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• Six COVID cases in South Zone, three in Lethbridge Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 23:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Six COVID cases in South Zone, three in Lethbridge Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• PBR Monster Energy Tour returning to Lethbridge July 23 - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  PBR Monster Energy Tour returning to Lethbridge July 23  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge's Kelton Ajtay, 15 reported missing - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 23:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge's Kelton Ajtay, 15 reported missing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wearing masks could soon be mandatory in Banff

  14-07-2020 23:28
  
  The idea of mandating the wearing of masks both indoors and in outdoor public areas received unanimous support from Banff town councillors Monday. Deputy Mayor Corrie Dimanno says there are still a number of steps before the bylaw is passed. “Right now we’re just in the phase of exploring,"said Dimanno, "so administration is going to come back with the information around authority and legalities and enforcement in August." Banff has increased its public pedestrian space from 5,000 sq
  
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• 'This is low': Calgary machinist returns home to find $8,400 worth of tools stolen

  14-07-2020 22:58
  
  After visiting northwestern B.C. for two weeks, Mark Kruger returned to his Marlborough Park home last Wednesday to find hundreds of tools had been stolen. “Shock, I was in shock,” said Kruger, a machinist by trade.  “Then I was very angry.” Kruger says he had three Kennedy toolboxes, which are typically used by machinists to carry their equipment, including:An 11 drawer Kennedy toolbox Model 52611  An eight-drawer Kennedy toolbox Model 526 A two-drawer Kennedy
  
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• Kamloops man charged in connection with homicide at Calgary motel

  14-07-2020 22:58
  
  A B.C. man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a senior at a northwest Calgary motel in 2019. Officers were called to the Red Carpet Inn in the 4600 block of 16th Avenue N.W. on the afternoon of March 15, 2019 following the discovery of a body. The deceased was identified as 66-year-old Harry 'Frank' Vincent Jones and investigators determined that he had died as a result of a targeted attack in or near his motel room. Police identified 58-year-old Dale Topalinski as a s
  
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• Masks in the mountains: Banff considers mandatory face coverings during COVID-19 pandemic

  14-07-2020 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters handed out nearly 3,000 masks to people in Banff over the weekend.
  
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• Research into pulse performance continues in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 22:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Research into pulse performance continues in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta Federation of Labour’s president tweets comparison of UCP party to Nazis

  14-07-2020 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, Gil McGowan penned several tweets that compared the actions of Alberta's current political party with "tactics pioneered by the Nazis."
  
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• Manitoba welcomes Alberta doctors looking to relocate

  14-07-2020 22:10
  
  Another prairie province is welcoming Alberta doctors who are considering working elsewhere due to tension with the provincial government. The organization representing physicians in Manitoba said a couple of doctors from Alberta have contacted its office for help planning their relocation there, and encouraged others to make the switch as well.  "Doctors Manitoba is very concerned about how physicians in Alberta are being targeted by the provincial government, and we're not surprised that
  
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• Lethbridge residents asked to share ideas for new Waste Management Master Plan - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 22:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge residents asked to share ideas for new Waste Management Master Plan  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Demand for COVID-19 testing remains consistently high in Alberta’s big cities

  14-07-2020 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Numbers obtained by Global News from AHS show that more than 2,000 tests were booked almost every day for the last week in the Edmonton zone.
  
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• Goats return to Calgary parks to deal with invasive weeds

  14-07-2020 20:44
  
  The City of Calgary has rehired a herd of goats to eat invasive weeds in the inner-city this summer. It’s called targeted grazing and was first introduced in Calgary in 2016 as a pilot project in Confluence Park. Targeted grazing helps the city reduce the amount of chemicals it needs to fight invasive weeds. The success of the pilot forced city administrators to change bylaws to allow working livestock in parks. For the third year, about 200 goats will be munching their way through weeds a
  
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• 42 recommendations made to improve City of Lethbridge operations - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 20:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  42 recommendations made to improve City of Lethbridge operations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kenney accuses Ottawa of getting in the way of Alberta's COVID-19 tracing app

