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• Lethbridge rolling out crews to fill potholes - Lethbridge News Now

  27-04-2023 23:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Lethbridge woman shares story of COVID-19 vaccine injury - Bridge City News - Bridge City News

  27-04-2023 23:09 via news.google.com
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• Registration to host Alberta Open Farm Days closes Apr. 30 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-04-2023 22:52 via news.google.com
  
  Registration to host Alberta Open Farm Days closes Apr. 30  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• University of Calgary student finalist in national entrepreneur competition

  27-04-2023 22:39
  
  Being a university med student is hard enough, but Athy Ambikkumar is adding to that challenge by running a company. He co-founded Remote Optical and has been selected as a finalist in the Student Entrepreneur National Competition hosted by Enactus and HSBC Bank Canada. "It's definitely not easy being a student entrepreneur and balancing both lives, said Ambikkumar. "It shouldn't be feasible, but somehow we make it work and so I cannot exaggerate how excited I am to meet all the other students w
  
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• Charges laid after jewelry stolen from house evacuated during Marlborough explosion

  27-04-2023 22:28
  
  Calgary police have arrested a man accused of breaking into a house evacuated after a large explosion in Marlborough last month. Ten people were injured when a house in the 700 block of Maryvale Way N.E. exploded on March 27, levelling the residence and damaging 10 others. Nearby homes were evacuated while emergency crews rushed to extinguish a subsequent house fire and assess the damage to the area. Residents were allowed back into their homes a few days later. It was as they were returning tha
  
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• Alberta says sheriff pilots in Calgary and Edmonton are working, but is it effective?

  27-04-2023 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The pilots were first launched in Edmonton on Feb. 1 and in Calgary on Feb. 28 after a string of assaults on transit systems in both cities.
  
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• Ruling means ATCO must double refund to customers after overcharging

  27-04-2023 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The refunds are over costs that ATCO tried to recover from the construction of a power line through Jasper National Park.
  
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• Commission increases refund ATCO owes over attempt to recoup contract costs

  27-04-2023 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The refunds are over costs that ATCO tried to recover from the construction of a power line through Jasper National Park.
  
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• Edmonton officer who used ‘unreasonable’ force in 2020 arrest will not face charges

  27-04-2023 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pacey Dumas, then 18 years old, had a significant portion of his skull removed and spent nine days in the ICU after an Edmonton police officer kicked him in the head in 2020.
  
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• 5 kids hospitalized as whooping cough cases increase in southern Alberta outbreak

  27-04-2023 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  It says most of the cases have been found in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, and are most common among children between the ages of one and nine.
  
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• Welcome home; Community comes together to support newcomers - City of Lethbridge

  27-04-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Newfoundland's Terra Nova oilfield faces more delays, uncertainty

  27-04-2023 20:57
  
   An oilfield off the southeast coast of Newfoundland that hasn't produced crude since 2019 is facing more setbacks. Calgary-based Cenovus Energy, which owns 34 per cent of the Terra Nova offshore oilfield, doesn't expect any production from the project in 2023. Company officials told reporters there is a holdup with the field's storage and production vessel. After years of delays, the vessel was taken out of the country for retrofitting and is now back in Newfoundland, waiting to sail out t
  
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• Edmonton officer who kicked teen in the head showed 'shocking lack of judgement' but will not be charged: ASIRT

  27-04-2023 20:38
  
  An Edmonton officer who kicked an Indigenous teen in the head in 2020 will not be arrested, despite Alberta's police watchdog finding "reasonable grounds" to lay criminal charges. On Thursday, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) publicly released the findings of its probe into the incident that left Pacey Dumas with a hole in his skull and "long lasting, if not permanent" injuries. ASIRT concluded the officer "showed a shocking lack of judgement and disregard for the life" of Duma
  
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• Calgary's Alberta sheriff pilot program 'a success,' says provincial government

  27-04-2023 20:31
  
  The provincial government says its plan to utilize Alberta Sheriffs to bolster public safety in downtown Calgary has worked. Since late February, two teams of Calgary police officers and Alberta Sheriffs have been walking the streets and responded to more than 1,600 calls for service. During the pilot, 109 charges were laid and 1,524 outstanding arrest warrants were executed. While those figures do include individuals charged with multiple offences, officials say "a significant number of crimina
  
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• Whooping cough cases increase in southern Alberta outbreak

