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• Calgary student builds website with 3D view of global COVID-19 cases, spread

  25-05-2020 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A colour-coded 3D globe on a website created by a Calgary high school student is giving users a different view of how the novel coronavirus has spread.
  
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• LPS clamps down on excessive speeding in the city - Lethbridge News Now

  25-05-2020 23:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LPS clamps down on excessive speeding in the city  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta energy minister says gathering limits make it a ‘great time to be building a pipeline’

  25-05-2020 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's energy minister says it's a good time to build a pipeline because public health restrictions limit protests against them.
  
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• Alberta energy minister gathering limits make it a ‘great time to be building a pipeline’

  25-05-2020 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's energy minister says it's a good time to build a pipeline because public health restrictions limit protests against them.
  
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• How music therapy is helping some manage pandemic stress

  25-05-2020 23:13
  
  Music therapy has long been known to help people cope with a wide array of health issues, from alleviating pain in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease, to reducing stress in children living with autism, to managing symptoms of depression or abuse. But now, many otherwise healthy people find themselves turning to music therapy as a way to manage the uncertainties and worries brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Yoni Collins was looking forward to finishing up
  
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• Arrest made connected to fatal shooting in northeast Calgary

  25-05-2020 22:53
  
  Police have made an arrest connected to the March shooting death of a man in northeast Calgary. Police were called to a home in the 5700 block of 18th Avenue N.E. about 1 a.m. on March 30 for reports of gunshots and arrived to find Aaron Elliot Castle, 39, mortally wounded. Investigators said the shooting happened during a fight at the home. On Monday, police announced Lyle Robert Walter Vance, 27, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder. Vance is also charged with one count of a
  
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• Why a less restrictive COVID-19 approach like Sweden’s wasn’t used in Alberta

  25-05-2020 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  An infectious disease expert says questions on whether Alberta could have followed less strict COVID-19 rules like Sweden are hard to answer, because of differences in demographics.
  
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• Trump says he's done taking hydroxychloroquine, unproven treatment for COVID-19

  25-05-2020 22:49
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump is no longer taking the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, he said in an interview Sunday, after weeks of promoting it as a treatment for the novel coronavirus. In an interview with Sinclair Broadcast's program "Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson,” Trump said he had completed a two-week course of the drug, which has not been proven to prevent or treat COVID-19. “Finished, just finished, yeah,” he said. “And by the way, I’m still here. To th
  
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• Where to find cloth face masks, how to choose them and how to keep them working

  25-05-2020 21:50
  
  Face masks seem to be emerging as an important accessory to any outfit as Canadians start to settle into ‘the new normal.’ Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, is now recommending that Canadians wear non-medical face masks if they are unable to maintain a distance of two metres from those around them. The message has been reinforced by health officials in different provinces, who are encouraging residents to wear non-medical masks or facial coverings in commun
  
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• School nutrition program continues despite classroom closures

  25-05-2020 21:40
  
  A partnership between the Calgary Food Bank and Meals on Wheels is maintaining school nutrition programs even while classrooms are closed due to the COVId-19 pandemic. Prior to COVID-19, Calgary Meals on Wheels delivered lunches to nearly 6,000 Calgary students though in school programs. The Calgary Food Bank food bank also ran a program in schools called Weekends and More, supplying students with a three day hamper that would fit discreetly into a backpack so they could take it home. When schoo
  
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• Can mosquitoes spread COVID-19? Dr. Hinshaw weighs in

  25-05-2020 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  On the weekend, Alberta's chief medical officer of health said she had been fielding questions about COVID-19 and mosquitoes.
  
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• Gathering limits make a 'great time to be building a pipeline:' Alberta minister

  25-05-2020 21:26
  
  Alberta's energy minister says it's a good time to build a pipeline because public health restrictions limit protests against them. Sonya Savage made the comment Friday in a podcast hosted by the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors. Asked about the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, she said “now is a great time to be building a pipeline” because COVID-19 rules restrict large gatherings. While the interviewer laughs, Savage does not.Have you listened to the Weldcor S
  
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• Fairness Alberta aims to highlight province’s contributions to Canada

  25-05-2020 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The campaign states that since the year 2000, Albertans have contributed more than $324-billion to Canada's economy, helping with the creation of social, educational, health and infrastructure programs across the country. 
  
