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• Lethbridge police holding low-light firearms training Friday night - iHeartRadio.ca

  21-04-2023 23:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Teen girl missing, last seen in Forest Lawn

  21-04-2023 23:36
  
  Calgary police are looking to the public for help locating a teenage girl missing since last weekend. Taneal House was last seen leaving a home in the 2000 block of 44 Street S.E. in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 16. Police say it's out of character for House to be out of contact with her family. She is described as 170 centimetres tall (5'7"), approximately (130 pounds) with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about House's whereabouts is asked to call police at 403-26
  
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• Red Deer RCMP investigating bear mace incident - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 23:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta's government signs small modular reactor agreement with ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 23:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Low-light shooting course to take place Friday in Lethbridge | CTV ... - CTV News Calgary

  21-04-2023 23:31 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge police holding low-light firearms training Friday night

  21-04-2023 23:31
  
  Anyone in Lethbridge who lives near the police range can expect to hear shots fired Friday night. The Lethbridge police issued a release Friday sayingofficers are participating in a low-light/no-light training course from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Residents in the area can expect to hear shots fired during that time.The Lethbridge Police Service is participating in a low light/no light training course today at the Police Range from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Those in the area can expect to hear shots being fired d
  
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• "Get them happy, healthy, centred': Youth Culinary Arts Program provides training for those most at risk

  21-04-2023 23:09
  
  The Youth Culinary Arts Program Market is open for business.   Open four days a week, the market features meals made by 15- to 29-year-olds in the program.   The program is hosted at Wood's Homes' Inglewood Opportunity Hub.   Hands-on training is provided by Steve Glavicich, a Red Seal chef, and is offered free of charge in a commercial kitchen.   The course provides months of training and while it's focused on employment support and opportunities, it also teaches conflict ma
  
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• ‘Urgent’ appeal for missing youth possibly travelling from B.C. to Alberta

  21-04-2023 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties said they recieved a report from the teens' family members that they had left together Friday, and that there were concerns about their wellbeing.
  
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• RCMP locate youth missing from southeast B.C.

  21-04-2023 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties said they recieved a report from the teens' family members that they had left together Friday, and that there were concerns about their wellbeing.
  
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• Province funding aviation training program - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 22:23 via news.google.com
  
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• Northern leopard frog population thriving in B.C. wetlands

  21-04-2023 22:21
  
  An endangered frog species is thriving after being reintroduced to a site in the B.C. wetlands last year. The Wilder Institute, which partners with the Calgary Zoo on a variety of conservation projects, issued a release Thursday announcing that northern leopard frogs released into the wetlands are 20 per cent larger and 114 per cent  heavier, which increases its odds for survival.We're leaping with anticipation! We're celebrating a new reintroduction site in B.C.'s wetlands where we release
  
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• Keystone spill caused by crack that progressed over time: TC Energy

  21-04-2023 21:52
  
  TC Energy Corp. says a third-party investigation into an oil spill from the company's Keystone pipeline in December has concluded the incident was caused by a crack in a weld that occurred at the time of the pipeline's construction. The Calgary-based company says the affected pipe segment was subjected during construction to “inadvertent bending stresses,” initiating a small crack that progressed over time to pipe failure after a decade of operations. TC Energy says the findings are
  
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• Wolf named AHL MVP, picking up second major award in a week

  21-04-2023 21:49
  
  A week after picking up his first NHL victory, Dustin Wolf is picking up a lot of AHL hardware. The American Hockey League announced Friday that Wolf has been selected as the winner of the Les Cunningham Award, given to the league's most valuable player, for the 2022-23 season. The award was voted on by coaches, players and media members from each of the AHL's 32 cities. Wednesday, Wolf was named the winner of the Aldege 'Baz' Bastien Award as the league's most outstanding goaltender. Wolf led a
  
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• PTSD treatment and research program at University of Alberta receives $3M

  21-04-2023 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The money will support the Heroes in Mind, Advocacy and Research Consortium program at the University of Alberta.
  
