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• ‘It’s an emotional thing’: Calgary residents with hail-damaged homes flock to community support centre

  20-06-2020 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents of northeast Calgary attended a community support centre on Saturday looking for help with rebuilding after the devastating hail storm on June 13. Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports.
  
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• UCP government looking at privatizing care for Albertans with disabilities

  20-06-2020 23:31
  
  Families of loved ones with disabilities or medically-fragile conditions fear the UCP government is moving towards privatizing the care their family members receive. Jennifer and Owen Chikonyora's 44-year-old daughter Erin has cerebral palsy and lives at Edmonton’s Glenwood Community Home. They say they're extremely happy with the residential supports services care Erin has received over the years, but a week ago, a letter from community and social services indicated the government is expl
  
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• 'It's heartwarming': Okotoks, Alta. rallies against racism

  20-06-2020 23:25
  
  About 150 Okotokians gathered Saturday to combat racism and participated in a march through the streets of the community. Organizers made sure participants wore masks as the group gathered at a soccer field near Ecole Secondaire Foothills Composite High School, before marching through nearby neighbourhoods and over the Sheep River, spreading one message. "I want them to understand that this is a hard conversation to have," said Brionnae Marillier-Phillips, organizer of the rally. "Most of the rh
  
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• 48 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta on Saturday

  20-06-2020 23:25
  
  Alberta confirmed 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 35 new recoveries. There were no additional deaths reported. The province did not confirm how many tests had been performed in the last 24 hours. The case breakdown by region is as follows:Calgary zone – 238 active cases, 4,831 recovered Edmonton zone – 226 active cases, 583 recovered Central zone – 3 active cases, 85 recovered South zone – 22 active cases, 85 recovered North zone – 32 active cases, 229 reco
  
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• ‘More connected than we know’: Alberta Cree musician sending masks to Navajo Nation

  20-06-2020 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Lethbridge-based musician is using his platform to raise money for masks to be sent down to the Navajo Nation, a U.S. First Nation that has been hit hard by COVID-19.
  
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• Former Huntsville students and staff reminisce - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2020 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Former Huntsville students and staff reminisce  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wildlife this week: Bobcats in every corner of Calgary

  20-06-2020 22:21
  
  Bobcat sightings are often very rare in the wild, but when the animals roam into more densely populated areas like Calgary, they are caught on film a lot more often. Justine Turner, who lives in Tuscany, took a photo of this bobcat after her dog caught it by surprise. "This bobcat was in my yard June 10," she wrote in an email to CTV News. "My dog chased it onto the fence."Meanwhile, Shanna Grant captured these cats with her camera outside her Edgemont home. While there aren't any wildlife in th
  
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• Woman wanted after Atlanta Wendy's burns in shooting protest - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2020 20:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Connor McDavid rookie card sells for more than $135K, breaking modern records

  20-06-2020 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A rookie card featuring Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid has sold for more than US$135,000, breaking the record for most expensive modern hockey card.
  
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• Thunderstorm watch issued for parts of western Alberta

  20-06-2020 20:03
  
  A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for a large section of western Alberta. According to Environment Canada, conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain. Thunderstorms will develop along a surface trough this afternoon from Rainbow Lake southeast towards Airdrie. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe. Any severe thunderstorms that do develop will weaken this evening, according to
  
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• COVID-19 protocol loosened at golf courses in Alberta

  20-06-2020 19:53
  
  They were one of the first public areas and sports that were relaunched during the pandemic and now Alberta golfers have even more freedoms. According to a notice from the National Golf Course Owners Association Canada (NGCOA), the Kenney government loosened some of the rules that were put in place to help prevent COVID-19 infection among players. Some of the changes included the requirement of wearing a mask or riding only with household members on powered carts, returning water fountains and c
  
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• Blood Tribe Chief issues statement on systemic racism in southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2020 19:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Blood Tribe Chief issues statement on systemic racism in southern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Gas leak secured, emergency alert called off in Black Diamond, Alta.

