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• West Lethbridge apartment fire damages 36 units

  09-10-2020 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fire crews in Lethbridge battled a blaze in an apartment building early on Friday morning. As Danica Ferris reports, as many as 36 units have been impacted by the fire.
  
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• Alberta records 277 new cases of COVID-19, 1 additional death Friday

  09-10-2020 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of Friday, 86 Albertans were in the hospital with COVID-19, 11 of whom were being treated in intensive care.
  
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• Alberta adds 277 COVID-19 cases, 1 death

  09-10-2020 23:49
  
  Alberta reported 277 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death on Friday. The sixth largest daily increase since the pandemic began increased active cases of the coronavirus to 2,225. The Edmonton zone has the large majority of Alberta's active infections with 1,329, while the Calgary zone has 628 cases.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhoodThe latest victim is a woman in her 80s linked to the outbreak at the Mill Woods Shepherd
  
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• Additional COVID-19 death reported at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre

  09-10-2020 23:25
  
  Health officials say another patient at Foothills Medical Centre has died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Alberta Health Services (AHS) reported the death in its daily online update Friday. It says the patient who died was linked to the cardiac unit of the hospital, one of seven units that remain on COVID-19 outbreak status. An additional unit remains on 'watch.' Three more patient cases of COVID-19 were also confirmed in the update. Eleven people have now died from complications of COVID-19
  
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• Crews respond to large apartment fire in west Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 23:11 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Crews respond to large apartment fire in west Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary's first 'Drive-In Haunted House' sells out before opening night

  09-10-2020 22:53
  
  Canada’s first-ever drive-In haunt opens Friday to sold-out audiences at Calgary’s New Horizons Mall. Faced with the unusual realities of celebrating Halloween event season in a pandemic, Haunted Calgary got innovative, creating the Devil’s Drive-in. Organizers call it “a unique and terrifying experience that offers a safe, social distancing, scare from the comfort your car.” Christine Campbell with Haunted Calgary said, “We were really worried we were going t
  
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• Phishing scheme targets Amazon shoppers, BBB says

  09-10-2020 22:51
  
  It could be a message about a strange payment, a lost or damaged package or possibly an unclaimed iPhone that was intended to go to your address. The Better Business Bureau says con artists are getting craftier with their schemes to trick victims and are now posing as Amazon support staff, taking advantage of the massive increase in online shopping. Typically conducted over the phone, the agency says the fraudsters are usually trying to record your personal information, such as your credit card
  
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• Two recycling employees in Lethbridge pricked by needles - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 22:42 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Two recycling employees in Lethbridge pricked by needles  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Markstrom moves to Calgary: Flames fire it up on free agent frenzy

  09-10-2020 22:23
  
  The Calgary Flames dipped their foot into the free agent market in a big way on Friday signing a coveted netminder. The Flames landed one of the top free agents, signing 30-year-old goaltender Jacob Markstrom to a six year deal worth an average of $6 million per season. The steep price secured one of the top goaltenders in the National Hockey League. Last year, Markstrom played in 43 games with the Vancouver Canucks finishing with a 23-16-4 record, a 2.75 goals against average and a 0.918 save p
  
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• Airdrie RCMP seek suspects after liquor swiped from business

  09-10-2020 21:52
  
  Police in Airdrie, Alta. are looking for the public's help to find two men wanted in connection with a recent liquor theft. Officials say the pair of suspects entered the Railway Gate Co-op liquor store, on Midtown Boulevard, on Sept. 7 and allegedly stole a number of bottles of alcohol. Security video, obtained at the scene, shows the men taking about $200 worth of liquor and putting it into a blue reusable bag, police said in a release. Both men left the store soon afterwards without making an
  
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• Minimizing surge in COVID-19 cases ‘a real mistake,’ experts say

  09-10-2020 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Infectious disease specialists say a recent surge in COVID-19 cases that surpasses a spike last spring must not be shrugged off as merely a byproduct of increased testing.
  
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• Calgary and Edmonton unemployment rates now in lockstep, StatCan reports

  09-10-2020 20:51
  
  Statistics Canada says most of Canada is recovering toward pre-COVID-19 employment numbers, but Alberta's unemployment rate is still hurting. The agency released the data in its monthly jobs survey Friday, finding the country added 378,000 positions through the month of September, representing a 2.1 per cent increase in the national employment rate. Despite those positions, Alberta's jobless rate is still among the highest of all Canadian provinces at 11.7 per cent. Only Newfoundland and Labrado
  
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• ‘Defacing our natural treasures’: Alberta Parks concerned with increased graffiti on mountains

  09-10-2020 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  While graffiti isn't an entirely new problem for conservation officers to deal with, at least three separate incidents of tagging were enough to prompt Alberta Parks to take to Twitter to remind visitors of the penalty they can face if they are caught defacing a mountain or park infrastructure. 
  
