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• Jack Nicklaus says he tested positive for coronavirus, antibodies

  19-07-2020 23:16
  
  Jack Nicklaus revealed Sunday during the CBS telecast of the Memorial that he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus at the onset of the pandemic. Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara, turned 80 a month apart at the start of the year. He said his wife had no COVID-19 symptoms, while Nicklaus had a sore throat and a cough. Nicklaus said they were home in North Palm Beach, Florida, from March 13 "until we were done with it" on about April 20. "It didn't last very long, and we were very, very f
  
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• Jack Nicklaus says he tested positive for coronavirus

  19-07-2020 23:16
  
  Jack Nicklaus revealed Sunday during the CBS telecast of the Memorial that he and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus at the onset of the pandemic. Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara, turned 80 a month apart at the start of the year. He said his wife had no COVID-19 symptoms, while Nicklaus had a sore throat and a cough. Nicklaus said they were home in North Palm Beach, Florida, from March 13 "until we were done with it" on about April 20. "It didn't last very long, and we were very, very f
  
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• Twitter: Hack hit 130 accounts, company 'embarrassed'

  19-07-2020 23:12
  
  Twitter says the hack that compromised the accounts of some of its most high-profile users targeted 130 people. The hackers were able to reset the passwords of 45 of those accounts. The San Francisco-based company said in a blog post Saturday that for up to eight of these accounts the attackers also downloaded the account's information through the "Your Twitter Data" tool. None of the eight were verified accounts, Twitter said, adding that it is contacting the owners of the affected accounts. "W
  
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• Calgary skier dies in accident at Moraine Lake

  19-07-2020 23:11
  
  Another person has died in a tragic accident in Banff National Park Sunday. Lake Louise RCMP confirm to CTV News that a 30-year-old Calgary man was skiing in the area of Moraine Lake when an incident took place that resulted his death. There is little information about what actually occurred, but police say he had hiked up a couloir, a narrow gully in a mountain range that possesses a steep grade, and skied down shortly before the accident happened. The victim has not been identified, but his fa
  
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• Father wanted in daughters' deaths 'probably dead' if he hasn't left the woods, expert says

  19-07-2020 20:47
  
  A missing father whose daughters were found dead one week ago in a densely wooded area southwest of Quebec City is "probably dead" unless he has moved to a new location, according to one analyst. Provincial police announced Saturday night that they had suspended a ground search for Martin Carpentier after 10 days. Former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German told CTV News Channel that the 44-year-old is likely no longer alive if he is still in the bush. "I would think it's doubtful after 10 days
  
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• Video of alleged racist act inside Calgary park under investigation by police

  19-07-2020 20:16
  
  The video begins with a woman longboarding down a pathway in a Calgary park while her boyfriend is filming. Moments later, a male cyclist is seen approaching couple in the opposite direction. Almost as soon as the pair passes each other, that's when the male cyclist is seen spitting at the woman, who is Asian, and hurls profanity at her based on her race. The cyclist disappears out of frame down the pathway, but the reaction is immediate. "What the f--- dude?" the woman says on the Instagram vid
  
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• Investigation into cause of deadly glacier bus rollover continues: RCMP

  19-07-2020 19:16
  
  Angela Bye couldn't believe her eyes Saturday when she used the telephoto lens of her camera to get a closer look at what appeared to be an overturned vehicle on the Columbia Icefield, one of the country's prime tourist spots. Three people were killed and 14 others suffered life-threatening injuries when a glacier bus carrying tourists to a glacier, rolled over. Bye, who's from Calgary, and her husband had taken the icefield tour earlier in the day. When her husband said it looked like another b
  
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• Authorities look for cause of deadly glacier bus crash in Alberta Rockies

