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• South Zone COVID cases remain flat while 108 confirmed provincially - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2020 23:48
  
  South Zone COVID cases remain flat while 108 confirmed provincially  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province conducting online survey about possible Alberta Parks user fees

  27-08-2020 23:05
  
  It’s currently free to visit provincial parks in the province. But Alberta Parks is looking at implementing a user fee structure. The National Parks already have something similar in place, charging a daily or yearly fee. Right now Alberta Parks is only surveying campers after they book a campsite through reserve.Albertaparks.ca. The web site says “the survey aims to get feedback from Albertans on the possibility of new or increased user fees to support programs, services and facilit
  
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• 4-H family donates another calf to a Lethbridge charity - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2020 22:54
  
  4-H family donates another calf to a Lethbridge charity  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• High school football players seek new avenues with delayed start to season

  27-08-2020 22:15
  
  The Calgary Senior High School Association's decision to postpone the start of its fall sports schedule in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted athletes across the city. The move will affect a number of sports including volleyball, cross-country running, soccer and football, leaving student athletes scrambling to find other ways to play the games they love. Danny McMullen is a Grade 11 student at Ernest Manning High School who was eagerly anticipating quarterbacking the Griffins this s
  
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• 'Just apologize': Father of 7-year-old burned in road rage incident appeals for information

  27-08-2020 21:44
  
  The father of a seven-year-old girl who suffered second-degree burns to her face and shoulders in a road rage incident earlier this month made a plea Thursday for those involved to come forward. "Just apologize," said Fahim Mirza. "He might have seen my daughter sitting beside me. That's the hardest part. And it's all over the news, people see, people know, people talk, I don't know why his guts are not speaking up to it." Mirza was driving home with his family, eastbound on 39th Avenue N.E. jus
  
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• Calgary police continue search for suspects in road rage incident that left 7-year-old burned

  27-08-2020 21:44
  
  The father of a seven-year-old girl who suffered burns to her face and shoulders in a road rage incident is expected to speak out Thursday evening and appeal for those involved to come forward. Police continue to search for three men who were riding in a silver sedan, believed to be a Toyota Camry, that was involved in the incident about 11:45 p.m. on Aug., 15 along 39th Avenue N.E. A press conference is scheduled for 6 p.m. Police say a man was driving home with his family eastbound on 39th Ave
  
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• Police release footage of man who may have information regarding northeast garage fire

  27-08-2020 20:14
  
  The Calgary Police Service has released CCTV images showing a man who was in the Tuxedo Park area shortly before a fire was discovered earlier this month. Police say he is not considered a person of interest, but may have information about the Aug. 8 blaze which broke out in a detached garage at a home in the 200 block of 22 Ave N.E. According to police, the man walked with a noticeable limp in his right leg. The garage was destroyed in the fire and neighbouring properties were also damaged. Dam
  
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• George Canyon, Aaron Pritchett to headline concert for High River District Health Care Foundation

  27-08-2020 20:12
  
  Canadian country music stars George Canyon and Aaron Pritchett will headline a fundraising concert in support of the High River District Health Care Foundation The Big Screen Harvest Party fundraising concert is set for Oct. 2, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional dinner and gala experience is being switched to something both safe and fun for the community and supporters. The artists will perform live on stage at a drive-in, with a video feed hooked up to a big screen and audio
  
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• Alberta $24.2B deficit due to COVID-19 pandemic, low energy prices

  27-08-2020 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Collapsing oil prices and the COVID-19 pandemic has driven Alberta’s deficit to a historic $24.2 billion — more than triple what the United Conservative government projected in its February budget. Fletcher Kent explains on the noon news where the province goes from here.
  
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• City of Lethbridge confirms cases of Dutch Elm Disease - Lethbridge News Now

  27-08-2020 19:02
  
  City of Lethbridge confirms cases of Dutch Elm Disease  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta’s chief medical officer of health provide COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

  27-08-2020 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an in-person update on COVID-19 in Alberta on Thursday afternoon. 
  
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• 2 new deaths and 108 new cases in Alberta as a result of COVID-19

  27-08-2020 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said a man in his 90s from the LifeStyle Options Schonsee Retirement Community in Edmonton and a man in his 70s from the North Zone passed away. Hinshaw said the man in the North Zone was not in a continuing care centre. 
  
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• New car-sharing program Communauto hits Calgary streets

  27-08-2020 18:47
  
  The City of Calgary has announced the launch of a new car-sharing program on city roads. Communauto Flex began operating in Calgary on Thursday with a fleet of 150 vehicles. Calgary has been without a communal car operation since car2go pulled out its free-floating service in October 2019, simultaneously with several other North American cities. Officials with car2go told CTV News that its membership grew over its seven years to 143,118 members with a fleet of 600 smart cars and Mercedes-Benz ve
  
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• A new car-sharing program on Calgary streets?

