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• AHS confirms 150 new COVID cases in Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 23:46
  
  AHS confirms 150 new COVID cases in Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta confirms an additional 150 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, 2 deaths

  22-09-2020 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  On top of the 150 new confirmed cases, Alberta Health reported two additional deaths on Tuesday.
  
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• Alberta adds 2 COVID-19 deaths, 150 new cases

  22-09-2020 23:44
  
  Two more Albertans have died after contracting COVID-19 as the province reported 150 new cases of the disease Tuesday. The victims are a man in his 90s in the Edmonton zone and a man in his 80s in the Calgary zone whose death is linked to the outbreak at Wentworth Manor. Active infections increased to 1,565 across Alberta. Most remain in the Edmonton zone with 820, while the Calgary zone has 485. The city of Edmonton's active case rate is the highest it's ever been at 70.2 per 100,000 residents.
  
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• Alberta RCMP investigating after Red Deer anti-racism rally gets violent

  22-09-2020 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP said a "second incident," which they did not explain in the news release, was brought to their attention a day later and they are asking any witnesses to come forward.
  
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• AHS notified after Langdon-area residents voice concerns about large gathering over the weekend

  22-09-2020 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  A local restaurant is defending a party held at the establishment following a complaint regarding physical distancing.
  
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• Police officer in Lethbridge, Alta. in hospital after training accident

  22-09-2020 23:19
  
  Officials with the Lethbridge Police Service say a member was hurt during a training accident Tuesday morning. According to a release, the injured officer is in hospital recovering. There are no details about what exactly led to the officer being hurt or the extent of their injuries. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is now investigating. No further information is expected to be released.
  
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• Lethbridge police officer hurt in incident during training exercise - CTV Toronto

  22-09-2020 23:19
  
  Lethbridge police officer hurt in incident during training exercise  CTV Toronto
  
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• Alberta sugar beet growers scrutinize their products' environmental stewardship - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 22:53
  
  Alberta sugar beet growers scrutinize their products' environmental stewardship  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Surviving the cut: How to support a child during tryouts

  22-09-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  While parents can feel helpless as their children navigate tryouts, the University of Alberta's vice dean for Kinesiology, Sports and Recreation says there are tangible ways to offer support.
  
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• Post-COVID restaurant and hotel recovery could take nearly 10 years: CFIB

  22-09-2020 22:39
  
  A new report shows that if more isn't done to help businesses recover after the coronavirus pandemic, it could take years, not months, for Canadian businesses owners to experience a return to normal sales. The study, completed by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, looked at the pace of revenue recovery between June, when many businesses were allowed to reopen, and September, when the organization had its latest survey results. In that time, it found only 30 per cent of businesses w
  
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• Airdrie RCMP look to thank a group of Good Samaritan teenagers

  22-09-2020 22:39
  
  Airdrie RCMP is looking for a group of teenagers — but these aren't the usual suspects. Two officers walked out the back door of the Airdrie detachment on their way to a call last week when they noticed a group of teenagers in the parking lot. "As this is not normal to see they quickly asked what they were doing. They were pleasantly surprised with the response from the youth," police said in a release. The teenagers, it turns out, were leaving $10 Tim Hortons gift cards under the win
  
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• Dental injuries on the rise thanks to e-scooter use: study by U of A prof

  22-09-2020 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  A study led by an University of Alberta professor found the number of injuries to both riders and pedestrians related to e-scooter use has been on the rise.
  
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• Experts say second wave will bring empty shelves, but not because of panic buying

  22-09-2020 22:03
  
  As the pandemic continues to radically alter how Canadians spend their money, experts say a second wave of COVID-19 will likely see consumers plagued by shortages -- but this time stemming from "lifestyle changes" rather than panic buying. The early days of the pandemic saw toilet paper emptied out of store shelves and some retailers are running low once more as cases rise, but experts say shifts in consumer behaviour over the past six months mean lengthy backorders are more likely to arise on d
  
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• Reported violence at Red Deer anti-racism rally 'unacceptable, period': justice minister

  22-09-2020 22:01
  
  A criminal investigation has been launched after an anti-racism rally on Sunday in Red Deer, whose organizers say counter-protesters were violent. New Justice Minister Kaycee Madu called videos of the apparent confrontation disturbing and unacceptable. “Disagreeing does not entitle one to use violence. We can and should disagree on public policy and discuss issues without resorting to violence,” he told media during a last-minute press conference on Tuesday. Videos from the Sunday ev
  
