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• Calgary’s Smalltown DJs named among 35 best lesser-known artists of last 35 years by Spin

  15-12-2020 23:59
  
  This last 12 months have been a real bummer for most artists working in the live event industry, but 2020 is set to end on a high note for the Calgary duo, Smalltown DJs. Made up of Pete Emes and Mike Grimes, the pair were chosen by the legendary Bootsy Collins for a piece in the current issue of Spin titled The 35 Best Lesser-Known Artists of the Last 35 Years, Picked by 35 Well-Known Artists. "They take a dance groove and kill it, in a good way," reads a quote from Collins. And it's high prais
  
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• Flames defenceman Juuso Valimaki healthy and ready to play a big role on blueline

  15-12-2020 23:56
  
  Juuso Valimaki was all ready to play a large part on the Calgary Flames defence in the 2019-20 season but all that changed when he suffered a major knee injury during training. The 22-year-old was sidelined for the entire season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He admits there were some tough times during rehab and he wasn’t sure when he’d be able to get back to playing again. “There has been days or hours where you’ve been kind of thinking
  
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• Lethbridge College among top 50 Research Colleges in Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 23:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Lethbridge College among top 50 Research Colleges in Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cenovus, Husky shareholders vote in favour of combined company

  15-12-2020 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  The endorsement by investors of both Cenovus Energy Inc. and Husky Energy Inc. was resounding, with more than 90 per cent of votes cast in favour of the acquisition.
  
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• How the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine works: Health Canada

  15-12-2020 23:03
  
  The federal government is teaching Canadians about how the COVID-19 vaccine starting to be rolled out across the country this week works. Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine teaches cells in the body how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response, causing the body to produce antibodies, according to Health Canada. The difference between this vaccine and a typical flu shot is that Pfizer’s triggers the immune response without using the actual virus that causes COVID-19. RNA stands f
  
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• Kenney looks back at Alberta’s pandemic priorities as first COVID-19 vaccines scheduled

  15-12-2020 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The premier hailed the province’s preparedness for this pandemic, including having higher than average PPE and testing levels.
  
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• City of Lethbridge approves rent subsidy for those impacted by COVID shutdowns - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 22:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  City of Lethbridge approves rent subsidy for those impacted by COVID shutdowns  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Suspect arrested in connection to Greenview homicide

  15-12-2020 22:03
  
  Calgary police have arrested a suspect on second-degree murder charges in connection to a September homicide in the city's northeast. Justin Malcolm Sutherland, 33, was arrested Monday in Edmonton on second-degree murder charges and theft of a motor vehicle which was stolen during the homicide. Mid-afternoon on Monday, Sept. 21, police responded to a call about a man in medical distress on the steps of a home in the 4800 block of First St. N.E. Medical aid was provided, but the man succumbed to
  
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• Jordan application denied, accused killer Stephane Parent to stand trial in 2021

  15-12-2020 21:48
  
  A Calgary judge has dismissed a so-called Jordan application filed by accused murderer Stephane Parent, arguing his right to a speedy trial was violated. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Richard Neufeld ruled Parent’s case will proceed next year.  Parent, 52, is charged with second-degree murder for the death of his former girlfriend, Adrienne McColl. The 21-year-olds body was discovered in a farmer's field near Nanton in 2002. Parent was arrested in Quebec in 2018.  Parent w
  
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• Santa adapts to spread Christmas cheer to Calgary Society for Persons with Disabilities

  15-12-2020 21:26
  
  Scott Broadfoot, a client of the Calgary Society for Persons with Disabilities, has dressed up as Santa every year over the past decade for the organization's Christmas party. This year looked a little bit different as a result of the pandemic but that didn't stop Broadfoot from dressing up in the familiar red suit to spread the spirit of the holidays. "I’m playing Santa Claus, it's something I enjoy," said Broadfoot. "It's an honour really." A typical year would see Broadfoot dress up as
  
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• Calgary Zoo Lemur recovers quickly after cataract surgery

  15-12-2020 20:57
  
  Radish, a senior red-fronted lemur at the Calgary Zoo, is seeing clearly again after undergoing a difficult cataract surgery earlier this year. The Calgary Zoo's animal care team noticed changes in the 29-year-old lemur's behavior late in the summer, after it appeared she was having difficulty seeing things in front of her. Previous yearly exams had shown that Radish's eyes had been changing, leading the zoo to perform a complete exam on the animal. The exam confirmed that cataracts in Radish's
  
