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• Owner of Stonewall Pub says AHS order was due to small gathering of staff, friends

  22-04-2020 23:58
  
  The owner of a northwest pub that was issued an order to cease dine-in service this week says the business was never actually open to the public and order was issued after they were caught having a small gathering of friends and co-workers. "I knew it was wrong. I know our health-care authorities have enough on their plate. This is not something that we anticipated," said Stonewall's owner Peter Virk. Virk said the Stonewall Pub in Ranchlands actually closed to the public a few days before they
  
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• Northern Alberta community confirms province’s first known COVID-19 case on a First Nation

  22-04-2020 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A confirmed case of COVID-19 in northern Alberta is believed to be the province's first known case on a First Nation.
  
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• Canadian energy sector shutting down production as low crude oil prices persist

  22-04-2020 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary-based energy companies are continuing to reduce production, cut spending and trim costs as volatile oil prices remain stubbornly below profitable levels.
  
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• Black Diamond family uses free time to cook up some positivity

  22-04-2020 22:50
  
  In the wake of COVID-19, a father-son team in Black Diamond are using their newly acquired free time to film and produce a cooking show in the comfort of their own home. “We’re sitting here doing nothing all day so I said why don’t we do a little cooking show?” said Liam Dunning. Liam and his parents, Andrew and  Debbie,are the owners and operators of Dunning Imagery, a photography and filmography company based out of Black Diamond, Alberta. They’ve been operat
  
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• How does COVID-19 contact tracing work? Alberta doctor explains

  22-04-2020 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  When someone is diagnosed with COVID-19, an entire team of people gets to work to try to determine who else may be at risk of contracting the virus.
  
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• Traffic stop leads to seizure of stolen property in Crowsnest Pass

  22-04-2020 22:30
  
  What started as a traffic stop evolved into a stolen property investigation in the southern Alberta community of Bellevue, and a man is now facing charges. RCMP officers made a stop about 2 a.m. on April 15 in the community of Bellevue — about 130 kilometres west of Lethbridge — where the driver was arrested for suspicion of possessing stolen property and the vehicle was towed because of Traffic Safety Act violations. Police then obtained a search warrant for an area home, where a nu
  
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• Alberta sister trying to plan 3 funerals amid COVID-19 restrictions after Nova Scotia mass shooting

  22-04-2020 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  As they try to facilitate potential travel and memorial plans, the family just wants to keep Jolene, Aaron and Emily together.
  
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• What does the oil price drop mean for the average Canadian?

  22-04-2020 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Consumers may not see any immediate repercussions from the negative levels that global oil prices are now facing, but experts say we need to look at the bigger picture.
  
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• 'We're not there yet': Nenshi, Sampson laud efforts of most Calgarians as pandemic continues

  22-04-2020 22:08
  
  City of Calgary officials are encouraged by the sacrifices of Calgarians who are taking steps to help flatten the COVID-19 contraction curve but admit there is no immediate end in sight to social distancing recommendations. "You've been making sacrifices in your life, you've been making changes in your life," said Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) Chief Tom Sampson. "You're saving lives and you're heroes for it." Mayor Nenshi says the city is fielding bona fide questions from the public
  
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• Alberta's top doc brings up once-a-week grocery trips to prevent COVID spread

  22-04-2020 21:42
  
  It's been nearly two months since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Alberta and the province's top doctor says we aren't out of the woods yet. Hinshaw even mentioned in a tweet Tuesday evening that Albertans may even find tighter restrictions closing in on them as time goes on.Visits to the grocery store to should be kept once per week & try to have only one person/household do the shopping.We are working hard to protect grocery workers while ensuring families have flexibility to m
  
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• What are 'COVID toes'? Doctors discover new symptom of possible infection

  22-04-2020 21:23
  
  As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the world, doctors have identified a new possible symptom of infection: skin lesions. Dubbed "COVID toes" by the dermatology community, the lesions can typically appear on the feet but have also been seen on the fingers. Dr. Ebbing Lautenbach, chief of infectious disease at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine, says the lesions appear as blueish-red or purple bumps that hurt or feel warm when touched. He said they often occur on
  
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• Early indications suggest Tuesday fire caused by “improperly disposed smoking materials” - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 20:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Early indications suggest Tuesday fire caused by “improperly disposed smoking materials”  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cargill plant shutdown does not mean COVID-19 risk is contained: High River mayor

  22-04-2020 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Just because Cargill is shut down now, does not mean the problem is contained or isolated. We're into it here," Snodgrass said.
  
