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• 3 more deaths, as Alberta adds 359 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend

  17-08-2020 23:43
  
  Another three Albertans have died and the province added 359 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing its total to 12,412. The numbers represent data from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The province's active case count rose by 96, up to 1,132. The province reported 260 more patients recovering over those days.  The three reported deaths were all men, two of them in their 60s and one in his 80s. One of the deaths was attributed to each of the north, south and Calgary zones.COVID-19 in
  
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• 3 more Albertans die of COVID-19 over the weekend, province to release revised numbers shortly

  17-08-2020 23:43
  
  Another three Albertans have died of COVID-19 over the weekend, according to an Alberta Health spokesperson. The province initially released data for Friday, Saturday and Sunday's case count but later retracted it and said it would issue an update later Monday afternoon. The three reported deaths were all men, two of them in their 60s and one in his 80s. One of the deaths was attributed to each of the north, south and Calgary zones.COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infog
  
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• Alberta records 359 new cases of COVID-19, 3 additional deaths over the weekend

  17-08-2020 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta recorded 359 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths related to the disease over the weekend. 
  
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• Fire ban in effect for Lethbridge County - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 23:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• CH-146 Griffon helicopter to perform flyby above Okotoks on Wednesday

  17-08-2020 23:21
  
  Okotoks residents should look to the skies on Wednesday afternoon as members of the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron conduct a flyby with a CH-146 Griffon helicopter. Scheduled for about 4 p.m., the display is in support of the Rolling Barrage, a coast-to-coast motorcycle rally aimed at conquering the stigma of PTSD. The helicopter will depart from CFB Edmonton at about 2 p.m. and make its way to Okotoks, where the flyby will be conducted at about 4 p.m. The 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is c
  
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• Police seek possible witness to serious assault at Sunnyside LRT Station

  17-08-2020 23:03
  
  Police are looking to speak with a man who may have witnessed a serious assault at the Sunnyside LRT station over the weekend. An elderly man was hit and fell onto the concrete platform about 9 a.m. on Saturday. He sustained a head injury and remains in hospital. Police later arrested Basil Sweezey, 36, and charged with one count of aggravated assault. After reviewing CCTV footage, investigators believe another man was on the platform at the time and may have witnessed the assault. Anyone with i
  
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• Next Conservative party leader best not take Alberta for granted: MPs

  17-08-2020 22:38
  
  Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is warning whomever her party elects as their new leader this weekend needs to be prepared with robust policy for the West. Rempel Garner, an Alberta MP since 2011, says she doesn't think western issues were debated enough during the leadership race, which wraps up this Sunday. She says she hopes the winner will come to the table with more than just promises to axe the carbon tax or develop the oilsands, because it will shape p
  
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• It's never too early to think about feed testing - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 22:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Next Conservative party leader best not take Alberta for granted: MPs - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 22:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Red Deer meat processing plant sends 13 staff home after worker infected with COVID-19

  17-08-2020 22:01
  
  A Red Deer meat-processing plant says it has sent 13 employees home and urged them to get swabbed for COVID-19 after a worker there tested positive for the disease. The infected Olymel employee was sent home after showing symptoms of COVID-19 on Aug. 11, a company spokesman told CTV News Edmonton. That person was tested and found out two days later they were positive for the disease. As a result, 13 Olymel workers were sent home — six on Friday and after a review, seven more on Monday &mda
  
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• Lethbridge's Overdose Prevention Site now operating as replacement for SCS - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 20:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Widower petitioning Ottawa to see same honour given to late husband's partner shot in line of duty

  17-08-2020 20:57
  
  The widow of an officer posthumously awarded after he was killed in the line of duty wants to see the man shot alongside her husband recognized for his bravery, too. The late Const. David Wynn will be given the governor general’s Medal of Bravery this year, a silver medallion awarded for courage shown in dangerous situations. In 2015, the 42-year-old RCMP officer was shot in St. Albert’s Apex Casino while investigating a stolen truck. He died four days after the shooting in hospital.
  
