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• Maple Leafs sign forward Tyler Bertuzzi to one-year deal - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 23:56 via news.google.com
  
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• Flames re-sign 3, add Oesterle but lose Lewis, Lucic and Phillips

  02-07-2023 23:27
  
  The Flames re-signed a trio of players Sunday, acquired another and lost a few fan favourites. The team announced it has signed former Red Wing defenceman Jordan Oesterle to a one-year deal. Oesterle, 31, played 52 games with the Wings last year, scoring two goals and adding nine assists for 11 points.It's a summer of new adventures for Jordan and Ashley Oesterle, with the birth of their son, inking a contract with the #Flames, and moving to #yyc! — Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) July 2, 2023
  
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• Calgary Flames sign defenceman Jordan Oesterle - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 22:21 via news.google.com
  
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• Families in shock, grateful after tornado rips down homes near Calgary

  02-07-2023 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  An large tornado ripped through south central Alberta, north of Calgary Saturday afternoon, tearing up homes.
  
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• Carstairs community comes together following massive tornado

  02-07-2023 21:24
  
  The central Alberta community of Carstairs spent Sunday regrouping after a huge tornado struck part of the town Saturday. “I’ve been in emergency services for 27 years, and I’ve never had this size of tornado incident,” said Carstairs fire chief Jordan Schaeffer, in an interview with CTV News. “It’s been tough, but my crews have been doing a great job.” The tornado struck Friday afternoon around 2 p.m., damaging 14 homes, according to Mounties. Schaeffer
  
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• Carstairs, Alta., community comes together following massive tornado

  02-07-2023 21:24
  
  The central Alberta community of Carstairs spent Sunday regrouping after a huge tornado struck part of the town Saturday. “I’ve been in emergency services for 27 years, and I’ve never had this size of tornado incident,” said Carstairs fire chief Jordan Schaeffer, in an interview with CTV News. “It’s been tough, but my crews have been doing a great job.” The tornado struck Friday afternoon around 2 p.m., damaging 14 homes, according to Mounties. Schaeffer
  
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• Carstairs, Alberta community comes together following massive tornado

  02-07-2023 21:24
  
  The central Alberta community of Carstairs spent Sunday regrouping after a huge tornado struck part of the town Saturday. “I’ve been in emergency services for 27 years, and I’ve never had this size of tornado incident,” said Carstairs fire chief Jordan Schaeffer, in an interview with CTV News. “It’s been tough, but my crews have been doing a great job.” The tornado struck Friday afternoon around 2 p.m., damaging 14 homes, according to Mounties. Schaeffer
  
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• Kelowna Mounties assisting with evacuation efforts as crews battle ... - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 20:51 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary’s Chinese community marks 100th anniversary of Chinese Immigration Act

  02-07-2023 20:17
  
  As Calgarians celebrated Canada Day Saturday, members of the city’s Chinese community gathered for a different sort of ceremony. It was an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Immigration Act, an official policy that restricted nearly all Chinese immigration to Canada for decades. Now known as the “Chinese Exclusion Act”, the law passed by the Canadian government in 1923 was an escalation of the head tax implemented in 1885, after more than 17,000 Chinese l
  
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• 'Open for business:' Top N.W.T. Mountie says Indigenous ... - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 20:09 via news.google.com
  
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• Indiana Jones' box office destiny? A lukewarm US$60 million debut in North America

  02-07-2023 19:10
  
  Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn't rush to the theatre in significant numbers to see "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" and say goodbye to Harrison Ford as the iconic archaeologist. The film, reportedly budgeted north of US$250 million, came in on the lower end of projections with $60 million in ticket sales from 4,600 North American theatres, according to studio estimates Sunday. Includin
  
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• Calgary Meals on Wheels launches delicious fundraiser with YYC Scoop Fest

  02-07-2023 18:22
  
  The first-ever YYC Scoop Fest has kicked off. If you’re a fan of ice cream, gelato, sundaes, or ice cream sandwiches, then for the next week, you can enjoy them guilt-free knowing you are helping Calgary’s Meals on Wheels by scarfing down some sweet treats. Proceeds from each chilly treat at participating businesses will keep the charity program’s costs lower. “Fundraising is hugely important for us,” said Calgary Meals-on-Wheels’ Karen McKeogh. “It allo
  
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• Winning streak extends to 12 as Dawgs topple Bombers 10-0

  02-07-2023 16:29
  
  The Okotoks Dawgs celebrated Canada Day at Seaman Stadium by winning their 12th game in a row, defeating the Brooks Bombers 10-0. Trent Lenhian, Aidan Rose, Noah Geekie and Nash Crowell all drove in runs for the Dawgs, with Crowell launching a pinch hit two run homer in the sixth to break the game open. Graham Brunner allowed three hits and no runs over five innings in a dominant performance. He struck out six and the bullpen followed that up by striking out six more, allowing only one hit. The
  
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• An ailing Thai elephant returns home for tender loving care after years of neglect in Sri Lanka

  02-07-2023 15:33
  
  An ailing elephant that Thailand had presented to Sri Lanka more than two decades ago returned on Sunday to his native land to get medical treatment after animal lovers said the animal had been badly abused. The elephant, known in Sri Lanka as Muthu Raja, or Pearly King, was flown directly from the capital of the South Asian island nation to Chiang Mai province in the north of Thailand on a Russian Ilyushin IL-76 cargo plane on a flight that took about six hours. He was accompanied by a team of
  
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• Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days

  02-07-2023 14:33
  
  After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration. In addition to the city itself, the surrounding Kyiv region was targeted. Kyiv regional Gov. Ruslan Kravchenko reported that one person was wounded by falling debris from a destroyed drone. O
  
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• Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

  02-07-2023 13:51
  
  Gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday -- killing two people, wounding 28 and leaving an extensive crime scene that marred the U.S. holiday weekend, police said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition. Baltimore Police Department Acting Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters there were a total of 30 victims during a press conference at the scene. The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes area in the southern part of the cit
  
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• Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter

  02-07-2023 13:29
  
  Twitter owner Elon Musk has limited the amount of tweets that most users can view each day -- restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the social media platform. The site is now requiring people to log on to view tweets and profiles -- a change in its longtime practice to allow everyone to peruse the chatter on what Musk has frequently touted as the world's digital town square since buying it for US$44 billion last year. The restr
  
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• Montreal wants more affordable housing, developers want to make a ... - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 13:07 via news.google.com
  
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• New York scores early to edge CF Montreal 1-0 - Lethbridge News Now

  02-07-2023 05:24 via news.google.com
  
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• Calgary celebrates Canada Day by reflecting, learning history

  02-07-2023 03:40
  
  Thousands in Calgary are celebrating Canada’s 156th birthday by reflecting and learning about the country’s history. On Saturday morning, some marked a fitting milestone — becoming Canadian. “We are very happy to be Canadian today. It was a very, very long process, but finally, we are there,” said Mohamed Youssef, who waited nearly six years for this moment. Francis Morales, another new Canadian citizen, added, “It’s wonderful. It’s like being adop
  
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• Calgarians commemorate 100th anniversary of ‘Chinese Exclusion Act’

  02-07-2023 00:05
  
  Calgarians gathered for a special ceremony Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Immigration Act which restricted nearly all Chinese immigration to Canada for decades. Now known as the ‘Chinese Exclusion Act’, the law passed by the Canadian government in 1923 was an escalation of the head tax implemented in 1885, after more than 17,000 Chinese labourers helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Chinese people were originally forced to pay a $50 head tax t
  
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