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• Locals pull up and tune in for southern Alberta concert

  27-06-2021 23:37
  
  It’s been 15 months since the Southern Accord Chorus sang in front of a crowd. Fortunately, on June 26, they were able to do just that with a few changes to their usual setup. They called it their ‘Car-Bershop Concert’ and sang from the comfort of their own cars. Microphones were set up for each chorus member and used an FM transmitter to send their glorious voices through the airwaves to the rows of eager concert goers at the McNally Community Centre. Jill Mcleod, the chorus&r
  
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• Calgary-made vaccine coalition aims to build public confidence in COVID-19 shots

  27-06-2021 23:22
  
  A group of health experts and advocates are working to address vaccine hesitancy as Albertans prepare for all COVID-19 restrictions to be removed on Canada Day. They’re called 19 to Zero – a more than 500-member coalition launched at the University of Calgary last August. Alberta Primary Care vaccine rollout lead and group chair, Dr. Jia Hu, says the goal is to build greater confidence in vaccines by engaging with others and shifting public perceptions around getting a COVID-19 shot.
  
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• Calgary police seek tips from the public in connection with suspicious death

  27-06-2021 23:05
  
  Investigators are looking to learn more about a truck that they say is connected to a suspicious death that occurred on Friday. Calgary police say a man in his 30s was found dead near the 2600 block of 38 Street N.E. on June 25. A day later, officials say a dark blue GMC Sierra truck, with Alberta licence plate CJD 8152 was recovered in Dover. It's believed the vehicle is connected to the incident, but investigators need to know more about where the truck was before and after the death. Anyone w
  
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• Pope John Paul II statue vandalized with red paint at Edmonton church

  27-06-2021 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in north-central Edmonton was vandalized with red handprints late Saturday night.
  
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• McKenna retiring from politics, creates possible opening for Mark Carney

  27-06-2021 22:31
  
  Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has decided not to seek re-election. Her surprise decision opens up some prime political real estate that could become a launching pad for former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney should he decide to run for the Liberals in the next election. McKenna has held Ottawa Centre, a riding that encompasses Parliament Hill, since 2015, when she wrestled it away from the New Democrats. Carney has not committed to running but promised in April, during his politi
  
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• Catherine McKenna retiring from politics, will not run in next election

  27-06-2021 22:31
  
  Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna has decided not to seek re-election. Her surprise decision opens up some prime political real estate that could become a launching pad for former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney should he decide to run for the Liberals in the next election. McKenna has held Ottawa Centre, a riding that encompasses Parliament Hill, since 2015, when she wrestled it away from the New Democrats. Carney has not committed to running but promised in April, during his politi
  
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• Western Canada could set new record for highest temperature ever recorded in this country

  27-06-2021 22:02
  
  The heatwave baking Western Canada could shatter a decades-old record for the highest temperature ever recorded in the country. On July 5, 1937, a temperature of 45 C was recorded in the towns of Midale, Sask. and Yellowgrass, Sask. – the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips says it’s quite possible that this 84-year-old record will be “annihilated” in B.C. this week. In Lytton, B.C., as well
  
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• Edmonton set to reach 40 C mid-week as 11 heat records broken Saturday across Alberta

  27-06-2021 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A heat wave being described as "prolonged, dangerous, and historic" has just started in Alberta.
  
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• Man in serious condition after stabbing in southeast Calgary apartment

  27-06-2021 20:05
  
  Calgary police are searching for a suspect in a stabbing incident that took place inside a southeast apartment building early Sunday. Officials tell CTV News they were called to the scene in the 5400 block of 10 Avenue S.E. at about 9:30 a.m. for reports of a stabbing. Police found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds inside one of the units. He was taken to hospital in serious condition. The offender, who was known to the victim, is still at large. Police have not released a description, b
  
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• Lytton, B.C. sets all-time temperature record for Canada amid blistering heat wave

  27-06-2021 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada says at least 54 daily heat records were broken in British Columbia on Saturday.
  
