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• Poppy campaign for Veterans Food Bank underway at Crossroads Market

  04-11-2023 23:03
  
  The poppy campaign is underway at Crossroads Market and you can make a donation for the Veterans Food Bank of Alberta there too. Visitors to the market are invited to pick up a poppy and leave a non-perishable food item. They are also accepting toiletries, new socks, gloves, toques and cash. Organizers said the market was the perfect place for the event. "We've been told that the struggle is stronger than it's ever been before," said Crossroads Market manager Nicole Schon, "and so we thought, we
  
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• Alberta premier promises to protect parents’ rights during speech to UCP convention

  04-11-2023 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith's speech came prior to delegates debating and voting on about 30 resolutions.
  
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• Average rental prices in Canada surge to records highs in October 2023: report

  04-11-2023 21:40
  
  Rental prices in Canada reached a new high with the average asking price of $2,149 per month, according to a new report compiled by a Canadian rental listings website. According to Rentals.ca and real estate research firm Urbanation, the Canadian market continued its upward trajectory with data suggesting a monthly increase of 1.5 per cent from August, and an annual surge of 11.1 per cent. Experiencing double-digit year-over-year growth, the annual rate of rent inflation surged to its highest po
  
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• Average rental prices in Canada surge to record highs in October 2023: report

  04-11-2023 21:40
  
  Rental prices in Canada reached a new high with the average asking price of $2,149 per month, according to a new report compiled by a Canadian rental listings website. According to Rentals.ca and real estate research firm Urbanation, the Canadian market continued its upward trajectory with data suggesting a monthly increase of 1.5 per cent from August, and an annual surge of 11.1 per cent. Experiencing double-digit year-over-year growth, the annual rate of rent inflation surged to its highest po
  
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• Parental rights, AHS and pension promises underline annual UCP gathering

  04-11-2023 21:27
  
  Parental rights -- and the admission of child safety -- took centre stage during the last day of the United Conservative Party's annual general meeting. Premier Danielle Smith, in an afternoon speech to her party delegates, promised to fight the feds and build Alberta, but got the loudest applause when she promised to keep parents in control of their child’s education. “I want every parent listening today to hear me loud and clear: Parents are the primary caregivers and educators of
  
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• Alberta premier promises to protect parents rights during speech to UCP convention

  04-11-2023 21:27
  
  Premier Danielle Smith, in a speech to her party delegates, promised to fight the feds and build Alberta, but got the loudest applause when she promised to keep parents in control of their child’s education. “I want every parent listening today to hear me loud and clear: parents are the primary caregivers and educators of their children,” Smith said Saturday to sustained applause from almost 3,800 delegates at the United Conservative party’s annual meeting in Calgary
  
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• Memorial for Making Treaty 7 founding member Troy Emery Twigg to be held Saturday at Fort Calgary

  04-11-2023 19:25
  
  Making Treaty 7 and Native Earth Performing Arts are hosting a memorial service Saturday afternoon for Troy Emery Twigg. "Everyone and anyone who knew, worked with, loved, and created with Troy please join us at this memorial fire as we honour and share memories," Making Treaty 7 said on a posting on its Instagram page. Twigg, a dancer, choreographer, actor and director was a founding member of Making Treaty 7. He died in early September. He grew up in southern Alberta, received a fine arts degr
  
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• Pre-trial hearings for Coutts protesters adjourned to December 11

  04-11-2023 18:59
  
  The pre-trial for four men accused of conspiring to kill RCMP officers during the Coutts border blockade has been adjourned to December 11. Their lawyers hope to have the trial moved to a different venue. Jerry Morin, Anthony Olienick, Chris Carbert and Christopher Lysak were charged after the blockade, in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions. The four accused were among 14 people charged in February after RCMP found a cache of weapons in three trailers near Coutts. All
  
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• Vast digital trove of recordings by Canadian literature greats nears completion

  04-11-2023 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The recordings are more than just readings. The writers introduce their works, answer questions and muse about what it is they're trying to achieve.
  
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• MP George Chahal hosts second annual job fair at Genesis Centre

  04-11-2023 17:56
  
  Calgary Skyview MP George Chahal's office tried to connect employers with employees, and vice-versa, at his second annual job fair on Saturday. Chahal was expecting more than 3,000 people to attend the job fair, one of whom was Fathima Lafeefa Liyakath Ali from Sri Lanka. “My dream is to be an administrative assistant,” she told CTV News Calgary. Ali has experience in teaching and marketing. Currently she works as a cashier at a clothing retailer and says she has applied for thousand
  
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• MP George Chahal hosting second annual job fair at Genesis Centre

  04-11-2023 17:56
  
  Calgary Skyview MP George Chahal's office is trying to connect employers with employees, and vice-versa, at his second annual job fair on Saturday. Over 40 organizations and employers will be at the Genesis Centre trying to fill hundreds of jobs in fields like tech, energy, finance, trades and logistics. The Canadian Armed Forces, Mphasis, Telus, Calgary Transit, YMCA, Paladin Security, are a few of the organizations who will be searching for employees. The event runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Fi
  
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• 'The most Edmonton experience I've ever had': Hundreds of transit lovers show up to ride first Valley Line train

  04-11-2023 17:07
  
  Hundreds of transit-loving Edmontonians showed up to ride the first train of the Valley Line Southeast LRT long before the crack of dawn Saturday. There was cake and coffee and enough ribbon for everyone to cut some, as giddy residents celebrated the opening of a transit line that was originally supposed to open in December of 2020. The first train rolled out of Mill Woods LRT at approximately 5:15 a.m. “This has been a long journey, with challenges and detours, but we’re confident i
  