  14-07-2020 19:42
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says Ottawa's interference is keeping his province's COVID-19 contact tracing app from solving a significant design flaw. At a press conference on Monday, Kenney accused Ottawa of working with tech companies and encouraging them to prioritize work on a forthcoming national contact tracing app.  "Unfortunately the government of Canada has told Google and Apple not to work with the government of Alberta — or other provincial governments — on improving the Trac
  
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• Lethbridge police chief weighs in after ASIRT launches investigation into surveillance of former minster by officers

  14-07-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The chief of the Lethbridge police says while only two officers were sanctioned, the burden falls on the entire service.
  
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• Lethbridge police chief weighs in after ASIRT launches investigation into surveillance of former minister by officers

  14-07-2020 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The chief of the Lethbridge police says while only two officers were sanctioned, the burden falls on the entire service.
  
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• MLA calls for out-of-province prosecutor to investigate surveillance by Lethbridge Police - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 19:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  MLA calls for out-of-province prosecutor to investigate surveillance by Lethbridge Police  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hinshaw warns Albertans are ‘tired of hearing’ about COVID-19 precautions as daily numbers climb

  14-07-2020 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health is scheduled to provide an update Tuesday afternoon on the COVID-19 situation in the province.
  
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• Alberta’s chief medical officer of health to provide COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon

  14-07-2020 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health is scheduled to provide an update Tuesday afternoon on the COVID-19 situation in the province.
  
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• Second wolf killed by Parks Canada staff for displaying 'human food conditioning'

  14-07-2020 19:06
  
  A second wolf has been put down by Parks Canada staff following reports the animals were displaying "human food conditioning" behaviour. The first wolf killed, a young male found to be in poor condition, had been seen around the Sunshine Village Ski Resort and was killed last week. The wolf was killed while a warning was in place and several campgrounds were closed in the Healy Creek, Egypt Lake and Pharaoh Creek areas. That's where a wolf had been spotted approaching campsites and even taking i
  
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• Alberta to give new COVID-19 update Tuesday as active cases grow

  14-07-2020 18:56
  
  The chief medical officer of health will once again speak Tuesday afternoon as COVID-19 cases continue to grow across Alberta. On Monday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw — who took last week off and was speaking every second day for some time before that — reported 230 new cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, increasing active infections to 676. “Spread of the virus is growing... There are also more cases with unknown sources now than there was a week ago,” she warned.230 COVID-1
  
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• Alberta reports 86 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths

  14-07-2020 18:56
  
  Alberta Health reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths Tuesday. A total of 701 Albertans currently have the novel coronavirus, with 55 of them in hospital, including 13 in ICUs. "The virus has now been in Alberta for four months, and while and we saw cases decline from the peak seen in April, our daily cases have began to rise over the past few days," Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Tuesday. "As the premier and I both mentioned yesterday, we are c
  
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• 2 Alberta washrooms among finalists in nation-wide best bathroom competition

  14-07-2020 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Alberta bathrooms -- including one at an RV park -- are among the finalists in a nation-wide search for the best public washroom.
  
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• Surveillance photos released of suspect in heinous 2019 Forest Heights sex assault

  14-07-2020 17:59
  
  The Calgary Police Service has released photos of a person believed to be responsible for a vicious sexual assault in a southeast neighbourhood last year that hospitalized a woman for months. In the early morning hours of July 14, 2019, police and EMS responded to  the 500 block of 44th Street S.E., in the community of Forest Heights, following reports of a sexual assault. Following an extensive search of the area, officers located a severely injured woman. The victim of a violent sexual as
  
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• Oilpatch optimism expected to rise as difficult second quarter finally ends: analysts

  14-07-2020 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Analysts say a rebound in oil prices as consumer demand for gasoline rises will buoy energy companies as they give quarterly results starting next week.
  
