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• Alberta reports more than 100 cases of COVID-19 for 7th day straight

  15-09-2020 23:52
  
  Alberta has reported more than 100 cases of COVID-19 every day for the last week. The provincial lab confirmed 124 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing Alberta's active case count to 1,491. Alberta has reported more than 100 cases every day since Sept. 8, when the daily tally was 97.COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbersThe majority of Alberta's cases remain in Edmonton and Calgary with 584 and 478, respectively. Th
  
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• Alberta reports 124 cases of COVID-19, Calgary school put under watch

  15-09-2020 23:52
  
  Alberta has reported more than 100 cases of COVID-19 every day for the last week. The provincial lab confirmed 124 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing Alberta's active case count to 1,491. Alberta has reported more than 100 cases every day since Sept. 8, when the daily tally was 97.COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbersThe majority of Alberta's cases remain in Edmonton and Calgary with 584 and 478, respectively. Th
  
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• “Let's Talk Trash” about Lethbridge's waste management strategies - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 23:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• 124 COVID cases confirmed across Alberta, two in South Zone - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 23:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  124 COVID cases confirmed across Alberta, two in South Zone  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary's historic city hall reopens after 4-year restoration

  15-09-2020 23:46
  
  After four years of meticulous work, the $34.1-million restoration of Calgary's Old City Hall finished on time and on budget and was unveiled Tuesday. Of the 15,522 original sandstones used to complete the building in 1911, nearly all of them — 15,142 in total — were treated with a combination of cleaning, structural repair, fortification or outright replacement. “This building is one of Calgary’s few mainstays,” said Chris Arthurs, acting deputy city manager. &ldqu
  
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• Calgary's historic city hall reopens after 4-year, $34M restoration

  15-09-2020 23:46
  
  After four years of meticulous work, the $34.1-million restoration of Calgary's Old City Hall finished on time and on budget and was unveiled Tuesday. Of the 15,522 original sandstones used to complete the building in 1911, nearly all of them — 15,142 in total — were treated with a combination of cleaning, structural repair, fortification or outright replacement. “This building is one of Calgary’s few mainstays,” said Chris Arthurs, acting deputy city manager. &ldqu
  
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• Beef thief believed connected to hot tub heist

  15-09-2020 22:42
  
  Alberta RCMP are investigating a pair of heists by transport trucks where hundreds of thousands of dollars with of beef and hot tubs destined for the U.S. vanished. Earlier this month, seven hot tubs, with a value of approximately $120,000 were loaded onto a transport truck from an Arctic Spas manufacturing site in Thorsby, southwest of Edmonton, but never reached their destination. “I was dumbfounded,” said Dennis Kellner, President and co-owner of Blue Falls Manufacturing. “O
  
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• Beef thief believed connected to Alta. hot tub heist

  15-09-2020 22:42
  
  Alberta RCMP are investigating a pair of heists by transport trucks where hundreds of thousands of dollars with of beef and hot tubs destined for the U.S. vanished. Earlier this month, seven hot tubs, with a value of approximately $120,000 were loaded onto a transport truck from an Arctic Spas manufacturing site in Thorsby, southwest of Edmonton, but never reached their destination. “I was dumbfounded,” said Dennis Kellner, President and co-owner of Blue Falls Manufacturing. “O
  
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• Alberta premier says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility

  15-09-2020 22:23
  
  Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was off the table in a conversation with the premier of Quebec. Jason Kenney says the proposed cross-Canada pipeline isn't on the table because the federal Liberal government killed it in 2017. Kenney says one of his first calls as premier was to contact his Quebec counterpart and ask him to reconsider his opposition to such a project. Kenney says on
  
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• Calgary author sues Lanny McDonald over alleged decision to pull biography

  15-09-2020 22:10
  
  Author Kirstie Day has filed a lawsuit against hockey great Lanny McDonald over his alleged decision to halt the publication of the book the two had worked on. According to publisher Harper Collins, Call Me Lanny — a book on McDonald's life both on the ice and away from the rink — was expected to go on sale in October. In a statement sent to CTV News Monday, Day's attorney says his client had been collaborating on the project with McDonald since early 2019 before McDonald "abruptly d
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on schedule, on budget: CEO

  15-09-2020 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The project is advancing as expected despite challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic, a global slump in demand for fuel, a $5.2-billion rise in its estimated cost to $12.6 billion in February and ongoing protests by opponents, said CEO Ian Anderson in an interview.
  
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• Kenney says government looking at qualification criteria surrounding AISH

  15-09-2020 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the government has to look at issues such as defining severely handicapped while looking at AISH and possible funding cuts amid pandemic downturn.
  
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• Full interview with Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

  15-09-2020 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange sat down for a 42-minute interview with our Julia Wong to talk about kids returning to class amid the COVID-19 pandemic and defended the decisions made as part of the back-to-school plan.
  
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• Alberta premier says BP report not concerning, saying report confirms oil demand in the future

  15-09-2020 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to questions about a BP report that predicts oil demand will fall dramatically over the next 30 years.
  
