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• Active COVID-19 cases in Alberta continue to fall Thursday

  08-07-2021 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of current active cases sat at 697 on Thursday, falling from 895 on Canada Day and 1,580 a week before that on June 24.
  
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• University of Calgary suspends admission for oil and gas engineering program

  08-07-2021 23:41
  
  The University of Calgary has suspended admission for its oil and gas engineering bachelor program amidst a downturn in Canada’s energy sector and a transition towards a more renewable future. In fact, enrollment for the program has hit an all-time low with only about 10 students registered over the course of the last two years. Those existing students will still be able to complete their studies, but Prof. Arin Sen, head of the department of chemical and petroleum engineering said the uni
  
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• LPS ramping up enforcement during Street Machine weekend - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 23:28
  
  LPS ramping up enforcement during Street Machine weekend  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Businesses hope for boost during the Calgary Stampede

  08-07-2021 23:25
  
  After a year-long hiatus, the Stampede is gearing up for a comeback and businesses are hoping for a badly-needed boost. Brett Beninger, TB Salon Managing Partner, and his team are assembling last minute pieces to their Stampede tent at 270 - 14 Sve SE, which is right across the street from the grounds. For the next 10 days, they are welcoming patrons to enjoy music, drinks and barbeque. “I was hit really hard with COVID-19 and just to be able to put this on for everybody and have a chance
  
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• High-speed rail partnership to connect three Alberta cities receives provincial MOU

  08-07-2021 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prairie Link, a partnership including EllisDon and AECOM, would connect Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer via high-speed rail.
  
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• 3 Calgary buildings up for historic designation

  08-07-2021 22:50
  
  Some places around the world have histories that date back thousands of years but Calgary only became a city in 1894. Even though it's relatively young, there's not much left from that era, and Heritage Calgary is working hard to preserve what buildings it can. Three structures are set to be designated as municipal heritage resources by city council. They include the Dominion Bank — now Teatro Ristorante — which was built in 1911; a home built in Scarboro in 1914, which is still owne
  
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• Diversifying Alberta agriculture through hemp fibre processing - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 22:40
  
  Diversifying Alberta agriculture through hemp fibre processing  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Racing, stunting and noise concerns prompt Lethbridge police to ramp up enforcement for Street Machine Weekend - CTV Toronto

  08-07-2021 22:28
  
  Racing, stunting and noise concerns prompt Lethbridge police to ramp up enforcement for Street Machine Weekend  CTV Toronto
  
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• Racing, stunting and noise concerns prompt Lethbridge police to ramp up enforcement for Street Machine Weekend

  08-07-2021 22:28
  
  The Lethbridge Police Service says additional resources will be on hand to ensure traffic laws aren't broken during an upcoming celebration of cars and car culture. Street Machine Weekend will take place this weekend and the three-day event is expected to include thousands of vehicles and spectators. The event, organized by the Street Wheelers Car Club, is considered the biggest car weekend in southern Alberta and is set to include cruises around the city, a poker run, and a show and shine at Ga
  
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• O’Toole announces plan to fix Fiscal Stabilization Program in campaign-style announcement

  08-07-2021 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a campaign-style announcement, Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole said on Thursday that if elected his party would fix the Fiscal Stabilization Program and implement an Equalization Rebate that would see $5 billion go to provinces that have paid “more than their fair share” under the program. Speaking in Calgary, he added it would help...
  
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• Surveillance video captures sounds of Calgary shooting that left man and his dog dead

  08-07-2021 22:09
  
  More than dozen shots were fired in a homicide that saw a man and his dog killed in a southwest neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon. Surveillance video from a nearby home obtained by CTV Calgary doesn't show the scene, but more than a dozen shots can be heard ringing out in quick succession. Police were called to the 500 block of Cresthaven Place S.W. about 1:30 p.m. for reports of gunfire, where they found a man injured, who was declared deceased at the scene. The man's dog was also killed in
  
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• Calgary Stampede set to welcome guests for first time in nearly 2 years

  08-07-2021 21:46
  
  The unofficial kickoff to the 2021 Calgary Stampede is set for Thursday night and will see the return of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth after a two-year absence. The gates at Stampede Park will open at 5 p.m. for Sneak-a-Peek. Admission will be reduced to $9 per person with children under the age of six admitted free. Thursday's schedule of events include Aaron Pritchett taking the Nashville North stage at 8 p.m, and The Trews playing the Stampede Summer Stage at 9 p.m. Thursday will be the
  
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• Conservative leader O’Toole heads to Tory heartland in Western Canada

  08-07-2021 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Conservative leader arrived in Calgary on Wednesday, where the Ontario MP kicked off his bid to win leadership of the federal party in its heartland in January last year.
  
