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• 'It's a difficult disease to diagnose': Annual event raises awareness about pulmonary diseases

  06-05-2021 23:42
  
  Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a disease that impacts how oxygen enters the blood system and the rare disorder can often be hard to diagnose. The problem is that its symptoms mimic other more common ailments. "I got diagnosed on March 13th, 2020, which was the day of lockdown, so it was kind of like bam, bam," said Kathryn Downey, whose symptoms started about seven years ago. Downey is in her 50s and now breaths with the help of an oxygen tube. She says she wasn't getting much help from doctors
  
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• Albertan millennials express excitement as booking system opens for COVID-19 vaccine

  06-05-2021 23:30
  
  It’s the moment Alberta millennials have been waiting for as thousands upon thousands signed up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday. By 11 a.m. Thursday, more than 100,000 Albertans born in 1991 or earlier booked their appointments, including 30-year-old Rachel Antony from Calgary. All appointments are made for either the Pfizer or Moderna product. “It reminded me of when you were buying concert tickets and you’re panicking because you know that other people are doing it a
  
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• Albertan millennials express excitement as booking system opens for COVD-19 vaccine

  06-05-2021 23:30
  
  It’s the moment Alberta millennials have been waiting for as thousands upon thousands signed up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday. By 11 a.m. Thursday, more than 100,000 Albertans born in 1991 or earlier booked their appointments, including 30-year-old Rachel Antony from Calgary. All appointments are made for either the Pfizer or Moderna product. “It reminded me of when you were buying concert tickets and you’re panicking because you know that other people are doing it a
  
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• How women are helping other women heal from infant and pregnancy loss

  06-05-2021 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Calgary women who lost infants opened a support centre to help others in 2019. After pivoting to online during the pandemic, their client list grew 300 per cent.
  
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• Fire crews battle large grass fire east of Calgary

  06-05-2021 22:57
  
  Firefighters from several different departments, as well as other emergency crews, have been dispatched to the scene of a grass fire near Calgary. The Calgary Fire Department, Rocky View Fire Services and RCMP responded to the scene near Range Road 285 and Township Road 250 at about 2 p.m. There is no information on the size of the fire or whether or not it is listed as out-of-control. There are unconfirmed reports that some homes in the area have caught fire. It's not known if there are any inj
  
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• An Alberta fisher dropped his glasses in a 54 km2 lake. Luckily, he's a diver, too.

  06-05-2021 22:48
  
  Had any other ice fisher dropped their glasses to the bottom of Lac Ste. Anne this past season, it would have been good-bye. But Terry Korz is a certified scuba and solo diver. So when on a cold day in February Korz did something he never does – fold his glasses and hook them on the clothing over his chest – and the progressive lenses slipped through a hole in the ice ("Oh, s--t.") and away into the sandy depths of the body of water west of Edmonton – he faced a very specific q
  
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• Village Commons construction complete, community hub's opening delayed by pandemic

  06-05-2021 22:10
  
  A community hub in East Village is ready to welcome community members inside, but the doors will remain closed until public health orders permit a safe reopening. Village Commons, located at 610 Eighth Avenue S.E. in the former site of the Golden Age Club, will soon offer a state-of-the-art community kitchen, studio space for art and fitness classes, and a family counselling centre. Design and construction of the hub took just shy of a year and the initiative is the result of a partnership betwe
  
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• ‘I still can’t believe that is the Alberta I grew up in’: Muslim Canadian shocked by racist attacks

  06-05-2021 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  A hate crimes researcher says Canadians must learn how and where to report racism in their community.
  
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• Heritage Park embraces the outdoors with physically distanced season

  06-05-2021 21:39
  
  Many of the outdoor favourites, along with some new ones, will be available when Heritage Park plans to reopen on May 22. Officials say all 127 acres of the park are ready, with the health and safety of guests a top priority. Guests will be granted entrance to the park by timed-ticketing and there are also enhanced safety protocols throughout the facility to help keep people physically distanced. Many will be pleased to know that some of the favourite attractions of the park, the train and the S
  
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• Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies

  06-05-2021 21:33
  
  Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction to low oil prices last year, which briefly reached negative values. Lisa Fairweather of Alberta Environment says keeping the old program would have cost the industry billions of extra dollars, even though the environmental risk of the mines hasn't changed. She says today's move is temporary until a complete rev
  
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• Small businesses hit by restrictions need more support, CFIB says

  06-05-2021 21:11
  
  Now that small businesses are facing yet another restriction on sales, advocacy groups say the Kenney government needs to help them more, especially when many have incurred an average of $186,000 in debt. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says while Alberta's current Relaunch Grant does help businesses that are suffering, the newest restrictions introduced this week has led to a need for more support. "The Alberta government needs to support closed small businesses in the hospitali
  
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• Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies - Lethbridge News Now

  06-05-2021 20:44 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
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• Smaller crops but intense flavour, B.C. wine growers say of 2020 vintage

  06-05-2021 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  ‘Although there may be a little less supply this year to go around, the overall vintage is exceptional, characterized by intensely flavoured, balanced, fresh wines.’
  
