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• Lethbridge officials reflect on city’s response to COVID-19 so far

  18-06-2020 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  "What was alarming was seeing what was happening in Europe, and seeing the numbers steadily increasing and then seeing the numbers in Canada and in Alberta steadily increasing."
  
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• Lunch snacks donated to Calgary Boys and Girls Club

  18-06-2020 23:51
  
  More than 3,000 granola bars were donated on Thursday afternoon to the Boys and Girls Club in Bowness to help with a vital program. Maisie Mattatall, a Grade 11 student at Central Memorial High School in southwest Calgary heard about the Bowness free lunches program and immediately wanted to help and give back to the community. "I heard about the lunches program through Julie Van Rosendaal," said Mattatall, a performance and visual arts program student. "Food and feeding people is very important
  
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• Calgary teen's artwork helps to feed hungry children in Bowness

  18-06-2020 23:51
  
  More than 3,000 granola bars were donated on Thursday afternoon in Bowness to help with a vital program that was started by two of the community's teachers. Maisie Mattatall, a Grade 11 student at Central Memorial High School in southwest Calgary heard about the Bowness free lunches program and immediately wanted to help and give back to the community. "I heard about the lunches program through Julie Van Rosendaal," said Mattatall, a performance and visual arts program student. "Food and feeding
  
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• Man seriously injured after woman takes stolen vacuum truck on a joyride

  18-06-2020 23:50
  
  A man is in hospital and a woman is custody following a bizarre incident involving a stolen truck and a port-a-pottie near in Calgary's East Village on Thursday. Police said a worker was removing waste from a port-a-pottie in a lot near Eighth Avenue S.E., behind the Central Public Library, when a woman suddenly jumped into his vacuum truck and started driving in circles. She hit a man in his 40s on a bicycle and he suffered a suspected broken femur. The man was rushed to Foothills Hospital. Pol
  
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• Local detailing business receiving attention from all over North America

  18-06-2020 23:40
  
  The sticker on the back of his van says it all: Handicapped & Hustling. Carter Jones started his automotive cleaning business called Detail Lab in February. The plan saw him travelling to customers' vehicles in Calgary and cleaning them on the spot. The 20-year-old has always loved cars and thought this kind of work was a good way to continue that passion. But just as the business got going, the pandemic put a halt to it. Carter is considered high risk because of complications at birth. He u
  
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• Bombers president Miller comes to defence of CFL commissioner Ambrosie - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 23:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bombers president Miller comes to defence of CFL commissioner Ambrosie  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Billie Eilish gets 3-year restraining order for trespasser - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 23:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Billie Eilish gets 3-year restraining order for trespasser  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ovintiv lays off staff as fears rise for delayed oil industry recovery

  18-06-2020 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oil and gas producer Ovintiv Inc., confirmed it handed layoff notices to some of its 2,600 staff in Canada and the United States starting Monday.
  
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• City announces dates for reopening of recreation facilities - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 23:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City announces dates for reopening of recreation facilities  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Parks Canada suspends shuttle services to popular tourist spots amid COVID-19 pandemic

  18-06-2020 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada said that shuttle services to popular tourist destinations, including Lake Louise, Moraine Lake and Lake O'Hara, will not be available this year.
  
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• Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lawsuit heard, movies, amusement parks get guidance - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 23:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lawsuit heard, movies, amusement parks get guidance  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge officials reflect on city’s response to COVID-19

  18-06-2020 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Chris Spearman and Emergency Management Director Marc Rathwell recently spoke with Global News about the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tom Roulston has the story.
  
