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• Fact checking the Alberta Leaders' Debate

  19-05-2023 23:59
  
  Experts say Thursday's Leaders' Debate didn't produce any knockout punches -- but it does warrant a replay.  It was difficult at times to pick out the difference between fact and fiction in the fast-paced head-to-head battle, but both leaders were guilty of stretching the truth.  CTV News spent some time with the debate transcript to make things a little clearer. CLAIM: "Where do you think Justin Trudeau got the idea for 'just transition' and for an emissions cap and for a carbon tax?
  
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• Semi slams into RCMP unit during southern Alta. highway traffic stop, officer relatively unscathed

  19-05-2023 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An RCMP officer suffered only minor, shrapnel-related injuries after his cruiser was struck at highway speeds during a Friday afternoon traffic stop on Highway 2.
  
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• UCP candidate cut off from party support after comments on trans children

  19-05-2023 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The UCP said that Johnson has been cut off from party support and will no longer have access to funds, UCP staff or volunteers or databases containing voter contact information.
  
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• RCMP cruiser struck by semi tractor near Stavely - Lethbridge News Now

  19-05-2023 23:39 via news.google.com
  
  RCMP cruiser struck by semi tractor near Stavely  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'There was nothing on the market': Company turning bicycles into e-bikes has expanded to Calgary

  19-05-2023 23:35
  
  Electric bicycles are becoming more popular and while there are many brands of purpose-built e-bikes to choose from, many conventional riders don't want to get rid of their perfectly good human-powered two-wheelers. Enter Okanagan Ebikes. Owner Russ Tresoor says the company specializes in turning regular bicycles into electric bicycles. "Our target market is 50 to 85 years old and in order to get up those hills, they need enough power in the motor to help assist them," he said. "And there was no
  
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• Calgary murder victim identified, charges laid against 26 year old

  19-05-2023 23:35
  
  Calgary police have released the identity of a man who died after a brazen shooting in the community of Vista Heights on Thursday, as well as the man charged with his murder. Officers were called to the 2500 block of 23 Street N.E. just after 5:30 p.m. for reports of shots fired. They found one man at the scene suffering from gunshot wounds, who was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition. Shortly after, police responded to two separate collisions believed to be related to the shooting.
  
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• Highland dance competition returns to Lethbridge - Yahoo News Canada

  19-05-2023 23:33 via news.google.com
  Highland dance competition returns to Lethbridge  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Registration open for LPS Run for Special Olympics - Lethbridge News Now

  19-05-2023 23:29 via news.google.com
  
  Registration open for LPS Run for Special Olympics  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Norwegians celebrate independence with flag raising ... - pentictonherald.ca

  19-05-2023 23:28 via news.google.com
  
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• Senegalese percussionist Massamba Diop joins CPO to perform music from The Black Panther at Jubilee

  19-05-2023 23:21
  
  The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra is offering a different kind of long-weekend getaway: a Friday-night flight to Wakanda. The orchestra is performing the soundtrack from the film The Black Panther at the Jubilee alongside a screening of the film. The concert will be led by conductor Lawrence Loh and feature Grammy-nominated Senegalese musician Massamba Diop, one of the masters of tama, a "talking drum" that's known for its ability to replicate the sounds of human speech. Before telephone and ra
  
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• Hiker's 'serious injury' on K-Country trail a stark reminder of public safety

  19-05-2023 22:32
  
  A serious injury sustained on what is deemed a family-friendly hike in Kananaskis Country serves as a stark reminder to exercise caution no matter where users find themselves in the backcountry. On Saturday (May 13), an adult male required a rescue and EMS response while hiking Troll Falls, a 1.7-kilometre out-and-back trail in the Evan-Thomas Provincial Recreation Area. “Just after 10:30 a.m., EMS paramedics did respond to the Troll Falls area to transport an adult male to Canmore General
  
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• 'This is unacceptable': Calgary passengers stranded for several hours amid WestJet flight cancellations

  19-05-2023 22:31
  
  Labour action from WestJet pilots was avoided just hours before the 3 a.m. strike deadline Friday, but disruptions to the airline’s network are leaving some Calgary passengers stranded for several hours or days at the airport. WestJet Group and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) which represents WestJet and Swoop pilots, have reached a tentative agreement. The end of a looming strike threat is good news for those who weren’t impacted by the 39 WestJet flights cancelled
  
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• Alberta election: Rachel Notley promises $1.87B for Edmonton infrastructure projects

  19-05-2023 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta NDP is promising $1.87 billion for several infrastructure projects in the provincial capital if it wins the May 29 election.
  