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• Lethbridge police searching for suspect vehicle after victim driven over in hit-and-run

  17-08-2020 20:57
  
  Police in Lethbridge are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver and vehicle in an Aug. 12 hit-and-run where a male was run over. Investigators have determined the vehicle to be a 2000s model, red Volkswagen Jetta that likely sustained front end damage in the collision. On Aug. 12, officers were called to the Chinook Regional Hospital after a 37-year-old male was admitted with injuries following a hit-and-run. An investigation determined that the victim and a female acquaintance w
  
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• Alberta brewery makes beer from cleaned municipal wastewater

  17-08-2020 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The water comes from the Pine Creek wastewater treatment plant by the Bow River in southeast Calgary.
  
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• Northern Alberta prayer event linked to over a dozen positive COVID-19 cases in B.C.

  17-08-2020 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Aug. 17, Northern Health activated a health alert for northeast B.C., after confirming 17 cases of COVID-19.
  
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• Northern Alberta event linked to over a dozen positive COVID-19 cases in B.C.

  17-08-2020 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Aug. 17, Northern Health activated a COVID-19 alert for northeast B.C., after confirming 17 cases of COVID-19.
  
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• Youth Employment Centre reopens for in-person appointments

  17-08-2020 19:56
  
  Calgary's Youth Employment Centre has reopened for in-person appointments for job seekers aged 15 through 24, after meetings in the office were halted in mid-March. Youth looking for free resume support and employment counselling are required to schedule a booking in advance. Anyone entering the YEC is required to wear a mask at all times in accordance with Calgary's bylaw mandating face coverings. "Job seekers will notice some changes when they visit us, but it's all designed to help protect th
  
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• Man to be sentenced this afternoon in Edmonton flower store owner's mall death during robbery

  17-08-2020 19:52
  
  A sentencing hearing for a man who has admitted to punching and killing an Edmonton flower store owner has heard from grieving family members and friends. Jordan Cushnie pleaded guilty on May 24, 2019, to manslaughter in the death of Iain Armstrong when he tried to stop Cushnie from robbing a cash box from a kiosk at Southgate Mall in April 2018. Court heard Armstrong, who was 61, fell down and hit his head on a corner of the kiosk after he was punched. Armstrong was taken off life support a few
  
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• Man to be sentenced in Edmonton flower store owner's death during robbery

  17-08-2020 19:52
  
  A sentencing hearing for a man who has admitted to punching and killing an Edmonton flower store owner has heard from grieving family members and friends. Jordan Cushnie pleaded guilty on May 24, 2019, to manslaughter in the death of Iain Armstrong when he tried to stop Cushnie from robbing a cash box from a kiosk at Southgate Mall in April 2018. Court heard Armstrong, who was 61, fell down and hit his head on a corner of the kiosk after he was punched. Armstrong was taken off life support a few
  
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• Man sentenced to 6 years in Edmonton flower store owner's robbery death

  17-08-2020 19:52
  
  An judge has sentenced the man who punched and killed an Edmonton flower store to six years in prison for manslaughter.  Jordan Cushnie pleaded guilty on May 24, 2019, in the death of Iain Armstrong. when he tried to Armstrong who owned and worked at Bunches Flowers outlet in Southgate Centre tried to stop Cushnie from robbing a cash box from a nearby kiosk  in April 2018. Judge Eldon Simpson accepted the recommendations of the Crown and defence for a six-year sentence. "Nothing t
  
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• LPS seeking suspect and vehicle in hit and run - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 19:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• UPDATE: Police locate suspect and vehicle in hit and run - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 19:03 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Calgarian claims $1M lottery prize after pandemic-related delay

