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• Fatal crash in Parkdale prompts road closure

  09-06-2023 23:52
  
  One person was killed and two others were injured in a crash in the northwest Calgary community of Parkdale of Friday. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Third Avenue and 34 Street N.W. just before 3 p.m. for reports of a three-vehicle collision.  A spokesperson with Calgary EMS confirms one person was pronounced dead at the scene, while two others were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Calgary police have closed Parkdale Boulevard N.W. in bot
  
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• CP NewsAlert: David Johnston quits as special rapporteur on ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 23:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary police request public assistance in search for missing senior

  09-06-2023 23:47
  
  Calgary police are seeking public assistance to help locate a senior reported missing from the northwest community of Citadel. Pengshun Wu, 83, was last seen around 1 a.m. Friday morning in the 1000 block of Citadel Meadow Point N.W. Wu has a medical condition and his family and police are concerned for his well-being. He's described as 160 centimetres (5'3") tall, bald, with a slim build and brown eyes. He was believed to be wearing black Adidas pants with a white stripe and black running shoes
  
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• Calgary costume designer wins new drag competition series ‘Sew Fierce’

  09-06-2023 23:16
  
  A Calgarian has won a new TV show that sees participants battle it out in a drag design competition, claiming the $10,000 prize. Costume designer Benjamin Toner was 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 Barbades, was filmed exclusively in Toronto. "It was cool to be the first western Canadian to win any of the OutTV shows," said Toner. Toner has been working in fa
  
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• Lethbridge Target Hunger campaign pick up this weekend - Bridge City News

  09-06-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge Target Hunger campaign pick up this weekend  Bridge City News
  
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• Dawgs fade late, dropping 8-6 decision to Fort McMurray in 12 innings

  09-06-2023 22:15
  
  The Okotoks Dawgs suffered a tough defeat Thursday, dropping an 8-6 decision in extra innings to the Fort McMurray Giants. The Giants rallied to tie the score twice, after the Dawgs went up by a run in the 10th and 11th innings, then won it in the 12th inning on a walk-off home run by catcher Jordan Bach. Alejandro Cazorla homered for the Dawgs, and Aidan Rose and Connor Crowson both had multi-hit games, along with Nash Crowell, who had an RBI and two hits. Bobby Vath started for the Dawgs and a
  
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• How Canada's zoos protect the animals when wildfire smoke blows in - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 22:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Alberta-made technology screens people’s speech for early signs of Alzheimer’s

  09-06-2023 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta technology is using audio cues to help detect Alzheimer's disease. It listens for three features: pauses in speech, word length or complexity, and speech intelligibility.
  
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• Non-essential water use banned in Canmore and area until at least Monday

  09-06-2023 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  EPCOR is advising all residents in Canmore, Alta., to stop doing laundry, watering lawns, washing cars, sidewalks or driveways, or filling hot tubs and pools until at least Monday.
  
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• What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: June 9, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 21:18 via news.google.com
  
  What's happening in Lethbridge this weekend: June 9, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge College receives national award for incorporating ... - My Lethbridge Now

  09-06-2023 20:59 via news.google.com
  
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• Nathan Neudorf and Joseph Schow receive new provincial cabinet ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 20:38 via news.google.com
  
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• Water main break closes part of Lethbridge road | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-06-2023 20:36 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge road closure to impact traffic, transit routes

  09-06-2023 20:36
  
  The City of Lethbridge announced a road closure Friday that is expected to disrupt traffic and impact transit routes. It said in a release that 16 Avenue South will be closed in both directions between Scenic Drive and 13 Street South in order to fix a water main. The work is expected to be finished by the end of the day on June 26, weather permitting. To learn more about any changes to transit routes, call 311 during business hours. Motorists are advised to drive through the area with caution a
  
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• Quebec Major Junior Hockey League introduces new sanctions to ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 20:28 via news.google.com
  
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• New Brunswick's proposed education policy change sparks ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 20:04 via news.google.com
  
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• Henderson Outdoor Pool in Lethbridge to open June 12 | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-06-2023 19:49 via news.google.com
  Henderson Outdoor Pool in Lethbridge to open June 12 | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• WestJet will shut down Swoop, ending budget airline offering

  09-06-2023 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Budget airline Swoop will be shut down later this year and have its operations folded into WestJet, the Calgary-based company announced Friday.
  
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• Lethbridge Man Volunteers At Wildfire Evacuee Camps - Bridge City News

  09-06-2023 19:25 via news.google.com
  
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• Sask. RCMP issue Amber Alert for 2 missing children

  09-06-2023 19:23
  
  Saskatchewan RCMP have issued an Amber Alert in the hopes of locating two missing children who are believed to have been taken by their mother. Alexis Rosette, who is seven years old, and her eight-year-old brother Kingsley Rosette were last seen in the 700 block of 100th Street in North Battleford around 7:45 p.m. Thursday evening in the company of their mother Amber Rosette, 31, RCMP said in a news release. Police are currently investigating their disappearance as an abduction by their mother.
  
