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• Westbound Glenmore Trail reopened following rollover

  06-11-2023 23:47
  
  A rollover closed a section of Glenmore Trail for several hours on Monday afternoon. The single-vehicle collision happened in the westbound lanes of Glenmore at 3 p.m., prompting a closure of the road between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and Centre Street South. Police say paramedics took one person to hospital in stable condition. The incident was cleared around 7:30 p.m. and the westbound lanes were reopened, according to City of Calgary Transportation on X.CLEAR: The multi-vehicle incident on WB Glen
  
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• Westbound Glenmore Trail reopened following crash

  06-11-2023 23:47
  
  A crash closed a section of Glenmore Trail for several hours on Monday afternoon. A multi-vehicle collision happened in the westbound lanes of Glenmore at 3 p.m., prompting a closure of the road between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and Centre Street South. Police say paramedics took one person to hospital in stable condition. The incident has since been cleared and the westbound lanes were reopened, according to police. ROAD OPEN Westbound Glenmore Trail S.E. is now open between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and
  
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• Westbound Glenmore Trail closed during Monday evening commute due to rollover

  06-11-2023 23:47
  
  Calgary emergency crews closed a section of Glenmore Trail on Monday afternoon following a rollover. The single-vehicle collision happened in the westbound lanes of Glenmore at 3 p.m., prompting a closure of the road between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and Centre Street South. Police say paramedics took one person to hospital in stable condition. As of 4 p.m., the closure of westbound Glenmore Trail remained in place, however, eastbound lanes of Glenmore Trail were open. Police are asking drivers to us
  
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• Westbound Glenmore Trail closed due to crash during Monday evening commute

  06-11-2023 23:47
  
  Calgary emergency crews closed a section of Glenmore Trail on Monday afternoon following a crash. The collision happened in the westbound lanes of Glenmore, prompting a closure of the road between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and Centre Street South. Eastbound lanes of Glenmore Trail remain open. Police are asking drivers to use alternate routes. ROAD CLOSURE Due to a collision, westbound Glenmore Trail S.E., is closed between Blackfoot Trail S.E., and Centre Street South. Eastbound Glenmore remains ope
  
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• 1 injured in Monday crash on Calgary's Glenmore Trail

  06-11-2023 23:47
  
  One person was sent to hospital on Monday following a rollover on Glenmore Trail.  Calgary police say they were called to westbound Glenmore at Blackfoot Trail S.E. at 3 p.m. for reports of a single-vehicle rollover. The incident prompted a closure of the road between Blackfoot Trail S.E. and Centre Street South. Police say paramedics took one person to hospital in stable condition. The incident was cleared several hours later, allowing for the westbound lanes of Glenmore Trail to be reopen
  
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• Southern Alberta Bikers make $10000 worth of donations - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 23:25
  
  Southern Alberta Bikers make $10000 worth of donations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Photostory: Pandas Basketball win against Lethbridge at Hoopfest ... - The Gateway Online

  06-11-2023 23:24
  
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• Crescent Point solidifies Montney dominance in $2.55B deal for Hammerhead Energy

  06-11-2023 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The deal positions Crescent Point as a dominant player in the Montney, one of North America's largest unconventional petroleum plays.
  
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• Picture Butte residents to choose next councillor in Tuesday's ... - My Lethbridge Now

  06-11-2023 22:57
  
  Picture Butte residents to choose next councillor in Tuesday's ...  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Calgary man charged with theft of poppy donation boxes

  06-11-2023 22:29
  
  Calgary police have laid charges against a man accused of stealing two poppy boxes. The first theft happened at a gas station in the 0to 100 block of Shawville Boulevard S.E., in the community of Shawnessy, at 7 a.m. on Oct. 30. Police say the suspect approached the till and asked the clerk if he could buy some cigarettes. Then, while the clerk was distracted, the suspect took the poppy donation box off the counter and hid it in his jacket. On Friday, police released video of the theft in an eff
  
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• Tourism Lethbridge named finalist for national award - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 22:24
  
  Tourism Lethbridge named finalist for national award  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Downed drone near Drumheller Institution leads to arrests, drug seizures

  06-11-2023 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP continue to investigate the matter and could lay additional charges.
  
