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• How Lethbridge baseball, BMX organizers are working to keep their members active amid COVID-19 - Globalnews.ca

  05-07-2020 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
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• How Lethbridge baseball, BMX organizers are working to keep their members active amid COVID-19

  05-07-2020 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Our membership is down about two-thirds because of COVID."
  
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• ‘You have to show up’: NDP MP questions virtual attendance of Alberta Tories

  05-07-2020 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's only non-Conservative member of Parliament says she's disappointed some of the province's Tory MPs haven't been participating in virtual House of Commons special COVID-19 committee meetings.
  
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• Social media sleuths solved the mystery of this Alberta woman's photo

  05-07-2020 23:07
  
  When a woman shared a photo of her late father in a placed she couldn't quite place, she turned to social media for help. It all started when a Reddit user posted a thread Saturday, asking for help from fellow users to identify a particular spot in K-Country.The discussion ended up spurring dozens of comments, leading up to the point where users not only identified the spot by name, but provided Google Map coordinates for the exact location. (File/Google Maps) As a result, the woman said she pla
  
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• Calgary boater rescues eagle from the middle of a B.C. lake

  05-07-2020 22:31
  
  A weekend getaway in B.C. for one Alberta man turned into an incredible experience for him when he came to the rescue of a giant eagle. Brett Bacon, along with his partner and their child, were out boating on the lake near their cabin in Invermere, B.C. when he spotted something strange. "We were just driving back from visiting some friends and I just thought it was a carpet in the water," he told CTV News in an interview Sunday. As soon as he recognized it as a bird, saw its wingspan and even i
  
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• Lebanon holds Baalbek concert despite virus, economic crisis - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 21:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Missing 9-year-old found dead in Winnipeg’s Red River: police

  05-07-2020 21:28
  
  The body of a nine-year-old boy who went missing after entering Winnipeg’s Red River was discovered by a police dive team on Sunday. "It is incredibly sad, and the outcome no one was looking for," said Const. Jay Murray of the Winnipeg Police Service. "Our thoughts are with his family." Winnipeg police said Darius Bezecki was last seen alive in the Red River by the Louise Bridge around 4:37 p.m. Friday. Later that evening, the police search was deemed a recovery mission. It is believed Dar
  
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• Highway 16 reopens to 2-way traffic after washout, repairs

  05-07-2020 21:23
  
  Highway 16 reopened to two-way traffic Sunday afternoon after a washout and subsequent repairs caused delays since Thursday. The roadway partially flooded 10 kilometres east of the Jasper townsite Thursday just before 7 a.m., Jasper National Park said.Highway 16 washed out, closed east of Jasper Highway 16 reopens with delays after washout in Jasper National ParkA portion of the highway was closed for repair work later Thursday, and it reopened to a single lane of alternating traffic Friday. On
  
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• Loss of smell, taste can linger longer than other COVID-19 symptoms: study

  05-07-2020 20:11
  
  The loss of the sense of smell and/or taste experienced by many COVID-19 patients can linger even after all other symptoms have disappeared, a new study finds. According to the study, which was published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, more than half of patients who lost one or both senses reported that it had not fully recovered after four weeks, with one in 10 saying that it had not improved at all. The Italian-led team behind the study looked at data from 187 pa
  
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• FDA head refuses to defend Trump claim that 99 per cent of COVID-19 cases are 'harmless'

  05-07-2020 19:50
  
  The commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sunday declined to defend U.S. President Donald Trump's unfounded claim that 99 per cent of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless" and repeatedly refused to say whether Trump's remark is true or false. "I'm not going to get into who is right and who is wrong," Dr. Stephen Hahn, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, told CNN's Dana Bash on "State of the Union." During his remarks Saturday at the White House Independence
  
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• Summer hours returning to Waste & Recycling Centre starting July 6 - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 19:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Bottas shows he can handle pressure in winning Austrian GP - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 19:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Cottage real estate market heats up with more Canadians working remotely

  05-07-2020 19:11
  
  While the COVID-19 pandemic has damaged much of the Canadian economy, there is one market that appears to be thriving: the cottage industry. Ontario realtor Catharine Inniss of Cottage in Muskoka Real Estate told CTV New Channel on Sunday that the cottage market in the province has "been really, really speedy" in the last few months. "We had a delayed market for a while but now it has completely sped up and surpassed every other year though that real estate has been in existence up here," Inniss
  
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• Alberta set to resume public mask distribution program on July 13

  05-07-2020 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Starting July 13, Albertans will be able to once again pick up free non-medical masks at A&W, McDonald's Canada and Tim Hortons locations.
  
