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• Centre for the City opens doors to help more Calgarians in need and new Canadians

  28-09-2024 23:38 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgarians in need and new Canadians have an expanded place to go for help getting on their feet. Centre Street Church officially launched its new Centre for the City facility on Saturday. Steve Griffin, Centre for the City lead, said local need is increasing. "We're seeing more and more vulnerable individuals and families coming for food, clothing or life help," he said in a release. The church describes the centre as providing "access to clothing and food support; classes for new Canadians and
  
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• 'We need to take a closer look': Alberta's premier speaks on Indigenous deaths in police custody

  28-09-2024 21:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta's premier spoke to calls for an outside, independent investigation into the death of Jon Wells during an incident involving Calgary police last week. Wells, a 42-year-old Blood Tribe man, died following a confrontation with three officers at the Carriage House Inn on Sept. 17. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is investigating the officers' use of force. ASIRT's stated mandate is to investigate "incidents involving Alberta's police that have resulted in serious injury or
  
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• Montreal’s Maghrebi community sounds alarm on deadly gangs recruiting youth - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 20:10 via news.google.com
  Montreal’s Maghrebi community sounds alarm on deadly gangs recruiting youth  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Sunalta woman missing since early August; Calgary police tap public for help

  28-09-2024 19:25 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police need your help to find a woman who went missing from Sunalta last month. The 35-year-old woman, identified by police as Bonnie, was last seen on Aug. 7 in the 1600 block of 12 Avenue S.W., leaving home. Police say Bonnie is about 5'2" tall and 110 pounds, dark-haired and brown-eyed. Anyone with information about Bonnie's whereabouts is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
  
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• Lotte Kopecky defends women’s road title at world cycling championship - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 19:25 via news.google.com
  Lotte Kopecky defends women’s road title at world cycling championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• IIHF increases women’s roster size, revamps format for world championship - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 19:24 via news.google.com
  IIHF increases women’s roster size, revamps format for world championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Second Annual All My Relations Healing Powwow set for BMO Centre

  28-09-2024 18:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The All My Relations Healing Powwow begins Saturday afternoon at the BMO Centre in Calgary. Dancers from across Alberta and beyond will participate in the powwow. "We are thrilled to announce that Sorrel Rider (Siksika) will be the Host Drum alongside invited drum groups Eya-Hey Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Pipestem Kreek (Tsuut’ina) and Blackfoot Confederacy (Treaty 7 Area)," the release read. The grand entry begins at 1 p.m., and the event runs until 6 p.m. in Hall A2 at the BMO Centre.
  
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• 'Positive role models for our children': All my Relations Healing Powwow held at BMO Centre

  28-09-2024 18:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  On Saturday afternoon the BMO Centre held the All My Relations Healing Powwow. “It's an opportunity to give back to the community in terms of supporting the Indigenous community, as well as all the other relations, all the other Nations within the city of Calgary” said manager of Indigenous community knowledge and community connections for Closer to Home, Sue Solway. Solway was anticipating over 1500 people to attend the event. “It's an opportunity for healing. It's an opportun
  
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• BMO Centre hosts second Annual All My Relations Healing Powwow

  28-09-2024 18:30 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The All My Relations Healing Powwow was held Saturday afternoon at the BMO Centre in Calgary. Dancers from across Alberta and beyond participated in the powwow. "We are thrilled to announce that Sorrel Rider (Siksika) will be the Host Drum alongside invited drum groups Eya-Hey Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Pipestem Kreek (Tsuut’ina) and Blackfoot Confederacy (Treaty 7 Area)," event organizers said in a release prior to the event. The grand entry began at 1 p.m. in Hall A2 at the BMO Centre.
  
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• First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders say work lays ahead on road to reconciliation

  28-09-2024 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The leaders of the three national Indigenous organizations they look ahead to the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.
  
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• Calgary police turn to public for help after teen boy goes missing in Forest Lawn

  28-09-2024 16:47 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 16-year-old boy went missing in southeast Calgary this past Tuesday. Police are asking for your help to find him. The teen, identified by police as Raei, was last seen on Sept. 24 near the 1300 block of 44 St. S.E. He didn't return home and his family is worried, police say. Police say Raei is about 5'5" tall and 123 pounds, brown-haired and brown-eyed. He often wears a navy blue and white Puma hoodie, according to police. Anyone with information about Raei's whereabouts is asked to call polic
  
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• Alberta municipal leaders squash advocacy for permanent resident voting rights

  28-09-2024 15:50 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Calgary city councillor's plea to have permanent residents be given the right to vote in municipal elections, an idea long dismissed by Premier Danielle Smith as unconstitutional, has been defeated. Coun. Courtney Walcott made his case to fellow municipal officials from across the province this week during the Alberta Municipalities annual conference. In an emotional and lengthy debate, mayors and councillors from municipalities big and small implored one other to reconsider who exactly they r
  
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• Supplies, emergency workers rushed to North Carolina while Florida digs out from Helene's damage

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene. Massive rains from the powerful Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue around the U.S. Southeast. Cleanup continued Sunday from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the southeastern states
  
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• Dozens dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern US

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Hurricane Helene caused dozens of deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods. Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and s
  
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• At least 64 dead after Helene's deadly march across the U.S. Southeast

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and knocked out power to millions of people. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish m
  
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• At least 64 dead after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and knocked out power to millions of people. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish m
  
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• At least 56 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across U.S. southeast

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 56 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Fla., a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market
  
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• At least 52 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across southeastern U.S.

