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• Alberta records 7 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, hospitalizations climb to 217

  11-11-2020 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta reported 672 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, pushing the number of people in hospital with the virus to 217, 46 of whom were in intensive care.
  
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• Alberta mom's post goes viral after she asks for help bringing joy to her autistic son through the mail

  11-11-2020 23:41
  
  It started out as a simple Facebook post asking people to reach out to her son, but a Coaldale, Alta., mother says it’s become so much more. Carson Swazey has received about two dozen packages and cards from strangers ever since his mother posted on Facebook asking her friends to send a card to his post office box. 19-year-old Swazey began walking the ten minutes to the local post office this summer and that, along with a new diet, helped him lose 75 pounds. His mother, Amanda Kinney, told
  
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• Alberta mom 'overwhelmed' by response to post asking to bring joy to son with autism through mail

  11-11-2020 23:41
  
  It started out as a simple Facebook post asking people to reach out to her son, but a Coaldale, Alta., mother says it’s become so much more. Carson Swazey has received about two dozen packages and cards from strangers ever since his mother posted on Facebook asking her friends to send a card to his post office box. 19-year-old Swazey began walking the ten minutes to the local post office this summer and that, along with a new diet, helped him lose 75 pounds. His mother, Amanda Kinney, told
  
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• Alberta mom 'overwhelmed' by response to post asking to bring joy to autistic son through mail

  11-11-2020 23:41
  
  It started out as a simple Facebook post asking people to reach out to her son, but a Coaldale, Alta., mother says it’s become so much more. Carson Swazey has received about two dozen packages and cards from strangers ever since his mother posted on Facebook asking her friends to send a card to his post office box. 19-year-old Swazey began walking the ten minutes to the local post office this summer and that, along with a new diet, helped him lose 75 pounds. His mother, Amanda Kinney, told
  
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• Removing invasive Prussian carp from Innisfail, Alta. pond a tall order: province

  11-11-2020 22:33
  
  An invasive species of fish is currently overwhelming a pond in a central Alberta town and, according to the province, there's little that can be done to permanently remove the intruders. Dodd’s Lake in Innisfail has experienced a recent influx of Prussian carp and experts have their suspicions for what prompted the arrival of the highly adaptable fish.  "It can actually use the sperm of other fish to clone itself, which is a unique thing in Alberta for that fish," said Nicole Kimmel,
  
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• More than a dozen new COVID-19 cases found at Loblaw and Sobeys stores in Calgary and area

  11-11-2020 22:32
  
  Loblaw and Sobeys are continuing efforts to inform customers of active coronavirus cases in their employees and a recent update has reported 13 new cases of the illness. Loblaw announced on its website that there are four new cases at Real Canadian Superstore locations in Calgary and one new case at a Calgary Shoppers Drug Mart. Two other workers at the Real Canadian Superstore in Airdrie, Alta. tested positive while another case of the illness involved an employee at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Med
  
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• Calgary mother guilty in son's staph death granted full parole with conditions

  11-11-2020 21:58
  
  A mother found negligent in the death of her 14-month-old son from a staph infection has been granted full parole about halfway through her sentence, but her release comes with conditions. In June 2019, a judge sentenced Jennifer Clark and her husband Jeromie to 32 months in prison after a jury found the Calgary couple guilty of criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life. The Parole Board of Canada said in a decision last week that there were more mitigating
  
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• WestJet issues warning for 3 more flights impacted by COVID-19 cases

  11-11-2020 21:33
  
  WestJet is advising recent guests who flew with the airline about a possible close contact some passengers may have had with active cases of COVID-19. The Calgary-based airline is providing the information regularly so guests can take the proper precautions in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The most recent cases involving flights arriving and departing from Calgary International Airport, along with the possible rows who likely came into close contact, are:Nov. 6 – Flight 610 f
  
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• New life at one of Canada's historic WWII airports - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2020 21:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  New life at one of Canada's historic WWII airports  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Climate-changing methane emissions from oil and gas twice as high as thought: study

  11-11-2020 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada scientists says previous measurements weren't accounting for all sources of methane, a climate-changing gas about 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
  
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• Revera provides update on Calgary's Mount Royal Care Centre outbreak

  11-11-2020 21:06
  
  Nearly a month after an outbreak was declared at a continuing care centre in southwest Calgary, officials say 95 positive cases have been found. Revera, the agency that oversees the Mount Royal Care Centre on Ninth Street S.W., says Alberta Health Services (AHS) confirmed 66 residents at the centre contracted COVID-19 since Oct. 18. So far, 17 residents have recovered but six have died. "The team at Mount Royal offers their most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the people who w
  
