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• Potential unmarked graves identified at former residential school in central B.C. - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 23:54 via news.google.com
  Potential unmarked graves identified at former residential school in central B.C.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 10-man Botafogo wins its first Copa Libertadores title - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 23:33 via news.google.com
  10-man Botafogo wins its first Copa Libertadores title  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man hospitalized following back alley assault early Saturday in southeast

  30-11-2024 23:26
  
  A man was hospitalized with serious injuries after being assaulted early Saturday morning. A Calgary police spokesperson confirmed that police were called to a home on 37th Street S.E. north of 17 Avenue in the 1500 block for reports of an assault that took place around 4:30 a.m. A man was walking in a dark back alley when he was reportedly attacked by two other men. Police wouldn’t confirm what type of weapon was involved. No suspect descriptions are available. Anyone with information is
  
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• B.C. Métis Nation votes to withdraw immediately from Métis National Council - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 23:01 via news.google.com
  B.C. Métis Nation votes to withdraw immediately from Métis National Council  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kent State Golden Flashes and the Kennesaw State Owls meet in Lethbridge, Alberta - MSN

  30-11-2024 22:00 via news.google.com
  Kent State Golden Flashes and the Kennesaw State Owls meet in Lethbridge, Alberta  MSN
  
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• University of Lethbridge launches geospatial insitute

  30-11-2024 21:26
  
  Geomatics research is about to take a step forward at the University of Lethbridge. The university is launching the i4Geo Institute of Geospatial Inquiry, Instruction and Innovation. Geomatics deals with collecting, analyzing and interpreting data relating to the earth’s surface. The new institute is being launched with the help of geomatics support centre Tecterra. In 2023, Tecterra invested $5.2 million into Alberta universities for geomatics research. The U of L received $1.3 million wh
  
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• Canada’s Weidemann takes 3,000-metre bronze in World Cup speedskating - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 20:38 via news.google.com
  Canada’s Weidemann takes 3,000-metre bronze in World Cup speedskating  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Road-weary Hurricanes drop fifth in a row, losing 4-1 to Blades in Saskatoon - CTV News Calgary

  30-11-2024 20:16 via news.google.com
  Road-weary Hurricanes drop fifth in a row, losing 4-1 to Blades in Saskatoon  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Road-weary Hurricanes drop fifth in a row, losing 4-1 to Blades in Saskatoon

  30-11-2024 20:16
  
  The Lethbridge Hurricanes ran into a hot goalie in Evan Gardner Friday night who cooled them off, leading the Blades to a 4-1 win in Saskatoon. The defeat extended the Hurricanes losing streak to five games. Brandon Lisowsky, Rowan Calvert, Lukas Hansen, and Zach Olsen scored for Saskatoon while Noah Chadwick tallied for the Hurricanes. Gardner stopped 30 shots for Saskatoon and was named the game’s first star. The Hurricanes wrap up a stretch of nine games in nine different arenas Saturda
  
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• Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 20:06 via news.google.com
  Trump calls Florida meeting with Trudeau productive amid stiff tariff threat  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Mont-Tremblant World Cup skiing races cancelled due to warm weather - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 19:38 via news.google.com
  Mont-Tremblant World Cup skiing races cancelled due to warm weather  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Blades hand Hurricanes fifth straight loss with 4-1 win - Lethbridge News Now

  30-11-2024 19:06 via news.google.com
  Blades hand Hurricanes fifth straight loss with 4-1 win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Stampeders locker room sale offers helmets, game-worn jerseys

  30-11-2024 19:05
  
  The Calgary Stampeders are cleaning out their lockers Saturday and giving fans an opportunity to own some game-worn gear. Starting at 10 a.m., Stamps fans have the opportunity to access the Stampeders locker room and purchase authentic helmets – including a Riddell Axiom model helmet – as well as game-worn jerseys and equipment bags. The Stampeders will also be collecting non-perishable food items that will be distributed to the Airdrie Food Bank. The locker room sale runs until 1 p.
  
