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• Man in serious condition after alleged random stabbing in central Alberta

  14-08-2020 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man is in serious condition after an alleged random stabbing in Ponoka, Alta.
  
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• 339 cases now linked to U.S.-grown onion Salmonella outbreak

  14-08-2020 23:53
  
  More than 300 confirmed cases of illness have been reported in Canada in connection with a Salmonella outbreak involving U.S.-grown onions. In their latest update released Friday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) states that 339 cases have been confirmed in the country. One hundred of those cases were confirmed in the past week. PHAC warned people to not eat or sell any onions from Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif., adding that “if you are not sure where a red, yel
  
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• Banff expands mandatory face mask bylaw to Bear Street

  14-08-2020 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Banff town council approved a motion Friday to expand its mandatory outdoor mask bylaw to include Bear Street. 
  
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• Swimming closed at Chestermere Lake due to high levels of fecal matter

  14-08-2020 23:42
  
  Increased  levels of fecal matter means a swimming advisory has been put into effect for Chestermere Lake. Alberta Health Services is now searching for a cause. "As AHS is not conducting lake water quality testing this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Chestermere contracted a private company to test lake water quality this summer," City of Chestermere officials said in a release. "This temporary water quality concern was identified through the city’s regular weekly wat
  
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• Alberta adds 84 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more death on Friday

  14-08-2020 23:42
  
  Alberta recorded 84 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the province's total to 12,053.  Another Albertans has also died due to the coronavirus, a woman in her 60s in the south zone. She is the 221st COVID-19 related fataity in the province.  The province's active case count remained the same as Thursday's report at 1,036. As of today, 10,796 Albertans are classified as having recovered, an increase of 83 from yesterday. COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbour
  
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• RCMP vehicle shot at during central Alberta pursuit

  14-08-2020 23:20
  
  Two men — one of them wanted on a Canada-wide warrant — are in custody following a dramatic chase that saw a shot fired at a police vehicle. The incident began just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday when Calgary police informed Sylvan Lake RCMP about a stolen vehicle believed to be in their area. It was spotted travelling at high speed through Lacombe, Alta., then again by RCMP in Blackfalds, Alta., who gave chase for a short while before abandoning their pursuit. The vehicle was spotted ag
  
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• Crash involving stolen car sends 4 people to hospital

  14-08-2020 22:40
  
  Innisfail RCMP is investigating a crash involving a stolen car and a pickup that sent four people to hospital. The collision happened just after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at the intersection of Township Road 364 and Highway 766, west of the community of Penhold, in central Alberta. A pickup was heading south and the car was travelling west. Two people from each vehicle were sent to hospital and police say charges are pending as the car had been reported stolen. No other information was available.
  
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• Njoo positive about talks with CFL but cannot provide timeline for decision

  14-08-2020 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Approval from the Public Health Agency of Canada is the biggest consideration in the CFL's request last week for a $30-million, interest-free loan from Ottawa.
  
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• Record lumber prices adding thousands of dollars to new home building costs

  14-08-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Friday, West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., Interfor Corp. and Canfor Corp. all rose to new 52-week high stock prices on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
  
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• How to measure canola losses out the combine - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 20:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Canada-U.S. to extend border restrictions until Sept. 21 - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 20:38 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada-U.S. to extend border restrictions until Sept. 21  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta Open Farm Days brings urban and rural together during COVID-19

  14-08-2020 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Local farmers are inviting Albertans to get a deeper understanding of resources made in their own province.
  
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• Cops nab suspect in connection with April bank robbery in Westwinds

  14-08-2020 20:23
  
  A 30-year-old man faces charges following a four-month long police investigation into a bank robbery in the city's northeast. On the afternoon of April 1, a man entered the BMO branch in the 3600 block of Westwinds Dr. N.E. and threatened staff while demanding cash. The suspect fled the branch with an undisclosed amount of money and was seen getting into a taxi. On Aug. 6, police arrested 30-year-old Navado Roy Wood in connection with the robbery. Wood has been charged with:Robbery of a financia
  