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• Man dead following workplace tragedy on Cochrane school grounds

  09-10-2020 19:29
  
  RCMP confirm one man is dead following a Friday morning incident on Sundown Road in Cochrane. EMS Public Education Officer Stuart Brideaux says EMS crews responded to a worksite on school grounds at approximately 8:30 a.m. following reports an injured worker was trapped. The man was freed prior to the arrival of EMS and his colleagues had administered first aid. Brideaux says the worker was found in critical, life-threatening condition and he succumbed to his injuries despite the efforts of the
  
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• Man dead following unloading tragedy at Cochrane workplace

  09-10-2020 19:29
  
  RCMP confirm one man is dead following a Friday morning incident on Sundown Road in Cochrane. Const. Jennifer Brewer of the Cochrane RCMP detachment confirms the man died while unloading items at a workplace. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. Emergency crews remain on scene as the investigation into the matter continues. This is a developing story. It will be updated as information is confirmed.
  
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• Lethbridge Family Service's north office reopened after experiencing “multiple” cases of COVID-19 - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 19:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge Family Service's north office reopened after experiencing “multiple” cases of COVID-19  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• New Pronghorns basketball coach making mark after CEBL Championship win - Global News

  09-10-2020 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  New Pronghorns basketball coach making mark after CEBL Championship win  Global News
  
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• New Pronghorns basketball coach making mark after CEBL Championship win

  09-10-2020 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Between being named the Pronghorns head coach in March and joining his new team at the University of Lethbridge in September, Jermaine Small won a CEBL title with the Edmonton Stingers.
  
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• $5.8M in drugs and cash seized in Calgary drug trafficking investigation

  09-10-2020 18:33
  
  A seven-month investigation into drug trafficking in Calgary has resulted in the seizure of more than $4 million in cash and $1.7 million worth of illicit drugs. According to police, one person was identified as being connected to a drug trafficking network in April. His activity and the subsequent investigation led to the search of three homes and three vehicles on Oct. 5. Officers executed search warrants at downtown and Beltline residences situated in:The 600 block of Sixth Ave. S.W. The 900
  
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• MEC to lay off fewer employees than planned with one store to close, say new owners

  09-10-2020 18:24
  
  Mountain Equipment Co-op says it will be letting go of fewer employees than previously planned with just one store set to close following its takeover by a U.S. private investment firm. The Vancouver-based company says that 85 per cent of its active workforce will remain on the job once the deal closes, up from a minimum of 75 per cent that Kingswood Capital Management Ltd previously indicated. MEC had 1,516 employees as of Sept. 7, including 1,143 who were active mostly in B.C. and Ontario, acc
  
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• Bodies At The Bottom Of The Barrel - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 17:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Bodies At The Bottom Of The Barrel  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta woman dubbed ‘Queen of Cons’ sentenced for fraud

  09-10-2020 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jane Moore earlier pleaded guilty to a single charge of fraud over $5,000 in a scam that involved telling people she was about to inherit more than $38 million.
  
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• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region posts 8.6 percent jobless rate in September, unchanged from August - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 17:14 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region posts 8.6 percent jobless rate in September, unchanged from August  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta Parks concerned with uptick in graffiti on natural landscapes

  09-10-2020 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservation officers with Alberta Parks are seeing an increased amount of graffiti appearing on mountains and park infrastructure recently. Matthew Conrod has the details.
  
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• Fire breaks out at west Lethbridge apartment building, firefighter transported to hospital

  09-10-2020 16:42
  
  Emergency crews are on scene of a fire at an apartment building in Lethbridge. Firefighters arrived shortly after 7:45 a.m. following a 911 call from a tenant and encountered flames and smoke pouring from the Woodsmere Manor building on Highlands Boulevard W. Several suites are affected. Neighbours tell me someone was yelling and banging on doors to get people out safely. #yql pic.twitter.com/kzF5peg8bH— Kaella Doty (Carr) (@CTVKaella) October 9, 2020 Five fire trucks and over a dozen fire
  
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• Fire breaks out at Lethbridge apartment building

  09-10-2020 16:42
  
  Emergency crews are on scene of a fire at an apartment building in Lethbridge. Firefighters arrived and encountered flames and smoke pouring from the Woodsmere Manor building on Highlands Boulevard W. Several suites are affected. Neighbours tell me someone was yelling and banging on doors to get people out safely. #yql pic.twitter.com/kzF5peg8bH— Kaella Doty (Carr) (@CTVKaella) October 9, 2020 Five fire trucks and over a dozen firefighters on scene of an apartment fire on Highlands Blvd. h
  