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• Bergeron doesn't travel with Bruins for games in Florida - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 21:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Discredited Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond voluntarily returns another ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 21:02 via news.google.com
  
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• Don’t throw out those corks and chopsticks! They can become shoes and tables

  21-04-2023 20:51
  
  Protecting the environment can seem daunting for individuals but even small acts of conservation can really make a difference. This Earth Day people might consider adding something new to their recycling routine because two Calgary companies are using people’s old corks and chopsticks to divert material from landfills and create entirely new products. “Even just as small as a cork, what can you do to better the planet?” asked Andrew Yule, CCLP, the vice president of operations
  
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• Frequent shootings put US mass killings on a record pace - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 20:39 via news.google.com
  
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• Community members recognized at Volunteer Gala - My Lethbridge Now

  21-04-2023 20:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Sticker shock: White supremacist decals repeatedly stuck on Little Free Library

  21-04-2023 20:33
  
  Calgary police are investigating a series of hate-motivated incidents in the community of Cedarbrae that saw a Little Free Library location repeatedly vandalised. The first incident happened on April 10, when the owners of a home in the 3000 block of Cedarille Drive S.W. found white supremacy stickers over the Little Free Library on their private property. They removed them, but found the book-sharing box once again covered with hate-motivated stickers – and derogatory terms – on Apr
  
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• RCMP search for trailer stolen from Crossfield, Alta.

  21-04-2023 20:26
  
  Airdrie RCMP say they're looking for a cargo trailer, which was loaded with a homeowner's personal belongings that was taken on Friday. Officials say the trailer was attached to a parked truck in a lot on Railway Street and Osler Avenue in Crossfield. Sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, it was taken, police say. "Unknown suspects detached the trailer from the truck, attached it to another truck and departed with it," RCMP said in a release. "The locked cargo trailer contained a r
  
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• Alberta appoints former United Conservative Party leadership ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 20:20 via news.google.com
  
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• 'Very difficult situation:' Canadians in Khartoum take shelter amid ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 20:12 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary costume designer represents Western Canada on new drag competition series ‘Sew Fierce’

  21-04-2023 19:14
  
  A Calgarian is among eight contestants featured on a new TV show that sees participants battle it out in a drag design competition where the winner receives a $10,000 prize. Costume designer Benjamin Toner is the lone contestant from Western Canada on season one of the OUTtv series ‘Sew Fierce,’ which debuted on April 14. The show, hosted by Canadian drag artist and DJ Barbada De Barbardes was filmed exclusively in Toronto. "I travelled there with just sketchbooks, dreams and hopes,"
  
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• Blood Tribe reports multiple cases of vandalism - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 18:53 via news.google.com
  
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• Labour board flags 'irregularities,' low turnout in public service strike ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 18:51 via news.google.com
  
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• ‘A wicked web of lies’: Alberta town under fire for rejecting wellness centre for Indigenous families

  21-04-2023 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  5430 51A Street in Bashaw Alta. and its failed "change in use" application is the subject of a $4 million lawsuit that alleges “misuse of power rooted in prejudice.,”
  
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• Province to increase supports for persons with developmental ... - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 18:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Public input sought on Abbot Pass Hut heritage project

  21-04-2023 18:08
  
  A historic hut, built by Swiss mountain guides more than 100 years ago, may be gone, but Parks Canada wants to ensure it's not forgotten. The Abbot Pass Hut, which is recognized by the agency as a national historic site, was removed by work crews last summer. That's because a survey of the hut discovered structural issues in the slope where the building was sitting. Attempts were made to stabilize the land, which was eroding due to climate change, but those failed, leading officials to decide to
  
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• Parks Canada seeks input on Banff's Abbot Pass Hut

