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• Province targeting “near normal” in-person school operations this fall - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 23:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province targeting “near normal” in-person school operations this fall  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 190,000 Canadians who received CERB payments have had to repay them, CRA says

  10-06-2020 23:35
  
  Approximately 190,000 Canadians have had to repay their Canada Emergency Response Benefit cheques to the government as of June 3, according to the latest information from the Canada Revenue Agency. The federal government established the CERB program back in March to help Canadians who couldn’t work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers $2,000 per month for up to four months.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox Don Martin: MPs should boost pandemic productivity by
  
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• Letter asks federal government to force Alberta to reinstate oilpatch monitoring

  10-06-2020 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  A dozen conservation and Indigenous groups have written federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking him to force the Alberta government to reinstate environmental monitoring in the province's oilpatch.
  
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• Birthday celebration for 3 siblings born on the same day but years apart

  10-06-2020 23:24
  
  June 10 is a big day of celebration for this Alberta family. Chizzy Onuoha was born on June 10, 2007, while her brother Denzel was born on June 10,2009. Their younger sister was also born June 10, but in 2016. Their mom Elohor and dad Chinedu say there is no way they could have planned the kids' birthdays. "I just look at it as blessing from God," said Chinedu, who hails from Nigeria. "It couldn’t have been planned even if you wanted to plan it so, for me, it is clearly something quite spe
  
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• RCMP head says she’s ‘struggling’ with definition of systemic racism for force

  10-06-2020 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  'I have been struggling with the definition of systemic racism,' Lucki said.
  
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• UCP MLA Angela Pitt mulls idea of autonomous Alberta with social media post

  10-06-2020 22:11
  
  A southern Alberta MLA is drawing attention after making a Facebook post asking whether or not Alberta should consider becoming an "autonomous province." Angela Pitt, the UCP representative for Airdrie-East and Deputy Speaker in the Alberta legislature, posted on her Facebook page about whether Alberta would become an autonomous province and linked to an article on South Tyrol in northern Italy.But she doesn’t advocate for it. The June 7 post has already received hundreds of replies, with
  
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• Calgary Police Service to provide update amidst Black Lives Matter movement

  10-06-2020 21:44
  
  Members of the Calgary Police Service Executive are scheduled to discuss the state of policing in Calgary during a Wednesday afternoon availability. Community engagement, body worn cameras, training and the use of force by officers are among the topics to be addressed. Chief Constable Mark Neufeld, acting Deputy Chief Cliff O'Brien, Deputy Chief Katie McLellan and Deputy Chief Raj Gill are expected to participate. The availability comes as protests against racism and police brutality take place
  
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• Calgary Police Service provides update on state of policing amidst Black Lives Matter movement

  10-06-2020 21:44
  
  Members of the Calgary Police Service Executive gathered Wednesday afternoon to reiterate the force's commitment to all citizens of Calgary. Community engagement, body worn cameras, training and the use of force by officers were among the topics addressed by police officials at a time when the Black Lives Matter movement continues to grow. Chief Constable Mark Neufeld, acting Deputy Chief Cliff O'Brien, Deputy Chief Katie McLellan and Deputy Chief Raj Gill were among the participants who reitera
  
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• Alberta to allow expanded cohorts in Stage 2: How it works and what’s involved

  10-06-2020 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province’s new guidelines on cohorts, set to take effect Friday, will allow Albertans to expand their social circles, though the chief medical officer of health said there must still be vigilance to limit the spread of the virus.
  
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• Lethbridge's Michael Grant receives Humboldt Broncos Legacy Award - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 21:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge's Michael Grant receives Humboldt Broncos Legacy Award  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Most city facilities in Lethbridge won't be open for start of Stage 2 on Friday - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 20:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Most city facilities in Lethbridge won't be open for start of Stage 2 on Friday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta pharmacies to resume filling larger prescriptions as of June 15

  10-06-2020 20:33
  
  The provincial government is set to relax its temporary rules that restricted pharmacists to supplying patients with a maximum 30-day supply of their prescription. As of June 15, customers may receive a maximum of 100 days' worth of their prescription drugs during their visit to a pharmacy in Alberta. The temporary restriction was in response to critical drug supply issues in Alberta and around the world. "The temporary 30-day medication supply recommendation has certainly helped to stabilize th
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta eases 30-day limit on prescription refills

  10-06-2020 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta pharmacists will soon be able to dispense larger quantities of prescription drugs, after a 30-day limit was put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta movie theatres not ready for June 12 reopening

  10-06-2020 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  In Calgary and Edmonton, CEO Bill Walker said he doesn't expect to see any Landmark Cinemas reopening until June 26. 
  
