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• Southcentre Mall creates rooftop garden to help Calgary charity

  24-05-2023 23:38
  
  Southcentre Mall has launched a new rooftop garden, and the vegetables and herbs harvested from it will help feed Calgary's less fortunate. Staff at the mall worked with urban farming company MicroHabitat and Honey Meadow Farms to create the garden, which contains 100 planters. "From a mall perspective, we keep things in consideration like weight and water and all these things," said Alexander Velosa, Southcentre Mall marketing manager. "So we work with engineers, we worked with our partner Micr
  
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• Alberta election: UCP government promise to prevent government from future tax hikes

  24-05-2023 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith used the announcement to attack NDP Leader Rachel Notley's proposal to raise corporate taxes by three per cent as part of a three-year fiscal plan.
  
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• Stampeders sign veteran Canadian linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed

  24-05-2023 22:23
  
  National linebacker Jordan Herdman-Reed has signed with the Calgary Stampeders. The 29-year-old has played in 69 regular-season CFL games over five seasons with the B.C. Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders. In another roster move, Calgary placed national defensive back Demetri Royer on the six-game injury list. Herdman-Reed was a sixth-round selection by B.C. in the 2017 draft and he spent three seasons with the Lions before signing with Saskatchewan in 2021. He has 96 defensive tackles, includin
  
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• Danielle Smith says UCP government would prevent government from future tax hikes

  24-05-2023 21:52
  
  United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says her party would bring in legislation to prevent government from increasing personal or business taxes without approval from Albertans. Smith, at an event in Calgary ahead of Monday's provincial election, says the first bill would be the Tax Protection Amendment act.Follow full election coverage on Alberta Votes 2023Smith used the announcement to attack NDP Leader Rachel Notley's proposal to raise corporate taxes by three per cent as part of a three-
  
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• Household debt in Canada reaches highest level amongst all G7 countries

  24-05-2023 21:45
  
  New data released on Tuesday suggests high home prices are to blame for ballooning household debt in Canada, which now ranks as the highest of any other G7 country. It means Canadian households owe more in value than the value of the country's entire economy.  The report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) warns that Canadians would not be able to weather a recession because of the high amount debt they owe. CMHC deputy chief economist Aled ab lorwerth says the country's deb
  
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• Smith says candidate who made feces comment won't sit in caucus, decision final

  24-05-2023 21:07
  
  Five days after saying a United Conservative candidate who compared transgender students to feces in food could be given a second chance, leader Danielle Smith has repeated the woman wouldn't sit in caucus if her party forms government. Questions are being raised again about Jennifer Johnson's status as a UCP candidate after a social media post Tuesday night by someone from her constituency association suggested she's still a member in good standing and could enter caucus in the near future. The
  
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• Tina Turner, superstar whose hits included 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' dead at 83

  24-05-2023 20:45
  
  Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and '70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83. Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She became a Swiss citizen a decade ago. Few stars traveled so far -- she was born Anna
  
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• Drivers seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash near Raymond

  24-05-2023 20:23
  
  Raymond RCMP say two drivers were seriously injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon. Police responded to the crash in the intersection of Highway 52 and Range Road 212 at 3:30 p.m. on May 23. Two of the drivers involved were taken to hospital, police say. "Raymond RCMP are looking for any witnesses that may have observed the collision who can provide details surrounding the event," RCMP said in a statement. Anyone with information is asked to contact Raymond RCMP by calling 403-752
  
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• Alberta election: Record numbers for advance polls

  24-05-2023 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Elections Alberta said that more than 161,000 ballots were cast at advance polls on Tuesday – 16 per cent more than the opening-day record set in 2019 for advance polls.
  
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• | University of Lethbridge to honour Dr. Esther TailfeathersFort ... - Macleod Gazette Online

  24-05-2023 19:03 via news.google.com
  
  | University of Lethbridge to honour Dr. Esther TailfeathersFort ...  Macleod Gazette Online
  
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• One charge stayed for Coutts convoy protester - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2023 18:51 via news.google.com
  
  One charge stayed for Coutts convoy protester  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Stranded WestJet passengers threaten legal action against airline

  24-05-2023 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dissatisfied WestJet and Swoop passengers are calling on the airlines to compensate them after many travelers were left stranded in Canada and in foreign countries.
  