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• Can I get tested for COVID-19? What the rules are in each province and territory

  25-05-2020 20:45
  
  Experts say widespread COVID-19 testing is one of the most effective defences against a second wave of infections in Canada, but some provinces, including Ontario and Quebec, continue to fall behind their diagnostic targets. Provinces are working to expand their testing criteria to include people with very mild or even abnormal COVID-19 symptoms. Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the move to increase testing for the infection will help spot possible community cases that a
  
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• Southern Alberta groups receive funding to aid local seniors - Lethbridge News Now

  25-05-2020 20:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Southern Alberta groups receive funding to aid local seniors  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 12 charges laid after drug and weapons seizure in downtown Lethbridge

  25-05-2020 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly $3,400 worth of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine was seized, along with digital scales and supplies for packaging, $600 cash, multiple swords and bear spray.
  
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• Picture Butte High School staff cheer on Class of 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  25-05-2020 19:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Picture Butte High School staff cheer on Class of 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Drive-in high school graduation ceremony being organized in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  25-05-2020 19:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Drive-in high school graduation ceremony being organized in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Vermilion Energy president and CEO steps down from company

  25-05-2020 19:22
  
  Vermilion Energy Inc. says Anthony Marino has stepped down as president and chief executive and as a director of the company, effective immediately. The company says instead of replacing Marino it has created an executive committee to run the firm that includes chairman and former chief executive Lorenzo Donadeo, who has been named executive chairman. Curtis Hicks, who served as Vermilion's chief financial officer from 2003 to 2018, has also rejoined the company as president. Vermilion says it h
  
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• New Alberta COVID-19 update Monday afternoon

  25-05-2020 19:18
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide a COVID-19 update at 3:30 p.m. Monday. The province reported 60 cases of the coronavirus and one more death over the weekend. Alberta has had a total of 6,860 COVID-19 cases and 135 deaths since the pandemic started in March.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers This is what we know about Alberta's COVID-19 cases More at Edmonton.ctvnews.ca/coronavirusThere are currently 801 active cases, with 46 receiving care in hospital, includ
  
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• Alberta reports 3 deaths and 19 cases; Hinshaw 'very encouraged' with low numbers 10 days into relaunch

  25-05-2020 19:18
  
  Three more Albertans have died after contracting COVID-19, the chief medical officer of health said Monday. Dr. Deena Hinshaw also reported 19 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the totals to 6,879 cases — 5,979 recovered and 762 active — and 138 deaths. There are currently 45 people in hospital, with five of them in intensive care units. Alberta conducted 3,010 tests since Sunday's update. STAGE 1 STATUS Hinshaw says she's "very encouraged" by the low number of new cases and hos
  
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• Alberta reports 3 COVID-19 deaths, 19 cases

  25-05-2020 19:18
  Three more Albertans have died after contracting COVID-19, the chief medical officer of health said Monday. Dr. Deena Hinshaw also reported 19 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the totals to 6,879 cases — 5,979 recovered and 762 active — and 138 deaths. There are currently 45 people in hospital, with five of them in intensive care units. Alberta conducted 3,010 tests since Sunday's update.
  
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• 'We are excited by these results': Saskatoon lab plans human trials after potential COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in animal tests

  25-05-2020 19:09
  
  After showing  promising results in animals,  human clinical trials for a Saskatoon research lab's potential COVID-19 vaccine could begin as early as this fall. COVID-19 updates for Saskatoon and area for Monday, May 25 In a news release, the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac), said the vaccine proved "highly effective" in ferrets, animals which are widely used for COVID-19 modelling. "Proving that the vaccine is effective in ferret
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta changes PPE distribution, businesses must obtain own masks after June 30

  25-05-2020 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three more people have died from the novel coronavirus, Alberta Health said Monday.
  
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• Alberta health officials to provide COVID-19 update Monday afternoon

  25-05-2020 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide an update on the province's COVID-19 response Monday afternoon. 
  