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• Reported violence at Red Deer anti-racism rally 'unacceptable, period': Alta. justice minister

  22-09-2020 22:01
  
  A criminal investigation has been launched after an anti-racism rally on Sunday in Red Deer, whose organizers say counter-protesters were violent. New Justice Minister Kaycee Madu called videos of the apparent confrontation disturbing and unacceptable. “Disagreeing does not entitle one to use violence. We can and should disagree on public policy and discuss issues without resorting to violence,” he told media during a last-minute press conference on Tuesday. Videos from the Sunday ev
  
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• PM Trudeau to address nation after throne speech focused on COVID-19 response

  22-09-2020 22:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government will be presenting a COVID-19 response-focused speech from the throne on Wednesday, pivoting from a desire to kick off the new session of Parliament with bold new economic and social recovery plans due to the looming threat of a fall surge in the deadly virus' spread. The speech—being delivered by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette in the Senate Chamber—will get underway at 2:10 p.m. EDT. Within it, expect to hear commitments to more health-care spendi
  
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• Authorities seize $112K of drugs and cash from northwest Calgary home

  22-09-2020 21:41
  
  Two people, both believed to be involved in drug trafficking, have been arrested by police following a raid on a home in Panorama Hills late last month. Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) organized crime and gang team located a drug operation on Aug. 27 and, with the assistance of the Calgary Police Service, seized an estimated $112,000 worth of drugs and cash. A search of the home and two vehicles connected to it resulted in police finding:1,075 grams of methamphetamine 164 grams of
  
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• Teenage girl testifies at sexual assault trial in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 21:26
  
  Teenage girl testifies at sexual assault trial in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man found dead in Falconridge home following reports of shooting

  22-09-2020 21:24
  
  The Calgary Police Service is investigating the Monday afternoon death of a man in a northeast neighbourhood. Officers responded to a home in the 1200 block of Falconridge Drive N.E., in the community of Falconridge, at approximately 1:30 p.m. following reports of a shooting.   The body of a 32-year-old man was found inside the home. The identity of the deceased has not been released and an autopsy has been scheduled for Wednesday. The nature of the man's death has not been released but pol
  
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• City celebrates completion of $87M Crowchild Trail upgrade project

  22-09-2020 20:30
  
  Nearly three years after construction began, traffic on Crowchild Trail is now free-flowing in both directions between Bow Trail S.W. and Fifth Street N.W. The section of the road that spans the Bow River and CP railway tracks has undergone a major overhaul over the years including the creation of new lanes, the relocation of ramps and upgrades to the pathway network. The project, which cost $87 million, began in October 2017 and was completed on budget despite significant challenges. "We weren'
  
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• WEXIT, COVID69 and QANON: These are the vanity licence plates Alberta has rejected since 2019

  22-09-2020 20:24
  
  The Alberta government approves approximately 7,000 personalized licence plates each year, but drivers are not allowed to get whatever they want on theirs. For the past two fiscal years, Alberta approved more than 11,000 vanity plates, but it also denied more than 100 each year, a spokesperson for the minister of service Alberta said. Drivers try to get around foul language, sexual terms and political and social references with numbers, acronyms and slang. These are the personalized plates the A
  
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• WEXIT, COVID69 and QANON: These are the vanity licence plates Alberta has rejected since 2017

  22-09-2020 20:24
  
  The Alberta government approves approximately 7,000 personalized licence plates each year, but drivers are not allowed to get whatever they want on theirs. For the past two fiscal years, Alberta approved more than 11,000 vanity plates, but it also denied more than 100 each year, a spokesperson for the minister of service Alberta said. Drivers try to get around foul language, sexual terms and political and social references with numbers, acronyms and slang. These are the personalized plates the A
  
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• Airdrie RCMP arrest Edmonton woman after finding drugs during traffic stop

  22-09-2020 20:14
  
  Authorities say a routine traffic stop near Airdrie, Alta. of a vehicle that had its tail lights shut off turned into something much more for officers. Airdrie RCMP says an officer pulled over a vehicle at 3:20 a.m. on Sept. 9 after they found the driver didn't have their tail lights turned on. At first, the responding officer was going to tell the driver, a 25-year-old woman from Edmonton, to turn her lights on. However, upon further investigation, he determined she was transporting drugs. The
  
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• Impressive performances from U of L golfers at season-opening invitational - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 19:56
  
  Impressive performances from U of L golfers at season-opening invitational  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta child care programs to receive funding boost as part of federal government’s Safe Restart Agreement

  22-09-2020 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Licensed and approved child care programs in Alberta will receive a funding boost to the tune of $87 million to help cover increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Calgary man recounts slow recovery from COVID-19, worries about long-term health impacts

  22-09-2020 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Matt Greenshields says it was a long process before he felt he was finally over the symptoms of COVID-19. He was diagnosed with the coronavirus in mid-March.
  
