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• 1,650 barrels of oil spilled by Enbridge in Wisconsin

  14-12-2024 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Enbridge said the 70,000 gallon spill on the company's Line 6 was caused by a faulty connection on a pump transfer pipe at the Enbridge Cambridge Station.
  
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• Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi hints at Edmonton-Strathcona run

  14-12-2024 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nenshi had change in tune Saturday to previous statements when asked about a possible bid for former leader Rachel Notley's Edmonton-Strathcona seat.
  
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• Province allocates $5.5M to fight human trafficking in Alberta

  14-12-2024 23:20
  
  The around-the-clock effort to combat human trafficking in Alberta has been bolstered by additional provincial funding. “To ensure that this $5.5 million in funding is allocated to community-based organizations fostering a consistent coordinated response to human trafficking in Alberta,” said Canadian country star and antitrafficking advocate Paul Brandt Friday. Brandt joined provincial minister of public safety and emergency services Mike Ellis and Searle Turton, Alberta’s min
  
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• Toronto’s McIntosh sets another world record at short-course swimming championships - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 23:17 via news.google.com
  Toronto’s McIntosh sets another world record at short-course swimming championships  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Athletics acquire LHP Jeffrey Springs in multiplayer deal with the Rays - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 22:48 via news.google.com
  Athletics acquire LHP Jeffrey Springs in multiplayer deal with the Rays  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Enbridge reports 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin

  14-12-2024 22:35
  
  Calgary-based pipeline giant Enbridge says it has cleaned up about 60 per cent of a nearly 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin that was discovered last month. Enbridge says the spill was discovered by an employee conducting a visual inspection of its Line 6 at the Enbridge Cambridge Station, west of Milwaukee, on Nov. 11. Line 6 is a nearly 750-kilometre pipeline carrying crude oil from Superior, Wis., to a terminal near Griffith, Ind. Enbridge spokesperson Juli Kellner says state and federal r
  
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• Game Preview: Game 33 vs Lethbridge Hurricanes - OurSports Central

  14-12-2024 21:42 via news.google.com
  Game Preview: Game 33 vs Lethbridge Hurricanes  OurSports Central
  
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• Hurricanes win fourth straight, beat Rebels 4-1 - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 20:49 via news.google.com
  Hurricanes win fourth straight, beat Rebels 4-1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Seven Chiefs Sportplex transforms into holiday market with Christmas at the Nation

  14-12-2024 20:10
  
  If you are looking for a unique Christmas gift, you might want to head over to Tsuut’ina Nation. Christmas at the Nation is on, and it’s one of Alberta’s largest Indigenous markets, featuring more than 200 local artists and vendors. The Seven Chiefs Sportplex is brimming with all kinds of unique and beautiful items. There are also dance performances, an indoor tipi, photos with Santa, and plenty of tasty food. Organizers say the market is a great place to find a special gift, a
  
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• Enbridge pipeline spills 70,000 gallons of oil in Wisconsin

  14-12-2024 19:48
  
  Roughly 70000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said. The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles (96.5 kilometres) west of Milwaukee, by an Enbridge Energy technician, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, citing a federal accident report.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesEnbridge told the newspaper that the spill on the company's Line 6 was caused by a faulty c
  
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• GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Tigers For First Time - Canadian Hockey League

  14-12-2024 19:11 via news.google.com
  GAME DAY: Hurricanes Visit Tigers For First Time  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• Federal government’s two-month GST holiday begins

  14-12-2024 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  As a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday, shoppers and businesses expressed lukewarm support for the measure.
  
