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• Warmer weather won't have big impact on slowing COVID-19: experts

  10-04-2020 23:25
  
  As Canadians hunker down for yet another weekend at home, many have begun holding onto hope that warmer weather will prevent the spread of COVID-19, much like seasonal influenza, spurring rumours that summer will bring respite from strict physical distancing measures. Preliminary research has suggested that warmer temperatures may help to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, but experts warn that pandemics don’t behave in the same way as seasonal outbreaks. In other words: summer weat
  
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• 3 more businesses closed for violating COVID-19 orders including 2 in Calgary

  10-04-2020 23:09
  
  A pair of Calgary businesses have been shut down by Alberta Health Services (AHS) because they were operating in opposition to an order handed down by the province's chief medical officer of health. The Strength Edge, located at 4828 Pacific Road N.E., was closed on April 6 after inspectors discovered the business was open to the public. Health inspectors also closed down Shoulder to Shoulder Militaria and Collectibles, at 1340 9 Ave. S.E., on April 3 for the same reason. Another business, The S
  
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• Coronavirus: Airdrie company creates Alberta Cares merchandise inspired by Dr. Deena Hinshaw

  10-04-2020 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cedargrip, an Airdrie-based clothing company, has created "Alberta Cares" merchandise to help raise money for local charities.
  
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• 'He played with Gordie Howe and coached Wayne Gretzky': Former Flame scout Tom Webster dies at 71

  10-04-2020 22:45
  
  Former Flame scout Tom Webster, who coached Wayne Gretzky, played with Gordie Howe, and was a 50 goal scorer in the WHA, died Friday. Webster had a long, successful career as a player, in both the NHL and WHA, as a coach at every level including the NHL and the World Juniors, and  as a scout for Darryl Sutter and the Flames. Webster was 71. "Webby was one of the best hockey men that our game has ever seen and I am honoured to have known him," said Flames general manager Brad Treliving. "But
  
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• Alberta golf courses deemed non-essential service: ‘It could be devastating for the industry’

  10-04-2020 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The general manager of an Alberta golf course says not being allowed to operate this season because of the COVID-19 pandemic could be devastating, both financially and mentally.
  
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• Coronavirus: Can cold weather impact the spread of COVID-19?

  10-04-2020 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Could colder weather slow the spread of COVID-19?
  
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• Staff member of southeast Calgary care centre diagnosed with COVID-19

  10-04-2020 21:17
  
  The administrators of a southeast Calgary long-term care centre are taking steps after a non-clinical staff member was found to be positive with COVID-19 late Friday. The managers of the Father Lacombe Care Society were told a staff member at Providence Care Centre on Providence Boulevard S.E. had tested positive for the illness at approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 9. Officials say the infected staff member did not have any close physical contact with residents at any time. Nevertheless, the fac
  
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• Hurricanes receive WHL Eastern Conference Business Award - Lethbridge News Now

  10-04-2020 21:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 7 more deaths and 49 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Alberta

  10-04-2020 20:23
  
  The province announced an additional 49 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and seven more deaths, the highest number of deaths reported in a single day. Four of the deaths were at the McKenzie Towne care facility in Calgary, bringing the total number of deaths at that facility to 17. The province completed 2,123 tests for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Since Thursday, 121 people are considered to be recovered. This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Rather than dump more milk, this farmer's trying to make cows produce less

  10-04-2020 20:00
  
  An Ontario dairy farmer who was told to dump 4,000 litres of milk due to fluctuations in demand and supply during the COVID-19 pandemic says he’s part of an industry-wide effort to find ways to avoid having to do that again. Andrew Campbell, who operates a dairy farm in Strathroy, Ont. told CTV’s Your Morning that he’s been farming in the area “for the last dozen years,” and that he took over from his father. He said that they’ve never had to dispose of milk t
  
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• Bye-bye baby app: Alberta shuts down baby name app, says it was 'underused'

