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• Parking at Lake Louise spikes to $36.75 this year, a 75 per cent increase

  21-03-2024 23:48
  
  Visitors to one of Alberta's most popular tourist destinations will be paying significantly more for parking this summer, should they decide to drive. Paid parking at the Lake Louise lakeshore was introduced in 2021 as part of a two-year pilot program to incentivize the use of transit, reduce demand for parking and to help offset the cost of traffic management in the area. The fee to park for a day when the fees were introduced was $11.70. In 2022, it rose to $12.25 due to Consumer Price Index a
  
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• Parking at Lake Louise spikes to $36.75 this year, a 75% increase

  21-03-2024 23:48
  
  Visitors to one of Alberta's most popular tourist destinations will be paying significantly more for parking this summer, should they decide to drive. Paid parking at the Lake Louise lakeshore was introduced in 2021 as part of a two-year pilot program to incentivize the use of transit, reduce demand for parking and to help offset the cost of traffic management in the area. The fee to park for a day when the fees were introduced was $11.70. In 2022, it rose to $12.25 due to Consumer Price Index a
  
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• Parking at Alberta tourist destination spikes to $36.75 this year, a 75% increase

  21-03-2024 23:48
  
  Visitors to one of Alberta's most popular tourist destinations will be paying significantly more for parking this summer, should they decide to drive. Paid parking at the Lake Louise lakeshore was introduced in 2021 as part of a two-year pilot program to incentivize the use of transit, reduce demand for parking and to help offset the cost of traffic management in the area. The price to park for a day when the fees were introduced three years ago was $11.70. In 2022, it rose to $12.25 due to Cons
  
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• Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 23:37 via news.google.com
  
  Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta to increase fuel tax by 4 cents starting April 1

  21-03-2024 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Albertans will be paying more at the pumps for gasoline and diesel starting April 1.
  
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• Lethbridge police step up efforts to disrupt cryptocurrency crime through proactive policing

  21-03-2024 22:32
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is just one of multiple law enforcement agencies joining together as part of a proactive policing and disruption strategy to combat cryptocurrency crime. During a recent workshop, officers identified more than 770 victims of cryptocurrency fraud with an estimated combined loss of $59 million. The agencies discussed proactive policing and disruption strategies to combat fraudulent activities within the cryptocurrency landscape. One of the scams they focused on
  
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• Medicine Hat mayor stripped of powers, pay following August incident at council

  21-03-2024 22:26
  
  Medicine Hat's mayor is essentially mayor in title only following a meeting of the southern Alberta city's council on Thursday. Mayor Linnsie Clark and one city councillor were not present at the meeting. The vote among the council members who did attend, to drastically cut down Clark's powers and pay, was unanimous. The vote was the result of a motion being passed stating Clark breached the code of conduct by failing to treat the city manager with courtesy, dignity and respect during an exchang
  
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• Medicine Hat, Alta., mayor stripped of powers, pay following August incident at council

  21-03-2024 22:26
  
  Medicine Hat's mayor is essentially mayor in title only following a meeting of the southern Alberta city's council on Thursday. Mayor Linnsie Clark and one city councillor were not present at the meeting. The vote among the council members who did attend, to drastically cut down Clark's powers and pay, was unanimous. The vote was the result of a motion being passed stating Clark breached the code of conduct by failing to treat the city manager with courtesy, dignity and respect during an exchang
  
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• Calgary ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt wins World Cup silver in Slovenia

  21-03-2024 22:20
  
  Canada's Alexandria Loutitt clinched World Cup silver in women's ski jumping Thursday, marking her seventh podium finish of the season in the year's final competition. The 20-year-old from Calgary posted a two-jump total of 242.1 points in the normal hill competition. She finished behind gold medallist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria (244.9) and ahead of Nika Prevc of Slovenia (235.6). The second-place showing lifted Louttit into third place overall in the final World Cup season standings. Pr
  
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• 'The Boss' is back: Grizzly emerges from den in Banff

  21-03-2024 22:02
  
  Recent snowfall aside, it appears spring has sprung in Banff National Park where Bear 122, known by locals as 'The Boss,' has emerged from his den. Parks Canada confirms The Boss was spotted within the national park on Monday, March 18, the first reported grizzly bear sighting of the year. "Bears are awake and active in Banff National Park," said Parks Canada in a statement to CTV News. "Visitors and residents are reminded to be alert and show wildlife respect while recreating in Banff National
  
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• Alberta fuel tax to rise four cents per litre in April - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 21:56 via news.google.com
  
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• Wildlife photographers bringing the outdoors in to residents at seniors facility

