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• RCMP investigates suspected arson at Siksika First Nation Anglican Church

  29-06-2021 23:51
  
  Gleichen RCMP is investigating another suspected arson after reports of a fire at the Siksika First Nation Anglican Church early Tuesday. Emergency crews were called about 7 a.m. to the church, situated in Map 4. Police arrived to find someone had broken a window and tried to start a fire. The suspect had fled before police arrived and fire crews were not called. Gleichen RCMP is also investigating an arson at a Catholic Church on the Siksika First Nation on Monday that caused minimal damage. RC
  
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• RCMP investigates suspected arson at Alberta First Nation Anglican Church

  29-06-2021 23:51
  
  Gleichen RCMP is investigating another suspected arson at a church on a soutthern Alberta First Nation. Emergency crews were called about 7 a.m. Tuesday to the Siksika First Nation Anglican Church, situated in Map 4, about 130 kilometres east of Calgary. Police arrived to find someone had broken a window and tried to start a fire. The suspect had fled before police arrived and fire crews were not called. Gleichen RCMP is also investigating an arson at a Catholic Church on the Siksika First Natio
  
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• Need a break from the heat? Book a room

  29-06-2021 23:50
  
  Calgarians looking to beat the heat are flocking to local hotels on a quest for air-conditioned comfort and to spend time poolside. Hotel Arts associate sales director Elena Menk says when the mercury  soars, so do calls to book rooms. “Everyone is just looking for the place to stay cool, and enjoy the afternoon without being fried in the sun,” said Menk. “We've seen a huge influx of new reservations because people are trying to escape the heat wave. A lot of them don't ha
  
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• 2nd church fire being investigated as arson by RCMP on Alberta’s Siksika Nation

  29-06-2021 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said officers were called to the Siksika Anglican Church, located in Map 4, at about 7 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a fire.
  
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• LPS investigating after man allegedly made sexual advances towards teen - Lethbridge News Now

  29-06-2021 23:17
  LPS investigating after man allegedly made sexual advances towards teen  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Indigenous TikTok creator spreads awareness for Canada’s First Nation water crisis

  29-06-2021 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  'You don't realize that being thirsty is a scary situation until you're thirsty and you don't have any water,' says Brennen Mcguire of his videos about the Indigenous water crisis.
  
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• Alberta entrepreneur upcycles brewery waste twice

  29-06-2021 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The brewing process has a by-product -- spent grain -- which usually ends up being composted or in the landfill.
  
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• Alberta reveals most popular baby names of 2020

  29-06-2021 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  For the second year in a row, Olivia and Noah are the most popular baby girl and baby boy names in Alberta.
  
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• Dinny, Calgary’s oldest dino will not go extinct anytime soon

  29-06-2021 22:16
  
  Dinny the brontosaurus has been a staple feature at the Calgary Zoo for almost 80 years and now, thanks to one particularly passionate family, will be receiving a full makeover. Over the past two years many people donated to Dinny’s fund that $70,000 of the $100,000 needed by the zoo had been raised by June 16. Less than two weeks later, the zoo announced that the remaining costs have been covered by a generous donation from the Brawn Family Foundation. The donation will include all needed
  
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• Ottawa adds another Alberta coal project to federal environmental assessment list

  29-06-2021 21:39
  
  Environmental groups say they are pleased the federal government is adding another proposed coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains to the list of projects it will review. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Montem Resources' proposed Tent Mountain project could harm fish and fish habitat through the release of the contaminant selenium. He says he also took into consideration public concern about the project as well as its potential impact on treaty rights. Environmental groups,
  
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• NHL, CFL prizes added to Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery prizes

  29-06-2021 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta COVID-19 vaccine lottery already has three $1-million prize packages, as well as travel packages from WestJet and Air Canada, and the Calgary Stampede. 
  
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• Damage to deliberately torched Catholic church on Siksika First Nation minimal, arson investigation underway

  29-06-2021 21:14
  
  The provincial fire investigator and Gleichen RCMP are jointly investigating Monday morning's fire at a Catholic church on the Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta. Emergency crews, including the Siksika Fire department, responded to the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church shortly after midnight following reports of a fire. The blaze was extinguished before the flames could cause significant structural damage. No injuries have been reported in connection with the incident and, other than th
  
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• Dozens of record highs set in Alberta Monday amid historic heat wave

  29-06-2021 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Of the communities with new record highs, the warmest was in Jasper, which saw temperatures climb to 39 C.
  