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• Police charge six following south Lethbridge drug bust - Lethbridge News Now

  25-05-2020 17:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Police charge six following south Lethbridge drug bust  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Drugs and weapons seized, 6 people charged in Lethbridge

  25-05-2020 17:12
  
  Six people are facing charges after a search warrant was executed at a home in downtown Lethbridge. After a short investigation into alleged drug trafficking, officers searched a home in a multi-unit complex in the 600 block of Eighth Street S. on Friday. A total of 10 people were arrested and police seized:Methamphetamine Fentanyl Cocaine Drug paraphernalia including digital scales and supplies for packaging $600 cash Multiple swords Bear sprayPolice say the drugs are worth an estimate $3,400.
  
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• Calgary homeless sleeping outdoors over fears of catching COVID 19

  25-05-2020 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gordon Kelter has something to fear more than not having a bed to sleep in at night -- catching COVID-19.
  
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• 'It's awful': Calgary homeless sleeping outdoors over fears of catching COVID-19

  25-05-2020 15:34
  
  Gordon Kelter has something to fear more than not having a bed to sleep in at night — catching COVID-19. “Worried about catching it? Are you kidding me?” said Kelter as he searched behind some dumpsters for his backpack on a recent night in Calgary's downtown East Village neighbourhood. Kelter, who has been homeless for years, said he has started to sleep on a friend's couch until the pandemic blows over. He has slept in some awful places, including concrete parkades, he said.
  
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• Vermilion Energy president and CEO Anthony Marino steps down from company

  25-05-2020 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vermilion Energy says Anthony Marino has stepped down as president and chief executive and as a director of the company, effective immediately.
  
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• NASA is looking for participants to isolate in a Russian lab for 8 months

  25-05-2020 13:49
  
  With people across the globe already in social isolation because of the coronavirus pandemic, why not get paid to do it? NASA is seeking U.S. citizens for an eight-month study on social isolation in preparation for missions to Mars and the moon. The research is being done to study the effects of isolation and confinement as participants work to complete simulated space missions. Participants will be staying in a lab located in Moscow, and they will experience environmental aspects similar to tho
  
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• Tom Brady shows he's human as Tiger Woods backs up trash talk

  25-05-2020 13:39
  
  It was a mouth-watering prospect for sports-starved fans everywhere. Four of the greatest athletes the world has ever known, on the golf course at the same time, offering us a glimpse of who they are when they aren't winning Major Championships and Super Bowl trophies. On Sunday at Medalist Golf Club in Florida, Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning faced off against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in "The Match: Champions for Charity." The goal was to raise more than US$10 million for COVID-19-related ca
  
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• PM Trudeau seeking plan for 10 days of paid sick leave

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his government intends to move forward on talks with the provinces and territories on ensuring that every worker in Canada who needs it can access 10 days of paid sick leave a year. This announcement comes after the NDP made its support for Monday’s motion on how the rest of the spring session will be structured contingent on a more robust commitment to paid sick leave for all Canadians. “To come out of this crisis, our country needs worker
  
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• PM Trudeau exploring plan to allow 10 days of paid sick leave

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his government intends to move forward on talks with the provinces and territories on ensuring that every worker in Canada who needs it can access 10 days of paid sick leave a year. This announcement comes after the NDP made its support for Monday’s motion on how the rest of the spring session will be structured contingent on a more robust commitment to paid sick leave for all Canadians. “To come out of this crisis, our country needs worker
  
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• PM Trudeau commits to explore plan to allow 10 days of paid sick leave

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his government intends to move forward on talks with the provinces and territories on ensuring that every worker in Canada who needs it can access 10 days of paid sick leave a year. This announcement comes after the NDP made its support for Monday’s motion on how the rest of the spring session will be structured contingent on a more robust commitment to paid sick leave for all Canadians. “To come out of this crisis, our country needs worker
  
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• PM to speak to latest COVID-19 aid as House to vote on new sitting plan

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to address Canadians on any updates to the government’s COVID-19 response efforts, as a debate kicks off in the House of Commons as to how the rest of the spring session will be structured. Trudeau is expected to talk about the commercial rent relief program which launched Monday morning, offering commercial property owners forgivable loans to cover 50 per cent of three monthly rent payments if they reduce their tenants’ rent by 75 per cent. 
  
