  04-04-2023 01:44 via news.google.com
  Ukrainian newcomers forming new community at Lethbridge, Alta. church  Global News
  
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• Ukrainian newcomers forming new community at Lethbridge, Alta. church

  04-04-2023 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Natalie Yashchenko and her family arrived in Lethbridge just two months ago, forced from their native city of Mariupol, Ukraine as the Russian invasion escalated.
  
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• 2 men arrested in connection with suspicious vehicle in Lethbridge

  04-04-2023 01:39
  
  Lethbridge police say two men have been charged in connection with two separate incidents where it's alleged they threatened other drivers. Officials were called to respond to two 911 calls – within a half and hour of each other – where victims had been confronted by a pair of men in a black SUV. Police say in the first incident, the driver said they were "aggressively followed" by the vehicle. "After stopping at a red light, three masked occupants wearing orange gloves, exited and b
  
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• Alberta premier no longer taking questions about alleged judicial interference due to potential lawsuit

  04-04-2023 01:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Opposition NDP raised concerns about judicial interference after a video of a phone call between Calgary preacher Artur Pawlowski and Smith surfaced online.
  
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• 'Making things a little more accessible': Paralyzed Bronco looks to improve buildings

  04-04-2023 01:09
  
  Spending the last five years using a wheelchair has given former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki a new path forward. The 23-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., says so many times friends and family have had to carry his chair up stairs, wheel him down sketchy ramps and find other ways to get him around narrow doorways. So he's studying how to make buildings more accessible for the disabled. "Having lived this experience for five years now and going travelling all over the world and j
  
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• Blood Tribe sees a string of drug alerts in community, raising suspicions of a 'bad batch'

  04-04-2023 00:42
  
  The Blood Tribe is advising residents of the reserve about a batch of bad drugs on the reserve. An alert was posted to the tribe’s website saying the bad drugs has led to a spike in overdoses on the reserve. The alert doesn’t specify how many overdoses have been linked to the bad drugs or what drugs are impacted. This follows a trend of other such alerts that have gone out in recent weeks. On March 24th, an alert was posted saying the drug Xylazine was found in other drugs in the are
  
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• Slow your Roll campaign returns to Lethbridge in 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-04-2023 00:23 via news.google.com
  
  Slow your Roll campaign returns to Lethbridge in 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Volunteer Lethbridge reacts to Federal Budget - Bridge City News - Bridge City News

  04-04-2023 00:01 via news.google.com
  
  Volunteer Lethbridge reacts to Federal Budget - Bridge City News  Bridge City News
  
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