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• CFL season tickets, NHL group packages added to Open for Summer Lottery prize pool

  29-06-2021 21:01
  
  Albertans who have received a first dose of vaccine can now enter to win one of several sports packages as part of the Open for Summer Lottery. Those who enter by July 22 will have a chance to win CFL season tickets for the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Elks, tickets to host a group of 20 friends at a Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers game, and a round of golf for four in Kananaskis Country. Winners will be announced July 29. More than 1.6 million people have already entered the lottery, whic
  
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• Report calls for public takeover of old oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  29-06-2021 21:00
  
  A new report by a group of independent researchers concludes that most of Alberta's energy wells no longer hold enough oil and gas to pay for their cleanup. The report by the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project recommends a public agency be formed to step in to operate those wells and use the revenues to fund reclamation. Lead author Regan Boychuk says the report uses information from the Alberta Energy Regulator to calculate the province's total cleanup bill for old oil and gas wells at $40-
  
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• Hinshaw urges Albertans to continue to make ‘safe choices’ when COVID-19 restrictions lift

  29-06-2021 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  In her last regularly scheduled COVID-19 update, Dr. Deena Hinshaw asked residents to get vaccinated, continue with good hand hygiene and make "safe choices."
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to deliver final regular COVID-19 news conference Tuesday afternoon

  29-06-2021 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide her last regular COVID-19 update for Albertans at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Her news conference will be streamed in this post.
  
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• Western Canada’s extreme heat wave: Some experts have ‘never seen’ anything like it

  29-06-2021 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  As a dangerous heat wave continues to scorch western Canada, climate scientists are concerned about how much more frequently we could endure extreme weather events like this.
  
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• Four Ontario golfers set to represent Canada at Tokyo Olympic Games

  29-06-2021 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The golfers will tee off for Team Canada in men's and women's competition at the Olympic Games in early August.
  
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• 'Never seen anything like this': At least 134 sudden deaths reported in Metro Vancouver, most related to heat

  29-06-2021 20:10
  
  Police in Metro Vancouver say there were dozens of reports of sudden deaths in just a few days in three major cities, with heat expected to be a factor in many. Police in Vancouver have seen the highest number of calls. In a news release Tuesday, a police department spokesperson said the city has seen 65 sudden deaths since the heat wave began on Friday. "Today alone, officers had responded to 20 sudden deaths as of 1:45 p.m. with more than a dozen others waiting for police to be dispatched," Sg
  
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• ‘It’s surreal’: Animated Fort McMurray wildfire short film has star-studded cast

  29-06-2021 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Back Home Again, a short animated film about the Fort McMurray fire and aftermath, has an all-star cast including Eugene Levy, Michael J. Fox, Catherine O’Hara and Jeremy Renner.
  
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• Report calls for public takeover of old Alberta oil and gas wells to fund their cleanup

  29-06-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  The report by the Alberta Liabilities Disclosure Project recommends a public agency be formed to step in to operate those wells and use the revenues to fund reclamation.
  
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• New all-time record set in B.C. as heat wave grips the West, slides into Manitoba

  29-06-2021 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued four heat warnings for regions along Manitoba's western boundary.
  
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• Alberta on track to break energy use record for second straight day after 'unprecedented jump': AESO

  29-06-2021 19:30
  
  The operator of Alberta's electric grid is calling on Albertans to help conserve energy as the province remains in the grips of a heat wave. “Yesterday we saw an unprecedented jump in energy use, reaching 11,512 MW, beating our previous summer peak demand record of 11,169 MW,” Alberta Electric System Operator's (AESO) Dennis Frehlich said in a news release. “We’re on track to break that record for a second day in a row and so we’re asking Albertans to play their par
  
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• Crisis in long-term care facilities: Female immigrant health-care aides often overlooked, report

  29-06-2021 19:29
  
  More than two dozen female immigrant workers have come forward to express their concerns with working conditions in Alberta’s long-term care (LTC) facilities.   A report on this subject conducted by Naomi Lightman — an assistant professor in the University of Calgary’s Department of Sociology — in conjunction with Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association and the Parkland Institute, identified difficulties faced by female immigrant health-care aides while working t
  
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• Hinshaw to give one more COVID-19 update before province turns to online reporting

  29-06-2021 19:25
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health's last regularly scheduled COVID-19 update will be held Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Alberta Health's plan is to stop the twice-weekly news conferences with Dr. Deena Hinshaw unless "needed." "These availabilities are intended to provide critical information, and the reality is that we're making great progress. All of our public health efforts will keep going, contact tracing testing and other important work continues, day in and day out," Hinshaw told the publi
  