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• Man in life-threatening condition following late night shooting

  05-07-2020 18:32
  
  Authorities are looking for suspects following another shooting in Calgary. Calgary police, along with EMS, were called to the scene, near 14 Avenue and 28 Street S.E. Saturday evening. When they arrived, they found an adult male suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds. He was taken to Foothills Medical Centre in serious, life-threatening condition. Police blocked off an alleyway between 14 and 15 Avenue between 28 and 27 Street for the investigation. There is no information on any sus
  
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• Would you like a mask with that? PPE once again available at Alberta drive-thrus

  05-07-2020 18:13
  
  Albertans looking for non-medical masks will be able to pick them up again at drive-thrus at a number of businesses throughout the province later this month. Officials say the personal protective equipment (PPE) will resume distribution on July 13 after another supply of 20 million non-medical masks became available. Alberta's Minister of Health Tyler Shandro called the first phase of the project a "huge success." "The response was an incredible show of community support. Thank you to all Albert
  
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• P.E.I. identifies two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases to five

  05-07-2020 18:12
  
  Prince Edward Island is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to five. To date, P.E.I. has had a total of 32 cases of the virus. P.E.I.’s chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said in a news conference on Sunday that the two newest cases are a result of close contact with one of the positive cases reported on Saturday. The new cases involve two men in their 20s who are both residents of Prince Edward Island, and
  
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• P.E.I. identifies 2 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total number of active cases to 5

  05-07-2020 18:12
  
  Prince Edward Island reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of active cases in the province to five. To date, P.E.I. has had a total of 32 cases of the virus. P.E.I.’s chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said in a news conference on Sunday that the two newest cases are a result of close contact with one of the positive cases reported on Saturday. The new cases involve two men in their 20s who are both residents of Prince Edward Island and are b
  
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• Tropical Storm Edouard could form off the U.S. Gulf Coast this week

  05-07-2020 17:40
  
  After a two-week lull in the Atlantic hurricane season cased by Sarahan dust, the tropics are heating back up again. Tropical Depression Five formed in the U.S. Atlantic late Saturday morning. Sunday morning it passed approximately 112 kilometres (70 miles) north of Bermuda bringing rain and gusty winds to the region. The official forecast has the depression tracking into the open Atlantic and potentially strengthening into a tropical storm over the next 12 to 24 hours. If Tropical Depression Fi
  
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• First glimpse of Canada's COVID-19 infection rate expected mid-July - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 17:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Cosby citing systemic racism as he fights assault conviction - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 17:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Cat perishes in southeast Calgary apartment fire

  05-07-2020 17:16
  
  Officials say a pet has died following an early morning fire that broke out in an apartment complex in southeast Calgary. The CFD was called to the scene, in the 1700 block of 42 Street S.E., at about 6:15 for reports of a fire. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the building and a number of residents standing outside. They entered the building and soon found a small fire inside one of the units that was quickly extinguished. Officials confirmed that all residents of the bui
  
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• Enhanced crowd audio adds another dimension to fanless games - Lethbridge News Now

  05-07-2020 17:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• New study finds evidence between COVID-19 and 'COVID toes' symptom

  05-07-2020 17:07
  
  A new study has found evidence supporting a link between "COVID toes" -- bluish-red or purple lesions that can appear on the feet and hands of children and young adults -- and the novel coronavirus. The study, published Wednesday in the British Journal of Dermatology, reported that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 was present in skin biopsies in children with symptoms of "COVID toes," despite negative results from traditional testing methods. "Our findings support a causal relation of S
  
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• Three people, including 7-year-old, injured in campfire explosion near Perth, Ont.

  05-07-2020 15:24
  
  Ontario Provincial Police say a seven-year-old child suffered serious burns in a reported explosion at a campground near Perth, Ont.  Two other people were transported to hospital for treatment after the incident Saturday night.  In a press release Sunday morning, Lanark County OPP said they were called to the Tay River Tent & Trailer Park on Christie Lake North Shore Road at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, to help the Bathurst, Burgess, Drummond-North Elmsley Fire Department. The inci
  
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• Three people, including 7-year-old, in hospital after campfire explosion near Perth, Ont.