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• Alberta's oldest cenotaph marks century of remembrance

  11-11-2020 20:40
  
  The 100th Remembrance Day ceremony hosted at the Beverly Cenotaph in Edmonton looked like it never did before. While a few dozen gathered on Wednesday at Alberta’s oldest cenotaph to observe two minutes of silence in the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, nearly 200 others did so at home via livestream. “Even though it is different this year, it is so important to observe this day. We know this is not what we pictured or what we expected for this year’s ev
  
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• End of an era; HiFi Club latest Calgary business to close during COVID

  11-11-2020 19:29
  
  After 15 years in operation, the HiFi Club — one of Calgary's longest serving institutions of dancing, partying and all around good times — has closed.  An announcement posted to social media says the closure is a result of being shut down since March because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and being unable to renegotiate lease terms with the building's owner. "I'm not trying to vilify them because they're also in an awkward position, they were pretty accommodating for a while
  
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• 'A deal's a deal': Alberta farmers file lawsuit over unpaid oil lease compensation

  11-11-2020 18:36
  
  Two Alberta farmers have taken legal action against AlphaBow Energy Ltd. over allegedly delinquent annual lease agreement payments. According to the class action lawsuit filed by Wilf Kautz on behalf of property owners in Alberta, drilling for oil and gas has resulted in significant damage to his land and the land of others. He says the Calgary-based, privately-owned energy company has failed to provide compensation as outlined in their contract. "Denying payment of the annual compensation is un
  
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• Remembrance Day observed at The Hangar Flight Museum

  11-11-2020 16:48
  
  A private Remembrance Day ceremony for invited guests will be hosted at The Hangar Flight Museum Wednesday morning but members of the public are encouraged to participate virtually. The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 10:40 a.m., will be available online at CTV News Calgary with the televised broadcast of the event beginning at 11 a.m. Don Ross, the director of The Hangar Flight Museum board who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, will serve as emcee. Dignitaries scheduled to participate inc
  
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• Northeast Calgary restaurant back open after satisfying AHS conditions

  11-11-2020 16:16
  
  A northeast Calgary restaurant ordered closed for health violations has now reopened. Alberta Health Services confirmed reopening conditions have been met and the closure order has been lifted for Apna Punjab Sweets and Samosa Factory, in the 5100 block of 47th Street N.E., about a week after the Nov. 4 order was issued. An inspection found several health violations, centered around building maintenance, food storage and cleaning protocols. November's closure wasn't the first time the eatery was
  
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• Northeast Calgary bakery back open after satisfying AHS conditions

  11-11-2020 16:16
  
  A northeast Calgary bakery ordered closed for health violations has now reopened. Alberta Health Services confirmed reopening conditions have been met and the closure order has been lifted for Apna Punjab Sweets and Samosa Factory, in the 5100 block of 47th Street N.E., about a week after the Nov. 4 order was issued. An inspection found several health violations, centered around building maintenance, food storage and cleaning protocols. November's closure wasn't the first time the bakery was shu
  
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• Second World War veteran shares his story on Remembrance Day

  11-11-2020 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian veteran Don White served in the Second World War. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Lagoons and served with a regiment in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany. On Remembrance Day, he asks Canadians to remember those who gave their everything.
  
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• Frosty conditions for Remembrance Day and remainder of week

  11-11-2020 15:14
  
  It depends on your perspective, but the next few of these articles will be mercifully short. That's because of a wave of air currently affecting us at the time of this writing. Our wind is out of the north-northwest and hunkering in near 30 km/h. That will likely continue into the late morning, heralding the arrival of a polar high sweeping in. Colder air is denser than warmer air. When a pool of cold air arrives, it pushes everything else away. That's what's on the way, and that's what keeps ou
  
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• Man convicted of trying to join ISIS granted overnight privileges to visit ski resort with girlfriend

  11-11-2020 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carlos Larmond had been ordered to spend the nights at a half-way house following his release from prison last year.
  
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• Driver dead after crashing into southeast storm pond along Stoney Trail

  11-11-2020 14:26
  
  One man is dead following a Tuesday night crash along the ring road in the city's southeast. According to police, a minivan was travelling eastbound on Stoney Trail near the Highway 22X interchange when it left the road, went down a steep embankment and landed in a storm pond. The driver, a man in his 40s, was pulled from the vehicle and transported by ambulance to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical condition. He later died in hospital. A section of Stoney Trail between the 52 Street and 1
  
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• ‘Unclear processes’ led to days of delay for critical asymptomatic testing at long-term care homes

  11-11-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  At the time of the premier's April 17 announcement, 32 of Alberta’s 50 deaths were in long-term care sites. As of Nov. 9, 236 of the province’s 369 deaths were linked to these facilities.
  