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• Bruce the tiny Vancouver parrot lands internet fame with abstract art

  30-11-2024 18:44
  
  Mononymous painter Bruce has carved a lucrative niche on social media with his abstract artworks, crafted entirely from the colourful juices of fruits. He has garnered over 37.1K Instagram followers, and is revelling in a wave of Tumblr fame. His works - vivid, contemporary, bold - have been published across two separate books. Bruce, aged 17, is also a parrot. The green-and-blue patched parrotlet is one of ten birds to gain online fame after their owner, Vancouver resident Tina Kirmis, began po
  
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• Wranglers score early and often en route to 6-1 victory over Moose in Winnipeg

  30-11-2024 16:48
  
  The Wranglers got back on the winning side of the street Friday night in Winnipeg, defeating the Manitoba Moose 6-1 at Canada Life Centre. After losing two in a row down in Tucson, the Wranglers burst out to a 3-0 lead in the first, getting goals from Clark Bishop, Parker Bell and Rory Kerins. The good times continued in the middle frame as the Wranglers added to their lead, getting goals from Walker Duehr and Parker Bell to make the score 5-0. Martin Frk added one more in the third before the M
  
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• Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores in OT to lift Oilers to 4-3 win over Utah

  30-11-2024 15:57
  
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 1:18 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Friday night. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each tallied a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers. Calvin Pickard stopped 28 shots. Alexander Kerfoot and Logan Cooley scored in the first period for Utah, and Lawson Crouse tied the score in the third period. Karel Vejmelka had 28 saves. Edmonton fell behind 2-0 late in the first before scoring thre
  
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• City of Lethbridge admin staff get 12% raise - Alberta Worker

  30-11-2024 12:31 via news.google.com
  City of Lethbridge admin staff get 12% raise  Alberta Worker
  
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• Lethbridge | University City, Prairie City, Historic City - Britannica

  30-11-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Lethbridge | University City, Prairie City, Historic City  Britannica
  
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• Hurricanes Suffer Fifth Straight Loss, Fall 4-1 to Blades - Canadian Hockey League

  30-11-2024 06:34 via news.google.com
  Hurricanes Suffer Fifth Straight Loss, Fall 4-1 to Blades  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• Beltline vehicle collision sends pedestrian to hospital in critical condition

  30-11-2024 05:46
  
  A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle in the Beltline. It happened Friday shortly after 8 p.m., in the area of 5A Street and 17th Avenue S.W. Police tell CTV the pedestrian was an adult male. The driver remained at the scene. Roads were closed in the aftermath, and police said they'd remain on scene into Friday night to investigate.
  
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• CTV Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Nov. 29, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  30-11-2024 04:25 via news.google.com
  CTV Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Nov. 29, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Man who died trying to help stranded motorist identified as Khalid Farooq, father of 5

  30-11-2024 03:22
  
  The man who lost his life trying to help a stranded motorist Wednesday has been identified as Khalid Farooq. Wednesday night, Farooq, who was driving a Toyota Prius, pulled over on northbound Crowchild Trail near Fifth Avenue at 8 p.m. to help someone whose vehicle had broken down in the right lane. As Farooq exited his vehicle, it began to roll backwards. "The man attempted to stop the Toyota from rolling and became pinned underneath the vehicle," police said in a news release. Though a number
  
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• Cautious optimism? Alberta energy sector prepping for a turbulent 2025

  30-11-2024 02:59
  
  Energy sector leaders say they're happy with how 2024 went but fear the stretch of good fortune could end in 2025. The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors hosted its annual State of the Industry event in Calgary on Friday. President Mark Scholz says it was a great year. "We are seeing some of the highest total jobs created in our sector in nearly 10 years," he said. "More jobs, more paychecks, more rigs." Demand for the product is strong, and market access is slowly improving thanks to tw
  
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• Friday stabbing in Calgary’s southeast sends at least 1 to hospital in serious condition

  30-11-2024 01:47
  
  At least one person was hospitalized late Friday afternoon following a stabbing in southeast Calgary. The incident took place at 117 Walden Square S.E. at 4:40 p.m. A police spokesperson confirmed to CTV Calgary that one person was transported to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in serious condition. An EMS spokesperson said there were three patients, but there was no word on the condition of the other two. It's unclear whether they were stabbed as well. This is a developing story that will
  
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• 3 injured in southeast Calgary stabbing; 1 in potentially life-threatening condition

  30-11-2024 01:47
  
  Three people were injured in a stabbing incident in southeast Calgary on Friday. It happened in the 100 block of Walden Square S.E. at 4:40 p.m. EMS says one person was taken to Foothills Medical Centre in serious, potentially life-threatening condition with traumatic injuries. Two more were taken to South Health Campus in stable, non-life-threatening condition with soft-tissue injuries. A fourth person in the home at the time was not injured. All involved are adults, EMS says. Police say one pe
  
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• 1 person in serious condition following southeast Calgary stabbing, suspect in police custody