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• Creator of Alberta's 'Mr. Covid' ad campaign happy about response

  15-12-2020 20:33
  
  An ad man behind Alberta's much talked-about COVID-19 awareness campaign says he's happy about the attention it has received. Kurt Beaudoin of ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in Edmonton says more than 400,000 people have watched the company's two “COVID loves” ads, which were put out last week. The ads follow a man with a giant head that looks like the novel coronavirus as he enjoys parties, family gatherings and a Christmas dinner. Beaudoin says that much like COVID-19, the character
  
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• Calgary man accused of sexually assaulting minors has died, police confirm

  15-12-2020 20:22
  
  A Calgary man arrested twice in recent weeks on charges of luring and sexually assaulting a minor as well as drug trafficking has died, police confirmed Tuesday.  Calgary police say the death of Michael Mazar is not considered suspicious. Mazar was initially arrested Nov. 4, along with 19-year-old Cheyenne Madison Savannah Lee Schmeikal, at the Sandman Hotel in downtown Calgary on charges relating to the trafficking of a 15-year-old girl. Mazar was then rearrested Dec. 7 after investigators
  
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• Artist, marketing company behind Alberta’s ‘Mr. Covid’ ads say their success means more on the way

  15-12-2020 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton-based ZGM Modern Marketing Partners wrote the concept and then the practical "Mr. Covid" mask was made by hand by Travis Shewchuk, a Fort Saskatchewan-based artist. 
  
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• Alberta’s COVID-19 awareness campaigns heading to TikTok, says man behind ads

  15-12-2020 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kurt Beaudoin of ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in Edmonton says more than 400,000 people have watched the company's two "COVID loves" ads, which were put out last week.
  
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• Alberta to administer 1st COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon

  15-12-2020 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced on the Danielle Smith Show Tuesday morning that the province will be administering the first COVID-19 vaccine in the province in the afternoon. Sarah Offin reports.
  
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• LPS budget cut will mean fewer officers on the streets: Chief - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 19:47 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  LPS budget cut will mean fewer officers on the streets: Chief  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Brantford police say 2 people charged in theft of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia

  15-12-2020 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say recovered items include game-used sticks, hockey gloves, pants and jerseys and a Wayne Gretzky player-of-the-year award.
  
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• Man injured in Tuesday hunting accident near Calgary: RCMP

  15-12-2020 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  EMS said the victim suffered life-threatening injuries.
  
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• Kenney to join Hinshaw in pandemic update on vaccine-arrival day

  15-12-2020 19:16
  
  The premier and several ministers will join Alberta's Dr. Deena Hinshaw for her regular pandemic update Tuesday afternoon. The province has some 21,100 active cases after a record day-over-day increase of 1,887 diagnoses on Monday. Yet, the chief medical officer of health said Alberta's reproductive rate, or R-value, was 0.98, signalling transmission had plateaued in the province. Hinshaw said that was "not enough" on its own, and that Alberta needed to see both its R-value drop to at least 0.8
  
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• Alberta reports 1,341 new COVID-19 cases as it opens incentivized self-isolation spaces

  15-12-2020 19:16
  
  To curb the fastest spread of COVID-19 in 11 communities in Edmonton and Calgary, the Alberta government is expanding a spring program that offered self-isolation space to those who couldn't quarantine at home. Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday the province's data shows community transmission is highest in neighbourhoods whose population largely works in public-facing jobs and sees lower incomes or higher-density living arrangements between multiple generations. As such, the province is launchin
  
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• First doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to Alberta health-care workers beginning Tuesday afternoon

  15-12-2020 18:57
  
  Health-care workers in Alberta are set to start receiving the very first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon, according to Premier Jason Kenney. The first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered and are being prepared.We expect the first immunizations in Alberta to take place in both #Edmonton and #Calgary around 4:00 PM today. pic.twitter.com/gpTEwLPyTl — Jason Kenney (@jkenney) December 15, 2020 The province confirmed to CTV News that the first
  
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• First doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered to Alberta health-care workers Tuesday afternoon

  15-12-2020 18:57
  
  Health-care workers in Alberta began receiving the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon, according to Premier Jason Kenney.Sahra, a respiratory therapist in Edmonton, just became the first Albertan to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Many thousands more to come. Hope is on the horizon! pic.twitter.com/zFZM4Hryy2 — Jason Kenney (@jkenney) December 15, 2020The first immunizations took place about 4 p.m. at hospitals in both Edmonton and Calgary. The two cities have
  
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• Prohibited firearms seized, suspect charged following threat investigation in Drumheller, Alta.

