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• Alberta breaks one-day COVID-19 case increase record yet again, adds 1,879 new cases

  05-12-2020 23:58
  
  Alberta broke its one-day case increase record for the third time this week on Saturday as the province reported 1,879 new cases of COVID-19. The province has now marked 66,730 cases since the start of the pandemic, including 596 deaths, 47,328 recoveries and 18,806 currently active cases. COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbersThe number of coronavirus patients in Alberta hospitals exceeded 500 for a fourth straight day on
  
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• Alberta breaks one-day COVID-19 case increase record yet again, add 1,879 new cases

  05-12-2020 23:58
  
  Alberta broke its one-day case increase record for the third time this week on Saturday as the province reported 1,879 new cases of COVID-19. The province has now marked 66,730 cases since the start of the pandemic, including 596 deaths, 47,328 recoveries and 18,806 currently active cases. COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbersThe number of coronavirus patients in Alberta hospitals exceeded 500 for a fourth straight day on
  
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• Alberta reports 1,879 COVID-19 cases Saturday, expert warns ‘strong restrictive measures’ needed

  05-12-2020 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary doctor and medical school professor says the provincial health system is being stretched thin and more measures are needed -- immediately.
  
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• Michigan woman charged in cold case murders of newborn twin sons

  05-12-2020 23:17
  
  A Michigan woman has been charged with murder in the deaths of her newborn twin sons more than 17 years ago, police said Saturday. Antoinette Briley, 41, of Holland, Michigan, was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of her sons. The boys' bodies were discovered June 6, 2003, by a Waste Management employee who was emptying trash bins in an alley in unincorporated Stickney Township, police said. The worker spotted the bodies in the front lift bucket of her garbage
  
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• Trucking convoy rallies against COVID-19 restrictions in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  05-12-2020 23:12 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Trucking convoy rallies against COVID-19 restrictions in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A potential return for Meng may not guarantee release of Kovrig, Spavor: experts

  05-12-2020 23:09
  
  Almost two years after Meng Wanzhou’s arrest in Vancouver's airport, the Huawei executive could be heading home soon. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the United States Department of Justice is ready to make a deal with the telecom giant, offering Meng a deferred prosecution agreement and allow her to return to China in exchange for an admission of wrongdoing in her ongoing criminal case. This could be welcome news for Canada, as Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have bee
  
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• Calgary and Edmonton rallies protest government COVID-19 restrictions

  05-12-2020 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Another rally was held in Calgary Saturday afternoon in protest of government restrictions intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Another ‘Walk of Freedom’ march in Calgary to protest government COVID-19 restrictions

  05-12-2020 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Another rally was held in Calgary Saturday afternoon in protest of government restrictions intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Calgary and area stores report 16 new cases of COVID-19 this week

  05-12-2020 23:05
  
  The companies in charge of many supermarkets and pharmacies in Calgary and area have reported another 16 cases of COVID-19 in workers. Loblaw, Sobeys and Co-op have been reporting the cases of the disease in their workers online. Since the last update on Wednesday, the companies reported 16 more workers had gotten sick. Loblaw Companies Inc. also said there were four active cases of the illness at one Real Canadian Superstore location in northeast Calgary. The new cases are: LoblawAn employee at
  
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• Unclear wording of CERB eligibility means some recipients asked to pay everything back

  05-12-2020 22:46
  
  Some Canadians who applied for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) are being asked to repay the entire sum by Dec. 31 because of one word that was never mentioned in the original application, an unclear communication that recipients say is confusing and unfair. “They changed the rules without telling anyone anything,” said Garth Loga, a self-employed contractor from Courtenay, B.C., who was forced to shutter his business of 33 years and is now selling off his truck and tools
  
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• Calgary student launches mental health support during challenging year

  05-12-2020 22:12
  
  It’s been an especially-challenging year for students. COVID-19 canceled graduations, forced learning online and took away a social aspect of life so many rely on. It’s an unexpected twist for young adults, and so one Calgary teenager is hoping to lend them some consistency through a new program. Isabella Burton is the new leader of Peerify’s Calgary chapter. It’s a youth non-profit aimed at guiding teens and young adults through a difficult time. Burton got involved with
  
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• Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

  05-12-2020 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many Fort McMurray residents are still struggling with repairs and cleanup following the spring flooding.
  
