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• Alberta premier tells party-goers to ‘knock it off’ amid rising COVID-19 cases

  02-11-2020 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kenney says his government has taken steps to control the spread of COVID-19, including limiting to 15 the number of people allowed at most social gatherings in Edmonton and Calgary.
  
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• Alberta RCMP seek suspects who used fake police vehicle to pull over semi, demand money from driver

  02-11-2020 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in eastern Alberta are searching for two men who are wanted for attempting to pull over a semi-truck driver using a car made to look like a police vehicle. 
  
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• Southern Alberta RCMP searching for missing child last seen walking to school

  02-11-2020 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP and search and rescue personnel in southern Alberta are doing a ground search to find a young boy who went missing after leaving to walk to school.
  
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• Boy from southern Alberta town found safe after being reported missing

  02-11-2020 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 10-yera-old boy was found safe Monday evening after having been reported missing that morning when he didn't turn up at school.
  
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• Domestic violence in Calgary showing 'a shadow pandemic'

  02-11-2020 23:23
  
  November is Family Violence Prevention month and the Calgary Domestic Violence Collective (CDVC) is urging Calgarians to reach out to loved ones and offer support. According to the CDVC during the first several months of the pandemic Calgary saw a decline in the number of calls to police, helplines and service providers for support. However, Kim Ruse, CEO of the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter warned against complacency, saying the data was concerning. “It's almost like a shadow pa
  
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• Alberta sees ‘historically low’ 2020 wildfire season; experts look at weather, pandemic as factors

  02-11-2020 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's 2020 wildfire season was one of the quietest on record, and while officials point to weather as the main reason, the COVID-19 pandemic also may have had an impact.
  
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• ‘We haven’t made a final decision’ on federal COVID-19 app, Alberta premier says

  02-11-2020 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  When asked about bringing the federal COVID-19 app to Alberta, the premier said AB Trace Together is more efficient and aligns with the province's contact-tracing system.
  
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• Masks now mandatory at CrossIron Mills shopping centre north of Calgary

  02-11-2020 22:13
  
  Masks are now mandatory while inside at CrossIron Mills shopping centre just north of Calgary. The new rule came into effect Nov. 1 as part of safety measures designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. "The health and safety of our visitors, tenants, their employees and their customers are our number one priority," officials said in a statement. "Hand soap dispensers and hand sanitizer dispensers are available at designated locations on our property. We have implemented rigorous sanitization pr
  
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• World Health Organization recognizes Lethbridge for community support efforts during COVID-19

  02-11-2020 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  WATCH ABOVE: The World Health Organization is applauding a collaboration between community organizations in Lethbridge for their innovations during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eloise Therien has more on what supports they were able to improve, and how they communicated so effectively.
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at Lethbridge College in powerline technician program - CBC.ca

  02-11-2020 22:12 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at Lethbridge College in powerline technician program  CBC.ca
  
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• Premier Kenney says Alberta’s contact tracing app more effective than federal COVID Alert

  02-11-2020 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney explains Monday why Alberta has not adopted the federal COVID Alert exposure notification app in addition to the provincial contract tracing ABTraceTogether app.
  
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• Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified

  02-11-2020 21:35
  
  A Canadian soldier buried in a nameless grave in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War has been identified 75 years later, the Department of National Defence said Monday. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identity was confirmed under a program dedicated to identifying newly found skeletal remains and Canadian service members who were buried anonymously. Sarah Lockyer, an anthropologist and casualty identification coordinator at the Department of National Defence, said research in ar
  
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• Trial begins for Calgarian accused of murdering girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter

  02-11-2020 21:30
  
  A Calgary man charged with killing his then-girlfriend’s three-year-old daughter in 2017, confessed to undercover police officers "in great detail" about the murder, according to prosecutors. Justin Paul Bennett, 27, entered a not guilty plea to his second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Ivy Wick at the start of his trial in a Calgary courtroom Monday morning.  Ivy died from injuries determined to be the result of blunt force trauma in October 2017, eight days aft
  