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• Defenceman Owen Power won’t attend Canadian junior team selection camp: Hockey Canada

  11-11-2020 07:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The University of Michigan will not release defenceman Owen Power to participate in the Canadian junior men's hockey team selection camp.
  
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• Bettman says NHL could go with temporary realignment for next season

  11-11-2020 05:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The NHL could go with a temporary realignment of its teams for next season during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• 1 in critical condition after losing control of vehicle on Stoney Trail

  11-11-2020 04:28
  
  One person is in critical condition after their vehicle left the highway and landed in a storm pond in southeast Calgary Tuesday night. The incident took place around 7:05 p.m. Tuesday on Stoney Trail when a vehicle with a single occupant driving east lost control as they entered a long turn where Stoney Trail turns north. According to police, the vehicle went down an embankment, and into a storm pond. The driver, a male in his 40s, was taken out of the vehicle and transported to Foothills hospi
  
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• 1 dead after losing control of vehicle on Stoney Trail

  11-11-2020 04:28
  
  One man is dead after his vehicle left the highway and landed in a storm pond in southeast Calgary Tuesday night. The incident took place around 7:05 p.m. Tuesday on Stoney Trail when a vehicle with a single occupant driving east lost control as they entered a long turn where Stoney Trail turns north. According to police, the vehicle went down an embankment, and into a storm pond. The driver, a male in his 40s, was taken out of the vehicle and transported to Foothills hospital by EMS in critical
  
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• 'I like selling to the world': Siksika First Nation business finds success online

  11-11-2020 03:42
  
  The owners of Boy Chief Trading Post on the Siksika First Nation have seen business boom despite, or perhaps even because of, the pandemic. The trading post, located along Highway 901 about 55 kilometres east of Calgary, sells Indigenous arts and crafts, many created by local artists. About three years ago husband-and-wife owners, Darryl McDonald and Mona Royal, started producing blankets adorned with traditional Blackfoot designs. Until the spring of 2020, those blankets were only availabl
  
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• Lethbridge Hurricanes’ Cotton and Wheatcroft enjoying time in AJHL

  11-11-2020 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of Lethbridge players are among a handful of Hurricanes teammates taking a spin in a different league, while the Western Hockey Leauge (WHL) allows temporary player transfers. 
  
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• Made-in-Alberta tent protects health-care workers from COVID-19 aerosols

  11-11-2020 03:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A made-in-Alberta invention could help save the lives of COVID-19 patients across Canada -- and protect health-care workers.
  
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• Pair of Lethbridge Hurricanes enjoying stop in AJHL

  11-11-2020 03:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the eight months since the WHL season ended, Lethbridge Hurricanes players like Alex Cotton and Chase Wheatcroft have been anxious to get back on the ice together. This weekend the pair did so, but as members of different teams in a different league. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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• Gun range safety improvements underway in North Lethbridge - CTV Toronto

  11-11-2020 02:46 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Gun range safety improvements underway in North Lethbridge  CTV Toronto
  
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• Gun range safety improvements underway in North Lethbridge

  11-11-2020 02:46
  
  Work is beginning on some safety enhancements at the Fish and Game Association shooting range at Peenaquim Park, in the north Lethbridge river valley. The almost $1.9-million project is part of the Cities Capital Improvement Program, with funding from a municipal sustainability grant, and support from the Lethbridge Fish and Game Association through lease rental, and donated goods and services. “We’ve been planning for quite some time,” said LFGA President Allan Friesen. Friese
  
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• Lethbridge support for Movember unwavering despite ongoing pandemic - Global News

  11-11-2020 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge support for Movember unwavering despite ongoing pandemic  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge support for Movember unwavering despite ongoing pandemic

  11-11-2020 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Men are growing mustaches in support of Movember, a campaign raising funds and bringing attention to prostate and testicular cancer, along with men's mental health and suicide prevention.
  