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• Open Farm Days encourages Albertans to visit local farms this weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 19:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Open Farm Days encourages Albertans to visit local farms this weekend  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Victim identified in fatal Manchester Industrial Park stabbing

  14-08-2020 19:55
  
  The Calgary Police Service confirms 34-year-old Anthony Taylor of Calgary was the victim of Thursday morning's fatal stabbing near Macleod Trail. Police were called to the 5500 block of Second St. S.W., in a residential area within Manchester Industrial,  shortly before 3 a.m. following reports of an assault. Officers located a severely injured man between two parked vehicles. The man was pronounced dead on scene. Following an autopsy, officials identified the deceased as Taylor. A trail of
  
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• Halifax man identified as victim of fatal Calgary stabbing

  14-08-2020 19:55
  
  The family of the victim killed in a Thursday morning stabbing near Macleod Trail say he was in Calgary to bring his daughter back home to the Maritimes.. Police were called to the 5500 block of Second St. S.W., in a residential area within Manchester Industrial, shortly before 3 a.m. following reports of an assault. Officers located a severely injured man between two parked vehicles and he was pronounced dead on scene. Following an autopsy, officials identified the deceased as 34-year-old Antho
  
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• Canada releases Canada's Flight Plan for safe air travel - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 19:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Kenney to make rural internet announcement Friday in Lacombe

  14-08-2020 19:36
  
  Premier Jason Kenney will be in central Alberta Friday, touting a new investment in the province. Kenney will be joined by Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish and Shaw Communications Inc. for an announcement on expanding connectivity in rural Alberta. The telecommunications giant says it has become Alberta's first province-wide internet service provider to offer gigabit download speeds to all of its residential customers. More than $11 billion has been invested in the province over the last se
  
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• Kenney says high-speed internet key to growing rural Alberta as provider marks milestone

  14-08-2020 19:36
  
  Shaw announced Friday it was the first internet provider in Alberta to provide all of its residential customers with one gigabyte download speeds.  According to executive vice president Peter Johnson, the company has invested $11 billion in the province over seven years to achieve the milestone.  He said founder JR Shaw, who passed earlier in the year at the age of 85, would have been "thrilled" to see the marker reached.  Speaking alongside Johnson in Lacombe, Alta., Friday after
  
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• Slain doctor to be remembered in Red Deer, Edmonton candlelight ceremonies

  14-08-2020 19:35
  
  The Red Deer community and medical professionals will host a candlelit service on Friday in memory of Walter Reynolds, the husband, father and doctor killed in his own clinic on Monday. “It’ll never ever go away. But it will subside and it will get easier on a daily basis," one patient of Reynolds' for five years, Brie Knoblach, said of the grief and shock the community was feeling at his death.  “I can’t imagine what the wife and the children are going to go through
  
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• Slain doctor remembered in Red Deer, Edmonton candlelight ceremonies

  14-08-2020 19:35
  
  The Red Deer community and medical professionals hosted a candlelit service on Friday in memory of Walter Reynolds, the husband, father and doctor killed in his own clinic on Monday. Reynolds' wife, Anelia, and his two daughters were not expected to be in attendance but issued a statement prior to the vigils. "The girls and I would like to thank the community for their outpouring of support for our great loss. We ask for privacy during this tragic time," she said. His sister-in-law Jonine Moster
  
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• Dr. Walter Reynolds to be honoured in Red Deer, Edmonton candlelight ceremonies

  14-08-2020 19:35
  
  The Red Deer community and medical professionals will host a candlelit service on Friday in memory of Walter Reynolds, the husband, father and doctor murdered on Monday. Two vigils are being organized: one by the Primary Care Network at Red Deer City Hall, and one in Edmonton’s Churchill Square by the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association. Both start at 7 p.m. Organizers have asked anyone attending to wear a mask and either bring a candle or download a candle app. In Edmonton, Reynolds&r
  
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• City of Lethbridge launches real-time power outage map - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 19:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City of Lethbridge launches real-time power outage map  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CBE to mandate masks for all students, hire additional custodial staff

  14-08-2020 18:29
  
  Calgary's public school board has expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The move was announced in a letter from Christopher Usih, chief superintendent of schools for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), s
  