  27-08-2020 18:47
  
  The City of Calgary is set to announce the return of a car-sharing program on the roads. Calgary has been without a communal car operation since car2go pulled out its free-floating service in October 2019, simultaneously with several other North American cities. The announcement will be made in the Eau Claire neighbourhood with the president and founder of Communauto, a Quebec-based company that offers car-sharing, in attendance. Ward 8 Councillor Evan Woolley and the senior transportation engin
  
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• Province to update Albertans on COVID-19 Thursday afternoon

  27-08-2020 18:46
  
  Alberta Health will provide an update on COVID-19 at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday, the province added 127 cases of the disease, increasing total cases to 1,176. There are currently 48 Albertans with COVID-19 in hospital, with seven of them in ICUs. Alberta did not report any new deaths Wednesday. The Edmonton Zone has 625 active infections while the city of Edmonton remains under Alberta Health's watch with an active case rate of 54.5 per 100,000 residents. Alberta has reported 13,210 cases of the cor
  
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• 2 Albertans die of COVID-19 as province adds 108 new cases

  27-08-2020 18:46
  
  Two more Albertans have died of COVID-19 as Alberta reported another 108 cases of the disease Thursday. The two latest deaths came in the Edmonton and North zones, increasing Alberta's toll to 237. "Every one of them was a father, mother, son, daughter or other loved ones to family and friends. I offer my condolences." There are 1,158 active cases in Alberta as of Thursday. Current infections dropped by 36 in the Edmonton Zone to 589, but the city if Edmonton is still under watch with an active
  
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• 'The most significant economic challenge of our generation': Alberta's forecasted deficit balloons over $24B

  27-08-2020 18:07
  
  The Government of Alberta has released its first-quarter fiscal update and is facing the largest deficit in the province's history. A deficit of $24.2 billion is forecast for 2020-2021, nearly $16.8 billion more than originally estimated in Budget 2020. Alberta's debt is projected to reach $99.6 billion. "These numbers are incredibly sobering to all of us," said Finance Minister Travis Toews in a statement. "We are facing the most significant economic challenge of our generation." When Toews unv
  
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• 'The most signifcant economic challenge of our generation': Alberta's forecasted deficit balloons over $24B

  27-08-2020 18:07
  
  The Government of Alberta has released its first-quarter fiscal update and is facing the largest deficit in the province's history. A deficit of $24.2 billion is forecast for 2020-2021, nearly $16.8 billion more than originally estimated in Budget 2020. Alberta's debt is projected to reach $99.6 billion. "These numbers are incredibly sobering to all of us," said Finance Minister Travis Toews in a statement. "We are facing the most signifcant economic challenge of our generation." When Toews unve
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic, low energy prices leave Alberta with $24.2B deficit

  27-08-2020 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The red ink Finance Minister Travis Toews is predicting for 2020-21 is more than triple what the United Conservative government projected in its February budget.
  
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• Alberta to outline deficit ‘well north of $20B’ in financial update

  27-08-2020 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been warning that the deficit in the first quarter of the fiscal year will be "well north of $20 billion" and won't be improving any time soon.
  
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• Warm and fair for much of the day, slight chance of evening showers

  27-08-2020 15:19
  
  A band of high pressure is pushing in this evening and right through tomorrow. Its arrival might trigger some light showers for our region, but that potential is just as remote as the storm potential Calgary had yesterday and the day before. We’re looking into that high pressure triggering the warmest of our coming five days and, after its very brief passage, we’ll see a rather significant drop in temperature; that brings us below normal and leaves us hunkered around 15C. Aside from
  
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• Calgary pizza shop ordered to temporarily close after mouse feces found in food

  27-08-2020 14:36
  
  Alberta Health Services has ordered the owners of a southeast restaurant to close the store and address significant safety concerns. According to AHS's notice of closure dated Aug. 26, a "substantial amount of mouse droppings and urine" were found in the Pop 'N Pizza location in a strip mall in the 400 block of Erin Woods Dr. S.E. The mouse feces was located in the restaurant's kitchen — within a bag of rice and in the flour on the dough preparation counter — and in other areas of th
  
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• NHL postpones all games for Thursday, Friday after police shooting of Jacob Blake

  27-08-2020 14:23
  
  The NHL has postponed all four of its playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisconsin last weekend. The players requested the postponements and the league supported the decision, the NHL and NHL Players' Association said in a joint statement released at 6 p.m. ET. The New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers were scheduled to play in Toronto, while the Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights were slated to squ
  
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• Louisiana governor reports Hurricane Laura fatality: girl, 14, killed when tree fell on home