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• Alberta food banks, community organizations to receive $10M from province

  06-11-2023 22:06
  
  Alberta announced $10 million in funding for food banks and community organizations across the province on Monday. As part of the promise, food banks will receive $3.7 million this month. The Family and Community Support Services Association of Alberta has already received $900,000 to administer food security grants and to shelters. Another $4.1 million will be allocated through food security grants. Applications will open this month to organizations promoting food security, including smaller or
  
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• Father of boy abducted by Randall Hopley in 2011 speaks on high-risk sex offender’s latest flight from law

  06-11-2023 21:56
  
  The father of a boy kidnapped by Randall Hopley more than a decade ago says authorities did not contact him to let him know the man walked away from his halfway house over the weekend. Not the Vancouver Police Department, Paul Hebert says, and not the B.C. corrections system. Hebert says the first he heard of it was from media. "It's a broken system that released him weeks before the kidnapping of Kienan, (and) since then they have released him again, twice," he told CTV News Calgary. Kienan, th
  
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• Crashed drone near Drumheller prison prompts police investigation

  06-11-2023 21:55
  
  RCMP say two people are facing charges following a month-long investigation involving an elaborate drug trafficking operation at the Drumheller Institution. On Sept. 27, police were called to investigate a drone that had crashed near the prison, located just outside Drumheller on Highway 9. More than a month later, police attended a rural property near Township Road 252 and Range Road 185 in Wheatland County. While at the scene, authorities located a suspicious vehicle and arrested two suspects.
  
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• 'Making life less affordable': Smith among premiers pushing for halt of carbon tax

  06-11-2023 21:40
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith joined together with leaders from across the country on Monday as they called for Ottawa's carbon pricing measures to be more fair. Almost all of Canada's premiers and territorial leaders were in Halifax for a two-day meeting that focused on health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living. On Monday, following the meeting, premiers from across Canada, except Quebec, released a statement calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to
  
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• Senators coach Smith defends captain Tkachuk for calling out ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:57
  
  Senators coach Smith defends captain Tkachuk for calling out ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes tops NHL's three stars of the ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:57
  
  Canucks defenceman Quinn Hughes tops NHL's three stars of the ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Military investigates member of supply ship unit over alleged harmful ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:56
  
  Military investigates member of supply ship unit over alleged harmful ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Plow Chica Plow Plow': Cochrane asks residents to vote for names of snowplows, street sweeper

  06-11-2023 20:50
  
  The Town of Cochrane is asking residents for their input as they prepare to name four snow plows and a street sweeper. The town challenged Grade 3 students from seven schools to submit their most creative names. Town administration then reviewed and shortlisted the names based on creativity, popularity and how well the names "capture the unique spirit" of Cochrane, officials said. Now, community members get to vote for their favourites. The winning names will adorn the side of the vehicles. Prop
  
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• Israel, Hamas conflict causes surge of discrimination, B.C. rights ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:46
  
  Israel, Hamas conflict causes surge of discrimination, B.C. rights ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• OMERS pension plan acquires five per cent indirect stake in MLSE - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:42
  
  OMERS pension plan acquires five per cent indirect stake in MLSE  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CFL great and former Lt.-Gov. Norman Kwong honoured in Heritage Minute

  06-11-2023 20:30
  
  The lifetime achievements of a former Alberta lieutenant-governor, Norman Kwong, will be the focus of a Heritage Minute. It's being produced for Historica Canada by Brent Kawchuk and Michelle Wong of Calgary's Danny Rockett Productions. It will be the eighth Heritage Minute produced by Kawchuk. "They are a piece of history but then they become history, too. The minute becomes iconic and then lives on and on, not like a commercial or something that comes or goes or something goes into a second se
  
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• What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: November 6, 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 20:18
  
  What's Happening in Lethbridge this week: November 6, 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trudeau confirms appointment of Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court of Canada

  06-11-2023 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Moreau, who was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Russell Brown.
  
