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• 'This is what we've been waiting for': Calgarians embrace first heat wave of the season

  02-06-2021 23:55
  
  Much of Alberta remained under a heat warning Wednesday but after months cooped up indoors, many Calgarians are embracing the warm weather. According to Environment Canada, the city could reach or exceed 29 C this week and people are warned to take precautions to protect themselves from the elements. Jess Kirby was out for a power walk with a friend near Eau Claire and says we’re being rewarded with sunshine after a long winter. “Get out and enjoy it, don’t beat it, this is wha
  
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• Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 23:23 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• B.C. Highway Patrol busts Alberta speeder doing 173 km/h in construction zone

  02-06-2021 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to police in Golden, the driver was doing 173 in a 50 km/h construction zone along the Trans-Canada Highway.
  
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• JBS Canada beef processing facility in Alberta resumes production after cyberattack

  02-06-2021 23:15
  
  The JBS Canada beef processing facility in Alberta has resumed production after a cyberattack that impacted the company's operations in North America and Australia. The JBS Canada facility in Brooks, Alta., employs more than 2,800 people. Some plant shifts in Canada were cancelled Monday and Tuesday, according to JBS Facebook posts. The world's largest meat processing company was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers for its North American and Australian
  
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• Calgary police recover $25K worth of tools stolen from construction sites

  02-06-2021 23:05
  
  Calgary police is looking to return $25,000 worth of tools to their rightful owners. The CPS announced Wednesday that they have filed charges in relation to a theft that took place April 28 at a southeast Calgary construction site. A contractor visited the site, located at the 600 block of Cranbrook Gardens S.E., where he discovered the locks to his storage locker had been cut, and all the tools inside removed. When the contractor spoke to people in the neighbourhood, he discovered that a second
  
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• U of C students demand pause on planned tuition hikes

  02-06-2021 23:03
  
  Student leaders are accusing the University of Calgary administration of keeping them in the dark over tuition hikes and have requested more consultation be done before the changes take effect. Members of the University of Calgary's Student Union (SU) said they had an opportunity to discuss the proposed fee increases for students in engineering and medicine on Tuesday night. At the meeting, student leaders asked administrators why they were not informed about the hikes, which would see medical s
  
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• More than 120,000 Albertans book 2nd COVID-19 shot Tuesday

  02-06-2021 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Tuesday, Albertans who received their first COVID vaccine in March were eligible to book their second dose.
  
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• Concerns raised after photos of Kenney, ministers dining on Sky Palace rooftop emerge

  02-06-2021 22:35
  
  Photographs of Premier Jason Kenney and members of the UCP caucus dining together on a rooftop patio are drawing criticism over the alleged flouting of the province's own gathering rules. The group was spotted on the balcony of the Sky Palace of the Federal Building in Edmonton on the evening of June 1 by a 'concerned Albertan' who captured images of their meal, complete with wine, from another downtown building. The photographs were sent to CTV News Calgary with a request for anonymity. Among t
  
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• Concerns raised after photos of Alta. premier, ministers dining on Sky Palace rooftop emerge

  02-06-2021 22:35
  
  Photographs of Premier Jason Kenney and members of the UCP caucus dining together on a rooftop patio are drawing criticism over the alleged flouting of the province's own gathering rules. The group was spotted on the balcony of the Sky Palace of the Federal Building in Edmonton on the evening of June 1 by a 'concerned Albertan' who captured images of their meal, complete with wine, from another downtown building. The photographs were sent to CTV News Calgary with a request for anonymity. Among t
  
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• Legend of Radium, B.C.'s wizard woodcarver Rolf Heer to live on as a park

  02-06-2021 22:23
  
  The memory of a popular but eccentric former resident of Radium, B.C. will live on after officials decided to turn his former property into a park. The park will memorialize the life of Rolf Heer, the beloved character who for years defined the cultural spirit of the Columbia Valley in southeast B.C., and was known as the Radium Woodcarver. Heer died in July 2020 after battling cancer. The Radium Arts and Cultural Society crafted a plan, in tandem with Bassett’s Associates Landscape Archit
  
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• Residential school survivors can legally reclaim their traditional names for free - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 21:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Residential school survivors can legally reclaim their traditional names for free  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• JBS Canada beef processing plant in Brooks resumes production after cyberattack

  02-06-2021 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The JBS Canada beef processing plant in the southern Alberta town of Brooks employs more than 2,800 people.
  