  28-09-2024 15:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Hurricane Helene caused at least 52 deaths and billions of dollars of destruction across a wide swath of the southeastern U.S. as it raced through, and more than three million customers went into the weekend without any power and for some a continued threat of floods. Helene blew ashore in Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday packing winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) and then quickly moved through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, uprooting trees, splintering homes and
  
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• Jasper’s caribou breeding program slowly recovers after wildfire

  28-09-2024 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Despite much of the centre's habitat being scorched in the Jasper wildfire, officials say recovery is proceeding well,
  
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• LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 15:04 via news.google.com
  LGBTQ minister Pascale St-Onge to make history with parental leave  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Counting the cost of British Columbia’s toxic drug crisis - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 15:04 via news.google.com
  Counting the cost of British Columbia’s toxic drug crisis  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 14:04 via news.google.com
  Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trudeau says Hezbollah leader caused 'immense suffering,' calls for ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon

  28-09-2024 13:00 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founding members, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut. The killing of the powerful militant group’s longtime leader sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East, where he has been a dominant political and military figure for more than three decades.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesNasrallah has been
  
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• Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike

  28-09-2024 13:00 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Lebanon’s Hezbollah group confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of Palestine.”Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesNasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, is by far
  
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• Flooding in Nepal’s capital kills at least 32 people - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 13:00 via news.google.com
  Flooding in Nepal’s capital kills at least 32 people  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Israel’s military mobilizes additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 09:19 via news.google.com
  Israel’s military mobilizes additional reserve soldiers as tensions escalate with Lebanon  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tiger-Cats claw out 32-29 win over Lions in overtime - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 08:24 via news.google.com
  Tiger-Cats claw out 32-29 win over Lions in overtime  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kraken jump on Canucks early, net 3-1 pre-season win - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 06:49 via news.google.com
  Kraken jump on Canucks early, net 3-1 pre-season win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Surging Blue Bombers blitz Elks 55-27, clinch playoff spot - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 05:19 via news.google.com
  Surging Blue Bombers blitz Elks 55-27, clinch playoff spot  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Delay in sentencing for three ringleaders convicted of mischief at Coutts blockade

  28-09-2024 04:53 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The sentencing for three men convicted of helping lead and co-ordinate the COVID-19 protest blockade at Coutts, Alta., in 2022 has been delayed. Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and Gerhard (George) Janzen were all found guilty by a jury of one count each of mischief over $5,000 in April. A sentencing hearing was scheduled for Friday but the lawyer for Van Huigenbos is no longer representing him. Van Huigenbos needs time to retain new counsel and a sentencing date will now be set Oct. 17. The
  
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• Lethbridge teens avoid court in sex assault case - 89.3 The Raven

  28-09-2024 04:48 via news.google.com
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• Promising momentum for Calgary's Green Line LRT project

  28-09-2024 03:03 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Green Line LRT project seemed to stall in September but many say it hasn't gone off the rails, as Calgary's mayor and the province met again to discuss options on Friday. "With all these ongoing Green Line conversations right now, I think you will see a Green Line by the end of the decade -- at least an initial Green Line by the end of the decade," said David Cooper, transit expert. Mayor Jyoti Gondek, Premier Danielle Smith and Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors Ministe
  
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• ‘It’s not Canadian’: Jann Arden ramps up campaign against live horse exports for meat

  28-09-2024 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Opponents of the trade said the main company is an American-based one that only came to Canada after the U.S. banned the practice more than two decades ago.
  
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• Suwannapura tops contingent of Razorbacks on NW Arkansas leaderboard - Lethbridge News Now

  28-09-2024 02:45 via news.google.com
  Suwannapura tops contingent of Razorbacks on NW Arkansas leaderboard  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Fire and Emergency services hosts reunion with near-drowning survivor - Global News Toronto

  28-09-2024 02:41 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Fire and Emergency services hosts reunion with near-drowning survivor  Global News Toronto
  
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• Lethbridge Fire and Emergency services hosts reunion with near-drowning survivor

  28-09-2024 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  After almost drowning in July, a nine-year-old boy has been reunited with those who saved his life, including his 10-year-old friend.
  