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• More pharmacies to offer asymptomatic testing soon: CMOH

  14-07-2020 17:25
  
  The province plans to soon make public a list of pharmacies that offer COVID-19 testing, although officials are warning they’re not meant to replace assessment centres. In a new conference Monday, the chief medical officer of health said testing already happening at pharmacies was a pilot to work out the facilities’ capabilities, protocols, and communication with Alberta Health Services. "We wanted to make sure that those particular locations didn't get overwhelmed with demand as the
  
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• Growing pains into settled conditions today

  14-07-2020 16:03
  
  Today, I welcome the shortening of this article, as a by-product of limited conditions to discuss. That said, the forecast-forecast suggests that our article tomorrow will also be succinct! The worst we get today are gusts between 40-50 km/h, as that large low continues to clear out and makes way for a zone of high pressure aloft, which will calm conditions for a few days. When the wind dies down this evening, it should stay down for a couple of days. Enjoy the sunshine! Here’s the forecas
  
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• Pine Lake tornado 20 years later: How did so much go wrong?

  14-07-2020 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  On July 14, 2000, the storm which would eventually bring tragedy to so many in Pine Lake was being monitored by the Carvel radar, approximately 160 km to the north.
  
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• Oilpatch optimism expected to rise as difficult second-quarter finally ends

  14-07-2020 15:44
  
  A rebound in oil prices as consumer demand for gasoline rises will buoy energy companies as they give quarterly results starting next week, but analysts say there are still too many uncertainties to expect any new spending in the sector. The second-quarter reporting season for Canadian major oil and gas producers begins July 22, with results from Calgary-based Suncor Energy Inc. The three months ended June 30 were marked by depressed oil prices blamed on a glut of oil from members of the OPEC-pl
  
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• Chinese community calls for renaming of James Short Park due to namesake's racist remarks

  14-07-2020 15:35
  
  Members of Calgary’s Chinatown community are calling on the city to rename James Short Park as the park's namesake has a history of anti-Chinese racism and discrimination.  Coun. Druh Farrell — in consultation with the Chinatown Community Association, the Chinatown BIA, and other Calgary Chinese groups — has penned a notice of motion to be introduced at the city’s priorities & finance committee meeting on Tuesday.  The motion calls for engagement on new name
  
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• Pine Lake tornado survivors relive twister’s terror 20 years later: ‘I was just trying to search for family’

  14-07-2020 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tuesday marks 20 years since the Pine Lake tornado that killed 12 people. When the menacing clouds started rolling in early on the evening of July 14, 2000, some campers started to take action.
  
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• Lethbridge police officers demoted for tracking Alberta minister over park plans

  14-07-2020 15:00
  
  NDP MLA Shannon Phillips is calling for a special investigation into the actions of two members of the Lethbridge Police Service who tracked and photographed her in 2017. Sgt. Jason Carrier and Const. Keon Woronuk have been demoted after admitting to using their positions as LPS members for personal and political reasons. Carrier spotted the Lethbridge-West MLA, who served as environment minister at the time, at the Chef Stella Diner in April of 2017. Phillips was meeting with stakeholders in th
  
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• 2 Lethbridge police officers demoted over unauthorized surveillance of MLA Shannon Phillips

  14-07-2020 15:00
  
  NDP MLA Shannon Phillips is calling for a special investigation into the actions of two members of the Lethbridge Police Service who tracked and photographed her in 2017. As first reported by Medicine Hat's CHAT News on Monday, Sgt. Jason Carrier and Const. Keon Woronuk have been demoted after admitting to using their positions as LPS members for personal and political reasons. Carrier spotted the Lethbridge-West MLA, who served as environment minister at the time, at the Chef Stella Diner in Ap
  
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• 2 Lethbridge police officers demoted over unauthorized surveillance of MLA

  14-07-2020 15:00
  
  NDP MLA Shannon Phillips is calling for a special investigation into the actions of two members of the Lethbridge Police Service who tracked and photographed her in 2017. Sgt. Jason Carrier and Const. Keon Woronuk have been demoted after admitting to using their positions as LPS members for personal and political reasons. Carrier spotted the Lethbridge-West MLA, who served as environment minister at the time, at the Chef Stella Diner in April of 2017. Phillips was meeting with stakeholders in th
  
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• July 14, 2000: Powerful tornado rips through Green Acres campground on Pine Lake killing 12

  14-07-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  On July 14, 2000 a powerful tornado ripped through the Green Acres campground situated on Pine Lake, Alta., killing 12 people.
  
