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• Roughnecks withstand fourth-quarter surge to topple Rush 12-10

  06-04-2024 23:51
  
  The Roughnecks got a big weekend off to a winning start Friday night, defeating the Saskatchewan Rush 12-10 at the Saddledome. Calgary exploded out of the gate in the first quarter, getting goals from Tyler Pace, Haiden Dickson, Tanner Cook and Harrison Matsuoka. In the second, Saskatchewan got two back to cut the lead in half, but Dickson with his second of the night sent the Roughnecks into the halftime break with a comfortable 3-goal lead. In the third, Calgary notched four more, getting goal
  
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• Talent scouts arrive in Edmonton looking for future Olympians

  06-04-2024 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Athletes aged 14 to 25 tested their speed, strength, power and endurance with four different exercises. The event helps competitors get involved with new sports.
  
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• Quebec's Les Supremes three-peat at world synchronized skating championship - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 23:29 via news.google.com
  
  Quebec's Les Supremes three-peat at world synchronized skating championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Over 300 athletes from across Alberta competing in lifesaving championships in Calgary

  06-04-2024 22:57
  
  Over 300 athletes from 15 different clubs across Alberta are competing this weekend in the 2024 Alberta and Northwest Territories Pool Lifesaving Championships and Junior games at Brookfield Residential YMCA in Calgary. The event features a number of competitive events that help build lifesaving skills, including Obstacle Swim, Obstacle Relay, Line Tow, Rescue Medley, Manikin Carry with Fins and others. For Lifesaving Society executive director Jonathan Kusyanto, the weekend event is an opportun
  
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• More than 300 athletes from across Alberta competing in lifesaving championships in Calgary

  06-04-2024 22:57
  
  More than 300 athletes from 15 different clubs across Alberta are competing this weekend in the 2024 Alberta and Northwest Territories Pool Lifesaving Championships and Junior games at Brookfield Residential YMCA in Calgary. The event features a number of competitive events that help build lifesaving skills, including Obstacle Swim, Obstacle Relay, Line Tow, Rescue Medley, Manikin Carry with Fins and others. For Lifesaving Society executive director Jonathan Kusyanto, the weekend event is an opp
  
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• Canada dispatches Scotland to advance to world men's curling final - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 22:14 via news.google.com
  
  Canada dispatches Scotland to advance to world men's curling final  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• PWHL, international crossover extends beyond players at world championship - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 21:30 via news.google.com
  
  PWHL, international crossover extends beyond players at world championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hockey players aim to set Guiness record in Chestermere

  06-04-2024 20:39
  
  Hockey players are on ice in Chestermere, playing a game that started Friday afternoon. The group are attempting to break the Guiness record for the world’s longest hockey game. Forty-four players intend to play for 262 consecutive hours, to beat their own previous record. Chestermere set the world record three times before and raised nearly $4 million for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. Some kids battling cancer presented sticks to the players Friday. “This is a gr
  
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• Teaching kids about organ donation for Humboldt Broncos’ Green Shirt Day

  06-04-2024 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since 2019, Green Shirt Day has come to be known nationally as a day to support organ donor registration.
  
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• Calgary bridge into downtown shuts down for maintenance

  06-04-2024 19:29
  
  The 4th Avenue flyover is closed for the weekend. It shut down at 9 p.m. Friday night, and will reopen at 5 a.m. Monday morning, when only a single lane will be open. That will continue for 18 months, until the fall of 2025. The only exception will be during Stampede, when both lanes will be open to handle the extra traffic. The flyover is 42 years old, and the city says repairs are badly-needed on the popular bridge to downtown. The work will cost $12.5 million.Reminder: 4 Ave Flyover temporary
  
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• Woman transported to hospital after residential fire in Irricana early Saturday

  06-04-2024 18:27
  
  Investigation is underway into what may have caused a residential fire early Saturday morning on Gib Bell Close in Irricana, Alberta. At around 5:45 a.m., Airdrie RCMP responded to a report of a request for a welfare check on the occupant of a home there. Arriving officers noted smoke pouring out of the residence. With assistance from fire crews and EMS support services, officers were able to overcome the fire spreading from an attached garage to gain entry, where they discovered a woman, who wa
  
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• School stories, art, teach kids about organ donation for Humboldt Broncos' Green Shirt Day

  06-04-2024 18:00
  
  When Sandra LaRose's 16-year-old daughter decided she wanted her organs donated, she encouraged her mom and step-dad to do the same and put red and white stickers on their Saskatchewan health cards. "I remember her saying, 'Where are the organ donation stickers?' " LaRose said of Kailynn Bursic-Panchuk, who rummaged through the house in April 2018 to unearth the stickers.  The "jokester" who loved feeding the cows, goats and sheep on the family's farm in Tyvan, Sask., about an hour east of
  
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• Canadiens defencemen Kaiden Guhle, Arber Xhekaj out against Maple Leafs - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 17:44 via news.google.com
  