  21-04-2023 18:08
  
  A historic hut, built by Swiss mountain guides more than 100 years ago, may be gone, but Parks Canada wants to ensure it's not forgotten. The Abbot Pass Hut, which is recognized by the agency as a national historic site, was removed by work crews last summer. That's because a survey of the hut discovered structural issues in the slope where the building was sitting. Attempts were made to stabilize the land, which was eroding, but those failed, leading officials to decide to remove it. Now, Parks
  
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• Mama moose and yearling on the loose in Airdrie

  21-04-2023 17:21
  
  Airdrie RCMP are asking people to leave a mother moose and her baby alone after the pair were spotted in the Big Hills Springs neighbourhood on Friday morning. Mounties say the mama moose was seen in the area of R. J. Hawkey Elementary School, while her yearling was near Bert Church High School. Members of the public are advised to stay away from the area if possible to allow for the moose to move along. "Fish and Wildlife are engaged," RCMP said in a news release.
  
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• Former UCP leadership candidate appointed to AIMCo board

  21-04-2023 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government has appointed a candidate who ran for the leadership of the UCP last year to the board of a Crown corporation with billions of dollars in assets.
  
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• Reuse Rendezvous back for another year - My Lethbridge Now

  21-04-2023 16:36 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge's OBGYN crunch puts strain on resources: doctors

  21-04-2023 15:14
  
  With just one permanent obstetrician in place at Lethbridge's Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH), physicians in the labour and delivery unit are continuing to push the province for more resources. "This is really just trying to put out fires at this point," said Dr. Jonathan Cluett, a locum OBGYN at the hospital, in an interview with CTV News. Cluett is from Calgary, but was called in to help the hospital cover the shift. He couldn't speak for long because he needed to help a patient, but said on s
  
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• Alberta appoints former United Conservative Party leadership candidate to AIMCo board

  21-04-2023 15:11
  
  The Alberta government has appointed a candidate who ran for the leadership of the United Conservative Party last year to the board of a Crown corporation with billions of dollars in assets. The province says that Jon Horsman will serve as a member of the board of directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, known as AIMCo. It says in a release that he will serve from July 1 until July 30, 2026. Horsman, who is from Calgary, dropped out of the race last July to replace former prem
  
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• Cyclist sent to hospital after hit-and-run in Brooks, Alta.

  21-04-2023 14:22
  
  Brooks RCMP are looking for help to find a driver in a hit-and-run involving a cyclist. Officials say police were called to the incident at 6:30 p.m. on April 20 where a vehicle had struck a cyclist in the area of Eighth Avenue and Third Street West. "A dark blue or black coloured car was exiting the parking lot of a local business when it struck a cyclist. This vehicle then fled the area," police said in a statement. The victim was taken to the Brooks Health Centre in non-life-threatening condi
  
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• More multi-coloured bins would solve Lethbridge waste problems - Lethbrige Herald

  21-04-2023 14:02 via news.google.com
  
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• Measuring Canada's defence commitment in terms of dollars a 'bad mistake': ambassador

  21-04-2023 11:55
  
  It's an all-too-common "bad mistake" to judge Canada's commitment to global military security solely on the basis of how much money it spends on defence, President Joe Biden's envoy to Ottawa said Friday. David Cohen refused to comment on a Washington Post report this week that said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had privately told NATO officials Canada would never hit the military alliance's spending target of two per cent of GDP. But he had a lot to say about whether Canada deserves its long-st
  
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• 'A perfect example of what not to do': ex-U. S. envoy on PM's reported NATO comments

  21-04-2023 11:55
  
  A former U.S. envoy to Ottawa says he's concerned about what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly said about Canadian defence spending. David Jacobson, who served as Barack Obama's ambassador from 2009 to 2013, says a recent Washington Post report could prove to be a setback for future U.S.-Canada relations.Complete coverage of the war in UkraineThe Post says Trudeau privately told NATO officials that Canada would never meet the military alliance's spending target of two per cent of GDP. Jac
  
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• Lethbridge Police conducting shooting exercise Friday night - Lethbridge News Now

