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• Missing 4-year-old found dead in Cardston County: Alberta RCMP

  21-06-2020 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police found the body of a missing four-year-old in southern Alberta on Sunday.
  
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• UPDATE: RCMP confirm discovery of child's body along St. Mary River - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 23:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UPDATE: RCMP confirm discovery of child's body along St. Mary River  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 4-year-old child found dead near southern Alberta campground

  21-06-2020 23:47
  
  Authorities say the body of a four-year-old child has been found on a sand bar of the St. Mary River in southern Alberta. Officials say the toddler went missing at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in Woolford Provincial Park, located near Cardston, Alta. RCMP, along with Lethbridge Search and Rescue, RCMP Police Dog Services and Air Services, conducted an exhaustive search of the area into the evening and throughout the night. At approximately 11:30 a.m. the following day, police, acting on information
  
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• Province reports 31 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 23:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Province reports 31 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge Pride Fest celebrates 12th year while adapting to changes - Global News

  21-06-2020 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coronavirus: Lethbridge Pride Fest celebrates 12th year while adapting to changes  Global News
  
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• Coronavirus: Lethbridge Pride Fest celebrates 12th year while adapting to changes

  21-06-2020 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  After record-breaking attendance at last year's Pride parade, the Lethbridge festival is happy with growing its attendance this year.
  
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• RCMP issued 7 tickets to Americans found in Banff, Alta. over the past week

  21-06-2020 23:20
  
  Alberta RCMP have confirmed to CTV News that seven tickets for violating the public health rules for COVID-19 were given out to Americans last week. RCMP Cpl. Deanna Fontaine told CTV News Sunday the U.S. citizens were located by police last week. Four of the $1,200 tickets were handed out on June 16 and two more on June 18. Fontaine couldn't give out any details of when the seventh ticket was written up but said at least one U.S. citizen had stopped for a hike in the Banff area. There are no sp
  
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• More than $200K raised during virtual run for ALS in Calgary

  21-06-2020 22:49
  
  Since the real-life event was cancelled due to COVID-19, organizers of the Betty's Run for ALS opted for an online format instead. The run, which has taken place in Calgary for more than 20 years, was hosted virtally by mayor Naheed Nenshi and a number of other supporters in the community. Katherine Gartner, who was named the 2020 Betty's Run for ALS Ambassador, also turned out to help. "I am honoured to the be 2020 Ambassador of Betty’s Run for ALS. In the last six months, as the disease
  
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• Dimitrov positive for COVID-19, exhibition event cancelled - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 21:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Dimitrov positive for COVID-19, exhibition event cancelled  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Body of young boy allegedly found at Woolford Provincial Park - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 21:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Body of young boy allegedly found at Woolford Provincial Park  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police misconduct ‘exists here in Calgary’: Officer wants her harassment lawsuit to bring change

  21-06-2020 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kim Prodaniuk, who filed a statement of claim against the police chief's office, the Calgary Police Association and the City of Calgary in March, recently added a 132-page affidavit with details about her time on the force.
  
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• Minister issues statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 20:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Minister issues statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Weather watch called for Calgary and other Alberta communities

  21-06-2020 20:09
  
  A severe thunderstorm watch has been called for a number of communities in central and southern Alberta, including Calgary. Environment Canada put the watch in place at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. "Thunderstorms will develop along a surface trough this afternoon and continue into the evening. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe," the agency says on it's website. It adds large hail has the potential to damage property and cause injury while strong winds can toss loose objects into the air,
  
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• Advisory for Calgary and other Alberta communities upgraded to warning

  21-06-2020 20:09
  
  A severe thunderstorm watch called Sunday morning has now been upgraded to a warning for a number of communities in central and southern Alberta, including Calgary. Environment Canada put the watch in place at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. By about 4 p.m., the agency upgraded it to a warning. "Thunderstorms will develop along a surface trough this afternoon and continue into the evening. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe," the agency says on its website. It adds large hail has the potenti
  
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• Female Calgary police officer wants harassment lawsuit to bring change

  21-06-2020 19:50
  
  Kim Prodaniuk didn't plan to be a crusader for change but hopes her lawsuit against the Calgary Police Service alleging harassment and emotional distress will make a difference. The 40-year-old officer joined the service in 2008 and left on stress leave in 2017. She joined other female officers who publicly alleged that the force failed to provide a safe environment against bullying and harassment. Prodaniuk, who filed a statement of claim against the police chief's office, the Calgary Police As
  
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• Alberta researchers find much higher bird populations in province than previously thought

  21-06-2020 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  University of Alberta researchers have discovered there is a much higher population of birds in the province than previously thought.
  
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• Alberta and B.C. have reported hundreds of 'excess deaths' that weren't linked to COVID-19

  21-06-2020 19:12
  
  "Excess death" statistics have been used in some parts of the world to suggest the true toll of COVID-19 is much higher than what has officially been recorded, and the latest data suggests that the same trend could be playing out on a smaller scale in Western Canada. Put simply, excess deaths are the number of deaths recorded in an area during a period above and beyond what would be considered normal for that place and time. New York City recorded 24,000 excess deaths between March 11 and May 2.
  