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• Adriana LaGrange defends Alberta’s COVID-19 school plans in Global News interview

  15-09-2020 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News spoke with Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange Tuesday for an in-depth interview on how she feels the government's plan for schools amid COVID-19 has been going.
  
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• Alberta firefighters heading to Oregon to help battle wildfires

  15-09-2020 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Wildfire said 45 firefighters from across the province are headed south as part of an international partnership for sharing resources. 
  
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• U of L students win award for virtual voting platform - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 21:34 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Kenney unconcerned with OPEC demand drop, says ‘real world’ needs oil and gas

  15-09-2020 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Kenney told reporters Tuesday there will be a supply crunch once global demand recovers after the COVID-19 pandemic and Alberta 'will be there.'
  
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• How the U.S. wildfires are impacting air quality from B.C. to Ontario

  15-09-2020 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smoky grey skies have clouded parts of Manitoba and Ontario while most of British Columbia and Alberta continue to experience poor air quality due to U.S. fires.
  
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• Coaldale councillor denies conflict of interest, calls out “shaming campaign” - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 20:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Coaldale councillor denies conflict of interest, calls out “shaming campaign”  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta government to spend $43M in provincial park upgrades and repair

  15-09-2020 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Opposition NDP says the Jason Kenney and Jason Nixon should be reversing their "plan to close and sell our provincial parks."
  
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• Alberta premier says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 20:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Shepard residents still waiting on water services 13 years after joining Calgary

  15-09-2020 19:53
  
  A community in Calgary’s southeast is still waiting on water and sewer services more than a decade after joining the City of Calgary. There are roughly 80 homes in Shepard that currently rely on wells for drinking water and septic tanks for sewage management. Residents are frustrated, saying they’re paying Calgary taxes but aren’t getting city services. "It’s like they don’t even care about us and they don’t even care enough to communicate," said Kay Balisky.
  
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• Shepard residents one step closer to having water and sewer services 13 years after joining Calgary

  15-09-2020 19:53
  
  The community of Shepard in Calgary’s southeast is one step closer to having the water and sewer services after city council voted unanimously Tuesday in favour of a plan to bring the services to the community. Shepard residents have been waiting for city services since they were promised when the hamlet was annexed into the City of Calgary in 2007. There are just over 50  homes in Shepard, and all  currently rely either on wells for drinking water, or have their water delivered
  
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• Smile Cookie Week raising funds for Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 19:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Smile Cookie Week raising funds for Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Large condo owners ask for opt-out of Lethbridge's curbside recycling program - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 19:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Large condo owners ask for opt-out of Lethbridge's curbside recycling program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province announces plans to improve provincial parks - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 19:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Calgary police warn unsuspecting buyers after dozens of cell phones swiped from warehouse

  15-09-2020 19:09
  
  The Calgary Police Service is encouraging those in the market for a new cell phone to ensure they're not unwittingly buying a stolen device that can't be activated. According to police, 192 phones were stolen from a northeast warehouse in late August, valued at an estimated $150,000.   "We believe these devices will likely end up for sale online and urge Calgarians to do their due diligence before purchasing a cell phone online," said Staff Sgt. Mark England. The stolen phones include the f
  
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• Imperial Oil ramps up Kearl oilsands mine output after diluent pipeline restored

  15-09-2020 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary-based company was forced to shut down the operation, with capacity to produce 240,000 barrels per day of bitumen, a few days after a leak was detected in the Polaris pipeline near Fort McMurray on Aug. 29.
  
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• Alberta firefighters to help battle wildfires in Oregon - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 18:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Nick Nurse inks multi-year contract extension with the Toronto Raptors

  15-09-2020 17:25
  
  “The Coach of the Year is staying north of the border,” the Toronto Raptors tweeted on Tuesday following news that head coach Nick Nurse has signed a multi-year contract extension with the organization.  The extension comes less than a month after Nurse was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year for the regular season, in which he lead the raptors to a 53-19 record, the second best in the league.  In his last two years as head coach, Nurse has posted a 111-43 record in the
  
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• Head coach Nick Nurse signs multi-year extension with Toronto Raptors

  15-09-2020 17:25
  
  The Toronto Raptors have signed head coach Nick Nurse to a multi-year contract extension. Nurse was named NBA coach of the year this past season -- his second year as head coach of the club. The Raptors went 53-19 during the regular season, posting the second-best record in the league despite losing superstar Kawhi Leonard to the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency after Toronto's run to the title last year.The Coach of the Year is staying North of the border.Details » https://t.co/2SHYVnP
  
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• Lethbridge rental rates up year over year, but down month over month in August - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 17:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge rental rates up year over year, but down month over month in August  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UCP unveils provincial parks plan, invests $43M in upgrades

  15-09-2020 16:45
  
  Premier Kenney announced Tuesday morning that the province would spend $43 million to improve trails and upgrade campgrounds and days use areas in provincial parks.Kenney also announces a program grant to Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park $500 million over three years to enhance park ecology and preservation. #yyc @CTVCalgary — Mark Villani (@CTVMarkVillani) September 15, 2020 The move comes after the provincial government laid out its plans on the contentious decision to close or tran
  
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• UCP to unveil provincial parks plan