  10-04-2020 19:54
  
  An app that gave parents easy access to records on names for baby boys and girls has been shut down, but Service Alberta says it won't stop collecting data. The Alberta Baby Names app was launched by the ministry about five years ago but officials say not enough people were using it. "The Alberta baby names app was underused and so has been decommissioned," said Tricia Velthuizen, press secretary for Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish. But that doesn't mean the ministry has given up on collec
  
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• Chief medical officer of health to provide update on COVID-19 in Alberta Friday afternoon

  10-04-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta health officials will provide an update on COVID-19 cases in the province and the public health response at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
  
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• Alberta records 7 more COVID-19 deaths, ‘highest number we’ve seen in a single day’

  10-04-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hinshaw confirmed Friday Alberta saw seven additional deaths from COVID-19, four of which were at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary.
  
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• Man in hospital after shooting in Red Deer

  10-04-2020 19:30
  
  One man is in hospital after a shooting in Red Deer Thursday evening. Red Deer RCMP were called to a parking lot near the Holy Family School at approximately 5:50 p.m. to reports of shots being fired. An investigation revealed that two males met at the parking lot. Police say a 20-year-old man from Red Deer discharged a firearm, striking a 21-year-old man also from Red Deer, before fleeing the scene in an SUV. The victim was taken to hospital and treated for injuries that have been determined to
  
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• Mounties to enforce Quarantine Act, arrest offenders as a 'last resort'

  10-04-2020 18:59
  
  The RCMP has been asked to visit the homes of people who are required to self-isolate for two weeks after returning to Canada from abroad, to ensure compliance with the Quarantine Act that came into force last month. On Friday, the RCMP revealed the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has requested their assistance in enforcing the March 25 order, which requires everyone arriving in Canada to quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to the
  
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• Canada, G20 agree on need for stable oil price; mum on calls to cut output

  10-04-2020 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would not say whether Canada would take measures to reduce its oil output.
  
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• COVID-19 and your mental health over the Easter long weekend

  10-04-2020 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  This Easter long weekend, many may be missing loved ones. In a recent survey of 3,000 Canadians, 81 per cent said the pandemic is having a negative impact on their mental health. As Su-Ling Goh reports, physical distancing doesn’t have to mean closing connections.
  
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• Worldwide deaths from the coronavirus hit 100,000

  10-04-2020 18:17
  
  The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other -- in front of computer screens instead of in church pews -- and some countries tiptoed toward reopening segments of their battered economies. Around the world, public health officials and religious leaders alike warned people against violating the lockdowns and social distancing rules over Easter and allowing the virus to come storming back. Authorities resorted to road
  
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• Global coronavirus death toll tops 100,000

  10-04-2020 18:17
  
  The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus hit 100,000 as Christians around the globe marked a Good Friday unlike any other -- in front of computer screens instead of in church pews -- and some countries tiptoed toward reopening segments of their battered economies. Around the world, public health officials and religious leaders alike warned people against violating the lockdowns and social distancing rules over Easter and allowing the virus to come storming back. Authorities resorted to road
  
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• 'Stay home': Alberta Health advises against camping on the long weekend

  10-04-2020 18:02
  
  With the long weekend still being a holiday in the province, many Albertans are eager to go somewhere, anywhere, to pass the time. However, officials have sent a simple message to Albertans, the same one they've been emphasizing for weeks. "We are asking all Albertans to not travel this weekend. Stay home. Stay in your community and your property," the province says. Alberta Health says all provincial and federal campgrounds are closed as per the order from the chief medical officer of health, b
  
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• Lethbridge family making face masks for members of the community - Lethbridge News Now

  10-04-2020 17:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge family making face masks for members of the community  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• In a test of faith, Christians mark Good Friday in isolation

  10-04-2020 16:50
  
  Christians are commemorating Jesus' crucifixion without the solemn church services or emotional processions of past years, marking Good Friday in a world locked down by the coronavirus pandemic. The chanting of a small group of clerics inside Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher echoed faintly through the heavy wooden doors, as a few people stopped and kneeled outside to pray. The centuries-old church, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the d
  
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• Alberta Health Services wants to boost your spirits during the pandemic

