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• Mothers taking on ‘shocking’ number of hours caring for children during pandemic: study

  20-10-2020 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  In April and June, the researchers surveyed more than 4,000 stay-at-home and working parents regarding their child care responsibilities.
  
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• Swimco latest Canadian company closing, as malls adjust to new retail landscape

  20-10-2020 23:58
  
  Calgary-based company Swimco is closing its door after 45 years and the announcement by the family-owned swimwear retailer marks the latest Canadian company to fall victim during the pandemic. Swimco operated a total of 19 stores; eight in British Columbia, seven in Alberta, two in Manitoba, and one each in Saskatchewan and Ontario. Prior to the pandemic-related closures in March, Swimco had 25 locations, according to a court filing. Its online store will remain open, but all sales are final and
  
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• Charges laid in spitting incident police say was motivated by hate

  20-10-2020 22:52
  
  Police have charged a Tsuut'ina, Alta. man in connection to a spitting incident in downtown Calgary they say was motivated by hate. It happened at the rainbow crosswalk at Centre Street and Eighth Avenue S. about 1 p.m. on Aug. 1 when Jordan May, a Calgary drag king whose stage name is Duke Carson, was recording a video. May said at the time that as a  group of three men walked past him, he felt a glob of spit land on his leg. Police also gathered CCTV footage from the area. "Information fr
  
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• Calgary wedding resulted in at least 49 COVID-19 cases: Alberta Health

  20-10-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The health agency says the wedding had a large number of Albertans from different households.
  
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• 49 cases of COVID linked to Calgary wedding, 'aggressive' contact tracing underway

  20-10-2020 21:37
  
  Health officials are continuing to do "aggressive contact tracing" after 49 cases of COVID-19 were linked to a large wedding held in Calgary earlier this month. And officials are also reminding Albertans that social gatherings like wedding receptions or informal get-togethers at homes or community spaces carry an increased risk of transmission "We cannot comment on specifics about individual cases due to patient confidentiality," said Tom McMillan, the assistant director of communications for Al
  
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• 49 cases of COVID-19 linked to Calgary wedding, 'aggressive' contact tracing underway

  20-10-2020 21:37
  
  Health officials are continuing to do "aggressive contact tracing" after 49 cases of COVID-19 were linked to a large wedding held in Calgary earlier this month. Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said during Tuesday's regular update that 49 of 63 people who attended the event have since been diagnosed with COVID-19. "We cannot comment on specifics about individual cases due to patient confidentiality," said Tom McMillan, assistant director of communications for Alberta Hea
  
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• Two Calgary men charged with multiple firearm offences: Winnipeg police

  20-10-2020 20:43
  
  Winnipeg police have arrested and charged two men from Calgary after police said its police helicopter spotted a man with a gun. It happened on Oct. 18 at around 2:45 a.m. The police helicopter Air1 was doing a routine flight when crews saw a Jeep driving at a "high rate of speed" going north on Osborne Street from Broadway. Police said the driver went to a home in the West End and stopped and a man who was allegedly carrying a rifle approached the Jeep. Police said the man then got into a Volvo
  
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• Lethbridge police search for suspect in early-morning car theft

  20-10-2020 20:37
  
  Lethbridge police made an arrest connected to one recent car theft and are searching for a suspect in another. The first happened about 9:30 p.m. Monday when a vehicle was left running in front of a business in the 500 block of 13th Street N. When the driver went into the store, he saw someone get into his vehicle. The car was found abandoned by police a short distance away after it collided with a parked vehicle. Police dog Myke was brought in and managed to find a scent, leading officers to a
  
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• High River RCMP issue warning after gas tanks drilled into

  20-10-2020 20:00
  
  High River RCMP are warning residents following a series of reports that gas is being stolen from vehicles by someone who is drilling into the tank. Three reports have been made in recent days:On Fifth Avenue S.E. between Second Street and Third Street; On Eighth Avenue S.E. between First Street and Second Street, and; On Seventh Street S.E. between Ninth Avenue and 10th Avenue.Police are asking residents and businesses in the area for any surveillance video from early Sunday to early Monday tha
  
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• Alta. man splits $5 million lottery win with…himself

  20-10-2020 19:21
  
  A Calmar, Alta., man accidentally bought two lottery tickets with the same numbers for the same draw — and won. Andrew Burke would have won the $5-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot with one ticket, but because he bought two identical ones, he won $2.5 million on each ticket. “The owner walked in and said ‘what have you done Andy, have you broken my machine?’” Burke said in a Lotto 6/49 release. “The clerk then told me ‘you’ve won $2.5 million’ &ndas
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Alberta’s COVID-19 situation Tuesday afternoon

  20-10-2020 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to hold a virtual press conference at 3:30 p.m., which will be streamed live in this story.
  