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• Police ask for help in cold case of missing Calgary woman

  02-06-2021 21:26
  
  Three years after she was reported missing, Calgary police are again asking for information on the disappearance of a Calgary woman. Lisa MacEachern, 51, who was last seen and spoken to in Calgary sometime in early June 2018. She is described as being 167 centimetres (5'6") tall and weighing about 130 pounds. She has brown eyes and red hair and has tattoos on her shoulders of three hearts and flowers. Investigators don't know what she was wearing at the time. Each year, police receive about 5,00
  
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• Alberta offers COVID-19 ICU support to Manitoba amid province’s 3rd wave

  02-06-2021 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Up to 10 patients requiring intensive care for COVID-19 will come to Alberta from Manitoba.
  
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• Alberta offers ICU space as third wave of COVID-19 hits Manitoba

  02-06-2021 20:55
  
  Alberta Health Services has extended an offer to accept up to 10 intensive care patients from Manitoba to help ease the burden as that province nears the expected peak of its third wave of the pandemic. AHS officials say Alberta currently has sufficient intensive care unit capacity to welcome additional patients into hospitals in Edmonton or Calgary.   "Alberta is proud to support our fellow Canadians during this time of need," said Health Minister Tyler Shandro in a statement issued Wednes
  
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• 2 victims in Alberta mountain avalanche were rock guide, climbing instructor

  02-06-2021 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News has confirmed the identities of two men who died following an avalanche Sunday morning on an Alberta mountain.
  
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• 'Safe hosting destination': Calgary to host women's hockey championship

  02-06-2021 20:32
  
  Building on the success of holding a number of curling world championships, Calgary has now been chosen to host the IIHF Women's World Championship for the very first time. Hockey Canada made the announcement Wednesday, saying the 31-game tournament would be played from mid-to-late August at Canada Olympic Park. Ten teams will be competing and officials say they have been striving to ensure the event goes ahead, given the fact that the 2020 edition had to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pan
  
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• Hotter and drier summer in the forecast for Southern Alberta - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 20:08 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hotter and drier summer in the forecast for Southern Alberta  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province gives the go ahead on a new Green Line plan assuring cost certainty

  02-06-2021 19:42
  
  The Green Line board says the City of Calgary has an agreement with the province in regards to a new phased procurement strategy on the massive project. The first phase will consist of building the LRT from Shepard in the southeast to Eau Claire at the same time, while using the existing red and blue lines. Previously it was broken down into three phases. “The business case for Green Line remains strong," says Don Fairbairn, executive chair of the Green Line Board. "Moving forward with a n
  
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• B.1.617: The coronavirus 'delta variant' that could spark a fourth wave

  02-06-2021 19:38
  
  The latest coronavirus variant of concern, which experts say appears to be more transmissible and cause more severe symptoms than other variants, could become the dominant strain of the virus in Ontario within weeks, one region's top public health official warned Wednesday. The variant is one of two in the B.1.617 family, which has largely been responsible for the devastating COVID-19 situation in India in recent months. B.1.617.2, known as the "delta variant" in the World Health Organization's
  
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• Henry Doeve running for Mayor of Coaldale this fall - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 19:24 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Henry Doeve running for Mayor of Coaldale this fall  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Group says Medicine Hat has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide

  02-06-2021 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat first said in 2015 that it had ended homelessness in its city, but that was based on its own standards because none existed nationally at...
  
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• Hens and bees allowed under new Calgary pet bylaw, number of cats and dogs limited per household

  02-06-2021 19:01
  
  Calgary council approved a new pet ownership bylaw Wednesday that allows a limited number of backyard hen licences, caps the number of dogs and cats a household can have and gives the chief bylaw officer power to designate nuisance or vicious animals.  All changes to the bylaw — which hadn't been updated in 12 years — will go into effect in January 2022.  Anyone who wants to keep backyard hens will only be granted a licence if they complete training, and when the coop is de
  
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• Spokane Chiefs get first overall pick in 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, Lethbridge to select 17th - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 19:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Spokane Chiefs get first overall pick in 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, Lethbridge to select 17th  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Group says Medicine Hat, Alta. has ended chronic homelessness, as cities eye same nationwide

  02-06-2021 18:49
  
  An Alberta city has become the first in the country to have ended chronic homelessness, just as municipal leaders push the federal government to help do the same countrywide. Medicine Hat first said in 2015 that it had ended homelessness in its city, but that was based on its own standards because none existed nationally at the time. That has changed, and Wednesday the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness said Medicine Hat is now at what's called "functional zero," meaning there are no more tha
  