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• IN PHOTOS: A look back at the Pine Lake tornado 20 years later

  14-07-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's been 20 years since a devastating tornado ripped through central Alberta, killing 12 people and injuring 100 others.
  
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• Lethbridge city council passes bylaw banning conversion therapy - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2020 13:50 via globalnews.ca
  
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• 'A miracle': 20 years after deadly tornado Alberta family thankful for survival

  14-07-2020 13:36
  
  Twenty years after a tornado swept through a campground at a scenic tree-lined lake in central Alberta, killing a dozen people and turning trailers into kindling, Heather Thomson has a pocketful of miracles to reflect on. She's the grandmother of Ashley Thomson, who was just four months old when she was ripped from her car seat and sucked up as high as a three-storey building by the twister at Pine Lake on July 14, 2000. The twister set her down, completely naked, a few hundred metres away
  
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• ‘It’s a death trap’: Families horrified by lack of air conditioning in long-term care homes

  14-07-2020 12:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many provinces across Canada do not require long-term care facilities to have air conditioning, even during a heat wave.
  
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• Lethbridge police officers demoted for tracking Alberta minister over park plans - CTV News

  14-07-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge police officers demoted for tracking Alberta minister over park plans  CTV News
  
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• Alberta government to review handling of COVID-19 pandemic

  14-07-2020 07:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government is looking for a third-party to undertake a review into the province's response to COVID-19.
  
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• Lethbridge city council passes bylaw banning conversion therapy

  14-07-2020 07:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  After hours of discussion at Lethbridge’s city council meeting Monday, a bylaw banning conversion therapy was passed by a vote of 7-2. Danica Ferris has more on the meeting and reaction from Lethbridge councillors.
  
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• Alberta Jewish group upset after union leader accuses the UCP of Nazi tactics in Bill 32 fight

  14-07-2020 05:20
  
  The boiling political dispute over a government labour bill erupted further Monday after a union leader compared UCP tactics to those used by Hitler’s Nazis, comments a local Jewish group called “wholly irresponsible.” The government and unions are at odds over Bill 32, which the UCP says will “restore balance” to Alberta workplaces by, in part, allowing employees to opt-in on union contributions to political parties. Critics counter that the bill is a union busting
  
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• CHAT NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Lethbridge police officers temporarily demoted in connection with surveillance of MLA Phillips - Lethbridge News Now

  14-07-2020 04:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  CHAT NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Lethbridge police officers temporarily demoted in connection with surveillance of MLA Phillips  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• NDP calls for probe after Lethbridge officers demoted for using positions for 'personal advantage' - Calgary Herald

  14-07-2020 04:36 via calgaryherald.com
  
  NDP calls for probe after Lethbridge officers demoted for using positions for 'personal advantage'  Calgary Herald
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: July 13

  14-07-2020 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, July 13, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Photo shoot honours overdose victims as Piikani Nation sees spike in substance-related deaths

  14-07-2020 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Individuals and families gathered on the Piikani Nation, holding photographs of loved-ones lost to substance abuse.
  
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• 2 Lethbridge police officers demoted after using positions for personal, political agendas

  14-07-2020 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The agreed statement said Woronuk told Carrier he would "hate to see Phillips drive away from the restaurant and there was a reason to stop her."
  
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• 2 Lethbridge police officers demoted after 2017 incident involving MLA Shannon Phillips | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  14-07-2020 01:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  2 Lethbridge police officers demoted after 2017 incident involving MLA Shannon Phillips | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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