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• City-wide scavenger hunt begins Saturday in Calgary parks and green spaces

  06-05-2021 20:22
  
  With tough new restrictions in place limiting what we're allowed to do, there's a new and unique way for Calgarians to stave off boredom during the pandemic — a city-wide scavenger hunt. Organized by Parks Foundation Calgary and PlayCity, the event will see postcards hidden in various parks and green spaces around the city, with the spots revealed through social media. "The hide locations are revealed by an IGTV video (@playcityapp) Saturday mornings — leaving you all weekend to loca
  
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• Hope, excitement in the air as Albertans 30+ book COVID-19 vaccine appointments

  06-05-2021 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  There was a sense of excitement in Alberta Thursday, as everyone 30 and older became eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
  
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• Three Canadian teams to play in women’s hockey Dream Gap Tour in Calgary

  06-05-2021 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association is holding Canada's first Dream Gap Tour event in over a year May 24-30 at a Calgary venue.
  
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• Hinshaw urges compliance as Alberta gets set to implement new COVID-19 restrictions

  06-05-2021 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Alberta confirmed an additional 2,211 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. The province is set to introduce new restrictions this weekend.
  
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• Sheldon Day Chief running for Lethbridge mayor - Lethbridge News Now

  06-05-2021 19:29 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Sheldon Day Chief running for Lethbridge mayor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'I knew I had to split the prize with him': Alberta siblings share $1.5M lotto prize

  06-05-2021 19:25
  
  A Chestermere woman is sharing her $1.5 million SUPER SET FOR LIFE lottery win with her brother and says she would not be basking in the winner's circle without him. Kerrine Stoll asked her brother Jim Gill, who lives in Calgary, to pick her up a winning $20 ZING ticket while he was in Edmonton and he did just that. “Jim bought a lottery ticket a little while ago and won $100,” said Stoll in a release. “A couple days after that he bought another ticket and won again. So I told
  
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• COVID-19 spread 'extremely high' as Alberta reports 2,211 cases: Hinshaw

  06-05-2021 18:56
  
  The province’s top doctor revealed Thursday that Alberta may not have hit the peak of third wave COVID-19 infections. In a live update, Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 2,211 new cases of COVID-19. No new deaths were reported in the province as 654 people remain in hospital, including 146 in ICU. About 19,900 tests were completed in the province, translating to a positivity rate of 11.1 per cent. The seven-day average for positivity remains at 11.52 per cent – the highest since the start o
  
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• Alta. COVID-19 update from Hinshaw at 3:30 Thursday

  06-05-2021 18:56
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will give an update on COVID-19 infections and immunization Thursday afternoon. Thursday ​marks the a second day of expanded restrictions across most of the province with more set to take effect late Sunday, as well as the first day 30-year-old residents were eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. More than 50,000 appointments had been made within two hours of bookings opening. According to the latest data, about 1.7 million Albertans had received at lea
  
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• Home renovation savings prove elusive as wood prices at record highs

  06-05-2021 18:53
  
  Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and construction panel prices to all-time highs. However, such advice usually falls on deaf ears, experts say. Instead, customers are doubling down, switching to more expensive materials as the cost difference with wood shrinks, adding extra elements to their projects and pre-ordering lumber to lock in price and ensure supply. "If their plan was to build a pressure
  
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• 75,000 millennial Albertans book COVID-19 vaccine in first 3 hours

  06-05-2021 18:35
  
  Albertans born in 1991 or earlier were able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday. Slots through Alberta Health Services and available pharmacies opened at 8 a.m. While there were reports on social media of queues of tens of thousands of people – not unlike every other opening day in Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine program so far – many said the virtual lineup moved relatively quickly. By 11 a.m., 75,000 appointments had been made, AHS spokesperson Kerry Williamson said
  
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• 50,000 millennial Albertans book COVID-19 vaccine in first 2 hours

