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• Quebec trampoline and laser tag centre turns to homeschooling, sparking controversy - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 23:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 23:48 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• $8M renovation begins at Calgary Humane Society

  20-08-2020 23:44
  
  Close to three dozen staff, volunteers and dignitaries were at the Calgary Humane Society in the city’s southeast on Thursday to break ground on an $8-million expansion of the facility.  The current facility was once considered a leading edge, state-of-the-art centre which put Calgary on the map for animal welfare. “We’re very proud of it, it served us very well for 14 years.” said executive director Carrie Fritz. “When we celebrate our centennial in 2022, we&r
  
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• $12M renovation begins at Calgary Humane Society

  20-08-2020 23:44
  
  Close to three dozen staff, volunteers and dignitaries were at the Calgary Humane Society in the city’s southeast on Thursday to break ground on an $12-million expansion of the facility.  The current facility was once considered a leading edge, state-of-the-art centre which put Calgary on the map for animal welfare. “We’re very proud of it, it served us very well for 14 years.” said executive director Carrie Fritz. “When we celebrate our centennial in 2022, we&
  
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• Pickleball explodes in popularity in the pandemic

  20-08-2020 23:38
  
  It involves a paddle, a ball and a net. The paddle is bigger than a ping pong ball racket, the ball is about the size of a soft ball but hollow with holes all over, and the playing surface is half the size of a tennis court. Tony Tighe is the president of the Calgary Pickleball Club and says the sport is gaining in popularity here. “The demand for outdoor pickleball in the summer has just gone crazy,” said Tighe. “We have four outdoor courts that we offer pickleball through the
  
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• Air quality decreases following heat wave, smokey skies likely on the horizon

  20-08-2020 23:16
  
  Smoke from wildfires both south and west of Alberta are expected to enter the province next week, further decreasing air quality. Calgary's air quality decreased Wednesday, moving from two, a low risk, to four, a moderate risk. This decrease is due to elevated ozone levels caused by Calgary's recent heat wave. It is expected to dissipate in the coming days as the dome of hot air moves eastward. "Ozone is created when we have a lot of sun and heat in the atmosphere," Sara Hoffman, Environment Can
  
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• Sault man charged with child luring in case that began with tip from RCMP

  20-08-2020 23:15
  
  A 44-year-old man from Sault Ste. Marie has been charged with child luring, the Sault Police Service said in a news release. Officers with the technological crime unit arrested the man Thursday. "It is alleged the accused was sharing intimate images with two minors," police said. The arrest stems from a Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation in Alberta that began May 25. "During the investigation, officers with the Northern Alberta Internet Child Exploitation Unit discovered the accused res
  
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• 'This is a wild ad': Craigslist post for B.C. rental full of illegal demands, advocates say

  20-08-2020 23:00
  
  A listing for a B.C. rental home that encourages prospective tenants to "piss off" if they object to a laundry list of rules and requirements goes too far, according to housing advocates. The Craigslist post was shared on Reddit this week, prompting a wave of jokes and comments, but the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre said it also highlights a number of demands that landlords in the province aren't actually allowed to make. The ad promises a one-bedroom home in New Westminster for $1,350, re
  
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• Riley Eagle Child, 28, of Fort Macleod, reported missing - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 22:36 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Riley Eagle Child, 28, of Fort Macleod, reported missing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta teen takes on '50 Yard Challenge' to spread kindness in her community

  20-08-2020 22:20
  
  Bella Witt will be spending a lot more time outdoors getting to know her neighbours in Three Hills, Alta. The 14-year-old has taken on a challenge to mow 50 yards in her community as part of a grassroots volunteer movement growing in the United States. "I’ve always enjoyed helping people and so I thought this would be a really cool new challenge for me," said Witt.  The 50 Yard Challenge started in Huntsville, Alabama by Rodney Smith Jr, founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Se
  
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• Tkachuk a possibility for must win game 6 Thursday night

