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• Alberta marks another one-day record increase with 1,731 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

  28-11-2020 23:50
  
  Five more Albertans were reported to have died of COVID-19 on Saturday as the province added 1,731 new cases, its largest single-day increase of the pandemic. Two of the five deaths were linked to existing outbreaks. A total of 524 Albertans have now died due to COVID-19.  The province now has marked 54,836 total cases and its active case count rose to 14,931 on Saturday, the ninth consecutive day Alberta has broken its active case record. Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbe
  
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• Alberta marks another one-day record increase in COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

  28-11-2020 23:50
  Five more Albertans were reported to have died of COVID-19 on Saturday as the province added 1,731 new cases, its largest single-day increase of the pandemic. Two of the five deaths were linked to existing outbreaks. A total of 524 Albertans have now died due to COVID-19.  The province now has marked 54,836 total cases and its active case count rose to 14,931 on Saturday, the ninth consecutive day Alberta has broken its active case record. Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbe
  
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• Alberta marks another 1-day record increase in COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths

  28-11-2020 23:50
  
  Five more Albertans were reported to have died of COVID-19 on Saturday as the province added 1,731 new cases, its largest single-day increase of the pandemic. Two of the five deaths were linked to existing outbreaks. A total of 524 Albertans have now died due to COVID-19.  The province now has marked 54,836 total cases and its active case count rose to 14,931 on Saturday, the ninth consecutive day Alberta has broken its active case record. Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbe
  
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• Nearly a dozen active COVID-19 cases at Calgary care home, 1 death

  28-11-2020 23:33
  
  There are five new deaths from COVID-19 in Alberta, the province says, with two of those occurring in the Calgary zone. Alberta Health announced details of the deaths on Saturday at the same time that it announced another 1,731 new cases of the disease. Two of the deaths are in the Calgary zone, officials say. They are a man in his 80s, who died Nov. 16, and a woman in her 80s, who died on Nov. 24. The woman contracted COVID-19 as a result of an outbreak at Generations Calgary, an assisted livin
  
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• Alberta woman turns to social media to locate lost blanket

  28-11-2020 23:03
  
  An Alberta woman whose brother died years ago says a post about a lost blanket made of memories has had a lot of attention. Lyndsay Fudge's brother Wyatt died in a car accident, leaving his two-year-old son Ryder without a father. To help the boy cope with the loss, Lyndsay fashioned a blanket made out of two of Wyatt's favourite items – a sweater and a Jarome Iginla jersey. The memory blanket was stitched together in such a way so Ryder's hands could fit into the pockets of the sweater hi
  
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• Reminder: Albertans invited to share thoughts on 2021 provincial budget - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 22:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• AJHL’s Canmore Eagles dealing with COVID-19 outbreak

  28-11-2020 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canmore Eagles say 16 of its members have tested positive for the virus, including head coach Andrew Milne.
  
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• COVID-19 cases in Canada remain on troubling course, Tam says

  28-11-2020 22:24
  
  Canada remains on a troubling path for new COVID-19 infections as case counts continue to mount, the country's top doctor said Saturday. The most recent infection rates indicate Canada is on track to hit as many as 10,000 new cases a day by next month, Dr. Theresa Tam said. "If we continue on the current pace, our longer range models continue to forecast significant increases in daily case counts and estimate that there could be up to 10,000 cases reported daily by mid-December," Tam said in a w
  
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• Protecting your personal information and your money when shopping online

  28-11-2020 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  With more people shopping online during the pandemic, scammers are looking to take advantage.
  
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• Study finds train speed a top factor in wildlife deaths in Banff, Yoho national parks

  28-11-2020 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A study looking at 646 wildlife deaths on railway tracks in Banff and Yoho national parks in Alberta and British Columbia has found that train speed was one of the biggest factors.
  