  Canadiens defencemen Kaiden Guhle, Arber Xhekaj out against Maple Leafs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Women are getting paid and they're playing their favourite sport': recent women’s sports shattering viewing records

  06-04-2024 17:26
  
  March Madness comes to a close this weekend, and this year on the women’s side, it’s been a ratings blockbuster. Much of this year’s excitement comes from one superstar in particular, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. In an interview with CTV’s Todd Battis on Friday, Ellen Hyslop, co-founder of “The Gist,” a female-led media company covering sports, said a game with Clark on Monday shattered records. “Iowa and Caitlin Clark when they played LSU and Angel Reese
  
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• 1 dead in 3-vehicle crash near Edmonton International Airport Friday

  06-04-2024 17:19
  
  One person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Friday night near the Edmonton International Airport.   Around 10:30 p.m., RCMP were called to the crash at the intersection of Airport Road and Highway 2, on the east side of the overpass approaching Sparrow Drive.   Three vehicles were involved. The driver of a small SUV, a 55-year-old Edmonton resident, was killed in the crash.   The people in the two other vehicles were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. &n
  
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• 1 dead in 3-vehicle collision at Airport Road and Highway 2

  06-04-2024 17:19
  
  One person is dead after a multi-vehicle collision that took place late Friday at the intersection of Airport Road and Highway 2. Around 10:30 p.m. Leduc RCMP received reports of a three-vehicle collision on the eastbound side of that intersection, on the east side of the overpass approaching Sparrow Drive. EMS crews treated a 55-year-old Edmonton resident in a small SUV but they succumbed to their injuries on scene. The drivers and passengers of the other two vehicles were transported to hospit
  
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• Oilers heading to the playoffs after topping Avalanche 6-2

  06-04-2024 16:33
  
  The Edmonton Oilers punched their way into the post-season with authority on Friday night. Connor McDavid and Evander Kane each scored a pair of goals as the Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Edmonton was 10 points out of a playoff spot in late November.  “Things weren’t looking great, but we had the belief that we could turn it around and we did that,” said Kane. “It’s a nice feeling.”✖&#
  
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• McDavid scores twice as Oilers top Avalanche 6-2 to clinch playoff berth

  06-04-2024 16:33
  
  The Edmonton Oilers punched their way into the post-season with authority on Friday night. Connor McDavid and Evander Kane each scored a pair of goals as the Oilers clinched a playoff spot with a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Edmonton was 10 points out of a playoff spot in late November.  “Things weren’t looking great, but we had the belief that we could turn it around and we did that,” said Kane. “It’s a nice feeling.”✖&#
  
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• Wranglers ride roughshod over Condors in Bakersfield, winning 5-2

  06-04-2024 16:17
  
  The Wranglers started a mini-west coast swing with a win Friday night, defeating the Bakersfield Condors 5-2 at Mechanics Bank Arena. William Stromgren led the way with a goal and two assists, while Rory Kerins, Mitch McLain, Jakob Pelletier and Brett Sutter added singles for the Wranglers. Connor Murphy stopped 34 shots in goal to record the victory. Rafael Lavoie opened the scoring for the Condors, but Mitch McLain got the team even at a goal apiece after one. In the middle frame, Calgary brok
  
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• Former premier Jean Charest calls on politicians to promote civility

  06-04-2024 15:43
  
  Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest is concerned about the rise in incivility across the country. In an open letter that he co-signed with former mayors, senators, artists and business people, he is calling on the political class to take concrete action to clean up public debate. The letter, which was published this week in The Globe and Mail, has caused a huge stir on social media, said Charest in a telephone interview with The Canadian Press. "The reaction is very strong. We were surprised. It
  
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• Southern Alberta conservation group celebrates significant milestone - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 15:03 via news.google.com
  
  Southern Alberta conservation group celebrates significant milestone  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv kill 6 and wound 11

  06-04-2024 14:29
  
  Russian forces overnight attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles, killing at least six people and wounding 11 more in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, officials said Saturday. Governor of the Kharkiv region Oleh Syniehubov said missile strikes on the city damaged residential buildings, a gas station, a kindergarten, a cafe, a shop and cars. Overall, Russia fired 32 Iranian-made Shahed drones and six missiles at Ukraine overnight, according to the air force commander. Ukrainian air defen
  
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• Russian missile strikes in Ukraine kill 8 and wound 12

  06-04-2024 14:29
  
  Russian missile strikes in Ukraine overnight and on Saturday killed eight people and wounded 12 more, officials said. According to the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, six people were killed and 11 were wounded in overnight missile attacks on the city of Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's second largest. The attack damaged residential buildings, a gas station, a kindergarten, a cafe, a shop and cars. On Saturday afternoon, a further strike on Kharkiv killed another person and left one m
  
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• Resignation of three town councillors latest shock to small Quebec town - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 12:03 via news.google.com
  