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• Alberta reports 61 new COVID-19 cases during Hinshaw's last scheduled update

  29-06-2021 19:25
  
  Alberta is reporting 61 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, including 16 variant cases, during the chief medical officer of health’s last scheduled COVID-19 update. Alberta currently has 1,132 active COVID-19 cases, the lowest number since Aug. 26, according to Dr. Deena Hinshaw. The positivity rate for the province is sitting at 1.6 per cent after 3,453 tests on Monday. “Across the board our numbers are moving in the right direction. Cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and our positi
  
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• Pilot fighting wildfire killed in helicopter crash west of Edmonton: RCMP

  29-06-2021 19:18
  
  A helicopter pilot helping fight a wildfire west of Edmonton is dead after a crash in a remote area Monday night. An Alberta Forestry helicopter was downed near Evansburg, Alta., approximately four kilometres west of Highway 22 and five to six kilometres north of Highway 16, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board attended the site Tuesday morning. A 49-year-old man died in the crash, Mounties told CTV News Edmonton. He was the lone occupant of the helic
  
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• 'It's just tragic news': Pilot fighting wildfire killed in helicopter crash west of Edmonton

  29-06-2021 19:18
  
  A helicopter pilot helping fight a wildfire west of Edmonton is dead after a crash in a remote area Monday night. An Alberta Forestry helicopter was downed near Evansburg, Alta., approximately four kilometres west of Highway 22 and five to six kilometres north of Highway 16, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) attended the site Tuesday morning. A 49-year-old man died in the crash, Mounties told CTV News Edmonton. He was the lone occupant of the
  
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• 'It’s just tragic news': Pilot fighting wildfire killed in helicopter crash west of Edmonton

  29-06-2021 19:18
  
  A helicopter pilot helping fight a wildfire west of Edmonton is dead after a crash in a remote area Monday night. An Alberta Forestry helicopter was downed near Evansburg, Alta., approximately four kilometres west of Highway 22 and five to six kilometres north of Highway 16, at approximately 6:30 p.m. Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) attended the site Tuesday morning. A 49-year-old man died in the crash, Mounties told CTV News Edmonton. He was the lone occupant of the
  
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• Alberta sets new energy consumption record, 34 heat records Monday - Lethbridge News Now

  29-06-2021 19:02
  Alberta sets new energy consumption record, 34 heat records Monday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Another Alberta coal project added to federal environmental assessment list

  29-06-2021 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal environment minister says Montem Resource's proposed Tent Mountain project could harm fish and fish habitat through the release of the contaminant selenium.
  
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• Taber's face mask bylaw repealed, provincial mandate remains until July 1 - Lethbridge News Now

  29-06-2021 18:26
  Taber's face mask bylaw repealed, provincial mandate remains until July 1  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Daily heat records continue to be broken across Alberta

  29-06-2021 18:17
  
  The heat pushes temperatures even higher this week. Jasper, Hendrickson Creek, and Grande Prairie have broken their all time highs two days in a row. Calgary could also get close to, if not exceed, its record high of 36.5 C Wednesday and Thursday. Air quality deteriorates Tuesday as the heat traps pollutants at the surface. People with lung or heart disease are at high risk especially toward Tuesday evening when air quality is expected to be at its worst. By the end of the week, temperatures dro
  
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• Dozens of City of Lethbridge employees reportedly laid off - Lethbridge News Now

  29-06-2021 18:15
  
  Dozens of City of Lethbridge employees reportedly laid off  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Wolf killed on Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park

  29-06-2021 18:06
  
  Parks Canada confirms a collared female yearling wolf was struck and killed by a vehicle on June 24 near Castle Junction in Banff National Park. According to officials, the wolf was one of two wolves from the Bow Valley Wolf Pack that had been collared on June 5 in order to "monitor its movements and prevent habituation". The collision was not reported and Parks Canada has not determined how the animal accessed the lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway. Following the death of the yearling, the pack
  
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• Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories

  29-06-2021 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Canadian children's author has combined his love of words with beats. Lexy the Rap Dad says his rhymes get kids reading.
  
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• Alberta reveals 2020’s most popular baby names

  29-06-2021 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Olivia and Noah were once again the most popular baby girl and baby boy's names in Alberta last year.
  
