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• Fire department responds to blaze in Calgary daycare

  30-05-2020 23:56
  
  Officials say no one was seriously injured after a fire broke out at a daycare in southwest Calgary Saturday. The CFD say they were alerted to the scene, in the 11800 block of Elbow Drive S.W., at approximately noon after a witness spotted smoke coming from the two storey building. When crews arrived, they found smoke and flames coming from the daycare building. Firefighters went inside and quickly put out the blaze. All occupants of the building had gotten out prior to the CFD's arrival. The ca
  
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• Restaurants on Calgary's Stephen Ave. returning to some normalcy

  30-05-2020 23:25
  
  With warm temperatures, this weekend is the first real test for many restaurants and bars in Calgary as they welcome back customers. "It’s about time," said Nick Smerek, general manager of Social Beer Haus on Stephen Avenue. On Monday, the province allowed restaurants and bars to reopen at half capacity and seat no more than six people per table. Stephen Avenue has been closed to vehicle traffic, to allow for more spacing for pedestrians. "People are just happy to get out of the house, the
  
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• Calgary-made control room helped SpaceX astronauts reach the stars

  30-05-2020 23:05
  
  As millions of people watched the first astronauts launched into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in a decade, many of those observers may not have realized the Calgary connection to the operation. Evans Consoles, which operates in northeast Calgary, has been working side-by-side with NASA for several decades, supplying them with a number of different pieces of equipment to use in some of the key operations centres. "The Kennedy Space Center, the Houston Space Center, jet propulsion labor
  
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• Farmers' market opens in Lethbridge with new rules in place

  30-05-2020 22:19
  
  Saturday was the first day of the Lethbridge Farmers' Market and visitors noticed a number of changes at the event that were brought in because of the pandemic. First of all the marketplace, set up at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge, was expanded in order to accommodate for additional entrance and exit points. Aisles have also been spread out to allow for proper physical distancing between shoppers. As with many businesses that have relaunched, patrons are also reminded that they may need to wait
  
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• Farmers' market in Lethbridge has new rules in place

  30-05-2020 22:19
  
  Visitors to Lethbridge's Farmers' Market noticed a number of changes at the event that were brought in because of the pandemic. First of all the marketplace, set up at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge, was expanded in order to accommodate for additional entrance and exit points. Aisles have also been spread out to allow for proper physical distancing between shoppers. As with many businesses that have relaunched, patrons are also reminded that they may need to wait in line ups before getting inside
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic changes how the Lethbridge Farmers' Market operates - CTV News

  30-05-2020 22:19 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Police connect Thorndale, Ont. homicide with Alberta drowning; pair were in relationship

  30-05-2020 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Middlesex OPP have identified the deceased in their sudden death investigation at a home on Leesboro Trail in Thorndale, Ont., and are investigating a second death.
  
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• More mental health support: Alberta expands online and virtual supports

  30-05-2020 19:53
  
  Alberta is expanding online resources and virtual supports for those who are seeking help for mental health and addiction challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $4.3 million announced Saturday is part of a first round of funding totaling $21.6 million, which in total will amount to $53 million. The funding announced Saturday will go to the following:Big White Wall - $1 million InnoWell - $2 million Community-based supports - $3 million Approximately $1.2 million in capital costsThe governm
  
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• Suspect sought by Lethbridge police after nearly two dozen buildings vandalised - CTV News

  30-05-2020 19:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge police seek details on suspect tagging buildings with graffiti

  30-05-2020 19:23
  
  Authorities in Lethbridge are looking for help from the public to identify the person behind a series of incidents that have resulted in damage to a number of buildings. Police say over the past two months, a man has been seen spray-painting a number of phrases on buildings throughout the city's downtown core. Officials say he has been tagging the buildings with either "BB20" or "BORD."(Supplied/Lethbridge Police Service) Most recently, the graffiti has been found on buildings in the west and no
  
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• Estimated $320000 raised for HALO Air Ambulance with Free Fry Day - Lethbridge News Now

  30-05-2020 18:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Estimated $320000 raised for HALO Air Ambulance with Free Fry Day  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pangolins may have incubated the novel coronavirus, gene study shows

