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• Alberta NDP releases Alternative Throne Speech - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 23:40
  
  Alberta NDP releases Alternative Throne Speech  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta doctors, nurses call on province for more transparency amid discrepancies in COVID-19 hospitalization data

  27-10-2023 23:38
  
  An internal Alberta Health Services document obtained by CTV News indicates that the number of patients hospitalized provincially with COVID-19 has surpassed 900, despite available public data revealing just a third of those numbers. As of Friday, the province's respiratory virus dashboard showed 320 hospitalizations for SARS-CoV-2, indicating the data was up-to-date as of Oct. 21. However, an internal document obtained by CTV News shows there were actually 898 COVID-19 patients province-wide as
  
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• Alberta doctors call on province for more transparency amid discrepancies in COVID-19 hospitalization data

  27-10-2023 23:38
  
  An internal Alberta Health Services document obtained by CTV News indicates that the number of patients hospitalized provincially with COVID-19 has surpassed 900, despite available public data revealing just a third of those numbers. As of Friday, the province's respiratory virus dashboard showed 320 hospitalizations for SARS-CoV-2, indicating the data was up-to-date as of Oct. 21. However, an internal document obtained by CTV News shows there were actually 898 COVID-19 patients province-wide as
  
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• ‘Had to be done’: Travis Dermott on using Pride Tape, forcing NHL’s hand

  27-10-2023 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travis Dermott had a lot on his mind as he carefully wrapped the shaft of his hockey stick with rainbow-coloured tape.
  
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• Imperial’s fleet of heavy haul trucks at Kearl oilsands site now fully autonomous

  27-10-2023 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Imperial Oil expects its transition to self-driving trucks at its Kearl oilsands mine will help boost bitumen production from that site in the coming years.
  
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• Innocent bystander injured in Calgary shooting: police

  27-10-2023 22:09
  
  Calgary police say an innocent bystander was injured in a Friday shooting in the community of Pineridge. Emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Pinemill Way N.E. around 1:15 p.m. for reports of shots fired. Officers provided first aid to the shooting victim until EMS arrived. Paramedics then transported the adult victim, whose age and gender haven't been released, to the hospital in stable, non-life-threatening condition. A social media post issued by Calgary police at the time asked re
  
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• 1 person hurt in northeast Calgary incident

  27-10-2023 22:09
  
  Emergency crews say at least one person was injured during an incident in the northeast Calgary community of Pineridge. Officials say the incident took place at about 1:10 p.m. in the 200 block of Pinemill Way N.E. EMS confirm an adult was sent to hospital in stable and non-life-threatening condition.  Calgary police say there is no risk to the public, but are asking residents to avoid the area until further notice.We are on scene of an incident in the Pineridge area. There is no risk to th
  
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• Premiers of Saskatchewan and Alberta ask for extension of carbon tax exemption

  27-10-2023 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scott Moe and Danielle Smith say the exemption should also be applied to natural gas, as the majority of people in their provinces use it to heat their homes.
  
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• Smith, Notley both upset Alberta natural gas users left out of Trudeau's carbon tax relief plan

  27-10-2023 21:39
  
  It's not often Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley agree on policy, but both Alberta's premier and her opposition counterpart are criticizing Justin Trudeau's latest announcement. On Thursday, the prime minister declared a three-year pause on the carbon tax applied on home heating oil, a break that will primarily benefit residents of Atlantic Canada, because that is where it is most commonly used. "I am frankly disturbed that same break will not be extended to Albertans and those from Saskatchewan
  
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• Michael Flynn named first executive director of Alberta Grains - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 21:24
  
  Michael Flynn named first executive director of Alberta Grains  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province fires Banff Centre's board of governors, appoints administrator

  27-10-2023 21:19
  
  The Alberta government has fired the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity's board of governors, appointing a temporary administrator for at least six to nine months. The newly appointed administrator, Paul Baay, "will review internal processes and policies at the Banff Centre and take on the responsibilities of the board of governors until a new chair and board can be appointed," the ministry of advanced education said in a press release. Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawhney said the gov
  
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• Vancouver escort charged with allegedly drugging robbing Calgary man

  27-10-2023 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  ALERT’s Human Trafficking unit alleges that the 31-year-old Jessica Kane committed these offences while on bail for similar charges in B.C.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers look to reset their NHL season in Heritage Classic showdown with Calgary Flames

  27-10-2023 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Oilers say that the spectacle of Sunday's game gives the team a chance to refocus -- and begin the season anew. Throw out the first seven games, and start from scratch.
  