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• Fire breaks out at apartment building in West Lethbridge

  09-10-2020 16:42
  
  Emergency crews are on scene of a fire at an apartment building in Lethbridge. Firefighters arrived shortly after 7:45 a.m. following a 911 call from a tenant and encountered flames and smoke pouring from the Woodsmere Manor building on Highlands Boulevard W. Several suites are affected. Neighbours tell me someone was yelling and banging on doors to get people out safely. #yql pic.twitter.com/kzF5peg8bH— Kaella Doty (Carr) (@CTVKaella) October 9, 2020 Five fire trucks and over a dozen fire
  
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• Fire at Lethbridge apartment building causes extensive damage, residents displaced

  09-10-2020 16:42
  
  Emergency crews responded to a fire at an apartment building in west Lethbridge Friday morning that spread through two floors and the roof. Firefighters arrived shortly after 7:45 a.m. following a 911 call from a tenant and encountered flames and smoke pouring from the building on Highlands Boulevard W. According to the City of Lethbridge, the fire was contained by 9:20 a.m. and fully extinguished by 10 a.m. One firefighter was transported from the scene to Chinook Regional Hospital as a precaut
  
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• Alberta’s unemployment rate little changed in September, remains among highest in Canada

  09-10-2020 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The jobless rate in Alberta dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 11.7 per cent in September from 11.8 per cent the month prior.
  
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• 'Really frustrating,' PM says of second wave, as Canada is projected to see thousands of new COVID-19 cases

  09-10-2020 16:18
  
  By next week Canada could see thousands of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed, hitting a total of 197,830 COVID-19 cases nationwide and up to 9,800 deaths, the latest federal modelling on the short-term trajectory of the pandemic shows. The new projections show that, as of Oct. 17, Canada is on track to hit between 188,150 and 197,830 cases, and between 9,690 and 9,800 deaths.  “We're at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave underway, yesterday we hit the highest dai
  
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• PM says second wave 'frustrating', as Canada is projected to see thousands of new COVID-19 cases

  09-10-2020 16:18
  
  By next week Canada could see thousands of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed, hitting a total of 197,830 COVID-19 cases nationwide and up to 9,800 deaths, the latest federal modelling on the short-term trajectory of the pandemic shows. The new projections show that, as of Oct. 17, Canada is on track to hit between 188,150 and 197,830 cases, and between 9,690 and 9,800 deaths.  “We're at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave underway, yesterday we hit the highest dai
  
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• By next week, Canada could hit 198,000 COVID-19 cases: modelling

  09-10-2020 16:18
  
  By next week Canada could see thousands of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed, hitting a total of 197,830 COVID-19 cases nationwide and up to 9,800 deaths, the latest federal modelling on the short-term trajectory of the pandemic shows. The new projections show that, as of Oct. 17, Canada is on track to hit between 188,150 and 197,830 cases, and between 9,690 and 9,800 deaths.  “We're at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave underway, yesterday we hit the highest dai
  
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• 'At a tipping point': By next week, Canada could hit 198,000 COVID-19 cases: new modelling

  09-10-2020 16:18
  
  By next week Canada could see thousands of new COVID-19 cases diagnosed, hitting a total of 197,830 COVID-19 cases nationwide and up to 9,800 deaths, the latest federal modelling on the short-term trajectory of the pandemic shows. The new projections show that, as of Oct. 17, Canada is on track to hit between 188,150 and 197,830 cases, and between 9,690 and 9,800 deaths.  “We're at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave underway, yesterday we hit the highest dai
  
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• Canada adds 378000 jobs in September, accelerating growth from August - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 15:31 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada adds 378000 jobs in September, accelerating growth from August  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Farmers shed light on silent fight against mental illness

  09-10-2020 15:18
  
  Colin Millang's life began crashing down around him in March 2005 when he lost his family farm. On a Tuesday morning, Millang, then 46, heard a knock at his door on his hog farm near Camrose from a bailiff, who explained to him that the financial trouble he had been keeping secret had finally caught up with him. Trucks drove onto his farm and began hauling away his 150 hogs and equipment. A week later, the bank foreclosed on his land. The following week, his utility company cut off the gas. &ldq
  
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• Alberta finance minister, nurses clash over bargaining delay

  09-10-2020 14:45
  
  Finance Minister Travis Toews is accusing the United Nurses of Alberta of taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in its decision to refuse to delay bargaining with the province. Negotiations were paused at the beginning of the pandemic and were set to resume after Oct. 15. According to the ministry, Alberta Health Services proposed the delay in order to focus on the pandemic. But officials with the UNA said they won’t agree without a commitment to freeze layoffs until a deal is reached.
  