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• Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Liberal government’s carbon tax

  22-09-2020 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  In 2019, appeals courts in Saskatchewan and Ontario determined the policy was constitutional, while in February of this year the Alberta Court of Appeal said it was not.
  
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• Pronghorns relieve women's soccer coaches of their duties - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 19:28
  
  Pronghorns relieve women's soccer coaches of their duties  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• U of L joins National Dialogue series on inclusion and equity - Lethbridge News Now

  22-09-2020 18:26
  
  U of L joins National Dialogue series on inclusion and equity  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Third victim dies in hospital following fatal crash in ring road construction area

  22-09-2020 18:20
  
  Monday evening's collision at a southwest interchange has claimed a third life. Police confirm the driver of a Honda Insight died in hospital from the injuries she suffered in the crash that occured shortly after 6:30 p.m. along Stoney Trail near the James McKevitt Road overpass According to police, the driver of the compact car was attempting to merge from James McKevitt Rd. into the westbound lanes of Stoney Trail when it crossed in front of the path of a westbound Dodge D300 truck and was str
  
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• Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Site busier following closure of SCS - rdnewsnow.com

  22-09-2020 18:15
  
  Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Site busier following closure of SCS  rdnewsnow.com
  
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• Police seek fraud suspect after more than $26k withdrawn from victim's account

  22-09-2020 17:34
  
  RCMP are attempting to identify a man who allegedly secured a debit card using fake identification and helped himself to the contents of the victim's bank account. According to RCMP, the suspect entered an ATB in Airdrie in early July and obtained a debit card by producing falsified documents. The suspect is said to have known the victim's name, Social Insurance Number and date of birth. In the hours after securing the debit card, the suspect made withdrawals from ATMs in Calgary and outside the
  
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• Feds to give Alta. child care centres another $72M

  22-09-2020 16:33
  
  Alberta child care centres, the majority of whom the province estimates are operating at about half capacity with increased guidelines and costs, will together receive another $72 million from Ottawa. “This is a record amount,” Ahmed Hussen, federal minister of families, children and social development, said. In July, his department also announced $45 million for Alberta’s child care sector through an agreement between Ottawa and the province. “We can all agree that extra
  
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• Federal minister of families to join Alta. child care funding announcement

  22-09-2020 16:33
  
  A child care funding announcement is expected from the provincial and federal governments Tuesday. Alberta’s children’s services minister and the federal minister of families, children and social development are scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. In July, they announced the province would receive $45 million of a $400-million commitment by the federal government to provincial and territorial child care programming.READ MORE: Alberta child care programs to receive $45M from OttawaAt the tim
  
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• Body of missing Banff National Park hiker found downstream weeks after falling into river

  22-09-2020 15:27
  
  Nearly two months after he fell into the North Saskatchewan River during a hiking trip, RCMP confirm the body of a 23-year-old Calgary man has been recovered. Gagandeep Singh Khalsa was hiking with friends along the Glacier Lake Trail in Banff National Park on July 25 when he lost his footing while having his picture taken and was swept away by the river. Parks Canada and RCMP responded to the area but were unable to locate the missing hiker. According to RCMP, the body of the missing Calgarian
  
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• Arson unit investigating Marlborough garage fire

  22-09-2020 14:44
  
  An investigation is underway to determine if Monday afternoon's fire in a northeast neighbourhood was deliberately set. Fire crews were called to Marbank Place N.E., in the community of Marlborough, following reports of smoke and flames emanating from a detached garage. Residents were evacuated from neigbouring homes as a precautionary measure and the fire was extinguished before it could spread from the garage to other structures. According to CFD officials, the fire may have started in a garba
  
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• Trick-or-treating, costume masks and Halloween parties discouraged by CDC this year

  22-09-2020 14:35
  
  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its first guidance for the holidays, including Halloween, amid the raging coronavirus pandemic in a new posting on its website Monday night. Door-to-door trick-or-treating and costume masks and parties are discouraged this year due to the pandemic, the CDC said.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inbox"Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses," the agency said in its posting. "T
  
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• Calgary police search for homicide victim's roommate after early-morning stabbing

