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• Only seven new COVID-19 cases in South Health Zone Saturday - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2020 23:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Only seven new COVID-19 cases in South Health Zone Saturday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Dog stolen from foster home in Chestermere, Alta. found safe

  09-05-2020 23:46
  
  Wera, a four-year-old terrier cross, has found her way home to a Calgary-care organization after fraudsters tricked the dog's foster family. Barc's Rescue says the dog was living with a family in Chestermere when someone contacted them to say they had adopted the pet. A group of individuals came and collected Wera, but when Barc's learned of the situation, they said there was no such arrangement and came to the assumption the dog was stolen. Their suspicions were confirmed when they received an
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta has 59 new cases, 1 more death

  09-05-2020 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province said 4,204 Albertans have recovered while one more person has died.
  
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• 1 death and 59 new COVID-19 cases reported in Alberta on Saturday

  09-05-2020 23:10
  
  Alberta reported 59 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to 1.837. There was also an additional death, bringing the total number of deaths to 116. There have been 83 deaths in the Calgary zone, 14 in the north zone, 12 in the Edmonton zone, six in the south zone and one in the central zone.COVID-19: Click for the latest news and analysis Coronavirus newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxA total of 3,548 COVID-19 tests we
  
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• Final decision on Ontario school year coming next week: Ford

  09-05-2020 20:56
  
  Premier Doug Ford says that an announcement will be made next week on whether or not Ontario students will be able to return to the classroom this school year. Ontario schools were initially ordered to close for two weeks following March Break in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 but that order has since been extended multiple times and is now slated to last until at least May 31. Speaking during a news conference at Queen’s Park on Saturday, Ford said that parents will find out ne
  
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• 'Of course, I'm worried': PM Trudeau expresses concern about Quebec's reopening plans

  09-05-2020 20:32
  
  As Quebec begins to reopen schools and businesses, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concerns about the province’s deconfinement plans, particularly in Montreal. “Of course I’m worried — as a Quebecer, as an MP — about the situation going on in my riding, in the province, as I am concerned about Canadians coast to coast to coast as prime minister,” Trudeau told reporters gathered outside his home in Ottawa on Saturday morning.Newsletter sign-up: Get The
  
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• Patio service not okay either, Alberta Health Services says after Calgary coffee shop closed

  09-05-2020 20:08
  
  Two more businesses operating in Calgary have been shut down by health officials for violating the province's rules regarding COVID-19. The Purple Perk, a coffee shop in Mission, and an in-home hair salon in Capitol Hill, were both closed by Alberta Health Services this week for breaking a number of health orders. The Purple Perk's closure order says officials witnessed the business was offering dine-in service to customers. "Customers were sitting on the patio of Purple Perk, consuming beverage
  
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• Patio service not OK either, Alberta Health Services says after Calgary coffee shop closed

  09-05-2020 20:08
  
  Two more businesses operating in Calgary have been shut down by health officials for violating the province's rules regarding COVID-19. The Purple Perk, a coffee shop in Mission, and an in-home hair salon in Capitol Hill, were both closed by Alberta Health Services this week for breaking a number of health orders. The Purple Perk's closure order says officials witnessed the business was offering dine-in service to customers. "Customers were sitting on the patio of Purple Perk, consuming beverage
  
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• Patio service not OK either, Alberta Health Services closes Calgary coffee shop's outdoor seating

  09-05-2020 20:08
  
  Two more businesses operating in Calgary have been found to be in violation of the province's rules designed to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The Purple Perk, a coffee shop in Mission, and an in-home hair salon in Capitol Hill,  both received notice from Alberta Health Services this week for breaking a number of health orders. The coffee shop's notice of closure of dine-in service order says officials ordered the business to close dine-in and patio service immediately. "Customer
  
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• Boil water advisory may be lifted sooner than anticipated: RM of Wood Buffalo

  09-05-2020 19:13
  
  The flood stricken Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo says it is on track to lift its boil water advisory sooner than it was originally projected. Since flooding struck the water treatment plant late last month,  the RMWB and associated engineering have been working on a multi-phase plan to flush, disinfect, and test water in the plant and the potable water distribution system. The first phase of the plan is expected to be completed by next week allowing the potable water truck-fill stat
  