  20-08-2020 22:15
  
  Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk hasn’t played since game two of the Calgary Flames series against the Dallas Stars, whenTkachuk was sandwiched between Jamie Benn and Jamie Oleksiak and appeared to take a blow to the head. Since then, the Flames have lost two of three, including a pair of gut-wrenching overtime losses, leaving them down and teetering on the brink heading into Thursday night's sixth game. One more loss and the season is over and done. Tkachuk, an inspired player who has a hab
  
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• City expands pop-up market program to bring more fresh, local food to communities

  20-08-2020 21:56
  
  The city is improving access to healthy food during the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding this year’s pop-up food markets. Calgary Eats has partnered with local farmers, food growers and food distributors to bring transit passengers and select communities access to fresh fruits and vegetables. The program, which began in 2017, has expanded the pop-up market locations to include three CTrain stations and eight community hubs around Calgary. Central Memorial Park and Winston Heights Community A
  
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• Cargill has Covid-19 under control at Calgary facility - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 21:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Cargill has Covid-19 under control at Calgary facility  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Cautiously optimistic': Outbreak at Calgary Cargill plant appears contained

  20-08-2020 21:23
  
  An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Cargill meat-processing plant in Calgary appears to be under control. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical health officer, reported last week that five cases of the novel coronavirus had been recorded at Case Ready Meats, a Cargill plant that readies meat products for sale in western Canadian supermarkets. It's separate from the main plant at High River, which processes about 4,500 head of cattle a day — more than one-third of Canada's beef-packing capaci
  
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• Critics call spending on Alberta wilderness area inadequate, ‘symbolic gesture’

  20-08-2020 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government says it will spend more than $1 million to upgrade facilities in the province's west-central backcountry that has experienced a huge increase in usage.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watches issued for Calgary and area ahead of potential afternoon storms

  20-08-2020 21:18
  
  Environment Canada has issued severe thunderstorm watches for the City of Calgary and sections of southern and central Alberta ahead of potential afternoon storms with heavy rain, large hail and strong wind. As of 1 p.m. storm watches were in effect for the following regions:City of Calgary Airdrie - Cochrane - Olds - Sundre Brooks - Strathmore - Vulcan Okotoks - High River - Claresholm Drumheller - Three Hills Red Deer - Ponoka - Innisfail - StettlerThe City of Calgary had been under a heat war
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watches ended for Calgary and area

  20-08-2020 21:18
  
  Environment Canada ended severe thunderstorm watches for the City of Calgary and sections of southern and central Alberta early Thursday evening, after earlier warning of potential afternoon storms with heavy rain, large hail and strong wind. The forecast for the City of Calgary was mainly cloudy with a 60 per cent chance of showers and the risk of a thunderstorm, followed by clearing late in the evening, and sunny skies Friday. For updated information on storm watches and warnings in the provin
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada to dig into snow-removal controversy - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 21:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Supreme Court of Canada to dig into snow-removal controversy  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CRA resumes online services with new security features after cyberattacks - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 21:10 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  CRA resumes online services with new security features after cyberattacks  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary brewery recreates 19th-century brew, 'Cronk” sells out quick - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 21:01 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Calgary brewery recreates 19th-century brew, 'Cronk” sells out quick  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Doctor Creek wildfire burning in the Kootenays prompts evacuation order

  20-08-2020 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Regional District of East Kootenay issued the order Wednesday for the properties located in Electoral Area F in the Findlay Creek area.
  
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• Advocates hope Ottawa expands, renews electric car rebate program - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 20:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Advocates hope Ottawa expands, renews electric car rebate program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Proposal to amalgamate Black Diamond and Turner Valley sent to Alberta government

  20-08-2020 20:41
  
  The towns of Turner Valley and Black Diamond will amalgamate if a proposal being sent to the provincial government is accepted. It's not the first time the two southern Alberta communities have looked at a merger. The idea first arose in 1986,  then again in 2007 when it was nixed in a plebiscite by an 815-721 margin, with Turner Valley residents voting in favour of the plan 493-258  and black diamond denizens nixing the idea by voting against it 557-228. The amalgamation is being done
  
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• 'Symbolic gesture': Critics say spending on Alberta wilderness area inadequate