  22-09-2020 14:08
  
  Calgary police are investigating after a man was stabbed to death early Tuesday morning in a southeast neighbourhood and they now want to speak with the victim's roommate. The call came in just before 4:45 a.m. for reports of an assault outside the Cedar Ridge apartment complex located at 135 Lynnview Rd.S.E. in the community of Lynnwood.  Emergency crews arrived to find an injured man in the middle of the road near the intersection of Lynnview Road and Lynnview Way S.E. The stabbing victim
  
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• 1 dead after stabbing in southeast community of Lynnwood

  22-09-2020 14:08
  
  Calgary police are on scene in a southeast neighbourhood after a man was stabbed to death early Tuesday morning.  The call came in just before 4:45 a.m. for reports of an assault outside the Cedar Ridge apartment complex located at 135 Lynnwood Drive S.E. in the community of Lynnwood.  Emergency crews arrived to find an injured man in the middle of the road near the intersection of Lynnwood Drive and Lynnview Way S.E. The stabbing victim was pronounced dead on scene.  Officers hav
  
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• Supreme Court to start hearings on Canada’s carbon tax; will determine if constitutional

  22-09-2020 12:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada begins hearings Tuesday to determine whether the federal carbon tax is constitutional.
  
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• SUV belonging to missing Alberta couple located in Jasper National Park

  22-09-2020 05:26
  
  Police are trying to find a missing couple who haven’t been seen since Friday. Matthew Kozak, 32, was last seen at work in Forestburg on Friday and Zabrina Paige Ferrier, 25, was last seen in Galahad on Friday. The couple’s Hyundai Kona was found in a parking lot at the Mount Edith Cavell Road trails, but the location of the couple is still unknown. Kozak is described as 5’8”, about 200 pounds with short red hair and blue eyes. It is believed he had hiking gear and a tent
  
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• City council postpones decision on future of new Lethbridge performing arts centre - Global News

  22-09-2020 05:17
  
  City council postpones decision on future of new Lethbridge performing arts centre  Global News
  
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• City council postpones decision on future of new Lethbridge performing arts centre

  22-09-2020 05:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's been 20 years since the City of Lethbridge identified a new performing arts centre as a priority, and on Monday city council extended the process even further. 
  
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• How decolonizing public health has helped Indigenous communities control COVID-19

  22-09-2020 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Experts credit the decolonization of public health policies for the low number of COVID-19 cases on reserve during the pandemic's first wave.
  
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• Serious crash at Hwy. 22X and Spruce Meadows Drive S.W., motorists advised to avoid the area

  22-09-2020 03:15
  
  Calgary police are advising motorists to avoid Highway 22X near Spruce Meadows Drive S.W. following a serious two-vehicle crash. Police were called to the area about 6:45 p.m. and confirm there are several serious injuries and a number of patients involved. No other information is available. This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day
  
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• 2 dead in crash at Hwy. 22X and Spruce Meadows Drive S.W., 2 others in serious condition

  22-09-2020 03:15
  
  Two people are dead and two others in serious condition following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 22X at Spruce Meadows Drive S.W. on Monday evening. Motorists are advisesd to avoid the area. There is no word on the ages or genders of the victims. No other information is available. This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day
  
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• 2 dead in crash at Hwy. 22X and James McKevitt Road S.W., 2 others in serious condition

  22-09-2020 03:15
  
  Two seniors are dead and two other people are in serious condition following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 22X near James McKevitt Road S.W. on Monday evening. Motorists are advised to avoid the area. The accident involved a car, believed to be a Prius, and what is described as a work truck. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was airlifted to Foothills hospital by STARS Air Ambulance in serious, life-threatening condition. The driver of the truck, a man believed to be in his 30s, was ta
  
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• Calgary real estate sales improve despite ongoing pandemic

  22-09-2020 02:55
  
  Calgary realtor Shaukat Hayat had his busiest summer ever, during the COVID-19 pandemic. “During the pandemic people realize the value of a property, value of a house while they were staying inside,” said Hayat, who has been in the industry since 2006.  Hayat said homes in the $300,000 to $500,000 price range are the ones moving, with homes selling within 30 to 45 days.  “Whoever is going out, they are a very determined buyer, and whoever has listed the property, very
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Sep 21

  22-09-2020 02:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, September 21, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Trial for pediatrician charged with sex assault begins in Lethbridge - Global News

  22-09-2020 02:04
  
  Trial for pediatrician charged with sex assault begins in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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