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• City aims to open yard waste sites on May 4 - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 20:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City aims to open yard waste sites on May 4  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta public pension manager loses big in oilpatch investments: analysis

  22-04-2020 20:14
  
  A report says Alberta's public pension manager has lost millions on smaller energy companies at a time when the entire sector is in decline. The analysis by the left-wing think thank Progress Alberta found that Alberta Investment Management Corporation, or AIMCo, has invested $1.1 billion in junior and intermediate oil and gas firms since 2016. All of those companies have lost value and some have gone bankrupt despite the injection of tens of millions of pension dollars. The report says those lo
  
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• Badlands Passion Play postponed due to COVID-19, will be resurrected in 2021

  22-04-2020 20:04
  
  The show will not go on for this year's annual Badlands Passion Play. Organizers announced Wednesday they are postponing the show until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time in the production's 26-year history the show has had to be rescheduled. "It has become impossible to begin our seasonal work on such a large production while following the public health restrictions on public gatherings," said executive director Vance Neudorf in a release. Preparations for the show, which
  
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• Five deaths, 306 new COVID-19 cases in Alberta

  22-04-2020 19:52
  
  There have been five new deaths and 306 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday. It drives the death total in the province up to 66 and the total number of cases to 3,401. The increase in new cases is the largest yet in the province.  More to come. Original story follow… A day after the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta surpassed 3,000, the province's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Deena
  
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• Alberta's top doctor to give COVID-19 update at 3:30 after cases surpass 3,000

  22-04-2020 19:52
  
  A day after the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta surpassed 3,000, the province's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update at 3:30 p.m. Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be joined by Lisa Chen, director of Occupational Health and Safety, who will answer questions on recent OHS reviews, according to a media release. On Tuesday, Hinshaw confirmed 187 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths, one of which occurred at JB Wood Continuing Care facility in High Prairie.
  
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• Annual report: Lethbridge's debt rising, but still in “strong financial position” - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 19:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Annual report: Lethbridge's debt rising, but still in “strong financial position”  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• OHS opens investigations at JBS and Cargill plants following worker's death

  22-04-2020 19:47
  
  Occupational Health and Safety has opened two investigations at Alberta’s biggest meat processing plants. The Cargill plant in High River, which has been shuttered, and the JBS facility in Brooks, are said to be the cause of 17 per cent of the outbreaks in the province. "These investigations are looking at the circumstances around potential exposures of workers at these facilities to the COVID-19 disease," said Shawn Macleod, deputy minister of labour. "This will include any issues of non-
  
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• OHS considering fatality investigation into Cargill worker death

  22-04-2020 19:47
  
  Occupational Health and Safety is working to determine if an investigation should be opened into the death of a worker at the Cargill meat processing plant in High River. A woman in her 60s died Sunday due to complications from COVID-19, officials reported Monday. “Given that the death happened just this week, OHS is currently working through the formal process to determine whether to open a fatality investigation,” said Adrienne South, press secretary to the minister of labour. An O
  
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• Officials to update COVID-19 situation in Alberta Wednesday afternoon

  22-04-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health is expected to be joined by the director of Occupational Health and Safety at Wednesday's COVID-19 update.
  
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• Alberta sees 5 more COVID-19 deaths, 1st case on First Nation

  22-04-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney said 70 Albertans are in hospital with the virus; 18 of whom are in intensive care units.
  
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• Energy sector shutting down oil production as low crude oil prices persist

  22-04-2020 19:20
  
  Calgary-based oil and gas companies are continuing to reduce production, cut spending and trim costs as volatile oil prices remain stubbornly below profitable levels for most. Enerplus Corp. announced Wednesday it will cut another $25 million to take its 2020 capital budget to $300 million, leaving it at about 55 per cent of its original budget of $545 million. In an announcement two days after benchmark U.S. oil futures prices fell into negative territory for the first time in history, the comp
  
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• WestJet to lay off 3K more employees in May

  22-04-2020 18:35
  
  With air travel down more than 95 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WestJet will lay off another 3,000 employees in May, company president and CEO Ed Sims said Wednesday. "The reality of this crisis continues to require WestJet to make mission-critical decisions to ensure the sustainability of our airline," he said. "With less than five per cent of our pre-COVID-19 guest loads, work is simply not currently available. These decisions, while difficult, are being thoughtfully and methodically
  
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• WestJet suspending 4K domestic flights per week as travel demand drops