  20-08-2020 20:32
  
  The Alberta government says it will spend more than $1 million to upgrade facilities in the province's west-central backcountry that has experienced a huge increase in usage. Critics say the money is inadequate to cope with tens of thousands of random campers in the Bighorn region every weekend, who often leave garbage, damaged sites and human waste behind. The Bighorn region's almost 5,000 square kilometres hold lakes, mountains, streams and forests and stretch from the community of N
  
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• Film academy to host virtual panels about inclusion, equity - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 20:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Film academy to host virtual panels about inclusion, equity  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Union ‘cautiously optimistic’ COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary Cargill plant appears contained

  20-08-2020 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cargill spokesman Daniel Sullivan said the last recorded case at the Case Ready plant, which has 400 workers, was Aug. 10.
  
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• How the COVID-19 situation stands in Alberta ahead of Thursday's update

  20-08-2020 20:05
  
  Alberta continues to have more than 1,000 active cases of COVID-19 during the sixth month of the pandemic. With the chief medical officer of health set to give her second update of the week, Alberta has 1,107 active infections with 12 of the 48 hospital patients in intensive care units. Edmonton's COVID-19 situation has worsened in August as cases have risen all the way to 571 as of Wednesday, putting the entire city in Alberta Health's watch category. Calgary, the Alberta city with the most tot
  
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• Alberta reports 103 COVID-19 cases, 1 death

  20-08-2020 20:05
  
  More than 100 Albertans tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 103 new infections Thursday, but active cases fell to 1,084. Hinshaw also announced one more death, bringing the total to 228. "It is tempting to become to these numbers after a while," she said. "Yet each number represents a person that has left behind grieving family and friends." There are 43 patients in hospital, including 12 in intensive care. Edmonton's acti
  
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• Calgary trampoline park InjaNation announces permanent closure due to COVID-19

  20-08-2020 19:51
  
  InjaNation, the popular trampoline park and indoor playground, has announced it will be closing due to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s announcement was released in a post on their website. "COVID-19 has added even more complexities and challenges. The pandemic understandably made the public reluctant to venture out to participate in many activities and venues that they used to," the post read. "As we see no end in sight to this pandemic, we have made the decision to
  
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• NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 19:39 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  NY lets voters get absentee ballots due to virus concerns  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Teens charged after vehicle stolen from Edmonton strikes pedestrian near Fairmont Banff Springs

  20-08-2020 19:24
  
  A man, a woman and a pair of 17 year olds face charges after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in the Banff townsite Sunday morning. According to Banff RCMP, a man was walking to work around 7 a.m. on Spray Avenue near the Banff Springs Hotel when four people in a vehicle began to follow him and called for him to stop. The man continued without stopping. The driver of the vehicle allegedly accelerated into the pedestrian, knocking him to the ground. Hotel staff ran to help the man who was suf
  
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• Teens charged after vehicle stolen from Edmonton strikes pedestrian in Banff

  20-08-2020 19:24
  
  Two 18-year-olds and a pair of 17-year-olds face charges after a man was struck by a vehicle in the Banff townsite Sunday morning. According to Banff RCMP, a man was walking to work around 7 a.m. when four people in a vehicle began to follow him and called for him to stop. The man continued without stopping. The driver of the vehicle allegedly accelerated into the pedestrian, knocking him to the ground. Staff from a nearby hotel ran to help the man who was suffering from minor injuries and the s
  
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• International Alberta Ballet School students head back to the barre

  20-08-2020 19:23
  
  Dancers from around the world are back in Calgary to begin studying in the studio — and in the classroom. Alberta Ballet School students returned in stages from countries like Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and quarantined in the school's residences for the 14-day-period, which is now complete. Local students from Alberta and other provinces are also preparing for the first day of classes on Sept. 1. In a release, Alberta Ballet School director Ashley McNeil said resuming regular traini
  
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• Crews prepare for changing winds in fight against 2,000-hectare Okanagan wildfire