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• Witnesses help identify pathway assault suspect, police seek footage of incident

  02-06-2021 17:47
  
  Thanks to help from witnesses, Calgary police have issued a warrant for a man accused in an assault on a father and son on a southwest pathway last month. Officers are also asking for any footage of the incident that might help identify and locate additional suspects. Police say a 47-year-old man and his 18-year-old son were walking along the river pathway on May 14 in the 0-100 block of Barclay Walk S.W. when they approached a group of four people who were causing a disturbance. "A short verbal
  
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• UN seeks full probe into deaths of Indigenous students at residential schools

  02-06-2021 16:37
  
  The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on all levels of Canadian governments to investigate the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools and to intensity efforts to find those who are missing. A spokeswoman for the human rights office says the detection of what are believed to be 215 bodies of Indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., is "shocking and reopens painful wounds." Marta Hurtado says Canada must ensure "prompt and exhaustive investiga
  
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• Heat warnings in place for most of Alberta, records expected to fall

  02-06-2021 15:37
  
  What a sense of "right on time" we have, here. Yesterday marked the start of meteorological summer and, at around 3 pm, we were under a heat warning. The heat warning will be zapped away by a cold front that could trigger thundershowers. I can think of no better start to our meteorological summer! The cause: a large wave of high pressure, which has rolled itself up into a heat budget surplus over the week. There were 49 temperature records broken yesterday in Alberta. I won't be surprised to see
  
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• Seller's market persists amid strong demand for homes: Calgary Real Estate Board

  02-06-2021 14:07
  
  The Calgary Real Estate Board says sellers are looking to cash in on an active housing market, as prices continue to close in on their previous peak in 2014. The CREB says 2,989 homes were sold last month, which was a record for the month of May, although a decrease from 3,209 the previous month. The board reported just over a third of that number -- 1,080 homes -- sold in May 2020 when pandemic-related restrictions hindered the market. The unadjusted benchmark price rose to $455,200, one per ce
  
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• City Council to support proposed Alberta coal policy - Lethbridge News Now

  02-06-2021 14:02 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  City Council to support proposed Alberta coal policy  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Police chief addresses Madu's response during Lethbridge Chamber town hall - Lethbridge Herald

  02-06-2021 13:36 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Police chief addresses Madu's response during Lethbridge Chamber town hall  Lethbridge Herald
  
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• Climate change toll on Canadians' health to cost hundreds of billions of dollars: report

  02-06-2021 12:14
  
  Beyond its environmental threat, climate change is endangering public health in Canada in ways that will have significant human and financial costs, a new report says. The report, which was released Wednesday by the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (CICC), estimates that the impact of climate change on health in Canada will add up to hundreds of billions of dollars, while drastically increasing hospitalizations and premature deaths due to weather-related issues, based on their current numb
  
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• Deerfoot North Clinic to offer drive-thru vaccinations starting June 7

  02-06-2021 05:59
  
  Alberta Health Services will open a drive-thru COVID-19 immunization centre starting Monday in northeast Calgary. The Deerfoot North Clinic, located at 911 32 Avenue N.E., will offer vaccinations by appointment only, seven days a week, between 8:20 a.m. and 9:20 p.m. Up to 1,000 appointments can be scheduled per day. The clinic was previously used to do COVID-19 tests, but will now offer exclusively vaccinations. People receiving a vaccination shot will be required to stay in their car, and to r
  
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• Lethbridge city council approves CIP plan as questions continue about budget cycle process - Global News

  02-06-2021 05:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge city council approves CIP plan as questions continue about budget cycle process  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge city council approves CIP plan as questions continue about budget cycle process

  02-06-2021 05:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program plan has been adopted after a full week of deliberations in May and a postponement two weeks ago.
  
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• Lethbridge city council passes 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program plan

  02-06-2021 04:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  After five full days of deliberations and a postponement two weeks ago, members of Lethbridge city council approved the 2022-31 Capital Improvement Program budget in a 7-2 vote Tuesday. As Danica Ferris explains, the CIP process was questioned throughout.
  
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• Kenney defends contentious Canadian history, laments cancel culture after Calgary school renamed

  02-06-2021 03:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  "If we go full force into cancel culture, then we're cancelling most, if not all, of our history."
  