  06-05-2021 18:35
  
  Albertans born in 1991 or earlier were able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday. Slots through Alberta Health Services and available pharmacies opened at 8 a.m. While there were reports on social media of queues of tens of thousands of people – not unlike every other opening day in Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine program so far – many said the virtual lineup moved relatively quickly. By 10 a.m., 50,000 appointments had been made, AHS spokesperson Kerry Williamson said
  
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• 100,000 millennial Albertans book COVID-19 shots on first day of eligibility

  06-05-2021 18:35
  
  Albertans born in 1991 or earlier were able to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday. Slots through Alberta Health Services and available pharmacies opened at 8 a.m. While there were reports on social media of queues of tens of thousands of people – not unlike every other opening day in Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine program so far – many said the virtual lineup moved relatively quickly. In less than five hours, 100,000 appointments had been made, AHS spokesperson Kerry W
  
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• 3 Canadian teams to play in women's hockey Dream Gap Tour in Calgary

  06-05-2021 16:33
  
  Canada's top players in women's hockey will finally get to play real games later this month in Calgary. The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA) is holding Canada's first Dream Gap Tour event in over a year May 24-30 at a Calgary venue yet to be announced. Sixty players from the PWHPA's three Canadian hubs in Toronto, Montreal and Calgary will play to determine the Canadian Secret Cup champion. Secret, which announced a $1-million sponsorship of the PWHPA earlier this year, a
  
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• A warm, breezy sun-cloud mix ahead of weekend showers

  06-05-2021 15:13
  
  Our upper high pressure is still in the mix for today and tomorrow, with wind growing strong out of the south thanks to the next phase of weather development here in Alberta. We'll transition between an upper trough that's pushing on BC tomorrow, from which a zone of uplift (air rising from the low west of us to the high moving east of us) will trigger multiple bouts of showers as it swirls through our area over the course of the weekend. There are two triggers for wind: changes in temperature,
  
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• Canadian Natural reports $1.38B Q1 profit, record quarterly production

  06-05-2021 14:50
  
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. reported a first-quarter profit of nearly $1.38 billion compared with a loss a year ago. The oilsands producer says the profit amounted to $1.16 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31. The result compared with a loss of $1.28 billion or $1.08 per diluted share a year ago. Revenue totalled $6.6 billion, up from $4.5 billion in the first three months of 2020, helped by higher oil and natural gas prices. Production in the quarter was a record 1,245,703 barr
  
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• Kenney takes call with Trudeau while emergency COVID-19 debate lands in House of Commons

  06-05-2021 14:38
  
  Alberta's legislature may be closed in a COVID-19 lockdown, but its partisan warfare relocated to the House of Commons as Members of Parliament held an emergency debate last night on the province's soaring caseload and record infection rate. Edmonton New Democrat Heather McPherson requested the debate and used it to blast Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for mishandling the health crisis every step of the way, leaving the province to become a “Petri dish” for more deadly and contagious m
  
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• Jets beat Flames 4-0 to snap seven-game losing streak and clinch playoff spot

  06-05-2021 13:46
  
  The Jets hadn't tasted victory in so long, they almost forgot how to celebrate. Winnipeg can now exhale, and focus on building off Wednesday's complete effort with an eye towards bigger moments just over the horizon. Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler had two goals each as the Jets defeated the Calgary Flames 4-0 to snap an ugly seven-game losing streak and clinch a playoff spot. "It gets hard to answer the same questions," Wheeler, who now has 800 points in the NHL, said of the frustrating slide. "Cl
  
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• Lethbridge punching above its weight as agriculture shipping hub, says MLA - Medicine Hat News

  06-05-2021 13:35 via medicinehatnews.com
  Lethbridge punching above its weight as agriculture shipping hub, says MLA  Medicine Hat News
  
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• Lethbridge punching above its weight as agriculture shipping hub, says MLA - Lethbridge Herald

  06-05-2021 13:00 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Lethbridge punching above its weight as agriculture shipping hub, says MLA  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• Canada may find it challenging to reach herd immunity from COVID-19, experts say

  06-05-2021 11:06
  
  Herd immunity may not be reached in Canada but a return to life similar to that before COVID-19 is possible through immunization, experts say. Such immunity is achieved when enough people are immune to a virus, either through vaccinations or natural infections or a combination of both. Prof. Paul Tupper of Simon Fraser University's mathematics department said herd immunity is unlikely to happen with COVID-19 for a few reasons.Newsletter sign-up: Get The COVID-19 Brief sent to your inboxThe virus
  
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• Lethbridge woman reunited with cat that went missing after warning from neighbour - Global News

  06-05-2021 05:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge woman reunited with cat that went missing after warning from neighbour  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge woman reunited with cat that went missing after warning from neighbour

  06-05-2021 05:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neville went missing one day after his owner received a letter complaining about him from one of her neighbours in Lethbridge, Alta.
  