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• Trail begins for Calgarian accused of murdering girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter

  02-11-2020 21:30
  
  A Calgary man charged with killing his then-girlfriend’s three year old daughter in 2017, confessed to undercover police officers "in great detail" about the murder, according to prosecutors. Justin Paul Bennett, 27, entered a not guilty plea to his second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Ivy Wick at the start of his trial in a Calgary courtroom Monday morning.  Ivy died from injuries determined to be the result of blunt force trauma in October 2017, eight days aft
  
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• Grade 5 student reported missing in Raymond, Alta.

  02-11-2020 21:16
  
  Residents in Raymond, Alta. are being asked to be on the lookout for a Grade 5 student who was last seen walking to school Monday morning in the southern Alberta community. Myles Gilbert was last seen walking to Raymond Elementary School and he has not been seen since. No other details are available. Residents are asked to check properties and anyone with information is asked to contact Raymond RCMP at 403-752-4747. Raymond is about 30 kilometres south of Lethbridge.
  
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• Grade 5 student found safe after being reported missing in Raymond, Alta.

  02-11-2020 21:16
  
  A Grade 5 student reported missing Monday morning has been found safe. The boy was walking to Raymond Elementary School in the southern Alberta community when he disappeared. He was found safe Monday afternoon.  "The family said he has been found safe and would like to thank everyone for the help and co-operation," the boy's grandmother CTV Lethbridge News. No other details were available. Raymond is about 30 kilometres south of Lethbridge.
  
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• ‘My Parks Will Go On’: UCP launches parks website after NDP pushes similar song-based campaign

  02-11-2020 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's UCP and NDP are both currently running pop song-based campaigns around the provincial parks.
  
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• Americans more stressed over COVID-19 pandemic than Canadians: study - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 21:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Americans more stressed over COVID-19 pandemic than Canadians: study  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Expedited COVID-19 testing now available at Calgary airport, Coutts border crossing

  02-11-2020 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The expedited test is part of a joint provincial-federal pilot project, the first of its kind in Canada, which began on Nov. 2.
  
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• Alberta baker says 'hot chocolate bombs’ blowing up in popularity

  02-11-2020 20:50
  
  It’s hot chocolate season but this year your cup of cocoa is being taken to a whole new level. The hot chocolate bomb is a new trend blowing up online and that means booming business for local bakers. Stephanie Henry, the owner of For Sweet Sakes in Chestermere, says she is booked until Christmas with orders. “People have been emailing me from the United Kingdom, from the United States, everywhere in the world just asking me if I’ll ship them hot chocolate bombs. So, it’s
  
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• Alberta baker says 'hot chocolate bombs' blowing up in popularity

  02-11-2020 20:50
  
  It’s hot chocolate season but this year your cup of cocoa is being taken to a whole new level. The hot chocolate bomb is a new trend blowing up online and that means booming business for local bakers. Stephanie Henry, the owner of For Sweet Sakes in Chestermere, says she is booked until Christmas with orders. “People have been emailing me from the United Kingdom, from the United States, everywhere in the world just asking me if I’ll ship them hot chocolate bombs. So, it’s
  
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• Alberta politicians use duelling tunes to make parks arguments

  02-11-2020 20:30
  
  Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears. The United Conservative government released a social media campaign today called “My Parks Will Go On,” a play on the name of the 1997 power-pop ballad by Celine Dion that became the theme song for the movie “Titanic.” The campaign says it wants to address what it calls the lies spread by the Opposition New Democrats in their own
  
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• Calgary detached housing market sees growth in sales

  02-11-2020 20:20
  
  There has been recent gains in citywide residential sales that are outpacing the growth in new listings. According to the Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB), Calgary's detached home sector grew in sales in October to 1,764 units, a 23 per cent increase over the last year. "Over the past several years, higher lending rates and the stress test pushed many out of the detached housing market,” said CREB chief economist Ann-Marie Lurie. “However, recent declines in rates, combined with pric
  
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• Alberta's quarantine pilot project for international travellers now underway - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 19:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Alberta's quarantine pilot project for international travellers now underway  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian soldier buried in Netherlands during WWII identified after 75 years

  02-11-2020 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trooper Henry George Johnston was born in 1915 in the village of Chauvin, Alta.
  
