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• Alberta confirms 47 additional cases of COVID-19, 2 more deaths

  07-07-2020 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since the middle of March, Alberta has had 8,436 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
  
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• Alberta family sends out water warning after pet dies from suspected blue-green algae exposure

  07-07-2020 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton family is devastated by the sudden death of their dog. Daisy was rushed to the vet after swimming in Moose Lake, where AHS later posted a blue-green algae advisory.
  
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• Two new COVID-19 cases in West Lethbridge Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  07-07-2020 23:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Two new COVID-19 cases in West Lethbridge Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspect sought in connection to at least 6 northwest business break-ins

  07-07-2020 23:14
  
  Calgary police are asking for help from the public to identify a suspect believed responsible for at least six break-and-enters at northwest businesses since mid-June. The first happened about 3:30 a.m. on June 14 when someone broke into a Chicken on the Way, a JOEY restaurant and a Starbucks in the Crowfoot and Royal Oak areas and stole cash from tills and charity donation boxes. Then on July 1 at about 3 a.m. police believe the same man broke into an Edges Salon and Spa, a Petland and a Mark's
  
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• New legislation aims to restore balance in Alberta's workplaces - Lethbridge News Now

  07-07-2020 23:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New legislation aims to restore balance in Alberta's workplaces  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada’s largest railways move record grain in June, second quarter

  07-07-2020 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's two largest railways moved record quantities of grain in the second quarter after benefiting from another strong month in June.
  
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• Thunderstorms and funnel cloud advisories in central, eastern Alberta on Tuesday

  07-07-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada said in southeastern and central Alberta there's a risk of tornadoes, golf-to-tennis ball size hail, 120km/h wind gusts and heavy rainfall of up to 100 mm.
  
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• Severe thunderstorms rolling across central, eastern Alberta on Tuesday

  07-07-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada said in southeastern and central Alberta there's a risk of tornadoes, golf-to-tennis ball size hail, 120km/h wind gusts and heavy rainfall of up to 100 mm.
  
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• Severe thunderstorms expected across central, eastern Alberta on Tuesday

  07-07-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada said in southeastern and central Alberta there's a risk of tornadoes, golf-to-tennis ball size hail, 120km/h wind gusts and heavy rainfall of up to 100 mm.
  
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• Alberta to release updated COVID-19 numbers Tuesday afternoon

  07-07-2020 22:51
  
  The province will release updated COVID-19 figures Tuesday afternoon after confirming an additional 130 cases over the weekend. With Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw taking the week off from providing COVID-19 updates, Alberta Health will release new numbers on its website at around 3:30 p.m. On Monday, health officials reported that the number of active cases rose to 607, while the number of recoveries increased to 7,627 people. There was no change in the province-wide death to
  
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• Alberta confirms 47 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

  07-07-2020 22:51
  
  The province will release updated COVID-19 figures Tuesday afternoon after confirming an additional 130 cases over the weekend. With Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw taking the week off from providing COVID-19 updates, Alberta Health will release new numbers on its website at around 3:30 p.m. On Monday, health officials reported that the number of active cases rose to 607, while the number of recoveries increased to 7,627 people. There was no change in the province-wide death to
  
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• Former Calgary-Lougheed MLA going to Houston to promote Alberta at international tables

  07-07-2020 22:50
  
  The provincial government introduced a new bill Tuesday that would see a new agency promote Alberta to the world to attract investors for a number of industries. Bill 33, or the Investment Attraction Act, would create the Invest Alberta Corporation to showcase the province and bring international investment and create new jobs in Alberta's energy, agriculture, tourism and technology sectors. "The agency will directly target the largest and fastest-growing firms for strategic discussions about mo
  
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• Proposed labour law changes meant to reinstate 'balance': government

  07-07-2020 22:48
  
  The United Conservative government is making changes to labour law it says will restore balance to the employer-union dynamic. A bill introduced in the Alberta legislature on Tuesday could see the province become the first in Canada, government officials say, to have employees opt-in to union fees spent on political causes or parties. Unions would also require permission from the labour board to picket at a location other than the workplace, a rule meant to clarify who and what is an ally for se
  
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• Proposed Alberta labour law would change rules around strikes and picketing