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• Record cold weather to 'fit the mood' of a nation under lockdown for Mother's Day

  09-05-2020 19:05
  
  From summery highs in British Columbia, to wintery lows in Manitoba and Ontario, springtime was erratic and record-breaking across Canada going into Mother’s Day weekend. In Kitchener, Ont., temperatures dipped to -4.2 C on Saturday, trouncing a 73-year record of -2.8 C for May 9. Other parts of Ontario saw similar dips to record levels as an “exceptionally cold air mass for this time of year” swept across the province, according to Environment Canada. Snow and hail even ground
  
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• 3 N.Y. children die from syndrome possibly linked to COVID-19

  09-05-2020 18:59
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says three children in the state have now died from a possible complication from the coronavirus involving swollen blood vessels and heart problems. At least 73 children in New York have been diagnosed with symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease -- a rare inflammatory condition -- and toxic shock syndrome.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxCuomo announced two more deaths on Saturday, a day after discussing the death of a 5-year-old boy at a New
  
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• Nesting falcons and hawks come back to roost in Alberta

  09-05-2020 18:51
  
  Even while in self-isolation, you can enjoy a little bit of nature from the comfort of your home thanks to a conservation group. The Alberta Conservation Association (ACA), in partnership with Altalink, has announced a new season for its nest cams. Cameras have been set up at three locations in Alberta and the ACA says two of the nests are already occupied with birds and their eggs. "Soon we will be watching the peregrines feed and nuture their hatchlings until they are ready to fledge,"the agen
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak: COVID-19 outbreak declared at Canada Post plant in Calgary

  09-05-2020 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a Canada Post processing plant in north Calgary on Friday. The Crown corporation said that in the last month, it informed Alberta Health Services about six positive cases at the sorting facility.
  
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• 2 Morley, Alta. residents arrested following drug and firearm seizure

  09-05-2020 17:18
  
  Cochrane RCMP say charges have been laid against two individuals in connection with an investigation that began with a firearms complaint. Officers were called to respond to a home in Morley, Alta. for reports of a man with a gun. The arrived at the location with a search warrant that was executed and several firearms, including a number of handguns, were seized. Police also found 63 grams of methamphetamine. Carlyle Holloway, of Morley, is charged with 58 offences, including:Possession of metha
  
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• COMMENTARY: Oil is not ‘dead’ despite the eagerness of some to write its obituary

  09-05-2020 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister will hopefully continue to ignore those who claim the oil and gas industry is dead, Rob Breakenridge says.
  
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• Little Richard, flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87

  09-05-2020 16:55
  
  Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87. Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard's, told The Associated Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning. Minson said he also spoke to Little Richard's son and brother. Minson added that the family is not releasing the cause of death. Born Ric
  
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• Ontario records lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in more than a month

  09-05-2020 16:30
  
  Ontario health officials reported 346 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday morning, the lowest number of new cases since April 6. Saturday’s significant drop in cases comes after a week of relatively low numbers of infections recorded by the province, with the exception of the 477 new cases reported on Friday. Ontario's Health Minister Christine Elliott said that the low number of new cases and the 1.8 per cent daily growth rate (the lowest since March) are both "very encouraging signs."
  
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• Trudeau says Canada will not pay full price for 8 million sub-standard masks

  09-05-2020 15:48
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not pay the full price for medical masks that do not live up to medical standards. About eight million of 11 million N95 respirators shipped to the government from China through a Montreal-based supplier failed to meet specifications, federal officials said Friday. Trudeau says the discovery speaks to the government's "rigorous verification system" overseen by the Public Health Agency of Canada.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your
  
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• Prime minister promises more pandemic aid to come from Ottawa

  09-05-2020 15:48
  
  Justin Trudeau says there will be more support from the federal government to help certain sectors of the economy reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The prime minister made the promise yesterday, without getting into specifics, as he announced an extension to Ottawa's emergency wage-subsidy program beyond its early-June endpoint. He said he'd have more to say about that next week. The pledges followed the unsettling news that nearly two million jobs were lost in April, adding to t
  
