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• Man charged in Taber after allegedly threatening police officer with knife - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 23:59 via news.google.com
  
  Man charged in Taber after allegedly threatening police officer with knife  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta announces new physician training program in Lethbridge - Calgary Herald

  03-04-2024 23:56 via news.google.com
  
  Alberta announces new physician training program in Lethbridge  Calgary Herald
  
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• How much have drug-poisoning deaths in Alberta really gone down?

  03-04-2024 23:51
  
  The Alberta government encouraged optimism surrounding the current state of addiction in the province ahead of making changes to the way mental health and addiction services will be offered earlier this week. CTV News Edmonton has done an analysis of the publicly available drug-poisoning death data to see if the numbers support the province's recent claims. In Calgary on Tuesday, Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams unveiled two new agencies that will b
  
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• Man seriously injured in crash on Stoney Trail off-ramp

  03-04-2024 23:44
  
  A man was seriously injured in a crash on a Stoney Trail off-ramp on Wednesday afternoon. In an emailed statement, police said officers were called to the area of Stoney Trail and Country Hills Boulevard N.W. around 12:45 p.m. for reports of a crash. The single-vehicle crash took place on the ramp from southbound Stoney Trail onto Country Hills Boulevard.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppThe driver of the vehicle, a man, was taken to hospital with s
  
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• SAIT students may have found a way to combat Calgary's cracked sidewalks

  03-04-2024 23:37
  
  SAIT students in the Civilian Engineering Technology program believe they have created the right mix of concrete and graphene to combat the city's growing sidewalk problem, due to freeze-thaw cycles.  "Yesterday was, what? 20 C. It's going to probably snow tonight or tomorrow. That really affects our sidewalks, with the soil base underneath, to cause all these cracks and fractures," said student Derrick Leung, who started the project with three of his classmates.  "So with graphene, it
  
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• City conservation conversation focuses on bathrooms - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 23:20 via news.google.com
  
  City conservation conversation focuses on bathrooms  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Calgary man charged with terrorism wants case dropped because of long delay

  03-04-2024 23:19
  
  The lawyer for a Calgary man facing terrorism charges wants the case dropped because of a long delay getting to trial. Jamal Borhot, 34, is charged with three counts of participation in terrorist group activity. He's accused of going to Syria in 2013 and 2014 to commit terrorist acts with the Islamic State.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppHe was charged in 2020 and his trial is set to begin later this month. Court documents have been filed arguing
  
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• New med school programs being created in Lethbridge & Grande Prairie - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 23:17 via news.google.com
  
  New med school programs being created in Lethbridge & Grande Prairie  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province commits $43 million to teaching clinic in Lethbridge - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 22:52 via news.google.com
  
  Province commits $43 million to teaching clinic in Lethbridge  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Mischief trial begins for 3 men charged in Alberta COVID-19 border blockade

  03-04-2024 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The protest over COVID-19 pandemic health restrictions ground traffic through Alberta’s main border crossing with Montana to a halt for more than two weeks in 2022. 
  
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• U of L student wins first-place playwright prize - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 22:33 via news.google.com
  
  U of L student wins first-place playwright prize  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• 'Finding parts all over the world': Inside an Alberta museum's Halifax bomber project

  03-04-2024 22:02
  
  Karl Kjarsgaard is the curator of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alta., and says he has spent more than a decade searching for parts of the Halifax bomber. His most recent find was one he found while vacationing in Montana and Idaho. Kjarsgaard says he learned of a person who had some turret parts that could be from the Second World War aircraft. "I walk into his storage container and here's all the pumps, motors and seats for a Halifax tail turret sitting in his container at the
  
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• Lethbridge Police releases use of force numbers for 2023 - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 21:21 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge Police releases use of force numbers for 2023  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two men charged with first-degree murder in death of Calgary woman