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• Yakemchuk scores record-breaking goal in overtime as Hitmen edge Blazers 5-4 at Saddledome

  14-12-2024 18:41
  
  Carter Yakemchuk set a record and won a game for the Hitmen Friday night as Calgary defeated the Kamloops Blazers 5-4 in overtime. Yakemchuk scored in extra time to give Calgary the victory. It was his 64th career goal, moving him into top spot as the Hitmen’s all-time leading scorer as a defenceman.Carter Yakemchuk broke the franchise record for most goals by a defenceman tonight, cementing his place in the history books!@WHLHitmen | @Senators | #WHLTopPerformer pic.twitter.com/DK3tMTegfC
  
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• Popular actor in southern India is freed on bail after spending a night in jail in a stampede case

  14-12-2024 17:05
  
  A popular actor in southern India was released from jail on bail on Saturday, a day after he was arrested by police in connection with a stampede that led to the death of a woman at the premiere of his movie earlier this month. A 35-year-old woman died and her 8-year-old son was critically injured in the stampede, which occurred during the screening of Allu Arjun’s release for “Pushpa 2: The Rule” in southern Telangana state's Hyderabad city on Dec. 4. Arjun was arrested after
  
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• 1 dead in Friday afternoon vehicle collision outside Kitscoty, Alta.

  14-12-2024 16:52
  
  One person is dead following a collision Friday afternoon between a sedan and a pickup truck outside Kitscoty, Alta. At 4:28 p.m., Kitscoty RCMP responded to a report of a collision on Township Road 502 east of Range Road 20. RCMP, EMS and fire services responded, where they determined that the sedan driver, a 92-year-old Blackfoot resident, was dead. The truck driver was injured and transported to hospital in Edmonton. An investigation is underway into the cause of the collision.
  
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• 1 dead in Friday afternoon crash outside Kitscoty, Alta.

  14-12-2024 16:52
  
  One person is dead following a crash Friday afternoon between a sedan and a pickup truck outside Kitscoty, Alta. At 4:28 p.m., Kitscoty RCMP responded to a report of a crash on Township Road 502 east of Range Road 20. RCMP, EMS and fire services responded, where they determined that the sedan driver, a 92-year-old Blackfoot resident, was dead. The truck driver was injured and taken to hospital in Edmonton. An investigation is underway into the cause of the crash. Kitscoty is about 226 km southea
  
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• British departure means uncertain future for Alberta's massive Suffield military base

  14-12-2024 16:04
  
  A sprawling military training base more than twice the size of New York City in southeastern Alberta appears to be a shadow of its former self while its future use remains up in the air. Canadian Forces Base Suffield, 260 kilometres east of Calgary, is the largest training area in Canada at nearly 2,700 square kilometres. The British Army sent thousands of troops to the base for armour training and exercises each year beginning the early 1970s. Prince Harry trained there in 2007 and was spotted
  
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• Lethbridge-West byelection UCP candidate says he wants to flip riding blue - Western Standard

  14-12-2024 16:00 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge-West byelection UCP candidate says he wants to flip riding blue  Western Standard
  
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• The benefits of indoor plants and how to keep them alive over the winter

  14-12-2024 15:30
  
  People tend to like plants. Most of us will either be a plant enjoyer to some degree or know someone who is. According to the biophilia hypothesis, the desire to be around nature and other forms of life has, in part, a genetic basis in humans. There are also a lot of benefits to being around plants.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppIt's no secret that plants, trees especially, are necessary. They filter the air and pump out the oxygen we need to liv
  
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• Ukrainian drones strike Russia as Kyiv reels from consecutive massive air attacks

  14-12-2024 15:15
  
  Ukrainian drone strikes on southern Russia killed a nine-year-old boy and set fire to a major oil terminal, officials said Saturday, the day after Moscow launched a massive aerial attack on its neighbor that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was one of the heaviest bombardments of the country’s energy sector since Russia’s full-scale invasion almost three years ago. The boy died when a drone struck his family’s home outside Belgorod, a Russian city near the border wi
  
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• British departure means uncertain future for Alberta’s massive Suffield military base - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 14:06 via news.google.com
  British departure means uncertain future for Alberta’s massive Suffield military base  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Saturday is last day for advance voting in Lethbridge-West by-election - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 14:01 via news.google.com
  Saturday is last day for advance voting in Lethbridge-West by-election  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law order

  14-12-2024 13:08
  
  South Korea’s parliament on Saturday impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree, a move that ended days of political paralysis but set up an intense debate over Yoon's fate, as jubilant crowds roared to celebrate another defiant moment in the country's resilient democracy. The National Assembly passed the motion 204-85. Yoon’s presidential powers and duties were subsequently suspended and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, the country’s No.
  