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• After $37,000 in fines, court rules Winnipeg church's drive-in service breaches health orders

  05-12-2020 20:49
  
  The Manitoba courts have ruled that a Winnipeg church cannot hold drive-in services. On Saturday afternoon, the Chief Justice of the Court Queen's Bench Glen Joyal ruled that a drive-in church service is still a gathering, which violates public health orders. "It would be unfair to other religious organizations if it was the only applicant who received an injunction, and the other religious organizations were required to comply with the law," said Joyal. He said people staying in their vehicles
  
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• Poets try to put the COVID-19 pandemic into words

  05-12-2020 19:13
  
  The pandemic has been a grim experience for artists of all types, but one thing they have always understood is that sometimes it’s possible to transform a bad chapter of life into powerful art. That’s what 49 poets from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, B.C. and Atlantic Canada have attempted in Pandemic Poems, a new anthology edited by Edmonton’s Kevin B. Solez, that peels back the isolation and anxiety and economic hardship and turns it into beautiful words. 20 years from now,
  
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• Canadian poets try to put the COVID-19 pandemic into words

  05-12-2020 19:13
  
  The pandemic has been a grim experience for artists of all types, but one thing they have always understood is that sometimes it’s possible to transform a bad chapter of life into powerful art. That’s what 49 poets from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, B.C. and Atlantic Canada have attempted in Pandemic Poems, a new anthology edited by Edmonton’s Kevin B. Solez, that peels back the isolation and anxiety and economic hardship and turns it into beautiful words. 20 years from now,
  
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• At Georgia Senate rally, Trump can help his party or himself

  05-12-2020 18:51
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's first political rally since losing his reelection bid is ostensibly to urge support for the Republican incumbents in Georgia's two runoffs that will decide which party controls the Senate at the start of Joe Biden's administration. But the question remains whether Trump will really try to help his party or use the Saturday night event in Valdosta to amplify his conspiratorial and debunked theories of electoral fraud. Republicans are worried that if Trump does the la
  
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• 'Very disappointed': Kenney not happy with mass anti-mask protest in Calgary

  05-12-2020 18:11
  
  A movement that frames itself as a guardian of constitutional rights and 'lover of freedom' once again mobilized to protest the province's COVID-19 rules and Alberta's premier has spoken up against the demonstration. Walk For Freedom staged a march and protest outside Calgary city hall last week to push back against the Alberta government's rules for mandatory mask wearing and other restrictions in many parts of the province. After hundreds of people attended, organizers vowed to do it again, so
  
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• 'Very disappointed': Kenney breaks silence over mass anti-mask protest in Calgary

  05-12-2020 18:11
  
  A movement that frames itself as a guardian of constitutional rights and 'lover of freedom' once again mobilized to protest the province's COVID-19 rules and Alberta's premier has spoken up against the demonstration. Walk For Freedom staged a march and protest outside Calgary city hall last week to push back against the Alberta government's rules for mandatory mask wearing and other restrictions in many parts of the province. After hundreds of people attended, organizers vowed to do it again, so
  
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• Anti-mask group set to march through the streets of Calgary again

  05-12-2020 18:11
  
  A movement that frames itself as a guardian of constitutional rights and "lover of freedom" is once again mobilizing to protest the province's COVID-19 rules despite pressure from city officials and law enforcement. Walk For Freedom staged a march and protest outside Calgary city hall last week to push back against the Alberta government's rules for mandatory mask wearing and other restrictions in many parts of the province. After hundreds of people attended, organizers vowed to do it again, so
  
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• Police investigate after southeast Calgary home struck by gunfire

  05-12-2020 17:09
  
  Calgary police are looking for suspects after they were called to the scene of a suspected shooting early Saturday morning. Officials responded to reports of gunshots at a home on Pensville Road S.E. at about 12:39 a.m. When they arrived, they found three bullet holes in the home, but no one was injured.CPS believe the incident was a targeted attack. There are no details on any suspects at this time, but police are still investigating.
  
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• UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end - Lethbridge News Now

  05-12-2020 16:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic's end  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ontario breaks another record for number of new COVID-19 cases

  05-12-2020 16:13
  
  Ontario has broken another record for the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day. Health officials confirmed 1,859 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, which is four more infections than the previous record set on Nov. 27. Ontario also set a new testing record, processing 59,400 swabs in the previous day. This leaves Ontario's test positivity rate at 3.1 per cent. As of Saturday morning, there are 709 patients in an Ontario hospital with COVID-19, which is an increase since Friday. At
  
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• High-risk groups begin receiving vaccines in Moscow

  05-12-2020 14:31
  
  The city of Moscow opening 70 vaccination facilities where thousands of doctors, teachers and others in high-risk groups had signed up to receive COVID-19 vaccines starting Saturday, a precursor to a sweeping Russia-wide immunization effort. The centres in the capital started giving shots to willing recipients three days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of a "large-scale" COVID-19 immunization campaign even though a Russian-designed vaccine has yet to complete the advanced studi
  
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• Politicians not prioritized for early COVID-19 vaccine doses

  05-12-2020 13:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political leaders of all levels will be waiting their turn to receive a COVID-19 vaccine like most other Canadians. “We have really based our priorities on burden of illness, so people who have died most of the disease or have been most touched with complications, and frontline health-care workers, as well as Indigenous communities and remote communities. Political leaders are not part of these groups,” said Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, chair of t
  
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• ‘Massive undertaking’: Roadmap of Canada’s coronavirus vaccine roll-out

  05-12-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  From manufacturing in Switzerland to storage and distribution in Canada, we take a look at the complex supply chain of highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccines.
  