  17-08-2020 18:50
  
  After discovering that he held the winning prize in a WESTERN MAX draw in the spring, Calgarian Philip Pedro opted to patiently wait until he could collect his prize in person. Pedro purchased a ticket for the May 15 draw at the Petro Canada station in the 5000 block of Nose Hill Drive. Following the draw, Pedro realized that he had matched all seven numbers. He was informed that he would not be able to collect his winnings in person as all lottery prize offices had been closed to the public in
  
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• CFL cancels 2020 season during pandemic

  17-08-2020 18:46
  
  The CFL has cancelled its 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It marks the first year the Grey Cup won't be presented since 1919. The nine-team league announced the move Monday, dashing hopes of a shortened season in the hub city of Winnipeg. "Our league governors decided today it is in the best long-term interests of the CFL to concentrate on the future," commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a statement. "We are absolutely committed to 2021, to the future of our league and the pursuit
  
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• 'Vulnerability' led to Canadians' data being accessed in series of cyberattacks

  17-08-2020 17:47
  
  A series of cyberattacks levelled against the Government of Canada exploited an internal “vulnerability” and leveraged previously hacked login information, leading to the breach of thousands of Canadians’ online Canada Revenue Agency accounts, federal officials say. Over the weekend the Canada Revenue Agency temporarily shut down its online services and applications after hackers used thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to fraudulently access government services in thre
  
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• 19-year-old charged following single-vehicle collision in Taber - Lethbridge News Now

  17-08-2020 17:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 17 COVID-19 cases in Northern B.C. linked to Alberta prayer gathering

  17-08-2020 17:42
  
  More than a dozen COVID-19 cases in Northern B.C. have been linked to a prayer gathering held in Alberta, prompting a warning from the region's health authority. Northern Health posted the update Monday, saying contact tracing has linked several of its cases to the It Is Time Canada event in Deadwood, Alta., which was held between July 30 and Aug. 2.  The health authority anyone who was at that event should self-monitor for symptoms and isolate and seek testing if they start developing any.
  
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• Calfrac Well Services rejects recapitalization offer from Wilks Brothers

  17-08-2020 16:47
  
  Calfrac Well Services Ltd. says a Texas company's proposed restructuring plan doesn't have sufficient support from unsecured noteholders and so it will continue with a debt-for-stock swap announced in July. Under the original plan, Calfrac's unsecured notes would be exchanged for shares and current shareholders would see their stake reduced to eight per cent of Calfrac's equity. Wilks Brothers, LLC of Cisco, Texas, countered that proposal on Aug. 4 with one that it said would leave Calfrac with
  
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• Work at Suncor's Fort McMurray base plant affected until September due to fire

  17-08-2020 16:18
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. says it will be early September before mined bitumen production resumes at its base plant mining operation in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Calgary-based company has released an update on operations at the plant in the wake of a fire in the extraction area of the plant on Aug. 14. Suncor says the fire was contained quickly, extinguished several hours later and no one was hurt. It says regulators have been notified and maintenance planned for the third quarter has been accelerated i
  
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• Patient airlifted to hospital following reported drowning in Marble Canyon

  17-08-2020 15:55
  
  A 29-year-old man was transported to a Calgary-area hospital after being pulled from a body of water in Kootenay National Park near the Alberta-B.C. boundary Sunday evening. STARS Air Ambulance officials confirm a crew responded to Marble Canyon, along Highway 93 southwest of Castle Junction,  shortly before 7 p.m. following reports of a drowning in the area. The patient was airlifted to the Foothills Medical Centre in stable condition.
  
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• Calgary woman dead, man airlifted to hospital following drowning in Marble Canyon

  17-08-2020 15:55
  
  A 34-year-old Calgary woman is dead and a 29-year-old Calgary man was transported to a Calgary-area hospital after a drowning in Kootenay National Park near the Alberta-B.C. boundary Sunday evening. According to RCMP, a couple from Calgary had been visiting Marble Canyon when the woman lost her footing while being photographed. She slipped and was swept away by the river's current. A man attempted to rescue the woman and was also swept away. The woman was pulled from the river approximately a ki
  
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• High pressure, sweltering heat continue!