  30-05-2020 17:58
  
  A deep dive into the genetics of the novel coronavirus shows it seems to have spent some time infecting both bats and pangolins before it jumped into humans, researchers said Friday. But they said it's too soon to blame pangolins for the pandemic and say a third species of animal may have played host to the virus before it spilled over to people. What is clear is that the coronavirus has swapped genes repeatedly with similar strains infecting bats, pangolins and a possible third species, a team
  
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• Majority of Alberta parents in favour of seeing a return to class in September

  30-05-2020 17:55
  
  While the vast majority of parents in Alberta are keen on seeing their children back in class in September, they're cooler to the idea of making sure they have personal protective equipment packed up with them, a new survey says. Over 66,000 Albertans responded to the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA) questionnaire that asked parents about what they were concerned about in terms of returning to school next year. It found 86 per cent of respondents (56,276 people) would be in favour of
  
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• Majority of Alberta parents in favour of returning to class in September

  30-05-2020 17:55
  
  While the vast majority of parents in Alberta are keen on seeing their children back in class in September, they're cooler to the idea of making sure they have personal protective equipment packed up with them, a new survey says. Over 66,000 Albertans responded to the Alberta School Councils' Association (ASCA) questionnaire that asked parents about what they were concerned about in terms of returning to school next year. It found 86 per cent of respondents (56,276 people) would be in favour of
  
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• Albertans reporting fewer ticks amid social distancing; Expert predicts numbers will rise

  30-05-2020 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  So far this year, about 500 ticks have been sent to the province for evaluation. That number is down by about 100 compared to the same time in previous years.
  
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• Albertans reporting fewer ticks amid social distancing; Expert expects number to rise

  30-05-2020 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  So far this year, about 500 ticks have been sent to the province for evaluation. That number is down by about 100 compared to the same time in previous years.
  
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• China says U.S. action on Hong Kong 'doomed to fail'

  30-05-2020 17:46
  
  The mouthpiece newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party said Saturday that the U.S. decision to end some trading privileges for Hong Kong "grossly interferes" in China's internal affairs and is "doomed to fail." The Hong Kong government called U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement unjustified and said it is "not unduly worried by such threats," despite concern that they could drive companies away from the Asian financial and trading centre. An editorial in China's official People's Daily
  
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• Louisville PD apologizes for targeting news crew at protest

  30-05-2020 17:20
  
  Kentucky's governor on Saturday called in the National Guard to "help keep the peace" in Louisville after a second night of protests sparked by the police shooting of a black woman led to widespread damage. Gov. Andy Beshear said he didn't want to silence protesters but decided to activate the Guard to quell the actions of "outside groups" that are "trying to create violence." His action came after the unrest Friday night spread through parts of downtown Louisville, resulting in windows being sh
  
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• Two astronauts climb aboard SpaceX rocket for historic flight

  30-05-2020 15:42
  
  Despite more storms in the forecast, two NASA astronauts climbed into their capsule Saturday for a second attempt at a history-making ride into orbit aboard a rocket ship designed and built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. With the flight already delayed three days by bad weather, forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 50-50 for the 3:22 p.m. liftoff of the 270-foot Falcon 9 in what would be the first launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company. Their destination: the Intern
  
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• SpaceX rocket lifts off from U.S. in history-making flight

  30-05-2020 15:42
  
  A rocket ship designed and built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company has lifted off with two Americans on a history-making flight to the International Space Station. The spacecraft took off Saturday afternoon from the same launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, that was used during the Apollo missions to the moon a half-century ago. The flight ushers in a new era in commercial space travel and marks the first time NASA has launched astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. "Let's light this candle
  
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• EU urges Trump to rethink cutting funding to WHO

  30-05-2020 13:32
  
  The European Union on Saturday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to cut American funding for the World Health Organization amid global criticism of the move, as spiking infection rates in India and elsewhere served as a reminder the global pandemic is far from contained. Trump on Friday charged that the WHO didn't respond adequately to the pandemic, accusing the UN agency of being under China's "total control." European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturda
  
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• Police cars burn, buildings ransacked as protests across U.S. turn violent

  30-05-2020 13:17
  
  Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns. The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Floyd's death Monday after a police officer pressed a knee on his neck for more than eight minutes, have left parts of the city a grid of broken
  
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• Police cars burn as protesters demand justice in George Floyd's death

