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• 29th COVID-19 death at Edmonton care facility as province reports 76 new cases

  13-08-2020 23:58
  
  The province of Alberta reported 76 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and three more deaths. The new deaths reported on Thursday include a man in his 90s from the Heimstaed Seniors Lodge in the north zone, a man in his 90s from the central zone, and a woman in her 80s from Good Samaritan Southgate Care Centre. This is the 29th death linked to that facility. There are now 1,036 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, down eight cases from Wednesday. Edmonton now has 428 active cases, Calgary has
  
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• 'He'll be missed': Vigil planned in honour of slain Red Deer doctor

  13-08-2020 23:56
  
  The central Alberta community that lost a physician and friend in a gruesome attack is still reeling days later. Dr. Walter Reynolds, a 45-year-old husband and father to two, has been described as passionate, loyal and caring by those who knew him or received his medical expertise. The doctor was killed at his clinic in Red Deer on Monday, carried out of the office on a stretcher and declared dead in hospital. Deng Mabiour, 54, was arrested at the scene and later charged with first-degree murder
  
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• Majority of parents sending students to classroom in fall: Lethbridge School Division survey

  13-08-2020 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  WATCH ABOVE: After surveying parents about their children’s return-to-school plans amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Lethbridge School Division has a better idea of how many students will be returning in-person, and what the next steps will be. Eloise Therien has the details, and how LSD’s plan compares to other divisions in the area.
  
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• 'Surreal': Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes on multiple country music award nominations

  13-08-2020 23:41
  
  In Tenille Townes’ song Come As You Are, she sings that the “elevator only goes up” — and that’s exactly what’s happening to her career. The 26-year-old Grande Prairie country singer has a new hit album called The Lemonade Stand, leads the way with six nominations at the Canadian Country Music Awards and is up for an Academy of Country Music award for Best New Female Artist. “It feels really surreal,” says Townes. “I used to draw pictures of
  
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• Committment to defence paying off for Flames

  13-08-2020 23:16
  
  You may notice something different about the Calgary Flames in this year’s playoffs.  Instead of the run and gun and trying to win it all with offence, the Flames have decided the key to playoff success is a commitment to defence. Captain Mark Giordano says his team has learned from past playoff disappointments. “We’ve always had a great group of guys here who have really cared about each other," Giordano said.  "But I think we’re learned over the years that our
  
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• Energy firm charged with hindering Alberta Energy Regulator inspections

  13-08-2020 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Energy Regulator says it has laid charges against Land Petroleum International Inc. and president Bill Fung for hindering AER inspections in 2018.
  
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• Ceiling collapses at northwest Calgary charter school

  13-08-2020 23:09
  
  Some students at a northwest Calgary charter school will have to attend classes in a different building following a roof collapse. Foundations for the Future Charter Academy operates its high school in the old Montgomery Junior High School and the school’s board of directors notified parents Aug. 12 that the ceiling had collapsed in the structure that links the north and south buildings.  “Our understanding of it is simply that at this point there was a structural integrity fail
  
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• Lethbridge's mayor, MLA's weigh in on closure of Supervised Consumption Site - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 22:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge's mayor, MLA's weigh in on closure of Supervised Consumption Site  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trio killed in Alberta waterfall identified as parents of 3 and their nephew

  13-08-2020 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  A husband and wife -- parents to three young children -- died after being pulled under water at Crescent Falls in west-central Alberta on Tuesday.
  
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• 'WE LIT!': Flames adopt local artist's hype song as backbeat to potential Cup run

  13-08-2020 22:16
  
  The Calgary Flames have recently adopted a Calgary musician's hype song as their unofficial playoff anthem. Akrit Jawanda, who goes by the stage name True Mamba, is the man behind a track called “WE LIT!" The song, which actually had a brief rollout in 2019,  features rhymes about current Flames players - with a few nods to the glory days of Theo and Lanny -  and the desire to bring the Stanley Cup back to Calgary. 1⃣ hour 'til Game 1⃣#Flames | @SportChek | #FindWhatM
  
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• 'We Lit': Flames adopt local artist's hype rap as backbeat to potential Cup run

  13-08-2020 22:16
  
  The Calgary Flames have recently adopted a Calgary musician's hype rap as their unofficial playoff anthem. Akrit Jawanda, who goes by the stage name True Mamba, is the man behind a track called “We Lit”. The song, which actually had a brief rollout in 2019,  features rhymes about current Flames players - with a few nods to the glory days of Iggy and Lanny -  and the desire to bring the Stanley Cup back to Calgary. “I made a Calgary Flames anthem called “We Lit&r
  
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• 'We Lit': Flames adopt local artist's hype rap as backbeat to Cup run

