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• Weather system expected to bring 10-20 cm of snow to parts of Alberta

  06-03-2020 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Snowfall in Edmonton could be in the five- to 10-centimetre range Saturday.
  
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• Alberta premier says coronavirus outbreak may affect balanced budget plan

  06-03-2020 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says the novel coronavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023.
  
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• Lethbridge Kinsmen 6th Annual Mardi Gras Charity Gala

  06-03-2020 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kick off Mardi Gras with the Kinsmen Club of Lethbridge and a night of party games and cocktails! The sixth annual event will feature music, fun and a five-course dinner to celebrate the season and support a good cause. Funds raised from the Gala directly support local youth through the ‘Ready Set Go’ back to...
  
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• Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 23:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Austin officials cancel South by Southwest festival  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Emergency goalie, zamboni driver David Ayres joins Boulet family for transplant awareness campaign

  06-03-2020 23:22
  
  The emergency goalie who helped create hockey history and the father of a Humboldt bus crash victim have teamed up to ask Canadians to mark their calendars for Green Shirt Day on April 7. The organ donation awareness campaign hopes to get an attention boost with the help of David Ayres, the 42-year-old Zamboni driver for the Toronto Maple Leafs and living kidney transplant recipient. "(It) has been fantastic, a lot of positive stuff comes from this but now I'm able to be a spokesperson for kidne
  
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• Woman injured in Innisfail shooting

  06-03-2020 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  A shooting in Innisfail, Alta., leaves one injured on Friday morning.
  
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• Calgary students celebrate $10M milestone

  06-03-2020 22:57
  
  Today is a celebratory day for Calgary youth and their philanthropic efforts. The team of grade nine students who are a part of the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) received a $5,000 grant for charity they chose at special event  Friday celebrating $10 million granted by Canadian students through YPI. Julie Toskan, the founder of Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, said the students do all the work themselves, “Students look for an issue that is affecting their community negativ
  
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• Purell profiteering: Hand sanitizer out of stock, opening way for price-gouging

  06-03-2020 22:56
  
  Among the many essentials being sought to aid in the fight against COVID-19, hand sanitizer has become a precious commodity because of its off-label claim about its effectiveness in killing viruses. Unfortunately, all those empty shelves in stores across the country means many people are trying to take advantage of the hysteria and offer the product at twice, three times or even 10 times higher than the regular price.GOJO Industries, the parent company of Purell, took steps to address the spike
  
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• Purell profiteering: Hand sanitizer out of stock across Canada, opening the way for price-gouging

  06-03-2020 22:56
  
  Among the many essentials being sought to aid in the fight against COVID-19, hand sanitizer has become a precious commodity because of its off-label claim about its effectiveness in killing viruses. Unfortunately, all those empty shelves in stores across the country means many people are trying to take advantage of the hysteria and offer the product at twice, three times or even 10 times higher than the regular price.GOJO Industries, the parent company of Purell, took steps to address the spike
  
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• Hand sanitizer out of stock because of COVID-19, opening way for online price gouging

  06-03-2020 22:56
  
  Among the many essentials being sought to aid in the fight against COVID-19, hand sanitizer has become a precious commodity because of its off-label claim about its effectiveness in killing viruses. Unfortunately, all those empty shelves in stores across the country means many people are trying to take advantage of the hysteria and offer the product at twice, three times or even 10 times higher than the regular price.GOJO Industries, the parent company of Purell, took steps to address the spike
  
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• Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 22:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 22:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman shot near Innisfail park in suspected targeted attack

  06-03-2020 22:29
  
  A woman is receiving medical treatment in a Calgary-area hospital after being shot in the town of Innisfail Friday morning. Officers were called to a location near Cannon Park in the town's south end at approximately 5 a.m. following reports of a shooting. On arrival, police were informed that a woman suffering from a gunshot wound had been taken to the Innisfail hospital by an unknown person and the suspects in the shooting had fled the area. The extent of the woman's injuries required addition
  
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• 33rd Annual Moonlight Run

  06-03-2020 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 33rd Annual Moonlight Run offers a great evening of activity with family and friends for a good cause! The event includes a 6 km walk/run and a 10 km run, heading down 3rd Avenue into the river valley, and back up to cross the finish line at CASA. Featuring musical performances from the Blood...
  