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• Lois Roelofs Obituary | Dec 14, 2024 | Lethbridge, AB - Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels

  14-12-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Lois Roelofs Obituary | Dec 14, 2024 | Lethbridge, AB  Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels
  
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• Debra Selk Obituary | Dec 14, 2024 | Lethbridge, AB - Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home

  14-12-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Debra Selk Obituary | Dec 14, 2024 | Lethbridge, AB  Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home
  
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• Hurricanes Hold Off Rebels; Sweep Homestand - Lethbridge Hurricanes - Canadian Hockey League

  14-12-2024 07:16 via news.google.com
  
  Hurricanes Hold Off Rebels; Sweep Homestand - Lethbridge Hurricanes  Canadian Hockey League
  
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• CTV News Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Dec. 13, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  14-12-2024 05:28 via news.google.com
  CTV News Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Dec. 13, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Woman dies after being struck by vehicle in crosswalk in N.E. Calgary

  14-12-2024 05:00
  
  A woman in her late 50s is dead after she was struck by a vehicle in Calgary's northeast on Friday evening. Police say the woman was in a marked crosswalk, making her way across Laguna Way at 43rd Avenue N.E., when she was hit. It happened just after 5:30 p.m. EMS say she was transported in critical, life-threatening condition to the Peter Lougheed Centre, which was the closest hospital to the scene. Police confirm she later died. The driver remained at the scene. Police say speed and intoxicati
  
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• Pinto, Ullmark lead Senators to 3-0 road win over Hurricanes - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 04:21 via news.google.com
  Pinto, Ullmark lead Senators to 3-0 road win over Hurricanes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Shawnessy senior goes missing; police asking for public assistance to locate him

  14-12-2024 04:03
  
  Calgary police need your help in their search for a missing senior. Identified by police as Fred, the 79-year-old left his residence in the 0-100 block of Shawbrooke Circle S.W. around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 13 and hasn't been seen since. Fred is described as six feet tall and slim, brown-haired and hazel-eyed. He was last seen wearing a black denim jacket, blue jeans, a black toque, brown winter boots and khaki gloves. He also wears glasses. Anyone with information regarding Fred's whereabouts is as
  
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• Calgary senior who went missing in Shawnessy located: police

  14-12-2024 04:03
  
  Calgary police say a senior who went missing in the community of Shawnessy has been located. The 79-year-old went missing in the early-morning hours of Dec. 13, and police issued a call-out to the public for assistance in finding him. Later on Dec. 13, police confirmed he'd been located. Police thanked the public for their help.
  
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• CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Dec. 13, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  14-12-2024 03:18 via news.google.com
  CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Dec. 13, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Fire and ice: the ‘best of both worlds’ for this Calgary woman

  14-12-2024 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  28-year-old Bianca Ribi says there are a lot of similarities between being a firefighter and a bobsledder: they're both dangerous and unpredictable.
  
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• CPKC Holiday Train arrives in southern Alberta to light up the night

  14-12-2024 03:02
  
  The CPKC Holiday Train pulled into southern Alberta Friday night, and a large crowd assembled in Airdrie to take in the show. They were entertained Friday by Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! Onstage while volunteers collected donations for the local food bank. The train rolls into Calgary Saturday night. It will be at the Anderson C-Train station between 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
  
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• Province provides $150K to help fund programs for newcomer youth

  14-12-2024 02:24
  
  Brooks, Alta., officials with the John Ware Youth Empowerment Program are hoping to help even more young newcomers thanks to a $150,000 grant from the province. “It’s expected there will be more participants next year,” said Ahmed Kassem, the executive director of the Global Village Centre. “With an expanded focus including on career choices for life, intercultural learning and experience and life skills education, including gender-based violence prevention and mental hea
  
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• Canadian airline executives appear before parliamentary committee to defend carry-on bag fees

  14-12-2024 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Executives from Canada's largest airlines were summoned to appear before a Parliamentary committee on Friday to defend recent fee increases for carry-on bags.
  
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• Canadian airline executives appear before parliamentary committee, defend carry-on bag fees

  14-12-2024 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Executives from Canada's largest airlines were summoned to appear before a Parliamentary committee on Friday to defend recent fee increases for carry-on bags.
  