  Resignation of three town councillors latest shock to small Quebec town  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• GAIL LETHBRIDGE: The appetite for a national school food program - Saltwire

  06-04-2024 11:03 via news.google.com
  
  GAIL LETHBRIDGE: The appetite for a national school food program  Saltwire
  
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• CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Friday, April 5, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  06-04-2024 04:45 via news.google.com
  
  CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Friday, April 5, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Calgary expecting a little more snow over the weekend

  06-04-2024 04:03
  
  While we are done with the big burst of snow – with reports ranging from seven to 21 centimetres of snow in Calgary as of Friday morning – we still have a little more to go. We could pick up another couple of centimetres of snow in Calgary on Saturday. Expect snow in the morning, a break in the afternoon with clouds and maybe even a little sun again, then snow back for Saturday night.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App Temperatures will c
  
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• First Nations men wrongfully convicted in Manitoba file lawsuits claiming racism - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 04:02 via news.google.com
  
  First Nations men wrongfully convicted in Manitoba file lawsuits claiming racism  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• B.C.'s first female lieutenant-governor, Iona Campagnolo, dies at 91 - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 03:23 via news.google.com
  
  B.C.'s first female lieutenant-governor, Iona Campagnolo, dies at 91  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Akshay Bhatia stretches lead to 5 shots at windy Texas Open - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 03:09 via news.google.com
  
  Akshay Bhatia stretches lead to 5 shots at windy Texas Open  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wetaskiwin County initiative could reduce garbage going to the dump by 90%

  06-04-2024 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The future of waste processing is coming to Wetaskiwin County: a Canada-made solution that uses steam to break down trash and cuts greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• 'Canstruction' campaign looks to add much-needed boost to Calgary Food Bank

  06-04-2024 02:16
  
  Displays of retro game characters crafted out of tens of thousands of cans at Southcentre Mall is about more than just art. "All of the canned goods that are used in this construction are then going to make their way to the Calgary Food Bank to help to feed and serve our community," said Melissa From, the CEO and president of the food bank. It's a donation campaign that is once again badly needed, as demand at the food bank continues to climb. Staff and volunteers used to provide food to about 4
  
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• Fire engulfs under-construction Arbour Lake condo building

  06-04-2024 01:57
  
  Fire crews responded to the scene of blaze at an under-construction condo building in Arbour Lake on Friday evening. The building, located on Arbour Lake Road N.W., was engulfed in heavy flames and smoke when firefighters arrived on scene around 5:15 p.m. Multiple fire crews were called to the site. Thick black smoke could be seen from across the city. Police are blocking off some nearby streets and everyone is advised to avoid the area to allow emergency crews to do their work. The fire ap
  
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• Fire destroys under-construction condo building in Arbour Lake

  06-04-2024 01:57
  
  A condo building under construction in Arbour Lake was destroyed by a fire on Friday evening. The building, located in an unfinished condo complex on Arbour Lake Road N.W., was engulfed in heavy flames when firefighters arrived on the scene around 5:15 p.m. The blaze generated a large amount of thick, black smoke that could be seen from across the city.Sign up for breaking news alerts from CTV News, right at your fingertips Multiple fire crews were called to the site. The fire appeared to be con
  
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• Anxious or oblivious? Canadian zoo studying behaviour of animals during eclipse

  06-04-2024 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Staff at the Granby Zoo outside Montreal and the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are participating in a study on how animals react to an eclipse.
  
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• Anxious oblivious? Canadian zoo studying behaviour of animals during eclipse

  06-04-2024 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Staff at the Granby Zoo outside Montreal and the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are participating in a study on how animals react to an eclipse.
  
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• Alberta says Ottawa is overstepping by funding municipalities directly for housing projects

  06-04-2024 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's Social Services Minister Jason Nixon told reporters on Friday provinces are best equipped to deal with local housing issues.
  
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• Alberta bus company seeks government help as European carrier launches in Alberta

  06-04-2024 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  FlixBus will offer four daily routes between Edmonton and Calgary and two daily schedules between Lethbridge and Calgary.
  
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• Brooks Junior High School receives provincial funding for replacement building - Lethbridge News Now

  06-04-2024 00:43 via news.google.com
  
  Brooks Junior High School receives provincial funding for replacement building  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes looking ahead after playoff exit - CTV News Calgary

  06-04-2024 00:40 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge Hurricanes looking ahead after playoff exit  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 'Hasn't lost its momentum': Green Shirt Day continues to inspire 6 years after Humboldt Broncos crash

  06-04-2024 00:06
  
  This Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and the start of Green Shirt Day, honouring the legacy of Logan Boulet. “It's a proud moment to know that Logan’s story, Logan’s legacy continues to (go) on for six years and that it's growing all the time,” said Toby Boulet, Logan’s dad. On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was on their way to a playoff game when a semi-truck drove through a stop sign in rural Saskatchewan and
  
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