  22-04-2020 18:35
  
  WestJet is removing about 4,000 flights per week from its domestic schedule from May 5 to June 4 in response to a collapse in travel demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "While some city pairings have been temporarily removed, we continue to serve the 38 Canadian airports to which we currently operate, ensuring that those with essential travel requirements can get where they need to be and that cargo goods like blood, medical products and food supplies can continue to flow," the company said in
  
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• Calgary Police Service's YouthLink reopens doors virtually

  22-04-2020 18:12
  
  A local interpretive centre that provides information on safety and crime prevention has altered its approach during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and moved its offerings online. The YouthLink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre, which supports families, students and educators in the Calgary area, is now sharing at-home forensic science experiments and artifacts from its police museum collection on its website and through its social media channels. The non-profit centre is also providing crime pr
  
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• Trudeau announces $1250/month emergency student benefit - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 18:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trudeau announces $1250/month emergency student benefit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• COVID-19 results in changes to Lethbridge's street sweeping program - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 17:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  COVID-19 results in changes to Lethbridge's street sweeping program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Upgrades to start this week at Stewart Siding industrial park - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 17:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Upgrades to start this week at Stewart Siding industrial park  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Stampede to provide update on fate of 2020 event

  22-04-2020 16:19
  
  A decision on the fate of the 2020 instalment of what is commonly referred to as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is expected to be announced Thursday afternoon as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues. The Calgary Stampede has scheduled an announcement for 3:00 p.m. MT and a livestream will be available here. This year's edition of the Calgary Stampede is currently scheduled to take place July 3 - 12. If this year's Stampede is cancelled it will be the first cancellation since it became an a
  
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• Calgary Stampede to announce decision on fate of 2020 event

  22-04-2020 16:19
  
  A decision on the fate of the 2020 instalment of what is commonly referred to as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is expected to be announced Thursday afternoon as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues. The Calgary Stampede has scheduled an announcement for 3:00 p.m. MT and a livestream will be available here. This year's edition of the Calgary Stampede is currently scheduled to take place July 3 - 12. If this year's Stampede is cancelled it will be the first cancellation since it became an a
  
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• Calgary Stampede officially cancels 2020 edition of The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth

  22-04-2020 16:19
  
  It’s official and it comes as a punch to the gut for many Calgarians. The 2020 Calgary Stampede has been cancelled in response to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. The decision follows Tuesday night's meeting of the Stampede Board of Directors The cancellation is the first in the history of the Calgary Stampede since it became an annual event in 1923. The rodeo, midway, Rangeland Derby, vendors and parties draw in more than a million people over the 10 days event but the large crowds c
  
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• Calgary Stampede expected to announce decision on fate of 2020 event

  22-04-2020 16:19
  
  A decision on the fate of the 2020 installment of The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is expected to be released this week as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues. An announcement is anticipated in the coming days following Tuesday night's meeting of the Stampede Board of Directors. This year's edition of The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth is currently scheduled to take place July 3 - 12. If this year's Stampede is cancelled it will be the first cancellation since it became an annual event in 1
  
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• Weapons, fires and a police uniform: Unanswered questions surround N.S. rampage probe

  22-04-2020 14:43
  
  The details are almost impossible to believe. A 13.5-hour rampage that left 22 people dead. Some victims who knew the attacker. Others who did not. Some who were shot. Others whose remains were found in burning buildings or vehicles along the attacker's 150-kilometre route through rural Nova Scotia. An attacker who was wearing an authentic RCMP uniform and driving almost an exact replica of an RCMP cruiser. A final encounter – this one involving actual police officers – that ended wi
  
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• N.S. RCMP say they were 'in process' of preparing alert when gunman was killed

  22-04-2020 14:43
  
  The RCMP in Nova Scotia say they were “in the process” of preparing an emergency alert when the gunman was killed by police officers. “At 10:15 a.m., Nova Scotia Provincial Emergency Management officials contacted the RCMP to offer the use of the public emergency alerting system,” the RCMP said at a news conference Wednesday. “We were in the process of preparing an alert when the gunman was shot and killed by the RCMP.” The police made the statement during an
  
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• Low gas prices due to coronavirus pandemic could have long-lasting impacts, expert says

  22-04-2020 12:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The low cost of gas might seem like a welcome change, but the drop in oil prices due to the coronavirus pandemic could be devastating if they remain, one expert says.
  
