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• Cochrane man faces charges following string of vehicle break-ins

  12-04-2023 23:37
  
  A Cochrane man faces multiple charges in relation to a number of property-related offences. Sunday morning, at 3:18 a.m., Cochrane RCMP responded to a call about a man who was observed breaking into and stealing from vehicles in the Fireside community of Cochrane. Police say officers found a man who fit the description walking in the area, and video surveillance footage confirmed he was driving a stolen vehicle and stealing from other vehicles. Gregory Deviat, 34, of Cochrane, has been charged w
  
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• New aviation technology training taking flight at SAIT

  12-04-2023 23:30
  
  The next step in unmanned aviation is ready for liftoff in Calgary.  The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) will soon launch a remotely-piloted heavy-lift aviation training centre, which will help students to cut their teeth in the growing international market.  The new program will train both pilots and technicians on remotely-operated aircraft with payload capacities of 55 pounds or more. Details were unveiled during a ceremony Wednesday.  "It's an exciting day, and
  
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• Dustin Wolf and Matthew Coronato to make their NHL debuts with the Calgary Flames

  12-04-2023 23:16
  
  The Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks have both been eliminated from the playoffs, but that doesn't mean there are no good news stories heading into their matchup Wednesday night. Two of the Flames' top prospects will make their National Hockey League debuts. Goaltender Dustin Wolf was born in Gilroy, Calif., just outside San Jose, and grew up cheering for the Sharks. He says making his NHL debut against them is a dream come true. "I'm trying to maybe downplay it a little bit, but you know, obv
  
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• Lethbridge man faces multiple charges in relation to vehicle break-ins

  12-04-2023 23:06
  
  A Lethbridge man faces multiple charges in relation to a series of vehicle break-ins in the Riverstone neighbourhood. On Tuesday, at around 3:10 a.m., police responded to reports that someone broke into a vehicle on Stonecrest Road, and was seen entering other vehicles in the area. Police located the suspect, who ignored police direction to stop, before being captured by police service dog Myke. The suspect sustained dog bites and was treated by EMS on scene. A subsequent search resulted in poli
  
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• WestJet says third parties should share compensation costs after flight delays

  12-04-2023 23:00
  
  The CEO of WestJet Airlines says his company is asking the federal government to allow airlines to recover passenger compensation costs from other industry partners, if they played a role in causing flight delays or disruptions. Under the current air passenger bill of rights framework, airlines are the only party required to compensate travellers for unnecessary flight cancellations or disruptions. But WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says airlines aren't at fault if a passenger's flight is he
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes' Thomson and Jones take next career steps - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2023 22:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge man charged with property crime offences - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2023 22:35 via news.google.com
  
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• Province gives Alberta sexual assault centres $4M after $14M plea

  12-04-2023 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an April 6 news release, the province said a $3.8-million investment will help address wait-lists at 13 sexual assault centres across Alberta. 
  
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• Bandits are a win away after 5-3 victory in Blackfalds

  12-04-2023 21:56
  
  The Brooks Bandits are on the cusp of advancing to the next round of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) playoffs after defeating the Bulldogs 5-3 Tuesday night in Blackfalds. Aiden Fink led the Bandits with a pair of goals, while Jordan Hughesman, Nathan Free and Heath Armstrong added single goals. Otto Hanson, Connor Dick and Kasey Hiemstraw scored for Blackfalds. Brooks successfully killed off five penalties The Bandits lead the best-of-seven series 3-0, and need one more win to advance t
  
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• Young woman identified as victim in central Edmonton homicide

  12-04-2023 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  "She loved being outside and going on walks. She loved being around people."
  
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• Man taken to hospital after downtown Calgary shooting

  12-04-2023 20:57
  
  Calgary police say a man is in hospital in life-threatening condition following a shooting in the downtown core. Officials told CTV News on Wednesday police were called to the Central Library shortly before noon for reports of a shooting. They say a fight had broken out on a city bus and several of the people involved were armed. One man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition and two other people were arrested. Police are searching the area for any other suspects. This is a developi
  
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• Man shot on Calgary Transit bus suffers life-threatening injuries

  12-04-2023 20:57
  
  Calgary police are investigating a shooting on a city bus on Wednesday that sent one man to hospital in life-threatening condition. Police say the shooting happened during an altercation between several people and also resulted in bear spray being deployed. It's believed the bus was in motion when the fight broke out at roughly 11:40 a.m., and that all those involved were known to each other. The driver then stopped the bus in front of the Central Library on Third Street S.E.   Bystand
  