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• 'It was a mistake': UCP Leader Smith acknowledges ethics violation but doesn't apologize

  19-05-2023 22:20
  
  After the Alberta leaders debate Thursday night, a reporter asked Danielle Smith if she's sorry for breaking the province's Conflicts of Interest Act. The UCP leader did not offer an apology. "It was a mistake. I'm not a perfect person. People know that. I thought I was going about it the right way, the ethics commissioner said I did it the wrong way," Smith responded. Smith had just gone face to face with NDP Leader Rachel Notley live on TV, 11 days ahead of a provincial vote. The show aired ju
  
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• Bear paw — not human hand — confirmed as grisly Lethbridge landfill discovery - Global News

  19-05-2023 21:59 via news.google.com
  
  Bear paw — not human hand — confirmed as grisly Lethbridge landfill discovery  Global News
  
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• Bear paw — not human hand — confirmed as grisly Lethbridge landfill discovery

  19-05-2023 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP and Office of the Medical Examiner have confirmed it was a bear's paw, not a human hand, discovered by an employee at the Lethbridge landfill on May 16.
  
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• Calgary Zoo teams mourn loss of giraffe Emara

  19-05-2023 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The veterinary team doesn't know what caused her death, the zoo said in a news release Friday. A necropsy will be done to determine the cause.
  
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• Giraffe dies at the Calgary Zoo a day after celebrating 12th birthday

  19-05-2023 21:44
  
  Officials with the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo have announced the passing of giraffe Emara, who was found dead in the yard of the African Savannah building on Friday. The Masai giraffe had just celebrated her 12th birthday the day before. She joined the zoo in 2016 and officials say she has been a "treasured member" of the group ever since she arrived. "Losing any of the animals we love and care for is heartbreaking, but it’s especially so when the passing is unexpected," the zoo said in
  
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• Application deadline approaching for 'senior exchange' with ... - My Lethbridge Now

  19-05-2023 21:32 via news.google.com
  
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• Smoky skies cause Stampeders to postpone Fanfest but not game

  19-05-2023 20:32
  
  The smoky skies have resulted in the Calgary Stampeders pressing pause on Fanfest. The CFL team announced Friday that fluctuating air quality caused by wildfires was the reason behind the postponement of Fanfest, which was scheduled to take place before the team's pre-season game against the Elks Monday Instead, Fanfest has been rescheduled to Saturday, June 24.We are closely monitoring the fluctuating air quality caused by wildfire smoke in and around Calgary.As a proactive measure, we have mad
  
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• Police seize $200K in Cocaine, fentanyl from 2 Calgary homes

  19-05-2023 19:54
  
  Police say nearly $200,000 worth of illegal drugs have been seized from two Calgary homes as part of a drug trafficking investigation The investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) saw a home in Sage Hill and another in Coventry Hills searched on May 5. According to ALERT, the search resulted in the seizure of:1.85 kilograms of cocaine; 132 fentanyl pills; 1.7 grams of fentanyl powder; 153 grams of a suspected buffing agent; and $2,970 in cash."Whether it is cocaine
  
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• Calgary students approached by vehicle, police investigate

  19-05-2023 19:02
  
  Calgary police are investigating an incident that happened in the city's northeast on Thursday afternoon. Staff at Stanley Jones School sent home a letter to the families of students on Thursday, warning  that two different groups of students were walking on Edmonton Trail towards the school over the lunch hour when they were approached by a vehicle. According to Calgary police, the students complained the person inside the vehicle was taking photos of them. School officials said the studen
  
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• Calgary police investigate possible luring incident near Stanley Jones School

  19-05-2023 19:02
  
  Calgary police are investigating a potential luring incident that happened in the city's northeast on Thursday afternoon. Staff at Stanley Jones School sent home a letter to the families of students on Thursday, warning about the incident. In it, officials said two different groups of students were walking on Edmonton Trail towards the school over the lunch hour, when they were approached by a vehicle. According to Calgary police, the students complained the person inside the vehicle was taking
  
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• B.C. district postpones climate events, citing intimidation, safety ... - Lethbridge News Now

  19-05-2023 19:02 via news.google.com
  
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• 'She has a lot of work to do': Smith suggests door still open for controversial UCP candidate

  19-05-2023 18:30
  
  A day after the leadership debate, UCP leader Danielle Smith address the controversy surrounding one of her candidates who equated transgendered children to "feces in food." Jennifer Johnson, the UCP candidate for Lacombe-Ponoka, admitted she made the comments in September 2022 and apologized this week, saying she was "embarrassed" by the hurt she "caused hurt in this way."Follow full election coverage on Alberta Votes 2023Nevertheless, many candidates from all political parties condemned what s
  
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• Ontario offering more money to Stellantis, Ford says - Lethbridge News Now