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• Calgary school boards mandate masks for K-12 students, differ on classroom use rules

  14-08-2020 18:29
  
  Calgary's public and separate school boards have expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The two boards have adopted differing rules when it comes to mask us in the classroom. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The Calgary Board of Education'
  
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• Calgary school boards mandate masks for K-12 students, differ in classroom use rules

  14-08-2020 18:29
  
  Calgary's public and separate school boards have expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The two boards have adopted differing rules when it comes to mask us in the classroom. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The Calgary Board of Education'
  
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• Calgary Board of Education to mandate masks for all students, hire additional custodial staff

  14-08-2020 18:29
  
  Calgary's public school board has expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The move was announced in a letter from Christopher Usih, chief superintendent of schools for the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), s
  
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• Calgary Board of Education and Calgary Catholic School District to mandate masks for K-12 students

  14-08-2020 18:29
  
  Calgary's public and separate school boards have expanded mandatory mask use outside of the province's recommendation and will require students in kindergarten through Grade 3 to also wear face coverings. The provincial government had recommended that only students in Grades 4 and higher be required to wear masks in areas where physical distancing measures could not be observed. The Calgary Board of Education's decision was announced in a letter from Christopher Usih, chief superintendent of sch
  
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• ATV driver charged after pedestrian hit and killed in northern Alberta

  14-08-2020 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP have laid charges in an all-terrain vehicle crash in northern Alberta earlier this month that killed a pedestrian.
  
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• Vigils to take place Friday for Red Deer doctor killed at walk-in clinic

  14-08-2020 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two vigils are planned Friday night for a family doctor who was killed at a walk-in clinic in central Alberta earlier this week.
  
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• Canada-U.S. border closure extended again amid tension over restrictions

  14-08-2020 16:42
  
  Canadian and U.S. officials have agreed to keep the border between the two countries closed to non-essential travel for another month. This comes as both countries are still working to stop the spread of COVID-19, and as tensions continue to flare between Canadians and prospective American visitors. The current extension of the cross-border agreement expires on August 21, though as the spread of COVID-19 continues in both countries, the restrictions on recreational travel will remain in place un
  
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• US industrial production up 3%; factory output up 3.4% - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 16:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  US industrial production up 3%; factory output up 3.4%  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Heat warnings expected in southern Alberta this weekend

  14-08-2020 15:14
  
  A high pressure moving in will likely trigger heat warnings for southern Alberta Saturday. …but that’s the worst of it. This subsident atmosphere lacks the moisture of the last hot cycle, where transpiration (evaporation from plant matter, ie. crops) was prevalent in upping our humidex values. This time, it’s the dry heat we’re more accustomed to in the prairies. With this new wave of heat on the way, we can expect the southeast corridor to lead the vanguard of new heat
  
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• Dallas Stars find scoring mojo, beat Calgary Flames 5-4 to tie NHL playoff series

  14-08-2020 14:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The goal-starved Dallas Stars found their offensive mojo just in time to keep from going deep in the hole in the NHL playoffs.
  
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• ‘We have nowhere to go’: Calgary charity on the search for new home

  14-08-2020 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Reaching Families, a charity that provides food and every-day essentials, is looking for a new home where it can consolidate all its operations.
  
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• Flames lose heartbreaker to Stars on late Oleksiak goal, series tied 1-1

  14-08-2020 14:20
  
  The Calgary Flames will be back on the ice Friday night with their sights set on taking back the lead in their first round playoff series against the Dallas Stars. Calgary lost a heartbreaker in Game 2 last night as Dallas evened the series at one game apiece.  The Flames got off to a fast start with red hot forward Dillon Dube opening the scoring early on in the first period, his third goal of the series, but the Stars answered right back and took the lead with eight minutes left in the op
  
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• The Road to Recovery: How three Southern Albertans escaped substance addiction - Lethbridge News Now

  14-08-2020 14:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Alberta curriculum review panel lacking diversity, appropriate voices: critics

  14-08-2020 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Experts are taking issue with the eight members appointed to the UCP's curriculum review panel.
  