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• High School Baseball Academy starting in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 20:54
  
  High School Baseball Academy starting in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Appeal rejected for dangerous offender who sexually assaulted Calgary boy

  08-07-2021 20:54
  
  An Alberta court has rejected the appeal of a man designated as a dangerous offender after being convicted of sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy in an Elbow Park alley in 2017.Warning: details in this story may be disturbing to some readers.Kenneth Dale Hornby filed the appeal in 2020, asking that his sentence be reduced to five years, followed by two years of probation with close monitoring. A decision released Thursday says the request was rejected. A dangerous offender designation means
  
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• Wet weather ends, isolated thunderstorms follow

  08-07-2021 20:35
  
  Thursday afternoon is shaping up to be dry under a mix of sun and cloud. Although the showers have ended, a risk of isolated thunderstorms for central and southern Alberta persists into the afternoon and evening. Nickel-sized hail and wind gusts of 70-90 km/h are possible, but in areas east of Calgary stretching to the southeastern corner, there’s also potential for funnel cloud development or a landspout tornado. Drier weather and warmer temperatures heading into the weekend. Here’s
  
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• Alberta premier shuffles cabinet: Who’s in and who’s out

  08-07-2021 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney has shuffled his cabinet, welcoming six new members and ousting two. The premier says the changes are being made to reflect the government’s renewed focus on its recovery plan. Fletcher Kent has the details.
  
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• Kolton “The Maniac” Menzak running for mayor of Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 20:06
  
  Kolton “The Maniac” Menzak running for mayor of Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The Daily with LNN – July 8, 2021 - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 20:00
  
  The Daily with LNN – July 8, 2021  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• “Fentanyl superlab” south of Calgary being dismantled - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 20:00
  
  “Fentanyl superlab” south of Calgary being dismantled  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Missing girl located safe by Calgary Police

  08-07-2021 19:59
  
  Police say a girl, who went missing from her Calgary home early Thursday, has been found safe. Officials issued the alert for the girl at about 10 a.m. and, about two hours later, she was located. There are no details about where she was found. Police did not activate an Amber Alert because there was nothing to indicate foul play was involved. Calgary police say they issue alerts such as these to assist with their partners at the Missing Children Society of Canada. Officials thank the media and
  
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• Calgary police seek missing 12-year-old girl who could be in Airdrie

  08-07-2021 19:59
  
  Police are looking for the public's help to locate a young girl who went missing from her northwest Calgary home overnight. Officials say Mara Butler, 12, was last seen leaving the community of Ranchlands sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 3:10 a.m. Thursday. She is described as:163 centimetres (5'4") tall Approximately 54.4 kilograms (120 pounds) Medium build Brown eyes Blonde hairShe was wearing a white tube top, pyjama pants and rubber boots with a floral pattern when she went missing. Police say
  
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• Lethbridge defender signs with Kodiaks men's soccer team - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 19:50
  
  Lethbridge defender signs with Kodiaks men's soccer team  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Two behind-the-scenes people from Lethbridge part of Tampa's Stanley Cup win - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 19:32
  
  Two behind-the-scenes people from Lethbridge part of Tampa's Stanley Cup win  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘Lots of damage’: Farmers hope for rain as wheat, canola roiled by extreme heat

  08-07-2021 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hot, dry weather has swept through western North America, contributing to hundreds of deaths, igniting wildfires and roiling canola and wheat markets
  
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• Woman stabbed multiple times in random attack in downtown Calgary

  08-07-2021 18:57
  
  Investigators are hoping someone will recognize a man accused of stabbing a woman multiple times in what is being called a random attack in downtown Calgary. The woman was standing on the southwest corner of Seventh Avenue and First Street S.W. about 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday when she was approached from behind by a man and stabbed multiple times. The suspect fled and a woman standing nearby yelled for help. Officers arrived quickly and rendered first aid to the victim, who was transported to hospit
  
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• Bear pulls woman out of her tent, kills her in Montana