  13-08-2020 22:16
  
  The Calgary Flames have recently adopted a Calgary musician's hype rap as their unofficial playoff anthem. Akrit Jawanda, who goes by the stage name True Mamba, is the man behind a track called “We Lit”. The song, which actually had a brief rollout in 2019,  features rhymes about current Flames players - with a few nods to the glory days of Iggy and Lanny -  and the desire to bring the Stanley Cup back to Calgary. “I made a Calgary Flames anthem called “We Lit&r
  
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• 2 Calgary restaurants ordered to stop buffet-style service

  13-08-2020 22:16
  
  Two southeast Calgary restaurants found to be serving food buffet-style last week have been ordered to stop by Alberta Health Services. Inspections at Asian Buffet, in the 9100 block of Bonaventure Drive S.E., and A+ Buffet Sushi and Bar, in the 6700 block of Macleod Trail S.E., found patrons were serving themselves without staff present to control flow, monitor physical distancing and ensure utensils were properly cleaned. The owners were ordered to use table service only, or provide a written
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford says people can’t ‘cross that line’ as Minister MacLeod given police detail

  13-08-2020 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Asked about Tourism Minister Lisa MacLeod having been assigned a protective police detail following what her office calls “threatening emails” and other issues, Premier Doug Ford on Thursday slammed people who threaten elected officials saying people can protest and “do cartwheels” if they’re opposed to policies, but no one should “cross that line” to harm...
  
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• One of two Strathmore brothers accused in shooting death of Siksika Nation man pleads guilty to lesser charge

  13-08-2020 21:35
  
  Kody Allan Giffen, one of two siblings facing first-degree murder charges in the 2019 shooting death of a Siksika Nation man, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The guilty plea was entered Thursday morning. Sentencing is expected to take place in 2021. Giffen and his older brother Brandon, both residents of Strathmore, were charged with first-degree murder charge in connection with the March 2019 death of Christian William White, who was known to friends and family as Kristia
  
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• 1 of 2 Strathmore brothers accused in shooting death of Siksika Nation man pleads guilty to lesser charge

  13-08-2020 21:35
  
  Kody Allan Giffen, one of two siblings facing first-degree murder charges in the 2019 shooting death of a Siksika Nation man, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. The guilty plea was entered Thursday morning. Sentencing is expected to take place in 2021. Giffen and his older brother Brandon, both residents of Strathmore, were charged with first-degree murder charge in connection with the March 2019 death of Christian William White, who was known to friends and family as Kristia
  
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• Husband, wife and nephew identified as Alta. waterfall drowning victims

  13-08-2020 21:16
  
  Three people from the same family who drowned at a west-central Alberta waterfall Tuesday night have been identified as a husband and wife and their nephew. Edmonton residents Dr. Partab Rai Oad, 38, his wife Venjhar Oad, 38, and their nephew Anoop Kumar Oad, 25, were killed in a tragic series of events at Crescent Falls, west of Nordegg, Alta.Edmonton residents Venjhar Oad, 38, and Dr. Partab Rai Oad, 38, are shown with their three children. (Supplied)  Family member Wakash Oad said his co
  
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• Lethbridge Legion to honour 75th anniversary of VJ-Day August 15 - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 20:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Legion to honour 75th anniversary of VJ-Day August 15  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'The world needs a Sharkasaurus now more than ever': Filming of western horror set for this weekend

  13-08-2020 20:45
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the badlands. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign — which raised about $13,000 — filming of the western horror movie Sharkasaurus is set for this weekend at the CL Ranch west of Calgary, which was once home to productions like Lonesome Dove and Hell on Wheels. The storyline involves a group of coal miners who unearth a Sharkasaurus in the badlands of central Alberta. The creature then wreaks havoc on the town of Drumheller and
  
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• 'The world needs a Sharkasaurus now more than ever': Filming of western horror set for Alberta Badlands

  13-08-2020 20:45
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the badlands. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign — which raised about $13,000 — filming of the western horror movie Sharkasaurus is set for this weekend at the CL Ranch west of Calgary, which was once home to productions like Lonesome Dove and Hell on Wheels. The storyline involves a group of coal miners who unearth a Sharkasaurus in the badlands of central Alberta. The creature then wreaks havoc on the town of Drumheller and
  
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• AHS reinstating parking fees at Chinook Regional Hospital - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 19:59 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  AHS reinstating parking fees at Chinook Regional Hospital  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Hwy. 1 reopens after fatal crash west of Revelstoke, B.C.

  13-08-2020 19:55
  
  Highway 1 is closed about six kilometres west of Revelstoke following a fatal collision involving a semi-tractor and a passenger vehicle early Thursday. The roadway was reopened about 1 p.m. MT. The vehicle burst into flames and the transport truck rolled following the collision that occurred about 4:30 a.m. “Sadly, the driver of the passenger vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency paramedics,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey. “One of our priorities at this
  
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• Fatal crash closes Hwy. 1 west of Revelstoke, B.C.