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• Lethbridge College graduates to be celebrated at Spring Convocation - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2023 18:37 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge College graduates to be celebrated at Spring Convocation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Emergency room doctors pen letter outlining health-care crisis in Alberta

  24-05-2023 18:22
  
  Up to 15 hours waiting to see a doctor. Forty or more people in the ER waiting room. Elderly patients waiting on stretchers in hallways. Sections closed because there aren’t enough staff. These are some of the issues being called out by a group of 190 physicians who released an open letter Wednesday, calling on the province for immediate help. The letter goes on to say the problem has three underlying causes: a lack of access to family doctors; a lack of hospital beds; and health-care labo
  
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• Lethbridge high school football player makes top prospects game ... - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2023 18:20 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge high school football player makes top prospects game ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Power from poop: Wastewater upgrades in Calgary to harness biogas

  24-05-2023 18:05
  
  The City of Calgary says it's investing more than $1 billion to upgrade its largest water treatment plant to make the facility self-sufficient in terms of electricity. The Bonnybrook Wastewater Treatment Plant is currently undergoing work to upgrade the facility to improve its capacity as well as installing a system that will help save on utility costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The new system will add a 4.6-megawatt gas turbine and 0.6-megawatt steam turbine, both of which will use biogas, a
  
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• 'Big Truck Petting Zoo' returns this weekend - My Lethbridge Now

  24-05-2023 17:57 via news.google.com
  
  'Big Truck Petting Zoo' returns this weekend  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• River otter exhibit to benefit from $2M investment

  24-05-2023 17:04
  
  A generous investment will see a popular exhibit at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo undergo a massive renovation. Officials say the Brawn Family Foundation has provided $2 million toward the redevelopment of the North American river otter habitat. "It's with the support of partners like the Brawn Family Foundation that we are able to deepen our focus on iconic Canadian wildlife conservation at each stage of this redevelopment project," said Jamie Dorgan, interim chief operating officer at the W
  
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• Zoo welcomes brand new baby zebra

  24-05-2023 16:45
  
  Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo visitors might be lucky to spot a new addition to the facility's African Savannah family. Officials say a new baby zebra was born on May 21. "We're thrilled to announce that in the early morning hours on May 21st, our Hartmann's Mountain zebra, Leba, gave birth to a healthy female foal! Mom and baby are bonding well and settling in together," the zoo said in a statement. The new baby, sired by male Hartmann's Mountain zebra Eros, is "an important contribution" to the
  
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• Youth left 'significantly injured' in ditch for nearly 12 hours, RCMP say

  24-05-2023 14:54
  
  Police say they are looking for another driver involved in a crash that left a youth injured and lying in a ditch for nearly 12 hours earlier this month. Innisfail RCMP, along with emergency crews, responded to Range Road 274 and Township Road 362 at 7:50 a.m. on May 2 for reports of a crash. When they arrived, they found a 15-year-old man, a resident of Red Deer County, with significant injuries, and a dirt bike in a ditch. He was taken to hospital, where he is receiving treatment and is expect
  
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• 'One of the deciding issues': Health care top of mind in Alberta election campaign

  24-05-2023 14:04
  
  It's one of the key issues at the ballot box in the Alberta election, but the two main rivals vying to run the province's sprawling health system can't agree on the diagnosis, let alone the cure. The provincial election is on Monday.Follow full election coverage on Alberta Votes 2023United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith says that on her watch as premier, surgical wait times have been cut and new rules have reduced ambulance bottlenecks at the doors of emergency wards. NDP Leader Rachel Notle
  
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• Alberta election: Health care will be ‘one of the deciding issues’ for many voters

  24-05-2023 13:18 via globalnews.ca
  
   It's one of the key issues in the Alberta election, but the two main rivals vying to run the province's sprawling health system can't agree on the diagnosis, let alone the cure.
  
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• Lethbridge School Division names Nightingale new superintendent - Lethbrige Herald

  24-05-2023 12:11 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge School Division names Nightingale new superintendent  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Sinkhole causes traffic disruption, attracts crowd in Calgary community of Cranston

  24-05-2023 05:49
  
  A massive sinkhole tore through a residential road in Cranston on Tuesday. City crews taped off part of the area at Cranston Boulevard and Cranston Drive shortly before 6 p.m. Construction cones and fencing also marked off sections of road closed to traffic, to avoid the gaping hole. The sinkhole drew in crowds of onlookers. CTV News Calgary has asked the City Of Calgary for details about what caused it, as well as plans for repair.
  
