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• Andersson scores game-winner for Flames, then gets named to Swedish national team for 4 Nations

  05-12-2024 00:09 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  It was a wild 24 hours for the Flames’ Swedish defenceman Rasmus Andersson. Tuesday night, he scored the game-winning goal as the Flames dumped the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 in an emotional game where the Flames paid tribute to the late Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. Then Wednesday morning, Andersson discovered he’s been named to the Swedish roster for the upcoming Four Nations tournament. It’s a huge honour and well-deserved for the Flames defenceman, who said he was thrilled to
  
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• Naheed Nenshi finding his feet leading an Alberta NDP still under construction

  26-12-2024 15:41 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Naheed Nenshi is still looking to find his feet — and a seat in the legislature — after six months on the job as leader of Alberta's NDP. “I really am still getting my skis under me,” the former Calgary mayor said of his new gig in a recent year-end interview. Without a seat in the house, he's been watching the cut and thrust of the provincial legislature from the sidelines, and he's trying new things. The Opposition NDP has become more targeted in its media messaging and
  
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• Bird flu, measles top 2025 concerns for Canada's chief public health officer

  26-12-2024 12:48 via ctvnews.ca
  
  As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year. At the same time, Canada's chief public health officer is closely monitoring measles — a virus that was eliminated in this country more than two decades ago, but is making an accelerated resurgence.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppH5N1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses carried by wild birds,
  
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• Israeli strike kills 5 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, officials say - Lethbridge News Now

  26-12-2024 07:55 via news.google.com
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• First responders spend Christmas Eve circling Alberta Children’s Hospital in tribute to hospital staff and kids

  26-12-2024 03:27 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  More than a dozen emergency vehicles headed to Alberta Children’s Hospital Tuesday, but there was no disaster. Every year, a fleet of police cars, EMS vehicles and transit busses circle the hospital to cheer up the children and staff inside. The loud and bright display is a big thank-you for all the hardworking staff and brave kids. This year, the decade-long tradition started at six p.m., with many many of the participants volunteering personal time to participate. They say it’s the
  
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• Lake Louise ice climber takes a scary fall, then carries on climbing ice

  26-12-2024 02:55 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The sport of ice climbing is becoming more and more popular, but one man is lucky to be alive after a serious fall in Alberta’s back country. It happened at Lake Louise around 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, when a climber fell from atop the ice as his safety rope cauht him at the very last minute while hitting the snow pack below. Damian Sanders and his family, who were visiting the area from Australia, captured video of the climber during a horse sleigh tour. His family was shocked by
  
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• Safety tips for holiday home cooks: Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services - CTV News Calgary

  26-12-2024 02:36 via news.google.com
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• Safety tips for holiday home cooks: Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services

  26-12-2024 02:36 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  If you’re planning to cook over the holidays, Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services (LFES) is reminding everyone to do it safely. When preparing dinner, the fire department says to not wear loose clothing or leave the stove unattended. If cooking with grease, it’s recommended you have a fire extinguisher or lid to cover the pot or pan in case of fire. While turkeys do take a while to cook, LFES says someone should always be home if the oven is on. The risk of kitchen fires continues
  
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• Beyoncé turns NFL Christmas Halftime Show into a 'Cowboy Carter' party with Post Malone cameo

  26-12-2024 00:47 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Hope your Santa hat was fastened, because Beyoncé gave us the ultimate “Cowboy Carter” gift this Christmas. The superstar spread holiday cheer during Wednesday’s Halftime Show at the Christmas Day Texans-Ravens NFL game in her hometown of Houston, Texas, marking the first time Beyoncé performed songs from her hit 2024 album “Cowboy Carter” in front of a live audience.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top storiesBey
  
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• Here’s which bins your Christmas wrapping, ribbons and leftovers should go into - CTV News Calgary

  26-12-2024 00:45 via news.google.com
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• Here’s which bins your Christmas wrapping, ribbons and leftovers should go into

  26-12-2024 00:45 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  With piles of presents unwrapped Wednesday, Environment Lethbridge is reminding everyone to dispose of all that waste properly. Styrofoam, wrapping paper, ribbons and bows are not recyclable and should be put into the black bin. Kathleen Sheppard of Environment Lethbridge said that most wrapping paper is coated with plastic and not able to be recycled. However, cardboard boxes, metal containers and plastic can be put into the blue bins. Sheppard said it’s also a good idea to reuse some of
  
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• Crash on Christmas Eve in Vancouver killed a motorcyclist, says VPD - Lethbridge News Now

  26-12-2024 00:21 via news.google.com
  Crash on Christmas Eve in Vancouver killed a motorcyclist, says VPD  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Donald Trump says he urged Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister in Christmas visit

  25-12-2024 23:35 via ctvnews.ca
  
  1U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada. "I just left Wayne Gretzky, 'The Great One' as he is known in ice-hockey circles," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Wednesday afternoon.Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories "I said, 'Wayne, why don't you run for prime minister of Canada, soon to be known as the governor of Canada
  
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• Lethbridge Polytechnic set to host crop conference as school ranked in Top 10 Canadian research colleges - CTV News Calgary

  25-12-2024 23:16 via news.google.com
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• Lethbridge Polytechnic set to host crop conference as school ranked in Top 10 Canadian research colleges