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• Subdued ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Korean War amid COVID-19 - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 19:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Subdued ceremony marks 70th anniversary of Korean War amid COVID-19  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Production workers to strike against major Navy shipbuilder - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 18:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Production workers to strike against major Navy shipbuilder  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UBC board chair resigns after being called out for liking 'regressive' tweets

  21-06-2020 18:45
  
  University of British Columbia board of governors chair Michael Korenberg stepped down Saturday amidst pressure from student groups and his colleagues for liking a number of tweets critics called racist. In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Korenberg, who has served on UBC’s board since 2016, wrote that his “likes” on Twitter “supported regressive voices and took aim at thousands of brave individuals who are standing up against racism, hatred, and discrimination.
  
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• Canadian Pussy Riot member held in Russia extremism probe: report

  21-06-2020 18:22
  
  Russian state news agency Tass says a prominent member of the protest group Pussy Riot has been detained by the police anti-extremism division. The Mediazona website reported that Pyotr Verzilov was seized at his apartment by unidentified men who broke down the door on Sunday morning. Tass cited a police source as saying Verzilov was detained as part of an investigation but did not report further details. Verzilov publishes Mediazona. He attracted worldwide attention in 2018 when he and three ot
  
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• Cop suspended for 'unprofessional' behaviour in online video, says Ont. mayor - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 17:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Cop suspended for 'unprofessional' behaviour in online video, says Ont. mayor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U.K. police: Park stabbing that killed 3 was a terror attack

  21-06-2020 17:16
  
  A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. A 25-year-old man who is believed to be the lone attacker was in custody, but officials said the motive for the carnage was unclear. Authorities said they were not looking for any other suspects and they did not raise Britain's official terrorism threat level from "substantial." Three people were killed and three others seriously wounded in the
  
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• Spice heist: U.K. police seek burglars who allegedly stole over $84K in saffron

  21-06-2020 16:44
  
  British police are looking for two suspects who allegedly broke into a warehouse in London and stole over CAD$84,000 worth of saffron. London's Metropolitan Police have released CCTV footage of the spice heist that shows two men forcing their way into an independent business's storage unit in Ilford on June 11. The men ignore the other stock and head straight for a box containing 10 kilograms of saffron valued at approximately 50,000 British pounds. The expensive spice, which is used in a variet
  
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• Trump's campaign was trolled by TikTok users in Tulsa

  21-06-2020 16:43
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump didn't fill his rally arena to the more than 19,000-person capacity Saturday night, despite bragging about 1 million RSVP's to his Tulsa, Oklahoma, return to the campaign trail. Many of those who asked for tickets may have been trolling the President -- in a stunt organized mainly through the social media platform TikTok. Last week, Trump tweeted that "Almost One Million people requested tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma!" and one local official
  
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• Survey estimates much higher Alberta bird populations than thought

  21-06-2020 16:14
  
  There may be many, many more songbirds in Alberta forests than previously thought, say University of Alberta scientists who have come up with a new way of counting them. But researchers say that while the new counts may be good news - some estimates are more than 10 times higher - they don't change the overall declining trend of the province's boreal songbirds. “Our estimates just highlight that our understanding is incomplete,” said Peter Solymos, whose paper was recently published
  
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• Ontario dips back down to fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases

  21-06-2020 16:10
  
  One day after recording a slight spike, Ontario has dipped back down to fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases. Health officials logged another 175 patients infected with the novel coronavirus on Sunday morning, bringing the provincial total number of cases to 33,476.Today, Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 cases again, with 175 new cases of #COVID19 or a 0.5% increase. With 251 resolved, we continue to see a persistent decline in active cases in Ontario, with 76 fewer today. — Christine Elli
  
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• Canadians working from home permanently should expect salary changes: experts

  21-06-2020 16:06
  
  When Mark Zuckerberg hosted a townhall in late May with Facebook's 48,000 employees, some were tuning in from new cities they had scrambled to move to as the pandemic hit. Zuckerberg had a clear message for them: if you plan to stay, expect a change to your pay. "That means if you live in a location where the cost of living is dramatically lower, or the cost of labour is lower, then salaries do tend to be somewhat lower in those places," he said on the video conference, where he announced more e
  
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• Survey estimates much higher Alberta bird populations than thought - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 16:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Survey estimates much higher Alberta bird populations than thought  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Female Calgary police officer wants harassment lawsuit to bring change - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 16:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Female Calgary police officer wants harassment lawsuit to bring change  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Why women bear the brunt of virus fallout in workplace

  21-06-2020 15:05
  
  The reverberating economic shock of the coronavirus crisis has delivered a massive setback for women because so many work in the badly exposed services sector, experts say. The nature of the outbreak means women are more likely than men to lose or quit their jobs in vulnerable low-paying workplaces like bars, conference venues, hairdressing salons, hotels, pubs and restaurants, which faced extensive shutdowns. School closures during lockdown have exacerbated the situation because more women than
  