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• Alberta Health Services offering chronic pain and disease ... - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 21:10
  
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• RCMP officers found non-negligent after child killed on Stoney Nakoda First Nation

  27-10-2023 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's police watchdog says two RCMP officers were not negligent when investigating a case where an infant was killed by her father in 2021.
  
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• Alberta lawyers agree to plea bargain for having Manitoba judge followed

  27-10-2023 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two lawyers will not be able to practise anywhere in Canada for three years after admitting to having a private investigator spy on a Manitoba judge.
  
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• Lakes in Yoho, Kootenay National Parks closed due to suspected whirling disease

  27-10-2023 20:53
  
  Parks Canada has closed several lakes in Yoho and Kootenay National Parks, in an attempt to limit the spread of a suspected case of whirling disease. All waterbodies and shorelines in the parks will be closed until March 31, 2024, effective Thursday, according to a Parks Canada news release. Parks officials reported a suspected case of whirling disease in Emerald Lake, located in Yoho National Park, on Sept. 20. Whirling disease is a parasitic disease that affects some fish, but does not present
  
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• Cochrane RCMP officers cleared of accusations in 2021 death of Mînî Thnî child

  27-10-2023 20:53
  
  RCMP officers who were called to investigate a domestic incident that ultimately resulted in the death of a six-month-old child in 2021 have been cleared of negligence, the province's police watchdog said Friday. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team was called to investigate the conduct of two Cochrane RCMP members who were involved in a check on welfare call at a home in Mînî Thnî, formerly known as Morley, in August 2021. As RCMP responded to the initial call about an i
  
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• Entire board at Banff Centre dismissed by Alberta government

  27-10-2023 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government has dismissed the entire board of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and replaced it with a temporary administrator.
  
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• Alberta Legion marks start of 2023 Poppy Campaign

  27-10-2023 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Legions across Canada marked the official launch of the 2023 Poppy Campaign on Friday. This year's fundraiser is highlighting the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping missions.
  
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• Calgary sex worker accused of drugging then robbing client

  27-10-2023 19:12
  
  A Calgary sex trade worker is facing charges after allegedly drugging and robbing a client, Alberta police said Friday. The victim, a Calgary man, said the incident happened in October 2022 after he got together with a woman he met on a sex-trade website. Nearly a year later, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) identified a suspect. Jessica Kane, 31, is charged with robbery, overcoming resistance by administering a drug and four counts of breach of a release order. According to AL
  
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• Calgary sex trade worker accused of drugging then robbing client

  27-10-2023 19:12
  
  A Calgary sex trade worker is facing charges after allegedly drugging and robbing a client, Alberta police said Friday. The victim, a Calgary man, said the incident happened in October 2022 after he got together with a woman he met on a sex-trade website. Nearly a year later, the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) identified a suspect. Jessica Kane, 31, is charged with robbery, overcoming resistance by administering a drug and four counts of breach of a release order. According to AL
  
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• Stolen jellyfish sculpture missing for more than a month: police

  27-10-2023 19:04
  
  Have you seen this jellyfish-shaped sculpture? Police are searching for information after it was stolen from an event in downtown Calgary. Calgary police said the sculpture was stolen from Beakerhead at Millennium Park, located at 1220 Ninth Ave. S.W., on Sept. 16. The artist finished installing the sculpture, which was anchored down and bolted to the ground, around 1 a.m. It was reported that the middle piece of the sculpture was gone around 10 a.m. The anchor that had been welded to the sculpt
  
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• What's Happening in Lethbridge this weekend: October 27, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 18:30
  
  What's Happening in Lethbridge this weekend: October 27, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspected whirling disease forces closure of lakes in Kootenay and Yoho National Parks

  27-10-2023 18:27
  
  All bodies of water in Kootenay and Yoho National Parks have been closed for the next five months after a suspected case of whirling disease was reported in British Columbia's southeast Rocky Mountains. Parks Canada says in a news release it's the first time the microscopic parasite that causes the fatal disease in fish has been detected in the province. The agency says it is closing Emerald Lake, Peaceful Pond, Lone Duck Pond and the Emerald River's shorelines, water bodies and tributaries unti
  
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• Imperial Oil's fleet of heavy-haul trucks at Kearl oilsands site now fully autonomous