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• Outbreak identified in Lethbridge College powerline technician program - Lethbridge Herald

  02-11-2020 18:50 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Outbreak identified in Lethbridge College powerline technician program  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• COVID-19 case prompts temporary closure of elementary school in Black Diamond, Alta.

  02-11-2020 18:44
  
  An elementary school in the community of Black Diamond was closed to students Monday after officials learned of a positive COVID-19 case tied to the school. Classes were cancelled at C. Ian McLaren School to allow for contact tracing after someone connected to the school, who was last in the building on Oct. 30, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. School officials have not disclosed whether it was a student, staff member or visitor in an effort to protect the identity of the infected indi
  
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• No Dr. Hinshaw or COVID-19 data Monday after website maintenance

  02-11-2020 18:17
  
  The Alberta government won’t announce COVID-19 numbers Monday afternoon after the province’s website was under maintenance this weekend. Last week Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said her next update, and the next data announcement, would come Tuesday “to give enough time to ensure all numbers are correct before reporting publicly.” On Friday, Alberta set records for daily and active coronavirus cases, as well as hospitalizations.Infographics: COVID-19 i
  
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• 'Don't be selfish': Kenney asks Albertans to do their part to reduce COVID-19 spread

  02-11-2020 18:17
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says it’s up to Albertans to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. On Friday, Alberta set records for daily and active COVID-19 cases, as well as hospitalizations. “Albertans should be deeply concerned about the current trends,” Kenney said Monday. “It’s time for Albertans, for all us, to up our game.”Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood'KNOCK IT OFF' Asked if the
  
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• Rocky Mountain Dealerships strikes go-private deal that values it at $135 million

  02-11-2020 18:12
  
  Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc. says it has struck an agreement to be sold to a company controlled by its chairman and CEO and become a private company. The Calgary-based firm, which says it is the largest farm equipment dealer in Canada with 36 locations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, says chairman Matthew Campbell and CEO Garrett Ganden have agreed to pay $7 each for the shares they don't currently own. The arrangement values the company at $135 million (or $188 million including debt
  
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• Parks Canada plans captive breeding program for caribou in Jasper National Park

  02-11-2020 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others.
  
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• 'I would rather be fired': Farkas' police commission tenure ends

  02-11-2020 15:40
  
  Councillor Jeromy Farkas will no longer serve on the Calgary Police Commission after he says he refused to endorse statements that the "foundation of policing is racist." The Ward 11 councillor announced his departure from the commission late Sunday night, noting his opposition to council's plan to further reduce the Calgary Police Service budget was a factor in council's decision to vote down his reappointment.  "By courting the 'abolish and defund police' movement, City Council is playing
  
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• 'I would rather be fired': Council removes Farkas from police commission

  02-11-2020 15:40
  
  Calgary city council has removed councillor Jeromy Farkas from serving on the Calgary Police Commission after he says he refused to endorse statements that the "foundation of policing is racist." The Ward 11 councillor announced his departure from the commission late Sunday night, noting his opposition to council's plan to further reduce the Calgary Police Service budget was a factor in his removal.  "By courting the 'abolish and defund police' movement, City Council is playing with fire an
  
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• Exceptionally warm to start November!

