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• Tour bus operator pleads guilty, fined $475K for fatal Athabasca Glacier rollover in Jasper

  01-05-2023 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tour bus operator has pleaded guilty to two charges in a fatal rollover in Jasper National Park nearly three years ago.
  
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• Bus operator pleads guilty to two charges in fatal Jasper crash: Crown prosecutor

  01-05-2023 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tour bus operator has pleaded guilty to two charges in a fatal rollover in Jasper National Park nearly three years ago.
  
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• U.S. to end vaccine requirements for Canadians at land border, international air travellers: officials

  01-05-2023 23:48
  
  The U.S. is ending its COVID-19 vaccine requirements for international air travellers and Canadians at the border as of next week, officials announced on Monday. By the end of the day on May 11, international air travellers, federal employees and federal contractors will no longer need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, the White House said in a statement Monday. “Our COVID-19 vaccine requirements bolstered vaccination across the nation, and our broader vaccination campaign has saved m
  
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• 'Multiple fatalities' on Illinois highway following crashes - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 23:26 via news.google.com
  
  'Multiple fatalities' on Illinois highway following crashes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CP NewsAlert: Two people missing in flooding northeast of Quebec ... - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 23:11 via news.google.com
  
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• SFU football players, alumni in court asking for axed program's rebirth. - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 22:56 via news.google.com
  
  SFU football players, alumni in court asking for axed program's rebirth.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• AUPE members rally in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 22:34 via news.google.com
  
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• Smith refuses to talk about threat to sue CBC days after her deadline passed

  01-05-2023 22:04
  
  A spokesperson for the CBC says no lawsuit has been filed against the public broadcaster on behalf of Danielle Smith or the UCP, despite a deadline passing Friday. The CBC was served with a notice of defamation on April 2, which demanded an apology and retraction by April 28, or "the premier will take such further legal action as may be advised." The threat surrounded a CBC story headlined "Danielle Smith discussed COVID charges 'almost weekly' with justice officials, according to leaked call."
  
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• Healthcare support line focuses on Indigenous patients in Southern ... - My Lethbridge Now

  01-05-2023 21:57 via news.google.com
  
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• City of Lethbridge unveils names for garbage, recycling and ... - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 21:46 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary sets new April record as benchmark price hits $550,800: CREB

  01-05-2023 21:03
  
  It continues to be a sellers' market in Calgary as the number of homes on the market remains low. The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB) says the city set a new April record last month as the benchmark price of a home sold reached $550,800. The board says that's a two per cent increase from March and a 1.2 per cent jump from a year ago. The increase in the benchmark price came as the actual average price of a home sold in the city last month was $549,524, a roughly three per cent rise from a year
  
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• Calgary sets new April record as benchmark price hits $550,800: board

  01-05-2023 21:03
  
  The Calgary Real Estate Board says the city set a new April record last month as the benchmark price of a home sold reached $550,800. The Alberta board says the price amounts to a two per cent increase from March and a 1.19 per cent increase from a year ago. The increase in the benchmark price came as the actual average price of a home sold in the city last month was $549,524, a roughly three per cent rise from a year ago. The board says the number of sales tumbled almost 21 per cent t
  
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• Lethbridge crews respond to three separate incidents in one day - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 20:56 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge crews respond to three separate incidents in one day  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 4 most popular brunch spots in Calgary, according to OpenTable

  01-05-2023 20:45
  
  Four Calgary restaurants are among those featured on a new list of the 100 Most Popular Brunch Restaurants in Canada for 2023. The list, compiled by online restaurant reservation site OpenTable, was released on Monday and draws upon the data from more than a million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners across Canada between March 1, 2022 – Feb. 28, 2023. The release of the list also comes just two weeks before Mother's Day, a day when many treat their matriarch to a mea
  
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• RCMP warrant round up leads to 11 arrests - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 20:41 via news.google.com
  
  RCMP warrant round up leads to 11 arrests  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Business booming for Toronto bars as Maple Leafs advance in ... - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 19:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Weapons, stolen property recovered by Calgary police from encampment

  01-05-2023 19:45
  
  Calgary police have recovered a cache of weapons – including knives, Airsoft and replica guns, as well as real firearms – from two illegal encampments in the city over the past two weeks. Officials said in a release that officers found one encampment, near 58 Avenue and Burbank Road S.E., on April 19. At that location, which consisted of a makeshift living structure, they found:A John Deere Gator, worth approximately $45,000; A John Deere Blower, worth approximately $85,000; A Cervel
  
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• Alleged Chinese police stations still open in Quebec, despite ... - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 19:44 via news.google.com
  
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• Writ drops for Alberta provincial election on May 29 - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 19:26 via news.google.com
  
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• WestJet buys Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines

  01-05-2023 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  WestJet says that initially, the airlines will continue independent operations but will later move from being competitors to collaborators.
  