  10-04-2020 16:00
  
  Are you feeling down because of self-isolation or lonely because you've needed to cancel your long weekend plans with family? Health officials are hoping a new daily message will help bring up the spirits of Albertans whose emotions have taken a hit because of COVID-19. Alberta Health Services (AHS) says anyone in need of a little pick-me-up can subscribe to a text service that provides some encouragement to cheer up your day.Make sure each day involves some pleasure. For example, take a bath, e
  
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• Blood Tribe woman charged after drug bust - Lethbridge News Now

  10-04-2020 14:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Blood Tribe woman charged after drug bust  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tokyo Olympic CEO hints games could be in doubt even in 2021

  10-04-2020 13:40
  
  As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can't guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year -- even with the long delay. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an emergency declaration this week to battle the virus, putting the country under restrictions after it seemed it had avoided the spread. "I don't think anyone would be able to say if it is going to be possible to get it under control by next July or not," Tokyo organizing
  
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• Singapore stops Zoom for online education after obscene hijacking

  10-04-2020 13:25
  
  Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom for online education after hackers hijacked a lesson and showed obscene images to students. In what is known as "Zoombombing," two hackers interrupted a geography lesson a day after Singapore closed schools on Wednesday as part of partial lockdown measures to curb local transmissions of COVID-19. Lessons have moved online, with some teachers using video conferencing tools like Zoom.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxSingapore's Mi
  
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• New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

  10-04-2020 11:04
  
  Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years. Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the first, is arriving. Billions of the young desert locusts are winging in from breeding grounds in Somalia in search of fresh vegetation springing up with seasonal rains. Millions of already vulnerable people are at risk. And as th
  
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• Trudeau to highlight interest-free loans to help small business weather pandemic

  10-04-2020 10:32
  
  While Canadian businesses wait for Parliament to approve a $73-billion wage subsidy program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to highlight today another measure that will tide some companies over in the meantime. At his daily briefing on the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Trudeau is expected to draw attention to the Canada Emergency Business Account. Under the program, the federal government is backing interest-free bank loans of up to $40,000 for small businesses and not-for-profit companie
  
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• PM Trudeau touts loan program, will return to Commons Saturday

  10-04-2020 10:32
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using his daily COVID-19 address to highlight the now-launched Canada Emergency Business Account program and says his remarks on Saturday will come from the floor of the House of Commons as it convenes to pass additional aid measures. Parliament has been recalled for a rare emergency Saturday sitting to hold an accelerated debate and vote to see another major economic policy passed into law: the 75 per cent wage subsidy for employees. Trudeau will be present for
  
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• PM to tout loan program, following call with premiers on Emergencies Act

  10-04-2020 10:32
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to speak about the now-launched Canada Emergency Business Account program during his daily address, after surveying the premiers on the possibility of enacting the Emergencies Act. The loan program was first unveiled late last month, as a way for businesses to access government-guaranteed loans to cover the costs of keeping their enterprise afloat during the COVID-19 crisis. Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on Thursday that the program was now availabl
  
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• Alberta wolfdog sanctuary appeals for support to survive COVID-19 pandemic

  10-04-2020 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Closed to paying visitors because of the coronavirus crisis, the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary has launched a fund-raising campaign to cover costs of necessities.
  
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• Two motorcyclists in serious condition following Glenmore collision

  10-04-2020 03:58
  
  Two motorcyclists are in serious condition following a collision with a vehicle Thursday afternoon on Glenmore Trail. The incident took place just before 5 p.m. on westbound Glenmore, just before the Blackfoot exit, when two motorcyclists rear ended a vehicle. EMS said the two motorcyclists, one a male in his 40's and the other a male in his 60's, were transported to Foothills Hospital, where they were in serious condition. The occupants of the other vehicle were not taken to hospital. All westb
  
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• Alberta oil sector hopeful as OPEC, allies agree to production cuts

  10-04-2020 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Following dispute between Saudi Arabia and Russia in March, OPEC ramped up production. As a result, commodity prices collapsed.
  