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• COVID-19 claims life of young boy in Manitoba

  28-11-2020 21:09
  
  Officials in Manitoba say a young boy is among the 10 new COVID-19-related deaths recorded in the province on Saturday. No other details about the child were released, other than that he was under the age of 10 and was in the Winnipeg region. Since the government's last update on Friday, 487 new infections have been identified. Chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin says in a tweet that the weekend "will bring temptations to get together with others and to run errands."Newslett
  
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• Feds unveil more funding for dairy, poultry and egg farmers hurt by free trade deals

  28-11-2020 20:46
  
  Canadian egg and poultry farmers who've lost domestic market share due to two recent free trade agreements will have access to $691 million in federal cash. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the long-awaited funds Saturday in a virtual news conference. The money follows a previously announced $1.75 billion for the dairy sector linked to free trade deals with Europe and countries on the Pacific Rim. Those funds were to flow over eight years, and the first $345 million payment was
  
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• Jason Kenney says COVID-19 vaccination will not be mandatory in Alberta

  28-11-2020 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We're not going to strap people down to force them to be injected with a vaccine. I think the very idea is ridiculous," Premier Jason Kenney said.
  
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• 5-year-old publishes book of jokes told during COVID-19 lockdown

  28-11-2020 19:30
  
  Five-year-old Tristan Kennedy is the author of a new book full of the jokes he shared with his neighbours during the pandemic. For Tristan, an outgoing kid, life inside the home got lonely in the spring when lockdown hit. “With everything closed, preschool closed, playground closed, there wasn’t much outlet for us,” said his mother, Naya Kennedy. “Tristan would see people walking by out the windows and he would wave and bang on the glass.” Tristan had the idea to st
  
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• 5-year-old B.C. boy publishes book of jokes told during COVID-19 lockdown

  28-11-2020 19:30
  
  Five-year-old Tristan Kennedy is the author of a new book full of the jokes he shared with his neighbours during the pandemic. For Tristan, an outgoing kid, life inside the home got lonely in the spring when lockdown hit. “With everything closed, preschool closed, playground closed, there wasn’t much outlet for us,” said his mother, Naya Kohout. “Tristan would see people walking by out the windows and he would wave and bang on the glass.” Tristan had the idea to sta
  
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• 'Walk for Freedom' rallies throughout Alberta protest pandemic health measures

  28-11-2020 19:13
  
  Protesters will gather in several Alberta cities this weekend to protest what organizers call an infringement of Charter rights and freedoms. The group protests any type of shutdowns and mask-wearing as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Jason Kenney on Tuesday admitted a big reason for not locking down the province was due to an infringement of everyday Albertan’s rights and freedoms. “Since when should governments, start with an impairment of fundamental Charter-protected
  
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• Blackfalds RCMP investigating fatal grain truck collision

  28-11-2020 18:30
  
  Blackfalds RCMP are investigating a fatal collision between a semi-tractor trailer and a grain truck Friday afternoon. Mounties say the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. yesterday on Highway 42 east of Range Road 275.  A grain truck was travelling westbound when it collided a southbound semi-tractor trailer unit, according to police.  The 46-year-old male driver of the grain truck was pronounced dead the scene. The driver of the semi-tractor trailer was uninjured.  Mounties are cont
  
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• U.S. is 'rounding the corner into a calamity,' expert says, with COVID-19 deaths projected to double

  28-11-2020 18:29
  
  As Thanksgiving week draws to an end, more experts are warning the COVID-19 pandemic will likely get much worse in the coming weeks before a possible vaccine begins to offer some relief. More than 205,000 new cases were reported Friday -- which likely consists of both Thursday and Friday reports in some cases, as at least 20 states did not report COVID-19 numbers on Thanksgiving. The U.S. has now reported more than 100,000 infections every day for 25 consecutive days, with a daily average of mor
  
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• 'Won't strap people down': Kenney dismisses idea of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

  28-11-2020 18:20
  
  Premier Jason Kenney has panned the idea of making a COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all Albertans, he announced on social media this week. During a live question-and-answer period held on his Facebook page, he said that his government would not be pursuing a policy to make a vaccination program necessary for Albertans when the COVID-19 vaccine becomes available. "COVID vaccinations will not be mandatory – not in Alberta," he said. Furthermore, he said his government will look at making cha
  
