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• Newfoundland community devastated as three fishermen found dead, one missing - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• NHL announces return to play plan - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Alberta surpasses 6,000 COVID-19 recoveries as province confirms 22 new cases

  26-05-2020 23:47
  
  More than 6,000 Albertans have recovered from COVID-19 as the province confirmed 22 new cases on its website Tuesday. Alberta has reported 6,901 cases of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, with 6,048 now recovered and 714 still active. There are 45 Albertans with COVID-19 in hospital, with five of them in intensive care units. One more Albertan has died as a result of COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 139.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers This is what we know abou
  
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• Lethbridge police chief admits to toxic workplace but blames disgruntled officers airing 'personal grievances' - CBC.ca

  26-05-2020 23:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Lethbridge police chief admits to toxic workplace but blames disgruntled officers airing 'personal grievances'  CBC.ca
  
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• Canada Wolverines men's rugby league team searching for new head coach - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada Wolverines men's rugby league team searching for new head coach  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Higher prices motivate Canadian producers to boost oil production

  26-05-2020 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Western Canadian producers are moving to restore some oil production as crude prices rise with demand thanks to the gradual opening of the world economy and OPEC and Russian output cuts.
  
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• Hydroxychloroquine HCQ drug trial halted over safety concerns

  26-05-2020 23:22
  
  A drug trial of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) underway at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine has been halted over safety concerns. The U of C researchers had hoped to recruit 1600 Albertans who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in a double blind study to determine if it was effective in preventing serious complications of the disease. It was put on hold after a study, published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet showed that after tracking 96,000 patients worldwide, who
  
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• Alberta legislature to resume Wednesday with COVID-19 work, other bills, sitting into July

  26-05-2020 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney and his United Conservative cabinet ministers are to deliver an update on the pandemic in the house Wednesday and take Opposition questions on the government's handling of the crisis.
  
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• NHL adopts 24-team playoff format if it can resume season

  26-05-2020 22:47
  
  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a return-to-play format in the event the 2019-20 season can resume. The 24-team plan would see the top-4 clubs the Eastern and Western Conference play two mini round-robin tournaments to determine seeding for the playoffs. The other eight teams in each conference would play best-of-five "play-in" series -- No. 5 versus No. 12, No. 6 versus No. 11, No. 7 versus No. 10, and No. 8 versus No. 9 -- to determ
  
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• Higher prices encourage Canadian producers to boost oil production - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 22:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Commissioner Ambrosie not counting on specific funding from federal government - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 22:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Commissioner Ambrosie not counting on specific funding from federal government  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Catholic masses in Alberta to resume as early as June 1

  26-05-2020 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Although places of worship were permitted by the province to resume physical gatherings on May 14, Catholic churches have yet to reopen.
  
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• Alberta government stands by Energy Minister Sonya Savage’s pipeline and COVID comments

  26-05-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  "People are not going to have tolerance and patience for protests that get in the way of people working," Energy Minister Sonya Savage said.
  
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• Alberta government stands by comments on COVID-19 pandemic being ‘great time’ to build pipelines

  26-05-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  "People are not going to have tolerance and patience for protests that get in the way of people working," Energy Minister Sonya Savage said.
  
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• Alberta temporarily suspends hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 trial

  26-05-2020 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A spokesperson with Alberta Health confirmed Tuesday that the "clinical trial has been temporarily suspended by the research team so they can review the literature and results from other studies."
  
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• Greta Thunberg mocks Alberta energy minister over 'great time to be building a pipeline' comment

  26-05-2020 20:41
  
  Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is the latest target for climate activist Greta Thunberg.  “At least she’s being honest,” Thunberg said in a tweet Tuesday morning.  The 17-year-old outspoken critic of the oil industry was referring to comments Savage made on a May 20 episode of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drillers (CAODC) podcast.  Savage said bans on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic will better allow pipeline construction to occur with
  
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• Chronic wasting disease continues to expand westward threatening deer populations

  26-05-2020 20:18
  
  Alberta recorded an all-time high number of cases of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in 2019, finding infected deer further west than ever before. Mandatory testing of deer heads from hunters last year turned up 1,158 cases of the fatal neurological disease, similar to BSE or 'mad cow disease.' The findings from last year alone now make up more than 43 per cent of all CWD cases on record since 2005. The disease is caused by a misshapen protein called a prion. Deer shed them into the environment, m
  
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• Alberta downgrades fire ban due to ‘great work’ of wildfire crews, favourable weather

  26-05-2020 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The fire ban, which covered the Forest Protection Area, provincial parks and protected areas, was put into place in mid-April as a measure to slow the start of the wildfire season.
  