  02-11-2020 15:21
  
  We're into that uncommon trifecta setup for our Nov. 2. A high pressure ridge (1) will keep us sunny (2) and with surface attention caught between a low to the north and a high to the south, our wind will be pushed and pulled in from the south (3). That means that I'll be asked to de-tarp the packed-up patio furniture for an afternoon. And I'm going to, because I want to be out there, as well! It's a perfect setup for warmth, and with high pressure lingering for a few days before our upper air t
  
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• Outbreak declared in Lethbridge College's powerline technician program after 7 cases confirmed

  02-11-2020 15:04
  
  Lethbridge College has issued a warning after seven people within the school's powerline technician program cohort tested positive for COVID-19. According to officials with the post-secondary institution, an outbreak has been declared but there is minimal risk to the campus community. All members of the school who have been identified as being potentially exposed to the infected have been contacted by Alberta Health Services. School officials say the cohort spends the majority of its time on a c
  
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• 'I couldn't reach him any more': Substance use rises with recession, pandemic

  02-11-2020 14:52
  
  Marcel Belland was like two different people: he was an outgoing, charming, friendly, fun-loving, kind and gentle man for most of his life. But after his anxiety, depression and addiction to alcohol escalated, he became unhappy, introverted, isolated and hard to reach. The pain of living became too much to bear and in March 2020 he took his own life. Jillian Bourgeois, Belland's widow, said she knew deep down he didn't want to be so sick and unwell, but Belland struggled to get the help he neede
  
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• Rapid COVID-19 testing pilot begins for international travellers arriving at Calgary airport, Coutts crossing

  02-11-2020 14:25
  
  International travellers arriving at the Calgary International Airport may now forgo the mandated 14-day quarantine period and elect to take a rapid test instead.  A new pilot project, conducted in partnership with the provincial and federal government, is offering rapid tests exclusively at the Calgary International Airport and the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta.  The program offers travellers the option to get a test and self-isolate for 24 to 48 hours while they await th
  
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• COVID-19 testing pilot begins for international travellers arriving at Calgary airport, Coutts crossing

  02-11-2020 14:25
  
  International travellers arriving at the Calgary International Airport may now forgo the mandated 14-day quarantine period and elect to take a test instead.  A new pilot project, conducted in partnership with the provincial and federal government, is offering rapid tests exclusively at the Calgary International Airport and the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta.  The program offers travellers the option to get a test and self-isolate for 24 to 48 hours while they await their re
  
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• COVID outbreak declared within Lethbridge College's Powerline Technician program - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 14:17 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  COVID outbreak declared within Lethbridge College's Powerline Technician program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Parks Canada plans first captive breeding program to save Jasper National Park caribou

  02-11-2020 13:55
  
  Caribou herds in Canada's Rocky Mountains are now so precarious that Parks Canada is preparing a plan to round up females from nearly vanished herds and pen them in a captive breeding program to replenish others. The highly invasive move is hinted at in an email distributed last week. “Parks Canada has been investigating the feasibility of developing a caribou conservation breeding program and is now at the point where a proposal will undergo a review by external experts,” the email
  
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• Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Thousands continue protests against Indonesia's new jobs law - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Thousands continue protests against Indonesia's new jobs law  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Midwestern states with few virus rules have low unemployment - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Midwestern states with few virus rules have low unemployment  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb virus  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Barrett to join Supreme Court arguments for the first time - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Barrett to join Supreme Court arguments for the first time  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 2020 Watch: Will loser of the election accept the result? - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 12:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  2020 Watch: Will loser of the election accept the result?  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• UK court rules against Johnny Depp in libel action - Lethbridge News Now

  02-11-2020 11:27 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UK court rules against Johnny Depp in libel action  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 7 confirmed COVID-19 cases tied to Lethbridge College's powerline technician program - CTV Toronto

  02-11-2020 09:00 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  7 confirmed COVID-19 cases tied to Lethbridge College's powerline technician program  CTV Toronto
  
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• Lethbridge College declares COVID-19 outbreak in powerline technician program - Global News

  02-11-2020 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge College declares COVID-19 outbreak in powerline technician program  Global News
  
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