  07-07-2020 22:48
  
  The United Conservative government is making changes to labour law it says will restore balance to the employer-union dynamic. A bill introduced in the Alberta legislature on Tuesday could see the province become the first in Canada, government officials say, to have employees opt-in to union fees spent on political causes or parties. Unions would also require permission from the labour board to picket at a location other than the workplace, a rule meant to clarify who and what is an ally for se
  
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• Global News at 6 Lethbridge: July 6

  07-07-2020 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, July 7, 2020 edition of Global News at 6 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Some Calgary medical labs remain closed

  07-07-2020 22:24
  
  Alberta Health Services says many of its laboratory collection sites remain closed after others opened in mid-June. Lab services at North Hill Centre, Bankview, Glenmore Landing and Gulf Canada Square remain closed and AHS says it has implemented major changes to a number of labs that opened on June 16. AHS has implemented patient screening, physical distancing, use of PPE and masks and a reduction of walk-in options in favour of pre-booked appointments. “We recognize that these are diffic
  
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• $90K Bitcoin scam in Red Deer prevented by warning poster: RCMP

  07-07-2020 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The victim was told he needed to deposit his money into a Bitcoin account -- controlled by the scammer -- to protect his funds.
  
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• 'Such a feel-good thing': 4 ducklings rescued from Calgary storm drain

  07-07-2020 21:01
  
  Four ducklings were reunited with their mother Tuesday morning thanks to the quick action of a Calgary couple. Melanie Knutson was out for her regular walk around the neighbourhood of Canyone Meadows when she spotted a mother duck and a group of ducklings near the intersection of Canterbury Drive and 124th Ave. S.W.. "There was a woman trying to get a picture with her dog and the dog was freaking out," she said. "Then on my second lap, I do the same route three times, I heard some chirping and I
  
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• Oilsands companies restore production as demand growth spurs higher prices

  07-07-2020 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oilsands companies are restoring thousands of barrels of daily production to take advantage of higher oil prices as relaxed pandemic measures allow North American consumers to get back on the road.
  
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• Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID-19 precautions, denying refunds

  07-07-2020 20:33
  
  When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules to still be in place. But just three weeks before Green and her family were set to fly from Edmonton to Sydney, N.S., on July 17, WestJet announced it was ending its policy of leaving the middle seats on its flights empty. "I was devastated," Green said, noting her family spends every summer in Nova Scotia with her 93
  
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• After years of fertility struggles, Alberta couple welcomes ‘moon twins’

  07-07-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the span of a week, an Alberta couple welcomed a baby boy and girl they're calling their "moon twins," — one born via surrogacy and the other from the mother herself.
  
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• Driver killed in highway crash south of Calgary on Tuesday

  07-07-2020 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews were called to a two-vehicle crash between a truck and a sedan at 306 Avenue, between De Winton and Okotoks, Alta., just after 5 a.m.
  
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• Bears trying to live with people, but it still isn't enough: study

  07-07-2020 18:52
  
  Grizzly bears are doing their best to get along with people, but it still isn't enough. Newly published research assessing more than 40 years of data concludes that without large wilderness areas to replenish their numbers, the bears would disappear from landscapes they share with humans. The paper found that bears in populated areas in Alberta and British Columbia have even changed how they hunt, shifting from daytime to more nocturnal activity. That helps keep more grizzlies alive. But the stu
  
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• This non-dairy ice cream product sold in Canada actually contains dairy: recall

  07-07-2020 18:49
  
  A product sold in in several provinces in Canada has been recalled because it contains an ingredient the label specifically says is left out. Daiya Foods Inc. recalled one flavour of its non-dairy ice cream-type product after it was found to include dairy. Milk was detected in its Classic Vanilla Creme Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert, a notification from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. The company itself triggered the recall, the CFIA says, but inspectors are investigating and further product
  
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• This non-dairy ice cream product sold in B.C., Alta. actually contains dairy: recall

  07-07-2020 18:49
  
  A product sold in B.C. and Alberta has been recalled because it contains an ingredient the label specifically says is left out. Daiya Foods Inc. recalled one flavour of its non-dairy ice cream-type product after it was found to include dairy. Milk was detected in its Classic Vanilla Creme Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert, a notification from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says. The company itself triggered the recall, the CFIA says, but inspectors are investigating and further products may be recal
  
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• 1 dead following Hwy. 2 crash near Okotoks

  07-07-2020 18:40
  
  One man is dead following a Tuesday morning crash in the southbound lanes of Highway 2 near Okotoks. Emergency crews were called to a location on the highway near 306th Avenue E. shortly after 5 a.m. following reports of a two-vehicle crash. EMS officials confirm one man was pronounced dead on scene and no patients were transported to hospital. As of 10:30 a.m., southbound Highway 2 has been reduced to a single lane. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the day
  
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• Bear population attempting to live alongside people, but its not enough: study

  07-07-2020 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Newly published research concludes that without large wilderness areas to replenish their numbers, the bears would disappear from landscapes they share with humans.
  