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• City of Lethbridge warning of power outage Wednesday morning - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2023 05:32 via news.google.com
  
  City of Lethbridge warning of power outage Wednesday morning  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta election fact check: How the UCP, NDP tax plans could affect Albertans

  24-05-2023 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are three main tax-related promises coming from the two major parties in the Alberta election.
  
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• Alberta Election: How parties beyond the NDP and UCP could affect the outcome

  24-05-2023 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Political scientist Lori Williams said choices besides the NDP and UCP — such as the Alberta Party and Green Party — may make a difference in ridings where the vote will be close.
  
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• Northern Alberta community mourns the loss of church destroyed by arson

  24-05-2023 03:00
  
  Two men have been charged with arson after a historic church in northern Alberta was destroyed by a fire Monday. Mounties were called to help local firefighters at St. Bernard Catholic church in Grouard around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Two men were arrested Tuesday and charged with break and enter to commit theft and arson. They will appear in court in High Prairie on May 29. The church was built in 1901 and the damage done by the fire has been deeply felt by many in the community and the diocese. "They
  
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• 'Remarkably similar': NDP, UCP policies on economy not as different as you'd think

  24-05-2023 02:33
  
  Alberta's two main political parties are working hard to sway undecided voters, and the election issue that many of those votes may depend on is the provincial economy. Both parties claim they're better than the other at managing your money, but experts say there's little difference between them.   "Both parties have differences in policies that, at the margin, deviate from each other, but do not represent large fundamental changes to the way that Alberta is going to operate," said Tre
  
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• Calgary grocery shopper speaks out after retailer doesn’t deliver on promises

  24-05-2023 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary mom is warning others after the grocery order she placed to be delivered never showed up and the company gave her a "runaround".
  
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• Southern Alberta woman praises equine therapy: ‘There needs to be more places like this’

  24-05-2023 01:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Natasha found the Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association, an equine therapy non-profit that offers individuals with special needs hands-on instruction in riding and horse care.
  
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• Former Lougheed-era attorney general Jim Foster suggests criminal probe into Smith ethics breach

  24-05-2023 00:45
  
  A former Alberta attorney general under Progressive Conservative premier Peter Lougheed is condemning Danielle Smith over her violation of Alberta's Conflict of Interest Act. Jim Foster served in the Alberta Legislature from 1971 to 1979, during which time he was minister of advanced education (1971 to 1975), minister of justice and attorney general (1975 to 1979). In 1991, Foster was appointed to the Alberta Court of King’s Bench based in Red Deer, serving until 2012. He argues that, in a
  
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• Alberta election: 3 ridings outside Edmonton ‘just as crucial’ for NDP 

  24-05-2023 00:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Strathcona-Sherwood Park, Sherwood Park and Morinville-St. Albert are 'just as important, in some cases, as the ones in Calgary, and frankly must-wins for the NDP.'
  
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• Man charged after evading wildfire roadblock, getting stuck, needing rescue in Fox Creek

  24-05-2023 00:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Due to the active fire in the area, it was deemed unsafe for first responders to enter. A forestry helicopter attended the location and was able to airlift the male out.'
  
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• Lethbridge voters take advantage of advance polls for Alberta 2023 election

  24-05-2023 00:18
  
  Voters in Alberta have the opportunity to beat the crowds by casting their ballots ahead of election day on May 29. Advance polls run Tuesday until Saturday, between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. "Quick and easy, in and out in just a few minutes," said Marvin DeBoer, who voted Tuesday. There are 10 advance voting locations in Lethbridge. "Usually, I go on the day of the election for the excitement but this year, it seems important to get it done quicker. The election seems more essential," said Don Flaig, w
  
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• Canada has highest household debt level in G7: CMHC deputy chief economist

  24-05-2023 00:01
  
  Canada has the highest level of household debt in the G7, making its economy vulnerable to a global economic crisis, according to the country's housing agency. In an analysis published Tuesday, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. deputy chief economist Aled ab Iorwerth said that the country's household debt has been rising "inexorably" due to rising home prices. Mortgages currently make up about three-quarters of household debt in Canada. While household debt made up 80 per cent of the size of the
  
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