  30-11-2024 01:47
  
  A man was seriously injured in a stabbing incident in southeast Calgary on Friday. It happened in the 100 block of Walden Square S.E. at 4:40 p.m. EMS says one person was taken to Foothills Medical Centre in serious, potentially life-threatening condition with traumatic injuries. Two more were taken to South Health Campus in stable, non-life-threatening condition with soft-tissue injuries. A fourth person in the home at the time was not injured. All involved are adults, EMS says. Police say one
  
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• Fill the Cruiser Food Drive helps struggling Blood Tribe families

  30-11-2024 01:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Blood Tribe Police Service's annual Fill the Cruiser Food Drive came just in time to help out with the Kainai Food Bank Society's Christmas hamper program.
  
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• Oil and gas drilling projected to reach 10-year high, but Trump tariffs pose threat

  30-11-2024 01:01
  
  Canada's oil and gas well drilling sector is poised to employ more people next year than it has in a decade, but the job growth could be derailed if president-elect Donald Trump makes good on his tariffs threat. The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC) — which represents drilling and service rig companies across Western Canada, as well as offshore drilling rigs in Atlantic Canada — on Friday said Trump's recent threat of 25-per-cent tariffs across the board on goods com
  
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• Calgary Hitmen happy to cap busy weekend stretch with annual Teddy Bear Toss game

  30-11-2024 00:51
  
  It's a busy weekend for the Calgary Hitmen. They're at home to Edmonton on Friday night, on the road in Medicine Hat on Saturday and then back home on Sunday to face the Moose Jaw Warriors in the annual Teddy Bear Toss game. This is the 29th year for the Teddy Bear Toss game in Calgary. For players, this is a game they mark on the calendar; there's nothing like watching the fur fly. "It's my first year. I'm going to go to the hospital and hand them out, so I'm really looking forward to that," sa
  
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• Flames lose 5-2 to Blue Jackets in fight-filled game

  30-11-2024 00:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Flames (12-8-4) have lost three straight games overall and six in a row on the road.
  
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• Calgary man charged after search warrant leads to seizure of cigarettes, drugs and cash

  30-11-2024 00:45
  
  A Calgary man has been charged after a search warrant led to the seizure of unstamped cigarettes, suspected drugs and $16,000 in cash. On Thursday, members of the Airdrie RCMP’s crime reduction unit, with collaboration from a variety of other RCMP units and members of the Calgary police tactical team, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at two Calgary homes in Temple and Huntington Hills. That led to the seizure of alleged cash proceeds of crime, a number of unsta
  
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• Blue Jackets extend points streak to 5 games with a chippy 5-2 win over the Flames

  30-11-2024 00:40
  
  Adam Fantilli scored twice and the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their points streak to five games with a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames in a chippy game that included six fighting majors. Kirill Marchenko had a goal and two assists, Zach Werenski scored his fourth goal in four games and had an assist, and Kent Johnson added a goal for Columbus (10-9-3), which has four straight wins over Calgary dating to last season. Dimitri Voronkhov contributed two assists, and Elvis Mer
  
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• 'Goosinator' set loose on Henderson Lake and other Lethbridge locations - CTV News Calgary

  30-11-2024 00:23 via news.google.com
  'Goosinator' set loose on Henderson Lake and other Lethbridge locations  CTV News Calgary
  
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• City of Lethbridge launches 'Goosinator' tool to manage waterfowl at lakes - CTV News Calgary

  30-11-2024 00:23 via news.google.com
  City of Lethbridge launches 'Goosinator' tool to manage waterfowl at lakes  CTV News Calgary
  
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• City of Lethbridge launches 'Goosinator' tool to manage waterfowl at lakes

  30-11-2024 00:23
  
  While it may look colourful and cartoonish to humans, a new tool is designed to represent a predator for geese and other species at Henderson Lake to improve water quality. The "Goosinator" is helping address the increasing challenges posed by the waterfowl population in Lethbridge. "The Goosinator is an (amphibious, remote-control hazing device) that is used to chase geese and waterfowl populations from water bodies," said Jackie Cardinal, the city's parks natural resource co-ordinator. The nee
  
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to the Canada-U.S. border

  30-11-2024 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.
  
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to border

  30-11-2024 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.
  
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• A Life Was Saved On Lethbridge Streets - Bridge City News - November 30, 2024 - Bridge City News

  30-11-2024 00:04 via news.google.com
  A Life Was Saved On Lethbridge Streets - Bridge City News - November 30, 2024  Bridge City News
  
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