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• Makar brothers part of Brooks Bandits billet bond

  11-11-2020 02:25
  
  For any junior hockey season to go ahead — never mind one during a pandemic — billet families are an essential part of making it happen. For one Brooks Bandits forward, he’s been fortunate to build a relationship with a family over three seasons, which actually began before he joined the team. “I have a billet mom and billet dad, Adam and Jaime McIntosh, no kids, just a nice little puppy,” said Taylor Makar. The couple has been billeting Bandit players for eight sea
  
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• Makar brothers part of Brooks Bandit billet bond

  11-11-2020 02:25
  
  For any junior hockey season to go ahead — never mind one during a pandemic — billet families are an essential part of making it happen. For one Brooks Bandits forward, he’s been fortunate to build a relationship with a family over three seasons, which actually began before he joined the team. “I have a billet mom and billet dad, Adam and Jaime McIntosh, no kids, just a nice little puppy,” said Taylor Makar. The couple has been billeting Bandit players for eight sea
  
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• Former Edmonton track coach charged with historical sex assaults involving teen athletes

  11-11-2020 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kenneth Thomas Porter, 72, who was a coach with the Edmonton Olympic Track and Field Club, has been charged with five counts of indecent assault on a male and five counts of gross indecency.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Nov 10

  11-11-2020 01:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tuesday, November 10, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• Trudeau urges provinces to impose tougher COVID-19 rules

  11-11-2020 01:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  As COVID-19 infections skyrocket across Canada, Toronto and all of Manitoba are entering code red restrictions. David Akin reports on the fears of more lockdowns, and how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on premiers and mayors to do more.
  
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• Bobsleigh Canada opts out of European circuit for December, to train at home in accelerating pandemic

  11-11-2020 01:48
  
  Over the weekend in Whistler Bobsleigh Canada met with its athletes, in order to determine if it was worth travelling, in an accelerating pandemic, to Europe to compete in races through December. As it turns out, everyone agreed that with the increasing rates of COVID-19 in Canada and in Europe it just didn’t make any sense to travel overseas. Justin Kripp, who pilots Canada One, said there’s no question it was the correct decision. “We’ve been kind of monitoring the situ
  
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• 1 dead after semi jackknifed on Trans-Canada Hwy. north of Golden, B.C.

  11-11-2020 01:36
  
  Emergency crews responded to a collision between a semi truck and a passenger vehicle on Highway 1 near Golden B.C. just before noon on Tuesday. Police say the semi truck jackknifed into oncoming traffic and collided with a vehicle. The lone occupant of the passenger vehicle died at the scene, the truck driver did not sustain injuries. The collision happened near Donald, B.C., which is 28 km north of Golden. RCMP is investigating the cause of the collision. Highway 1 was closed in both direction
  
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• Local support for Movember unwavering in Lethbridge, despite ongoing pandemic

  11-11-2020 01:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to raise funds for Movember are still going strong in Lethbridge. Taz Dhaliwal speaks to local men to find out what they’re doing this year to help spread awareness.
  
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• Two additional COVID cases at CCH - Lethbridge News Now

  11-11-2020 01:16 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Two additional COVID cases at CCH  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Don Cherry impersonator doubles down support with Cherrified license plate

  11-11-2020 00:39
  
  Clark Robertson is also known as ‘That Don Cherry Guy.’ He impersonates the former broadcaster who offered hockey wisdom on the Hockey Night in Canada airwaves for nearly 40 years on Coach's Corner, a five-minute-long segment during the first period intermission that became - thanks mostly to Cherry - one of the most-watched five minutes of Canadian television ever. Partly that was because Cherry knew the game and had a flair for pithy puck lessons - and partly because he had a tende
  
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• Don Cherry impersonator doubles down support with Cherri-fied license plate

  11-11-2020 00:39
  
  Clark Robertson is also known as ‘That Don Cherry Guy.’ He impersonates the former broadcaster who offered hockey wisdom on the Hockey Night in Canada airwaves for nearly 40 years on Coach's Corner, a five-minute-long segment during the first period intermission that became - thanks mostly to Cherry - one of the most-watched five minutes of Canadian television ever. Partly that was because Cherry knew the game and had a flair for pithy puck lessons - and partly because he had a tende
  
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• Tensions flare outside Red Deer court after anti-racism advocate’s appearance

  11-11-2020 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  An outspoken anti-racism activist charged with assault made her first court appearance in Red Deer Tuesday. The developments inside court were nowhere near as tense as what unravelled outside the courthouse.
  
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• COVID outbreak reported at Lethbridge adult entertainment club - CTV Toronto

  11-11-2020 00:09 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  COVID outbreak reported at Lethbridge adult entertainment club  CTV Toronto
  
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• COVID outbreak reported at Lethbridge adult entertainment club

  11-11-2020 00:09
  
  Lethbridge's only adult entertainment club, Top Hat Adult Entertainment, is the latest business in the southern zone to have a COVID outbreak. Six positive COVID cases have been connected to the outbreak at the club; one case is currently active and five people have recovered. It was one of a number of new outbreaks reported in Lethbridge on Tuesday, including, the Edith Cavell Care Centre (8 active, 7 recovered) and the Good Samaritan West Highland Centre, (6 cases, all active) Alberta added 71
  
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