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• WestJet closes deal to buy Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines

  01-05-2023 18:29
  
  The WestJet Group says it has closed its acquisition of Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines that was first announced in March last year. The company says that, initially, the airlines will continue independent operations. However, WestJet says the two airlines will move from being competitors to collaborators. Stephen Hunter, formerly the CEO of Sunwing Vacations, has been appointed CEO of the WestJet Group's vacations business. Hunter will be responsible for all tour operating and vacation p
  
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• Tornadoes in Virginia and Florida, flooding in other states - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 18:29 via news.google.com
  
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• Maryland Democratic Sen. Cardin to announce retirement - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 18:24 via news.google.com
  
  Maryland Democratic Sen. Cardin to announce retirement  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Flames fire head coach Darryl Sutter

  01-05-2023 18:21
  
  The Calgary Flames have parted ways with head coach Darryl Sutter, the team announced Monday. The move comes after the team failed to make the playoffs, finishing the regular season with a 37-28-17 record. The team confirmed the news on Monday morning. "On behalf of ownership and all Calgary Flames fans, we want to thank Darryl for his cumulative years of service to the Calgary Flames and to the community at large," said CSEC president and CEO, John Bean, in a statement. This was Sutter's second
  
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• Water pressure: Indigenous leaders from U.S., Canada still ... - Lethbridge News Now

  01-05-2023 17:34 via news.google.com
  
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• 2 Calgary suspects included in Canada's most-wanted list

  01-05-2023 17:34
  
  Two Calgary men, wanted in separate killings, are still on the nation's most wanted list, authorities said Monday. Talal Amer, wanted for manslaughter in the death of 40-year-old Angela McKenzie, was added to the list in 2022. He's also wanted on six other related warrants in connection with the incident that began when police responded to two vehicles that were driving erratically on 36 Street S.E. at 11:10 p.m. on May 10, 2022. Police say the occupants of the vehicles were shooting at each oth
  
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• Alberta divided on Calgary's new arena deal, ThinkHQ survey suggests

  01-05-2023 16:01
  
  A new poll suggests Albertans have mixed feelings over a $1.2-billion hockey arena and event centre in Calgary, which was announced less than a week before the province heads into an election. Last week, Premier Danielle Smith, along with Mayor Jyoti Gondek, arena committee chair Sonya Sharp and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), announced details of the new deal that would see the iconic Saddledome scrapped and new building put up in its place. To pay for it, the city will
  
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• Danielle Smith expected to call Alberta election today

  01-05-2023 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has a fixed election date with the next provincial general election scheduled to be held on May 29.
  
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• Alberta election called Monday for May 29 vote

  01-05-2023 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The writ for the Alberta election has dropped, with voters heading to the polls on May 29 in what could be a squeaker of a result.
  
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• Alberta election called Monday

  01-05-2023 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has a fixed election date with the next provincial general election scheduled to be held on May 29.
  
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• Enbridge buys underground natural gas storage facility from Fortis for $400 million

  01-05-2023 15:02
  
  Enbridge Inc. has signed a deal to buy a large underground natural gas storage facility in B.C. for $400 million. Under the agreement with FortisBC Holdings Inc., Enbridge will acquire the company's interest in FortisBC Midstream Inc., which holds a 93.8 per cent interest in the Aitken Creek Gas Storage facility and a 100 per cent interest in the Aitken Creek North Gas Storage facility. The underground reservoir is 120 kilometres northeast of Fort St. John, B.C., in the Montney production region
  
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• Writ drops for Alberta provincial election on May 29

  01-05-2023 14:19
  
  Alberta's chief electoral officer, Glen Resler, says the writ has been issued for a May 29 provincial election. **This is a breaking news update, previous story follows** Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to call a provincial election during an announcement later this morning in Calgary. Alberta has a fixed election date with the next provincial general election scheduled to be held on May 29. Both Smith's United Conservatives and Rachel Notley's New Democrats have already been unoffici
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expected to call Alberta election today

  01-05-2023 14:19
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to call a provincial election during an announcement later this morning in Calgary. Alberta has a fixed election date with the next provincial general election scheduled to be held on May 29. Both Smith's United Conservatives and Rachel Notley's New Democrats have already been unofficially campaigning for weeks, with both leaders appearing at rallies over the weekend and the NDP releasing a campaign song. The UCP hopes to win re-election under Smith, wh
  
