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• CRA warns against grocery rebate scams going around

  17-04-2023 23:51
  
  The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) says grocery rebate scams are circulating by text and email, urging recipients to claim payments or fill out forms. An example of the phrasing used by scammers and shared by the agency is, "to receive your payment, click here and complete the form." These messages are fake and should not be clicked, the CRA said. The CRA urges recipients to be wary of notifications asking for personal or financial information. In a tweet it said, “The Grocery Rebate will b
  
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• Edmonton address listed as pickup point in Facebook Marketplace scam: ‘It was non-stop’

  17-04-2023 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chris Tanzi's doorbell rang non-stop Friday and Saturday. He estimates between 20 and 30 people came by expecting to pick up a couch they thought they'd purchased online.
  
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• 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs to feature over 60 WHL Alumni ... - Lethbridge Hurricanes

  17-04-2023 23:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Spruce Cliff deaths were a domestic murder-suicide: Calgary police

  17-04-2023 23:13
  
  WARNING: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. Calgary police say the deaths of two people in the community of Spruce Cliff over the weekend are the result of a murder-suicide. Emergency crews were called to the Westgate Park high-rise condominium in the 0-100 block of Spruce Place S.W. around 7:10 p.m. on Saturday for reports that a woman had been found dead. Police say as first responders were assessing the situation, a man jumped to his death from an upper
  
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• Spruce Cliff deaths confirmed to be murder suicide by Calgary police

  17-04-2023 23:13
  
  Calgary police say the deaths of two people in the community of Spruce Cliff this weekend are the result of a murder-suicide. Emergency crews were called to a high-rise condominium in the 0-100 block of Spruce Place S.W. around 7:10 p.m. on Saturday for reports that a woman had been found dead. Police say as first responders were assessing the situation, a man jumped to his death from an upper-level balcony. On Monday, police identified the homicide victim as 69-year-old Joanne Suk-Wah Tse and t
  
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• Spruce Cliff deaths confirmed by Calgary police to be murder-suicide

  17-04-2023 23:13
  
  WARNING: This article contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. Calgary police say the deaths of two people in the community of Spruce Cliff over the weekend are the result of a murder-suicide. Emergency crews were called to the Westgate Park high-rise condominium in the 0-100 block of Spruce Place S.W. around 7:10 p.m. on Saturday for reports that a woman had been found dead. Police say as first responders were assessing the situation, a man jumped to his death from an upper
  
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• Media question restrictions apply only to Alberta premier, cabinet ministers say

  17-04-2023 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kaycee Madu, Adriana LaGrange and Demetrios Nicolaides took multiple questions at news conferences today.
  
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• Member of Alberta multiculturalism council resigns over antisemitic posts

  17-04-2023 22:30
  
  A member of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new multiculturalism panel resigned Monday after the Opposition resurrected past antisemitic social media posts. The Alberta NDP asked Smith to remove Tariq Khan, a Calgary-based Realtor, from the Premier's Council on Multiculturalism, citing "a documented history" of antisemitic social media posts. Smith's office said Monday that Khan offered his resignation and the premier has accepted it. "The premier denounces all forms of intolerance and hate," S
  
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• Fact check: Did the Alberta NDP charge ‘$40 per day’ for ‘basic’ health care?

  17-04-2023 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  United Conservative leader Danielle Smith took to Twitter to post a graphic that purported to compare public health care under United Conservative and Alberta NDP governments.
  
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• ‘This is war’: Cochrane man stranded in Khartoum as explosions, gunfire rage through Sudan’s capital

  17-04-2023 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cochrane man stranded in Sudan as fighting rages around his hotel. What started out as a work trip with a clear deadline has turned into a guessing game.
  