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• Annual inflation rate cooled as pandemic took hold: StatCan

  22-04-2020 11:06
  
  Statistics Canada reports the annual pace of inflation in March slowed to a pace last seen in 2015 as the economy was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says the consumer price index for March was up 0.9 per cent compared with a year ago. The reading compared with a year-over-year increase of 2.2 per cent in February.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxEconomists on average had expected a reading of 1.2 per cent for March, according to financial markets data fi
  
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• PM Trudeau to discuss further COVID-19 aid for students, youth

  22-04-2020 10:19
  
  Wednesday’s update on COVID-19 measures from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to include additional measures for Canadian students and young people who have seen their education and job prospects altered during the pandemic. Some students have voiced concerns that they are not eligible for the $2,000 per month Canada Emergency Response Benefit, which has already been expanded to include part-time and seasonal workers. In order to be eligible, applicants must have earned at least $5,000
  
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• PM Trudeau announces new COVID-19 emergency benefit for students

  22-04-2020 10:19
  
  Students who have seen their education and job prospects altered during the pandemic will soon be able to claim a new Canada Emergency Student Benefit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. The benefit will see eligible postsecondary students receive $1,250 a month from May to August, and if you are taking care of someone else or have a disability, that amount increases to $1,750 monthly. College and university students currently in school, planning to start in September, or who graduated
  
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• PM Trudeau announces $9B in new COVID-19 funding for students

  22-04-2020 10:19
  
  Students who have seen their education and job prospects hampered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will soon be able to claim a new Canada Emergency Student Benefit, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced, as part of a $9 billion package of new measures aimed at helping young people. The benefit will see eligible postsecondary students receive $1,250 a month from May to August, and if you are taking care of someone else or have a disability, that amount increases to $1,750 monthly. College
  
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• Feds expected to unveil more emergency aid for students, young Canadians

  22-04-2020 10:19
  
  The federal government is expected to announce today more significant financial support for students and other young Canadians struggling to stay afloat and find jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new measures are intended to target support at young people who have fallen through the cracks of other emergency financial assistance. Some students, for instance, have complained that they don't qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to y
  
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• Ten players selected by Lethbridge Hurricanes in WHL Bantam Draft - Lethbridge News Now

  22-04-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ten players selected by Lethbridge Hurricanes in WHL Bantam Draft  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Children’s services minister says Alberta working to use more hotels as COVID-19 isolation centres

  22-04-2020 05:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Children's Services Minister Rebecca Schulz said Tuesday that although the province has to date not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases in shelters for Albertans who are homeless or fleeing domestic violence, her government is committed to protecting vulnerable people during the pandemic and may increasingly look at how to use hotels to do so.
  
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• 'He's in a tinderbox': Family pleads for testing at Calgary care facility with COVID-19 outbreak

  22-04-2020 05:46
  
  Days after provincial health officials announced testing would be expanded to include asymptomatic residents and staff at Alberta long-term care facilities with COIVD-19 outbreaks, there are still questions  being asked about how and when that will happen. Those in charge of Clifton Manor, a Calgary care home with 35 cases of coronavirus and four resident deaths, are still waiting for clarity from Alberta Health Services. “Is it (testing) facility-based or only based on the unit that&
  
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• Owner reacts to AHS ordering Calgary pub to close after weekend gathering amid COVID-19 crisis

  22-04-2020 05:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The owner of a pub in northwest Calgary was issued a health notice Monday, ordering him to close his business after officials found the pub had been serving customers despite public health orders to close dine-in services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: April 21

  22-04-2020 04:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tuesday, April 21, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Teck Resources takes $312M loss on writedown of oilsands mine stake

  22-04-2020 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Measures taken to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and low commodity prices are being blamed by Teck Resources Ltd. for a first-quarter loss attributable to shareholders of $312 million.
  
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• Chuckwagon drivers conflicted over fate of 2020 Stampede

  22-04-2020 03:35
  
  With an update on this year’s Calgary Stampede expected as soon as Wednesday, one two-time Rangeland Derby Champion says he sees no reason why the show shouldn’t go on. “The cases are so low I just don’t understand it,” said Luke Tournier, who won chuckwagon racing’s most prestigious prize in 2005 and 2007. “H1N1 was a way higher scarier disease and we didn’t do this kind of procedure.” The numbers, however, don't support Tournier's take. Hea
  
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• Steadier prices no cure for Western Canada’s natural gas producer woes

  22-04-2020 03:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary-based Keyera Corp. is moving ahead with a plan to close and dismantle four central Alberta gas processing plants over the next two years.
  
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