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• Biggest opportunities for energy savings at city facilities identified - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 22:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Biggest opportunities for energy savings at city facilities identified  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police seek arsonist in northeast Calgary dump truck fires

  06-03-2020 22:22
  
  Calgary police are hoping tips from the public can help lead them to an arsonist who set fire to three dump trucks in a northeast storage yard in January. The three commercial dump trucks were parked for the winter at a lot in the 7500 block of 36th Street N.E. Police say the suspect or suspects entered the storage yard at around 1 p.m. on Jan 17 and set the trucks on fire. According to police, the heat from the fires was so intense a fourth truck parked nearly also sustained damage to the outsi
  
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• Kenney supports ending DST, but says government has more consultations to do

  06-03-2020 22:17
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joins 91 per cent of consulted Albertans who don't want to adjust their clocks this Saturday. Kenney said the large majority of 141,000 Albertans his government surveyed last year support ending daylight saving time. "We hear those Albertans," the premier said Friday. "We are completing a few more consultations with key industries like the aviation industry – but I do note that British Columbia has gone in that direction on the west side of Alberta, and Saskatc
  
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• Families of Humboldt crash victims unite in call for better training for truck drivers

  06-03-2020 22:00
  
  A new advocacy group, that includes families of some of the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is calling for improvements to Canada's commercial licensing system. Safer Roads Canada, which launched Friday, aims to improve safety on the nation's highways by ensuring commercial drivers are properly trained. The group includes:Pattie Fair (executive director), whose husband Steve Babji was killed in a head-on crash involving an inexperienced semi-truck driver on the Trans-Canada Highway in
  
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• Oil price plunge puts Alberta budget into question

  06-03-2020 21:55
  
  A slip on the commodities market could mean deeper cuts to programs in Alberta, the premier's office conceded Friday. "Every dollar reduction in the price of WTI (West Texas Intermediate oil) takes about $200 million out of provincial revenues," said Jason Kenney, speaking from Morinville, Alta. this morning. "We just don’t know how long this situation is going to prevail." While WTI briefly hovered above $47/BBL Friday morning, it dropped more than six dollars to $41.23. Alberta’s 2
  
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• Alberta outdoor stores pen letter to government to reverse parks decision

  06-03-2020 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three of Alberta's outdoor stores have written a letter to the provincial government, asking to UCP to reverse a decision to close or partially close 20 Alberta parks.
  
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• Alberta premier agrees with survey urging end to daylight time - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 21:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta premier agrees with survey urging end to daylight time  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Melania Trump on rare fundraising foray into 2020 campaign - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 21:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Melania Trump on rare fundraising foray into 2020 campaign  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 91% of Albertans want to make Daylight Saving Time permanent: survey

  06-03-2020 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 90 per cent of Albertans who responded to a government survey say they would like to stop changing their clocks twice a year and stick with Daylight Saving Time.
  
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• Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3 - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 21:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• MLA Neudorf: budget “corrects spending” and invests in jobs - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 21:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  MLA Neudorf: budget “corrects spending” and invests in jobs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 3 new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench

  06-03-2020 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three new judges appointed to Alberta Court of Queen's Bench are all from Edmonton.
  
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• One billion Android devices at risk of hacking: researchers

  06-03-2020 20:51
  
  More than a billion Android devices are at risk of being hacked because they are no longer protected by security updates, according to a consumer watchdog. Researchers at Which? magazine found 40 per cent of Android users worldwide are no longer receiving security updates from the Google operating system, putting them at risk of data theft, ransom demands and malware attacks. Experts at the British publication took a selection of phones and tablets and found they could easily be hacked. “R
  
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• 'No evidence' vitamins prevent infection of COVID-19, experts say

  06-03-2020 20:49
  
  As worries about the spread of COVID-19 mount across the country, including here in Alberta after officials announced the first presumptive case in the province, many people are scouring stores for anything purported to prevent infection. We've already heard about anxious Canadians rushing out to stock up on household items like toilet paper and other necessities, and even how a massive hand sanitizer shortage has taken hold in North America. However, a number of products regularly sold in store
  
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• Canadian Brandon Bridge seemingly leaving football to pursue policing career - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 20:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian Brandon Bridge seemingly leaving football to pursue policing career  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Parents of Humboldt Broncos crash victims demand national mandatory semi-truck driver training

  06-03-2020 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Safer Roads Canada was founded by families, including some Humboldt Broncos parents, who have lost loved ones in crashes involving semi-trucks.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos parents among those behind new road safety advocacy group

  06-03-2020 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Safer Roads Canada was founded by families, including some Humboldt Broncos parents, who have lost loved ones in crashes involving semi-trucks.
  