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• Students lead charge to have more Black history taught in Canadian schools to fight racism

  10-06-2020 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Daniel Afolabi is planning an online petition to present to Alberta Education in hopes of getting more Black history taught in schools.
  
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• On the same page: Navigating social situations during COVID-19

  10-06-2020 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Canada reaches various stages of reopening, the conversation is moving beyond public health orders to personal opinion.
  
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• Alberta’s 2020-21 school re-entry plan to be announced at COVID-19 update Wednesday

  10-06-2020 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  In early May, Adriana LaGrange outlined three different scenarios the province was considering when in-person classes begin again in schools.
  
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• Edmonton DBA executive director resigns after 'All Lives Matter' tweet

  10-06-2020 19:42
  
  The executive director at the Edmonton Downtown Business Association has resigned after he referenced the term "All Lives Matter" in a tweet, his letter of resignation reads. "I fully and completely apologize for using ‘ALM’, a term that is associated with hate and racism. I was wrong to use it and am sorry for the hurt that it has caused," Ian O'Donnell wrote in his letter of resignation. "I plan on educating myself more about this and other issues around injustice, unconscious bias
  
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• Province to announce school re-entry plan for Alberta students

  10-06-2020 19:38
  
  Now that Alberta has released a tentative date for Stage 2 of the relaunch, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange is expected to share more details about what the next school year will look like. The minister is expected to speak more about the plan when Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, gives her update on the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday afternoon. All schools in Alberta were closed down in mid-March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. CTV News will have more details
  
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• Alberta government targets return to schools with some health measures in place

  10-06-2020 19:38
  
  Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the government is looking at seeing students back in class in September, but health guidelines will be in place to prevent COVID-19 infection. "Our goal is to get back to learning as quickly as possible," LaGrange said, adding students learn best inside classrooms with their teachers and peers. This is a breaking news update. The previous details are below... In-person classes at all schools in Alberta were closed in mid-March as a result of the COVID-19
  
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• Lethbridge Herald Delivery Interruption - Lethbridge Herald

  10-06-2020 19:06 via lethbridgeherald.com
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• Justice Minister vows to revamp “outdated” parts of policing in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 18:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Justice Minister vows to revamp “outdated” parts of policing in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary man killed paragliding in Kananaskis near Elbow Falls

  10-06-2020 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP say a Calgary man has been found dead in Kananaskis following a paragliding accident. 
  
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• Former hate group member, born in Lethbridge, hopeful people will rise against racism - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 18:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Former hate group member, born in Lethbridge, hopeful people will rise against racism  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary man killed in paraglider crash near Elbow Falls

  10-06-2020 18:01
  
  A Calgary man was killed Tuesday in a paragliding accident near Elbow Falls in Kananaskis Country, west of the city. Police were called about a missing paraglider and, with the help of Kananaskis Emergency Services, found a 56-year-old man deceased. "From the initial stages of the investigation police believe that the victim got stuck in a tree during his descent and then fell some distance," police said in a release. The man's vehicle was located at the Elbow Falls parking lot and pol
  
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• Greta Thunberg urges Canada, Norway to step up on climate change ahead of UN vote

  10-06-2020 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 17-year-old from Sweden has become one of the most recognized climate activists in the world with her climate strike movement growing into a global phenomenon last year.
  