  05-07-2020 15:24
  
  Ontario Provincial Police say three people, including a seven-year-old child, are in hospital after a reported explosion at a campground near Perth, Ont. In a press release Sunday morning, Lanark County OPP said they were called to a camp site on Christie Lake North Shore Road at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, to help the Bathurst, Burgess, Drummond-North Elmsley Fire Department. The incident was reported as "the explosion of a buried propane cylinder at a campfire," police said. Lanark County para
  
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• Christopher Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters

  05-07-2020 14:56
  
  Baltimore protesters pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the city's Inner Harbor on Saturday night. Demonstrators used ropes to topple the monument near the Little Italy neighbourhood, news outlets reported. Protesters mobilized by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police have called for the removal of statues of Columbus, Confederate figures and others. They say the Italian explorer is responsible for the genocide and exploitation of native peoples in the Amer
  
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• Two Americans charged with breaking Canada's quarantine rules

  05-07-2020 14:44
  
  Two Americans have been fined for breaking Canada's COVID-19 quarantine rules after being spotted multiple times in an Ontario town, police say. Ontario Provincial Police officers in the Rainy River District, which runs along the Canada-U.S. border west of Thunder Bay, Ont., say the 66-year-old man and 65-year-old woman entered Canada on June 24. Police report that the visitors were told to drive straight to their Canadian destination and stay there for 14 days. "Both individuals failed to compl
  
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• Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting

  05-07-2020 13:33
  
  A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday left two people dead and eight wounded in South Carolina, a sheriff's official said. Two Greenville County sheriff's deputies noticed a disturbance at Lavish Lounge just before 2 a.m., and saw a large crowd running out of the building, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said at a press conference. There was "active gunfire from inside the building," Lt. Jimmy Bolt said in an initial statement, and Lewis said all the shots were fired inside. "I was in bed and all of a sud
  
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• Canada weeks away from first glimpse at true rate of COVID-19 infections

  05-07-2020 13:11
  
  The national immunity task force has started testing thousands of blood samples for COVID-19 antibodies and should be able to produce a more detailed picture of how many Canadians have been infected with the novel coronavirus within a couple of weeks. It will be much longer, however, before we know more about what kind of protection against future infection having the antibodies provides, said Dr. Timothy Evans, executive director of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force. Plus, said Evans, most of th
  
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• Two-thirds of Canadians support closing businesses again if COVID-19 cases spike: survey

  05-07-2020 04:51
  
  As scientists and policy-makers anticipate a second wave of COVID-19 later this year, a new survey suggests a majority of Canadians support closing non-essential businesses again if cases spike. The new poll conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News surveyed 1,049 Canadians within the past week, and found that two-thirds of respondents support, or somewhat support, another round of business closures in the event of a significant rise in cases and hospitalizations. Forty-two per cent of respondent
  
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• 'Thousands and thousands' of moths invade Quebec town

  05-07-2020 03:52
  
  While Quebecers are accustomed to shovelling in the winter, an eerie discovery in a small town in the province's northwest had some residents taking them out much earlier than expected. The people of La Sarre, about eight hours outside of Montreal, found themselves cleaning up piles of moths, both living and dead. The insects had swarmed the town in herds, dangling from lampposts and buildings and leaving a local car dealership with a ton of cleaning to do. “There were thousands and thousa
  
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• Food trucks carry on Stampede food traditions

  05-07-2020 02:32
  
  Even though the Calgary Stampede is officially cancelled due to COVID-19, officials found a way to serve up a pancake breakfast and food on the midway in a safe way. The parking lot outside Cross Iron Mills shopping centre just outside city limits became a drive through pancake breakfast. “(Calgary) is the only world i think where people would line up for an hour for two pancakes and a sausage and they do here with a smile on their face so its really fun,” said volunteer Jessica Roon
  
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• 2 Alberta communities facing important weekends in their COVID-19 battles

  05-07-2020 02:02
  
  Two COVID-19 outbreaks in southern Alberta are being closely monitored by health officials. A large spike in virus numbers in both the County of Warner and Siksika First Nation have communities ramping up precautionary measures this weekend. In Warner, county officials are working with Alberta Health Services to control spread. “The Emergency Coordination Centre for the county has been set up in accordance with our pandemic response plan,” Jamie Anderson said. Anderson is the directo
  
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