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• COVID-19: Chestermere residents rally around local businesses at risk of going under

  24-05-2021 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A pair of Chestermere residents have started a fundraiser to help local businesses struggling through the pandemic. 
  
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• Walmart says a 'bad actor' sent racist emails from its account

  24-05-2021 22:44
  
  Dozens of people took to Twitter on Monday to say they received emails with a racial slur from a Walmart account after someone created fake accounts with their addresses on the company's site. An auto-generated "Welcome to Walmart" email, which was sent to the accounts after they were signed up for a Walmart shopping account, contained the n-word. "What's the best way to contact you guys for a very inappropriate email my daughter received in their inbox from you?" user @GDolceMiami said on Twitt
  
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• Okotoks named bee-friendly city by national organiztion

  24-05-2021 21:44
  
  Okotoks has a new claim to fame after a late-week announcement: it has been designated one of Canada's bee-friendly cities thanks in part to a late April vote by town council "to protect our pollinators." The program, sponsored by Bee City Canada, aims to encourage "municipalities to pledge to create and promote healthy, sustainable habitats for pollinators like bees, butterflies and moths." Okotoks mayor Bill Robertson said the designation reinforced the city's motto, which is 'Historic Past, S
  
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• Okotoks named bee-friendly city by national organization

  24-05-2021 21:44
  
  Okotoks has a new claim to fame after a late-week announcement: it has been designated one of Canada's bee-friendly cities thanks in part to a late April vote by town council "to protect our pollinators." The program, sponsored by Bee City Canada, aims to encourage "municipalities to pledge to create and promote healthy, sustainable habitats for pollinators like bees, butterflies and moths." Okotoks mayor Bill Robertson said the designation reinforced the city's motto, which is 'Historic Past, S
  
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• ‘Sad and disappointed’: COVID-19 vaccination clinics at Alberta-US border cancelled

  24-05-2021 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The popularity of the Alberta border clinics led to lineups up to two kilometres long. Many came from as far away as Calgary due to frustration of delays in getting a second shot.
  
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• Provinces shift vaccination efforts to teens and younger adults as rollout advances

  24-05-2021 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  SHA reported anyone 80 and over can book a second dose, along with cancer and organ transplant patients and those who were vaccinated on or before March 1.
  
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• Outgoing mayors in Calgary, Edmonton reflect on wide-open races to replace them

  24-05-2021 16:23
  
  Alberta's two big cities will get new mayors this fall and voters will choose whether to build on the progressive legacies of Calgary's Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton's Don Iveson or swing toward a more conservative vision. Both outgoing leaders have championed major transit investment, pushed for greater social inclusion and tackled other complex issues, all while navigating a crushing energy downturn, the COVID-19 pandemic and an often adversarial relationship with the provincial United Conservati
  
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• Raising awareness on Lyme disease - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2021 16:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Raising awareness on Lyme disease  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'Piracy, hijacking, terrorism': West condemns airliner's diversion to arrest Belarus journalist

  24-05-2021 15:43
  
  Western outrage grew and the European Union threatened more sanctions Monday over the forced diversion of a plane to Belarus in order to arrest an opposition journalist in a dramatic gambit that some said amounted to state terrorism or sheer piracy. Ryanair said Belarusian flight controllers told the crew there was a bomb threat against the plane as it was crossing through the country's airspace and ordered it to land in the capital of Minsk. A Belarusian MiG-29 fighter jet was scrambled to esco
  
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• EU leaders agree on Belarus sanctions after plane diversion

  24-05-2021 15:43
  
  The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc, amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist. In what EU leaders have called a brazen “hijacking” of the Ryanair jetliner flying from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday, they also demanded the immediate release of the journalist, Raman Pratasevich, a key foe of authoritarian Belarusian
  
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• Ehlers scores two, Jets take 3-0 series lead over Oilers with 5-4 comeback OT win

  24-05-2021 05:10
  
  Nikolaj Ehlers scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets stormed back with three unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Sunday, taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven opening-round playoff series. The Jets can win the series with a victory on Monday. Mathieu Perreault, Blake Wheeler and Josh Morrissey scored three Winnipeg goals in a crazy three minutes and three second stretch of the third to send the game into overtime. Leon Draisaitl
  
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• Lethbridge's Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off successful opening weekend - CTV Toronto

  24-05-2021 02:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge's Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off successful opening weekend  CTV Toronto
  
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• Lethbridge's Rocky Mountain Turf Club kicks off successful opening weekend

  24-05-2021 02:23
  
  Despite having to cancel Sunday's races due to poor track conditions brought on by heavy rain, there's a real buzz at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club. The club was forced to postpone its opening day on May 15th after finding out last minute that all jockeys and gatekeepers needed to receive a negative COVID-19 test result before racing. The delay came as a frustration, but now that things are rolling again, there's a real sense of excitement from fans who have waited months to get back in the stand
  
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• Calls to investigate political meddling in access to information requests

  24-05-2021 01:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Every year, the federal government receives tens of thousands of anonymous requests for records under the Access to Information Act. David Akin reports on the legal boundaries, and the growing calls to investigate political interference.
  
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• Alberta Health reports 563 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths on Sunday

  24-05-2021 00:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health reported 581 people in hospital as a result of the virus, with 162 of those individuals in intensive care Sunday. 
  
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• Retired Vancouver cop says fatal Calgary shooting linked to the ongoing lower mainland gang conflict

  24-05-2021 00:24
  
  Calgary’s latest shooting in the city’s southwest on Saturday appears to be linked to a deadly turf-war from gangs in B.C.’s lower mainland. Around 5:30 p.m., police were called to the 1800 block of 26 Avenue S.W. after multiple reports of gunshots in the area. Officers found one man suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle when they arrived. He was later pronounced dead. CTV News has learned that man has been identified as Gurkeerat Kalkat, of Surrey, B.C. His younger br
  
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• Canada's Denis Shapovalov pulls out of French Open with shoulder injury - Lethbridge News Now

  24-05-2021 00:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Canada's Denis Shapovalov pulls out of French Open with shoulder injury  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: Cases decrease with only 563 new cases and positivity rate of 7.99%

  24-05-2021 00:13
  
  For the first time since March this year, Alberta reported less than 600 cases of COVID-19. The province released the numbers in a website update Sunday. Only 563 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Sunday after completing 6,944 tests. Six more people have died from COVID-19, raising the province’s total deaths to 2,176. Alberta has 14,533 active cases of COVID-19 and a provincial positivity rate of 7.99 per cent. For the past seven days, the rolling average for provincial positivity was 8
  
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