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• Lac La Biche educational assistant charged in child pornography investigation

  11-09-2024 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  An educational assistant who worked at Vera M. Welsh Elementary School in Lac La Biche has been arrested and charged with possessing and sharing child pornography. 
  
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• Cougar that killed Alberta family’s cat returns to house hours later: ‘It was terrifying’

  11-09-2024 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A young cougar that came onto a rural Alberta property on Tuesday afternoon and killed a family's cat returned to the house again later that evening.
  
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• Calgary band Jackson Reed and The Silverbirds seeing success everywhere, except in Calgary

  11-09-2024 23:28
  
  While Jackson Reed and The Silverbirds has seen some success in North America and Europe, the Calgary band has been struggling to see that same success here at home. "It's been interesting being in Calgary," said Reed, lead singer and guitarist. "It sort of feels like it's been easier for us to get these crazy opportunities elsewhere, which doesn't really seem like that should be the case because we're from Calgary." Kenton Dobrowolski, freelance music producer, worked on the band's cover of Lit
  
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• Calgary hail storm the 2nd-costliest disaster in Canadian history after $2.8B in damage

  11-09-2024 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Insurance Bureau of Canada says a severe hail storm that battered Calgary last month is the second-costliest event in Canadian history.
  
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• Jake Maier back at the helm as Stamps take on Alouettes on Saturday

  11-09-2024 22:56
  
  Jake Maier was back at practice with the Calgary Stampeders this week, taking first team reps.  Maier was benched on Saturday for the Labour Day Classic against the Edmonton Elks, but he'll be back behind centre on Saturday as the Stamps take on the Montreal Alouettes. Maier says it wasn't easy to watch from the sidelines, but he'll learn and move on. "Feels good to be practicing again," said the fourth-year quarterback. "At the end of the day, my feelings about the situation, in my opinion
  
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• Fallen firefighters recognized during Lethbridge ceremony - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 22:26 via news.google.com
  Fallen firefighters recognized during Lethbridge ceremony  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman shot at for asking driver to stop revving engine in middle of night, arrest made: EPS

  11-09-2024 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The shooting happened on a weekend in July in the Queen Mary Park area, where police said a young woman went out in her balcony and asked the driver to stop revving their engine.
  
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• Calgary-based Ukrainian theatre company stages sold-out run of The Muze at West Village Theatre

  11-09-2024 21:33
  
  There was a closing night in Calgary Saturday that felt like the start of something special. Just before 8 p.m. at the West Village Theatre on Tenth Avenue, a long lineup snaked into the alley, trying to make it into the final performance of a three-night run of The Muze, the first production of Calgary’s first Ukrainian theatre company, Strum. It was unusually hot and sultry for a September  night, and inside the theatre space, every seat was occupied, along with a number of VIP tabl
  
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• 9 additional mental health classrooms open in Alberta schools

  11-09-2024 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it is a third of a way to its goal of opening up 60 classrooms dedicated to assisting students with mental health struggles across the province.
  
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• Bonnyville teacher accused of paying off student after sexual assault: Alberta RCMP

  11-09-2024 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bonnyville RCMP received a tip that an elementary teacher had allegedly sexually assaulted a student and paid the student money in hopes that they would not disclose the incident.
  
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• Lethbridge rental prices up year-over-year: National Rent Report - My Lethbridge Now

  11-09-2024 20:45 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge rental prices up year-over-year: National Rent Report  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Women's rugby hosts Lethbridge in Thursday night matchup - Vikes Athletics

  11-09-2024 20:20 via news.google.com
  Women's rugby hosts Lethbridge in Thursday night matchup  Vikes Athletics
  
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• OPP constable charged after alleged assault at Santa's Village

  11-09-2024 20:19
  
  A woman has been charged with assault following an incident at an amusement park in Bracebridge. On June 8, Bracebridge OPP was called to Santa's Village after receiving a complaint of an alleged assault involving a woman and a young person. The woman left before police arrived at the scene but the investigation revealed that the accused is a provincial constable with 21 years of service in the OPP.Download the CTV News app to get local alerts on your device  Get the latest local updat
  
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• Calgary sports complex adding lazy river and water slides with $87.5M expansion

  11-09-2024 20:10
  
  A well-known Calgary sports complex is getting a massive makeover.  MNP Community & Sport Centre on Macleod Trail S.E. will be undergoing a $87.5 million expansion, officials announced Wednesday. The money for the expansion comes from The City of Calgary ($57.5 million), the provincial government ($20 million) and donations from corporations and individual donors ($10 million). MNP Community & Sport Centre, formerly known as the Repsol Sport Centre, Talisman Centre and Lindsay Park
  
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• Calgary's August hailstorm caused $2.8B in damage: IBC

  11-09-2024 20:06
  
  There have been almost $2.8 billion in claims made because of a severe hailstorm in Calgary this past August, making it the second-costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says the initial estimates of the costs come from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. Only the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire resulted in higher insurable damages, IBC said. "With yet another record-setting summer for insured losses due to severe weather, these losses will creat
  