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• 'The most Edmonton experience I've ever had': Hundreds of transit lovers show up to ride first Southeast Valley Line LRT

  04-11-2023 17:07
  
  Hundreds of transit-loving Edmontonians showed up to ride the first train of the Valley Line Southeast LRT long before the crack of dawn Saturday. There was cake and coffee and enough ribbon for everyone to cut some, as giddy residents celebrated the opening of a transit line that was originally supposed to open in December of 2020. The first train rolled out of the Mill Woods LRT and 102 Street stations at 5:15 a.m. “This has been a long journey, with challenges and detours, but we’
  
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• Danielle Smith’s message could get ‘lost in the noise’: political scientist

  04-11-2023 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  A political scientist expects Danielle Smith's message at the UCP annual general meeting Saturday will be lost in the noise of contentious policy resolutions.
  
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• 'Take your job seriously': Employment Minister tells Alberta to stick with Canada Pension Plan

  04-11-2023 14:00
  
  Federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault says he is against any attempt by the Alberta government to leave the Canada Pension Plan. "I can tell you that the federal government and I are very clearly committed to working with Albertans to keep them in the Canada Pension Plan," Boissonnault told CTV’s Power Play on Friday. "It's simply wrong to politicize pensions."The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppAlberta's governing United Conservative P
  
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• Nepal rushes aid and rescue operations after strong quake shakes its northwest, killing at least 157

  04-11-2023 13:48
  
  Survivors of a strong earthquake that shook Nepal's northwest in the middle of the night described sudden shaking followed by houses collapsing and burying entire families, as the death toll rose to 157 on Saturday. Most of those killed were crushed by debris when their houses -- usually made by stacking rocks and logs -- crumbled under the force of the tremblor midnight Friday, local media reported. While rescuers were scrambling to rush aid, operations were hampered by the fact that many of th
  
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• 'We will conquer cancer in our lifetime': Cancer patient finds hope in advanced precision medicine

  04-11-2023 13:00
  
  Jenny Young stood at the podium, before a backdrop of pinhole lights that resembled a sky full of stars. “Many, many people have told me that I am a walking miracle,” Young said into the microphone, to an audience of donors, philanthropists and cancer survivors like herself. It was the evening of Oct. 21, at the One Life Gala, a fundraiser event in support of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, in Toronto’s Royal York Hotel. “What people must understand is that this
  
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• Ukraine minister says he wants to turn his country into a weapons production hub for the West

  04-11-2023 12:45
  
  Ukraine's newly appointed head of defence industry says he is working tirelessly to ramp up local arms production and wants to turn the country into a weapons production hub for the West. Oleksandr Kamysyhin, the minister for strategic industries of Ukraine, said that Russia's invasion of his country and the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Middle East have highlighted the need for countries to spend on their defence systems.Complete coverage of the war in Ukraine"We're really focusing on making U
  
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• How Alberta became a green energy leader then squandered it

  04-11-2023 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s oil and gas province quietly became a wind and solar powerhouse, then hit the brakes. What happens now?
  
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• The Petwise Minute - My Lethbridge Now

  04-11-2023 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  The Petwise Minute  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• T-Birds earn total team victory in season opener vs Lethbridge ... - UBC Thunderbirds

  04-11-2023 05:27 via news.google.com
  
  T-Birds earn total team victory in season opener vs Lethbridge ...  UBC Thunderbirds
  
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• T-Bird earn total team victory in season opener vs Lethbridge ... - UBC Thunderbirds

  04-11-2023 05:27 via news.google.com
  
  T-Bird earn total team victory in season opener vs Lethbridge ...  UBC Thunderbirds
  
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• HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Medicine Hat - CT Insider

  04-11-2023 04:54 via news.google.com
  
  HKO-WHL-Sums-Lethbridge-Medicine Hat  CT Insider
  
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• Hayes helps Blues snap skid by burning Devils 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-11-2023 04:08 via news.google.com
  
  Hayes helps Blues snap skid by burning Devils 4-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Flyers snap three-game skid by sinking Sabres 5-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  04-11-2023 02:52 via news.google.com
  
  Flyers snap three-game skid by sinking Sabres 5-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta should expect 'complex and multi-year process' if it leaves CPP: Freeland

  04-11-2023 01:53
  
  If Alberta wants to leave the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and create its own, it should be prepared for a long and complicated process according to Canada’s finance minister, who met with her provincial counterparts on Friday. “Alberta has the right to make its choice, but it is an issue that involves and touches on every single Canadian,” said Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. “It would be a complex and multi-year process and it would be taking place at a time of real un
  
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• Alberta continues opposition to national Clean Electricity Regulations

  04-11-2023 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Canada's environment minister, the regulations' purpose is to increase economic competitiveness, transition the energy economy to renewables and fight climate change.
  
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• Alberta politicians could have final say in public health emergency if bill passes

  04-11-2023 01:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are concerns with the provincial government's latest pieces of legislation. The bill would see key public health decisions left in the hands of politicians.
  
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• New Veterans Association Food Bank centre to open in Lethbridge - Global News

  04-11-2023 01:10 via news.google.com
  New Veterans Association Food Bank centre to open in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• New Veterans Association Food Bank centre to open in Lethbridge

  04-11-2023 01:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  As soon as the Lethbridge chapter of the Veterans Association Food Bank is up and running, food donation bins will be dropped off to local grocery stores.
  
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