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• WestJet to wind down Swoop, integrate into main operation

  09-06-2023 19:08
  
  WestJet says it will wind down operations at Swoop as it integrates the budget carrier's operations into its main banner. The move comes after ratification of a new collective agreement that brings pilots of both carriers onto a level pay scale. The Air Line Pilots Association says the four-year contract includes industry-leading pay increases, job security protections, and major scheduling and quality of life improvements. The association says 87 per cent of the pilots who voted backed the agre
  
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• WestJet, Swoop pilots ratify new agreement with pay increases, other improvements

  09-06-2023 19:08
  
  WestJet and Swoop pilots have ratified a new collective agreement after a bargaining process that saw the threat of a strike snarl many Canadians' long weekend plans last month. The Air Line Pilots Association says the four-year contract includes industry-leading pay increases, job security protections, and major scheduling and quality of life improvements. The association says 87 per cent of the pilots who voted backed the agreement. The airline and its pilots reached a last-minute deal earlier
  
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• Alberta's jobless rate shrinks slightly in May

  09-06-2023 18:51
  
  Statistics Canada released its May 2023 Labour Force Survey on Friday, which showed Alberta's unemployment rate dipping to 5.7 per cent, down from 5.9 per cent in April. Statistics Canada noted that both Alberta and British Columbia experienced wildfires during the week examined for the survey – May 14 to 20 – and both saw little overall employment change. Calgary's unemployment rate was largely unchanged in May, sitting at 6.3 per cent, down just one-tenth of a percen
  
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• Wildfires may keep you inside more often this summer. Is it safe to run the AC?

  09-06-2023 18:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  As wildfires rage across the country and cast a haze over Canadian skies, many people are staying indoors seeking refuge from the smoky air. Is it OK to run their air conditioner?
  
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• Nothing suspicious found following bomb threat at Nanton school - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 18:25 via news.google.com
  
  Nothing suspicious found following bomb threat at Nanton school  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Rights body criticizes Quebec for booting religious group from ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 18:14 via news.google.com
  
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• Motorcycle crash leads to brief shut down of Deerfoot Trail

  09-06-2023 18:01
  
  Police shut down the northbound lanes of Calgary's busiest highway for a brief period on Friday morning due to a serious crash. At about 9 a.m., emergency crews were called to a motorcycle crash on Deerfoot Trail at Southland Drive S.E., police told CTV News. Drivers were detoured from the scene on Deerfoot Trail at Anderson Road S.E. for approximately 45 minutes. The motorcycle rider suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.
  
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• Lethbridge street reopens after ‘high-risk’ investigation briefly closed block - Global News

  09-06-2023 17:50 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge street reopens after ‘high-risk’ investigation briefly closed block

  09-06-2023 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 1700 block of 16 Avenue S. was reopened after being briefly closed to the public for a police investigation.
  
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• How to interpret Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 17:24 via news.google.com
  
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• New version of a ‘Battle of Alberta’ supports people with disabilities

  09-06-2023 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A good-natured battle pitting the north of the province against the south has people taking part in a ‘Walk and Roll’ fundraising event for people living with physical challenges.
  
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• No danger found at Nanton, Alta., high school after threat: police

  09-06-2023 16:41
  
  A southern Alberta school was evacuated earlier this week but RCMP say there "was no imminent threat." Mounties combed Nanton's J.T. Foster High School on Wednesday after staff reported a bomb threat had been made at 10:18 a.m. "A complete search of the school revealed nothing suspicious," police said in a statement Friday. Investigators determined the phone number was associated with an Edmonton address. Nanton RCMP along with the Edmonton Police Service are investigating. Anyone with informati
  
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• 2-year-old girl dead after going missing near Canmore, Alta., campground

  09-06-2023 15:23
  
  A two-year-old girl who went missing from Canmore's Bow River Campground on Thursday afternoon has died. The child was reported missing at 4:55 p.m., RCMP told CTV News Friday. Search-and-rescue boats, along with a helicopter from Kananaskis Emergency Services, were dispatched to take part in the effort. Approximately an hour and half later, fire crews located the girl in the Bow River. She was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead. The Chief Medical Officer will conduct an autopsy to determ
  
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• Adams Jr., Rhymes in sync in B.C. Lions' 25-15 win over Calgary Stampeders