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• 9 more mental health classrooms opening in communities across Alberta

  11-09-2024 20:00
  
  Alberta is opening nine more mental health classrooms in communities across the province this month. In partnership with CASA Mental Health, the new classrooms are a part of the province’s plan to open 60 classrooms by 2026 to help students in Grades 4 to 12 deal with mental health challenges. "These dedicated classrooms are there to help children so they can transition into their classroom, get them into a spot where they have an opportunity at recovery as well in spite of the mental heal
  
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• Interfaith Food Bank in ‘urgent need’ of donations - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 19:11 via news.google.com
  Interfaith Food Bank in ‘urgent need’ of donations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Teen girl killed in crash north of Lethbridge - CBC.ca

  11-09-2024 19:00 via news.google.com
  Teen girl killed in crash north of Lethbridge  CBC.ca
  
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• Lethbridge man arrested after allegedly 'openly using drugs' downtown: police - CTV News Calgary

  11-09-2024 18:58 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge man arrested after allegedly 'openly using drugs' downtown: police  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge man arrested after allegedly 'openly using drugs' downtown: police

  11-09-2024 18:58
  
  A Lethbridge man is facing charges after police seized hundreds of doses of fentanyl and methamphetamine from him while taking him into custody on Tuesday evening. Police say the accused was "openly using drugs" in the 500 block of Eighth Avenue South. It's alleged he was "using a crack pipe" with one hand and "holding a significant quantity of fentanyl" with the other. Investigators say the man had 418 doses of fentanyl, 169 doses of meth and a utility knife. He is charged with two counts of po
  
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• RCMP officer charged in connection with break-in at Banff hotel room with 2 women inside

  11-09-2024 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team said it was directed to investigate the incident that unfolded 'in the early hours' of Oct. 23, 2022.
  
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• Banff Mountie charged in break-and-enter

  11-09-2024 18:36
  
  A Banff RCMP officer is facing charges following a break-and-enter at a hotel room nearly two years ago. Const. Garret Claxton was charged on Sept. 4 following an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigation into an incident on Oct. 23, 2022.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppIn a news release, ASIRT said Claxton broke into a hotel room occupied by two women that he had been socializing with earlier that evening. Claxton is expected i
  
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• Lethbridge man charged with drug trafficking - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 18:06 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge man charged with drug trafficking  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New Alberta COVID data highlights value of getting newly formulated vaccine once available: expert

  11-09-2024 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The latest data published on the Alberta respiratory virus dashboard show that between August 2023 and August 2024, 732 deaths in Alberta were attributed to COVID-19.
  
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• Conservatives to put forward non-confidence motion in Trudeau government 'at earliest possible opportunity'

  11-09-2024 17:30
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will put forward a non-confidence motion when Parliament resumes “at the earliest possible opportunity” with the aim of triggering an early federal election.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesPoilievre is calling on both the NDP and Bloc Quebecois to support the motion. “It's put up or shut up time for the NDP,” Poilievre said to reporters on Wednesday. Poilievre’s an
  
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• Conservatives to push non-confidence motion against Trudeau government

  11-09-2024 17:30
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will put forward a non-confidence motion when Parliament resumes “at the earliest possible opportunity” with the aim of triggering an early federal election.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesPoilievre is calling on both the NDP and Bloc Quebecois to support the motion. “It's put up or shut up time for the NDP,” Poilievre said to reporters on Wednesday. Poilievre’s an
  
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• Up to 50 mm of rain possible in central Alberta by the weekend

  11-09-2024 16:50
  
  Cool and wet weather will impact central and southern Alberta over the next few days with a largely unstable atmosphere. A lee low (a low pressure system that forms on the leeward or downwind side of a mountain chain) will be the main weather maker for the region for the end of the week. The counter-clockwise rotation of the low will push moisture back toward the foothills Thursday, Friday and Saturday and could produce as much as 50 milimetres of rain. Colder air will dominate on Thursday with
  
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• Lethbridge Police looking for suspect in break-in and assault - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 16:36 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Police looking for suspect in break-in and assault  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Decision to pull reggae, gospel awards from 2025 Junos sees concerns raised about inclusivity

  11-09-2024 15:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a letter obtained by The Canadian Press, the Junos told committee members of plans to put on "hiatus" several award categories.
  
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• Calgary's water use 'sustainable' for the first time in 9 days

  11-09-2024 14:29
  
  For the first time in nine days, the City of Calgary's water use has dropped below the target level officials say is "sustainable." According to data on the city's potable water demand dashboard, 481 million litres of water was used on Tuesday, down from 494 million litres on Monday. The city's target for residential and commercial treated water use is 485 million litres.For more than a week, city officials pleaded with residents to conserve water and made arrangements with businesses to cut dow
  
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• Why the contract won by Boissonnault’s former company went undisclosed for months

  11-09-2024 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal contract awarded to cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault’s former medical company was not posted publicly for seven months due to an 'internal error.'
  
