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• Active cases of COVID-19 continue to increase in Alberta, as 134 new cases reported Tuesday

  27-07-2021 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Tuesday that less than half of Albertans 20 to 29 years old are fully vaccinated — "a number we need to increase."
  
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• Province announces $4.7M for new Lethbridge County renewable fuel facility

  27-07-2021 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new Lethbridge County facility will turn agricultural waste, inedible animal fats and used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel and glycerin.
  
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• Biofuel plant near Lethbridge to expand, include more types of farm waste - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2021 22:15
  Biofuel plant near Lethbridge to expand, include more types of farm waste  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Sentencing arguments delayed for Alberta men found guilty of flouting COVID-19 restrictions

  27-07-2021 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested in May and accused of organizing an illegal gathering as well as promoting and attending an illegal gathering.
  
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• Sentencing delayed for Calgary men found guilty of flouting Alberta COVID-19 rules

  27-07-2021 21:11
  
  Sentencing arguments for an Alberta pastor and his brother found guilty of contempt after deliberately violating COVID-19 health orders have been put over until September. Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested in May and accused of organizing an illegal gathering as well as promoting and attending an illegal gathering. The arrests came after court orders were granted allowing Alberta Health Services and police to arrest and charge anyone who advertised gatherings that wou
  
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• Sentencing delayed for Alberta men found guilty of flouting COVID-19 rules

  27-07-2021 21:11
  
  Sentencing arguments for an Alberta pastor and his brother found guilty of contempt after deliberately violating COVID-19 health orders have been put over until September. Artur Pawlowski and his brother Dawid Pawlowski were arrested in May and accused of organizing an illegal gathering as well as promoting and attending an illegal gathering. The arrests came after court orders were granted allowing Alberta Health Services and police to arrest and charge anyone who advertised gatherings that wou
  
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• Photos released of suspect in Beltline restaurant robbery

  27-07-2021 20:55
  
  Calgary Police Service has released photos of a suspect believed responsible for the theft of 10 patio chairs from a restaurant in the Beltline earlier this month. Someone cut a chain securing the patio then stole the chairs from the Simply Irie restaurant at 1510 Sixth Street S.W. about 5:30 a.m. on July 9. Police say they believe the same suspect is also behind other earlier offences against the restaurant. In the photos, the man appears to be bald with a heavy build. He was wearing a dark shi
  
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• WHL, Lethbridge Hurricanes release full 2021-2022 season schedule - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2021 19:51
  
  WHL, Lethbridge Hurricanes release full 2021-2022 season schedule  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘I’m proud of us’: Teen tribute highlights resiliency during pandemic

  27-07-2021 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  A tribute video put together by Strathcona County recognizes resilient youth and their tenacity during the course of the pandemic.
  
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• Teen tribute highlights resiliency during pandemic

  27-07-2021 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Throughout the pandemic, we’ve all had to overcome a number of hurdles, especially teens. Kendra Slugoski has more on a project that aims to recognize the tenacity of teens and their ability to adapt.
  
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• Search for man presumed drowned in Chestermere Lake now a recovery mission: RCMP

  27-07-2021 19:10
  
  The search for a man who went missing at Chestermere Lake on Monday afternoon is now a recovery mission, RCMP said Tuesday.   RCMP zodiac boats could be seen on the lake as part of the search for a Calgary man who was paddle boarding when he went into the the water. An RCMP spokesperson told CTV News they and Chestermere Fire Services are coordinating a plan to utilize a dive team and a helicopter may be brought in for an aerial search. Two men were spotted in distress in the water around 3
  
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• Body of drowned man discovered in Chestermere Lake

  27-07-2021 19:10
  
  The body of a man who went missing at Chestermere Lake on Monday afternoon was recovered Tuesday night. At 8:41 p.m., Chestermere RCMP, with the help of the Central Alberta Rescue Diving Society, recovered the body of the missing 47-yearold Calgarian. His body was taken to the medical examiner's office. Members of the deceased's family were notified and victim services engaged. Earlier Tuesday, RCMP zodiac boats could be seen on the lake as part of the search for a 47-year-old Calgary man who wa
  
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• Lethbridge College awarded more than $1.3 million in federal research funding - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2021 19:04
  
  Lethbridge College awarded more than $1.3 million in federal research funding  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• $200K donation will help keep Calgary Zoo workers and animals safer

  27-07-2021 18:43
  
  Protecting workers who take care of animals at the Calgary Zoo is the aim behind a $200,000 partnership announced Tuesday. Blackline Safety, described online as a hardware-enabled Software-as-a Service (Saas) company, is donating 65, G7c lone worker monitors to the Calgary Zoo, along with four years of monitoring services, which includes live, emergency response. Small, wearable devices that have a radio transceiver, the monitors can detect things like falls, a lack of motion and missed check-in
  
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• Alberta saw largest drop in crime severity in Canada in 2020, says StatCan report

  27-07-2021 17:10
  
  Most provinces saw a drop in their crime severity index during the pandemic, with Alberta seeing one of the largest reductions in the country at 11 per cent, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada. During the first year of the pandemic, the violent crime severity index dropped four per cent Canada-wide, while the non-violent crime severity index fell 10 per cent. Calgary saw a 17 per cent drop in its crime severity index, which was the second largest in the country, behind Regin
  
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• Disney to close most of its Canadian stores by Aug. 18. Here’s where they’re located

  27-07-2021 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  In March, Disney announced plans to focus on online retaling and reduce its brick-and-mortar footprint, starting with the closure of at least 60 stores in North America.
  