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• Motorcyclist killed in crash on Hwy. 11A near Sylvan Lake

  07-07-2020 17:29
  
  RCMP is investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcyclist just north of Sylvan Lake early Monday. Police said two motorcyclists were on Highway 11A about 12:30 a.m., roughly 2.5 kilometres northwest of the townsite, when one of them suddenly veered off the road into a stand of trees. The rider, a 55-year-old man from Sylvan Lake, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The second motorcyclist was unhurt. Investigators are now looking for a cause to the crash. Sylvan Lake is about 150 kilometres
  
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• Downtown road reopens following crash that toppled vehicle

  07-07-2020 16:41
  
  A section of Eighth Street S.W., between Fourth and Sixth Avenues, has reopened to traffic following a Tuesday morning crash that upended a vehicle. The two-vehicle collision occurred just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Eighth St. and Fifth Ave. S.W. EMS officials confirm no one was transported from the crash scene to hospital. Two lanes of eastbound Fifth Avenue were also closed but have since reopened.
  
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• Downtown road closed following crash that toppled vehicle

  07-07-2020 16:41
  
  A section of Eighth Street S.W., between Fourth and Sixth Avenues, has been closed to traffic following a Tuesday morning crash that upended a vehicle. The collision occurred just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Eighth St. and Fifth Ave. S.W. It is not known if anyone was injured in the crash or how many vehicles were involved. Two lanes of eastbound Fifth Avenue have also been closed. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the morning.
  
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• How Canadians and Americans are responding differently to wearing face masks

  07-07-2020 15:56
  
  Canadians are more likely than Americans to praise their government's handling of COVID-19 and keep their hands to themselves in public, but less likely to wear masks when out of the house, according to recent polling data. Since the early days of the pandemic, British polling firm YouGov has been surveying people in 29 countries online about their attitudes toward the novel coronavirus and the behaviours they are changing in response to it. Canadians have been surveyed five times, with more tha
  
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• Canadians less likely than most to wear masks when out in public, poll finds

  07-07-2020 15:56
  
  Canadians are more likely than Americans to praise their government's handling of COVID-19 and keep their hands to themselves in public, but less likely to wear masks when out of the house, according to recent polling data. Since the early days of the pandemic, British polling firm YouGov has been surveying people in 29 countries online about their attitudes toward the novel coronavirus and the behaviours they are changing in response to it. Canadians have been surveyed five times, with more tha
  
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• Potential for thundershowers, tornadoes in parts of southern Alberta today

  07-07-2020 15:36
  
  Without injecting opinion into the forecast, I’m sure it might be nice to have a few days where we settle, and stay settled. How fine a thing to see that change develop for Friday and Saturday? But first… A new low pressure zone is deepening (strengthening) over the course of today and tomorrow, with a moderate drop in pressure over a 24-hour period. This will push in another base of thundershower activity that could produce tennis ball sized hail and may be capable of producing a t
  
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• Albertans encouraged to travel within the province to support economy

  07-07-2020 15:07
  
  Alberta tourism agencies are asking their own to travel within the province to support the hard-hit economy. "We need to get those regional visitors or what we call rubber tire traffic into urban centres, into Edmonton to start enjoying the experiences we have here," said Maggie Davison with Edmonton Tourism. The Travel Industry Association of Alberta (TIAA) is citing a potential drop in revenue of $62 billion over 2019 leading to 30,000 to 50,000 jobs lost. Alida Visbach with TIAA wants the gov
  
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• Council to begin public hearing on systemic racism in Calgary

  07-07-2020 14:11
  
  As community advocates continue to demand action from city council, Tuesday marks the first day of a two-day public hearing on the issue of systemic racism in Calgary.  The meeting comes after thousands of Calgarians marched through the streets to speak out against racism and police brutality during several recent demonstrations.  Calgary’s Community and Protective Services Committee has set aside Tuesday and Wednesday to hear from at least 135 citizens who have registered to spe
  