  19-05-2023 18:02 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary nixes Canada Day fireworks in favour of 'enhanced pyrotechnic show'

  19-05-2023 17:25
  
  In response to a number of concerns that came from its 2022 Canada Day celebration, the City of Calgary will be piloting a different event this July 1. The city says it will be holding "an enhanced pyrotechnic show" that, instead of fireworks, will involve lights and sounds "launched from the main stage at Fort Calgary." The departure from the traditional fireworks display comes after officials analyzed the cultural, community and environmental impacts from previous years. They say the way that
  
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• WestJet ramping up after reaching deal with pilots, but not before cancelling flights

  19-05-2023 17:21
  
  The WestJet Group averted a strike after reaching a last-minute deal with the airline's pilots early Friday, but not before cancelling hundreds of flights and upending the long weekend plans of thousands of passengers. Travellers stuck at airports expressed frustration with cancellations and delays, while others took to social media with stories of ruined vacations. WestJet said Friday it's ramping up operations as quickly as possible, but warned that the full resumption of operations will take
  
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• Parks Canada flags over 200 plaques at historic sites to be rewritten

  19-05-2023 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada is in the middle of a three-year program to re-examine and rewrite the plaques that the Historic Sites and Monuments Board use to point out historic places.
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: May 19, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  19-05-2023 15:56 via news.google.com
  
  What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: May 19, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man stabbed on Calgary Transit bus

  19-05-2023 14:53
  
  A man is in hospital after he was stabbed on a Calgary bus on Thursday evening. Police say the victim attacked along McKenzie Towne Link S.E. at 6:35 p.m. He was taken to hospital in serious, but non-life-threatening condition. No arrests have been made.
  
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• WestJet avoids strike. Will flights restart in time for the long weekend?

  19-05-2023 14:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  WestJet’s cancellations affected dozens of routes within Canada and to the U.S. and overseas, while flights at the WestJet Encore and the WestJet-owned Sunwing were unaffected.
  
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• Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

  19-05-2023 12:55
  
  They're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened. Cast in bronze or lettered on a sign, they're sometimes the only history lesson many of us ever get. And now Parks Canada wants hundreds of them changed. "The way that many of the national historic designations are framed and positioned does not do justice to the breadth of impacts that they had on Canadian society," said Pat Kell, the agency's
  
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• Canadian astronomers discover new Earth-like planet potentially covered in volcanoes

  19-05-2023 12:47
  
  Around 90 light years away from our solar system is an exoplanet covered in volcanoes, around the same size as the Earth and potentially able to support life. And it’s the discovery of Canadian astronomers. “We were super excited about this,” Björn Benneke, head of the astronomy division within the department of physics at the University of Montreal, told CTV National News. He said when his team discovered the planet, they all felt a thrill over having a discovery no one e
  
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• Gas prices could rise for long weekend and into summer amid fires, economic worries

  19-05-2023 12:19
  
  Experts say shifting factors including wildfires in Alberta, a slowing economy and potential pressures on supply will all have an effect on gas prices as the long weekend heralds the start of the summer. "This weekend is the kickoff for summer driving season in Canada," said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management.Business news stories from across Canada and the worldThis period is usually characterized by higher demand for gas as people go on more road trips and take
  
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• With strike avoided, WestJet may need another 48 hours to get back to 'stable state': aviation expert

  19-05-2023 11:06
  
  It could take at least a couple of days for WestJet to get back to full operations, an aviation expert says, after the airline and its pilots union managed to reach a last-minute deal and avoid possible job action Friday. WestJet Group and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents WestJet and Swoop pilots, have reached a tentative agreement ahead of a potential strike.WestJet offered free flight changes, cancellations in case of strikes -- but should you take it?"It's going to tak
  
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• WestJet ramping up after reaching deal with pilots, but warns it will take time

  19-05-2023 11:06
  
  The WestJet Group says it's ramping up operations as quickly as possible after reaching a last-minute deal with the airline's pilots to avert a strike. However, it warns that the full resumption of operations will take time and encouraged travellers to continue to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport.Download our app to get alerts to your device Get the latest newsletters right to your inboxWestJet and the Air Line Pilots Association announced a tentative agreement to a
  
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• Resumption of full WestJet operations could take 48 hours as strike averted: aviation expert

  19-05-2023 11:06
  
  It could take at least a couple of days for WestJet to get back to full operations, an aviation expert says, after the airline and its pilots union managed to reach a last-minute deal and avoid possible job action Friday. WestJet Group and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents WestJet and Swoop pilots, have reached a tentative agreement ahead of a potential strike.WestJet offered free flight changes, cancellations in case of strikes -- but should you take it?"It's going to tak
  
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• Alberta Liberal candidate for Lethbridge-East looks to give voters a ... - My Lethbridge Now

  19-05-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
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• WestJet and its pilots reach 11th-hour deal to avoid strike

  19-05-2023 07:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  WestJet said Friday morning it was re-starting operations as quickly and efficiently as possible, however the full resumption of flights will take time.
  