  09-06-2023 15:18
  
  Vernon Adams Jr. and Dominique Rhymes clicked early for the B.C. Lions in a 25-15 win over the Calgary Stampeders to open the CFL season Thursday. Rhymes caught two touchdown passes and totalled 100 receiving yards in the game. He picked up where he left off in 2022 when his 1,401 yards ranked second among CFL receivers behind Winnipeg's Dalton Schoen and earned Rhymes a league all-star designation. B.C.'s quarterback was efficient early Thursday. Adams threw for 176 yards in a pair of touchdown
  
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• Body of Calgary worker, buried in trench, recovered

  09-06-2023 14:39
  
  Investigations are underway after a man, working on a sewer line in northwest Calgary, died after he was buried in a trench. The Calgary Fire Department was called to the scene in the community of Charleswood at 10:45 a.m., officials said. When they arrived, they found a worker had been buried in a trench that had been dug to access a sewer line. Officials say one of the walls collapsed and buried him. Emergency crews worked through the entire day, using an excavator and a vacuum truck to assist
  
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• Defrocked priest facing new sexual assault charges in Igloolik, Nunavut

  09-06-2023 14:24
  
  Court records show defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger is facing six charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual assault for crimes he allegedly committed in Nunavut between 1978 and 1982. The records indicate that five of the complainants are female and one is male. Their identities are protected by a publication ban. A Nunavut Court of Justice document also says that the alleged crimes took place in Igloolik, an Inuit hamlet in the territory's Qikiqtaaluk Region.  Iqaluit RCMP
  
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• ‘Guardian cap’ to prevent head injuries mandated for practices, CFL says

  09-06-2023 14:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Players were mandated to wear a product called Guardian Cap in training camp and padded practices. The cap is a soft-shell helmet cover designed to reduce the force of head impact.
  
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• Premier Smith appoints new Alberta cabinet with many familiar faces in new portfolios

  09-06-2023 14:12
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new cabinet Friday, about two weeks after her United Conservative Party took the majority of seats in Alberta. The UCP won in 49 ridings, down from 63 captured in the 2019 election. The government caucus is expected to be 48, however, because one MLA has already been told she will not be allowed to sit with the party. The Opposition NDP swept all 20 seats in Edmonton and flipped 14 seats, mostly in Calgary. Former cabinet ministers Kaycee Madu, Tyler Shan
  
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• Premier Smith appoints new Alberta cabinet with many familiar faces in different portfolios

  09-06-2023 14:12
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new cabinet Friday, about two weeks after her United Conservative Party took the majority of seats in Alberta. The UCP won in 49 ridings, down from 63 captured in the 2019 election. The government caucus is expected to be 48, however, because one MLA has already been told she will not be allowed to sit with the party. The Opposition NDP swept all 20 seats in Edmonton and flipped 14 seats, mostly in Calgary. Former cabinet ministers Kaycee Madu, Tyler Shan
  
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• Alberta premier, fresh off election victory, set to announce new cabinet team

  09-06-2023 14:12
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to name her new cabinet today, coming off her United Conservative Party’s election win last month. The UCP won 49 seats, down from the 63 captured in the 2019 election, and most of Smith's new team comes from the rural areas and smaller cities. Smith has said she is not worried about an imbalance, noting that the UCP has representatives in Calgary, in smaller cities and in the municipalities surrounding Edmonton. The Opposition NDP swept all 20 se
  
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• Residents of Lethbridge paid for the new composting plant - Lethbrige Herald

  09-06-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Residents of Lethbridge paid for the new composting plant  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Air quality improving in southern Ontario and Quebec, but smoky skies linger in Alberta

  09-06-2023 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Alberta, the worst air quality is near Fort Chipewyan, which remains on an evacuation order as a nearby fire burns out of control.
  
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• Air quality improves in Toronto, but smoky skies linger in parts of Ontario, Alberta

  09-06-2023 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Alberta, the worst air quality is near Fort Chipewyan, which remains on an evacuation order as a nearby fire burns out of control.
  
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• Which UCP election winners will be named cabinet ministers? Albertans to find out Friday

  09-06-2023 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Danielle Smith and her new UPC cabinet members are expected to address the media outside Government House in Edmonton at 12:30 p.m. Friday.
  
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• LaGrange appointed as Alberta health minister as Danielle Smith reveals cabinet

  09-06-2023 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced her new cabinet.
  
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• Swift Current 57's Vs. Lethbridge Bulls - GlobalNews Events - Global News

  09-06-2023 12:48 via news.google.com
  
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• Water main break closes part of Lethbridge road - CTV News Calgary

  09-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Henderson Pool to open for 2023 season on June 12 - Lethbridge News Now

  09-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Henderson Pool to open for 2023 season on June 12  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Henderson Outdoor Pool in Lethbridge to open June 12 - CTV News Calgary

  09-06-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge College's Indigenization project receives national award - Lethbrige Herald

  09-06-2023 06:58 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge College's Indigenization project receives national award  Lethbrige Herald
  
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