  27-04-2023 20:20
  
  Alberta Health Services says it's seeing a jump in whooping cough cases in the province's south. The provincial health authority says there are 146 cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in the area. An outbreak was declared Jan. 26, but AHS says the number of cases has increased by 120 over the last week. It says most of the cases have been found in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, and are most common among children between the ages of one and nine. AHS says since the outbreak w
  
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• Wife of a Calgary sergeant killed tells court their son will never know his dad

  27-04-2023 20:16
  
  The wife of the Calgary police officer who died after he was dragged by a fleeing SUV told a sentencing hearing Thursday that her husband's death was no accident. Chelsea Goedhart told the young man convicted of manslaughter for the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett that her life has been destroyed and their son will never know his father. “I will forever be left with the heartbreaking knowledge of Andrew's last moments in this life and the horrific way in which he was killed while selflessly s
  
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• The wife of a Calgary sergeant killed tells court their son will never know his dad

  27-04-2023 20:16
  
  The wife of the Calgary police officer killed after being dragged by a fleeing SUV told a sentencing hearing that her husband's death was no accident. Chelsea Goedhart told the teen convicted of manslaughter for the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett that their son will never know his father. The driver of the SUV, who cannot be identified because he was 17 at the time, told his first-degree murder trial that he was frightened when Harnett and another officer approached the vehicle during a traffic st
  
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• 'Heartbreaking': Widow of Calgary officer killed in hit and run says son is a victim

  27-04-2023 20:16
  
  The wife of the Calgary police officer who died after he was dragged by a fleeing SUV told a sentencing hearing Thursday that her husband's death was no accident. Chelsea Goedhart told the young man convicted of manslaughter for the death of Sgt. Andrew Harnett that her life has been destroyed and their son will never know his father. "I will forever be left with the heartbreaking knowledge of Andrew's last moments in this life and the horrific way in which he was killed while selflessly serving
  
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• Flames arena may not sway votes in upcoming provincial election

  27-04-2023 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A political scientist says it's too early to say how a Calgary NHL arena project could play into this spring's provincial election.
  
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• Alberta avalanche warning: Dangerous conditions amid destabilized snowpack

  27-04-2023 19:56
  
  Alberta Parks is cautioning visitors to the province's mountain regions to be careful amid a special avalanche warning for Western Canada. The avalanche warning, issued by Avalanche Canada on Thursday, is in effect until the end of Monday, May 1. In it, Avalanche Canada cautions that a dramatic increase in temperatures is expected to destabilize the snowpack across western Canada, resulting in "dangerous, destructive avalanches." "All backcountry users, including hikers and scramblers, and anyon
  
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• Liberals' online streaming Bill C-11 passes Parliament

  27-04-2023 19:26
  
  After years of political pushback and considerable parliamentary scrutiny, the federal Liberal government's Online Streaming Act known as Bill C-11 passed the Senate and has become law. Thursday evening, Bill C-11 cleared its final legislative hurdle in the Senate, seeing senators agree to bill sponsor Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez's take-some-and-leave-some approach to amendments made by the upper chamber. This clears the path for the contentious bill, focused on substantively refo
  
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• East Airdrie apartment building repeatedly targeted by car prowlers

  27-04-2023 19:13
  
  Authorities in Airdrie are looking for help to identify people who they say are behind a series of car prowlings at an apartment building on the city's east side. RCMP say the same three suspects are wanted in a number of incidents that occurred at an East Lake condominium in March and April:Overnight from March 5 and 6; At 4:35 a.m. on March 13; At 2:25 a.m. on March 23; and At 2:30 a.m. on April 5.Police say in each of the incidents, the suspects were seen entering the building's parking garag
  
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• Western Canada alpine regions under special avalanche warning as temperatures rise

  27-04-2023 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Avalanche Canada, the sudden shift from cool, winter-like conditions in western Canada's alpine regions will create dangerous avalanche conditions.
  
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• Bear safety: Canmore, Alta., residents on board with new fruit tree program

  27-04-2023 19:01
  
  As bears in Alberta's Rocky Mountains wake up from their long winter naps, officials in the town of Canmore are already moving ahead with plans to prevent any potentially dangerous wildlife encounters. Caitlin Van Gaal, Canmore's supervisor of environment and sustainability, says bears all residents of the mountain community need to be "bear aware." That includes watching for signs of bears and carrying bear spray whenever residents are out on hikes. Van Gaal says the town is also re-establishin
  
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• Whooping cough outbreak spreads to Lethbridge and Medicine Hat - My Lethbridge Now

  27-04-2023 18:07 via news.google.com
  
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• Fire crews called to house fire in northwest Calgary

  27-04-2023 17:48
  
  Calgary fire crews got the upper hand on a blaze that ripped through the attached garage of a home in Citadel Thursday morning. Officials told CTV News the attached garage of the home in the northwest community was fully engulfed when crews arrived. The fire was extinguished, but not before causing extensive damage to the home.There's no word on the cost or if any other homes were damaged in the fire. No one was injured and the cause is under investigation.
  