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• Starbucks plans to close up to 200 Canadian locations over two years

  10-06-2020 16:15
  
  Starbucks is planning to close up to 200 coffee shops across Canada as it responds to changes of consumer habits in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Seattle-based chain is restructuring its company-operated business in Canada under a two-year plan. The details were included in a letter to shareholders filed on Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox"As our business recovery continues, we are now laying the foundation for
  
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• Calgary Stampede unveils BMO Centre Expansion design

  10-06-2020 16:05
  
  Calgarians are getting a look at the new design of the BMO Centre expansion with the official design unveiling Wednesday morning. The $500-million expansion in Stampede Park will double the current size of the building, making it the largest conference facility in western Canada and the second largest in the country. Two design firms have been crafting the building's design — which includes a million square feet of floor space and 350 thousand square feet of exhibit space — over a 12
  
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• Students call for more Black history education, starting in elementary school

  10-06-2020 15:27
  
  Daniel Afolabi remembers one soccer game in particular at age nine in Okotoks, Alta., when a player on the opposing team refused to shake his hand. “He goes 'I don't want to shake your hand because you're Black,' ” Afolabi remembers. He was around the same age when a woman showed up in his class wearing black face to portray American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who freed slaves in the 1800s via the Underground Railroad to Canada. “I don't really want another kid to have to go
  
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• New online concert series promoting homegrown artists set to launch

  10-06-2020 14:47
  
  The provincial government is sponsoring a new weekly online concert series, intended to showcase local talent and provide support to emerging artists. Alberta Spotlight is a collaboration between the Government of Alberta, Alberta Music, the National Music Centre, CKUA, and Stagehand. Applications are now open for musicians to submit a three to five song video. Select artists will be chosen to receive a grant of up to $1,000 that will go towards putting on an online concert. "Music can bring us
  
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• Economy on a tightrope: OECD calls this worst peacetime recession in a century

  10-06-2020 13:49
  
  The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave of infections, an international economic report warned Wednesday. Hundreds of millions of people have lost their jobs, and the crisis is hitting the poor and young people the hardest, worsening inequalities, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said in its latest analysis of global economic data. "It is probably the most uncertain and dra
  
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• Alberta families desperate for changes to long-term care after COVID-19 outbreaks

  10-06-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta families are concerned about elder care in the province and are fighting to be heard as they call for changes to long-term care.
  
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• House sitting halted after feds unable to get support for latest COVID-19 aid bill

  10-06-2020 10:58
  
  Wednesday’s emergency sitting of the House of Commons came to an abrupt halt within minutes after the government couldn’t secure the opposition support it needed to move forward on debate on its latest emergency piece of COVID-19 legislation. Ahead of the sitting the federal Liberals were bracing for the opposition parties to reject their proposal to fast-track the bill, which proposed a series of changes to the Canada Emergency Benefit Program, including tough new measures to penali
  
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• Feds bracing for opposition rejection of latest COVID-19 aid bill

  10-06-2020 10:58
  
  The federal government is bracing for the opposition parties to reject their latest emergency piece of COVID-19 legislation which proposes a series of changes to the Canada Emergency Benefit Program, including tough new measures to penalize fraudulent claims. In a Wednesday morning press conference several hours before the bill is set to be tabled, Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said the dearth of support from any of the other parties in the House of Commons was “very unfortunate,
  
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• A 12-minute meeting: Feds fail to get support for latest COVID-19 emergency aid bill

  10-06-2020 10:58
  
  Wednesday’s emergency sitting of the House of Commons came to an abrupt halt within minutes after the government couldn’t secure the opposition support it needed to move forward on debate on its latest emergency piece of COVID-19 legislation. Ahead of the sitting the federal Liberals were bracing for the opposition parties to reject their proposal to fast-track the bill, which proposed a series of changes to the Canada Emergency Benefit Program, including tough new measures to penali
  
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• Lethbridge's State of Local Emergency will likely remain for a couple of weeks - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge's State of Local Emergency will likely remain for a couple of weeks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Chair of U of L hockey committee confident that Pronghorns hockey will be back: ‘It’s just a matter of when’

  10-06-2020 05:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The University of Lethbridge has announced the members of the hockey advisory committee that will explore the possibility of bringing the men's and women's varsity programs back.
  