  15-09-2020 16:45
  
  The provincial government is expected to lay out its plans on what’s become a contentious decision over closing or transferring ownership of 175 parks across Alberta. The province announced back in March its plans to fully or partially close 20 parks and reclassify 164 campgrounds and recreation sites to allow for private contracts. The plan means any sites where no manager can be found will lose park status and revert to general Crown land, which can be sold. The sites cover about 16, 000
  
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• Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit - Lethbridge News Now

  15-09-2020 16:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Air quality risks might expand through southern Alberta

  15-09-2020 15:48
  
  We’re a ways from being done with the wildfire smoke. While the upper air pattern will continue layering smoke out as far as Quebec today (see the photo below), local accumulations of smoke will stay aloft for much of the day before opening new parts of the province to a mixing-down this evening.Sunrise in Ontario through California smoke. Connected world. pic.twitter.com/clj8fcnGLl — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) September 15, 2020…the surface impact will be less-so, until
  
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• Calgary city council votes to extend mask bylaw, next review scheduled for December

  15-09-2020 14:38
  
  Calgary’s mandatory mask rules for all indoor public spaces will remain in effect for at least the majority of the fall unless there is significant progress in the ongoing global effort to curb COVID-19.  Council voted 11-3 Monday evening in favour of extending the temporary face coverings bylaw, following the recommendation from city administration and results from a compliance report since the rules came into effect Aug. 1. The bylaw will be reviewed on a quarterly basis and would b
  
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• 'Huge rainmaker': Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods

  15-09-2020 07:06
  
  Heavy rain, pounding surf and flash floods hit parts of the Florida Panhandle and the Alabama coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Sally lumbered toward land at a painfully slow pace, threatening as much as 30 inches of rain and dangerous, historic flooding. The storm's centre churned offshore 65 miles (105 kilometres) south-southeast of Mobile, Alabama, as Sally crept north-northeast toward an expected Wednesday landfall at 2 mph (3 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane force win
  
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• Veteran police dog retires from LPS K9 Unit, makes way for rookie member

  15-09-2020 05:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service welcomed its 30th-ever four-legged member to the force on Monday as the K9 Unit's newest police dog received his badge and a grizzled veteran officially retired.
  
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• From Walk of Doom to Magic Walk:3 Calgary artists add a splash of colour to Crescent Heights streets

  15-09-2020 05:27
  
  Three Calgary artists are adding a splash of colour to a long stretch of street formerly known as the Walk of Doom. That's the stretch of Centre Street from Samis Road to 7th Avenue N.E. that's dominated by a retaining wall and not much else, giving it a ghost town vibe for pedestrians who walk it. When the Crescent Heights Community Association surveyed neighbourhood residents, it was described by many as loud, long, boring and seemingly unsafe - so much so that people started referring to it a
  
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• From Walk of Doom to Magic Walk: 3 Calgary artists add a splash of colour to Crescent Heights streets

  15-09-2020 05:27
  
  Three Calgary artists are adding a splash of colour to a long stretch of street formerly known as the Walk of Doom. That's the stretch of Centre Street from Samis Road to 7th Avenue N.E. that's dominated by a retaining wall and not much else, giving it a ghost town vibe for pedestrians who walk it. When the Crescent Heights Community Association surveyed neighbourhood residents, it was described by many as loud, long, boring and seemingly unsafe - so much so that people started referring to it a
  
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• Lethbridge Police Service recognizes pair of police dogs

  15-09-2020 04:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service saw a veteran police dog officially retire on Monday, while a rookie canine received his badge. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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• Calgary’s Common Crown named best brewery in Canada for 2020

  15-09-2020 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Brewery Awards recognized Common Crown Brewing Co.​ as 2020’s brewery of the year.
  
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• West Coast wildfire smoke complicates COVID-19 situation

  15-09-2020 03:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  As if the pandemic was not enough to contend with, parts of Western Canada are now coping with dangerous levels of smoke moving in from historic wildfires in the U.S. As Heather Yourex-West reports, it could further complicate an already worsening COVID-19 situation across several provinces.
  
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• Minister rules out cuts to AISH, but recipients still worried of future changes

  15-09-2020 02:35
  
  The UCP government is backtracking on possible cuts to a monthly income support program for Albertans living with severe disabilities. “I know how important it is and how scary it is and how helpless you can feel when you don’t get that help,” said Dori Davidson, who has been receiving AISH for five years. “We need the money to get by day to day.” “I have autism, and it greatly affects my ability to maintain employment, look for work and deal with everyday soc
  
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• NHL GMs preparing for new economic realities brought on by COVID-19

  15-09-2020 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The NHL got the current season back up and running after the league's season was suspended March 12, but with little revenue coming through the door, teams are facing harsh, new economic realities.
  
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• What it means when companies ‘deep clean’ in the era of COVID-19

  15-09-2020 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Deep clean' is the new wording in the era of COVID-19 cleaning. But what exactly does it mean?
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Sep 14

  15-09-2020 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, September 14, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Cold War era space camera moves into refurbished Newbrook observatory

  15-09-2020 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A space camera designed to take pictures of meteors streaking across the sky in the 1950s will soon be showcased to the public.
  
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