  21-03-2024 21:29
  
  Keltie and Stan Masters are wildlife photographers who live in Olds, Alberta. The two take photos year round, but also give back to their community by visiting seniors facilities and showing their photos. On this day, they're at the Mountain View Lodge in Olds. "We like to get out and share nature with other people and share our stories and our adventures with everyone," said Stan. "Especially for the seniors in these lodges, they can't get out and see the stuff that we see so it's nice to bring
  
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• Pathways Alliance to file for regulator approval on carbon capture project

  21-03-2024 20:55
  
  The Pathways Alliance consortium of oilsands companies has confirmed it will submit an application this week to the Alberta Energy Regulator for approval of its proposed massive $16.5-billion carbon capture pipeline project. The move comes nearly three years after Canada's largest oilsands companies announced they would band together in a joint effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oilsands production. The companies are proposing to build a 400-kilometre line that would transport carbon
  
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• Canadian mixed doubles curling championship down to final eight - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 20:50 via news.google.com
  
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• Hitmen hang on to post-season hope by a thread in 4-3 overtime loss to Blades

  21-03-2024 20:38
  
  The Hitmen didn’t get the win but they got a crucial point Wednesday night in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blades in Saskatoon. With their post-season hopes on the line late in the third, Connor Dale scored to tie the score at three with 1:04 remaining to force overtime. That meant picking up at least a single point, which meant keeping the Hitmens’s post-season hopes alive. Maxim Muranov and Carter Yakemchuk added goals for Calgary, which enjoyed leads of 1-0 and 2-1.Reese Hamilton an
  
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• Rarities part of Lethbridge Gem & Mineral Show's charm - My Lethbridge Now

  21-03-2024 20:37 via news.google.com
  
  Rarities part of Lethbridge Gem & Mineral Show's charm  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Calgary grandmother swaps 'recall' for 'respect' (just a little bit)

  21-03-2024 20:34
  
  Those Recall Gondek signs are getting plenty of attention all around Calgary, both for and against. Grandmother Carolyn Pogue saw the signs, part of a campaign calling for the removal of Mayor Jyoti Gondek, and felt they were disrespectful. So, she and a friend decided to grab some spray paint and change the word "recall" to "respect" on one sign. Pogue says Gondek was democratically elected and broke no laws, and should answer for her decisions at the ballot box rather than through recall. She
  
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• Alberta government hosting more engagement sessions on health care - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 20:10 via news.google.com
  
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• 'She was always laughing': Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 20:06 via news.google.com
  
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• Pathways Alliance to apply for regulatory approval of $16.5B carbon capture project

  21-03-2024 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Pathways Alliance consortium of oilsands companies has confirmed it will apply for regulatory approval of its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture project.
  
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• Calgary weather: Southern Alberta under a snowfall warning with increasing impacts to travel

  21-03-2024 19:38
  
  (Travel along major and minor corridors in southern Alberta has been significantly impacted (pink) by the precipitation over the past 24-hours.)As expected, a snowfall warning first issued in central Alberta on Tuesday was further expanded to include all of southern Alberta by Thursday morning due to the synoptic setup. A low pressure system situated over southern British Columbia and southern Alberta has stalled out and is dumping heavy, wet snow in a long-duration snowfall event.(Snowfall war
  
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• Lethbridge police searching for missing teens - CityNews Calgary

  21-03-2024 19:19 via news.google.com
  
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• ACE program helps those living with or beyond cancer - My Lethbridge Now

  21-03-2024 19:07 via news.google.com
  
  ACE program helps those living with or beyond cancer  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Lethbridge Police seeking public help to find missing teens - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 19:03 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge Police seeking public help to find missing teens  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The Great Escape exhibit to open at Calgary's Military Museums

  21-03-2024 19:02
  
  It was the most famous prison break of the Second World War that inspired a major motion picture in 1963, but now Calgarians will be able have an up close look at the real history of the Great Escape. On Sunday, The Military Museums will open its newest exhibit, a tribute to the largest escape effort conducted by Allied prisoners at the German-held Stalag Luft III prisoner of war (POW) camp. Officials say the exhibit is "an immersive, interactive re-telling of the event that saw 76 men escape fr
  
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• City set to host Earth Day event at Legacy Park - My Lethbridge Now

  21-03-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  City set to host Earth Day event at Legacy Park  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Canyon trail near Canmore closed due to 'film production'

  21-03-2024 19:00
  
  A couple of areas west of Calgary will be inaccessible for several days due to an "active film production." On its website, Alberta Parks states that the Grotto Mountain day use area, Grotto pond and Grotto Creek canyon trail will all be closed from March 21-24.  "Access will be restricted to licensed guiding operators only," the site states. What exactly is being filmed isn't known, but a star from the Alberta-filmed HBO production The Last of Us is back in the province for the show. 
  