  15-12-2020 18:36
  
  A 34-year-old Drumheller man faces nine charges after RCMP were called to a home Friday morning in the southern Alberta town. Officers responded to a home in the Newcastle neighbourhood shortly before 10 a.m. on Dec. 11 following reports of threats. RCMP members surrounding the residence and the standoff ended with the man's arrest. A search of the home resulted in the seizure of firearms including a sawed-off shotgun and an SKS rifle. As a result of the investigation, William Pickering faces ni
  
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• Alberta’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in Calgary Tuesday afternoon: Kenney

  15-12-2020 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A nurse in Calgary will be the first person in Alberta to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday afternoon, Premier Jason Kenney announced on the Danielle Smith Show on 770 CHQR.
  
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• Alberta health-care workers to receive province’s 1st COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday

  15-12-2020 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A nurse in Calgary will be the first person in Alberta to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday afternoon, Premier Jason Kenney announced on the Danielle Smith Show on 770 CHQR.
  
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• Alberta health-care workers receive province’s 1st COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday

  15-12-2020 18:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's first COVID-19 vaccines will be administered to health-care workers in Edmonton and Calgary.
  
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• Study finds areas of growth for southwestern Alberta's economy - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 18:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Study finds areas of growth for southwestern Alberta's economy  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Husky shareholders back friendly takeover by Cenovus for $3.8B in shares

  15-12-2020 18:04
  
  Husky Energy Inc. shareholders have approved a $3.8-billion all-share takeover bid by rival Cenovus Energy Inc., hours before Cenovus shareholders are widely expected to do the same. The endorsement by Husky investors was resounding, with more than 95 per cent of votes cast in favour of the acquisition. Frank Sixt, a director of Husky Energy, told a special shareholder meeting today he's confident the new company will be more competitive, profitable and sustainable. The acquisition comes at a pi
  
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• Bugging Out With Kelvin Wiley - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 17:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• RCMP collected licence plate numbers of people at United Church meeting, says watchdog

  15-12-2020 17:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A report from the RCMP civilian watchdog says police used plainclothes officers to collect licence plate details of people attending a protest workshop at the United Church.
  
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• Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Winnipeg under Extradition Act

  15-12-2020 17:00
  
  Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested in Winnipeg. Court records show Nygard, who is 79, was arrested under the Extradition Act and is to appear in a Winnipeg courtroom this afternoon. The designer is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States alleging the sexual assault of dozens of women. Fifty-seven women -- including 18 Canadians -- have joined the lawsuit, which alleges that Nygard used violence, intimidation, bribery and company employees to lure victims and avoid a
  
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• Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Winnipeg

  15-12-2020 17:00
  
   Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been arrested in Winnipeg. Court records show Nygard was arrested under the Extradition Act and is to appear in a Winnipeg courtroom this afternoon. The designer is facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States alleging the sexual assault of dozens of women. Fifty-seven women -- including 18 Canadians -- have joined the lawsuit, which alleges that Nygard used violence, intimidation, bribery and company employees to lure victims and avoid account
  
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• Rent in Lethbridge up year over year, but city remains affordable - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 15:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Rent in Lethbridge up year over year, but city remains affordable  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• One cold front, and a lot of westerly wind for the next few days!

  15-12-2020 15:34
  
  It's the return of westerly wind for us, and the usual implications follow. We enter a sustained lee trough setup, which pushes in 40 km/h gusts here today, and totals just shy of wind warning status further south, along with the prototypical chinook arch. To key in on a single word from that last paragraph: "sustained." Our pattern for the next five days looks reasonably set in, with limited interference and brief overnight low temperatures. The exception to the rule is from the low barreling i
  
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• Calgary man who died while rescuing girl from B.C. lake honoured with Carnegie Medal

  15-12-2020 15:03
  
  The late Jonathan Stein-Palmiere has been posthumously recognized for his willingness to risk his own life to save a 10-year-old girl from a B.C. lake in 2019. The 20-year-old apprentice carpenter has been awarded a Carnegie Medal, which honours individuals in North America who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree in an attempt to save the lives of others. Stein-Palmiere was spending a weekend at Lake Windermere with his girlfriend's family when Peyton, his girlfriend's stepsister, drifte
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: The girl who became a warrior

  15-12-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares a story about a missed intervention and stolen opportunities that inspired a young girl to become a warrior.
  