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• 2 men shot inside Beltine condo building, suspect in custody

  09-10-2020 14:13
  
  An investigation is underway after two men were shot inside a residential building in the Beltline late Thursday evening.  Officers responded to Union Square Condominiums in the 200 block of 13 Avenue S.W. just before 10:40 p.m. following reports of gunfire within the building. A video sent in from a viewer shows police entering a condo building on the 200 block of 13 Ave SW late Thursday evening where two men were shot inside a suite on the 15th floor. #yyc @CTVMorningYYC @CTVCalgaryM
  
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• 2 men shot inside Beltine condo building, search for suspect underway

  09-10-2020 14:13
  
  An investigation is underway after two men were shot inside a residential building in the Beltline late Thursday evening.  Officers responded to Union Square Condominiums in the 200 block of 13 Avenue S.W. just before 10:40 p.m. following reports of gunfire within the building.  Two men were found with gunshot injuries inside a 15th floor unit but the offender had fled the scene prior to the arrival of police. As of Friday morning, no one has been taken into custody in connection with
  
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• State-of-the-art laser technology in Alberta helps people living with epilepsy

  09-10-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A young Calgary man's life has been forever changed after undergoing a new procedure only recently made available in Alberta.
  
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• Junior football coming to Lethbridge - Lethbridge Herald

  09-10-2020 12:59 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Junior football coming to Lethbridge  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• ‘It’s an access to education issue’: Why more needs to be done about sexual assaults at schools

  09-10-2020 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Data released by Statistics Canada shows 11 per cent of students who identify as women were sexually assaulted in a college or university setting.
  
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• PM to announce more federal funding for food banks during pandemic - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 10:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  PM to announce more federal funding for food banks during pandemic  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Curling Hub? Alternate setting a virtual certainty for Scotties and Brier - Lethbridge News Now

  09-10-2020 10:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Curling Hub? Alternate setting a virtual certainty for Scotties and Brier  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Fire at Lethbridge apartment building causes extensive damage, residents displaced - CTV Toronto

  09-10-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Fire at Lethbridge apartment building causes extensive damage, residents displaced  CTV Toronto
  
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• Crews respond to large apartment fire in west Lethbridge - lethbridgenewsnow.com

  09-10-2020 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Crews respond to large apartment fire in west Lethbridge  lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Questions of accountability and calls for change: Loved ones of 15-year-old Chestermere girl who took her own life look for action

  09-10-2020 05:32
  
  Abeg Kon should be just over a month into her grade 11 year at St. Gabriel the Archangel School in Chestermere, Alta. Instead, her grief-stricken family members are left searching for answers and channeling their pain towards change in hopes of preventing others students from going through the bullying they say she endured from other students. The day before the 15-year-old was to start a new school year, she took her own life. Her family believes bullying was to blame. “Sometimes they wou
  
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• Loved ones of 15-year-old Chestermere girl who took her own life call for action

  09-10-2020 05:32
  
  Abeg Kon should be just over a month into her grade 11 year at St. Gabriel the Archangel School in Chestermere, Alta. Instead, her grief-stricken family members are left searching for answers and channeling their pain towards change in hopes of preventing others students from going through the bullying they say she endured from other students. The day before the 15-year-old was to start a new school year, she took her own life. Her family believes bullying was to blame. “Sometimes they wou
  
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• Big-budget movies that lack authentic diversity can lose big at the box office: study

  09-10-2020 05:25
  
  Big-budget films can lose big at the box office if their storylines, casting and creative team lack authentic diversity, according to a new study that analyzed recent Hollywood films. The UCLA-based Center for Scholars & Storytellers put out a report Tuesday that analyzed the diversity of more than 100 films produced between 2016 and 2019, and then cross-referenced them with their opening weekend box office earnings. They found that a US$159 million movie will lose, on average, more than US$
  
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• Jermaine Small brings winning resume to Pronghorns basketball program

  09-10-2020 03:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Between being named the 13th head coach in Pronghorns men’s basketball history and actually getting to Lethbridge to meet his new team, Jermaine Small won a Canadian Elite Basketball League title. Danica Ferris has more on how the new university coach is making his mark.
  
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• Army reservist and Afghanistan veteran charged in Kamloops triple fatal hit-and-run

  09-10-2020 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Reid McKnight is a Canadian Armed Forces reserve soldier with the Rocky Mountain Rangers and was previously deployed to Afghanistan.
  
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