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• Ensure the tray table is up and your mask on: air travel in the era of COVID-19

  21-06-2020 14:24
  
  Watching the farms and highways of Ontario out of the oval windows of an Airbus A320, it's easy to forget for a moment how COVID-19 has so thoroughly changed familiar routines. From cruising altitude, the fields look as they always do, a bucolic quilt of greens and browns, shadows moving over them as the clouds cross underneath the sun. But then, your field of vision goes blurry. Your glasses have fogged up, again, because of the mask you've had to wear from the moment you stepped into the airpo
  
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• National Indigenous Peoples Day goes virtual amid pandemic restrictions

  21-06-2020 13:48
  
  Organizers of a major Indigenous festival in Ottawa considered postponing or cancelling it entirely after COVID-19 restrictions meant they couldn't gather in person. But as an anti-racism movement swept the country, bolstered by news of Indigenous deaths during police interactions, Trina Simard said it only affirmed their decision to take the Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival online. "I can't speak for everybody but for me it's part of what drives me about this education," the festival produce
  
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• WHO reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases

  21-06-2020 13:30
  
  The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours. The UN health agency said Brazil led the way with 54,771 cases tallied and the U.S. next at 36,617. Over 15,400 came in in India. Experts said rising case counts can reflect multiple factors including more widespread testing as well as broader infection. Overall in the pandemic, WHO reported 8,708,008 cases -- 183,020 in the la
  
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• Spain opens border to tourists; Trump wants less testing

  21-06-2020 13:30
  
  Spain reopened its borders to European tourists Sunday in a bid to kickstart its economy while Brazil and South Africa struggled with rising coronavirus infections. At a campaign rally, President Donald Trump said he told the U.S. government to reduce testing for the virus, apparently to avoid unflattering statistics ahead of the U.S. election in November. The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the global spread of the virus is accelerating after a daily high of 150,000 new ca
  
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• 1 man dead, 11 people wounded in Minneapolis shooting

  21-06-2020 13:18
  
  One man is dead and 11 people suffered non-life-threatening wounds in a shooting in Minneapolis, police there said early Sunday. Minneapolis police had first said 10 people had been shot with "various severity levels of injuries," but revised their total upward in a tweet posted just after 3 a.m. The man died at the hospital, not at the scene, according to the police daily media briefing sheet. No one was in custody in connection with the shooting as of 4 a.m., according to a police release that
  
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• Former U.S. ambassador to UN tells Canada to 'keep leading' after Security Council loss

  21-06-2020 13:00
  
  A former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says now is not the time for Canada to retreat on the world stage after it failed to secure a seat on the Security Council. In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, author and diplomat Samantha Power says now more than ever democracies need to play a bigger part in advocating for the value of international cooperation, whether through the UN or elsewhere. "I think we’re going to have to look for democracies establishing ne
  
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• Family of 62-year-old man fatally shot by police in Mississauga, Ont. calls for public inquiry

  21-06-2020 12:39
  
  A man shot and killed by police in Malton on Saturday night has been identified by family as 62-year-old Ejaz Choudry. Choudry, a father of four, was fatally shot inside an apartment in the area of Goreway and Morning Star drives at around 8 p.m. on Saturday.Officers first responded to the apartment at around 5 p.m. for a call about a person in crisis. In a news release issued Sunday, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which is now probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting, said the
  
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• Family identifies 62-year-old man fatally shot by police in Mississauga, Ont.

  21-06-2020 12:39
  
  A man shot and killed by police in Malton on Saturday night has been identified by family as 62-year-old Ejaz Choudry. Choudry, a father of four, was fatally shot inside an apartment in the area of Goreway and Morning Star drives at around 8 p.m. on Saturday.Officers first responded to the apartment at around 5 p.m. for a call about a person in crisis. In a news release issued Sunday, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which is now probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting, said the
  
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• Under Trump, 'You're fired!' even greets federal prosecutors - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 06:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Under Trump, 'You're fired!' even greets federal prosecutors  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Paralyzed Calgarian looks to sell truck he can't drive

  21-06-2020 03:48
  
  A Calgary man, whose life was irrevocably changed when he was shot while on vacation in Barbados, is struggling with a new issue. Ken Elliott bought a brand new truck from a Calgary dealership just weeks before he went on the fateful trip earlier this year. While on vacation in February, two armed men broke into the rental home he was staying in with his wife, brother and sister-in-law. During the confrontation, Elliott was shot and left paralyzed. Now, back at home, he says he cannot drive the
  
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• Petition aims to extend research animal protections in the U.S. - Lethbridge News Now

  21-06-2020 00:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Petition aims to extend research animal protections in the U.S.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta confirms 48 new COVID-19 cases Saturday; Edmonton and Calgary close in active numbers

  21-06-2020 00:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health confirmed 48 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, which brings active cases in the province to 525.
  
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