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• Ice Cube and Steve Aoki performing at Cowboys during 2023 Stampede

  12-04-2023 20:41
  
  Officials have announced two big names set to take the stage when the Cowboys Music Festival returns this summer. The 11-day festival takes place at the Cowboys Calgary tent from July 6 to 17, coinciding with the Calgary Stampede. The most recent headliners to be unveiled are rapper, actor and former N.W.A. member Ice Cube and American DJ Steve Aoki, who will take the stage on Sunday, July 16, in addition to rapper and singer 24kGoldn. Previously announced acts include Dustin Lynch, The Kid Laro
  
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• 2 arrested, 1 in hospital following shooting outside Calgary Central Library

  12-04-2023 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary Police Service officers told Global News a tactical unit is inside the Tim Horton's at 4 Street and 8 Avenue S.E., east of the Central Library.
  
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• Suspect in kidnapping, drugging and sexual assault of sex workers appears in Calgary court

  12-04-2023 20:13
  
  A man accused of targeting women in Calgary's sex trade has made a brief court appearance. Richard Robert Mantha faces 13 charges including kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and sexual assault causing bodily harm. Police cordoned off a rural property east of the city looking for evidence last week after at least three sex workers were drugged and physically and sexually assaulted. Investigators also brought in cadaver dogs but no bodies were found. Mantha appeared in
  
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• Richard Mantha, suspect in kidnapping, drugging and sexual assault of sex workers, appears in Calgary court

  12-04-2023 20:13
  
  A man accused of targeting women in Calgary's sex trade is due back before a judge on Friday as his case makes its way through the courts. Richard Robert Mantha, 59, faces 16 charges including kidnapping, forcible confinement, sexual assault with a weapon and sexual assault causing bodily harm. Calgary police cordoned off a rural property east of the city last week, looking for evidence after at least three sex workers came forward about being drugged and then physically and sexually assaulted.
  
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• Suspect in kidnapping, drugging and sexual assault of sex workers appears in court

  12-04-2023 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man accused of targeting women in Calgary's sex trade has made a brief court appearance.
  
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• Rolling Hills, Alta., man faces multiple charges following assault

  12-04-2023 20:02
  
  A Rolling Hills, Alberta man faces multiple charges following an assault at an intersection north of that community. Early in the morning on April 5, Brooks RCMP were called to that intersection after receiving reports that an assault had taken place. Officers were able to track a male suspect to a home south of Rolling Hills. Seeing the police, the suspect ran into the house and wouldn't come out until an emergency response team was deployed. They gained entry and discovered the suspect hiding
  
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• Calgary Expo's Parade of Wonders returns for 2023 after last year's cancellation

  12-04-2023 19:58
  
  The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo's Parade of Wonders is set to make its triumphant return after three years without the popular event.  The parade wasn't held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 and suffered a last-minute cancellation in 2022 due to a sudden dump of snow. During the parade, Calgarians in cosplay and costumes participate in a colourful procession along Stephen Avenue as a way to celebrate the kickoff of the Calgary Comic Expo. This year, Mayor Jyoti Gondek will serve as
  
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• Calgary golf courses opening this weekend

  12-04-2023 19:07
  
  Two of Calgary's five city-owned golf courses are opening to the public this weekend, with many other courses set to follow suit.  McCall Lake's 18-hole course, driving range and south putting green open on Friday, April 14. The course's chipping area, north putting green and par three course will open at a later date. Opening day tee times already available. In addition, Shaganappi Point's nine-hole and 18-hole courses, driving range and putting green are also set to open on April 14. Open
  
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• Province pledges $3M to relocate school for Calgary teenage mothers

  12-04-2023 18:13
  
  The Alberta government is providing more than $3 million to relocate a Calgary school that caters to expecting and parenting teenagers. A decision to move the Louise Dean School, which has provided a specialized education program for students from Grade 9 to 12, was approved by the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) last November. The school originally opened in 1969 at its own standalone building but, due to "declining enrolment and extensive maintenance and infrastructure needs," it would move t
  
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• Calgary police and blockchain company Chainalysis launch cryptocurrency investigation centre

  12-04-2023 18:08
  
  Calgary police are partnering with international cryptocurrency security company Chainalysis to create a specialized investigation centre for Western Canada. The Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre will serve as a police training centre focussed on financial cybercrime. Police say nearly $14 million in crypto currency-related crimes were reported in Calgary alone last year. The crimes have been difficult to investigate because the technology is complex and the skills required of
  