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• Outbreaks in Germany, South Korea show the risks in easing up

  09-05-2020 14:54
  
  South Korea's capital closed down more than 2,100 bars and other nightspots Saturday because of a new cluster of coronavirus infections, and Germany scrambled to contain fresh outbreaks at slaughterhouses, underscoring the dangers authorities face as they try to reopen their economies. Elsewhere, Belarus, which has not locked down despite increasing case numbers, saw tens of thousands of people turn out to mark Victory Day, the anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945. That was in contrast t
  
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• Projections show COVID-19 deaths could soar if confinement lifted in Montreal

  09-05-2020 14:35
  
  Quebec's public health institute says deaths could spike in the greater Montreal area if physical distancing measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 are lifted. New projections posted to the institute's website show deaths could rise to 150 a day by July in the city and its surrounding regions, now the epicentre of the virus in Canada. The institute, which worked with experts from Laval University, says new cases could soar to 10,000 a day by June amid a potential surge in hospitalizat
  
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• Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home

  09-05-2020 14:18
  
  Carolina Vasquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fever took hold of her body. On the worst night of her encounter with COVID-19, the Chilean woman, a line cook on the Greg Mortimer ship, summoned the strength to take a cold shower fearing the worst: losing consciousness while isolated from others. Vasquez, 36, and tens of thousands of other crew members have been trapped for weeks aboard dozens of cruise s
  
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• Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

  09-05-2020 13:33
  
  Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He was 75. Horn died of complications from the coronavirus on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital, according to a statement released by publicist Dave Kirvin. "Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," Siegfried Fischbacher said in the statement. "From the moment we met, I
  
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• No easy fix for long-term care home problems highlighted by COVID-19

  09-05-2020 13:17
  
  For years, those living and working in nursing and retirement homes across the country have struggled as overburdened caregivers tried to maintain a basic level of care and dignity for aging and ailing Canadians. It happened behind closed doors, said Carole Estabrooks, a professor in the faculty of nursing at the University of Alberta, with people typically only knowing the state of things if they or their loved ones moved into a long-term care facility. Then the pandemic struck, and the deficie
  
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• Six COVID-19 cases confirmed at Canada Post plant in Calgary

  09-05-2020 04:39
  
  Canada Post's main plant in Calgary has six confirmed cases of COVID-19. That news was confirmed Friday by Dr. Deena Hinshaw at her daily update. "I understand that there are six cases at that location," she said, before adding that the process was being followed to determine the identities of the cases, the timeframe of transmission and anyone else who's had close contact with that person, who would then be required to be home and undergo self-isolation for 14 days. Canada Post issued a stateme
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Canada Post plant in Calgary

  09-05-2020 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said there were six cases at the facility as of Friday.
  
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• Lethbridge area man killed in collision with train near Brooks - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2020 03:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge area man killed in collision with train near Brooks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes GM named Western Hockey League’s executive of the year

  09-05-2020 03:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge Hurricanes general manager Peter Anholt has been awarded the Lloyd Saunders Memorial Trophy, given out annually to the Western Hockey League executive of the year.
  
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• Lethbridge remembers 75th anniversary of WWII’s end - Global News

  09-05-2020 02:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge remembers 75th anniversary of WWII’s end  Global News
  
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• 1 dead after train slams into pickup truck near Brooks, Alta.

  09-05-2020 02:53
  
  RCMP say a 50-year-old man died and a 60-year-old man is in hospital following a crash involving a CP Rail train Friday morning. Brooks RCMP, along with the Brooks Fire Department, Brooks EMS, CP Rail police and peace officers responded to the scene of a crash at 11:35 a.m. at a railway crossing on Highway 1A and Range Road 143 east of the community. Officials say two men were northbound on Range Road 143 while a freight train was approaching the crossing, heading westbound. The driver of the tr
  
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• Lethbridge remembers 75th anniversary of WWII’s end - Globalnews.ca

  09-05-2020 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge remembers 75th anniversary of WWII’s end  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge remembers 75th anniversary of WWII’s end

  09-05-2020 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Royal Canadian Legion members held a wreath ceremony Friday to remember the end of the Second World War.
  