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• Lethbridge Pickleball Club exploring avenues to grow the game - Lethbrige Herald

  19-05-2023 06:58 via news.google.com
  
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• No clear winner in Alberta leaders debate but Smith, Notley got messages across

  19-05-2023 05:47
  
  The two party leaders vying to be Alberta's next premier faced off Thursday night in the campaign's only debate. Experts say both Rachel Notley and Danielle Smith were effective in getting their messages across, but you'd have to look hard to see a clear winner. After two and a half weeks of campaigning, the two front runners made a direct pitch to voters Thursday night. "When I say something, I mean it, and that's the difference between Danielle and me," Notley said. "If you elect a UCP governm
  
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• Alberta election: Smith, Notley face off in debate, ask voters who do they trust

  19-05-2023 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith and Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley squared off in a debate hosted by a media consortium on Thursday.
  
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• UCP polling ahead despite backlash against multiple candidates

  19-05-2023 03:47
  
  Four United Conservative Party candidates have come under fire for their behaviour or for the actions of close relatives, yet the party maintains a slight lead against the NDP in recent polls. Lacombe-Ponoka UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson compared transgender children to poop in cookies, then apologized Wednesday. The next day, some UCP candidates distanced themselves from the comments. Ric McIver, who is running in the Calgary-Hays riding, tweeted, "I completely condemn Jennifer Johnson’s
  
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• Multiple UCP candidates facing backlash for various controversies

  19-05-2023 03:47
  
  Four United Conservative Party candidates have come under fire for their behaviour or for the actions of close relatives. Lacombe-Ponoka UCP candidate Jennifer Johnson compared transgender children to poop in cookies, then apologized Wednesday. The next day, some UCP candidates distanced themselves from the comments. Ric McIver, who is running in the Calgary-Hays riding, tweeted, "I completely condemn Jennifer Johnson’s comments." Party Leader Danielle Smith pledged to remove her from cauc
  
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• Homicide unit investigates fatal rush-hour shooting in Calgary

  19-05-2023 03:38
  
  One man is dead and a second is in serious, life-threatening condition after being shot in the parking lot of a northeast Calgary truck stop on Thursday evening. Police say they received reports of shots fired in the parking lot of the Flying J truck stop on 23rd Street N.E., in the community of Vista Heights, at 5:35 p.m. Police discovered one man dead at the scene. After attending that scene, officers responded to two crashes they say are believed to be related to the shooting. "One of the col
  
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• 1 dead, 1 in life-threatening condition following rush-hour shooting in northeast Calgary

  19-05-2023 03:38
  
  One man is dead and a second is in serious, life-threatening condition after being shot in the parking lot of a northeast Calgary truck stop during rush hour Thursday night. A little after 5:30 p.m., Calgary police received reports of shots fired in the parking lot of the Flying J truck stop on 23rd Street N.E. Police discovered two adult males with multiple gunshot wounds. One was dead. Officers treated the second man until EMS arrived and transported him to hospital in serious, life-threatenin
  
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• Fink, Beyer scoop up individual awards at Centennial Cup

  19-05-2023 02:17
  
  If Aiden Fink's parents have a trophy room where they keep the Brooks Bandits forward's awards, they're going to have to add another shelf. Early Thursday, Fink was named the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Most Valuable Player for the 2022-23 season. Thursday afternoon, it was announced that Fink was named the most valuable player, top forward and top scorer of the Centennial Cup. All of that came on top of the announcement, last Friday, that Fink has been named the CJHL's top forward. On top o
  
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• Joseph Schow, UCP incumbent in Cardston-Siksika, faces four other candidates

  19-05-2023 02:13
  
  The Cardston-Siksika riding has only been contested one time since its creation in 2019. That makes UCP candidate and incumbent, Joseph Schow, the only MLA the riding has known. And he's eager to keep it that way. "Should I be re-elected, I'm going to stay the course. We're going to keep working hard to make sure this is a very competitive jurisdiction for businesses to come to and start businesses or continue to be in business," Schow said. Four other candidates are also running in the riding.
  
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• Alberta parks closed over wildfire risk, Crown land campers urged to be smart May long weekend

  19-05-2023 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  'I know this is disappointing for many, but it is necessary to reduce the risk of wildfire,' Alberta's minister of forestry and parks said of bans ahead of the May long weekend.
  
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