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashore Thursday in Louisiana near the Texas border. At least one person was killed. Laura battered a tall building in Lake Charles, blowing out windows as glass and debris flew to the ground. Police spotted a floating casino that came unmoored and hit a bridge. But hours after the hurricane made landfall, the wind and rain
  
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• Laura thrashes Louisiana, nearby states face tornado threats

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barrelled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days, and the threat of additional damage loomed as new tornado warnings were issued after dark in Arkansas and Mississippi. But despite a trail of demolished buildings, e
  
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• Laura, now a Category 2 hurricane, still extremely dangerous

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast for hours with ferocious wind, torrential rains and rising seawater as it roared ashore over southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border early Thursday, threatening the lives of people who didn't evacuate. Authorities had ordered coastal residents to get out, but not everyone did in an area devastated by Rita in 2005. Laura's howling winds battered a tall building in Lake Charles, blowing out windows as glass as debris flew to the ground. Hours after landf
  
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• Laura carves destructive path through Louisiana; 6 dead

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S., Laura barrelled across Louisiana on Thursday, shearing off roofs, killing at least six people and maintaining ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days, and the threat of additional damage loomed as new tornado warnings were issued after dark in Arkansas and Mississippi. But despite a trail of demolished buildings, e
  
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• Laura carves destructive path through Louisiana; 4 dead

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast on Thursday, shearing off roofs and killing a least four people, as Laura barrelled across Louisiana and maintained ferocious strength while carving a destructive path hundreds of miles inland. A full assessment of the damage wrought by the Category 4 system was likely to take days. But initial reports offered hope that Laura, despite leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins and more than 875,000 people without power, w
  
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• Laura blasts Gulf Coast with wind, rain and wall of seawater

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  Hurricane Laura pounded the Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain and unleashed a wall of seawater that could push 40 miles inland as the Category 4 storm roared ashore Thursday in Louisiana near the Texas border. Laura battered a tall building in Lake Charles, blowing out windows as glass and debris flew to the ground. Police spotted a floating casino that came unmoored and hit a bridge. But hours after the hurricane made landfall, the wind and rain were still blowing too hard for
  
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• At least two killed as Laura makes landfall in Louisiana

  27-08-2020 10:44
  
  One of the strongest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. pounded the Gulf Coast with wind and rain Thursday as Laura roared ashore in Louisiana near the Texas border, unleashing a fearsome wall of seawater and killing at least two people. Louisiana took the brunt of the damage when the Category 4 system barrelled over Lake Charles, an industrial and casino city of 80,000 people. Laura's powerful gusts blew out windows in tall buildings and tossed around glass and debris. Police spotted a floating
  
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• Calgary high school sports postponed

  27-08-2020 05:45
  
  Calgary high school students may be heading back to class, but high school sports have been placed on hold. That was the word Wednesday, as the Calgary Board of Education announced that the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association has decided to postpone the start of the high school fall schedule, including football, volleyball, cross country, and girls' soccer. The move will be reconsidered on or before October 1. The decision was made, in keeping with the recommendations of the Alberta
  
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• 'They wanted me to just disappear': Iranian-Canadian tells story of abduction, arrest in Iran

  27-08-2020 05:41
  
  An Iranian-Canadian computer programmer who now calls Edmonton home, is sharing a story of abduction, arrest and threats of torture. After years of working as a programming engineer for tech giants like Facebook and Google, Iranian-born Canadian Behdad Esfahbod knows his way around a computer better than most. But it was who, and not what he knows that got him in trouble on a trip home to Iran in January. Esfahbod has friends who are vocal critics of the Iranian regime. "They were looking for my
  
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• Teachers at Horizon School Division vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike vote

  27-08-2020 04:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly 90 per cent of teachers with the Horizon School Division No 67 in southeastern Alberta are asking the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) to request a government-supervised strike vote.
  
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• Teachers at Horizon School Division overwhelmingly vote ‘yes’ to authorize strike vote

  27-08-2020 04:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly 90 per cent of teachers with the Horizon School Division No 67 in southeastern Alberta are asking the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) to request a government-supervised strike vote.
  
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• Taber’s Horizon School Division teachers take step towards strike vote

  27-08-2020 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Teachers of the Horizon School Division in Taber, Alta., have voted in favour of requesting a government-supervised strike vote. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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• HALO participates in collaborative wind farm rescue exercise in southern Alberta

  27-08-2020 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Air Ambulance is just one agency ready for life-saving action, after participating in an emergency training exercise at a southern Alberta wind farm.
  
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• Alberta MLA becomes 1st Black justice minister in Canada

  27-08-2020 02:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just hours into his new job, Madu wrote: "I believe modernizing the Police Act will be a necessary step towards ensuring equality for marginalized people before the law."
  