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• Child under 10 with COVID-19 dies as Manitoba case count dips below 100

  27-06-2021 19:43
  
  A child in Manitoba battling COVID-19 has died as the province's daily case count dips back below 100. Public health announced one death in the daily COVID-19 bulletin on Sunday. The death is a girl under 10 years of age from the Winnipeg health region. The COVID-19 death toll now sits at 1,139 in Manitoba. Along with the deaths, the province saw 97 new cases and removed one due to a data error, bringing the total to 55,975. The Winnipeg Health Region had the highest number of new cases, with 50
  
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• Family of missing special needs Drayton Valley man, 65, pleads with Albertans to help find him

  27-06-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family of Derek Henningsmoen, 65, says he has a mental illness and is disabled after suffering a series of strokes. He was last seen in Drayton Valley on Tuesday, June 22.
  
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• Police locate 47-year-old Aaron Symonds, previously reported missing - Lethbridge News Now

  27-06-2021 18:44
  
  Police locate 47-year-old Aaron Symonds, previously reported missing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 47-year-old Aaron Symonds, last seen in Lethbridge, reported missing - Lethbridge News Now

  27-06-2021 18:42
  
  47-year-old Aaron Symonds, last seen in Lethbridge, reported missing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Black youth arrested by B.C. police ‘with their guns out’ in case of mistaken identity

  27-06-2021 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Delta police said they were answering to a report of someone brandishing a gun, and were required to respond assuming the threat was real.
  
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• Banff is packed, but lack of international visitors leaves many businesses struggling

  27-06-2021 18:09
  
  A walk down the main drag may make it look like all is well in the tourism hot-spot of Banff, where restaurant patios are full and nearby hiking trails are packed on weekends. But even as Alberta plans to drop nearly all COVID-19 restrictions on July 1st, local businesses and the Banff National Park's tourism board say they'll be sorely missing international tourists for a second peak summer season in a row. The number of people isn't the problem - there were 1.1 million visitors to the national
  
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• Enormous aircraft, loaded with oil well rigs, launches from Calgary airport

  27-06-2021 17:59
  
  One of the largest aircraft in the world took off from Calgary International Airport on Saturday, packed with sophisticated equipment destined for the Middle East. The Antonov AN-124, a massive Ukrainian-designed cargo plane, which has a payload capacity of 150 metric tonnes, was loaded with two of the world's most advanced automated well service rigs. Okotoks-based Highwood Equipment Technologies built the rigs for a client in the Sultanate of Oman. The company says the manufacture of the two u
  
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• Ontario reports under 300 new COVID-19 cases, 12 additional deaths

  27-06-2021 16:11
  
  Ontario is reporting 287 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with 12 new deaths. This marks a significant decrease from the from 346 cases reported on Saturday. Ontario reported 256 new cases on Friday, 296 on Thursday and 255 on Wednesday. The seven-day rolling average now stands at 286, compared to 359 a week ago. Provincial labs processed more than 18,524 test specimens, generating a positivity rate of at least 1.5 per cent, according to the Ministry of Health. The province’s virus-related
  
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• New tool developed to help preserve the language of Blackfoot - Lethbridge News Now

  27-06-2021 16:06
  
  New tool developed to help preserve the language of Blackfoot  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto sets North American record with more than 17,000 vaccinations in one day at Scotiabank clinic, city says

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  Toronto set two new single-day vaccination records on Sunday at the Scotiabank Arena vaccine clinic. As of 5 p.m., the city said more than 17,004 doses have been administered at the event dubbed as “Our Winning Shot,” surpassing the shots jabbed in a single day at a Texas clinic in April.And just like that….with 17,004 #COVID19 vaccinations given @ScotiabankArena so far the North American record for vaccinations given in a single day, in a single clinic has been broken! Way to
  
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• Toronto sets national record with 11,000 vaccinations in one day, city says

