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• Lethbridge’s Green’s Pop Shop bottle depot staying ‘very busy’ amid COVID-19 - Global News

  19-04-2020 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge’s Green’s Pop Shop bottle depot staying ‘very busy’ amid COVID-19  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge’s Green’s Pop Shop bottle depot staying ‘very busy’ amid COVID-19

  19-04-2020 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Alberta, container return prices range from $0.10 to $0.25 per item, including aluminum, glass, plastic, and bi-metal.With the COVID-19 crisis limiting services around the province, these return centres have been categorized as essential services.
  
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• 'Quite substandard quality': Alberta frontline workers concerned about new procedure masks

  19-04-2020 23:20
  
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) is criticizing the Alberta government over the "shoddy" surgical masks delivered to Alberta's hospitals this week. Dozens of health-care professionals have taken to social media to complain about the quality of the new equipment, saying the masks don't fit properly, fall apart easily and give off a smell that causes respiratory problems and headaches in some workers. "The nose pinch doesn't fit, there's a chemical or smoky odor when you're wearing
  
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• 'Quite substandard quality': Alberta front-line workers concerned about new procedure masks

  19-04-2020 23:20
  
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) is criticizing the Alberta government over the "shoddy" surgical masks delivered to Alberta's hospitals this week. Dozens of health-care professionals have taken to social media to complain about the quality of the new equipment, saying the masks don't fit properly, fall apart easily and give off a smell that causes respiratory problems and headaches in some workers. "The nose pinch doesn't fit, there's a chemical or smoky odor when you're wearing
  
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• ‘I just want to survive’: Canadian greenhouses struggling with economic reality of COVID-19

  19-04-2020 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia and Quebec have designated garden centres as an essential service. Other provinces, including Ontario, have forced them to keep their doors closed.
  
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• Coronavirus: University of Alberta-based non-profit ramping up production of ventilator drugs

  19-04-2020 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  An non-profit pharmaceutical organization that's based out of the University of Alberta is ramping up its efforts to produce ventilator drugs in anticipation of possible shortages. 
  
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• Calgary's annual spring street sweeping starts Monday

  19-04-2020 20:47
  
  Starting Monday, City of Calgary street sweepers will hit the roads to clean the pavement of the mess winter left behind. Street sweepers will be working their way through Calgary neighbourhoods Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,while major routes are cleaned overnight. The city announced Friday and that due to the large number of people not currently commuting for work, signage will be put out to let Calgarians know when they will have to move their vehicles and bins, which can be put back
  
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• Dylan Cozens named Lethbridge Hurricanes' MVP - Lethbridge News Now

  19-04-2020 19:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Coronavirus: Extension of Canada-U.S. border restrictions heighten worries in southern Alberta border town

  19-04-2020 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coutts, Alta., is located about an hour drive’s south of Lethbridge. For the past month, the village has seen far less traffic than it is used to due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning business has slowed down tremendously. Eloise Therien provides an update on how Coutts residents are doing.
  
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• 3 Co-op Midtown employees test positive for COVID-19

  19-04-2020 18:44
  
  Three employees of the Co-op Midtown market in Calgary's Beltline neighbourhood have tested positive for COVID-19. In a release Sunday, Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor said the store will not open until late morning, as the location underwent a deep cleaning overnight "as a precautionary measure." The three employees worked in the produce, meat and grocery sections of the store, however Keelor said there is no evidence these cares were contracted at work. "I would like to commend these employees fo
  
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• 3 Co-op Midtown employees, 1 at Deerfoot Meadows Walmart test positive for COVID-19

  19-04-2020 18:44
  
  Three employees of the Co-op Midtown market in Calgary's Beltline neighbourhood have tested positive for COVID-19. In a release Sunday, Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor said the store will not open until late morning, as the location underwent a deep cleaning overnight "as a precautionary measure." The three employees worked in the produce, meat and grocery sections of the store, however Keelor said there is no evidence these cases were contracted at work. "I would like to commend these employees fo
  
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• Canadian greenhouses struggling with economic reality of COVID-19

  19-04-2020 17:16
  
  Nick Zannis is thankful his greenhouse established online sales five years ago, now that the retail world has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. The doors of Golden Acre Home and Garden in Calgary are allowed to be open as an essential service in Alberta, but there are ample warnings about social distancing. A steady stream of customers, many of them wearing face masks, walk through the store even though spring bedding plants aren't ready and the selection of seeds and flowers is
  