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• Lethbridge working to repair walkway and parking lot at Brewery Hill

  27-08-2020 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Lethbridge is doing some unplanned pathway repairs this year. As Quinn Campbell reports, erosion is the reason behind the shifting infrastructure.
  
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• City of Lethbridge working to repair walkway and parking lot at Brewery Hill - Global News

  27-08-2020 02:03
  
  City of Lethbridge working to repair walkway and parking lot at Brewery Hill  Global News
  
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• City of Lethbridge working to repair walkway and parking lot at Brewery Hill

  27-08-2020 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Lethbridge is doing some unplanned pathway repairs this year. Erosion is the reason behind the shifting infrastructure.
  
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• HALO participates in collaborative wind farm rescue exercise

  27-08-2020 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  HALO Air Ambulance is just one agency ready for life-saving action, after participating in an emergency training exercise at a southern Alberta wind farm. As Emily Olsen reports, officials say practising this type of collaborative response is crucial.
  
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• Horizon School Divsion teachers approve government-supervised strike vote

  27-08-2020 02:00
  
  As if COVID-19 isn’t enough for parents to deal with at the start of the school year, some southern Alberta teachers have given their negotiators the green light to seek a government-supervised strike vote, in an effort to get contract talks going. "It means our team has that tool in their back pocket,” said Walter Plumtree, president of ATA Local 4, which represents 220 full and part time teachers in the Horizon School Division. The teachers have been working without a finalized col
  
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• Horizon School Division teachers approve government-supervised strike vote

  27-08-2020 02:00
  
  As if COVID-19 isn’t enough for parents to deal with at the start of the school year, some southern Alberta teachers have given their negotiators the green light to seek a government-supervised strike vote, in an effort to get contract talks going. "It means our team has that tool in their back pocket,” said Walter Plumtree, president of ATA Local 4, which represents 220 full and part time teachers in the Horizon School Division. The teachers have been working without a finalized col
  
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• Introducing Kaycee Madu — Alberta’s new justice minister

  27-08-2020 01:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kaycee Madu, a lawyer who was born in Nigeria, is Alberta’s and Canada’s first Black justice minister. He has been tasked with overseeing a crackdown on property crimes, reviewing the Police Act and introduce legislation to allow citizen-initiated referendums. As Kendra Slugoski explains, many in the Black and legal community hope Madu will bring a...
  
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• Draw for record-breaking Oilers 50/50 jackpot postponed…again

  27-08-2020 01:55
  
  The Edmonton Oilers have once again postponed the draw for their $14.3 million 50/50 jackpot from Aug. 7. Wednesday's announcement of a second delay came moments after the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation was finally supposed to pick the winner of the record-breaking jackpot. However, the foundation says there has been a delay in refunding the people who bought more tickets than intended due to an online glitch. Ascend, the tech company in charge of the draw, told CTV News last Friday it wan
  
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• Parks Canada wants you to do your part in preventing human-caused wildfires

  27-08-2020 01:29
  
  Parks Canada has seen more illegal fires throughout Banff National Park this summer than in previous years.  “On an average year in Banff National Park and  over the last ten years, we have had about 14 illegal fires per year, but this year we have already seen thirty-two illegal fires and the summers not over yet so its a significant increase from what we have seen in the past," said Fire and Vegetation Specialist of the Banff Field Unit Jane Park. According to Park Canada, most
  
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• Edmonton, Leduc men charged with drug trafficking in Lethbridge - CTV Toronto

  27-08-2020 01:22
  
  Edmonton, Leduc men charged with drug trafficking in Lethbridge  CTV Toronto
  
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• Edmonton, Leduc men charged with drug trafficking in Lethbridge

  27-08-2020 01:22
  
  One man from Edmonton and another from Leduc are facing drug trafficking charges in Lethbridge after an investigation into suspected dial-a-dope activity in the southern Alberta city. The investigation was launched earlier this summer and on Tuesday, Lethbridge police arrested two men following a targeted traffic stop. Police say methamphetamine and cocaine with an estimated street value of $5,100, along with more than $7,600 in cash was seized during a subsequent search of the vehicle. The vehi
  
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• COVID-19: How Alberta’s 4 biggest school boards are planning for substitute teachers

  27-08-2020 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Substitute teachers will be filling many holes at schools across Alberta, and with that comes elevated concern about possible transmission of COVID-19.
  
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• Calgary’s Iconic Plaza Theatre up for lease

  27-08-2020 00:16
  
  A landmark in the heart of Kensington, the owner of the Plaza Theatre is looking for someone to take over its lease.  “We weren’t expecting to put it up this early however due to the circumstances that COVID has put us in, my father’s unfortunately having to retire early,” said TJ Brar, son of Plaza Theatre owner Mike Brar. “We had initially planned to keep it going for three, four years more, but unfortunately he’s having to put it up for lease now.&rdqu
  
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