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• UPDATE: Lethbridge Police locate missing man - Lethbridge News Now

  17-04-2023 21:07 via news.google.com
  
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• UPDATE: LOCATED Lethbridge Police asking for help locating 39 ... - My Lethbridge Now

  17-04-2023 21:05 via news.google.com
  
  UPDATE: LOCATED Lethbridge Police asking for help locating 39 ...  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta's education task force says help needed to reduce barriers

  17-04-2023 20:54
  
  Recommendations to improve Alberta's education system have been brought forward by a committee instructed by the government to speak with teachers, students and families about their needs. The task force travelled the province throughout November and December 2022, hearing from staff, students and stakeholders about what the government should do to improve the education system. The recommendations include increasing access to off-campus education, reducing financial and accessibility barriers, e
  
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• Pop-up plant shop at The Core shopping centre

  17-04-2023 19:58
  
  Visitors to Calgary's The Core shopping centre this week will notice a plethora of plants. The mall has partnered with Golden Acre Home and Garden to host a pop-up plant shop in the middle of the mall in honour of Earth Week. Not only are plants available for purchase, the pop-up also includes a lush Earth Week display on the second-floor glass bridge. Throughout the week, retailers will visit to highlight their sustainable products and programs. Kaitlan Caldwell, marketing coordinator at The Co
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this week: April 17, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  17-04-2023 19:55 via news.google.com
  
  What's happening in Lethbridge this week: April 17, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Flames 'mutually part ways' with Brad Treliving following playoff elimination

  17-04-2023 18:50
  
  Brad Treliving will not return as the Calgary Flames' general manager next season. The Flames announced the move on Monday, saying the club agreed to "mutually part ways" with Treliving, whose contract expires on June 30. More to come... 
  
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• Woman charged in drug bust by Blood Tribe Police Service

  17-04-2023 17:57
  
  The Blood Tribe Police Service says its newly-formed drug task force has led to drug charges against a 49-year-old woman. The BTPS drug task force, with help from the community policing division and RCMP police dog services, executed a search warrant at a home in the community of Moses Lake. Police found 13 grams of suspected crack cocaine (estimated value of $2,600), $1,468.65 in Canadian cash along with various weapons and drug paraphernalia. Five people were arrested but police say charges we
  
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• Ottawa seeks better reporting on environmental emergencies after Kearl oilsands leak

  17-04-2023 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several chiefs and representatives from First Nations and Metis communities affected by the Kearl leak are appearing at a House of Commons committee Monday.
  
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• Avalanche in Thunderwater Lake riding area claims life of snowmobiler

  17-04-2023 17:29
  
  Avalanche Canada says a snowmobiler died after being caught in an avalanche in a riding area northwest of Invermere, B.C. The avalanche safety organization says a trio of snowmobilers was riding a slope above Whirlpool Lake on Saturday when two of the riders were caught up in a slide. Avalanche Canada says one rider managed to avoid being buried, but one was trapped under two metres of snow. It says the other riders found and dug the buried rider out and did CPR before search and rescue arrived
  
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• Rogers moving hundreds of overseas Shaw call centre jobs to Western Canada

  17-04-2023 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rogers Communications Inc. is relocating around 300 Shaw call centre jobs based overseas to Western Canada as part of its $26-billion deal earlier this month.
  
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• Prairie farmers hope for 'normal' season after volatile couple of years

  17-04-2023 16:42
  
  Third-generation farmer Greg Sears is more than ready for a crop year without any curve balls in it. In 2021, farmers were thrown a big one in the form of the severe drought that withered crops across Western Canada, including on Sears' farm just north of Grande Prairie, Alta. Then last year — even as the war in Ukraine drove grain and oilseed prices to record highs — inflationary pressures led to dramatic spikes in the cost of everything from fertilizer to fuel to tractor tires, lea
  
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• Alberta regulator reconsiders Fort Hills oilsands approval after critical report

  17-04-2023 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The McClelland Lake complex comprises two large patterned fens -- peat-producing wetlands featuring long strings of trees and shrubs separated by narrow pools.
  