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• Lethbridge woman reunited with cat after pet went missing following threatening letter

  06-05-2021 05:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neville went missing one day after his owner received a letter complaining about him from one of her neighbours in Lethbridge, Alta.
  
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• Lost cat returned to southern Alberta owner: ‘I’m just glad somebody nice found him’

  06-05-2021 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neville the cat is now home safe after turning up on the outskirts of Lethbridge. As Erik Bay reports, the cat disappeared one day after a neighbour complained about the animal.
  
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• House of Commons debate over Alberta COVID-19 outbreak sees blame, no solutions

  06-05-2021 04:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The emergency debate was called to discuss how the government could help the province, which is seeing a higher rate of infection than any other jurisdiction in North America.
  
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• Canada is seeing a mental health ‘crisis’ but more are willing to discuss it: poll

  06-05-2021 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada is marking mental health week and it’s no surprise Canadians are struggling as we enter the 15th month of the pandemic. But that struggle may also bring a lasting benefit in how we approach mental health going forward. Morgan Black explains.
  
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• No indicators for reopening as pressure grows on Alberta’s health system

  06-05-2021 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The pressure continues to build on Alberta’s health-care system as the province struggles through the third wave of the pandemic. Meanwhile, the premier admits no indicators have been defined yet for reopening. Julia Wong reports.
  
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• From Alberta to Australia: Golf ball turns up on the other side of the world

  06-05-2021 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nobody knows when or how, but somehow a golf ball from Alberta went on what could be the world's longest drive, to a remote island on the northeast coast of Australia.
  
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• A new study from Dr. Cheryl Currie of the University of Lethbridge suggests Albertans who have never before been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are beginning to show PTSD sympto - CTV Toronto

  06-05-2021 02:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A new study from Dr. Cheryl Currie of the University of Lethbridge suggests Albertans who have never before been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are beginning to show PTSD sympto  CTV Toronto
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s healthcare system buckles as metrics for reopening remain undefined

  06-05-2021 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Kenney said Wednesday that based on current trends, the healthcare system could be overwhelmed in roughly one month’s time.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s health-care system buckles as metrics for reopening remain undefined

  06-05-2021 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Kenney said Wednesday that based on current trends, the health-care system could be overwhelmed in roughly one month’s time.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s move to online learning leaves some families scrambling

  06-05-2021 02:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  With more students across Alberta moving to online learning starting Friday, school boards and parents are scrambling. As Adam MacVicar reports, the hope is that keeping kids home will help limit the spread of COVID-19, but it presents additional challenges for many families.
  
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• Alberta businesses coping with the new COVID-19 rules

  06-05-2021 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Many Alberta businesses are trying to cope with the tougher COVID-19 rules announced on Tuesday, including a mandatory 10 day closure after an outbreak. Jackie Wilson has more.
  
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• Southern Albertans dealing with ‘mental toll’ as COVID-19 continues

  06-05-2021 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  This week marked the annual Canadian Mental Health Week, and as the COVID-19 pandemic continues on, so does the need for supports.
  
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• Major new Calgary study tackles ‘really big problem’ of premature births

  06-05-2021 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Researchers hope a new blood test will identify risks in pregnant women.
  
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• Frustrations over Alberta’s toughest COVID-19 restrictions of pandemic

  06-05-2021 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  After ordering Alberta’s toughest COVID-19 restrictions yet, Premier Jason Kenney says he’s run out of “tools to prevent a worst-case scenario in the health-care system.” Sarah Offin reports on the backlash to the new measures, and how critics say Kenney’s slow response set the stage for Alberta’s crisis.
  
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• 92 new cases of COVID-19 found at Alberta supermarkets and pharmacies

  06-05-2021 01:39
  
  The third wave is continuing to lead to new infections of COVID-19 at stores throughout the province and reports show an additional 92 cases at Loblaws, Sobeys and Co-op stores. The three companies have been tracking the number of cases in team members at their stores in order to ensure the public is aware of any possible close contacts they may have had. According to the online data, 58 new cases were found at Loblaws stores, 32 cases at Sobeys stores and two cases were found at Co-op stores in
  
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