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• Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation - Lethbridge News Now

  05-12-2020 12:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Romania: Election expected to usher in 'European' generation  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Pressure mounts on Biden to make diverse picks for top posts - Lethbridge News Now

  05-12-2020 07:30 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Pressure mounts on Biden to make diverse picks for top posts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Airdrie RCMP seek assistance in eyewear robbery

  05-12-2020 05:56
  
  Airdrie RCMP are investigating after an early-morning robbery  of Optima Eyewear and Optometry. The incident took place about 3:15 a.m., when Airdrie RCMP were alerted to a break and enter at the eyewear store at 1700 Market Street. Video surveillance showed two Caucasian men in black jackets, black face masks and gloves enter the store and steal a number of pairs of glasses, at around 12:30 a.m. It's possible that the suspects fled the scene in a white cube van. A number of the stolen glas
  
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• Rescue on the Bow River: Man taken to hospital in unknown condition

  05-12-2020 05:42
  
  Calgary fire crews pulled a man from the Bow River Friday afternoon. The rescue effort came at approximately 2:30 p.m. after multiple calls were made to 911 to report a person or body floating in the Bow River near Reconciliation Bridge. Calgary fire crews responded, and its aquatics team was able to intercept the unconscious individual near Fort Calgary. Wearing a dry suit, a member of the aquatics team dove into the water and was able to bring the man to shore.Waiting firefighters initiated CP
  
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• Rescue on the Bow River: Man taken to hospital in life-threatening condition

  05-12-2020 05:42
  
  Calgary fire crews pulled a man from the Bow River Friday afternoon. The rescue effort came at approximately 2:30 p.m. after multiple calls were made to 911 to report a person or body floating in the Bow River near Reconciliation Bridge. Calgary fire crews responded, and its aquatics team was able to intercept the unconscious individual near Fort Calgary. Wearing a dry suit, a member of the aquatics team dove into the water and was able to bring the man to shore.Waiting firefighters initiated CP
  
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• Lake Louise Ski Resort among latest COVID-19 outbreaks in Calgary zone

  05-12-2020 04:30
  
  Lake Louise Ski Resort confirmed it has a COVID-19 outbreak Friday, but it will remain open. The outbreak was one of 12 new outbreaks in the Calgary zone reported Friday by Dr. Deena Hinshaw at her COVID-19 update. According to a statement sent later Friday by Alberta Health Services, Lake Louise Ski Resort reported six cases overall, with four recovered and two remaining active. All the confirmed cases were staff members, a ski resort spokesperson confirmed in an email to CTV News. The staff we
  
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• Canucks owner severs ties with anthem singer over scheduled performance at anti-mask rally

  05-12-2020 03:46
  
  A long-time Canucks anthem singer will no longer to be belting out "O Canada" to fans at Rogers Arena. Mark Donnelly is scheduled to perform the Canadian anthem at the BC Christmas Freedom Rally, an anti-mask demonstration, which prompted the Canucks owner to announce Donnelly will no longer sing for them. Franceso Aquilini responded to a newspaper article via a tweet, asking the Vancouver Sun to update its headline to describe Donnelly as a “former Canucks anthem singer.” The articl
  
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• Canucks owner severs ties with anthem singer over performance at anti-mask rally

  05-12-2020 03:46
  
  A long-time Canucks anthem singer will no longer to be belting out "O Canada" to fans at Rogers Arena. Ahead of Mark Donnelly's scheduled performance of the Canadian anthem at the BC Christmas Freedom Rally, an anti-mask demonstration, the owner of the Vancouver Canucks announced that Donnelly will no longer sing for them. Franceso Aquilini responded to a newspaper article via a tweet, asking the Vancouver Sun to update its headline to describe Donnelly as a “former Canucks anthem singer.&
  
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• Alberta reaches out to hiring agencies, colleges, even WestJet for contact tracing help

  05-12-2020 03:18
  
  The call has been sent out far and wide in Alberta for qualified individuals willing to take on the monumental task of tracking down and notifying all close contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. The contact tracing team has grown rapidly since the start of the pandemic, when there were only 50 people staffing the phones, writes Kerry Williamson, executive director of issues management for Alberta Health Services (AHS) in an email to CTV News Friday. "We increased this (five times) by July to 300
  
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• Alberta economy sheds 10,800 jobs in November

  05-12-2020 03:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian economy added 60,000 jobs in November, but Alberta did not share in that success. Tom Vernon explains how the job recovery has stalled.
  