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• Major food producers say plants running 24/7 to keep up with Canadian demand

  19-04-2020 16:56
  
  Campbell Soup Company's production goes into overdrive during what executives dub "soup season." Starting in October and ending with the close of winter, Campbell's manufacturing centres run non-stop, staffed by extra employees. Since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer demand has soared, eclipsing that of the company's busiest time. In March, there were more orders during one week than are typically seen in the entire month. "Our plants are operating 24/7 right now, which is fairly u
  
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• At least 18 people killed in N.S. shooting; deadliest such attack in Canada: police

  19-04-2020 15:01
  
  Police say at least 18 people, including an RCMP officer, have been killed in a mass shooting incident in Nova Scotia, making it the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. The suspect is also dead following the incident. RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki confirmed the number to CTV News Monday morning.  The Nova Scotia RCMP also provided an update during a news conference in Dartmouth, N.S. “Today is a devastating day for Nova Scotia and it will remain etched in the minds of many for y
  
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• At least 17 people killed in N.S. shooting; deadliest such attack in Canada: police

  19-04-2020 15:01
  
  Police say at least 17 people, including an RCMP officer, have been killed in a mass shooting incident in Nova Scotia, making it the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. The suspect is also dead following the incident. RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki confirmed the number to CTV News Sunday evening.  The Nova Scotia RCMP also provided an update during a news conference in Dartmouth, N.S. “Today is a devastating day for Nova Scotia and it will remain etched in the minds of many for y
  
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• T&T Supermarket to offer temperature checks for customers in most stores

  19-04-2020 04:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Anyone with a fever will be kindly asked to rest at home and contact their health-care provider," T&T CEO Tina Lee said.
  
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• Central Alberta farmers face delayed spring season amid COVID-19 challenges

  19-04-2020 04:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 impacts plus a late spring are causing significant delays and headaches for farmers who had hoped for an early start.
  
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• How Coutts, Alta., is getting by one month after COVID-19 border restrictions

  19-04-2020 04:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  One of Alberta's southernmost communities has been hit hard by the impacts of the COVID-19 border restrictions over the past month.
  
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• Business future uncertain in Canmore due to COVID-19 pandemic

  19-04-2020 03:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The question around town: how many businesses will survive the pandemic?
  
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• Canmore businesses struggle through COVID-19 pandemic

  19-04-2020 02:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  As officials in Canmore remind out-of-town visitors to stay away, local businesses that rely on tourism are struggling to survive. Blake Lough reports.
  
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• Expanded COVID-19 testing welcomed at Alberta care homes despite staffing concerns

  19-04-2020 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Staff and residents at continuing care centres across Alberta dealing with outbreaks will be tested for COVID-19. While the new policy is welcomed by families and care home providers, there are concerns it could impact staffing levels.
  
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• AUPE slams UCP for ‘shoddy surgical masks’ provided to front-line workers fighting COVID-19

  19-04-2020 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  AUPE said staff are reporting surgical masks that do not seal their faces properly, pinch their noses and have straps that fall apart during patient care.
  
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• Calgary PPE drive aims to help front-line workers in COVID-19 pandemic

  19-04-2020 00:42
  
  Calgary was one of four Canadian cities that held a PPE drive Saturday, a volunteer-led initiative aimed at getting front-line workers the equipment they need. COVID-19 has led to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) in many cities around the world, but plenty of communities have stepped up to help. In Canada, one of the groups leading the charge is Conquer COVID-19. The group, started by Hayley Wickenheiser and helped along by Ryan Reynolds and dozens of Canadian celebrities, has be
  
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• Saskatchewan COVID-19 cases linked to Alberta travel: authorities

  19-04-2020 00:36
  
  Provincial and Indigenous health officials in northern Saskatchewan are investigating COVID-19 cases they say are linked to travel to Alberta. A statement from the Saskatchewan Health Authority says it and the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority have begun a contact tracing investigation into new cases of the novel coronavirus in the province's north that are linked to cross-boundary travel. The statement notes there have been reports of a number of COVID-19 cases at an oilsands facility nort
  
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• Coronavirus: 71% of Alberta’s total cases are in Calgary zone; another death brings fatalities to 51

  19-04-2020 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has reached a total of 2,562 cases of COVID-19. Nearly half are recovered and over 71 per cent of the total cases have been reported in the Calgary zone.
  
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• 10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in South Health Zone - Lethbridge News Now

  19-04-2020 00:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  10 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in South Health Zone  Lethbridge News Now
  
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