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• Alberta adds 323 COVID-19 cases; Hinshaw announces all asymptomatic testing will end

  20-10-2020 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Alberta added an additional 323 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced the province will no longer offer any asymptomatic testing, including at pharmacies. 
  
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• LPS investigating pair of carjackings from this week - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 19:19
  
  LPS investigating pair of carjackings from this week  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Top doctor to update Albertans on COVID-19 pandemic as active cases peak

  20-10-2020 18:39
  
  The chief medical officer of health will give a pandemic update Tuesday afternoon after active COVID-19 cases reached an all-time high in Alberta to start the week. Alberta added 898 cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, a tally that increased the province’s confirmed infection count to 3,138 – a pandemic high. The previous record was set on April 30 when Alberta had a reported 3,022 active cases.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers brok
  
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• Alberta adds 323 COVID-19 cases, Dr. Hinshaw 'concerned' about hospitalizations

  20-10-2020 18:39
  Active cases of COVID-19 saw another increase Tuesday after Alberta’s top doctor reported 323 new cases of the disease. There are now 3,203 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Alberta, with 1,607 in the Edmonton zone and 1,043 in the Calgary zone. Alberta Health also reported one more death as a result of COVID-19 in a man in his 70s linked to the outbreak at Edmonton’s Terra Losa Lifestyle Options retirement home.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonto
  
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• Goodwill to gift rare donated narwhal tusk to U of C's Arctic Institute of North America

  20-10-2020 18:17
  
  A unique donation to a Calgary Goodwill store will soon find a new home amidst the artifacts of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) at the University of Calgary. The tusk of a young arctic narwhal was donated in-person to the Beacon Heights Goodwill location in August and staff soon realized the item's value including its cultural significance. The hunting tags attached to the roughly 60 cm (24 inch) tusk are dated 1978. Goodwill officials contacted the AINA and arranged to donate the t
  
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• Lethbridge College salutes Indigenous community with Stone Pipe Days - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 18:16
  
  Lethbridge College salutes Indigenous community with Stone Pipe Days  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 18:07
  
  The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'This health minister seems to get away with a lot': Nenshi fires back in dispatch dispute

  20-10-2020 16:59
  
  The ongoing dispute over the Alberta government’s decision to consolidate EMS dispatch continues with the mayors of four communities, including Calgary, set to meet and respond to the move. The province made the decision on Friday to go forward with plans to centralize 911 dispatch in Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray).   Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who has been a very vocal opponent to the move, believes discussions with the prov
  
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• Alberta mayors call on Kenney to step into dispatch dispute, EMS union sides with province

  20-10-2020 16:59
  
  The ongoing dispute over the Alberta government’s decision to consolidate EMS dispatch continues with the mayors of four communities, including Calgary, calling on Premier Jason Kenney to step in and reverse the change. The province made the decision on Friday to go forward with plans to centralize 911 dispatch in Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Fort McMurray).   Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who has been a very vocal opponent to the move, beli
  
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• Cochrane RCMP investigating suspicious Riversong fire

  20-10-2020 16:32
  
  Cochrane RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in the town earlier this month.  Mounties responded alongside the Cochrane Fire Department at about 10:20 a.m. on Oct. 8 for reports of a structure fire north of River Heights Drive in the Riversong community.  Upon arrival, crews found a house engulfed in flames along with the grass next it. The home was abandoned and no one was injured in the blaze.  Once the flames were extinguished, an investigator conducted a pr
  
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• Alberta mayors gather in Red Deer to comment on consolidation of EMS dispatch

  20-10-2020 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The mayors will give their thoughts on the decision to move forward with the amalgamation of dispatch services.
  