  20-08-2020 19:09
  
  Fire crews in B.C.'s Okanagan are preparing for changes in the weather as they fight a wildfire that's estimated to be 2,000 hectares in size. The blaze, which is burning near Okanagan Falls, was discovered Tuesday. It's estimated size quickly grew, leading to evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and evacuation alerts for thousands more.  At least one home has already been destroyed by the fire.  The latest size estimate was posted by BC Wildfire Services at about 11:15 a.m. Thursda
  
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• Crews prepare for changing winds in fight against 1,400-hectare Okanagan wildfire

  20-08-2020 19:09
  
  Fire crews in B.C.'s Okanagan are preparing for changes in the weather as they fight a wildfire that's estimated to be 1,400 hectares in size. The blaze, which is burning near Okanagan Falls, was discovered Tuesday. It's estimated size quickly grew, leading to evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and evacuation alerts for thousands more.  At least one home has already been destroyed by the fire.  On Thursday morning, meteorologist with Environment Canada Colin Tam told CTV News that
  
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• Prosecutors told to prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 19:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Prosecutors told to prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Studying the impacts of COVID-19 on sport and physical activity - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 19:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Studying the impacts of COVID-19 on sport and physical activity  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Coronavirus: Alberta’s top doctor sending her children to school, continues to defend re-entry plan

  20-08-2020 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said she is planning to send her own children back to school in September, and expanded on the process of determining Alberta's re-entry plan.
  
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• Alberta chief medical officer to update COVID-19 response Thursday

  20-08-2020 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  All Loblaw pharmacies and Shoppers locations across the province are offering asymptomatic testing to Albertans to help lessen wait times. 
  
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• Alberta teachers call for delayed start to school year - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 18:43 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta teachers call for delayed start to school year  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U of L announces plans for “virtual” fall convocation - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 18:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  U of L announces plans for “virtual” fall convocation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Loughlin, Giannulli remain silent as they await prison fate - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 18:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Loughlin, Giannulli remain silent as they await prison fate  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Body of an Alberta man who tried to save family dog is found in B.C.’s Kootenay River

  20-08-2020 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP say officers were called Tuesday to reports that a body was spotted in a shallow portion of the river north of Kimberley.
  
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• Feds unveil $37B CERB transition plan, setting up new sickness and care benefits

  20-08-2020 17:43
  
  The federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) into September, before transitioning the millions of people who are still claiming CERB onto a revamped Employment Insurance program starting Sept. 27. The new plan released Thursday details how most people will be transitioned onto EI, though three new temporary benefits are also being established, including a form of paid sick leave. In total, these new financial assistance plans are budgeted to cost at least $37
  
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• Orlando Pride loan Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky to Tottenham Hotspur - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 17:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Orlando Pride loan Canadian defender Shelina Zadorsky to Tottenham Hotspur  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada loses Lake Louise alpine ski event for 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 17:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Canada loses Lake Louise alpine ski event for 2020

  20-08-2020 17:15
  
  Canada will not hold an alpine ski race on the World Cup circuit this season after the Lake Louise event announced Thursday it will take a season off during the COVID-19 pandemic. FIS, the sport's governing body, says all North American events will be realigned at existing technical and speed race venues in Europe. Men's and women's World Cup events were scheduled to be held in Lake Louise, Alta., Nov. 25 to Dec. 6. Lake Louise organizers say they plan to run their event in 2021. The decision al
  
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• Canada loses Lake Louise alpine ski event for 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

  20-08-2020 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada will not hold an alpine ski race on the World Cup circuit this season after the Lake Louise event announced Thursday it will take a season off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Red Deer man charged with sexually assaulting minor half his age

  20-08-2020 17:06
  
  A 30-year-old man from Red Deer has been charged with luring and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old child. A concerned parent contacted local RCMP. The sex crime unit arrested Brandon Conlin on July 31, charging him with one count each of sexual interference, sexual assault, possession of child pornography, and luring a child. He is being kept in custody until a Sept. 14 court appearance. Mounties advise parents discuss internet and cell phone safety with their children. Tips on how to do that ar
  
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• Future in limbo for Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum - Lethbridge News Now

  20-08-2020 16:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Future in limbo for Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum  Lethbridge News Now
  
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