  21-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Doctors worry Lethbridge patients without proper care as obstetrics shortage drags on - CBC.ca

  21-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Vehicle sought in Spruce Cliff murder-suicide found

  21-04-2023 05:29
  
  Calgary police say a vehicle sought in a murder-suicide investigation has been found. 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 April 15 for reports that a woman had been found dead. As first responders were assessing the situation, a man jumped to his death from an upper-level balcony. Police believe the man either threw or pushed the woman over the balcony and then jumped. Both died from blunt-force trauma
  
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• Canadian Food Inspection Agency monitoring for spongy moths in Calgary as spring settles in

  21-04-2023 05:07
  
  Federal scientists are busy rolling out another year of pest monitoring equipment meant to protect Alberta's forests and agriculture. And there are a few new additions around Calgary you might want to watch for. Hanging here and there around the city are little green boxes. Please don't touch them - they're a trap. "There's a sticky substance on the bottom and a pheromone lure inside," said Nicole Brinsmead, an inspection advisor with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The traps are not at all
  
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• Union representing DynaLife lab workers says job action could be on the horizon

  21-04-2023 04:19
  
  Waits for blood work in many parts of Alberta may get even longer, as private lab company DynaLife continues to struggle after taking over from the public sector. Although DynaLife and Alberta Health Services (AHS) have announced plans to add appointment capacity to reduce wait times, the union representing lab workers says if a deal can't be reached, there could be job action. Karen Robinson says booking her blood test has been a pain. First, there were five weeks between her lab requisition an
  
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• Warrants issued for woman once convicted of manslaughter

  21-04-2023 03:14
  
  A woman convicted of manslaughter for pushing a Calgary teen to his death on an LRT platform in 2007 is wanted by police again. Natalie Pasqua, 42, is now wanted for an incident along Macleod Trail S.E. on April 15 around 7:30 p.m. Police say the woman tried to take a phone from someone, resulting in an altercation, and then the victim's jewelry was taken. Pasqua is wanted for robbery and five counts of breaching probation. She's described as:167.5 cm (about 5'5"); 68 kg (about 150 pounds); Dark
  
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• Police seek 'dangerous' suspect Natalie Pasqua after robbery

  21-04-2023 03:14
  
  A woman convicted of manslaughter for pushing a Calgary teen to his death on an LRT platform in 2007 is wanted by police again. Natalie Pasqua, 42, is now wanted for an incident along Macleod Trail S.E. on April 15 around 7:30 p.m. Police say the woman tried to take a phone from someone, resulting in an altercation, and then the victim's jewelry was taken. Pasqua is wanted for robbery and five counts of breaching probation. She's described as:167.5 cm (about 5'5"); 68 kg (about 150 pounds); Dark
  
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• Keeping the lights on: Waterton Lakes National Park townsite now has backup power

  21-04-2023 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  'We have one transmission line bringing electricity to (the park), which means whenever there's a disruption on that line we're looking at a power disruption.'
  
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• Canadian TV show Lost Car Rescue begins second season

  21-04-2023 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Like last year, Matt Sager will lead his crew in search of abandoned vehicles in remote locations.
  
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• Dynalife contract talks break down as Calgarians continue to wait for lab services

  21-04-2023 01:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The breakdown in contract talks with Dynalife could cause further delays for treatment-related testing for Calgarians like Leslie Boyer.
  
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• Ukrainian duo look to power Bandits to the AJHL Title

  21-04-2023 01:27
  
  The Bandits have been preparing for the AJHL championship series for over a week since sweeping the Blackfalds Bulldogs in the division championship. It’ll be the first time several players on the team will have a chance to win a championship, including the team’s two Ukrainian players Mikhal Simchuk and Danylo Korzhyletskyi. The pair have become key contributors in their first season, with Simchuk putting up 26 points in 29 games and Korzhyletskyi with 44 points in 52 games. Both Si
  
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