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• Alberta man faces 7 charges, accused of abusing child in family for years

  27-04-2023 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 28-year-old man from central Alberta has been charged with numerous sexual offences, accused of abusing a family member over five years, ALERT said.
  
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• Lethbridge man charged in bank robberies | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  27-04-2023 16:59 via news.google.com
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• Armed man robbed the same bank twice, Lethbridge police say

  27-04-2023 16:59
  
  Lethbridge police have arrested a 51-year-old man who they say held up a bank at gunpoint on two separate occasions. Officials say the suspect first entered the CIBC in the 500 block of 13th Street North on March 17 and pointed a gun at employees, demanding money. Almost a month later, on April 11, police say he did it again. In both incidents, the suspect got away with undisclosed amounts of cash. No one was injured in either robbery. Lethbridge police were able to make an arrest after the susp
  
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• Central Alta. man accused of sexually abusing family member

  27-04-2023 16:52
  
  A central Alberta man is accused of sexually assaulting a family member for five years. The ALERT Internet Child Exploitation announced seven charges against the 28-year-old man – unnamed to protect the identity of the victim – on Thursday. He was arrested March 9. "The investigation began in early March 2023 after the victim disclosed to a school resource officer that they were being sexually abused by a family member. "Reportedly, the victim had disclosed the abuse to a trusted per
  
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• Central Alberta child suffered 'prolonged abuse' by family member after disclosing to multiple people: investigators

  27-04-2023 16:52
  
  A central Alberta man is accused of sexually assaulting a family member for five years. The ALERT Internet Child Exploitation announced seven charges against the 28-year-old man – unnamed to protect the identity of the victim – on Thursday. He was arrested March 9 after the girl told an RCMP school resource officer what was going on at home and the SRO contacted authorities. "I'm aware of numerous times that this was brought forward and, again, highlights the incredible bravery of th
  
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• Man charged in connection with 2 armed robberies at same Lethbridge bank: LPS

  27-04-2023 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  An investigation into two separate armed robberies at the same Lethbridge bank in the past six weeks has led police to lay charges against a 51-year-old man.
  
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• Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79

  27-04-2023 16:37
  
  Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring circus of dysfunctional families willing to bare all on weekday afternoons including brawls, obscenities and blurred images of nudity, died Thursday at 79. At its peak, "The Jerry Springer Show" was a ratings powerhouse and a U.S. cultural pariah, synonymous with lurid drama. Known for chair-throwing and bleep-filled arguments, the daytime talk show was a favourite American guilty pleasure over its 27-
  
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• Two Canadian Armed Forces flights have left Sudan, carrying 118 evacuees

  27-04-2023 16:16
  
  Two Canadian evacuation flights left Sudan today carrying 118 evacuees to Djibouti but federal officials could not yet say how many of those are Canadian citizens. Senior officials from Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces say the flights were not full because of increasing violence and extortion of people who are trying to flee to the main airport in Khartoum. Some of the people on board Canada's flights today were from allied countries but it's not public how many or from which
  
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• Don Martin: In the battle for Alberta, it's Smith versus her mouth

  27-04-2023 16:01
  
  It’s the most peculiar of elections with the frontrunner and her main opponent being the same person. In the looming Alberta showdown, it’s Premier Danielle Smith versus her mouth. With the May 29 election campaign just days from its official launch, the only suspense is whether Smith will continue talking herself out of power. Never have I seen a politician so determined to sabotage her political future as Smith but, then again, she’s aways been thus since the days when I knew
  
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• TotalEnergies sells Canadian operations to Suncor in deal worth up to $6.1B

  27-04-2023 15:53
  
  French company TotalEnergies says it has signed a deal to sell its Canadian operations to Suncor Energy Inc. in an agreement worth up to $6.1 billion. Under the deal, Suncor will pay $5.5 billion in cash, plus up to an additional $600 million that is conditional on Western Canadian Select benchmark oil pricing and certain production targets. “This transaction represents a major step in securing long-term bitumen supply to our base plant upgraders at a competitive supply cost,” Suncor
  
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• Suncor inks deal with French company that will expand bitumen production capacity

  27-04-2023 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  TotalEnergies had announced last year it planned to exit the Canadian oilsands by spinning off TotalEnergies EP Canada, but said it decided to sell the operations instead.
  