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• We'll happily take a half-day off from snow

  20-10-2020 15:35
  
  We'll happily take a half-day off from snow It's barely respite, but it's the best we can do. Pulling some focus into yesterday's event…Snow is a tricky one. This radar shows off our precipitation total as precipitable water, which is to say, "how much moisture made it to the ground". The thing is, it didn't exactly come down as water, since our temperatures were strictly in the negatives. Liquid-to-snow ratio is a measurement of the snowfall depth per millimeter of this precipitable wate
  
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• Slick conditions on Calgary roads as cold snap persists

  20-10-2020 14:27
  
  Overnight snowfall is making for some slippery conditions on Calgary roads Tuesday morning.  Drivers are advised to use caution as several main routes are clear of snow, but remain wet and conditions are ideal for developing black ice.  Some of the main trouble spots include icy intersections, off-ramps and bridge decks where police say extra care is necessary.  Residential areas are mainly covered in snow and are particularly icy.  The city has all of its sanders, graders an
  
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• Coaldale group garnering petitions to force municipal inspection of town - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 14:03
  
  Coaldale group garnering petitions to force municipal inspection of town  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• These Michif speakers have been fighting their whole lives to save a dying language

  20-10-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new program aims to teach school children across Saskatchewan the Michif language and culture to ensure it isn't lost — but shared with future generations to come.
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: Two doors down — the tragic case of Mr. Kelloway

  20-10-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story that will leave you questioning what horrors you can encounter — just two doors down.
  
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• PM chancing snap election over Conservative motion

  20-10-2020 10:18
  
  The federal government appears willing to go to the polls over the Conservatives proposing the creation of a new parliamentary committee to probe Liberal controversies including the WE Charity affair, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is insisting it’s up to the opposition whether there will be a pandemic election. “It will be up to parliamentarians and the opposition to decide whether they want to make this minority Parliament work, or whether they’ve lost confidence in thi
  
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• Lethbridge police search for suspect in early-morning car theft - CTV Toronto

  20-10-2020 09:00
  
  Lethbridge police search for suspect in early-morning car theft  CTV Toronto
  
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• Dr. Hinshaw concerned with rising COVID hospitalizations, dialing back asymptomatic testing - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 09:00
  Dr. Hinshaw concerned with rising COVID hospitalizations, dialing back asymptomatic testing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ottawa approves $2.3B expansion of natural gas transportation system in Alberta

  20-10-2020 07:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seamus O’Regan said expanding the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. system would create thousands of jobs and contribute about $1.2 billion to Alberta’s economy.
  
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• Calgary-based Swimco goes bankrupt after 45 years in beachwear business

  20-10-2020 06:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Swimco has declared bankruptcy and closed all store locations "until further notice."
  
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• North Glenmore Park closed due to dangerous bear warning

  20-10-2020 05:51
  
  North Glenmore Park was closed Monday evening due to concerns about a dangerous bear. The entrance to the parking lot at 37th Street and 66th Avenue was blocked Monday at 9:30 p.m., with a sign posted that said, "Keep Out. Dangerous bear in the vicinity. This area is closed to the public.' There was no other information available. This is a developing story....
  
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• North Glenmore Park closed due to bear warning

  20-10-2020 05:51
  
  North Glenmore Park was closed Monday evening due to concerns about a bear. The entrance to the parking lot at 37th Street and 66th Avenue was blocked Monday at 9:30 p.m., with a sign posted that said, "Keep Out. Dangerous bear in the vicinity. This area is closed to the public.' There was no other information available from officials late Monday. This is a developing story....
  
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• Black bear spotted dining on pumpkins on porch of Calgary home

  20-10-2020 05:51
  
  A small black bear was transported outside of Calgary late Monday night after helping itself to a pumpkin feast on a doorstep in a southwest neighbourhood. According to police, officers were called to a home on Law Drive S.W., in the community of Lakeview, at around 10 p.m. following reports of a bear on the porch munching on Halloween decoration. The animal was tranquilized and removed from the property. Police officials confirm the bear was unharmed. Bear activity in the area prompted the city
  
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• Black bear spotted dining on birdseed on porch of Calgary home

  20-10-2020 05:51
  
  A small black bear was transported outside of Calgary late Monday night after helping itself to a birdseed feast on a doorstep in a southwest neighbourhood. According to police, officers were called to a home on Law Drive S.W., in the community of Lakeview, at around 10 p.m. following reports of a bear on the porch. The animal was tranquilized and removed from the property. Police officials confirm the bear was unharmed. Bear activity in the area prompted the city to close North Glenmore Park, s
  