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• Bartender injured after truck crashed into Calgary restaurant speaks out

  06-11-2023 18:54
  
  A bartender who was injured after a truck crashed through the front windows of a southeast Calgary restaurant more than a year ago is speaking out. Deanna Culp says she was traumatically injured in the crash and is waiting on another required surgery. "That evening, my whole life seems robbed from me. I need to seek some kind of justice for myself and son," she told CTV News in an email. Emergency crews were called to Sammy's Chophouse around 10:15 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2022, after a truck smashed in
  
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• Bartender injured after truck crashed into Calgary restaurant calls for answers, accountability

  06-11-2023 18:54
  
  An employee who was injured after a truck crashed into a southeast restaurant more than a year ago is calling for answers and accountability. "I feel like my whole life was stolen from me," said Deanna Culp, who was a bartender at Sammy's Chophouse for three weeks. Culp was working on the evening of Aug. 13, 2022, when a truck smashed through the front windows at high speed and landed inside. "I remember seeing the glass disintegrate literally into powder. Everything went into really slow motion
  
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• Vision for Calgary's West Village development plan released

  06-11-2023 18:52
  
  Plans to redesign Calgary’s West Village were made public Monday, as part of an effort to create a stronger and more active downtown. The 78-page report lays out plans for the future of the area around the former Greyhound bus terminal, GSL/Wolfe car dealership and stretching just past the Pumphouse Theatre to Crowchild Trail. The report was prepared on behalf of the Calgary Downtown Association, Stantec’s Urban Places and the Kensington Business Improvement Association. The report r
  
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• Vision for Calgary's Downtown West development plan released

  06-11-2023 18:52
  
  Plans to redesign Calgary's Downtown West were made public Monday, as part of an effort to create a stronger and more active city core. The 78-page report lays out plans for the future of the area around the former Greyhound bus terminal, GSL/Wolfe car dealership and stretching just past the Pumphouse Theatre to Crowchild Trail. The report was prepared on behalf of the Calgary Downtown Association, Stantec’s Urban Places and the Kensington Business Improvement Association. The report recom
  
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• Green bin collection in Lethbridge bi-weekly as of Nov. 6 - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 18:48
  
  Green bin collection in Lethbridge bi-weekly as of Nov. 6  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Veteran Ticats linebacker Lawrence not ready to retire just yet - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 18:40
  
  Veteran Ticats linebacker Lawrence not ready to retire just yet  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 18:33
  
  August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Métis Elder joins Lethbridge College support program - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 18:27
  
  Métis Elder joins Lethbridge College support program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NDP-backed Conservative motion to expand carbon tax carve-out to all home heating defeated in the House

  06-11-2023 18:17
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's non-binding motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to extend the carbon tax pause on home heating oil to all forms of home heating failed to pass Monday. The Bloc Quebecois and Green MPs sided with the Liberal caucus in voting to defeat the Conservative proposal, which had the atypical backing of the NDP. Ultimately, the motion was defeated 186 to 135. Trudeau cast his "nay" vote virtually.  While the motion would not have forced the federal g
  
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• Calgary's Tate McRae to appear on 'Saturday Night Live' as musical guest

  06-11-2023 17:44
  
  Calgary singer-songwriter Tate McRae has been announced as the musical guest of an upcoming episode of “Saturday Night Live.” McRae is set to perform on the Nov. 18 edition of the show, which will be hosted by actor Jason Momoa. “SNL” announced the pairing on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. McRae first gained recognition as a finalist on the televised U.S. dance competition show “So You Think You Can Dance.” She released her debut album
  
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• Wanted B.C. sex offender still missing after monitoring bracelet cut off

  06-11-2023 17:10
  
  The search continues Monday for high-risk sex offender Randall Hopley, who is wanted on a Canada'-wide warrant. The Vancouver Police Department say that the 58-year-old – who failed to return to a halfway house on Saturday – has not been located Police believe Hopley was in the Downtown Eastside before moving south to the Mount Pleasant area. “We believe somewhere along the way he cut off his monitoring bracelet and as a result we haven’t been able to locate him,” s
  
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• 1 stabbed near Calgary's Drop-In Centre

  06-11-2023 16:44
  
  Calgary police are looking for suspects after a man was stabbed outside the Drop-In Centre on Monday morning. At about 7:30 a.m., police said a man was attacked outside the shelter. The victim then ran into the building for help. EMS attended the scene and took him to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Police haven't released any details about the suspect.
  
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• 1 sent to hospital following stabbing near Calgary's Drop-In Centre

  06-11-2023 16:44
  
  Calgary police are looking for suspects after a man was stabbed outside the Drop-In Centre on Monday morning. At about 7:30 a.m., police said a man was attacked outside the shelter. The victim then ran into the building for help. EMS attended the scene and took them to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Police haven't released any details about the suspect.
  