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• Crowsnest Pass fire ban downgraded to a fire advisory - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 20:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Crowsnest Pass fire ban downgraded to a fire advisory  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge College gets federal funds for Technology Access Centre - Alberta Express

  26-05-2020 20:01 via albertafarmexpress.ca
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• Delaying your lawn mowing can help out important pollinators - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 19:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Delaying your lawn mowing can help out important pollinators  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Some honesty for once': Greta Thunberg responds to Alta. energy minister's pipeline comments

  26-05-2020 19:25
  
  Climate activist Greta Thunberg isn't surprised by Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage's view on pipeline protests. During a podcast on May 22, Savage said the public health restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are a positive for the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion project. “Now is a great time to be building a pipeline because you can't have protests of more than 15 people,” Savage said. “Let's get it built.”READ MORE: Gathering limits make a 'great ti
  
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• Alberta government stands by energy minister's pipeline and COVID comments - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 19:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Lethbridge Council to potentially look at selling some city facilities - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 19:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Council to potentially look at selling some city facilities  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CEMA to give update on COVID-19 response in Calgary at 1 p.m.

  26-05-2020 18:30
  
  Calgary Emergency Management Agency Deputy Chief Sue Henry and Mayor Naheed Nenshi are scheduled to give an update on the response to COVID-19 in the city at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The update comes as businesses, including restaurants, bars, pubs, hair salons and barbershops, begin to reopen as part of the first phase of the province's economic relaunch. There are health guidelines for businesses offering dine-in service, including:Restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars must operate at no more than 50 per c
  
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• Canadian Premier League says it expects clubs to resume training soon - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 18:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canadian Premier League says it expects clubs to resume training soon  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary property tax bills in the mail, deadline pushed to Sept. 30

  26-05-2020 18:30
  
  More than 500,000 property tax bills are in the mail and the deadline for payment this year has been extended to Sept. 30 to help Calgarians struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The notices, being sent to residential and commercial property owners in Calgary, should arrive in the next two weeks, city manager David Duckworth said during Tuesday's regular update. "For those who are able to pay their property taxes by the June 30 deadline, we thank you, property taxes fund important city servic
  
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• Government house leader to speak ahead of return to the legislature

  26-05-2020 16:08
  
  Government House Leader Jason Nixon will speak about upcoming legislation on Tuesday, as MLAs prepare to return to the legislature on Wednesday. Watch his remarks live at 9 a.m. on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca On Monday, Premier Jason Kenney and his cabinet met in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March. More details to come... 
  
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• 'Choice in Education' bill among legislation to be tabled in legislature

  26-05-2020 16:08
  
  The UCP government will table legislation this week it says will affirm parents' say in the kind of education their children receive. House Leader Jason Nixon revealed few details Tuesday about the bill he said he expects will be a "significant" proposal. “This bill will demonstrate our government support for all educational programming, including public, separate, chartered, francophone and independent schools, as well as alternate programs and home schooling," he said, reading a statemen
  
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• Lethbridge gym defying health orders, plans to reopen - CityNews Calgary

  26-05-2020 15:54 via 660citynews.com
  
  Lethbridge gym defying health orders, plans to reopen  CityNews Calgary
  
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• Banff ‘ready to welcome visitors back’ as Alberta eases COVID-19 restrictions

  26-05-2020 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The mayor of Banff says the idyllic mountain town is once again welcoming tourists two months after declaring a state of emergency amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Somerset-Bridlewood CTrain station closed after pedestrian struck and killed

  26-05-2020 14:55
  
  A man in his 40s was killed early Tuesday after he was struck by a CTrain in the city’s southwest.  The incident has temporarily closed the Somerset-Bridlewood LRT station.  Police say it happened just after 4 a.m.  Officers tell CTV News the man had identification on him when he was struck.  Members of CPS and the Collision Reconstruction Unit could be seen working around a taped-off train.  It’s unclear how the man ended up on the tracks, which are secured
  
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• Pedestrian killed at Somerset-Bridlewood LRT station

  26-05-2020 14:55
  
  A man in his 40s was killed early Tuesday when he was struck by a CTrain in the city’s southwest.  The incident has temporarily closed the Somerset-Bridlewood LRT station.  Police say it happened just after 4 a.m.  Officers tell CTV News the man had identification on him when he was struck.  Members of CPS and the Collision Reconstruction Unit could be seen working around a taped-off train.  It’s unclear how the man ended up on the tracks, which are secured b
  
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• Police asking for help finding missing youth - Lethbridge News Now

  26-05-2020 14:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Coronavirus prompts Quebec to put off premiers’ meeting

  26-05-2020 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The health crisis this year is shaking up the agenda of the premiers, who must now deal with entirely new issues.
  