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  The City of Toronto has announced that it has set a national record by administering 11,000 vaccine doses at the Scotiabank Arena on Sunday in an event dubbed “Our Winning Shot.” The city partnered with Toronto Vaccine Day to host the one-day mass vaccination clinic. While beating the national record may be worth celebrating, the goal is to vaccinate 25,000 Ontarians, which would set a new world record. In order to beat North America’s current one-day vaccination record, they w
  
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• Toronto sets national record with 11,000 vaccinations in one day at Scotiabank clinic, city says

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  The City of Toronto has announced that it has set a national record by administering 11,000 vaccine doses in a single clinic at the Scotiabank Arena on Sunday in an event dubbed “Our Winning Shot.” The city partnered with Toronto Vaccine Day to host the one-day mass vaccination clinic. While beating the national record may be worth celebrating, the goal is to vaccinate 25,000 Ontarians, which would set a new world record. In order to beat North America’s current one-day single-
  
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• Toronto clinic administers record-breaking 26,000+ doses in one day

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  Toronto achieved a significant milestone in its vaccine campaign after 25,000 doses were administered at the Scotiabank Arena clinic Sunday, possibly setting a world record in shots given in a single day in one clinic. The temporary mass immunization clinic set up inside the home of the Raptors and the Maple Leafs also broke the national and North American records, the city said. A total of 26,771 doses were administered at Scotiabank Arena - 978 first doses and 25,793 second doses, according to
  
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• Toronto clinic achieves record-breaking vaccine milestone with 25,000 doses administered in one day

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  Toronto achieved a significant milestone in its vaccine campaign after 25,000 doses were administered at the Scotiabank Arena clinic Sunday, possibly setting a world record in shots given in a single day in one clinic. The temporary mass immunization clinic set up inside the home of the Raptors and the Maple Leafs also broke the national and North American records, the city said. Dubbed "Our Winning Shot," the event was held to encourage residents to get their first and second doses as a more in
  
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• Toronto aims to set single-day vaccination record at Scotiabank Arena clinic

  27-06-2021 15:48
  
  Scotiabank Arena is welcoming crowds today, but not for any sort of sporting event. The City of Toronto and Toronto Vaccine Day have partnered together to host a one-day mass vaccination clinic dubbed “Our Winning Shot.” The goal is to vaccinate 25,000 Torontonians. In order to shatter any records, clinic staff will need to administer at least 10,470 vaccines, which would break the Canadian record of vaccines doses administered in a day. In order to beat North America’s, they w
  
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• 'Message in the mess': Family finds hope as search continues

  27-06-2021 14:24
  
  When Mike Noriega heard that part of the condominium tower where his grandmother lived had collapsed, he rushed with his father to the scene. They arrived at a nightmarish 30-foot pile of pancaked concrete and mangled metal, the remains of her 12-storey building -- and no sign of 92-year-old Hilda Noriega. But among the flying debris, they stumbled across mementos that bore witness to Hilda's life on the sixth floor in Champlain Towers South: an old picture of her with her late husband and their
  
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• Families of the missing visit site of Florida condo collapse

  27-06-2021 14:24
  
  Families of the missing visited the scene of the Florida condo building collapse Sunday as rescuers kept digging through the mound of rubble and clinging to hope that someone could yet be alive somewhere under the broken concrete and twisted metal. The death toll rose by just four people, to a total of nine confirmed dead. But after almost four full days of search-and-rescue efforts, more than 150 additional people were still missing in Surfside. No one has been pulled alive from the pile since
  
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• Families hold onto hope as condo collapse death toll rises to 9

  27-06-2021 14:24
  
  Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the death toll from the building collapse has risen to nine as search and rescue efforts continue. She said one victim had died in the hospital, while workers had pulled more bodies from the wreckage since yesterday. Scores of rescue workers remained on the massive pile of rubble, working to find survivors among the more than 150 people who remain unaccounted for. "We were able to recover four additional bodies in the rubble as well additional human rem
  
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• 'They need to be charged': Federal minister on residential school perpetrators