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• Alberta RCMP detachments to resume limited front counter services - Lethbridge News Now

  07-07-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta RCMP detachments to resume limited front counter services  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta NDP, Indigenous leaders renew calls for Kenney to fire speechwriter over 2013 essay

  07-07-2020 06:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of Alberta's official Opposition and some Indigenous leaders have renewed calls for Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter over a 2013 essay that was critical of how Indigenous issues are framed in Canada, and which argues the narrative around residential schools amounts to a "bogus genocide story."
  
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• Junior golf experiences a revival in the pandemic

  07-07-2020 06:01
  
  Monday was quiet at the Stampede grounds, for the first time ever, but surprisingly busy at McKenzie Meadows Golf Club. That was the site of the second junior golf event on the McLennan  Ross Tour put on by Alberta Golf, where golfers 19 and under compete. While there were some messed up shots struck, there were also plenty of junior golfers who are using the downtime created by the pandemic to discover a game that had waned in popularity a little amongst younger athletes in recent years. M
  
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• County of Warner hard hit by COVID-19

  07-07-2020 04:58
  
  The County of Warner has been hard hit by COVID-19 recently with 41 active cases. That's a huge uptick in active cases for the small, rural community. “You know two weeks ago we had no cases,” said Warner County Reeve Randy Thomas. The mayor of the Village of Warner, asked to set the record straight after a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the County of Warner, a region sharing the same name as the village that extends from the communities of Raymond/Stirling all the way down to the
  
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• Schweitzer cleared in ethics case tied to Alberta’s anti-oil funding inquiry

  07-07-2020 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's ethics commissioner says Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer did not break the rules when he hired Steve Allan to run a public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada.
  
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• Mehdizadeh ‘can’t wait to get started’ as new chief of Lethbridge police - Globalnews.ca

  07-07-2020 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mehdizadeh ‘can’t wait to get started’ as new chief of Lethbridge police  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Mehdizadeh ‘can’t wait to get started’ as new chief of Lethbridge police

  07-07-2020 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, the soon-to-be top cop visited his new home.
  
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• Keystone XL pipeline faces more delays as U.S. Supreme Court upholds permit block

  07-07-2020 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian company TC Energy needs the permit to continue building the long-disputed pipeline from Canada across U.S. rivers and streams.
  
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• Some tourism businesses in southern Alberta are currently getting steady business, despite continuing ban on international travel

  07-07-2020 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  This time of year, southern Alberta customarily sees a lot of visitors with the Calgary Stampede drawing many Americans in who also check out other tourist attractions on their travels. As Taz Dhaliwal reports, some in the tourism industry here are currently seeing a steady clientele, despite travel restrictions on the border.
  
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• Hiker who suffered heart attack credits ‘divine intervention’ as Calgary cardiologist helps save his life

  07-07-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A doctor who happened to be hiking led CPR efforts and later performed bypass surgery.
  
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• Hiker who had heart attack credits ‘divine intervention’ as Calgary cardiologist helps save his life

  07-07-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A doctor who happened to be hiking led CPR efforts and later performed bypass surgery.
  
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• Ethics probe finds no conflict of interest in oil and gas inquiry appointment

  07-07-2020 02:04
  
  Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer was not in a conflict of interest when he appointed Steve Allan, a donor, as the head of Alberta's oil and gas inquiry, the province's ethics commissioner says in a new report. In her report, Marguerite Trussler found that despite Allan making several "modest" political donations to Schweitzer, with the largest being $1,250, the two were not "social friends" prior to the appointment. When the UCP began assembling the Canadian Energy Centre, which would investigat
  
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• The Daily with LNN – July 6, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  07-07-2020 01:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  The Daily with LNN – July 6, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hollywood’s Ryan Reynolds joins fight for Edmonton toddler needing $2.8M life-saving drug

  07-07-2020 01:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton toddler with just days to raise millions for a life-saving drug just got a boost from Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds.
  
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• Southern Alberta tourist attractions see more local visitors amid continued Canada-U.S. border closures

  07-07-2020 01:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tourist attractions in southern Alberta are seeing a rise in local visitors as travel restrictions remain in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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