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• Chris Jericho, co-stars bring 'Dark Match' to Calgary International Film Festival

  28-09-2024 01:52 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Canadian pro-wrestler and actor Chris Jericho and his co-stars walked the CIFF red carpet on Thursday night for the screening of the wrestling horror flick Dark Match. The film is about a struggling wrestler who joins fellow grapplers in a series of bouts in the backwoods and soon discovers it's run by a cult leader with devious motives. Jericho says he normally doesn't mix wrestling with other projects but when he read the script, he had a change of heart. "It's all around the board a great Can
  
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• New documentary sheds light on the journey of an Alberta residential school survivor

  28-09-2024 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 77-year-old Indigenous woman is sharing an emotional glimpse into her past experiences with residential schools on the big screen in an Alberta-made documentary.
  
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• Series of vehicle thefts near Alberta’s Smoky Lake have residents feeling unsafe

  28-09-2024 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents near Smoky Lake are sounding the alarm after a series of vehicle thefts at rural properties. Now the community is coming together, saying enough is enough.
  
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• 'We need to reconnect these families': Old journals spark hunt for relatives of unclaimed remains from Camsell Indian Hospital

  28-09-2024 01:15 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  A northern Alberta woman is hoping her family's history can help reunite other families with loved ones laid to rest far from home. In 2019, Shannon Cornelsen was handed a box of her grandfather's journals documenting his time as an Indian Affairs agent Norman McGinnis was famous in his family for being a devoted notetaker, filling 27 books with the details of his workdays at the Stony Plain Indian Reservation (now Enoch Cree Nation) between 1954 and 1980. Entries offer a look at where he went a
  
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• Reconciliation through reclamation: Alberta woman searching for families of unclaimed remains from Edmonton's Camsell Indian Hospital

  28-09-2024 01:15 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  A northern Alberta woman is hoping her family's history can help reunite other families with loved ones laid to rest far from home. In 2019, Shannon Cornelsen was handed a box of her grandfather's journals documenting his time as an Indian Affairs agent Norman McGinnis was famous in his family for being a devoted notetaker, filling 27 books with the details of his workdays at the Stony Plain Indian Reservation (now Enoch Cree Nation) between 1954 and 1980. Entries offer a look at where he went a
  
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• How journals started a journey to reconnect Indigenous families with remains from Camsell Indian hospital

  28-09-2024 01:15 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  A northern Alberta woman is hoping her family's history can help reunite other families with loved ones laid to rest far from home. In 2019, Shannon Cornelsen was handed a box of her grandfather's journals documenting his time as an Indian Affairs agent Norman McGinnis was famous in his family for being a devoted notetaker, filling 27 books with the details of his workdays at the Stony Plain Indian Reservation (now Enoch Cree Nation) between 1954 and 1980. Entries offer a look at where he went a
  
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• 'Closure is something we all deserve': How an Alberta woman is using family heirlooms to help reconnect families

  28-09-2024 01:15 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  A northern Alberta woman is hoping her family's history can help reunite other families with loved ones laid to rest far from home. In 2019, Shannon Cornelsen was handed a box of her grandfather's journals documenting his time as an Indian Affairs agent Norman McGinnis was famous in his family for being a devoted notetaker, filling 27 books with the details of his workdays at the Stony Plain Indian Reservation (now Enoch Cree Nation) between 1954 and 1980. Entries offer a look at where he went a
  
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• A 10-year-old boy from Lethbridge was honoured for rescuing his friend from a silent drowning - Bridge City News

  28-09-2024 01:08 via news.google.com
  A 10-year-old boy from Lethbridge was honoured for rescuing his friend from a silent drowning  Bridge City News
  
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• Canadian war brides to hold special event this weekend in Lethbridge - Bridge City News

  28-09-2024 01:07 via news.google.com
  Canadian war brides to hold special event this weekend in Lethbridge  Bridge City News
  
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• How to commemorate Orange Shirt Day in Calgary and Southern Alberta

  28-09-2024 00:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Banff and other southern Alberta communities will mark Orange Shirt Day on Monday. Here's how to take part.
  
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• Alberta municipalities policing plan gets mixed reactions from city leaders

  28-09-2024 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s government is getting pushback from some municipal leaders and support from others over its plan to build the sheriffs into a second provincial police service.
  
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• Lethbridge boy reunited with first responders, bystanders who saved him from near-drowning - CTV News Calgary

  28-09-2024 00:18 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge boy reunited with first responders, bystanders who saved him from near-drowning  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge boy reunited with first responders, bystanders who saved him from near-drowning

  28-09-2024 00:18 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 10-year-old boy from Lethbridge is being praised as a hero after a routine summer outing at the pool nearly turned tragic for his friend. On July 29, nine-year-old Carter Lam was swimming with his 10-year-old friend Benjamin Nunez at the YMCA when the ordinary day took a life-threatening turn. “We started to play by the diving boards and (Carter) tried to challenge himself to cross the pool in one breath and he started to swim,” recalled Nunez. At the time, Nunez got out of the wat
  
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• Lethbridge Transit operators not currently ‘working any voluntary overtime’ - My Lethbridge Now

  28-09-2024 00:07 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge Transit operators not currently ‘working any voluntary overtime’  My Lethbridge Now
  
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