  13-08-2020 19:55
  
  Highway 1 is closed about six kilometres west of Revelstoke following a fatal collision involving a semi-tractor and a passenger vehicle. The vehicle burst into flames and the transport truck rolled following the collision that occurred about 4:30 a.m. “Sadly, the driver of the passenger vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency paramedics,” said Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey. “One of our priorities at this time is to establish an identity for the deceased and pro
  
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• Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke, B.C., reopened following fatal collision

  13-08-2020 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to police, the fiery crash occurred around 4:40 a.m., on Thursday and involved a commercial transport truck and a passenger vehicle.
  
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• Fatal collision near Revelstoke, B.C., closes Trans-Canada Highway

  13-08-2020 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to police, the fiery crash occurred around 4:40 a.m., on Thursday and involved a commercial transport truck and a passenger vehicle.
  
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• Alberta's largest beer festivals postponed to 2021

  13-08-2020 19:51
  
  Local beer enthusiasts will have to wait as Alberta Beer Festivals (ABF) announced that both the Calgary International Beerfest and Edmonton Craft Beer Festival would be postponed to 2021. Calgary International Beerfest will now take place on Apr. 30 and May 1. 2021. Edmonton Craft Beer Festival will take place Apr. 28 and 29. Laura Coles, founder and director of marketing and public relations at Prairie Dog Brewing, said that local breweries will feel the impact of the postponed festivals. "We'
  
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• Parking fees to be reinstated at Alberta hospitals by the end of August

  13-08-2020 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hospitals throughout Alberta will stop offering free parking by the end of the month.
  
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• Southern Alberta girl donates 4H steer to Lethbridge Soup Kitchen - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 19:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Southern Alberta girl donates 4H steer to Lethbridge Soup Kitchen  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ribbons symbolizing solidarity worn to honour slain Red Deer family doctor

  13-08-2020 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Red Deer medical community is banding together in a show of support for Dr. Walter Reynolds, the family doctor who was attacked and killed Monday.
  
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• Free parking at Alberta Health Services lots coming to an end

  13-08-2020 18:26
  
  Alberta Health Services says the temporary suspension of parking fees on its lots will be halted by the end of the month. As of Sept. 1, members of the public will be required to pay to park on AHS property. Parking rates for employees will resume Aug. 31. In a statement released Thursday, AHS officials said the fees are necessary to help "control the flow of traffic and ensure appropriate parking spaces are available for staff and visitors" and to ensure facilities remain accessible as traffic
  
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• McDonald’s returns to 100% Canadian beef after COVID-19 supply chain issues

  13-08-2020 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  McDonald's Canada says it will return to sourcing only Canadian beef in September after having to import beef temporarily due to COVID-19.
  
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• McDonald's returns to 100 per cent Canadian beef after COVID-19 supply chain issues

  13-08-2020 18:03
  
  McDonald's Canada says it will return to sourcing only Canadian beef in September after having to import beef temporarily due to COVID-19. The fast-food chain said in late April it would import beef from pre-approved suppliers and facilities outside the country due to limited processing capacity at Canadian suppliers. The news came after an outbreak forced the temporary shutdown of a Cargill processing plant near High River, Alta. McDonald's says more than 80 per cent of its beef supply continue
  
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• Suspect surrenders to High River RCMP following armed robberies in Alberta and B.C.

  13-08-2020 17:57
  
  A 19-year-old High River man, already facing robbery and assault charges in B.C., was arrested at the local RCMP detachment after surrendering in connection with a July armed convenience store robbery. Elijah Hamilton now faces charges in connection with two robberies where bear spray was discharged. Hamilton was apprehended in B.C.'s Columbia Valley on July 29, 2020 following an RCMP investigation into a July 21 armed robbery at an Esso station in Kimberley, B.C. The 19-year-old was charged wit
  
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• Alberta teachers, school staff should be tested before classes start; Hinshaw - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 14:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta teachers, school staff should be tested before classes start; Hinshaw  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• No news is good news, and so a short weather summary bodes well!