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• Lethbridge man charged with arson in connection with downtown fire - Global News

  12-04-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge man charged with arson in connection with downtown fire

  12-04-2023 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Feb. 24, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) responded to the vacant Lethbridge Hotel located on the corner of 5 Street and 2 Avenue South
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in connection to downtown hotel fire - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Michael Big Swan charged in Lethbridge Hotel fire - CTV News Calgary

  12-04-2023 17:26 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge Hotel fire deemed arson, suspect charged

  12-04-2023 17:26
  
  A 29-year-old Lethbridge man has been charged with arson in connection with the February fire that destroyed the former site of The Lethbridge Hotel. The Feb. 24 blaze engulfed the historic, but vacant, building at the corner of Fifth Street and Second Avenue South and the subsequent investigation determined the fire had been deliberately set. Michael Big Swan was arrested April 6 and remained in custody ahead of his scheduled April 12 court appearance. In addition to the arson charge, Lethbridg
  
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• Calgary Humane Society cuts adoption fee for black cats

  12-04-2023 17:12
  
  The Calgary Humane Society is offering a discount on some felines that are often overlooked. The organization says it has 54 cats currently in its shelter, with more arriving every day. However, 28 of the kitties are black – something officials say makes it difficult for them to be adopted. "The cats are getting adopted; we're seeing about six or seven a day but, unfortunately, black cats are usually the last to get picked at the shelter," said Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons, the Calgary Humane Soci
  
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• Lethbridge industrial market at 'inflection point' - Western Investor

  12-04-2023 16:30 via news.google.com
  
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• Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit

  12-04-2023 12:10
  
  A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they're less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addressing crime and public safety. In an online survey, Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies asked how the level of crime and violence in a respondent's home community today compares to how it was before the pandemic began in early 2020.COVID-19 Brief newsletter: Sign up for an informed guide on the pan
  
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• Macklem not ruling out future BoC rate hike to get to 2% inflation target

  12-04-2023 11:30
  
  Governor of the Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem says the central bank is prepared to raise the policy rate even further as it attempts to bring inflation back to its 2 per cent target in 2024. The Bank held its policy rate at 4.5 per cent on Wednesday, remaining confident inflation will continue to decline from 5.2 per cent in February to 3 per cent by the middle of this year. However, the Bank acknowledged getting inflation back to its 2 per cent target in 2024 will be more challenging. “Gett
  
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• Bank of Canada holds policy rate at 4.5 per cent

  12-04-2023 11:30
  
  The Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 4.5 per cent on Wednesday, with the central bank remaining confident inflation will continue to decline from 5.2 per cent in February to 3 per cent by the middle of this year. However, the bank acknowledged getting inflation back to its 2 per cent target in 2024 will be more challenging. “Getting inflation the rest of the way back to 2 per cent could prove to be more difficult because inflation expectations are coming down slowly, service price in
  
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• Lethbridge shelter operated by Blood Tribe health department | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  12-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• A Lethbridge man is charged in vehicle break-ins | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Bars, restaurants remain hopeful despite Flames' ouster

  12-04-2023 03:07
  
  Tommy Novak's shootout winner shut down the Calgary Flames' aspirations of a playoff run and doused fans' hopes for a Red Mile party. "That would've been awesome. It would've been really cool to see the vibe (on 17th Ave.)," said Flames fan Scott Wack. "To be honest, I was really hoping for a playoff push this year." At the very heart of what would have been the Red Mile is Trolley 5 and Tuesday morning, banners hanging on the bar's railing still said, "Go Flames, go." In reality, the Flames are
  
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• Lethbridge Police investigating armed robbery at north side bank - Lethbridge News Now

  12-04-2023 02:58 via news.google.com
  
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• Cleaning company founder apologizes for 'unintended delayed payments'

  12-04-2023 02:28
  
  The founder of a B.C.-based cleaning company is apologizing following CTV News' reporting that numerous contractors were not compensated for their work. Scrubbi CEO Daniel Deckert issued a statement Tuesday, acknowledging "unintended delayed payments" to cleaners and saying he is sorry for the "adverse impact" it had on those workers and their families. "We value our cleaning professionals, and I am personally overseeing that unnecessary delays never happen again," the statement said, attributin
  
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• Court documents show alleged Alberta kidnapper kept victim for over a year

  12-04-2023 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Disturbing new details have emerged of the charges facing a man at the centre of a Calgary police investigation.
  