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• Nearly half of Canadians didn't use all their vacation days in 2022: survey

  01-05-2023 13:07
  
  Almost half of Canadians reported that they didn’t use all their vacation days in 2022, with more than half says that they feel deprived of vacation time, according to a new report. The data comes from the 2023 edition of Expedia’s annual “Vacation Deprivation Report,” a report which the travel brand has been commissioning since 2000. The 2023 report consisted of an online survey conducted by Northstar Research Partners, a global strategic research firm, between February
  
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• Major announcement on Canada’s most wanted list in Toronto this morning

  01-05-2023 12:07
  
  Toronto police are set to make a major announcement on Canada’s most wanted individuals on Monday morning. Officers say several of the suspects who made the list are wanted by Toronto police. On the last most wanted list, 12 of 25 suspects had ties to Toronto. A year ago, Toronto police launched the Bolo program, a list of 25 suspects wanted for murders, attempted murders and human trafficking incidents dating back to 1987. At the first reveal, the number one suspect was accused of sh
  
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• Strike over for 120,000 public servants as union inks tentative deal with feds

  01-05-2023 11:10
  
  The country's largest federal public-sector union reached a tentative contract agreement with the government overnight, covering more than 120,000 public servants across the country and bringing them back to work after a 12-day strike. It meant that the majority of Public Service Alliance of Canada workers who had hit the picket lines since April 19 were expected to sign in for duty on Monday morning or at their next scheduled shift. But some 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees were still on
  
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• PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for 120,000 workers

  01-05-2023 11:10
  
  The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers, specifically members of the PA, SV, TC and EB bargaining groups, who are required to return to work May 1st at 9 a.m. Eastern Time or their next scheduled shift.Capital Dispatch: Sign up for in-depth political coverage of Parliament HillPSAC says strike action
  
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• 'We are still in shock': Martindale residents concerned after deadly daylight shooting

  01-05-2023 03:55
  
  Residents in Calgary's Martindale community are shaken after a brazen daylight shooting on Saturday afternoon that left one dead and two others injured. Amandeep Singh was leaving the Sikh temple on Martindale Boulevard Northeast with his daughter around 3 p.m. Saturday when he heard something out of place. "All of a sudden, we heard the gunshots. So, there was three gunshots which happened and there was a pause of five seconds and then again there were three or four gunshots," he told CTV News.
  
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• 'Find that sense of belonging': 100K turn out for Calgary Comics and Entertainment Expo

  01-05-2023 02:53
  
  Calgary's Comics and Entertainment Expo saw more than 100,000 science fiction, supervillains, superheroes and comic book enthusiasts blast the doors off the BMO Centre for the 16th annual event. Hundreds of vendors crammed inside the exhibition hall, selling merchandise and memorabilia, along with some celebrities taking pictures and signing autographs for the supportive fans. “I just love seeing everyone's creativity and seeing the effort and their costume ship,” said expo fan Avali
  
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• 'Find that sense of belonging': 100K turn out for Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

  01-05-2023 02:53
  
  Calgary's Comic and Entertainment Expo saw more than 100,000 science fiction, supervillains, superheroes and comic book enthusiasts blast the doors off the BMO Centre for the 16th annual event. Hundreds of vendors crammed inside the exhibition hall, selling merchandise and memorabilia, along with some celebrities taking pictures and signing autographs for the supportive fans. “I just love seeing everyone's creativity and seeing the effort and their costume ship,” said expo fan Avalin
  
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• Alberta First Nation to receive funding from Toronto Blue Jays charity for baseball diamond

  01-05-2023 01:25
  
  The Louis Bull Tribe of Masckwacis is one of 15 organizations across Canada that will receive money from the Toronto Blue Jays Jays Care Foundation. The money will be used to build, refurbish or enhance community baseball diamond infrastructure for children through the foundation's Field of Dreams Program. A total of $1.5 million will be spent across the following 15 community diamonds:Maskwacis, Alberta – Louis Bull Tribe Peachland, British Columbia – District of Peachland Dakota Pl
  
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• New solo show explores the places Makambe Simamba is from

  01-05-2023 00:18
  
  Where are you from? It's the question at the heart of Makambe Speaks, a new one-person show created by Makambe K. Simamba. She's a former Calgarian who was born in Zambia, studied in Lethbridge, lived in Prince Edward Island and is now based in Toronto. Part standup comedy, part musical theatre, part cultural commentary, Makambe Speaks, co-produced by Ghost River and Handsome Alice, runs through May 6 at West Village Theatre. "I have lived in several places in Canada, and to my surprise, Alberta
  
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