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• New remote testimony space supports children and youth inside and out of the courtroom

  05-12-2020 03:08
  
  The Calgary and Area Child Advocacy Centre (CCAC) has developed a safe space for children and teens to give remote testimonies as an alternative to the often uncomfortable experience of physically entering a courtroom and possibly reliving past trauma. The CCAC’s remote testimony room is specially designed with the intent of providing children and youth who have experienced abuse an opportunity to give remote testimonies to the court while being fully supported by the CCAC’s multi-di
  
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• Woman recounts what it was like to see a family member die of COVID-19 in an Alberta hospital

  05-12-2020 03:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta family is sharing its tale of devastating loss in hopes it will inform others of how dangerous COVID-19 is.
  
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• As COVID-19 crisis intensifies, Calgary man with cancer fears dying alone

  05-12-2020 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  With Alberta hospitals bracing for patient surges and many facing visitor restrictions due to outbreaks, people reliant on the health care system are beyond anxious.
  
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• Alberta highways separate UCP's differing pandemic responses

  05-12-2020 02:19
  
  The divide between rural and urban pandemic response seems to be growing, despite a surge in COVID-19 outside of large Alberta centres. Dr. Deena Hinshaw warned of rural spread in a press conference Thursday afternoon.  But just hours later, Premier Jason Kenney took to the Internet to tell his Facebook friends the gap between urban and rural pandemic situations is a wide one. “(Rural Alberta) is not the issue right now," Kenney said. “The issue is the hot zones in Calgary and E
  
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• Southeast Calgary traffic disrupted due to rush hour vehicle fire

  05-12-2020 02:10
  
  Traffic was disrupted late Friday afternoon in southeast Calgary when a vehicle caught fire. The incident took place shortly after 4 p.m. on southbound Stoney Trail between Glenmore and 114 Ave. S.E. By the time rescue crews arrived on scene, the single occupant of a Honda on fire was out of his vehicle. Fire fighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire. EMS treated the driver on the spot for very minor injuries. He wasn't transported to hospital. Fire investigators remain on the scene, try
  
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• AHS seeks third-party companies to handle lab services

  05-12-2020 02:10
  
  Alberta Health Services is seeking a third-party company to take over its lab testing services that could help save money. To do it, AHS has announced a request for proposal (RFP) to find an organization that can provide "high-quality laboratory services for all Albertans." The potential for cost savings was identified in the AHS performance review. "AHS continues to pursue innovative approaches of delivering critical healthcare services more efficiently while enhancing the level of care for all
  
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• The Weekly with LNN – Dec 4, 2020 - Lethbridge News Now

  05-12-2020 02:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  The Weekly with LNN – Dec 4, 2020  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Partnership between chief medical officer, health minister ‘critical’ in emergency response: former Alberta minister

  05-12-2020 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Effectively navigating an emergency like a global pandemic requires a strong relationship between a province's health minister and top doctor, according to one former minister.
  
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• Alberta offers Rocky Mountain coal leases after rescinding protection policy

  05-12-2020 02:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta is offering more of its Rocky Mountain landscapes to coal mining after rescinding a decades-old policy that protected them.
  
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• Alberta’s COVID-19 situation growing more dire

  05-12-2020 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warns more targeted restrictions could be coming as COVID-19 surges in the province. Heather Yourex-West looks at the mounting frustration, exhaustion, and the politics in this crisis.
  
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• Lethbridge council expected to take pay cut; municipal census on chopping block - Global News

  05-12-2020 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge council expected to take pay cut; municipal census on chopping block  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge council expected to take pay cut; municipal census on chopping block

  05-12-2020 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Even if any council member was opposed to that, and they wanted to reduce that percentage, they would be seen to be self-serving."
  
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• Community supporting dedicated southern Alberta bus driver who drove kids to school hours after house burns

  05-12-2020 01:23
  
  A southern Alberta school bus driver said she has been overwhelmed by community support after a fire caused extensive damage to their rural home north-west of Medicine Hat. “There’s even anonymous giving,” said Robyn Gilliland. “Who and where do you start thanking everyone within the community? “It’s just remarkable.” What many also consider remarkable is that Gilliland showed up for her 6 a.m. bus route only hours after escaping the devastating fire in
  
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• New Alberta support program aims to help those suffering trauma from mountain tragedy

  05-12-2020 00:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mountain Muskox Mentorship is a peer support group designed specifically to help those who have been impacted by mountain tragedies.
  
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• Alberta’s COVID-19 positivity rate hits 10.5%

  05-12-2020 00:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the province identified 1,828 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, while recording 15 additional deaths. The province has also hit a 10.5 per cent positivity rating.
  
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