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• Calgary-based Swimco latest retail victim of COVID-19

  20-10-2020 04:40
  
  Swimwear retailer Swimco is closing its door after 45 years, the family-owned, Calgary-based company announced on its website recently, marking the latest Canadian company to fall victim in what has been an extremely difficult year for retailers. “It’s time we say, sea you later. After 45 years in business, Swimco must close its doors,” Swimco’s website said. The closure, which was first reported by Retail-Insider.com, was effective Oct. 10, with all stores shuttering the
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Oct 19

  20-10-2020 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, October 19, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Jeff Bridges says he has lymphoma, cites good prognosis - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 04:06
  
  Jeff Bridges says he has lymphoma, cites good prognosis  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• World junior hockey championship opens on Christmas Day for first time since 2005

  20-10-2020 04:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  There has been a slight tweak to the schedule for the next world junior hockey championship.
  
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• Alberta trades union ‘concerned,’ requests meeting with Kenney after ‘right-to-work’ policy resolution approved by UCP members

  20-10-2020 03:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta trades union has requested a meeting with Premier Jason Kenney after his party approved a policy resolution this weekend to prevent employers from being required to deduct union dues without written consent from an employee.
  
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• Multi-million dollar Springbank chateau to be auctioned off

  20-10-2020 03:32
  
  You don't have to move to France to own your own chateau. That's because there's one in Springbank, with 10 beds, 10 baths, over 17,000 square feet of sumptuous living, an unparallelled view of the mountains, and it's for sale at a nifty discount. Terra Blanche, designed by Arthur Fishman in 2008, is going to auction in the coming weeks, with an asking price of $9, 830,000.For your $10 million, you get a chateau that looks pulled from the pages of a Loire Valley coffee table photo book, but with
  
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• Argentina hits 1 million cases as virus slams Latin America - Lethbridge News Now

  20-10-2020 02:45
  
  Argentina hits 1 million cases as virus slams Latin America  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Flu vaccine distribution amid pandemic leads to longer wait times

  20-10-2020 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Provinces are now starting to roll out the flu shot without mass vaccination clinics because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Heather Yourex-West reports on the high demand and the long waiting list to get inoculated against influenza.
  
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• Oil and gas tax changes in Alberta after rural municipality outcry

  20-10-2020 01:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rural Alberta municipalities made their voices heard and now the government said it’s changing course. The province has tossed aside several options to lower property taxes for oil and gas companies moving in a different direction. Vinesh Pratap has details.
  
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• This Alberta scientist was part of the largest arctic research expedition ever

  20-10-2020 01:32
  
  A scientist from Alberta is part of the largest polar expedition in history.  Benjamin Lange, who attended the University of Alberta, spent time on a research vessel studying the arctic climate and how it’s changing. “It is the epicentre of climate change. It’s experiencing the largest changes of anywhere on earth,” says Lange. The idea of Mosaic was to recreate a voyage done 125 years ago by a Norwegian polar researcher, but this time use with high tech equipment. L
  
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• Clients at Lethbridge Soup Kitchen receive flu shots as provincial rollout begins - Global News

  20-10-2020 01:25
  
  Clients at Lethbridge Soup Kitchen receive flu shots as provincial rollout begins  Global News
  
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• Clients at Lethbridge Soup Kitchen receive flu shots as provincial rollout begins

  20-10-2020 01:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, as the province rolled out flu shots for all, one Lethbridge pharmacist made sure that included clients at the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen. 
  
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• Piikani Travel Centre seeks help from Alberta Transportation

  20-10-2020 01:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  “[It will bring] that Blackfoot culture to the people that drive by our reserve... to understand our people and understand who we are."
  
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• Former director of World Food Programme proud of Nobel Peace Prize

  20-10-2020 01:18
  
  As the former director of emergency humanitarian relief worldwide, Trevor Paige worked with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Africa and Asia. He also served as a head of mission in India and China. So when the WFP was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Paige was understandably pleased. “I felt proud that I worked for that organization for 30 years, and helped put it on the map," he said. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, re
  
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