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• Calgary's National Sport School gets a year's reprieve from school board

  06-03-2020 20:13
  
  The National Sport School in Calgary that has produced Olympic and Paralympic champions will survive at least one more year. The Calgary Board of Education planned to close the school operating at WinSport's Canada Olympic Park when the lease expired in June, and move students to public high schools in a cost-cutting measure. But the CBE said in a statement Friday "the National Sport School will continue to operate out of WinSport for the 2020-21 school year. "Programming for the next year will
  
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• National Sport School gets a year’s reprieve from Calgary school board

  06-03-2020 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The National Sport School in Calgary that has produced Olympic and Paralympic champions will survive at least one more year.
  
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• U of C research teams get $1.6M in federal funding to help COVID-19 fight

  06-03-2020 19:52
  
  Three University of Calgary research teams are adding their expertise to the global fight against COVID-19. The teams come from three separate disciplines — medicine, public policy and social work — and have received more than $1.6 million in funding from the federal government to explore ways to mitigate the outbreak. The medical team, led by Dr. Dylan Pillai, will work to develop fast, effective and portable testing that will help health-care workers diagnose patients affected by t
  
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• House passes bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 19:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  House passes bipartisan $8.3B bill to battle coronavirus  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 2 people killed in Trans-Canada Highway crash near Calgary

  06-03-2020 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people were killed in a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary on Friday. 
  
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• 2 dead in single-vehicle crash west of Calgary

  06-03-2020 19:17
  
  Two people are dead after a single-vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway Friday morning. As of 11 a.m., Cochrane RCMP were at the crash scene west of Calgary near Old Banff Coach Road. Police say westbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane for several hours while the cause of the crash is investigated. RCMP will not be releasing the victims' identities, but did say the deceased were the passenger and driver of the vehicle.
  
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• Kodiaks basketball teams fall in ACAC championship tournament openers - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Kodiaks basketball teams fall in ACAC championship tournament openers  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle's schedule hampered by coronavirus - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle's schedule hampered by coronavirus  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ?Plácido Domingo pulls out of Royal Opera House performances - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:53 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  ?Plácido Domingo pulls out of Royal Opera House performances  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Inuit concerned about potential spread of COVID-19 in North - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Inuit concerned about potential spread of COVID-19 in North  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Netanyahu still short of majority after Israel's election - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 18:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Netanyahu still short of majority after Israel's election  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 24-year-old woman found dead west of Calgary identified: sources

  06-03-2020 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Multiple sources have identified the Calgary woman whose body was discovered west of the city last week.
  
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• Part of Syncrude oilsands upgrader remains down after fire last Sunday

  06-03-2020 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The fire was detected in one of the bitumen upgrader's hydroprocessing units and it was shut down, resulting in the fire going out by the time firefighters arrived.
  
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• Up to 20 cm of snow expected overnight in sections of southern Alberta

  06-03-2020 18:07
  
  Environment Canada has issued snowfall and winter storm warnings for areas of southern Alberta Friday morning but, as of 9:30 a.m., the City of Calgary is not included. CTV Calgary meteorologist Kevin Stanfield says Calgary is expected to receive up to 10 cm of snow overnight — slightly below Environment Canada's criteria for issuing a weather warning — and the forecasted high for Saturday is –9C. Stanfield predicts wind gusts from the north of up to 50 km/h late Friday afterno
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate up slightly in February - Lethbridge News Now

  06-03-2020 17:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate up slightly in February  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Edmonton doctors group raises concern about Alberta’s coronavirus preparedness

  06-03-2020 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association is concerns about how the Alberta government is preparing for a potential COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• UCP investing $19B in infrastructure projects, jobs

  06-03-2020 16:41
  
  Premier Jason Kenney revealed details of his government's capital plan at an Edmonton-area elementary school Friday morning. Kenney and Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda made the announcement at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Academy in Morinville, 30 kilometres north of Alberta's capital city. It is one of two school modernization projects in the plan.  The government has said it will make investments that spur jobs and economic growth, and pledged an average of $6.4 billion per year to infrastr
  
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• Details of UCP's $19B capital plan expected Friday

  06-03-2020 16:41
  
  Premier Jason Kenney will reveal details of his government's capital plan at an Edmonton-area elementary school Friday morning. Kenney and Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda will make the announcement at 9:30 a.m. at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Academy in Morinville, 30 kilometres north of Alberta's capital city.Watch the announcement live on CTVNewsEdmonton.caThe government has said it will make investments that spur jobs and economic growth, and pledged an average of $6.4 billion per year to infra
  
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