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• Southern Alberta teens sought after fleeing homes in stolen truck

  21-03-2024 18:49
  
  Lethbridge police are looking for the public's help to locate a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy who allegedly fled Alberta in a stolen truck. Sierra Nataucappo, 13, and Jeffrey Gardner, 14, were reported missing early Thursday morning. Police say it's believed Nataucappo left her home in Lethbridge's north-end and met up with Gardner, who was last seen at his home in Stirling, Alta., around midnight. Searches by both the Lethbridge Police Service and Raymond RCMP have been unsuccessful. "It
  
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• Missing southern Alberta teens found: Lethbridge police - CTV News Calgary

  21-03-2024 18:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2024-25 budget - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 18:43 via news.google.com
  
  Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2024-25 budget  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Fundraising event for Alberta immigrant women postponed due to blizzard

  21-03-2024 18:39
  
  Kaleidoscope, a fundraising event for the Alberta Network of Immigrant Women,  has been postponed due to the snow storm. The event, featuring guest speaker Gayathri Shukla, was scheduled to take place Thursday night at the White Diamond Conference Centre in southeast Calgary. The organization which has been around since 1986, celebrates the skills that immigrant women bring to Canada and contribute to Alberta society. They raise money to help immigrant women navigate the application process
  
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• Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 18:14 via news.google.com
  
  Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New continuing care launch delayed, more engagement planned for AHS overhaul: health minister

  21-03-2024 17:51
  
  The Alberta government is pushing back the roll out of one of four new agencies replacing Alberta Health Services (AHS). Thursday, Health Minister Adriana LaGrange said the new continuing care agency agency would be delayed after public engagement sessions and feedback from stakeholders. Continuing care was initially planned to launch in the spring alongside the new mental health and addictions organization. However, LaGrange said continuing care stakeholders wanted more time to adjust to regula
  
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• Supreme Court ends long-running legal spat over prayer at Calgary private school

  21-03-2024 17:50
  
  A long-running legal battle is over for a Calgary private school that had been trying to overturn a tribunal's finding that it discriminated against two Muslim students barred from praying on campus.  The Supreme Court of Canada says it won't hear the latest appeal from the non-denominational Webber Academy. School president Neil Webber says he's disappointed but not surprised, and there's no other way forward. He says the school will pay the original $26,000 fine imposed by the A
  
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• Flames' goalie Vladar to have hip surgery, Markstrom cleared to play

  21-03-2024 17:48
  
  Calgary Flames goaltender Dan Vladar will undergo season-ending hip surgery next week. The Flames say starting goalie Jacob Markstrom has been cleared for full practice and game participation from his lower-body injury. Meanwhile, Dustin Wolf, recently called up from the AHL's Calgary Wranglers, will remain on the Flames' roster on an emergency recall basis. The club says Vladar's surgery gives him time to rehabilitate and fully recover for the 2024-25 season, the club said. This report by The C
  
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• With federal minimum wage rising, will Alberta follow? Nope

  21-03-2024 17:43
  
  The federal minimum wage is increasing to $17.30 per hour from $16.65. However, Alberta’s $15 per hour, soon to be the third-lowest in the country behind Saskatchewan at $14 per hour, will not change. “We understand the inflationary pressures many Albertans are experiencing right now,” read a statement from jobs minister Matt Jones’ office. “We also recognize the significant impacts of potential changes to the minimum wage, including to workers, small businesses and
  
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• Federal minimum wage rising, will Alberta follow?

  21-03-2024 17:43
  
  Federal employees earning minimum wage will receive a pay rise on April 1.  The federal minimum wage is increasing to $17.30 per hour from $16.65.  It will impact about 30,000 employees in the federally-regulated private sector.  Should the provincial or territorial minimum wage rate exceed the federal rate, employers must pay the higher of the two. "Everyone's feeling the pinch of inflation, so wages must keep up with the cost of living," said Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour a
  
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• Snowy road conditions in Alberta persist Thursday after 52 collisions on QEII Wednesday

  21-03-2024 17:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  "With the snow continuing to fall, RCMP expect poor driving conditions to continue," police said in a news release.
  