  27-06-2021 13:00
  
  Canada’s minister of northern affairs says the religious leaders who operated the residential school system in Canada should be held accountable for any crimes committed. “Of course they need to be charged. This is the sort of thing you read about in another country, you don't read about this in Canada, but if people are still alive, then we need to do all things necessary to achieve justice, of course we need to bring charges forward,” said Dan Vandal in an interview on CTV&rs
  
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• New local art display shares Indigenous history

  27-06-2021 06:17
  
  One playground in southwest Calgary is now home to an Indigenous art piece. Blackfoot artist Ryan Jason Allen Willert was commissioned to create the art that is now the center of the White Oak playground in Calgary. The piece, that has been four years in the making, is composed of two large double sided panels and features a painted buffalo head. “In the Blackfoot culture, our spirit animal is the buffalo,” said Willert. “The buffalo always charges towards a storm instead of aw
  
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• Alberta heavyweight Tanner Boser bounces back with UFC win over Ovince Saint Preux

  27-06-2021 03:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser stopped Ovince Saint Preux in the second round of the co-main event of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.
  
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• Bridging the gap: Indigenous market supports artists and cultural understanding

  27-06-2021 02:51
  
  Indigenous artists showcased their talent this afternoon at an outdoor event to help celebrate National Indigenous People’s Day. The Bridging the Connection outdoor market had 25 vendors showcasing and selling handmade products from First Nations from Treaty 7 at Tsuut'ina Nation reserve southwest of Calgary. Cieran Starlight — manager of communications and marketing with Taza Development Corp., the organizer of the event — told CTV News that the market’s mission was to h
  
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• Hundreds protest the province's addictions strategy outside closing safe consumption site

  27-06-2021 02:22
  
  Hundreds of Calgarians rallied in support of Alberta's safe consumption sites (SCS) Saturday as a deadly stretch of fatal overdoses continues in the province. About 200 people waved signs and listened to speeches at Central Memorial Park, which is across the road from the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre and the Safeworks SCS. Trevor Fedan took the mic to speak about the impact Safeworks has had on his life. "It's not a want," Fedan told CTV News. "As users, we need a place like that with support
  
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• Oh deer… daycare? How a neighbour’s garden left a fawn-tastic legacy in Lethbridge

  27-06-2021 01:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Deer are not an uncommon sight in Lethbridge but for one couple, they have turned into regular backyard guests — all thanks to the legacy left by an old neighbour.
  
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• A fawn-tastic legacy in Lethbridge

  27-06-2021 01:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Deer are not an uncommon sight in Lethbridge, but it’s not overly common to see them befriend — not to mention trust — humans. For one couple, the four-legged friends have turned into some regular backyard guests, thanks to an old neighbour. Jessica Robb has more on the accidental deer daycare.
  
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• Alberta cabinet minister’s daughter says she was victim of hate attack in Calgary

  27-06-2021 00:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta cabinet minister is speaking out about an alleged attack on her daughter in downtown Calgary that she says may have been motivated by hate. Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports.
  
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• Heat wave gives Calgary businesses an extra boost

  27-06-2021 00:22
  
  Scorching temperatures for the better part of a week are giving some Calgary businesses a chance to bring in extra revenue. The heat wave is especially providing a much-needed boost to Lazy Day Raft Rentals as thousands of Calgarians took to the water on Saturday. “We are completely sold out today, completely sold out tomorrow, completely sold out for Canada Day and obviously the rest of the super warm days are filling up super fast,” said manager Jordan Ormshaw. “Last year we
  
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• Crews respond to river rescues, including one young deer caught near Harvie Passage

  27-06-2021 00:10
  
  Members of the Calgary Fire Department were called out to help with a number of incidents on the Bow and Elbow Rivers where both people and animals had gotten into trouble. Officials say on Saturday afternoon, the aquatic rescue team was called to help out as multiple rafts and other watercraft had capsized and struck bridges along the waterways. A number of boaters found themselves stranded on islands and riverbanks while others found themselves stuck elsewhere in the water. At least one person
  
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