  13-08-2020 14:36
  
  After a tumultuous (or, as it has been for a couple of days, "potentially tumultuous") few forecast days, we’re in for a calmer, warmer weekend. No news is good news. A short weather summary bodes well! Stormy weather is, and will be, a prevalent feature through Manitoba today, but those storms dredged most of their potential energy through eastern Alberta and through Saskatchewan, never really materializing near Calgary. Even yesterday, storms were scattered well to the city’s north
  
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• One dead after early morning stabbing in southwest industrial park

  13-08-2020 14:10
  
  One man is dead following an early morning stabbing Thursday in Calgary’s Manchester Industrial area.   Police responded to the 5500 block of Second Street S.W. shortly before 3 a.m. for reports of a man who had collapsed. Officers found a man in critical condition, suffering from stab wounds at the corner of 55th Avenue and Macleod Trail.  Paramedics were on scene within minutes and immediately began lifesaving measures, but the victim died on scene.  The identity of the de
  
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• 1 dead after early morning stabbing in southwest industrial park, investigation focused on known drughouse

  13-08-2020 14:10
  
  One man is dead following an early morning stabbing Thursday in Calgary’s Manchester Industrial area.   Police responded to the 5500 block of Second Street S.W. shortly before 3 a.m. for reports of a man who had collapsed. Officers found a man in his 30s in critical condition between two parked cars near the corner of 55th Avenue and Macleod Trail.  Paramedics were on scene within minutes and immediately began lifesaving measures, but the victim died on scene.  The identity
  
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• 1 dead after early morning stabbing in southwest industrial park

  13-08-2020 14:10
  
  One man is dead following an early morning stabbing Thursday in Calgary’s Manchester Industrial area.   Police responded to the 5500 block of Second Street S.W. shortly before 3 a.m. for reports of a man who had collapsed. Officers found a man in critical condition, suffering from stab wounds at the corner of 55th Avenue and Macleod Trail.  Paramedics were on scene within minutes and immediately began lifesaving measures, but the victim died on scene.  The identity of the de
  
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• Lives Lost: Woman who performed Shakespeare on the street - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 08:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lives Lost: Woman who performed Shakespeare on the street  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 06:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ball python that went missing in Victoria found hiding under vehicle - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 05:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ball python that went missing in Victoria found hiding under vehicle  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'It's not cannabis': Alta. farmer hopes to nip hemp stealing in the bud

  13-08-2020 05:24
  
  An Alberta farmer is asking people to stop stealing hemp from his field after multiple people have been spotted taking plants. Lory Betchuk is growing hemp for the first time, usually he grows more traditional crops like wheat, barley and oats, to name a few. "I'm a small farmer, and I just thought I'd just try something a little bit different," said Betchuk. "I always try to do the best I can with the land I've got." But this crop has posed a challenge for the farmer, people keep stealing it fr
  
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• Carter Hart, Flyers beat Canadiens 2-1 in Game 1 - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 05:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Carter Hart, Flyers beat Canadiens 2-1 in Game 1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 69-year-old Claresholm senior out for a walk attacked by a pair of aggressive dogs

  13-08-2020 05:24
  
  WARNING: This story contains graphic photos of a dog bite wound A simple stroll down the road turned into a nightmare for a southern Alberta senior Aug. 6 after she was attacked by two dogs. For privacy reasons, she doesn’t want to be named. The family says the dogs appear to be bully-type breeds. For residents in the area, it's alarming. “Anytime there is a pit bull attack it’s just wrong, it shouldn’t of happened. I feel for the person who was injured,” said Clare
  
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• Avalanche score 3 third-period goals to beat Coyotes 3-0 - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 04:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Avalanche score 3 third-period goals to beat Coyotes 3-0  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Manitoba RCMP laughing after suspect mistakes unmarked police car for taxi - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 04:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Manitoba RCMP laughing after suspect mistakes unmarked police car for taxi  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Raptors rally past Sixers to give Griffin a coaching win - Lethbridge News Now

  13-08-2020 03:51 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Raptors rally past Sixers to give Griffin a coaching win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Flames Foundation 50/50 raffle suffering technical issues

  13-08-2020 03:35
  
  It’s a massive source of funds for Calgary charities.  According to its web site since March 21, 2020 the Calgary Flames Foundation has distributed $1.4 million through the Calgary Flames Foundation COVID-19 Community Support Program, helping people and charities through the pandemic.The foundation released an update to its online raffle thanking fans for supporting the program, which has been forced to migrate to digital delivery in the pandemic. The transition has produced a few bum
  
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• ARCHES to cease supervised consumption services on Aug. 31

  13-08-2020 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  After funding was pulled by the Alberta government last month, ARCHES has set Aug. 31 as the final date for services at Lethbridge's supervised consumption site (SCS) as well as its needle debris pickup program.
  
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• Calgary businesses still trying to stay afloat in pandemic

  13-08-2020 02:36
  
  The COVID-19-driven shutdown hasn’t wiped out Calgary businesses, at least not yet. Even though many small businesses are struggling, one indicator from the City of Calgary suggests things don’t appear as bad as they sometimes seem. From  March 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020, a total of 2,229 business licences have been closed, compared to the same time last year, when a total of 3,024 business licences were closed. “The City licenses just over 60 per cent of the commercially-ba
  
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