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• Lethbridge doctors tell city council to remove mask bylaw - CHAT News Today

  29-06-2021 17:33
  
  Lethbridge doctors tell city council to remove mask bylaw  CHAT News Today
  
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• Motorcyclist dead, woman faces impaired driving charge following Hwy 22 crash

  29-06-2021 17:19
  
  A 43-year-old man is dead and a 25-year-old woman has been charged with impaired driving following a weekend crash involving four vehicles northwest of Calgary. Didsbury RCMP responded to the crash site along Highway 22 near Range Road 43 in Mountain View County at around 9:30 p.m. June 27. Mounties say a southbound pickup truck was attempting to pass a southbound van when it stuck a northbound SUV. The pickup truck roll several times in the northbound lane of the highway and collided with two o
  
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• Second World War veteran donates $2.4M to MRU to fund scholarships for Indigenous and women pilots

  29-06-2021 17:06
  
  Calgary's next generation of pilots will likely look different than previous aviation graduating classes as a result of the generosity of a 97-year-old veteran of the Second World War. Ken Lett — who flew Spitfires with the Royal Canadian Air Force and survived the invasion of Normandy — has donated $2.4 million to Mount Royal University's aviation program. A portion of the funds have been earmarked for scholarships and bursaries with a focus on assisting students from underrepresent
  
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• Grande Prairie, Jasper set all-time record high temperatures

  29-06-2021 15:51
  
  Monday was the hottest day ever in Grande Prairie, Jasper and Hendrickson Creek (a remote weather station southeast of Grande Cache). That came on the heels of setting the all-time record high in those locations on Sunday.  AND... Tuesday could be even hotter.Edmonton weather for June 29: Hitting the core of the heat waveSo, Jasper and Grande Prairie could get three days in a row with the hottest temperature ever recorded in those locations. (Not just daily records. All-time records.) Here'
  
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• 'You forget how tall you are': Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco able to stand during physio

  29-06-2021 15:32
  
  Behind his face mask, sweat glistening on his forehead, Ryan Straschnitzki was smiling. The 22-year-old, paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed in 2018, had accomplished another milestone in his long recovery. He stood up. He needed a walker to help him, and his arms were shaky from the effort, but after three-plus years he was seeing the world from a different - and higher - perspective. "Sitting down here you kind of look up at everyon
  
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• Alligator bites, blueberry mini donuts and jalapeno cheese dogs among new Stampede midway offerings

  29-06-2021 15:04
  
  With just over a week until the kickoff of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, the Calgary Stampede has unveiled its list of new midway food to tantalize, torture or confuse taste buds. This year's midway fare will see several items make their Stampede Park debut, including:Flaming Hot Cheetos Mini Donuts with a jalapeno cheddar drizzle; The 'Triple Dog Dare You' — a jalapeno cheese dog on a bed of insanity onions; Cotton Candy Soft Serve Ice Cream; Blueberry Mini Donuts on a stick; Rainbo
  
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• Last day of class for Calgary public schools

  29-06-2021 14:16
  
  Tuesday marks the final day of in-person learning for the largest school board in the province as the Calgary Board of Education is winding down an academic year unlike any other. "The resilience of our staff and students has been incredible. I am so grateful for the cooperation of not only students and staff but our families," said Christopher Usih, chief superintendent for the CBE. Over the course of the school year, students experienced multiple shifts from learning in classrooms to remote le
  
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• Western Canada heat wave has unusual characteristic, high nighttime temperatures: experts  

  29-06-2021 12:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  A stifling heat wave throughout much of Western Canada is unusual because of the nighttime temperatures it is bringing, says an expert.
  
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• High Tide Launches New Stores in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Lethbridge, Alberta - Business Wire

  29-06-2021 12:02
  
  High Tide Launches New Stores in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Lethbridge, Alberta  Business Wire
  
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• COVID-19: City council repeals Lethbridge’s mandatory mask bylaw, effective July 1 - Globalnews.ca

  29-06-2021 09:00
  
  COVID-19: City council repeals Lethbridge’s mandatory mask bylaw, effective July 1  Globalnews.ca
  
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• RCMP say helicopter fighting wildfire crashes near Evansburg, Alta.

  29-06-2021 06:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A spokesperson for the RCMP says a helicopter that was helping to fight a wildfire about an hour west of Edmonton crashed near Evansburg, Alta., on Monday night.
  
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• Pilot killed in helicopter crash while fighting wildfire near Evansburg, Alta.: RCMP

  29-06-2021 06:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A spokesperson for the RCMP says a helicopter that was helping to fight a wildfire about an hour west of Edmonton crashed near Evansburg, Alta., on Monday night.
  
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