  19-07-2020 19:16
  
  A lone RCMP truck with its lights flashing guarded the entrance to the road on Sunday where a snow coach crash killed at least three people and left 14 others badly hurt. The vehicle, visible from the highway, appeared to have rolled about 50 metres down a steep embankment from the road. One person could be seen on top of the coach, which remained on its roof. Three semi-trailer trucks, two with flatbeds, were at the entrance. The iconic red and white coaches, which look like buses with monster-
  
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• AHS warns of 'bad batch' opioids circulating in South-west region - Lethbridge News Now

  19-07-2020 19:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  AHS warns of 'bad batch' opioids circulating in South-west region  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 3 people killed, 14 critically injured in sightseeing bus rollover near Jasper

  19-07-2020 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  An investigation continues into the cause of a sightseeing bus rollover at the Columbia Icefield that killed three people and injured 24 others.
  
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• Lockdown fatigue, 'invincibility' causing more COVID-19 infections in young people - Lethbridge News Now

  19-07-2020 18:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lockdown fatigue, 'invincibility' causing more COVID-19 infections in young people  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Children over age 10 spread COVID-19 as much as adults, study finds

  19-07-2020 18:03
  
  A new study has found that older children transmit the novel coronavirus to others as well as adults do, contradicting the perception that COVID-19 affects all young people less than it does the elderly. The study, released Thursday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported that children up to age 10 spread COVID-19 much less than adults do. However, children aged 10 to 19 were just as likely as adults to transmit the virus to someone else. South Korean researchers identi
  
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• Facing anonymous sexual misconduct claim a form of hell, BQ leader says

  19-07-2020 17:40
  
  Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says he's incapable of the kind of sexual misconduct alleged against him in an anonymous Facebook post. He says the claim that he tried to force himself on a woman in the washroom of a Montreal bar in 1999, when he was a manager in the music business, does a disservice to real victims of sexual assault. In a Sunday news conference on Parliament Hill, he calls facing such allegations a form of hell. Bloc Quebecois MPs are standing behind their leader.
  
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• Group that held rally in Calgary says masks are 'harmful'

  19-07-2020 17:35
  
  A group who says they refuse to allow mandatory mask rules to become part of the new normal because of COVID-19 staged a rally at Calgary's Olympic Plaza Sunday. The organization, called March to Unmask, gathered across from Calgary City Hall at 1 p.m. According to its Facebook page, it says it held the event in solidarity with similar ones being held across the country. "Just recently the City of Toronto passed a law to make masks mandatory in indoor spaces and other jurisdictions have followed
  
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• Group scheduled to hold rally in Calgary says masks are 'harmful'

  19-07-2020 17:35
  
  A group who says they refuse to allow mandatory mask rules to become part of the new normal because of COVID-19 will be staging a rally at Calgary's Olympic Plaza Sunday. The organization, called March to Unmask, will be gathering at the location across from Calgary City Hall at 1 p.m. According to its Facebook page, it says it is holding the event in solidarity with similar ones being held across the country. "Just recently the City of Toronto passed a law to make masks mandatory in indoor spac
  
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• Lockdown fatigue, 'invincibility' causing more COVID-19 infections in young people

  19-07-2020 16:19
  
  More young people are being infected with COVID-19, creating the potential for a severe outbreak, scientists warn. They say the change in demographics could be attributed to lockdown fatigue, increased testing or feelings of invincibility. Brett Snider, a water resources PhD student at the University of Guelph, first noticed a higher number of infections in the under 20 and 20-29 age groups in the Toronto and Peel regions in May.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxSnider
  
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• Portland mayor wants federal agents to leave city

  19-07-2020 15:32
  
  The mayor of Oregon's largest city said Sunday the presence of federal agents is exacerbating tensions in Portland, which has seen nearly two months of nightly protests since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Speaking on CNN's `State of the Union,' Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler said federal officers "are not wanted here. We haven't asked them here. In fact, we want them to leave." President Donald Trump has decried the demonstrations, and Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf blasted th
  
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• 3 dead after sightseeing bus rolls at Columbia Icefields near Jasper

  19-07-2020 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three people are dead and dozens more are injured after a motor coach vehicle taking people on a tour of Columbia Icefields rolled Saturday afternoon. Adam Toy reports.
  