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• 'Gut-wrenching' military report sheds light on grim conditions in Ontario nursing homes

  26-05-2020 13:41
  
  A military report released Tuesday shed light on the "gut-wrenching" conditions of five long-term care homes in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) report, written by Brigadier-General C.J.J. Mialkowski, outlines the grim state inside the facilities, claiming not only that there were staffing shortages and lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), but also that there were bug infestations, old food trays stacked inside resident rooms and that patients were ob
  
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• PM Trudeau vows more protective equipment coming

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is increasing its orders of personal protective equipment, noting that so far more than 40 planeloads of supplies have arrived in Canada, as domestic companies continue to produce much-needed medical gear. Trudeau used his Rideau Cottage address to update on the national push to procure personal protective equipment, as public health officials are bracing for a potential second wave with reopening efforts underway. Among the latest measures: the
  
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• PM Trudeau to update on push to procure protective equipment

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to provide an update on the national push to procure personal protective equipment, as public health officials are bracing for a potential second wave with reopening efforts underway. Throughout the pandemic Canada’s attempts to procure essential supplies have been a struggle, with the latest data from Public Services and Procurement Canada showing that just a fraction of what has been ordered has arrived.  For example, of the more than 29,000 v
  
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• PM Trudeau plans to take COVID-19 antibody test once available

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to take a serological test once an effective model becomes available, because he was exposed to his wife Sophie when she had COVID-19. “I think serological testing is an important part of understanding exactly how COVID-19 has been present in the country, including in people who haven’t displayed any symptoms at all. And as soon as those tests become more largely available to Canadians I will certainly insure that I am one of them,”
  
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• PM plans to take COVID-19 antibody test, says more PPE coming

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to take a serological test once an effective model becomes widely available, because his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau had COVID-19. “I think serological testing is an important part of understanding exactly how COVID-19 has been present in the country, including in people who haven’t displayed any symptoms at all. And as soon as those tests become more largely available to Canadians I will certainly insure that I am one of them,” he
  
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• PM plans to take COVID-19 antibody test once available

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to take a serological test once an effective model becomes available, because he was exposed to his wife Sophie when she had COVID-19. “I think serological testing is an important part of understanding exactly how COVID-19 has been present in the country, including in people who haven’t displayed any symptoms at all. And as soon as those tests become more largely available to Canadians I will certainly insure that I am one of them,”
  
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• Feds to update efforts to procure COVID-19-related protective equipment

  26-05-2020 10:23
  
  The federal government will update Canadians today on the results of the mad scramble to procure personal protective equipment -- just as demand is poised to skyrocket with more people returning to work and public health officials preparing for a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections. As of May 19, data posted by Public Services and Procurement Canada showed only a fraction of the millions of gloves, masks, face shields, ventilators and litres of hand sanitizer ordered by the federal gove
  
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• COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings make it a ‘great time’ to build a pipeline: Alberta energy minister

  26-05-2020 07:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speaking about Alberta’s energy sector on a recent podcast, Energy Minister Sonya Savage said limits on large gatherings because of COVID-19 would make it harder for protesters to oppose pipeline projects. Michael King reports.
  
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• New York teen hopeful Blood Tribe fundraiser will be allowed to continue

  26-05-2020 05:33
  
  Sixteen year old Sophy Kaplan said she was just trying to do something positive, when she started a GoFundMe campaign to help buy COVID-19 masks for the Blood Tribe, in Southern Alberta. The crowd funding page was only up for one day, before it was shut down after band members began questioning whether it was legitimate. “I was just trying to do something good and I got attacked for it,” said Kaplan, from her home in Fresh Meadows, a residential neighborhood in Queens. Kaplan became
  
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• Will the COVID-19 pandemic lead to a permanent revolution in working from home?

  26-05-2020 04:37
  
  As tech companies across the country begin to offer more long-term work-from-home options, experts believe there will still be a role for the traditional office space in the future. In April, a Statistics Canada survey indicated that 4.7 million Canadians began to work remotely as part of measures meant to limit the spread of COVID-19, while another 2.1 million Canadians were already working from home before the outbreak began.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxSome tec
  
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• WHO warns countries could see 'immediate second peak' if restrictions lifted too early

  26-05-2020 04:35
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that countries lifting public health restrictions too early could see an “immediate second peak” in COVID-19 cases, even if new diagnoses are currently declining in their region. In a virtual press briefing Monday, Dr. Michael Ryan of the WHO said that although cases are on their way down in many countries, the world is still “right in the middle of the first wave, globally.” The concept of a second wave of cases after the vi
  
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• Lethbridge gym to open June 1 against official health protocols - Globalnews.ca

  26-05-2020 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge gym to open June 1 against official health protocols

  26-05-2020 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  A gym owner in Lethbridge said he plans to open on June 1 regardless of the provincial government's relaunch strategy.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: May 25

  26-05-2020 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, May 25, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Lethbridge gym owner ready to rumble against COVID regulations

  26-05-2020 04:07
  
  Gyms and other recreational facilities are part of stage three of the provinces relaunch, but some gyms are ready to rumble back to life regardless of when the province says it's OK to do so and say they're getting a raw deal when it comes to reopening.  Canadian Martial Arts Centreowner  Lee Mein is receiving mixed responses after announcing he will reopen his gym on June 1st with no additional regulations. Mein said he is frustrated with the inconsistent, contradictory application of
  
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