  27-10-2023 17:37
  
  Imperial Oil Ltd. expects its recently completed transition to self-driving trucks at its Kearl oilsands mine will help boost bitumen production from that site to all-time record levels in the coming years. The Calgary-headquartered Imperial, which is majority-owned by U.S. giant Exxon Mobil, said Friday that it has completed a multi-year effort to convert its entire fleet of heavy haul mining trucks at Kearl - which is located north of Fort McMurray, Alta. - to fully autonomous operation. Imper
  
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• Imperial Oil earns $1.6 billion in third quarter of 2023

  27-10-2023 17:37
  
  Imperial Oil Ltd. says it earned $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2023, down from $2.0 billion in the prior year's quarter. The Calgary-based oil company says its profit worked out to $2.76 per share, compared with $3.24 per share in the same three-month period of 2022. Imperial reported upstream production in the third quarter of 423,000 gross oil-equivalent barrels per day on average. The company's Kearl oilsands site reported its highest-ever quarterly production at 295,000 total gross oi
  
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• Not much sun for Saturday, but we'll have wind chill

  27-10-2023 16:03
  
  We saw some sunshine on Friday – finally! But don't expect much sun for Saturday. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a decent chance of a few flurries – especially in the afternoon. Wind chill will still be a thing for our first day of the weekend, too. In the morning with the wind chill, it will feel more like -13, and in the afternoon more like -7. It will be gusty throughout the day – at times out of the north at 40 km/h. That's a wind with a bite!Sunday, expect a good amou
  
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• Halloween could be warmer, but trick-or-treaters should be prepared

  27-10-2023 16:03
  
  While it is too early to have full confidence in the forecast for Halloween, there is reason for optimism. A persistent low pressure system north of Hudson Bay, in conjunction with a ridge of high pressure in the northeast corner of the Pacific have been funneling Arctic air into the western Prairie all week. That pattern will start to break down this weekend, and by Monday warmer air from the south Pacific should have an unimpeded path to southern Alberta.The average daytime high in Calgary for
  
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• Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs

  27-10-2023 14:46
  
  It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months. Near the town of Eastend in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan, Jocelyn Wasko and her husband Travis have spent much of the summer and fall preparing. They've worked hard to grow their own forage crops, even taking a few thousand acres of durum wheat that didn't grow well enough to sell and cutting and baling it for feed instead.
  
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• Smith says Alberta's CPP exit campaign to continue despite questions over key number

  27-10-2023 14:44
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court. Smith says her government stands by its assertion that Alberta deserves $334 billion if it leaves the Canada Pension Plan — a figure that represents more than half of all CPP assets. Smith says the number stands because it’s the only number out there. “We've asked the federal governme
  
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• Piikani man found guilty of second-degree murder - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 14:29
  
  Piikani man found guilty of second-degree murder  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cattle farmers brace for the cold after drought, high feed costs

  27-10-2023 14:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure feed to get their livestock through the cold months.
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial: Defence continues fight internal police documents

  27-10-2023 13:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The lawyers for two "Freedom Convoy" organizers are expected to continue their legal fight for access to internal Ottawa Police Service documents Friday.
  
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• ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial: Defence continues fight for internal police documents

  27-10-2023 13:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The lawyers for two "Freedom Convoy" organizers are expected to continue their legal fight for access to internal Ottawa Police Service documents Friday.
  
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• Liberal bill updating sex-offender registry in response to court decision becomes law

  27-10-2023 12:50
  
  A Liberal bill that adds victims' input to the process for publication ban decisions and changes how the national sexual offender registry works has received royal assent. The new law requires judges to ask prosecutors if they have sought a victim's input when seeking a publication ban, and requires victims' preferences about receiving information about their case after an offender's sentencing to be entered into the record.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV
  
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• On Day 2 of multistate search for mass killing suspect, Maine residents shelter behind locked doors

  27-10-2023 12:34
  
  Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes Friday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist who authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass killing in state history. Much of Thursday's search focused on a large property belonging to one of Card's relatives in rural Bowdoin, where trucks and vans full of armed agents from the FBI and other agencies eventually surrounded a home on
  
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• Israeli forces conduct another ground raid in Gaza ahead of expected invasion: live updates