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• Calgary man dead after crash on Highway 9

  10-04-2020 03:00
  
  Officials say a 35-year-old man who was seriously injured in a crash Wednesday evening has since died of his injuries. Airdrie RCMP were called to the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 566 for a crash involving a sedan and a semi-trailer. Officials say the car was eastbound on Hwy. 566 when it collided with the fuel tanks of the truck, which was northbound on Hwy. 9. The driver and lone occupant of the car, a Calgary man, was taken to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance in serious condition. He
  
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• Health Matters: Alberta Medical Association files lawsuit against provincial government

  10-04-2020 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta doctors have launched a lawsuit against the provincial government. As Su-Ling Goh reports, they say the province violated their charter rights by terminating their master contract.
  
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• Family doctors in Alberta still available despite COVID-19 pandemic

  10-04-2020 02:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 is at the top of everyone’s mind, but other health concerns are still relevant, even in the midst of a crisis. Eloise Therien explains how Albertans needing to see a doctor should go about doing so.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: April 9

  10-04-2020 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Thursday, April 9, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Global deal in the works to pump less crude oil, stabilize market

  10-04-2020 02:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oil prices have more than halved since the start of the year amid a pricing war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.
  
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• Alberta loses more than 117,000 jobs in March

  10-04-2020 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada released its first look at unemployment since COVID-19 shut down the country. It’s not pretty and the worst is yet to come. Fletcher Kent examines the numbers in Alberta.
  
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• Medical professionals remind Albertans to take care of non-COVID-19-related health

  10-04-2020 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some are worried the pandemic is deterring people experiencing other health-related issues from getting help.
  
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• Lethbridge businesses offer meal and liquor delivery for Easter weekend amid COVID-19 crisis - Global News

  10-04-2020 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge businesses offer meal and liquor delivery for Easter weekend amid COVID-19 crisis  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge businesses offer meal and liquor delivery for Easter weekend amid COVID-19 crisis

  10-04-2020 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  This year's Easter dinner may feel different because of the COVID-19 crisis but several Lethbridge restaurants are making sure people can still get their hands on a delicious and fully prepped turkey dinner.
  
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• Alberta real estate lawyers now allowed virtual meetings to sign documents as part of COVID-19 containment

  10-04-2020 01:47
  
  Home buyers in Alberta are now able to video conference their real estate lawyer and sign legal documents that had previously required in-person meetings. This is a temporary measure to cut down on personal interactions and ease the spread of the COVID-19 virus. "As of last Friday, parties don’t need to physically meet anymore," said Ryan MacKay, a real estate lawyer with MacKay Real Property Law. However, McKay says the new remote signing process doesn’t go far enough to complete th
  
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• Kenney faces online backlash as #BringBackDrHinshaw trends on Twitter

  10-04-2020 01:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw has quickly become a trusted source for Albertans as she calmly delivers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• The Daily with LNN – April 9, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  10-04-2020 01:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  The Daily with LNN – April 9, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge urges people to comply with public health orders over Easter weekend - Global News

  10-04-2020 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge urges people to comply with public health orders over Easter weekend  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge urges people to comply with public health orders over Easter weekend

  10-04-2020 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  "The holiday weekend will present an opportunity for you to do your bit and stay home," said Mayor Chris Spearman on Thursday.
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge College offers students virtual support outside classroom - Global News

  10-04-2020 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge College offers students virtual support outside classroom

  10-04-2020 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  "So if students are still looking for support... all of those services continue to be available."
  
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• Province expands care beds at Peter Lougheed as COVID-19 cases rise

  10-04-2020 01:06
  
  In an effort to increase hospital capacity for the expected surge of COVID-19 patients, the provincial government announced Thursday it is adding a temporary expansion to the Peter Lougheed Centre in northeast Calgary. Health Minister Tyler Shandro made the announcement during the province's daily COVID-19 briefing, saying the structure was donated by Sprung Structures and will add up to 6,000 square feet of treatment space. In all, it will create around 100 more care spaces for patients in the
  
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