  08-07-2021 18:33
  
  A grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent in a small Montana town in the middle of the night and killed her before fellow campers could use bear spray to force the bruin out of the area, wildlife officials said. Leah Davis Lokan, 65, of Chico, California, was on a long-distance bicycling trip and had stopped in the western Montana town of Ovando when she was killed early Tuesday, said Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials as they provided more details about the attack. Lokan was killed on
  
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• Alberta Government announces several cabinet shuffles - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 18:29
  
  Alberta Government announces several cabinet shuffles  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Genesis Centre, TELUS Convention Centre clinics to offer first and second doses by walk-in

  08-07-2021 18:27
  
  Beginning Monday, appointments will no longer be required at two of Calgary's largest vaccine clinics over an eight-day period. From July 12 through July 19, eligible recipients who were born in 2003 or earlier may receive either their first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Genesis Centre (7555 Falconridge Blvd. N.E.) or the TELUS Convention Centre (136 Eighth Ave. S.E.). A total of 1,500 Moderna vaccine doses will be available during the eight days of walk-in immunizations at the c
  
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• United Nurses of Alberta president questions rollback rationale - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 18:26
  
  United Nurses of Alberta president questions rollback rationale  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Province provides $1.6 million for ambulance garage addition at Claresholm Hospital - Lethbridge News Now

  08-07-2021 17:58
  
  Province provides $1.6 million for ambulance garage addition at Claresholm Hospital  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Images released of robbery suspect connected to 9 Calgary holdups

  08-07-2021 17:56
  
  Calgary police has released images of a man believed to be behind nine robberies at gas stations and convenience stores over the last month in the southeast and northeast quadrants of the city. Since June 7, the robberies have been reported in Abbeydale, Forest Heights, Radisson Heights, Rundle, Sunridge, Erin Woods, Penbrooke Meadows, Red Carpet, and Winston Heights/Mountview. The most recent robbery was reported on Wednesday. The suspect is described as:White; About 30 to 45 years old, and; Be
  
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• Lethbridge's Exhibition Park welcomes back first, unrestricted trade show since 2020 - CTV Toronto

  08-07-2021 17:14
  
  Lethbridge's Exhibition Park welcomes back first, unrestricted trade show since 2020  CTV Toronto
  
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• Alberta premier shuffles cabinet amid renewed focus on economic recovery post-pandemic

  08-07-2021 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced several changes to his cabinet Thursday morning.
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to shuffle cabinet Thursday morning

  08-07-2021 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will make changes to his cabinet Thursday morning. 
  
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• Kenney's cabinet shuffle: Senior ministers remain in place as new positions added

  08-07-2021 16:26
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shuffled his cabinet Thursday, naming new ministers for transportation and culture but keeping major portfolios unaffected. "There needs to be renewal every now and then in a government," Kenney said. "Not everyone in caucus can serve in a ministerial role." Leela Aheer, who had served as the minister of culture, multiculturalism and the status of women, now finds herself outside of cabinet after Thursday's announcement. Aheer called on Kenney to apologize following
  
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• Kenney's cabinet shuffle: New ministers of transportation, culture among changes

  08-07-2021 16:26
  
  In a cabinet shuffle Thursday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney named new ministers of transportation and culture, and switched out the associate minister of mental health and addictions. Ric McIver, who had been serving two roles since January when he took over municipal affairs following Tracy Allard's resignation, will keep that file. The other ministry he had been leading, transportation, will be taken over by Rajan Sawhney, former minister of community and social services, Kenney announced Thur
  
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• Alberta premier to announce cabinet shuffle Thursday morning

  08-07-2021 16:26
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is set to shuffle his cabinet with an announcement coming later Thursday morning.  A swearing-in ceremony has been scheduled for 10 a.m. in Edmonton with a new conference planned for an hour later.  No details about who is moving into what roles have been confirmed.  Ric McIver has been serving two roles since Jan. 4. He took over as minister of muncipal affairs after Tracy Allard resigned while continuing to serve as minister of transportation as well
  
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• Temporary walk-in clinics in Strathmore and Rockyford to offer first dose COVID-19 vaccines

  08-07-2021 16:14
  
  As part of the ongoing effort to immunize more Albertans against COVID-19, Alberta Health Services has scheduled two pop-up vaccination clinics east of Calgary. First dose vaccines will be available without an appointment next week at temporary clinics in  the village of Rockyford and the town of Strathmore.Wednesday, July 14:  408 Serviceberry Trail, Rockyford, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday, July 15: Strathmore Civic Centre (120 Brent Blvd. Strathmore), 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.Each clin
  
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• Travel Tips: Trip to Banff

  08-07-2021 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  This week in Travel Tips, Ixtapa Travel president Barbara Crowe joins Global News Morning from Banff with more on what you can do in the Rocky Mountains.
  