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• MPs to meet today to decide on resuming Parliament during pandemic

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  The House of Commons is meeting today to decide, again, how it's going to function as COVID-19 restrictions gradually lift across the country. The governing Liberals are proposing four sittings a week of a special committee to talk about the pandemic and how the government is responding to it, using a hybrid system with some MPs in the Commons chamber in Ottawa and others participating by video conference. They would also have four days scattered through the summer when MPs could press cabinet m
  
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• Feds to push for 10 days of paid sick leave for workers

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as Canada enters the “recovery phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government will be moving forward on talks with the provinces and territories on ensuring that every worker in Canada who needs it can access 10 days of paid sick leave a year. This announcement comes after the NDP made its support for Monday’s motion on how the rest of the spring session will be structured contingent on a more robust commitment to paid sick leave
  
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• Feds pledge to push provinces for paid sick leave following NDP prompt

  25-05-2020 10:28
  
  The federal government committed Monday to advancing talks with the provinces and territories on ensuring that every worker in Canada who needs it can access 10 days of paid sick leave a year, a measure viewed as important to the “recovery phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his daily address to make the commitment, after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hitched his caucus’ support for the Liberal’s proposal for how the rest of the spring session w
  
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• Lethbridge College rebrands General Arts and Science program - Lethbridge Herald

  25-05-2020 10:24 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge College rebrands General Arts and Science program  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• Lethbridge gym owner ready to rumble against COVID regulations - CTV News

  25-05-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge gym owner ready to rumble against COVID regulations  CTV News
  
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• Homicide detectives investigate body found in south Edmonton motel room

  25-05-2020 06:13
  
  A person was found dead inside a south-side Edmonton motel room Sunday, and police are investigating the death as suspicious. Patrol officers and paramedics were called to the Royal Lodge on Gateway Boulevard and 38 Avenue around 8 p.m.  Acting Insp. Tom Bechthold said a motel staff member found a body inside a room and called 911.  Bechthold said forensics investigators were headed to the scene and he did not know the age or gender of the dead person.  Police confirmed no arrests
  
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• Body found in motel room in south Edmonton

  25-05-2020 06:13
  
  A person was found dead inside a south-side Edmonton motel room Sunday, and police are investigating the death as suspicious. Patrol officers and paramedics were called to the Royal Lodge on Gateway Boulevard and 38 Avenue around 8 p.m.  Acting Insp. Tom Bechthold said a motel staff member found a body inside a room and called 911.  Bechthold said forensics investigators were headed to the scene and he did not know the age or gender of the dead person.  Police confirmed no arrests
  
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• Coronavirus: Okotoks musicians rock out from driveways to support food bank

  25-05-2020 02:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sunday brought people in Okotoks together — at a safe distance — to gather donations for the food bank through musical performances.
  
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• Here's how Moose Jaw will welcome the Snowbirds home

  25-05-2020 01:45
  
  The Snowbirds team is scheduled to return to their home base at 15 Wing Moose Jaw on Monday afternoon, and the city is rallying together to create visual displays of support following the death of Cpt. Jennifer Casey last week.The Show Your Heart initiative encourages the public to create large hearts on sidewalks using chalk, or any other type of display, that will be visible to the team when they land between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. in a Hercules transport aircraft. “[The Snowbirds] go and
  
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• Some Calgary businesses ready to relaunch, others still need more time

  25-05-2020 00:47
  
  On Monday, Calgary and Brooks will be allowed to join the rest of the province in relaunching businesses like restaurants and hair salons. While some have adapted new protocols and are all set to open their doors, others say there is more work to do before resuming some aspects of business. “I’m nervous and excited but mostly excited,” said Brianna Hallet, CEO and owner of Swizzlesticks Salon and Spa in Kensington. Under Stage 1 of the Alberta’s relaunch strategy, the sal
  
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• Alberta Health announces 42 new COVID-19 cases Sunday

  25-05-2020 00:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health announced 42 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with no new deaths reported.
  
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