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• New data shows small increase in veterans' historical risk of suicide - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 22:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New data shows small increase in veterans' historical risk of suicide  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Boating advisory lifted for Bow and Elbow rivers

  18-06-2020 22:21
  
  Improved conditions means boating advisories issued for the Bow and Elbow rivers earlier this month by the Calgary Fire Department have now been lifted. "The flow rates on the Bow and Elbow Rivers have decreased and river conditions have improved. At these levels, people can resume normal activities on the river," read a CFD release.   The advisory was issued as increased water levels from runoff, rain and melting snow can pose a challenge for river users, as well as increase the amount of
  
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• oTENTiks, equipped camping sites closed for the season in Banff

  18-06-2020 21:56
  
  Parks Canada announced this week that it would be reopening campsites in a number of national parks, including Banff, but the plans don't include oTENTiks. On Wednesday, the agency said it would be reopening campsite reservations for campers at 31 of Canada's national parks. Banff National Park was on the list, but the A-frame-style tented cabins set up at Two Jack Lakeside and Tunnel Mountain are still off limits. Parks Canada says it's not a matter of how difficult it would be to sanitize the
  
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• New Brunswick legislators defeat controversial mandatory vaccination bill - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New Brunswick legislators defeat controversial mandatory vaccination bill  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• State of Local Emergency is lifted in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  State of Local Emergency is lifted in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Players counter with 70-game season, 10 more than MLB - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Players counter with 70-game season, 10 more than MLB  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Denying marriage claim, justices OK James Brown's dying wish - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Denying marriage claim, justices OK James Brown's dying wish  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 21:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  California orders people to wear masks in most indoor spaces  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New provincial bill looks to the future of COVID-19

  18-06-2020 21:06
  
  The province has tabled a new bill aimed at dealing with COVID-19 and its continuing fallout.  Bill 24 was introduced in the legislature Thursday.  The proposed legislation will carry over many of Alberta’s public health orders that are now expiring after the state of public health emergency was lifted Monday.  The bill would, in theory, extend many of the orders for the rest of 2020. Most points have a sunset clause. Among those points is continuing authority for the chief
  
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• Parks Canada installs no stopping zone to protect white grizzly

  18-06-2020 20:59
  
  A unique bit of wildlife is drawing an increased number of visitors to Yoho National Park, but officials want to make sure people give it the appropriate space. A rare white grizzly bear has been making headlines ever since it was spotted by visitors last week. Now, staff in Yoho National Park have put a 10 km no stopping zone in place along a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway that runs through the park. They say there's an important reason for the restriction. "We just want to make sure that
  
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• Pandemic-related changes to court system might become permanent: top judge - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 20:52 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Pandemic-related changes to court system might become permanent: top judge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• LPS recovers stolen property, imitation firearm and drugs - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 20:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LPS recovers stolen property, imitation firearm and drugs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Tornado touched down during weekend storms in southern Alberta: Environment Canada

  18-06-2020 20:33
  
  A tornado touched down near Barnwell during storms that swept over southern Alberta on Saturday night, Environment Canada has confirmed. Wind speed was estimated between 90 and 130 kilometres an hour when it touched down just before 8 p.m. Saturday, giving it a rating of EF-0. No damage was reported from the tornado. Barnwell is about 230 kilometres southeast of Calgary. There were also reports that a tornado touched down in Calgary on Saturday, however that was found to be a funnel cloud, meani
  
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• 'Needed to be stopped': ASIRT determines RCMP's actions justified against Calgary suspect

  18-06-2020 20:15
  
  Provincial authorities say RCMP were justified in fatally shooting a Calgary man who was a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old woman several days earlier. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the body in charge of investigating incidents where police actions have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, was engaged when Adam Bettahar, 21, died following a confrontation with RCMP near Evansburg, Alta. in March 2018. Bettahar was the prime suspect in the murder of Nadia
  
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• Calgary suspect used 'machine gun' against Alberta RCMP in 2018 incident

  18-06-2020 20:15
  
  Provincial authorities say RCMP were justified in fatally shooting a Calgary man who was a suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old woman several days earlier. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT), the body in charge of investigating incidents where police actions have resulted in serious injury or death to any person, was engaged when Adam Bettahar, 21, died following a confrontation with RCMP near Evansburg, Alta. in March 2018. Bettahar was the prime suspect in the murder of Nadia
  
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• Americans Invented The Automobile, Right? - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 20:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Americans Invented The Automobile, Right?  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary program expands to train more foreign nurses as COVID-19 pandemic continues

  18-06-2020 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Due to an increase in applications, the Bridge to Canadian Nursing program at Mount Royal University is expanding.
  