  20-06-2020 19:00
  
  Alberta Emergency Alert warned residents of a community near Calgary about an explosive hazard near the community Saturday. The agency issued the advisory at just after 10 a.m. for Black Diamond, Alta. It says the incident is due to "a significant gas leak" in the downtown area.Explosive Hazard Alert Jun20 1008AM Take necessary precautions. Black Diamond https://t.co/L8ht6OCtPQ #ABemerg — AB Emergencyalert (@AB_EmergAlert) June 20, 2020"Nearby businesses and residents are being evacuated a
  
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• Emergency alert called for 'significant gas leak' in southern Alberta town

  20-06-2020 19:00
  
  Alberta Emergency Alert is warning residents of a community near Calgary about an explosive hazard near the community. The agency issued the advisory at just after 10 a.m. for Black Diamond, Alta. It says the incident is due to "a significant gas leak" in the downtown area, but there are no further details as to what caused it.Explosive Hazard Alert Jun20 1008AM Take necessary precautions. Black Diamond https://t.co/L8ht6OCtPQ #ABemerg — AB Emergencyalert (@AB_EmergAlert) June 20, 2020"Nea
  
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• Explosive Hazard Alert lifted in Black Diamond, Alta., following gas leak

  20-06-2020 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the alert, there is a significant gas leak due to an incident in downtown Black Diamond and residents are being asked to avoid the area.
  
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• Explosive Hazard Alert issued for town of Black Diamond following gas leak

  20-06-2020 18:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the alert, there is a significant gas leak due to an incident in downtown Black Diamond and residents are being asked to avoid the area.
  
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• CPS cruiser, vehicle involved in Saturday morning crash

  20-06-2020 17:14
  
  Investigators are at the scene of a crash that involved a passenger vehicle and a CPS cruiser early Saturday morning. Police tell CTV News the incident took place near 17 Avenue and First Street S.W. at about 3:55 a.m. A CPS cruiser was towed from the scene earlier, but a red passenger vehicle remains at the scene.There are no details on any injuries from the incident and no information about what led to the crash. This is a developing story and we will have more details as they become available
  
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• The Training Ground: How does an ultra-marathoner train for a race?

  20-06-2020 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dave Proctor loves competing in ultra-marathons because they challenge him mentally and physically, helping him accurately determine just how far he can push himself.
  
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• Peter MacKay campaign dismisses O'Toole team's theft allegation

  20-06-2020 15:08
  
  Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay's campaign team is dismissing an allegation of theft of campaign materials levelled in a late-night press release Friday by rival Erin O'Toole's team as a "desperate, last ditch strategy." O'Toole's campaign issued the release late Friday, saying it had filed a formal complaint with police seeking an investigation into MacKay's organization. The complaint involves the theft of confidential campaign and strategy data and alleges the O'Toole campaign'
  
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• Peter MacKay campaign dismesses O'Toole team's theft allegation

  20-06-2020 15:08
  
  Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay's campaign team is dismissing an allegation of theft of campaign materials levelled in a late-night press release Friday by rival Erin O'Toole's team as a "desperate, last ditch strategy." O'Toole's campaign issued the release late Friday, saying it had filed a formal complaint with police seeking an investigation into MacKay's organization. The complaint involves the theft of confidential campaign and strategy data and alleges the O'Toole campaign'
  
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• Erin O'Toole camp seeks police probe, accuses MacKay camp of theft

  20-06-2020 15:08
  
  Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole's campaign says it has filed a formal complaint with police seeking an investigation of his rival Peter MacKay's organization. In a release late Friday, O'Toole's campaign says the complaint involves the theft of confidential campaign and strategy data. It says the O'Toole campaign's systems were hacked earlier this week. It names MacKay campaign organizer Jamie Lall. In a brief tweet, Lall said not a single word of the allegation is true. The O'Too
  
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• Tories want in-person Parliament, no electronic voting by MPs during pandemic

  20-06-2020 14:03
  
  Federal Conservatives have crusaded for a return to parliamentary business as usual but they're opposed to the one thing Liberals and New Democrats insist is necessary to do that in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: electronic voting. Conservative House leader Candice Bergen says her party is suspicious of anything promoted by the Liberals that would keep most MPs out of the House of Commons and, in her view, help the government avoid accountability. Besides, she says there are other options t
  
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• Metal barriers, Trump gear: Crowd readies for Tulsa rally

  20-06-2020 13:53
  
  Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump were lining up Saturday outside metal barriers surrounding the Tulsa stadium where the president will hold his first rally in months, ready to welcome him back to the campaign trail despite warnings from health officials about the coronavirus. The crowd -- including some who have have camped near the venue since early in the week -- were hoping to be among the first inside the more than 19,000-seat BOK Center for what is expected to be the biggest indoor
  
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• In tension-filled Tulsa, Trump tempting fate in more ways than one