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• U.S. colleges say international students are studying elsewhere thanks to Trump's immigration stance

  19-07-2020 14:37
  
  Even with a fresh victory on behalf of international students, U.S. universities fear they're losing a broader fight over the nation's reputation as a place that embraces and fosters the world's best scholars. University leaders see it as a steady erosion. They say the Trump administration's repeated attempts to curb immigration have sent students a message that they aren't welcome in the United States. Colleges say foreign students are listening: Since President Donald Trump was elected in 2016
  
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• United Arab Emirates: Amal functioning after launch to Mars

  19-07-2020 14:14
  
  The United Arab Emirates says its `Amal' space probe functioning after launch as it heads toward Mars. Omran Sharaf, the project director of Emirates Mars Mission, told journalists just before 3:30 a.m. in Dubai that the probe was sending signals. Sharaf said his team now would examine the data, but everything appeared good for now. People cheered and clapped, with one woman with offering a celebratory cry common for weddings. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. A U
  
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• U.A.E.'s Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world first

  19-07-2020 14:14
  
  A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch centre Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, starts a rush to fly to Earth's neighbour that is scheduled to be followed in the next few days by China and the United States. At the space centre in Dubai, people watching were transfixed by the liftoff, then cheered and clapped, with one woman with off
  
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• UAE's Amal spacecraft rockets toward Mars in Arab world 1st

  19-07-2020 14:14
  
  A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch centre Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, or Hope, starts a rush to fly to Earth's neighbour that is scheduled to be followed in the next few days by China and the United States. At the space centre in Dubai, people watching were transfixed by the liftoff, then cheered and clapped, with one woman with off
  
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• Russian ambassador rejects virus vaccine hacking claims

  19-07-2020 13:43
  
  Russia's ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country's intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine. Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was "no sense" in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada. "I don't believe in this story at all, there is no sense in it," he said when asked about the allegations. "I learned about their (the hackers) existence from British media. In this world, t
  
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• Global COVID-19 deaths top 600,000 as Hong Kong warns of resurgence

  19-07-2020 13:14
  
  The number of people around the world who have died as a result of the coronavirus has passed the 600,000 mark as countries from the U.S. to South Africa to India struggle to contain infections. Hong Kong also warned of a resurgence in the virus as it issued tougher new rules on the wearing of face masks. Concerns are rising that the pandemic has found fresh legs over the past few weeks, with Johns Hopkins University recording a one-day high of 252,500 on Thursday, and a slightly lower 233,400 o
  
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• One man dead after collision at Castrol Raceway

  19-07-2020 05:20
  
  A single motorcycle collision at Castrol Raceway left one man dead according to Leduc RCMP. The crash happened just after 10 a.m. Saturday during a Motorcycle Road Race Association event, according to Raceway owner Kimberly Reeves.  The driver was a 45-year-old driver from Calgary who was a racer in the novice class.  Leduc RCMP is investigating the collision.
  
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• Jellied salad, a staple of 1950s cuisine, is making a comeback in 2020

  19-07-2020 04:00
  
  To be eaten at dinner or saved for dessert? Stuffed with shaved carrots or tinned peaches? These are among the many questions that can only be associated with one dish: the jellied salad. The sugary concoction, made from gelatin stuffed with fruits or vegetables, initially rose to fame in the 1950s and 60s. Christopher White, a church minister from Ontario, said he thought he'd seen the last of jellied salads, once a mainstay at church functions. But when White started doing some more research,
  
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• UCP says access to Lethbridge drug-use site will continue despite defunding organization - Calgary Herald

  19-07-2020 03:26 via calgaryherald.com
  
  UCP says access to Lethbridge drug-use site will continue despite defunding organization  Calgary Herald
  
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• Coaldale family plant fundraiser garners international support for autistic son

  19-07-2020 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carson Swazey, who has autism and is non-verbal, hopes to use the funds made from the plant sales to purchase a new sensory toy.
  