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• Why 'Release the Kraken' has become the latest pro-Trump rallying cry

  28-11-2020 17:46
  
  Calls to “Release the Kraken,” once reserved for tales of Scandinavian folklore and rum commercials, have become the latest rallying cry for pro-Trump groups spreading unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the U.S. election. Pro-Trump groups, including QAnon conspiracy theorists, have been sharing the hashtag #ReleaseTheKraken in the weeks following President-elect Joe Biden’s declared victory in an effort to support the legal campaign to challenge the election re
  
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• What is the 'Kraken' and what does it have to do with Trump's election challenge

  28-11-2020 17:46
  
  Calls to “Release the Kraken,” once reserved for tales of Scandinavian folklore and rum commercials, have become the latest rallying cry for pro-Trump groups spreading unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the U.S. election. Pro-Trump groups, including QAnon conspiracy theorists, have been sharing the hashtag #ReleaseTheKraken in the weeks following President-elect Joe Biden’s declared victory in an effort to support the legal campaign to challenge the election re
  
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• Calgary mall swamped with shoppers, police called in

  28-11-2020 17:17
  
  Police officers were called in to help disperse a crowd of "unruly customers" at Chinook Centre Friday evening, CTV News has learned. Images and videos of large numbers of customers, mainly teenagers, were posted to social media on Nov. 27. Along with no physical distancing between the shoppers, it appeared that the crowds exceeded the mandatory 25 per cent capacity limit of the shopping mall.This is Chinook Mall in Calgary right now. I’m at work because you wouldn’t lockdown the pro
  
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• French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 17:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Quebec breaks record for new COVID-19 cases, as number of deaths surpass 7,000

  28-11-2020 17:09
  
  Quebec had a double dose of bad news in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday. The province broke its record for the number of new cases in a 24-hour period when officials reported 1,480 new cases. The prior record was set Thursday when 1,464 new cases were reported. The total number of deaths due to the disease reached a grim milestone as well, as they surpassed 7,000 to start the weekend. The province reported 37 new deaths bringing the total number of people who have died due to t
  
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• U.K. appoints vaccines minister to oversee COVID-19 inoculations

  28-11-2020 15:28
  
  The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country's biggest vaccine program in decades. The U.K. medicines regulator is currently assessing two vaccines -- one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the other by Oxford University and AstraZeneca -- to see if they are safe and effective. T
  
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• U.K. appoints vaccines minister as officials prepare for approvals

  28-11-2020 15:28
  
  The British government appointed a vaccines minister on Saturday as it prepares to inoculate millions of people against the coronavirus, potentially starting within days. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Conservative lawmaker Nadhim Zahawi will oversee the country's biggest vaccine program in decades. The U.K. medicines regulator is currently assessing two vaccines -- one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, the other by Oxford University and AstraZeneca -- to see if they are safe and effective. T
  
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• City warns of dangers around ice-covered water - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 15:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City warns of dangers around ice-covered water  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 14:56 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  High court takes up census case, as other count issues loom  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• India farmers press on with protest despite offer to talk - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 14:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  India farmers press on with protest despite offer to talk  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Meet the military general in charge of Canada's mass COVID-19 vaccination effort

  28-11-2020 13:00
  
  His name is Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin. He comes with nearly 30 years of military experience, but now he’s in for a mission like no other: overseeing the herculean logistical effort to see vaccines make their way across the country and into the arms of millions of Canadians in 2021. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called it the “greatest mobilization effort Canada has seen since the Second World War,” and with decades of experience, including in warzones, Fortin is up for t
  
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• Europe's Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year? - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 11:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Europe's Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year?  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 11:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 11:25 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Keeping COVID out of care homes if residents leave for appointments

  28-11-2020 03:29
  
  Marianne Jaromi’s father lives at Carewest George Boyack, where there’s been a COVID-19 outbreak since October. Like so many families with loved ones in long-term care homes or assisted living facilities it has been an extremely stressful time. “They are isolating them in their rooms, they’re bringing in meal trays but my dad says it feels like jail,” said Jaromi. There are 37 cases of COVID-19 linked to the facility. While the majority have recovered, several cases
  
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• Global News at 6 Lethbridge: Nov 27

  28-11-2020 03:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, November 27, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Quinn Campbell.
  