  20-06-2020 13:53
  
  In the city that bore witness to the Black Wall Street massacre of 1921, the twin epicentres of America's seismic shift on justice, race and social disparity find themselves just a 30-minute walk apart. Black Lives Matter protesters, their momentum unabated after nearly a month since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, are planning to gather today in downtown Tulsa to demand an end to the systemic, institutional repression of people of colour Not far away, Donald Trump will be her
  
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• 'They are applying pressure,' Bains says of China's push for Canada to adopt Huawei's 5G tech

  20-06-2020 13:00
  
  Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says China is "applying pressure" on Canada to integrate Huawei technology into its 5G network, as it remains the only Five Eyes nation yet to make a decision about the scope of its involvement. The other four members of the global intelligence alliance -- Australia, the United States, New Zealand and most recently the United Kingdom -- have all made some indication about whether they will outright ban China’s Huawei’s technology or apply it in a som
  
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• AIMCo announces former CEO of CPP Investment Board to chair its board of directors

  20-06-2020 06:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Investment Management Corporation announced Friday that a corporate executive who once served as president and CEO of the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board has been appointed to chair its board of directors.
  
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• Body recovered from Bow River in south Calgary, not believed to be missing man

  20-06-2020 04:36
  
  Emergency crews have recovered a body from the Bow River in south Calgary. The discovery was made Friday afternoon near where police recovered the car of a missing man who is presumed to be dead and the victim of a homicide, however police said Friday evening they do not believe it to be Shane Smith. Police recovered Smith's car parked on Deerfoot Trail near the bridge over the Bow River. Smith is presumed dead and police say they believe he was killed at a home in southeast Calgary on the eveni
  
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• Body recovered from Bow River in south Calgary

  20-06-2020 04:36
  
  Emergency crews have recovered a body from the Bow River in south Calgary. The discovery was made Friday afternoon near where police recovered the car of a missing man who is presumed to be dead and the victim of a homicide. Police would not comment on the discovery or whether the remains are Shane Smith, who was reported missing earlier this month. Police recovered his car parked on Deerfoot Trail near the bridge over the Bow River. Smith is presumed dead and police say they believe he was kill
  
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• Calgary-based Ranch Energy’s failure more than doubles B.C.’s inventory of orphan wells

  20-06-2020 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of orphan wells in British Columbia has more than doubled thanks to the failure of one oil and gas company.
  
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• Bonavista shares for debt proposal leaves existing shareholders with 7% stake

  20-06-2020 03:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bonavista Energy Corp. is attempting to make a deal that would eliminate about half of its debt and leave shareholders with seven per cent of the company.
  
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• Global News at 6 Lethbridge: June 19

  20-06-2020 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, June 19, 2020 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Dozens of puppies found dead after international flight lands at Toronto airport

  20-06-2020 03:01
  
  Dozens of puppies were found dead as an international airline flight unloaded its cargo at the Toronto Pearson Airport last weekend. The Ukraine International Airlines flight landed at the Toronto airport on June 13, carrying 500 puppies in its cargo hold, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a statement Friday. Many of the animals on the flight from Ukraine were suffering from dehydration, weakness and/or vomiting and 38 of them were found dead, a spokesperson for the agency said. &ldquo
  
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• Allegations by former Lethbridge Hurricanes player included in CHL hazing lawsuit

  20-06-2020 02:26
  
  Former CHL players Daniel Carcillo and Garrett Taylor filed a lawsuit Thursday in Ontario Superior Court alleging decades of abuse, rampant hazing and bullying of underage players at the Canadian junior hockey level. The CHL’s three member organizations — the Western Hockey League (WHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) — are listed as defendants, as are all 60 CHL teams. The lawsuit seeks damages for negligence, breach of fiduciary dut
  
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• Beijing sees drop in virus cases as Brazil passes 1 million

  20-06-2020 02:23
  
  Authorities in China appeared to be winning their battle against an outbreak of coronavirus in Beijing on Saturday, but in parts of the Americas the pandemic raged unabated. Brazil surpassed 1 million confirmed infections, second only to the United States. Europe, in contrast, continued to emerge warily from lockdown, with hard-hit Britain considering easing social distancing rules to make it easier for restaurants, pubs and schools to reopen. In Italy, once the pandemic's European epicenter, Po
  
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• Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association uplifts seniors with therapy animals amid COVID-19 - Globalnews.ca

  20-06-2020 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Not enough Albertans downloading COVID-19 tracing app: Province

  20-06-2020 01:47
  
  When Alberta launched its COVID-19 tracing app on May 1, Heather Baxter was one of the first people to download it. “I believe it’s almost a commitment to the rest of the citizens of Alberta to protect your health,” said Baxter, a family physician and university lecturer in Calgary. “This is how tracing COVID cases can be done more efficiently.” Baxter encouraged her friends and co-workers to use the app as well, and many quickly signed up. But seven weeks after the
  