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• Woman in serious condition after early morning stabbing

  17-04-2023 14:40
  
  Police are on scene in the northeast Calgary neighbourhood of Monterey Park, where they say a woman was stabbed. Officials told CTV News a woman in her 30s was stabbed in a park at 4:30 a.m. There are no details about what led up to the attack, but EMS took the victim to Foothills Medical Centre in critical, life-threatening condition. She's since been upgraded to serious, but stable, condition. Police are searching the scene for evidence and are working to speak with possible witnesses. It's no
  
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• Calgary firefighters knock down blaze in southeast industrial park

  17-04-2023 14:18
  
  A large fire in an industrial area in southeast Calgary only caused in minor damage to two buildings, officials say. Firefighters responded to the scene, in the 400 block of Monument Place in the southeast Meridian industrial park, at 5:40 p.m. on Sunday. Crews were met with large volumes of smoke and flames coming from a stack of pallets and some vehicles in a yard area. "Intense heat was impinging on buildings in the yard and crews were able to quickly apply water to the fire to prevent furthe
  
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• With strike mandate in hand, federal union expected to make an announcement Monday

  17-04-2023 12:32
  
  Canada's largest federal public service union is expected to reveal what came of last-ditch talks over the weekend after threatening the largest strike against a single employer in Canada's history. Mediated contract negotiations between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Treasury Board continued over the weekend in what the union described as the government's final chance to reach a deal.Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament Hill"This is the governme
  
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• PSAC says strike will begin Wednesday if no deal reached with federal government

  17-04-2023 12:32
  
  The country's largest federal public service union says if a deal isn't reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, it will strike this Wednesday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job, including 35,000 workers from the Canada Revenue Agency. Mediated contract negotiations between the union and the Treasury Board continued over the weekend in what the union described as the government's final chance to reach
  
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• Federal workers to strike Wednesday if union, government don't reach a deal

  17-04-2023 12:32
  
  The country's largest federal public service union says if a deal isn't reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike the next day. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job beginning Wednesday, including 35,000 workers from the Canada Revenue Agency. Mediated contract negotiations between the union and the Treasury Board continued over the weekend in what the union described as the government's fina
  
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• Lethbridge police to introduce new design incorporating Blackfoot values - Global News

  17-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• ‘Hit the ground running’: Blood Tribe Department of Health on Lethbridge shelter transition - Global News

  17-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  ‘Hit the ground running’: Blood Tribe Department of Health on Lethbridge shelter transition  Global News
  
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• Avalanche in Thunderwater Lake riding area claims life of ... - Lethbridge News Now

  17-04-2023 06:16 via news.google.com
  
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• Twitter adds 'Government-funded Media' tag to CBC account - Lethbridge News Now

  17-04-2023 04:46 via news.google.com
  
  Twitter adds 'Government-funded Media' tag to CBC account  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Fitzpatrick wins RBC Heritage over Spieth on 3rd extra hole - Lethbridge News Now

  17-04-2023 02:08 via news.google.com
  
  Fitzpatrick wins RBC Heritage over Spieth on 3rd extra hole  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NDP pledges more officers teamed with support workers if it wins Alberta election

  17-04-2023 01:35
  
  Alberta's Opposition NDP says it will fight crime by hiring police and support workers, as well as keep the RCMP, if it wins next month's provincial election. Justice Critic Irfan Sabir and Municipal Affairs Critic Joe Ceci released a public safety plan on Sunday that promises an NDP government would hire 150 officers along with 150 social workers, mental health workers, addictions counsellors and community outreach workers who would work with the police in integrated teams. They say it would co
  
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• Alberta NDP pledges more police, support workers to fight crime if elected

  17-04-2023 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's NDP says it will fight the province's crime by hiring more police officers and social support workers if elected in the upcoming election.
  
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• Hockey Canada has regained its national funding from Ottawa

  17-04-2023 00:00
  
  The Canadian government has restored funding to Hockey Canada. Hockey Canada made the announcement Sunday -- and Canadian sport minister Pascale St-Onge made it official -- before the Canada-United States gold-medal game at the world women's hockey championship.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News"When we suspended the funding for Hockey Canada, it was never a matter of doing it forever. It was so that the proper change was implemented in the organization," St-Onge told reporters at th
  
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