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• Short-term pain, long-term gain: Major Deerfoot Trail improvements to impact drivers

  27-04-2023 14:39
  
  Inching along Deerfoot Trail during either the morning or evening commute can be a painstaking experience for drivers, but the province is hoping the latest round of improvements will ease some of that frustration. Aecon Infrastructure Management won the bid for two major Deerfoot Trail improvement projects to the tune of $615 million. Aecon will undertake the $595-million project that stretches from Douglasdale Boulevard to just north of Glenmore Trail and the $20-million contract at Deerfoot a
  
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• Trudeau visits N.Y.C. to build momentum as Canada, U.S. partner on critical minerals

  27-04-2023 11:42
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in New York City to pitch America's movers and shakers on the virtues of Canada as a trade and investment partner. Experts on both sides of the border hope to hear more about how Ottawa plans to rapidly grow its critical minerals sector.Capital Dispatch: Stay up to date on the latest news from Parliament HillFormer diplomat Louise Blais, now a senior adviser with the Business Council of Canada, says it's time to detail the plan for getting those 21st-century rich
  
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• Liberals fund women's rights abroad as Trudeau to raise abortion politics in New York

  27-04-2023 11:42
  
  The Liberal government is announcing funding for women's rights abroad, in an apparent bid to showcase the Liberals' position on reproductive rights against that of conservatives, both in Canada and the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to reaffirm the Canadian government's commitment to supporting reproductive freedom in New York City today, where he is attending a star-studded summit. Ahead of that event, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan told reporters in
  
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• Mounties to give update on deadly stabbing rampage in ... - Lethbridge News Now

  27-04-2023 10:05 via news.google.com
  
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• Spring weather brings pothole-filling season into full swing - City of Lethbridge

  27-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Spring weather brings pothole-filling season into full swing  City of Lethbridge
  
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• No injuries reported in west Lethbridge house fire - Lethbridge News Now

  27-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  No injuries reported in west Lethbridge house fire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man charged in connection with 2 armed robberies at same Lethbridge bank: LPS - Global News

  27-04-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Man charged in connection with 2 armed robberies at same Lethbridge bank: LPS  Global News
  
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• New Lethbridge shelter operator developing positive relationships - Lethbrige Herald

  27-04-2023 07:06 via news.google.com
  
  New Lethbridge shelter operator developing positive relationships  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Edmonton councillor questions Calgary arena funding, Smith hints at Ice District Phase 2 dollars

  27-04-2023 06:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rogers Place and the surrounding Ice District didn't get any provincial government funding a decade ago and some are calling into question the timing of Calgary’s announcement.
  
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• Kansas abortion providers face new rule after veto overriden - Lethbridge News Now

  27-04-2023 06:29 via news.google.com
  
  Kansas abortion providers face new rule after veto overriden  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Event Centre sets off fireworks between UCP and NDP ahead of writ drop

  27-04-2023 04:13
  
  The fireworks have begun between the UCP and NDP ahead of a writ drop next week, and it's over the cost to taxpayers for a new event centre in Calgary. Danielle Smith toured the Sweet Rhapsody bakery in the southeast Calgary community of Legacy on Wednesday but was pressed with questions about her change of tune when it comes to putting up government money for arenas. The province committed Tuesday to use $330 million to help with upgrades to land, bridges, roads and infrastructure around the ne
  
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• One month later, senior in random transit assault remains in hospital

  27-04-2023 03:41
  
  Jose Alvarez was waiting for the train at Marlborough station around 9:45 a.m. on March 30, on his way to an eye appointment. His daughter had offered to take the day off work to drive him, but he wouldn't have any of it. "'No, no, don't worry. This is a chance for me to do my exercise'" Tarin Alvarez recalled her dad saying. "He loves taking the train, the bus." But as he stood on the platform, a woman smashed a glass bottle across his face - an attack police say was as unpredictable as it was
  
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• Former Calgary councillor says new arena deal is 'ten times worse' than previous agreement

  27-04-2023 02:48
  
  The day after unveiling a $1.22 billion plan to overhaul Calgary's Rivers District with a new arena as its anchor, taxpayer groups and even a former councillor are criticizing the deal.  On Tuesday afternoon, it was announced that the City of Calgary, Alberta government and the Calgary Flames' ownership group had entered into a deal in principle to build a replacement for the aging Saddledome, a 1,000-seat community rink, a public plaza and major transportation upgrades.  The city will
  
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