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• 'Honking is the new clapping': Class of 2020 gets drive-thru graduation in Calgary

  20-06-2020 01:34
  
  After months of anxiety and facing the unknown, William Aberhart High School students got one thing that has been in short supply during the pandemic – closure. With the vast parking lots of Stampede Park serving as the staging point, students from high schools across the city finally received the opportunity grace the stage, smile and receive their diplomas. On Friday, the students of William Aberhart High School finally got their big moment. "This is 13 years of education coming to a hea
  
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• Wrestlers allowed to resume workouts against each other at the U of C

  20-06-2020 01:25
  
  A park near the University of Calgary has been getting a lot busier, but in an interesting way, every Tuesday and Thursday. About 25 wrestlers have been gathering to work on their skills and this week was a very exciting one for them. For the first time since things were shut down due to COVID-19, they actually got to do some wrestling — against each other. According to a recent change to public health regulations, you can now do this. But athletes have to follow strict guidelines. Olympic
  
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• Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association uplifts seniors with therapy animals amid COVID-19

  20-06-2020 01:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on several people, but especially for seniors. That’s why the Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association is trying to help brighten the day for some local elderly residents with therapy animals. Taz Dhaliwal has more.
  
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• Southern Alberta prairie museums impacted by COVID-19 closures

  20-06-2020 01:03
  
  During any normal year, the Galt Historic Railway Park near Stirling would be preparing for its annual Father’s Day barbecue this weekend. But this year, the park remains closed. Society secretary Jason Sailer said like many small prairie museums, they are struggling to pay the bills due to the impact of COVID-19. “It hurts, and there’s a ripple effect as well," he said. The museum is dedicated to telling and promoting the story of the railway in southern Alberta, focusing on a
  
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• Lethbridge woman’s career success in male-dominated field fuelled by father’s support - Globalnews.ca

  20-06-2020 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge woman’s career success in male-dominated field fuelled by father’s support  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge woman’s career success in male-dominated field fuelled by father’s support

  20-06-2020 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  "It's just important to reach out. There's lot of us in the industry and we're all willing to support you," she said.
  
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• Alberta premier recommends masks, but backs away from law requiring them

  20-06-2020 00:53
  
  Jason Kenney says non-medical masks will protect people from spreading COVID-19 to others but he isn't ready to force Albertans to wear them. The premier made the comments at a media availability in Edmonton on Friday, responding to a call from a group of Alberta doctors to make wearing PPE mandatory for all Alberta residents. "I haven’t seen the actual submission from those doctors but I think they raise a very important question," Kenney said. "I have been an advocate of using face cover
  
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• ‘I hoped we would have a higher proportion of Albertans downloading it’: Hinshaw on tracing app

  20-06-2020 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses the provincial COVID-19 contact-tracing app and the federal tracing app.
  
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• Hinshaw says province would ensure no risk to public if NHLer tested positive for COVID-19

  20-06-2020 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health discusses what would happen if an NHL player were to test positive for the novel coronavirus if Edmonton were selected as a hub city.
  
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• Hinshaw says province wants to give citizens the opportunity to act responsibly before mandating masks

  20-06-2020 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses Alberta’s mask suggestion and why the province is not mandating the wearing of masks as of yet.
  
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• Hinshaw dicusses timing of Stage 3 of Alberta’s relauch strategy

  20-06-2020 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw discusses the indicators Alberta is watching to determine when Stage 3 of the provincial relaunch will happen.
  
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• Alberta COVID-19 update: June 19, 2020

  20-06-2020 00:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, updates the province’s COVID-19 situation on June 19, 2020.
  
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• Carbon monoxide in underground parkade sends 5 to hospital

  20-06-2020 00:18
  
  Five people were sent to hospital Friday due to carbon monoxide poisoning in an underground parkade in southwest Calgary. Emergency crews were called to a multi-storey residential building on Springborough Close S.W. about 11:30 a.m. after a man was found unconscious. It was later learned workers had been using a gas powered pressure washer and five people were taken to hospital. Testing showed carbon monoxide levels of up to 1,200 parts per million. The parkade was ventilated and Occupational H
  
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• Leafs star Auston Matthews tests positive for COVID-19 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-06-2020 00:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Leafs star Auston Matthews tests positive for COVID-19  Lethbridge News Now
  
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