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• Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 23:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 22:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• A view from space: Comet Neowise spotted after approaching the sun

  11-07-2020 21:57
  
  Newly released video from NASA shows the comet Neowise as it jets through space after it approached the sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured a view of the twin tails of the comet while on its mission to explore the sun’s atmosphere. The comet was first discovered on March 25 by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. It was named after the mission that found it, C/2020 F3 Neowise. "NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time
  
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• 3 vehicles involved in early morning crash on Calgary's 17 Ave.

  11-07-2020 19:33
  
  Two drivers managed to avoid being hurt, but a third suffered serious injuries in a crash on 17 Avenue Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called to the scene of 17 Avenue and Eighth Street S.W. at about 5 a.m. for reports of a multi-vehicle crash. When they arrived, they found three vehicles involved in the incident. Two of the drivers involved were not hurt and did not need to be taken to hospital, but EMS says the driver of the third vehicle was seriously injured. The victim, an adult male
  
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• Motorcyclist taken to hospital after suffering serious injuries in crash

  11-07-2020 19:01
  
  A man in his 20s has been sent to hospital with multiple traumatic injuries after his motorcycle collided with a car in southwest Calgary early Saturday. Police and EMS were called to the scene, at the intersection of 17 Avenue and Sarcee Trail S.W. at about 8:40 a.m. The driver of the car was not hurt in the crash, but EMS says the motorcyclist, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital in serious, but stable condition.The cause of the crash is under investigation.
  
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• Calgary man charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his brother

  11-07-2020 18:39
  
  Calgary police say a 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after they say he stabbed his brother to death. Emergency crews were called to the scene, in the 3800 block of 19 Avenue S.W., at about 10:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was taken to hospital but, ultimately, died of his injuries.The victim has since been identified as Brandon Watson, 25. His brother, Nathaniel Watson, also 25, has been charged with second-degree murder in the i
  
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• Bosnian-Canadians mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 18:32 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Bars not required to report COVID-19 infections or to close for cleaning: Quebec health authorities

  11-07-2020 18:17
  
  In the past three days, two Montreal-area bars have announced that staff or patrons had COVID-19 infections, and both added a note that may not have reassured patrons as much as they hoped.Popular West Island pub asks recent patrons to monitor health after employee tests positive for COVID-19Both said they had chosen to publicize the infections on their own, with one deciding to close for cleaning too, without being asked by authorities to do either thing. “Although we have not been contac
  
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• Thousands of Calgary families enjoy drive-thru Stampede pancakes

  11-07-2020 17:44
  
  It was a bit of a different atmosphere, but the pancakes were just as golden, fluffy and tasty. Calgarians gathered at South Centre Mall early Saturday to participate in a traditional pancake breakfast served up by volunteers with the Calgary Stampede. The event was part of the traditional breakfasts put on by the official Calgary Stampede committee for what would have been the 2020 edition of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. The only difference this year was all the guests were served inside
  
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• Alberta OKs online sales for large 50/50 raffles - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 17:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Customer leaves restaurant staff $1K tip to thank them for working through the pandemic

  11-07-2020 17:20
  
  The staff at a New Jersey restaurant that has been struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic were moved to tears after a regular customer left them a US$1,000 tip. Arnold Teixeira, owner of The Starving Artist in Ocean Grove, told CNN the customer has been a regular since 2001. He did not want to reveal the identity. "The customer and his family ate their meal and left without saying a word," Teixeira said. "When the waiter serving them saw the tip, she just started crying. Then another one of my
  
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• Woman in custody, baby girl and boy fighting for life after Toronto stabbing

  11-07-2020 17:14
  
  A woman is in custody after a one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries in a stabbing at an apartment complex in Toronto. Authorities were called to a North York property, in the Jane Street and Weston Road area, just after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Police said when they arrived they located the two children suffering from stab wounds inside an apartment unit.  Paramedics said the boy and girl were rushed to SickKids Hospital with serious injuries. Pol
  
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• Woman in custody after baby girl and three-year-old boy stabbed in Toronto

  11-07-2020 17:14
  
  A one-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy have been rushed to hospital after being stabbed at an apartment complex in Toronto. Authorities were called to a North York property, in the Jane Street and Weston Road area, just after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Police said when they arrived they located the two children suffering from stab wounds inside an apartment unit.  Paramedics said the boy and girl were rushed to hospital with serious injuries, adding that one of the children was in c
  
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• Mother to be charged after allegedly stabbing her two young children in Toronto

  11-07-2020 17:14
  
  A mother is in custody and will be charged with attempted murder after her two young children were found with stab wounds inside a Toronto apartment. Authorities were called to a North York apartment building, in the Jane Street and Weston Road area, just after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Police said when they arrived they located two children, a six-month-old girl and a four-year-old boy, suffering from stab wounds inside an apartment unit. The children were rushed to SickKids Hospital with se
  
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• Mother charged after allegedly stabbing her two young children in Toronto