  03-04-2024 21:12
  
  Calgary police have arrested two men in connection with the disappearance and death of a 29-year-old woman in February. Officials say Chelsea Davidenas was last seen on Feb. 17 and was reported missing by her family on Feb. 27.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppFollowing an investigation, police believe that Davidenas was lured to a home in the northeast community of Rundle where she was later killed. Steven Aaron Zwick, 26, of Airdrie, and Paul Jose
  
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• LETHBRIDGE, Edna Ruth - Obituary - Midland - Midland News - MidlandToday

  03-04-2024 20:53 via news.google.com
  
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• MP Thomas opens nominations for Community Builder Awards - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 20:35 via news.google.com
  
  MP Thomas opens nominations for Community Builder Awards  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Deerfoot Inn and Casino fight leaves man injured, suspect sought

  03-04-2024 19:46
  
  Calgary police are looking to the public for help identify a man who allegedly attacked someone outside the Deerfoot Inn and Casino last year.  The altercation happened at about 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Police say the victim was approached by a stranger who allegedly "pushed and repeatedly punched" him before "striking his face with a glass." Security staff intervened and the suspect left before police arrived. Police say they exhausted all investigative avenues to identify the suspe
  
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• City Clerk to host informational session on municipal government - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 19:37 via news.google.com
  
  City Clerk to host informational session on municipal government  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Banff bus fire strands U.K. students on ski trip; no injuries - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 19:35 via news.google.com
  
  Banff bus fire strands U.K. students on ski trip; no injuries  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Mountain Bluebird Trails Conservation Society celebrates 50 years - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 19:25 via news.google.com
  
  Mountain Bluebird Trails Conservation Society celebrates 50 years  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Snowfall warnings issued south and west of Calgary ahead of multi-day snow event

  03-04-2024 19:23
  
  It’s a classic southern Alberta springtime weather story – record heat one day and winter weather the next. Four communities in Alberta set new maximum temperature records Tuesday, including Red Earth (northern Alberta), Slave Lake (north of Edmonton), Hendrickson Creek (north of Jasper), and Three Hills (northeast of Calgary). The community of Masinasin in southern Alberta was the provincial hot spot Tuesday with a maximum temperature of 21.5 C. On Wednesday, snowfall warnings were
  
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• Cash prize offered for best student-made safe travel video

  03-04-2024 19:08
  
  Calgary students, from Grade 6 to 12, can flex their filming skills for a chance to win the Travel Safe Student Video Contest. The initiative is part of the City of Calgary, Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Public Library’s ongoing efforts to further public traffic safety education and engagement. "Not only are we trying help increase youth's understanding of traffic safety rules, but we also hope to encourage conversations among students about how to stay safe when traveling on city
  
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• Advocacy groups decry federal government's shutdown of mental health website, app - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 19:02 via news.google.com
  
  Advocacy groups decry federal government's shutdown of mental health website, app  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto Raptors sign centre Malik Williams to 10-day contract - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Toronto Raptors sign centre Malik Williams to 10-day contract  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Chad Brownlee concert at Wildhorse Saloon during 2024 Stampede

  03-04-2024 18:58
  
  Canadian country musician Chad Brownlee will be performing in Calgary during the 2024 Stampede.  Wildhorse Saloon has announced that Brownlee will play a concert at the pop-up venue on Saturday, July 13. A 2003 draft pick for the Vancouver Canucks, Brownlee turned to music after playing for the NCAA's Minnesota State Mavericks and ECHL's Idaho Steelheads. He is best known for songs like Hate You For it, Somethin' We Shouldn't Do and When the Lights Go Down. Other bands set to perf
  
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• City clerk to host municipal government information session - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 18:51 via news.google.com
  
  City clerk to host municipal government information session  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Federal budget to include more money for apartment construction loans - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 18:40 via news.google.com
  
  Federal budget to include more money for apartment construction loans  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Diplo performing in Calgary during 2024 Stampede