  17-08-2020 15:31
  
  We’ll have no reprieve from the heat this week, though the heat warnings will be removed by Wednesday from a few spots. Another reminder about heat warning criteria as best described by Environment Canada’s charts:This is largely based on latitude, but the 29C high/ 14C low thresholds become the norm north of Cypress County for Alberta. Because of the remaining duration on this high pressure air mass (at least two days), and the lack of triggering forces to push it along, we can expe
  
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• Another group of international flights land in Canada with COVID-19 patients

  17-08-2020 15:27
  
  Another group of international flights have arrived in Canada with passengers who have now tested positive for COVID-19. According to the federal government, more than 35 fights have landed in Canada between Aug. 1 and Aug. 13 that had passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the country.  At least 24 of the flights arrived in Toronto, twelve landed in Montreal, three in Vancouver and two in Calgary.  Despite some airlines and travel companies promoting internation
  
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• McDonald's temporarily shutters Balzac location again after latest positive COVID-19 case

  17-08-2020 15:04
  
  For the second time this month, the McDonald's on CroissIron Lane in Balzac, Alta. has been temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. According to the company, the store was closed to the public Sunday to facilitate "a thorough cleaning and sanitization by a certified third party." McDonald's Canada says staff members who worked alongside the employee, who last worked Aug. 13,  have been asked to self-quarantine. Customers who visited the store on Aug. 13 are encour
  
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• Calgary Transit lifts COVID-19-related seating restrictions, allows full capacity on CTrains and buses

  17-08-2020 14:27
  
  Calgary Transit will return to full service capacity and lift its COVID-19-related seating restrictions starting Monday.  The transit authority said in a tweet last week that it will rely on the City of Calgary’s mandatory mask bylaw to keep riders safe.   #CTRiders Starting Aug. 17, we are removing seating restrictions on our buses and CTrains and returning to full seated capacity. The face coverings bylaw will help keep customers safe when they can’t maintain distanc
  
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• CFL to cancel 2020 season due to financial issues: TSN

  17-08-2020 05:29
  
  The Canadian Football League is reportedly on the verge of officially cancelling the 2020 season after a major financial request was denied. The league relies heavily on ticket revenue to operate, and the pandemic has had major financial consequences. TSN's Dave Naylor is reports that the federal government has refused the league's request for a $30 million interest free loan. The money would have gone toward a potential season played under a hub-city structure in Winnipeg. Naylor says a 2020 ca
  
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• Shooting victim reportedly not cooperating with police

  17-08-2020 03:07
  
  Police were called to southeast Calgary around 4 p.m. on Sunday after reports of a shooting. It happened on Pennsburg Way. Investigators found shell casings at the area, but no victim. A short time later, police found out that a man had arrived at the Peter Lougheed with a gunshot wound. The victim is reportedly not cooperating with police.  
  
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• Arrest of terrorist group commander brings some relief to family of Canadian killed in Philippines

  17-08-2020 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  News that Anduljihad Susukan is in police custody has brought some relief to Gord Bibby, the cousin of one of the victims, Robert Hall.
  
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• Provincial back-to-school plans face backlash from teachers

  17-08-2020 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several provinces are making final adjustments to their school reopening plans, as students prepare to return to classrooms. Though, as the pandemic continues, class sizes and rules around physical distancing are still key concerns for teachers and parents. Heather Yourex-West reports.
  
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• Dallas beats Calgary 5-4 in overtime Sunday, tying NHL playoff series

  17-08-2020 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Dallas Stars raked in a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Sunday to even their best-of seven NHL playoff series at two games apiece.
  
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• Dallas beats Calgary 4-5 in overtime Sunday, tying NHL playoff series

  17-08-2020 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Dallas Stars raked in a 5-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Sunday to even their best-of seven NHL playoff series at two games apiece.
  
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