  30-05-2020 13:17
  
  Governors in several states called in National Guard troops as protests over repeated police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, where police fired rubber bullets to scatter crowds and at least one police car burned. The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Monday's death of George Floyd after a police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, have left parts of that city a grid of broken windows, burned-out buildings a
  
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• National Guard summoned to aid cities amid clashes

  30-05-2020 13:17
  
  Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Oregon, and chanted curses at U.S. President Donald Trump outside the White House. Thousands also demonstrated peacefully, demanding justice for George Floyd, a black man who died after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck. As anger over Floyd's killing spread to cities nationwide, local leaders increasingly said they could need help from National Guar
  
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• Cities brace for increasing unrest, call in National Guard

  30-05-2020 13:17
  
  Protesters set police cars ablaze, smashed businesses' windows and skirmished with baton-wielding officers in streets from Atlanta to Los Angeles, as anger over George Floyd's death spread across the country. Authorities were bracing for more violence Saturday, with some calling in the National Guard to beef up overwhelmed forces. In Minneapolis, the city where Floyd died Monday after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck and kept it there for more than eight minutes, Minnesota Gov
  
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• Cars burned, buildings ransacked as protesters across U.S. clash with police

  30-05-2020 13:17
  
  Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns. The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Floyd's death Monday after a police officer pressed a knee on his neck for more than eight minutes, have left parts of the city a grid of broken
  
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• Could more Canadians be detained in China over Meng decision? Former spy head says yes

  30-05-2020 13:00
  
  It’s possible that China could look to detain other Canadians as a result of this week’s court ruling that did not go in Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s favour, says a former head of Canada’s spy agency. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period, former CSIS director Richard Fadden said that “the easiest” form of Chinese retaliation to picture would be that other Canadians who are in that country are “at some risk that they may join the two Michaels
  
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• Happy ending for Alberta and B.C. couples with pandemic wedding dates

  30-05-2020 05:53
  
  A little over a month ago, five Alberta and B.C. couples saw their best-laid wedding plans crumble in the pandemic. Friday, they got some good news. That's because Cherry Creek Estate,a popular B.C. wedding venue, reversed a decision and decided to refund deposits each couple had made to hold their weddings at the venue. Back in late April, the venue sent a letter to the couples saying they would be required to hold socially-distanced wedding ceremonies of not more than 50 people, that were "in
  
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• Man charged after shooting bear in residential Cold Lake area: Alberta RCMP

  30-05-2020 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The man fired two shots at a bear in front of his house, RCMP said. The animal was injured and ran off into a wooded area.
  
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• Man in life threatening condition following motorcycle crash on Deerfoot

  30-05-2020 04:16
  
  A man is in life-threatening condition after a motorcycle crash at northbound Deerfoot at Stoney Trail Friday afternoon. The incident took place around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Police closed westbound Stoney Trail off the ramp from northbound Deerfoot. There were no other injuries reported. This is a developing story...
  
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• Man in life threatening condition following motorcycle crash

  30-05-2020 04:16
  
  A man is in life-threatening condition after a motorcycle crash at northbound Deerfoot at Stoney Trail Friday afternoon. The incident took place around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Police closed westbound Stoney Trail off the ramp from northbound Deerfoot. There were no other injuries reported. This is a developing story...
  
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• Pedestrian struck at Macleod Trail crosswalk

  30-05-2020 04:00
  
  A man believed to be in his early twenties was struck by a mid-sized SUV early Friday evening as he was walking through a crosswalk at Macleod Trail and 50th Avenue S.W. The incident took place just before 7 p.m. The injured man has been transported to Foothills Hospital in life-threatening condition. The road is closed northbound and southbound up to 46 Avenue. This is a developing story...UPDATE: There is an incident involving a pedestrian, Macleod Tr and 50 Ave SW, the road is closed NB and S
  
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• Alberta couple gutted by adoption agency closure: ‘We just want to be parents’

  30-05-2020 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  For Alberta couple Linda Hoang and Mike Brown, the news their adoption agency is closing is another setback in their long and difficult journey to becoming parents.
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge preschools prepare to reopen June 1 - Globalnews.ca

  30-05-2020 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge preschools prepare to reopen June 1

  30-05-2020 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge Montessori Preschool is preparing to open with many others across the province beginning on June 1.
  