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• Police seek witnesses to serious crash involving Calgary Transit bus

  28-11-2020 03:05
  
  Calgary police are looking for the public's help to learn more about the circumstances of a crash that sent four people, including a Calgary Transit bus driver, to hospital. Officers were called to the scene of a crash at 11 a.m. at the intersection of 52nd Street. and 90th Avenue S.E. on Nov. 26. When they arrived along with EMS and the Calgary Fire Department, they found a Calgary Transit articulated bus had collided with a semi truck. According to an initial investigation, the truck, a 2021 W
  
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• Some Blood Tribe members say they were turned away from Lethbridge polling station - Global News

  28-11-2020 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Some Blood Tribe members say they were turned away from Lethbridge polling station

  28-11-2020 02:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thousands of Blood Tribe members came out to vote for a chief and council on Thursday and long lines of people could be seen throughout the day.
  
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• 'We are now desperate': Southern Alberta service agency asks for help of its own

  28-11-2020 02:38
  
  More than three tractor-trailers full of food were unloaded in Fort MacLeod earlier this week as part of an effort organized by Calgary Family Peer Connections, which has been helping a number of southern Alberta families get through the pandemic. “We started at the front door of my driveway under a red tent outside, and now we are serving more than 1,000 individuals each week,” said Calgary Family Peer Connections founder and director Jaquie Duhacek. The organization helps people in
  
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• The Weekly with LNN – Nov 27, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  28-11-2020 02:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  The Weekly with LNN – Nov 27, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary nurse’s post defending front-line workers to ‘internet trolls’ goes viral

  28-11-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary nurse's honest and compassionate message to essential workers -- as well as internet trolls -- has gone viral.
  
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• Alberta junior hockey team in quarantine after 16 members test positive for COVID-19

  28-11-2020 01:44
  
  The Canmore Eagles junior hockey team has gone into quarantine after 16 members tested positive for COVID-19. The news comes one day after the Alberta Junior Hockey League — where the Eagles compete — put its season on pause after four cases were identified spread across four different teams. The 16 members of the Eagles who tested positive are suffering varying levels of sickness. Team officials say one player was showing symptoms on the team bus after a game and was immediately iso
  
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• Some Blood Tribe members upset after being turned away from Lethbridge polling station | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  28-11-2020 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  
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• Some Blood Tribe members upset after being turned away from Lethbridge polling station

  28-11-2020 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2020 Blood Tribe election was held Thursday, and some Blood Tribe members are upset, saying they weren’t able to cast their vote at the Lethbridge polling station. As Taz Dhaliwal reports, nearly 200 people waiting in line were told to leave by Lethbridge police.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta bar owner questions ‘double standard’ VLT restrictions

  28-11-2020 01:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta businesses like pubs, restaurants and bars with VLTs are not allowed to operate the machines under new public health measures.
  
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• Alberta announces programs to address trucking shortages, reduce financial barriers to training

  28-11-2020 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  "We have a shortage of drivers, as well, so we're looking for ways to bridge people into getting their bums in the seats, if you will."
  
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• Hinshaw says she is ‘happy to work with any colleagues’ after Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association forms COVID-19 committee

  28-11-2020 00:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw says she is “happy to work with any colleagues” after the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association created their own COVID-19 pandemic committee.
  
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• Hinshaw calls COVID-19 vaccine rollout date a ‘moving target’ for Alberta

  28-11-2020 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw says Alberta Health Services continues to work with the federal government on a rollout plan for the COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Alberta identifies 1,227 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 deaths on Friday

  28-11-2020 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announced 1,227 new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Friday. Hinshaw also announced 9 additional deaths for a total of 519 since the first case of COVID-19.
  
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• Hinshaw asks for co-operation and respect amid reports of abuse towards AHS health inspectors

  28-11-2020 00:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw says she is concerned over reports of abuse towards AHS health inspectors trying to enforce COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta.
  
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