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• Calgary children's author takes book readings to the doorstep

  10-06-2020 03:42
  
  Calgary children’s author Lisa Bowes is used to in-person readings. Bowes, a former CTV and TSN sports journalist created the “Lucy Tries Sports” series to encourage young readers to get involved in sports while developing a love of reading .    These days you’ll often find the author sitting in a lawn chair somewhere in Calgary, wearing a mask, separated by two metres from her audience, leading them through a curbside reading from one of her books “W
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge prepares for Stage 2 of Alberta’s relaunch

  10-06-2020 03:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that Stage 2 of Alberta’s relaunch will go ahead on Friday, June 9, giving Lethbridge businesses and organizations a few days to prepare. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: June 9

  10-06-2020 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tuesday, June 9, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Edmonton gyms break away from CrossFit after former CEO tweeted insensitive George Floyd comment

  10-06-2020 02:45
  
  At least two Edmonton gyms are breaking their affiliations with CrossFit after the fitness giant's former CEO made an insensitive comment about George Floyd. On Saturday, then CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman responded to a tweet from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that read "racism is a public health issue" with, "It's FLOYD-19."It's FLOYD-19. — Greg Glassman (@CrossFitCEO) June 6, 2020Since then, Reebok ended its partnership with CrossFit, hundreds of gyms associated with the
  
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• Some Canadian gyms quick to drop CrossFit brand after controversial comments by former CEO

  10-06-2020 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  CrossFit founder Greg Glassman apologized for his insensitive comments about Black Lives Matter protests and on Tuesday, announced he was "stepping down" as CEO.
  
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• Top bobsleigh pilot gets creative with workouts

  10-06-2020 02:24
  
  When gyms were shut down due to COVID-19, Canadian bobsledder Christine De Bruin knew she was going to have to get creative to get her workouts in. So she and her husband decided to build a workout facility in their garage. De Bruin says they had to act fast. “We started talking to people, our friends, our family. We just ended up borrowing a lot of things,” she said. “We made a platform and decided to make it work because we have to. This is our work.” De Bruin is the to
  
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• Scammers target online job seekers during COVID-19 pandemic

  10-06-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Better Business Bureau Serving Southern Alberta and East Kootenay told Global News it has seen an increased number of calls during the COVID-19 pandemic inquiring about phony job offers.
  
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• Alberta launches weekly online concert series to help musicians through COVID-19 pandemic

  10-06-2020 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provincial government has teamed up with Alberta Music, the National Music Centre, CKUA and Stagehand to launch Alberta Spotlight.
  
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• Advisory committee chair confident University of Lethbridge Pronghorns hockey will return

  10-06-2020 01:43
  
  It’s a matter of when and not if University of Lethbridge Pronghorns hockey returns, says the chair of the Hockey Advisory Committee, which was established in April, soon after it was announced the men’s and women’s programs would be cut due to budget constraints. Committee members were announced on Monday, representing various viewpoints related to the hockey programs, the university, and the community. Chair Dan Laplante says he has already received positive feedback from peo
  
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• University of Calgary launches study to explore children’s experiences with COVID-19 and role in transmission

  10-06-2020 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A team of University of Calgary scientists will study how COVID-19 affects children's bodies and look at whether they build short-term or long-term immunity after being infected. It will also explore their role in transmitting the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Gyms, libraries and more allowed to open as Alberta’s Stage 2 begins on Friday

  10-06-2020 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Everything from gyms and arenas to spas, movie theatres, libraries, pools and sports activities will be allowed again when Alberta’s Phase 2 of relaunch begins on Friday. Tom Vernon has the details.
  
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• Brooks resident dies from COVID-19, 27 cases confirmed provincially - Lethbridge News Now

  10-06-2020 01:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Brooks resident dies from COVID-19, 27 cases confirmed provincially  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Innisfail Black Lives Matter rally postponed due to online hostility will now go ahead: Organizers

  10-06-2020 01:10
  
  A Black Lives Matter protest scheduled for June 13 in Innisfail was cancelled after organizers say they received backlash online - but since then support flooding in from surrounding communities caused organizers to reconsider their decision. In other words, it's back on. Brittany Bovey, 23, wanted to host a Black Lives Matter protest in Innisfail, a small rural community south of Red Deer. She has now deemed it an anti-racist rally calling it Central Alberta Against Racism Rally. “I hones
  
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