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• 'We want to see them together as long as possible': Pair of old wild dogs reunited by Alberta rescue group

  02-06-2021 03:33
  
  Two old and grumpy wild dogs will spend the rest of their lives together, with full bellies and a warm place to sleep, thanks to a Lethbridge rescue group. The dogs are nearly blind and mostly deaf, but somehow managed to survive together, living outside, for the past 14 years. Separated by a harrowing experience, the dogs have been reunited thanks to the efforts of police, firefighters, and volunteers with the Prairie Pit Bull Rescue Organization. "Dog resilience always surprises me," said Prai
  
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• Amazing story of animal resilience — 2 old wild dogs reunited by Lethbridge rescue group - CTV Toronto

  02-06-2021 03:33 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Amazing story of animal resilience — 2 old wild dogs reunited by Lethbridge rescue group  CTV Toronto
  
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• Amazing story of animal resilience — 2 old wild dogs reunited by Lethbridge rescue group

  02-06-2021 03:33
  
  Two old and grumpy wild dogs will spend the rest of their lives together, with full bellies and a warm place to sleep, thanks to a Lethbridge rescue group. The dogs are nearly blind and mostly deaf, but somehow managed to survive together, living outside, for the past 14 years. Separated by a harrowing experience, the dogs have been reunited thanks to the efforts of police, firefighters, and volunteers with the Prairie Pit Bull Rescue Organization. “Dog resilience always surprises me,&rdqu
  
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• Calgary Police investigating after son pushed, mother had hijab targeted at CTrain station

  02-06-2021 02:35
  
  Police are investigating after a mother and son were yelled at and pushed by a man at a downtown Calgary CTrain station on Sunday. The mother also says the man tried to rip off her hijab after she screamed for help. It happened around 3:15 Sunday afternoon at the Centre Street station after the woman and her 17-year-old son received their COVID-19 vaccine at the Telus Convention Centre. The woman spoke to CTV News on the phone, but said she's traumatized and did not want to speak on camera or be
  
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• Alberta launches staggered COVID-19 vaccine 2nd dose plan immediately

  02-06-2021 02:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  By the end of June, all Albertans over the age of 12 will be able to book their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As Julia Wong explains, eligibility to sign up will depend on when people got their first jab and those with no protection at all will still have first priority.
  
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• Kenney speaks out against 'cancel culture' in Canada, Treaty 6 grand chief responds

  02-06-2021 02:15
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke out Tuesday afternoon about what he calls an ongoing "cancel culture" in Canada and warned if it continues, most of the country’s founding fathers could one-day be removed from the history books. Kenney was asked for his thoughts on the Calgary Board of Education changing the name of Langevin School to Riverside School — a move done to remove the name of Hector-Louis Langevin, who is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation and also an archite
  
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• Kenney speaks out against 'cancel culture' in Canada, says founding fathers could be erased

  02-06-2021 02:15
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney spoke out Tuesday afternoon about what he calls an ongoing "cancel culture" in Canada and warned if it continues, most of the country’s founding fathers could one-day be removed from the history books. Kenney was asked for his thoughts on the Calgary Board of Education changing the name of Langevin School to Riverside School — a move done to remove the name of Hector-Louis Langevin, who is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation and also an archite
  
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• Online resources help inform Lethbridge residents about responsible cycling - Global News

  02-06-2021 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Online resources help inform Lethbridge residents about responsible cycling  Global News
  
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• Online resources help inform Lethbridge residents about responsible cycling

  02-06-2021 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Lethbridge has updated its online cycling resources in an effort to help educate residents about proper procedures and safety, both for new and experienced riders.
  
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• ‘Our contact-tracing system has never collapsed’: AHS CEO defends COVID-19 response

  02-06-2021 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The head of Alberta Health Services defended the agency's contact-tracing system Tuesday after a Global News report on a backlog of cases during the second wave.
  
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• ‘There’s likely going to be more’: Red Deer man expects more children’s bodies will be found at former Alberta residential school

  02-06-2021 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  For three decades, Lyle Keewatin Richards has been researching and teaching about the former Red Deer Indian Industrial School. He says the discovery of graves at a Kamloops schools hurts and he wants more effort put into finding every child who died while at the school. As Fletcher Kent explains, he says it’s the only...
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: June 1

  02-06-2021 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tuesday, June 1, 2021 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Tom Roulston.
  
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• Alberta hunters help first responders dealing with PTSD

  02-06-2021 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Veteran Hunters is a non-profit group trying to help first responders cope with PTSD through hunting.
  
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