  03-04-2024 18:33
  
  American DJ Diplo will be performing in Calgary this summer under his country music moniker Thomas Wesley. Diplo, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, will play at the 2024 Badland Music Festival on Monday, July 8. Diplo released the country album Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil in 2020, featuring the single Heartless featuring Morgan Wallen and Lonely featuring the Jonas Brothers.  The 2024 Calgary Stampede runs from July 5-14. The Badlands popup Stampede tent is
  
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• Spring Community Conversation event set for end of April - My Lethbridge Now

  03-04-2024 18:31 via news.google.com
  
  Spring Community Conversation event set for end of April  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta government has ‘deep concerns’ about federal housing announcement

  03-04-2024 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it has "deep concerns" and not enough information about a $6-billion federal housing announcement made Tuesday.
  
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• CBSA workers to vote on potential strike - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 18:11 via news.google.com
  
  CBSA workers to vote on potential strike  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tour bus fire strands 60 passengers on Alberta's Icefields Parkway

  03-04-2024 17:50
  
  Dozens of passengers were stranded on the side of Alberta's Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park on Tuesday after a fire on their tour bus. Mounties from the Lake Louise detachment were called to the highway at around 5 p.m. They arrived to find roughly 60 passengers — 48 of which were youth on an international school trip from Tonbridge, U.K. — on the side of the road. Emergency crews and Parks Canada took the stranded passengers to The Lodge at Bow Lake, which put them up until
  
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• Tour bus fire strands 60 passengers on Alberta's Icefield Parkway

  03-04-2024 17:50
  
  Dozens off passengers were stranded on the side of Alberta's Icefield Parkway in Banff National Park on Tuesday after a fire on their tour bus. Mounties from the Lake Louise detachment were called to the highway at around 5 p.m. They arrived to find roughly 60 passengers — 48 of which were youth on an international school trip from Tonbridge, U.K. — on the side of the road. Emergency crews and Parks Canada took the stranded passengers to The Lodge at Bow Lake, which put them up until
  
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• Tour bus fire strands 60 passengers on Alberta's Ice Field Parkway

  03-04-2024 17:50
  
  Dozens off passengers were stranded on the side of Alberta's Ice Field Parkway in Banff National Park on Tuesday after a fire on their tour bus. Mounties from the Lake Louise detachment were called to the highway at around 5 p.m. They arrived to find roughly 60 passengers — 48 of which were youth on an international school trip from Tonbridge, U.K. — on the side of the road. Emergency crews and Parks Canada took the stranded passengers to The Lodge at Bow Lake, which put them up unti
  
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• Mail box break-ins a major concern in southeastern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 17:46 via news.google.com
  
  Mail box break-ins a major concern in southeastern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bus fire on Alberta mountain highway strands kids on ski trip from U.K.

  03-04-2024 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  At about 5 p.m., Lake Louise RCMP responded to a call on the Icefields Parkway about a tour bus fire. 
  
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• Canadian referee Drew Fischer appointed to work Paris Olympic football tournament - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 17:25 via news.google.com
  
  Canadian referee Drew Fischer appointed to work Paris Olympic football tournament  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Former Saskatchewan Roughriders player, executive Jim Hopson dies at age 73 - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 17:10 via news.google.com
  
  Former Saskatchewan Roughriders player, executive Jim Hopson dies at age 73  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 16:55 via news.google.com
  
  Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No risk from funky smell at the Calgary International Airport, officials say

  03-04-2024 16:48
  
  Officials at the Calgary International Airport say they are aware of a bad smell in the area, but say there is no risk to public safety. The Calgary Airport Authority says the stink is mainly coming from glycol, which is used to de-ice planes during the winter. Rotting sediment and organic matter in storm water ponds at the airport can also emit a sulphurous smell, officials said.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppIn a statement, YYC said the odours
  
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• PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Hurricanes Look to Stay Alive in Game 4 - Lethbridge Hurricanes - Canadian Hockey League

  03-04-2024 16:43 via news.google.com
  
  PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Hurricanes Look to Stay Alive in Game 4 - Lethbridge Hurricanes  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• Autism acceptance aim of World Autism Awareness Day