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• Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 19:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants' protections  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Local pharmacy owner shares effects of COVID-19 on business - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 19:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Local pharmacy owner shares effects of COVID-19 on business  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ASIRT clears police of wrongdoing in deadly gunfight with Calgary murder suspect

  18-06-2020 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  ASIRT said there was "no doubt" that Adam Bettahar had been firing on police with the "intent to kill or seriously injure as many officers as possible."
  
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• Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down near Barnwell Saturday - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 19:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down near Barnwell Saturday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Late start hurt Canada in Security Council campaign, says Trudeau - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 18:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Late start hurt Canada in Security Council campaign, says Trudeau  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Surveillance image released of suspect in southeast sexual assaults

  18-06-2020 18:40
  
  The Calgary Police Service has released a surveillance image of a man who allegedly groped two women near a southeast bus stop earlier this month. A man allegedly approached and attempted to grope a woman near the intersection of 36th Street and 17th Avenue S.E. A second woman who had been waiting for a bus attempted to intervene. The suspect became verbally aggressive towards the second woman and began to groper her as well. Investigators have located surveillance footage of the man they say is
  
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• $62000 worth of drugs and cash seized in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 18:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  $62000 worth of drugs and cash seized in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Unifor 594 strikes tentative deal with Sask. Co-op Refinery after 6-month labour dispute

  18-06-2020 18:19
  
  After a labour dispute that spanned more than six months, the Co-op Refinery has come to a tentative agreement with Unifor Local 594. “This deal, if accepted by bargaining unit employees, along with the operational efficiencies our team has recently realized, will go a long way towards ensuring a sustainable CRC for generations to come,” said Gil Le Dressay, Vice President, Refinery Operations in a news release. “The labour disruption has been a difficult process for everyone i
  
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• $62K in drugs and cash seized by ALERT in Lethbridge

  18-06-2020 18:13
  
  Three men were arrested and police seized an estimated $62,000 worth of drugs and cash following an investigation by the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) in Lethbridge. Search warrants were executed at two homes on Monday where a number of items were seized, including:54 grams of suspected carfentanil 101 grams of methamphetamine 54 grams of cocaine $29,060 in cashInvestigators also seized a Taser, two replica firearms and two vehicles. "The presence of carfentanil continues to be
  
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• Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 18:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• More provincial historic sites reopening for summer on Saturday

  18-06-2020 17:52
  
  As part of Stage 2 of Alberta's economic relaunch, a number of provincial historic sites and museums are set to reopen on Saturday. The move follows the reopening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum in late May, which the province has deemed a success.  “Albertans are truly eager to get back out and explore the province’s history. Having more sites open across the province will give people the chance to venture out with friends and family, play tourist in their own region and help suppo
  
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• Province announces reopening details of select historic sites - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province announces reopening details of select historic sites  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UPDATE: Investigation into west Lethbridge dog attack incident completed - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UPDATE: Investigation into west Lethbridge dog attack incident completed  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Animal Control Officers seeking woman allegedly involved in dog attack - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Animal Control Officers seeking woman allegedly involved in dog attack  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trial of Diacks exposes dark backdrop of track golden era  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Spanish league says audiences up by nearly 50% after break - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Spanish league says audiences up by nearly 50% after break  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No call to buck, rodeo bulls and broncs idled by COVID-19 pandemic

  18-06-2020 17:02
  
  Get Smart and Stevie Knicks are lounging in the penthouse pasture. Blackstone After Party is having sex. Rodeo announcers constantly refer to bucking stock as athletes and point out their performance accounts for half a rider's total score. With rodeos across Canada cancelled this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, broncs and bulls can't use home gyms and treadmills like their human counterparts do to stay in shape. "It's just like a human athlete. If you sit around and do nothing, you're
  
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• NewsAlert:Canada's COVID-19 caseload surpasses 100000 - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 17:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  NewsAlert:Canada's COVID-19 caseload surpasses 100000  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Confederate statue to be moved from central spot at Ole Miss - Lethbridge News Now

  18-06-2020 16:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Confederate statue to be moved from central spot at Ole Miss  Lethbridge News Now
  
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