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• Lethbridge neighbourhood giving thanks, becoming more connected during pandemic - CTV News

  09-05-2020 02:46 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge neighbourhood giving thanks, becoming more connected during pandemic  CTV News
  
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• ASIRT releases new details about deadly Highway 2 shootout between RCMP and suspect

  09-05-2020 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A semi-automatic, tactical-style shotgun was found at the scene of a fatal shootout between RCMP and an armed 27-year-old man on the QEII ear Leduc this week.
  
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• Man dead, another injured after truck hits train near Brooks: Alberta RCMP

  09-05-2020 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 50-year-old passenger, a man from the Lethbridge area, died in hospital, police said.
  
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• Red Deer College to continue classes exclusively online this fall

  09-05-2020 02:26
  
  Red Deer College will continue online classes only for the upcoming fall semester as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “During this unique time, we are very dedicated to supporting our students in a variety of ways,” said Dr. Peter Nunoda, President of Red Deer College. “Letting them know early about the online course delivery for the fall will be beneficial as they process and plan for the change.” School leaders and faculty are looking to find appropriate alternative l
  
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• More than 1,000 non-urgent surgeries completed since COVID-19 restrictions were eased: AHS

  09-05-2020 02:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services said it plans to complete between 26,000 and 30,000 surgeries over the next six weeks.
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region sheds 7,600 jobs in April

  09-05-2020 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Economic Development Lethbridge says the 1.6 per cent increase equates to 7,600 jobs lost in April. 
  
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• $147M in disaster funding for northern Alberta residents affected by floods

  09-05-2020 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents in northern Alberta devastated by flooding will be getting money to rebuild. Provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon shares the details.
  
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• Funeral homes struggle with COVID-19 restrictions: ‘It’s in our heart to want to serve people’

  09-05-2020 01:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  In order to adhere to rules banning gatherings over 15 people, many funeral homes have started offering livestreams for services.
  
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• Wild horse advocates rescue bogged-in filly from central Alberta mud hole

  09-05-2020 01:49
  
  A group of wild horse supporters on a foal-spotting trip found themselves in the right place at the right time to help an exhausted, struggling filly Wednesday. Darrel Glover of the Help Alberta Wildies Society  was out with three friends on Wednesday near Sundre, Alta. when a member of the group spotted a young wild horse shoulder-deep in a muskeg. "She had noticed this mare that wasn't moving down in the muskeg," said Glover, in an interview with CTV News. "Her first thought was it's inju
  
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• Family of 43-year-old man killed in Lethbridge speaks out - Globalnews.ca

  09-05-2020 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Family of 43-year-old man killed in Lethbridge speaks out  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Family of 43-year-old man killed in Lethbridge speaks out

  09-05-2020 01:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family of 43-year-old Mark Moore is speaking out after two men were charged in his violent death.
  
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• An email from across the ocean and a reminder of a Lethbridge soldier - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2020 01:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  An email from across the ocean and a reminder of a Lethbridge soldier  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Some smaller Alberta gyms want to open earlier in COVID-19 relaunch

  09-05-2020 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  An online petition is asking health officials to reconsider the reopening timeline for small fitness studios in Alberta.
  
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• Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor - Lethbridge News Now

  09-05-2020 01:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region sees unemployment rise to 6.8%

  09-05-2020 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region shed 7,600 jobs in April as its unemployment rose 1.6 per cent from March. Tom Roulston reports.
  
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• Family of PSW who died after contracting COVID-19 says he wasn’t properly protected at work

  09-05-2020 01:15
  
  A personal support worker (PSW) who died Wednesday after contracting COVID-19 was not provided proper personal protective equipment at his workplace, his family alleges. Leonard Rodriques, 61, was an employee of Access Independent Living Services and provided services for people with physical support needs at Access Apartments, located near Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue West. His family said he did not have access to proper personal protective equipment (PPE) at his workplace and that he had
  
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• Lethbridge remembers the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

  09-05-2020 01:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Friday morning, a wreath was placed at the cenotaph by city hall in Lethbridge to recognize the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Taz Dhaliwal finds out how local residents with personal connections to the war are commemorating the anniversary.
  
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