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• Cavalry FC to host first leg of Concacaf matchup in Langford, B.C.in February

  14-12-2024 01:25
  
  Cavalry FC will host the first game of Round One of the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup, but Calgary fans will have to travel to get there. The team announced that the first game against Liga MX side Pumas UNAM will be played at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C. (Victoria) on Feb. 6, 2024. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. MST. A week later, on Feb. 13, the same two teams will square off at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City. Kickoff for that one is 6 p.m. MST. The winner will be deci
  
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• Cavalry FC to host first leg of Concacaf matchup in Langford, B.C. in February

  14-12-2024 01:25
  
  Cavalry FC will host the first game of Round One of the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup, but Calgary fans will have to travel to get there. The team announced that the first game against Liga MX side Pumas UNAM will be played at Starlight Stadium in Langford, B.C. (Victoria) on Feb. 6, 2024. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. MST. A week later, on Feb. 13, the same two teams will square off at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City. Kickoff for that one is 6 p.m. MST. The winner will be deci
  
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• Hitmen's Howe, Hurricanes' Yager make Team Canada world junior roster

  14-12-2024 01:11
  
  Team Canada announced its 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship roster on Friday, including two players on southern Alberta WHL teams. Tanner Howe, of the Calgary Hitmen, and Brayden Yager, of the Lethbridge Hurricanes, were among the 14 forwards that will be donning the maple leaf later this month. Both players were recently acquired by their respective WHL teams through trade. Howe, a second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2024, has registered nine goals and seven assists in 16 g
  
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• Alberta small business owners react to possible end to Canada’s postal strike

  14-12-2024 01:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Small business owners in Alberta say Ottawa's latest move to try to force an end to the country's postal strike comes too late to save this year's holiday shopping season.
  
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• Source: Running back-returner Javon Leake staying put with Edmonton Elks - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 01:00 via news.google.com
  Source: Running back-returner Javon Leake staying put with Edmonton Elks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary chuckwagon driver wrangles up donations for the Calgary Food Bank

  14-12-2024 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  World champion chuckwagon driver Chanse Vigen hitched his wagon to supporting the Calgary Food Bank, collecting more than 3,000 pounds for those in need.
  
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• Lethbridge's small businesses feeling the impact of continued Canada Post strike - CTV News Calgary

  14-12-2024 00:37 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge's small businesses feeling the impact of continued Canada Post strike  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge charities begin final push for Christmas Hope donations - CTV News Calgary

  14-12-2024 00:15 via news.google.com
  Lethbridge charities begin final push for Christmas Hope donations  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge charities begin final push for Christmas Hope donations

  14-12-2024 00:15
  
  With Christmas a week and a half away, the final push for donations for Lethbridge’s Christmas Hope Campaign has begun. The annual holiday campaign is aiming to help a record 10,500 people this year. “We are down to the last few hundred kids left to gift bundle for,” said Dryden Roesch, marketing manager at Lethbridge Family Services, one of six organizations a part of the campaign. The annual holiday campaign includes the Lethbridge Food Bank, Interfaith Food Bank, Lethbridge
  
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• Toronto Argonauts sign American running back Kevin Brown - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 00:10 via news.google.com
  Toronto Argonauts sign American running back Kevin Brown  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada unveils roster for upcoming world junior hockey championship - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 00:10 via news.google.com
  Canada unveils roster for upcoming world junior hockey championship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New military vessel launched in B.C. bears illustrious naval name - Lethbridge News Now

  14-12-2024 00:05 via news.google.com
  New military vessel launched in B.C. bears illustrious naval name  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Drones, planes or UFOs? Americans abuzz over mysterious New Jersey sightings

  14-12-2024 00:05
  
  That buzzing coming out of New Jersey? It's unclear if it's drones or something else, but for sure the nighttime sightings are producing tons of talk, a raft of conspiracy theories and craned necks looking skyward. Cropping up on local news and social media sites around Thanksgiving, the saga of the drones reported over New Jersey has reached incredible heights.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesThis week seems to have begun a new, higher-profile c
  
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