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• Rock slide near Keremeos closes Highway 3

  06-11-2023 16:43
  
  A rock slide has closed a major southern British Columbia highway in both directions outside Keremeos, about 300 kilometres east of Vancouver. The Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District issued an evacuation order for residents at two addresses sandwiched between Highway 3 and the Similkameen River, within hours of the Sunday night slide. The regional district has also imposed a state of local emergency for the rural area roughly halfway between the Village of Keremeos and the community of Hedley
  
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• Foggy start to the week for central Alberta, but a warm week ahead

  06-11-2023 16:35
  
  Much of central Alberta woke up Monday to poor visibility due to fog – prompting Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to issue a widespread fog advisory. Fog is common in the transitional seasons with shorter days and longer nights.Between sunset and sunrise the earth releases some of the heat is stored throughout the day. This outgoing longwave radiation cools the air just above the surface. With the right ingredients – including light-to-no wind, plus some moisture in the a
  
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• Expect a little bit of everything as mild temperatures continue in Calgary

  06-11-2023 16:35
  
  Temperatures are mild to kick off November, which leaves this low-pressure system that’s moving through southern Alberta a little confused. In Calgary overnight into Tuesday morning, we will be hovering close to that freezing mark, so freezing rain is possible, combined with a couple of snowflakes and raindrops and fog patches, up until about 6 a.m. This won’t be widespread in Calgary, but isolated pockets of this mixed precipitation are possible for some communities in the city. Thr
  
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• Paris looms for Canada's athletes as Pan American Games conclude - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 16:34
  
  Paris looms for Canada's athletes as Pan American Games conclude  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pembina Pipeline needs Trans Mountain certainty before considering an offer: CEO

  06-11-2023 15:05
  
  The CEO of Pembina Pipeline Corp. says the company needs more certainty over timing, regulations and costs related to the Trans Mountain expansion project before deciding whether to make an offer for an equity stake in the pipeline. The Calgary-based pipeline company formed a partnership in 2021 with Western Indigenous Pipeline Group for the purpose of pursuing an Indigenous-led equity stake in Trans Mountain. That partnership, called Chinook Pathways, is one of just two entities - the other is
  
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• Premiers say Ottawa must ensure carbon pricing measures are fair to all Canadians

  06-11-2023 14:47
  
  Almost all of Canada's premiers presented a rare unified front today as they took turns saying Ottawa's recent changes to its carbon pricing measures were unfair to the country. Premiers from across Canada, except Quebec, released a statement after a meeting in Halifax, calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ensure that federal policies, like carbon pricing, are delivered in an equitable way. Last week, Trudeau announced his government would pause for three years the carbon price on home he
  
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• Health care, energy costs expected to be focus of premiers meeting in Halifax

  06-11-2023 14:47
  
  Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada are slated to take centre stage at today's meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item at the latest Council of the Federation meeting and he hopes talks will produce innovative ideas that can help provinces address the problems plaguing the health system. Houston says discussions may also ventur
  
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• Man arrested at demonstration over Israel-Gaza war

  06-11-2023 14:38
  
  Calgary police say a man was arrested during another protest between supporters of Israel and Palestine Sunday afternoon. The demonstration took place outside Calgary city hall at 2 p.m., with each party lining up on opposite sides of Macleod Trail. Officials say more than 1,000 people attended and it was a peaceful protest but for one individual who was arrested for "causing a disturbance." Charges are pending against them. "We appeal to all protesters to act responsibly and protest within the
  
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• Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10000, according to Health ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 14:21
  
  Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 10000, according to Health ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Premiers ‘united’ on calls for carbon price pause, urge meeting with Trudeau

  06-11-2023 13:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health care and the effect of carbon pricing measures on the cost of living are slated to take centre stage at the meeting of the country's premiers and territorial leaders.
  
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• Israeli troops surround Gaza City. Communications being restored to territory

  06-11-2023 12:28
  
  Israeli troops divided the northern and southern parts of Gaza, as communications across the besieged territory were temporarily cut Monday for a third time since the war started. The troops are expected to enter Gaza City on Monday or Tuesday, Israeli media reported. The developments came after Israeli airstrikes hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing scores of people, health officials said. Israel has so far rejected U.S. suggestions that it take a humanitarian paus
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers on strike ... - Lethbridge News Now

  06-11-2023 10:04
  
  Hundreds of thousands of Quebec public sector workers on strike ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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