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• Three dead after bus rollover south of Jasper: RCMP

  19-07-2020 00:52
  
  Three people are dead after a tour bus rollover at the Columbia Icefields near Jasper, Alta. on Saturday according to RCMP. Kerry Williamson with Alberta Health Services confirmed earlier Saturday that several people were in critical and serious condition. Williamson also confirmed that hospitals were preparing to receive patients. This included hospitals in both Edmonton and Calgary. Several RCMP detachments and three STARS helicopters responded to the rollover. According to witnesses on social
  
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• Several critical and serious injuries in coach rollover near Jasper: AHS

  19-07-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Injuries have been reported involving the rollover of a coach vehicle near the Columbia Icefields in western Alberta.
  
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• Multiple injuries reported in coach vehicle rollover near Jasper: RCMP

  19-07-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Injuries have been reported involving the rollover of a coach vehicle near the Columbia Icefields in western Alberta.
  
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• Multiple injuries reported in coach vehicle rollover near Columbia Icefield: RCMP

  19-07-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Injuries have been reported involving the rollover of a coach vehicle near the Columbia Icefields in western Alberta.
  
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• Multiple injuries in motor coach rollover near Columbia Icefields

  19-07-2020 00:52
  
  Several RCMP detachments responded to a motor coach rollover on Highway 93 between Jasper and the Columbia Icefields, multiple injuries have been reported. RCMP said STARS has been dispatched to the scene, along with Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews from both Jasper and Lake Louise. The RCMP is asking people to avoid the area. More to come…
  
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• Multiple injuries in bus rollover south of Jasper: RCMP

  19-07-2020 00:52
  
  Several RCMP detachments responded to a motor coach rollover on Highway 93 between Jasper and the Columbia Icefields, multiple injuries have been reported. RCMP said STARS has been dispatched to the scene, along with Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews from both Jasper and Lake Louise. The RCMP is asking people to avoid the area. More to come…
  
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• Multiple fatalities in motor coach rollover near Jasper: AHS

  19-07-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary EMS said there were multiple fatalities in a coach motor vehicle rollover at Columbia Icefield Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Critical injuries in bus rollover south of Jasper: AHS

  19-07-2020 00:52
  
  Several people are in critical and serious condition after a tour bus rollover at the Columbia Icefields near Jasper, Alta. on Saturday according to Alberta Health Services (AHS). Several RCMP detachments and three STARS helicopters responded to the rollover. Kerry Williamson with AHS confirmed that several hospitals were preparing to receive patients. This included hospitals in both Edmonton and Calgary According to witnesses on social media, the bus was travelling on the Athabasca Glacier when
  
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• 3 dead after motor coach rollover near Jasper: RCMP

  19-07-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jasper RCMP said in a statement Saturday night that 27 people were on board the vehicle at the time of the crash.
  
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• Person taken to hospital after kitchen fire in northeast Calgary

  19-07-2020 00:43
  
  Fire officials say an unattended pot on the stove inside a Calgary home led to a blaze that sent one person to hospital. Crews were called to the home, on Montrose Crescent N.E., at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday. They found a small fire in the kitchen that started when someone inside the home left a pot unattended. It was quickly dealt with, but it caused a significant amount of smoke that drifted down into the basement of the home.A tenant living downstairs needed to be taken to hospital for tr
  
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• Residents worried Inglewood tower proposal could 'destroy' the community's atmosphere

  19-07-2020 00:25
  
  A proposed building in Inglewood has some residents and business owners worried their neighbourhood's historic side could be in danger. Calgary developer RNDSQR is hoping to build a 12-storey mixed-use building on the northwest corner of Ninth Avenue and 12th Street S.E. It will replace a used car lot that currently occupies the area, and its design will incorporate the historic Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building next door. But construction will require approval from city hall, as the b
  
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