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• Charges against alleged Alberta kidnapper span more than a year

  12-04-2023 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Disturbing new details have emerged of the charges facing a man at the centre of a Calgary police investigation.
  
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• Lethbridge police look for suspect in armed robbery | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  12-04-2023 01:45 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge police investigate armed robbery

  12-04-2023 01:45
  
  Lethbridge police are investigating after a bank in the city's north end was robbed at gunpoint. Officials say a man entered a CIBC bank in the 500 block of 13th Street North at 4:15 p.m. and pointed a firearm at the employees. After he was given an undisclosed amount of money, he fled northbound. Anyone who was in the area between 4 and 5 p.m. or may have dash-cam footage or surveillance video from outside their home or business is asked to contact police at 403-328-4444.
  
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• Social media magnifying comments on Alberta campaign trail: political strategist

  12-04-2023 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  With a little over a month left before voting begins in the Alberta general election, a political strategist says social media is magnifying comments made on the campaign trail.
  
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• What’s being done about litter accumulation revealed in Lethbridge’s spring melt

  12-04-2023 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the snow starts to melt, the litter that spent the winter burried under it is being revealed, but Lethbridge has plans to tackle the waste problem.
  
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• 23-time Jeopardy winner returns to Calgary

  12-04-2023 01:21
  
  The most successful Canadian Jeopardy! candidate ever made a special address at Webber Academy, where the 24-year-old once attended. Mattea Roach won the popular reverse-question trivia show an eye-popping 23 times, winning $750,000. She said Tuesday morning was the first time she had been back on the school campus where she attended up to Grade 4 back in 2007. "It's familiar, but sort of strange and unfamiliar at the same time," said Roach. After a keynote address, she faced-off against four hi
  
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• Canada set to experience shortage of farmers, RBC report says

  12-04-2023 01:00
  
  The Canadian agriculture industry is headed for a shortfall of operators and labourers, and those left are getting older, according to a report published by RBC. In 2001, Canada had 346,000 farmers with an average age of 50. In 2021, the number of farmers dropped to 262,000 while their average age rose to 56. "A rapidly approaching demographic crisis is going to make the problem even worse. In 10 years alone, 60 per cent of today's farm operators are going to be over the age of 65," said Mohamed
  
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• Alberta premier commits to medicare; NDP points to past musings on private options

  12-04-2023 01:00
  
  Premier Danielle Smith, in an election-style event, says her United Conservative Party will not make Albertans pay out of pocket to see their family doctor or get medical treatment. Smith says her party, should it win next month’s general election, would also not delist from public funding any future medical procedures or prescriptions. Smith made the announcement Tuesday in a party-sponsored event in front of a medical clinic in Sherwood Park, just east of Edmonton. “Rest assured yo
  
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• 'Sexual violence is on the rise' Calgary advocates say as a suspected serial rapist is charged

  12-04-2023 00:35
  
  The heinous crimes allegedly committed by 59-year-old Richard Robert Mantha over the span of 15 months has advocates of sex trade workers speaking up on the fear and safety issues plaguing working women. "In the last couple of years the violence has increased," said Jacquie Meyer, with Eastside Victory Outreach. "I would say the sexual violence is on the rise." Meyer says she sees and speaks with women from Calgary's sex trade daily, building personal bonds with them. She advocates for them and
  
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• 'Sexual violence is on the rise' advocates say as a suspected serial rapist is charged

  12-04-2023 00:35
  
  The heinous crimes allegedly committed by 59-year-old Richard Robert Mantha over the span of 15 months has advocates of sex trade workers speaking up on the fear and safety issues plaguing working women. "In the last couple of years the violence has increased," said Jacquie Meyer, with Eastside Victory Outreach. "I would say the sexual violence is on the rise." Meyer says she sees and speaks with women from Calgary's sex trade daily, building personal bonds with them. She advocates for them and
  
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• 'A place they can call home': New Calgary facility offers mental health and addiction supports

  12-04-2023 00:13
  
  The province says a new facility in northeast Calgary is now providing spaces for Albertans suffering from mental health and addictions issues that are "safe, comfortable and welcoming." The 96-suite building, called AgeCare SkyPointe II, is a joint venture between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and AgeCare. The facility includes 64 long-term complex mental health beds and 32 specialized mental health rehabilitation beds that are set up to provide care for adults. All of the clients are offered c
  
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