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• Final witness in van attack trial likely to finish testimony today - Lethbridge News Now

  15-12-2020 10:04 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Final witness in van attack trial likely to finish testimony today  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• More Albertans have died from COVID in 10 months than in past 10 years of flu

  15-12-2020 04:36
  
  A review of Alberta Health data on influenza deaths show more people have died of COVID-19 in 2020 that died of flu since the 2009-10 flu season. A review of the reported data showed no more than 562 people died from the flu, compared to the 719 deaths attributed to COVID-19 since March. Protestors angered by public health officials and government responses to the novel coronavirus have commonly claimed tests are falsely identifying seasonal flu as COVID-19.But an immunologist with University of
  
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• 'It's been 9 months': COVID-19 long-hauler describes life-changing symptoms

  15-12-2020 04:00
  
  Most people do not die of COVID-19 but many who recover, even from mild cases, are left with affects weeks or months later, that can be life-changing. Calgary artist Stacey Robbins used to focus on custom-painted fashions, even selling a couple of pairs of her shoes to NFL players, but all that changed after getting sick. “Since COVID, with the tremor in my hand, I can’t do it anymore so I’ve had to put painting on pause,” said Robbins.And not just in the short-term. &ldq
  
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• 'Killing machine on our streets': Fully automatic guns used in 2020 shootings, Edmonton police say

  15-12-2020 03:16
  
  Late last month, residents at a north Edmonton homicide scene heard a barrage of bullets, all of them fired in little more than a single second. CTV News has learned that investigators think that quick burst saw more than a dozen rounds fired from a single weapon.  A fully automatic firearm.  It was in a townhouse parking lot at 121 Street near 146 Avenue. Abdirahman Hashi, 25, was killed inside his vehicle while his 22-year-old male passenger escaped with non-life threatening injuries
  
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• COVID-19: Lethbridge musicians discuss impact of cancelled performances - Global News

  15-12-2020 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19: Lethbridge musicians discuss impact of cancelled performances  Global News
  
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• COVID-19: Lethbridge musicians discuss impact of cancelled performances

  15-12-2020 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's been a big adjustment for musicians, who no longer have the excitement of playing live shows due to COVID-19.
  
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• Amended Lethbridge 2021-2022 operating budget passed by city council - Global News

  15-12-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Amended Lethbridge 2021-2022 operating budget passed by city council  Global News
  
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• Amended Lethbridge 2021-2022 operating budget passed by city council

  15-12-2020 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  After weeks of discussions, Lethbridge city council has officially passed an amended operating budget for the next two years. 
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Dec 14

  15-12-2020 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, December 14, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Liam Nixon.
  
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• ‘Really worried for the future’: Edmonton mom with baby in NICU pleads with public

  15-12-2020 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton mother is sharing her family's experience having a loved one in the hospital during the pandemic, in hopes others will take the situation more seriously.
  
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• 2 people to be sentenced in new year for sex crimes in Lethbridge

  15-12-2020 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Lethbridge men charged in separate sex assault cases will be sentenced in the new year.
  
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• Calgary face mask bylaw extended until the end of 2021 with increased fines

  15-12-2020 01:55
  
  City council has extended Calgary’s mandatory mask bylaw until December 2021 and at the same time has approved increased penalties and fines for repeat offenders, which are to be effective immediately. On Monday, city council increased the fine for failure to wear a face covering where required from $50 for the first offence to $100. A second offence will cost $200 and third offence would result in a ticket of $300. Subsequent offences within a 12-month period will result in higher penalti
  
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• Province launches online tool that lets Albertans see how municipal governments spend money

  15-12-2020 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a news release issued Monday, the Alberta government announced the Municipal Measurement Index is now online. It lets citizens to compare statistics from various municipalities.
  
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