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• Ronald "Ron" Sanderson - Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels

  11-09-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Ronald "Ron" Sanderson  Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels
  
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• Dexter Merrill Wilde - Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home

  11-09-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Dexter Merrill Wilde  Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home
  
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• Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise misses out on UFC contract again - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 06:06 via news.google.com
  Canadian flyweight Corinne Laframboise misses out on UFC contract again  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cougar stalks acreage southwest of Calgary twice in a day, kills cat

  11-09-2024 06:01
  
  A warning from a concerned parent after multiple frighteningly close encounters with a cougar on an acreage just southwest of the city on Tuesday. Only a glass door separated Jessica Low and her young daughter from a cougar that had just killed one of their barn cats. Low says the wildcat, believed to be less than two years old, hissed and seethed, looking directly at the child who only moments before sat down in sight of the door to have her lunch. "I run over and this cougar is holding our cat
  
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• FACT CHECK: A look at the false and misleading claims made during the Trump-Harris debate

  11-09-2024 05:00
  
  In their first and perhaps only debate, former U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris described the state of the country in starkly different terms. As the two traded jabs, some old false and misleading claims emerged along with some new ones.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppHere’s a look at false and misleading claims made by the candidates. Trump falsely touts his economy TRUMP: "I created one of the greatest economies
  
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• Cold and wet in the days to come and some smoke, too

  11-09-2024 04:00
  
  Cool, wet weather for the next few days. Expect 8 C at 8 a.m. on Wednesday. In the afternoon, just a high of 16 C with a cold wind out of the north and some isolated showers. It will also likely get a little smoky for parts of Wednesday.The more intense rain kicks in for Wednesday night and Thursday, with even cooler temperatures. We will bounce back to 20 C for the weekend.
  
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• Woman violently attacked in her Lethbridge home by stranger - CityNews Calgary

  11-09-2024 02:40 via news.google.com
  Woman violently attacked in her Lethbridge home by stranger  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Calgary strip mall plagued by nighttime social disorder

  11-09-2024 02:18
  
  A seemingly ordinary strip mall in northeast Calgary has become a hub for social disorder, prompting concerns from local residents and businesses. The Savanna Bazaar, located about three kilometres east of the Calgary airport, has been the home of disruptive behaviour for more than a year. Area residents say it is particularly unruly on weekends and holidays. Police say owners of muscle cars – mostly but not exclusively young men – are performing stunts, revving their engines loudly
  
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• Northern Alberta hamlet of Conklin getting 21 new homes thanks to Cenovus donation

  11-09-2024 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The hamlet of Conklin is getting several new homes thanks to a $50 million project funded by Cenovus, which has several oil and gas operations in the northeastern Alberta region.
  
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• 'From bad to worse': Mental health declining among youth since 2019: Stat Can

  11-09-2024 01:57
  
  New data released by Statistics Canada compared the same youth in 2019 and 2023 and noted the differences in their overall health, including declines in their mental health. The Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY) surveyed 22,739 youth, who it surveyed in 2019, which is 54 per cent of respondents from the four years prior. It found that in Alberta, the perceived mental health being excellent or very good, was around 32 per cent among respondents. Overall health for Alberta youth
  
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• Francine strengthens into a hurricane as Louisiana residents prepare for landfall - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 01:47 via news.google.com
  Francine strengthens into a hurricane as Louisiana residents prepare for landfall  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Young cougar kills Alberta family’s cat, hisses and paws at them through window

  11-09-2024 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta family went through a frightening ordeal on Tuesday afternoon when a cougar came onto their property, killed their pet cat and pawed at their back door.
  
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• Firefighters battle vehicle fire in north Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 01:37 via news.google.com
  Firefighters battle vehicle fire in north Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge woman attacked while sleeping Tuesday morning, police looking for suspect - MSN

  11-09-2024 01:35 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge woman attacked while sleeping Tuesday morning, police looking for suspect  MSN
  
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• Lethbridge weather forecast for Sept. 10, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  11-09-2024 01:29 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge weather forecast for Sept. 10, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Raptors’ Larry Tanenbaum re-elected chair of NBA’s board of governors - Lethbridge News Now

  11-09-2024 01:11 via news.google.com
  Raptors’ Larry Tanenbaum re-elected chair of NBA’s board of governors  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge woman attacked while sleeping Tuesday morning, police looking for suspect - Calgary Herald

  11-09-2024 00:59 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge woman attacked while sleeping Tuesday morning, police looking for suspect  Calgary Herald
  
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• Lethbridge police arrest suspect in Tuesday morning incident in which a woman was attacked while sleeping - Calgary Herald

  11-09-2024 00:59 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge police arrest suspect in Tuesday morning incident in which a woman was attacked while sleeping  Calgary Herald
  
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• Lethbridge looking for new strategies to address substance abuse - CTV News Calgary

  11-09-2024 00:56 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge looking for new strategies to address substance abuse  CTV News Calgary
  
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