  25-12-2024 23:16 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge Polytechnic is set to host a major conference next month on an irrigated crops update, just as the school has been recognized as a top national research institution. The event, scheduled for Jan. 23 at the Lethbridge District Exhbition Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre is a partnership between industry, farmers, academic researchers and government representatives from across Western Canada. It aims to look at irrigation plans, scheduling and strategies to ensure a sustainable agriculture
  
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• 1 man hospitalized following early Sunday assault outside Pulse nightclub - CTV News Calgary

  25-12-2024 22:20 via news.google.com
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• 1 man hospitalized following early Sunday assault outside Pulse nightclub

  25-12-2024 22:20 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Lethbridge man is in stable condition and recovering in hospital after he was assaulted outside a downtown nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning. An officer heard someone call for help around 5 a.m. while patrolling along the 200 block of 135 Street South, where he discovered a 24-year-old man on the ground in medical distress. Police say the man had previously been at Pulse nightclub on First Avenue South around 2 a.m., when he was involved in a fight with a group of men near a black
  
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• Quebec man reportedly killed in Fort Lauderdale boat explosion - Lethbridge News Now

  25-12-2024 22:06 via news.google.com
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• A year of ‘high highs and some real lows’: NDP leader Naheed Nenshi sends holiday greetings to Albertans

  25-12-2024 20:45 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi ended a year unlike any other in his career, sending out holiday wishes to everyone in the province. Nenshi returned to the political arena in June, winning the leadership of the Alberta NDP party, getting 86 per cent of the votes cast on the first ballot. “Last Christmas, I did not think I would be back in politics,” Nenshi said in a video posted on X. “And it’s been a big year for Albertans, we’ve had a real rollercoaster: high hig
  
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• Alberta premier Danielle Smith issues Christmas and Hannukkah greetings Wednesday

  25-12-2024 20:11 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta premier Danielle Smith wished Albertans a merry Christmas and a happy Hannukkah Wednesday. In a media statement, Smith said, “Today, Albertans of the Christian faith celebrate the miraculous birth of their saviour, Jesus Christ, whose arrival fulfilled ancient prophecies and brought the promise of hope, peace and eternal salvation to the world. "His birth in Bethlehem is a reminder of God’s great love for us and his plan to bring hope and salvation to the world. “As fam
  
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• Solar burgers: How agrivoltaics is marrying food production with green energy

  25-12-2024 19:36 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Jason Bradley spent 20 years of his career as ranch manager at a 50,000-acre grazing operation in west-central Alberta, so he understands why people react with skepticism to the idea of raising a herd of cattle on a working solar farm.  "The first thing people think is, 'You can't put cattle on (a solar farm). They're just going to rub on the panels and wreck them,'" Bradley said. But as the CEO of Calgary-based Sun Cycle Farms, Bradley believes the doubters have already been proven wr
  
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• Alberta premier hopes for health reform payoff in 2025, regrets deferring tax cut

  25-12-2024 19:15 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent year-end interview, Smith said work that began in 2023 to create four new organizations in place of one health authority is almost complete, but there's still more to do. “Next year, I think, will be the real proof of the new model,” she said. Critics have said the restructuring would separat
  
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• Pope urges 'all people of all nations' to silence arms and overcome divisions in Christmas address

  25-12-2024 17:57 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. The pontiff's “Urbi et Orbi” — “To the City and the World” — address serves as a summary of the woes facing the world this year. As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Ho
  
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• Azerbaijani airliner crashes in Kazakhstan, killing 38 with 29 survivors, officials say

  25-12-2024 17:39 via ctvnews.ca
  
  An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said. Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbaev disclosed the figures while meeting with Azerbaijani officials, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News AppThe Embraer 190 was en route from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the Nor
  
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• Pedestrian dead after collision in Quebec City, police say - Lethbridge News Now

  25-12-2024 17:26 via news.google.com
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• Montreal man dead after boat explodes in Fort Lauderdale

  25-12-2024 14:02 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Montreal man is dead and several others are injured after a boat exploded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The blast was caught on a surveillance video of a boat exploding around 6 p.m. on Monday evening. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservasion Commission spokesperson Arielle Callender said that the boat exploded after the engines were started and there were seven passengers on board. Sebastien Gauthier, 41, died of his injuries. "The other six occupants were transferred to a local hospital for tre
  
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• Elderly woman struck by vehicle in parking lot, suffers life-altering injuries

  25-12-2024 04:29 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  An elderly woman suffered life-altering injuries when she was struck by a car in a grocery store parking lot. It happened Tuesday, around 10:20 a.m., in the parking lot of the Sobeys at 555 Strathcona Blvd. S.W. The woman who was hit is in her 90s. A woman in her 50s was behind the wheel of the 2007 Honda Civic that hit her. Police say the driver made a sharp turn into one of the parking lot laneways, near the grocery store entrance, colliding with the elderly pedestrian. The victim was taken to
  
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• Lethbridge Police investigating fatal collision - My Lethbridge Now

  25-12-2024 04:26 via news.google.com
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• CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Dec. 24, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  25-12-2024 04:19 via news.google.com
  CTV News Lethbridge at 5 for Dec. 24, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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• CTV News Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Dec. 24, 2024 - CTV News Calgary

  25-12-2024 04:18 via news.google.com
  CTV News Lethbridge Weather at 5 for Dec. 24, 2024  CTV News Calgary
  
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