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• Alberta teachers group to put more pressure on province for funding and support as school re-entry nears

  14-08-2020 02:58
  
  The Alberta Teachers Association will push the provincial government on a series of issues ahead of schools reopening, including an ask for additional funding and a plan to bring some substitutes under contract to support during the pandemic. More than 450 ATA delegates are meeting virtually this week for the association’s 103rd Annual Representative Assembly. Alberta’s plan to bring students back to the classroom in just weeks is top of the agenda. “We’re urging the gove
  
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• Participants sought for Lethbridge pilot project aimed at making city more vibrant - Global News

  14-08-2020 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Participants sought for Lethbridge pilot project aimed at making city more vibrant  Global News
  
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• Participants sought for Lethbridge pilot project aimed at making city more vibrant

  14-08-2020 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Lethbridge is looking to get more colourful and vibrant with a mural pilot project.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Aug 13

  14-08-2020 02:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Thursday, August 13, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Survey suggests 17 per cent of Lethbridge parents will opt for at-home learning

  14-08-2020 01:49
  
  Students will be going back to school in just over two weeks but a recent survey by the Lethbridge School Division shows many parents are still not ready to send their children back. More than 17 percent of people who responded to the survey said they are opting for at-home learning this fall. “There’s a lot of anxiety out there and it’s warranted,” said public school board chair Clark Bosch. “So the most complicated school year in history is about to begin and we&r
  
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• Supervised consumption site users speak on ARCHES closing

  14-08-2020 01:36
  
  ARCHES, also known as the Lethbridge Supervised Consumption Site, will shut down at the end of August and even though many people in the community are glad to see it come to an end, there will be those who miss it. Namely, the people who have been using it in staggering numbers since it opened a little over two years ago. “I’ve OD'ed a couple times here you know and they saved my life,” said 21-year-old SCS user July Redcrow “I think that the site actually saves a lot of
  
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• More than 80% of students in the Lethbridge School Division will learn in-classroom: parent survey results - Global News

  14-08-2020 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 80% of students in the Lethbridge School Division will learn in-classroom: parent survey results  Global News
  
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• More than 80% of students in the Lethbridge School Division will learn in-classroom: parent survey results

  14-08-2020 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Altogether, 8,923 people filled out the survey, which inquired about two key topics: if their child would be returning to in-classroom learning, and if qualified families would be using school buses for transportation.
  
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• Here’s how music education will look this fall at one Calgary high school

  14-08-2020 01:04
  
  Boasting the largest music program in the city, Western Canada High School in Calgary’s Beltline neighbourhood is preparing to resume rehearsals while adapting to the new pandemic reality. Alberta Education has outlined its back to school strategy amid the COVID-19 outbreak and will distribute two masks to each student and teacher. Instruments that can be played with a mask on, such as percussion and strings, will be spaced out in the band room as they had in years past, but for the instru
  
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• Dino Bucks encouraging mask wearing in Drumheller

  14-08-2020 00:55
  
  An Alberta town with a passion for paleontology is trying a method of positive reinforcement to try and encourage people to wear masks during the pandemic. The town of Drumheller, popular with tourists for its dinosaur history and attractions, allocated $500 to create 1000 Dino Bucks which are being handed out in participating stores to reward mask-wearing. “Help people do the right thing with a reward as opposed to a stick,” said Darryl Drohomerski, Drumheller's CAO. While some comm
  
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• Town of Fort Macleod offers tax incentives to new and expanding businesses

  14-08-2020 00:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  If you are thinking of opening a business, the Town of Fort Macleod says if you do it there, you’ll get some pretty significant tax incentives. Quinn Campbell explains.
  
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• RISE UP, an initiative to support Calgary's arts sector, announced Thursday

  14-08-2020 00:18
  
  A new, open-source platform aims to provide support to Calgary's arts, entertainment, and tourism sectors through safety-conscious events and initiatives. RISE UP announced Thursday it will unite arts, hospitality and tourism partners to create an extensive array of initiatives and events while also helping to enable partners to provide the optimal conditions for both audience and artists amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "This is a really exciting initiative for Calgary and our artists and entertaine
  
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