  03-04-2024 16:28
  
  Acceptance and inclusion is what the Society for Autism Support and Services (SASS) is advocating for this World Autism Awareness Day. "Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects social interaction, communication, behavior, and sensory processing," according to SASS. "It is characterized by a wide range of symptoms and severity levels, which is why it is referred to as a 'spectrum' disorder."The information you need to know, sent directly to y
  
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• Tech industry says barriers keep Canadian companies from selling to government - Lethbridge News Now

  03-04-2024 16:05 via news.google.com
  
  Tech industry says barriers keep Canadian companies from selling to government  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Opening trial arguments to begin for trio charged in Coutts border blockade

  03-04-2024 15:23
  
  Opening arguments are scheduled today in the trial for three men charged for their role in the blockade of the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta. The blockade over COVID-19 pandemic health restrictions paralyzed Alberta's main border crossing with Montana for more than two weeks in 2022.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppMarco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk and Gerhard Janzen are charged with mischief over $5,000. Jurors were picked Tuesday after they
  
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• Mischief trial begins for three men charged in Alberta COVID-19 border blockade

  03-04-2024 15:23
  
  A Crown prosecutor said Wednesday that the trial for three men charged over their roles in an Alberta border blockade two years ago has nothing to do with their beliefs or right to protest.  Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk and Gerhard Janzen have each pleaded not guilty to mischief over $5,000.  The protest over COVID-19 pandemic health restrictions ground traffic through Alberta’s main border crossing with Montana to a halt for more than two weeks in 2022.  "Many people
  
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• Mischief trial begins for three men charged at Coutts border blockade

  03-04-2024 15:23
  
  A trial is underway for three men charged for their role in the blockade of the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta. Marco Van Huigenbos, Alex Van Herk and Gerhard Janzen entered not guilty pleas to a charge of mischief over $5,000. Justice Keith Yamauchi told jurors that they are to be judges of the facts, not lawyers or investigators.  He also said they need to rely only on evidence heard during the trial and to be fully sure about the guilt or innocence of the accused. The blockade over C
  
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• Killorn scores 2 goals and Ducks end 5-game skid with 5-3 win over Flames

  03-04-2024 15:07
  
  Alex Killorn scored twice, Troy Terry had a goal and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. “It feels good to win,” said Killorn, who has 17 goals this season. “We haven't done that in a long time. It's been tough. It's nice, especially at the end of the road trip to go home with a good feeling.”The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppMason McTavi
  
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• Drought poses key risk to Canada's natural gas producers in 2024: Deloitte

  03-04-2024 15:02
  
  Persistent drought conditions are poised to challenge natural gas producers even as they aim to ramp up in anticipation of Canada's first liquefied natural gas export terminal opening, a new report warns. The report by Deloitte Canada identifies potential water shortages in Western Canada as a key risk facing the oil and gas sector in 2024. Some of the most extreme drought conditions currently are in northeast B.C. and northwest Alberta, a region that is the epicentre of Canada's natural gas dri
  
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• Danielle Smith reiterates Alberta's committment to addictions recovery

  03-04-2024 14:48
  
  Hundreds of people are participating in a national two-day conference in Calgary focusing on addiction and recovery, which also heard Alberta Premier Danielle Smith share everything her government is doing to help those struggling with mental illness and addictions. Canada's Capital Recovery Conference will run April 3 and 4.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppThe conference says it's expecting 2,000 people to attend and will cover a range of topics,
  
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• Alberta's addiction services a hot topic at national recovery conference

  03-04-2024 14:48
  
  Hundreds of people are participating in a national two-day conference in Calgary focusing on addiction and recovery. Canada's Capital Recovery Conference will run April 3 and 4.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppThe conference says it's expecting 2,000 people to attend and will cover a range of topics, including Alberta's current model of care. The Alberta model is recovery-focused — and the province insists it's working. According to the provi
  
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