  27-10-2023 12:26
  
  Israeli forces conducted another ground raid in Gaza in advance of an expected invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory. U.S. warplanes, meanwhile, struck targets in eastern Syria after attacks on U.S. forces by Iran-backed fighters, adding to regional tensions fuelled by the 3-week-old Gaza war. The Palestinian death toll passed 7,000 as Israel launched waves of airstrikes in response to the bloody Hamas rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza, which tracks th
  
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• Lethbridge College open house showcases programs - Lethbrige Herald

  27-10-2023 12:11
  
  Lethbridge College open house showcases programs  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Lethbridge Speed Skating Association celebrating 50 years - Lethbrige Herald

  27-10-2023 06:43
  
  Lethbridge Speed Skating Association celebrating 50 years  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Joel Hofer earns first career shutout as Blues blank slumping Flames 3-0

  27-10-2023 06:04
  
  Oskar Sundqvist had a goal and an assist and Joel Hofer made 26 saves for his first career shutout as the St. Louis Blues blanked the slumping Calgary Flames 3-0 on Thursday night. First-period goals by Kasperi Kapanen and Nick Leddy were all the offence St. Louis (3-2-1) would need as they evened their record at 1-1-0 on their four-game road trip. Sundqvist added an empty-net goal in the final minute. Calgary (2-4-1) has lost four games in a row and has been held without a goal on home ice for
  
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• Dog stolen along with truck from Lakeview home dies after being found injured

  27-10-2023 05:56
  
  A dog stolen along with the truck he was in has died after being hit by a vehicle on Thursday night. Rosco, a four-year-old German shepherd, was in a 2013 Toyota Tundra in the southwest neighbourhood of Lakeview on Wednesday morning while his owner went inside their home for a moment. A doorbell camera captured a purple Toyota car pulling up and someone jumping into the truck and taking off with it as well as the dog.The family tells CTV News Calgary that around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Rosco was fou
  
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• With six dogs dead, a cougar warning has been issued west of Calgary

  27-10-2023 04:41
  
  Bragg Creek residents are keeping their dogs closer after several pets have been killed by a cougar. "Six over the last three months and this last week, there were three, which is why we've had to bring in Fish and Wildlife," said Lucy Curtis with Bragg Creek Wild. "(I) take extra precautions and keep (the dogs) as close as I can. I mean, really, that's all you can do is just be aware," said resident Matt Reeder. Officials believe it is all the work of one cougar, which may be injured. "Potentia
  
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• Maple Leaf Lethbridge: Important Decision Ahead - UFCW Local 401

  27-10-2023 04:15
  
  Maple Leaf Lethbridge: Important Decision Ahead  UFCW Local 401
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Albertans roll up their sleeves at start of immunization season

  27-10-2023 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since the start of the respiratory virus season at the end of August, pharmacies have given out more than 90 per cent of COVID doses and more than 80 per cent of flu doses.
  
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• Guilty ruling in 2020 murder of Piikani Nation teen Tregan Crow Eagle

  27-10-2023 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dustin Big Bull was found guilty of second-degree murder and causing indignity to human remains, in the death of a 16-year-old from the Piikani Nation.
  
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• Stampeders looking to keep momentum going against Blue Bombers

  27-10-2023 02:24
  
  Don’t tell Calgary linebacker Micah Awe that Friday night’s game between the Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium doesn’t mean anything. Although a victory for Calgary (6-11) over Winnipeg (13-4) in the season finale for both teams won’t affect the standings or the playoff picture, Awe said it’s important for the Stampeders to build on the momentum they have established by winning their previous two games to clinch third spot in the CFL’s We
  
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• Calgary wants your feedback on short-term rentals in the city

  27-10-2023 02:06
  
  As a housing crisis continues in Calgary and with a new housing strategy in place, the City of Calgary has partnered with the University of Calgary to look at short-term rentals. The city has launched an online survey to ask people how often they use services such as Airbnb and VRBO, what people think about the impact of short-term rentals on the community and whether changes should be made to the city's rules. "The purpose is so that we can find opportunities to enhance the regulations that we
  
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• Lethbridge Police to host family-friendly 'Trunk or Treat' event on ... - Lethbridge News Now

  27-10-2023 01:50
  
  Lethbridge Police to host family-friendly 'Trunk or Treat' event on ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Danielle Smith says Alberta’s CPP exit campaign to continue despite questions over key number

  27-10-2023 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith says Alberta will continue its $7.5-million pension-exit advertising and survey campaign, despite acknowledging the key dollar figure is disputed and likely headed to court.
  
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