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• Lethbridge preschools prepare to reopen

  30-05-2020 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government has announced that preschools across the province are now allowed to reopen starting on June 1. As Emily Olsen reports, local preschools are taking the time to prepare.
  
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• Alberta adoption agency shuts doors, leaves couples with fewer options

  30-05-2020 02:39
  
  Alberta’s adoptive parents are now left with one less private agency to pursue parenthood. In a statement posted to its website, Adoption By Choice announced the bad news. "The need for services to birth parents who are making an adoption plan has declined," it says, adding the agency will close operations by July 30. Those who went to the agency for help say the news hit them hard. "We’ve always wanted to have kids and we never thought that it would be this hard," said Linda Hoang.
  
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• Illegal dumping in Enoch Cree Nation ‘getting ridiculous,’ resident steps in to clean up

  30-05-2020 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A special place in Enoch Cree Nation, west of Edmonton, is being used an illegal dumpsite.
  
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• Coronavirus: Calgary, Brooks get green light to move to final phase of Stage 1 of relaunch

  30-05-2020 01:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of Monday, Calgary and Brooks will join the rest of the province by adopting a comprehensive approach to Stage 1 of their relaunch amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Community physicians concerned as Alberta government stops providing PPE

  30-05-2020 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Community physicians say they were shocked by the Alberta government's decision to stop distributing personal protective equipment to them.
  
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• Singh calls on Trudeau to 'show some leadership' on long-term care

  30-05-2020 01:28
  
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is imploring the prime minister to exercise the powers within the federal government’s scope to help provinces tackle the crisis at long-term care homes. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period with host Evan Solomon, Singh said he’s been looking to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to "show some leadership" on national measures to improve conditions in long-term care facilities, following two bombshell reports by the military exposing serious care concern
  
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• Charges laid against driver of vehicle in fatal hit-and-run

  30-05-2020 01:13
  
  A 37-year-old man faces multiple charges related to the May 13  fatal hit-and-run incident that left one Calgary teenager dead. The incident took place around 2:30 in the morning Wednesday, May 13, when a 2008 Buick Allure drove into the back of a 2010 Dodge Journey at high speed, knocking the vehicle across the median. Fifteen-year-old Ibaad Yar was ejected from the vehicle, and later pronounced dead at the scene. Following the collision, the Buick remained on scene for a period of time, b
  
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• Calgary man charged with second-degree murder in hit-and-run death of teen

  30-05-2020 01:13
  
  A 37-year-old man faces multiple charges related to the May 13  fatal hit-and-run incident that left one Calgary teenager dead. The incident took place around 2:30 in the morning Wednesday, May 13, when a 2008 Buick Allure drove into the back of a 2010 Dodge Journey at high speed, knocking the vehicle across the median. Fifteen-year-old Ibaad Yar was ejected from the vehicle, and later pronounced dead at the scene. Following the collision, the Buick remained on scene for a period of time, b
  
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• ‘Free Fry Day’ fundraiser helps keep Halo Air Ambulance in the sky

  30-05-2020 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Free fries were given away throughout the day on Friday at four different Western Tractor locations in southern Alberta, in an effort to raise funds for the Halo Air Ambulance service.
  
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• Coronavirus: Jasper ready to welcome visitors back Monday, asks people to follow local rules

  30-05-2020 00:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jasper is ready to welcome back visitors on Monday but is urging people to remain vigilant about preventing the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Edmontonians to host Canada-wide virtual music bingo game

  30-05-2020 00:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bingo Toonz organizers hope each province and territory will be represented in the game on Saturday night.
  
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• Opening testing to all Albertans really about population surveillance: Hinshaw

  30-05-2020 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses why Alberta has opened up COVID-19 testing to all residents, even those without symptoms.
  
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• Final stage of Phase 1 reopening to happen in Calgary and Brooks on Monday

  30-05-2020 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces details around the final stage of Phase 1 economic relaunch for Calgary and Brooks.
  
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• Alberta opens COVID-19 testing to all residents, symptomatic or not

  30-05-2020 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announces the opening of COVID-19 testing for the entire province during her daily update.
  
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• Crude oil prices see their best month on record, surging 88%

  30-05-2020 00:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian dollar traded for 72.53 cents US compared with 72.65 cents US on Thursday.
  
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