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• 8-year-old 'superstar' named 2024 ambassador of patients at Alberta Children's Hospital

  21-03-2024 16:56
  
  A young Calgary-area girl has been chosen as this year's ambassador for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation because she's impressing doctors with her abilities and ambitions. "She is a superstar," said Dr. Adam Kirton, a pediatric neurologist with Alberta Children's Hospital. Claire Sonnenberg has cerebral palsy and is unable to move or talk on her own, but the eight-year-old is using cutting-edge technology called Brain Computer Interface (BCI) to explore the world and communicate
  
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• 8-year-old girl named 2024 Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation champion

  21-03-2024 16:56
  
  The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced eight-year-old Claire Sonnenberg is the organization's 2024 champion. Due to her cerebral palsy, Sonnenberg is unable to move or speak on her own, although the foundation says she is "intellectually intact and highly aware." "Her brain has been, in essence, trapped inside her body," said the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation in a news release. A lack of oxygen at birth left her with severe cerebral palsy, which affects her
  
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• Southern Alberta MLA to assist health minister - Lethbridge News Now

  21-03-2024 16:31 via news.google.com
  
  Southern Alberta MLA to assist health minister  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Apple sued in a landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit

  21-03-2024 14:42
  
  The U.S. Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the giant company of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market. It’s the largest in a recent string of Big Tech companies to face antitrust complaints from the U.S. government, which is cracking down on the massive industry whose power has gone largely unchecked over the past several decades. The long-anticipated lawsuit comes after years of allegations by c
  
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• New report outlines drastic increase in Calgary men committing domestic violence crimes

  21-03-2024 14:24
  
  A new report from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy shows a distinct increase in the number of men committing domestic-violence related crimes against women in the city over a 10-year-period. From 2010 to 2019, Calgary police reported 4,666 incidents of domestic violence and 13,858 domestic conflict encounter calls. A domestic encounter is described as an interaction that meets the threshold for police involvement, but does not result in a charge of a criminal offence. In a sam
  
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• Domestic violence report calling for more prevention measures in Calgary

  21-03-2024 14:24
  
  A new report from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy is looking to change the way many think about domestic violence. The report, being released Thursday in partnership with the Calgary Police Service, looked at a decade of domestic violence data. It found almost all men charged with domestic violence in 2019 were previously known by police. Lana Wells, one of the authors of the report, says the focus has traditionally been on helping the victims rather than looking at why men c
  
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• 2-win day puts Rachel Homan at 8-0 and in a playoff spot in women’s world curling

  21-03-2024 14:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rachel Homan skipped the host side to a 7-2 victory over Japan's Miyu Ueno in the morning and a 9-5 win over Turkey's Dilsat Yildiz at night Wednesday to remain unbeaten at 8-0.
  
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• 'She was always laughing': Friend remembers Canadian killed in Mexico robbery

  21-03-2024 14:14
  
  The friend of a Canadian killed in Mexico says she spoke to Gabriele Schart on the phone just moments before the woman was shot in a gas station robbery. Raquel Shulman says Schart was making the long journey by road back to Canada with a friend when they made a stop outside of Queretaro City, Mexico to fuel up. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App Canada This Month newsletter: Sign up to read the best our local outlets have to offerShe says that
  
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• Canadian woman identified as victim in Mexico shooting

  21-03-2024 14:14
  
  The son of a Canadian woman killed in Queretaro, Mexico, says she was on her way back to Canada to look after her elderly mother. Mexican police put out a release on Tuesday identifying the Canadian as Gabriele Schart, adding that she was killed in a shooting on March 16. Police say Schart and a friend stopped in front of a convenience store to check on their pets, when they were supposedly approached by alleged criminals who threatened them into handing over their belongings.The information you
  
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• More snow expected in Calgary before Friday; city says plan is in place

  21-03-2024 14:11
  
  Crews are working to clear snow and ice from Calgary's roads with more snow is in the forecast for Thursday. The City of Calgary, in a Thursday morning update, said snowfall is expected to continue throughout the day, with about 10 centimetres of accumulation before Friday. "Low overnight temperatures could also lead to the formation of ice in certain areas," the city said in a news release. As it anticipates more snow, the city says crews are applying anti-icing agents to bridge decks and other
  
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• More snow expected in Calgary before Friday

  21-03-2024 14:11
  
  City crews are working to clear snow and ice from Calgary's roads with more snow in the forecast for Thursday. The City of Calgary says snowfall is expected to continue throughout the day, with about 10 centimetres of accumulation before Friday. "Low overnight temperatures could also lead to the formation of ice in certain areas," the city said in a news release. As it anticipates more snow, the city says crews are applying anti-icing agents to bridge decks and other trouble spots while plowing
  
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• Lethbridge and Calgary police partner to target cryptocurrency fraud - My Lethbridge Now

  21-03-2024 13:55 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge and Calgary police partner to target cryptocurrency fraud  My Lethbridge Now
  
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