  11-07-2020 17:14
  
  A mother has been charged with attempted murder after her two young children were found with stab wounds inside a Toronto apartment. Authorities were called to a North York apartment building, in the Weston Road and Finch Avenue area, just after 10 a.m. on Saturday morning. Police said when they arrived they located two children, a six-month-old girl and a four-year-old boy, suffering from stab wounds inside an apartment unit. A video sent to CTV News Toronto by a viewer shows a woman being led
  
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• French bus driver attacked over mask rules dies

  11-07-2020 16:46
  
  A bus driver in France who was beaten up by passengers refusing to wear mandatory face masks died in hospital Friday, French Prime Minister Jean Castex and the victim's family have said. Philippe Monguillot, 59, was left brain dead after the attack in the southwestern city of Bayonne on July 5. His family decided to switch off his life support on Friday, news agency Agence France-Presse reported. "We decided to let him go. The doctors were in favour and we were as well," the victim's 18-yea
  
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• More than 150 cats found living in one Toronto home

  11-07-2020 16:40
  
  Toronto Cat Rescue says more than 150 cats have been found inside a residence in the city. In a statement issued Friday, the organization said Toronto Animal Services is currently in the process of removing the cats from the home and caring for the animals, which have a number of health issues, including upper respiratory infection and ear mites. "Only a day after rescuing cats from a hoarding situation in North Bay, Toronto Cat Rescue has been called upon to help with a desperate situation here
  
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• B.C. man prepares to be first to receive double-hand transplant in Canada

  11-07-2020 16:34
  
  When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise. "We're targeting August, maybe early September," he said in a recent interview. "I was even shocked when (the doctor) told me. I met him last week and I asked him for a ballpark time frame. And he said August, and I said 'Oh, OK.' I wasn't quite ready for that." Thompson moved to Ontario from British Columbia in April to pre
  
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• Disney World to reopen as coronavirus cases surge in Florida

  11-07-2020 15:56
  
  “The Most Magical Place on Earth” has reopened after nearly four months with new rules in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom are reopening Saturday, while Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios will follow four days later. “It's the chance to come back and be in the magic,” said Diane Watkins, a preschool teacher from Helena, Alabama, who visits the park about eight times a year. “Hot or not, mask or not,
  
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• Dozens of U.S. Marines in Japan's Okinawa get coronavirus

  11-07-2020 14:27
  
  Dozens of U.S. Marines at two bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have been infected with the coronavirus in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, Okinawa's governor said Saturday, demanding an adequate explanation from the U.S. military. Gov. Denny Tamaki said he could say only that a "few dozen" cases had been found recently because the U.S. military asked that the exact figure not be released. The outbreaks occurred at Marine Corps. Air Station Futenma, which is at the centre
  
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• Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith confirm her involvement with August Alsina

  11-07-2020 14:07
  
  Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith "never ever thought that we would make it back." But the couple came together for a special Friday edition of her "Red Table Talk" show on Facebook to share their side of the controversy surrounding her relationship with singer August Alsina. According to the superstar couple they "were going through a very difficult time" and had broken up when Pinkett Smith started a romantic relationship with the 27-year-old singer. During their "Red Table Talk" chat Smith pu
  
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• Canadian health care isn’t immune to racism, experts say. Here’s why

  11-07-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Your risk of illness and chance of getting better are very linked to who you are, how you live, what your income is.'
  
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• How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win

  11-07-2020 13:38
  
  Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in his final weeks in the job. Party members are now voting for his replacement with the winner to be announced in late August. Meanwhile, the issue is not going away. The ethics commissioner has been called in to see if Trudeau broke conflict-of-interest law in awarding a multimillion-dollar contract to the WE
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat unemployment rate climbed to 9.8% in June - Medicine Hat News

  11-07-2020 11:58 via medicinehatnews.com
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• Calgary Flames’ Hamonic becomes 1st NHL player to opt out of league’s plan to play during pandemic

  11-07-2020 06:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just hours after the NHL announced it had reached a deal with the NHLPA to resume play amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Calgary Flames issued a statement to say one of the team's players told them he would not be taking part.
  
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• Flames Travis Hamonic opts out of post-season tourney

  11-07-2020 05:37
  
  The Calgary Flames announced late Friday evening that defenseman Travis Hamonic has opted out of participating in the NHL post-season, which kicks off at the start of August in Edmonton. In a release, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said, "Earlier this evening Travis called me to inform us that he has decided to opt out of the NHL Return to Play Program. Travis explained that due to family considerations, he has made the difficult decision not to participate in the Stanley Cup qualifier an
  
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• Family of missing southern Alberta man pushing for 'different kind of investigation'

  11-07-2020 03:19
  
  The sister of Marshal Iwaasa said she is more convinced than ever that her brother’s disappearance was criminal in nature, after visiting the remote area where his burned-out truck was found. Paige Fogen and other family members travelled to the site north of Pemberton B.C. July 3, and returned to Lethbridge Monday. “We are just getting more information to say he wasn’t there by himself, or probably wasn’t there by choice, or he might not have been there ever,” said
  
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• Albertans hustle past fundraising goals for Ronald McDonald House Charities

  11-07-2020 02:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Each year the Hustle for the House run and walk event raises money for the Ronald McDonald House charities.
  