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• Flair airlines increases flights to U.S.

  08-07-2021 15:17
  
  Low-cost carrier Flair Airlines is expanding south of the border. The Edmonton-based discount airline says it will launch service to six U-S destinations on October 31st, including Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Florida. It will also service Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Hollywood and Palm Springs, California. Flair Airlines chief executive Stephen Jones says the airline industry is emerging from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and Flair's fall bookings look strong. This report by The Canadian Press
  
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• Lethbridge's Shaela Miller follows her own path with Big Hair Small City - Calgary Herald

  08-07-2021 14:06
  
  Lethbridge's Shaela Miller follows her own path with Big Hair Small City  Calgary Herald
  
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• Flair Airlines expanding into 6 U.S. vacation destinations this fall

  08-07-2021 12:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Flair Airlines currently operates in 20 Canadian cities and is aiming to take market share from mainline carriers Air Canada and WestJet Airlines along with discount rival Swoop.
  
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• Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

  08-07-2021 09:00
  
  Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city's governor said Thursday after meeting with organizers of the pandemic-postponed games. That means the Olympics will be a largely TV-only event, after the Japanese government put the capital under a COVID-19 state of emergency because of rising new infections and the highly contagious delta variant. The declaration was made by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and the spectator ban was agreed to b
  
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• Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency

  08-07-2021 09:00
  
  Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, following a state of emergency on Thursday, Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa told the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The ban was announced by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers, reducing the games to a made-for-TV event. Fans from aboard were banned months ago, and the new measures announced by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will clear venues around Tokyo -- indoor and outdoor
  
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• Lambda variant detected in Alberta for first time

  08-07-2021 05:59
  
  A new COVID-19 variant has been detected in Alberta for the first time. The Lambda variant, also known as C.37, was detected in two Albertans, Dr. Deena Hinshaw tweeted Wednesday, adding that both cases are travel-related. Lambda was first detected in Peru, and there are concerns that it carries mutations that could make it more resistant to antibodies. Hinshaw described the Lambda variant as a 'variant of interest', with experts monitoring it to see if it gets upgraded to a 'variant of concern'
  
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• Trudeau stays silent on possible summer election, says government is focused on its work

  08-07-2021 05:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister seemed almost offended that his announcements over the past week in multiple provinces should be seen as a campaign preview.
  
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• Alberta had highest rate of COVID-19 antibodies in Canada in early 2021: StatCan

  08-07-2021 05:23
  
  A study conducted by Statistics Canada to find out how many Canadians have previously had COVID-19 showed that Alberta had the highest infection rate in the country in early 2021. The study was the first to use a nationally representative sample to reflect the level of COVID-19 in the population with a blood sample. The testing kits and survey were sent to 48,000 Canadians aged 1 and up, in all 10 provinces and three territories. In the data collecting period of Nov. 2020 to April 2021, 3.6 per
  
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• Lightning strikes twice: Tampa Bay repeats as Cup champion

  08-07-2021 04:52
  
  It only took scoring once for the Tampa Bay Lightning to strike twice and repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Backstopped by their star goaltender and the only two Tampa Bay players on the ice without their name on the Cup, the Lightning won it all for the second time in 10 months by beating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 on Wednesday night. Andrei Vasilevskiy had a series-ending shutout for an NHL-record fifth consecutive time dating to the 2020 final. Finishing with a handful in a frantic f
  
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• 'The final straw': Some Catholic Canadians renounce church as residential school outrage grows

  08-07-2021 04:00
  
  Outrage directed at the Catholic Church for its role in Canada’s residential school system continues, with more churches allegedly set ablaze and faithful followers questioning their loyalty to the institution. While some continue to call for a Papal apology, others have renounced the church altogether, unable to come to terms with the atrocities carried out by religious leaders. “I’ve struggled with my feelings for the church and its position on many issues, including Indigeno
  
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