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• Edmonton chosen as one of NHL's hub cities for playoffs - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 02:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Wheat Kings prospect Rylen Roersma taking full advantage of unconventional off-season

  11-07-2020 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rylen Roersma is making the most of training for what he hopes will be his first season in the Western Hockey League during an unconventional off-season. 
  
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• Alberta adds jobs in June, but unemployment rate still uniquely high

  11-07-2020 02:32
  
  The latest job numbers in our country show reason for optimism but a long road back to normalcy. While the national news was mostly positive, new Stats Canada data says provincially, Alberta is facing unique trouble. The province has the second-worst unemployment rate in Canada after Newfoundland and Labrador. According to the Labour Force Survey data, unemployment reached 15.5 per cent in June. That marks an 8.8 per cent difference from the same time last year. In Calgary, it’s a bleak ou
  
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• Lethbridge councillors ask for delay in conversion therapy ban, want public hearing - Globalnews.ca

  11-07-2020 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Lethbridge councillors ask for delay in conversion therapy ban, want public hearing

  11-07-2020 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coun. Hyggen says he has been receiving many inquiries over the last few months about having a public hearing on the matter. 
  
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• Playing 18 at 100: Calgarian celebrates with a big party and a round of golf

  11-07-2020 01:45
  
  Harry Eisenhauer celebrated a big milestone on Thursday. The Second World War veteran celebrated his 100th birthday. His family threw a big party for him at the Museum of the Regiments. Eisenhauer says even though he turned 100, he didn’t expect such a big fuss. After 99 of them, the thrill of celebrating a birthday dwindles a little - or maybe it doesn't. “A little awed by all of this," he said. "I wasn’t expecting it to be such a big affair.” Harry’s daughter Jani
  
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• More than a dozen COVID-19 cases in new Calgary outbreak

  11-07-2020 01:03
  
  Alberta Health has confirmed details of another outbreak of COVID-19 in Calgary, this time at a sports gear warehouse in southeast Calgary. Officials say 13 people at the FGL Sports Warehouse, located at 5855 68 St. S.E. tested positive for coronavirus.COVID-19: Click for the latest news and analysis Coronavirus newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxTwo other people, connected to the outbreak, have already recovered from their symptoms. CTV News has reached out to FGL for
  
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• Pandemic blamed for layoffs at Mountain Equipment Co-op

  11-07-2020 01:02
  
  Some previously furloughed staff at Mountain Equipment Co-op have now been laid off as the company grapples with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis. The major retailer, which is headquartered in Vancouver, said the move was a "last resort" made necessary by the various pandemic-related challenges businesses are facing across the country. "The declaration of a public health emergency, the various public health recommendations, federal and provincial government mandated restrictions on ga
  
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• Lethbridge councillors ask to delay reading on conversion therapy ban

  11-07-2020 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  WATCH ABOVE: Two city councillors have requested to schedule a public hearing on the proposed bylaw to ban the controversial practice of conversion therapy in Lethbridge. Eloise Therien explains why.
  
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• Roersma making the most of unconventional off-season

  11-07-2020 00:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  It’s the most important off-season of Rylen Roersma’s hockey career so far, and it’s looked a little unconventional. Danica Ferris has more on how the Brandon Wheat Kings prospect has taken advantage of some creative training.
  
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• Laid-off geologist overcoming COVID-19 crisis by creating sanitizing wipes business

  11-07-2020 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic has been a real test for a lot of people. A Calgary woman took her unfortunate turn and transformed it into a viable growing business.
  
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• Using kids to cut the grass – goat kids that is - Lethbridge News Now

  11-07-2020 00:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Olds College receives $21M in provincial funding to upgrade agricultural innovation labs

  11-07-2020 00:32
  
  Olds College will receive over $21 million for infrastructure upgrades, the province announced Friday, which are expected to create upwards of 120 jobs. The funding includes $6.21 million to redevelop the James Murray Building, as well as $15.16 million to expand the Lachin McKinnon Building and Animal Health Technology Labs at Olds College, creating more state-of-the-art spaces for students and researchers. The province anticipates that the upgrades to expand, and revitalize the agricultural bu
  
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• Olds College receives $21 million in provincial funding to upgrade agricultural innovation labs

  11-07-2020 00:32
  
  Olds College will receive over $21 million for infrastructure upgrades, the province announced Friday, which are expected to create upwards of 120 jobs. The funding includes $6.21 million to redevelop the James Murray Building, as well as $15.16 million to expand the Lachin McKinnon Building and Animal Health Technology Labs at Olds College, creating more state-of-the-art spaces for students and researchers. The province anticipates that the upgrades to expand, and revitalize the agricultural bu
  
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• Alberta confirms 77 new COVID-19 cases on Friday

  11-07-2020 00:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seventy-seven more people in Alberta have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the province announced on Friday.
  
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