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• Feds to make Alta. transit infrastructure announcement

  27-07-2021 15:41
  
  Canada's infrastructure minister will be in Alberta's capital city to make an announcement about public transit in Edmonton and Calgary. Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson will join Catherine McKenna at Century Park LRT station in South Edmonton Tuesday morning. Billions have been pledged by the federal government toward building and expanding public transit across the country. Ottawa will contribute half of a $3.4 billion project to create a light-rail transit line in Hamilton, Ont. The Alberta announce
  
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• Feds greenlight $400M for Capital LRT line Phase 1 work

  27-07-2021 15:41
  
    Canada's infrastructure minister was in Edmonton on Tuesday to announce nearly $400 million in federal dollars had been greenlighted for the city's Capital Line South Phase 1 extension project.  The 4.5-kilometre line from Century Park to Ellerslie Road is expected to reduce commute time, create 9,500 construction jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 269,000 tonnes by 2050.  "So when you think about this, with taxpayer dollars, we're creating jobs and growing the economy
  
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• Feds announce $400M for Capital LRT line Phase 1 work

  27-07-2021 15:41
  
  Canada's infrastructure minister was in Edmonton on Tuesday to announce nearly $400 million in federal dollars for the city's Capital Line South Phase 1 extension project.  The 4.5-kilometre line from Century Park to Ellerslie Road is expected to reduce commute time, create 9,500 jobs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 269,000 tonnes by 2050.  "So when you think about this, with taxpayer dollars, we're creating jobs and growing the economy, we're tackling climate change, we’
  
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• Hot and smoky for the next few days in Calgary

  27-07-2021 15:19
  
  This is the sort of forecast with lurking threats, depending on your constitutions. To the west, we currently see air quality advisories; to the east, it's heat warnings. By the end of this week, Calgary could be sandwiched by both. The wave of high pressure which has steered B.C. wildfire smoke over us will continue to do so over the next few days, according to long-range guidance from NOAA (NAEFS, GFS, it's all coming back the same). Because high pressure aloft serves to gather air and sink it
  
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• Voluntary recall issued for Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Ranch Seasoning

  27-07-2021 14:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  McCormick & Company, Inc. says the recall covers 153g bottles with a best before date of September 6, 2022.
  
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• Urgent need in Alberta to address potent drug supply, overdose crisis: health experts

  27-07-2021 14:38
  
  Alberta needs to create an emergency program similar to ones in other provinces to address a toxic drug supply that is killing people, an emergency room doctor and public health professor say. The number of deaths from poisoning caused by increasingly potent drugs shows no sign of slowing down in Alberta, says Dr. Shazma Mithani. She says she's tired of seeing people die from drug poisoning on almost every one of her shifts at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital north of downtown. Mithani says t
  
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• Trucker sentenced to more than 12 years for manslaughter in woman's Edmonton hotel death

  27-07-2021 14:33
  
  An Ontario trucker found guilty of killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room in 2011 was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on Tuesday.  Bradley Barton was convicted in February in the manslaughter of Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman who died in his room at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011. Court of Queen's Bench Justice Stephen Hillier ruled Barton had "an intolerable level of blameworthiness" in Gladue's death.  Barton has 11 years and 204 days (about seven months) r
  
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• Alberta judge to sentence trucker found guilty in the death of a woman in hotel room

  27-07-2021 14:33
  
  An Ontario trucker found guilty for killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is to learn his sentence Tuesday. Bradley Barton was convicted in February in the manslaughter of Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Metis and Cree woman, who died in his room at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011. Barton's trial heard that Gladue had four times the legal limit of alcohol in her system and bled to death from a severe wound in her vagina. The Crown is asking that Barton be sentenced to 18 to 20 year
  
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• Alberta urgently needs to address potent drug supply, overdose crisis: health experts

  27-07-2021 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  ``Alberta is kind of a black box ... because it does not do anything to monitor the illegal drug supply here.''
  
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• Alberta judge to sentence trucker found guilty in the death of Cindy Gladue

  27-07-2021 14:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ontario trucker found guilty for killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is to learn his sentence on Tuesday.
  
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• Alberta judge sentences trucker to 12 1/2 years in the death of Cindy Gladue

  27-07-2021 14:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  A judge has sentenced an Ontario truck driver to 12 1/2 years in prison for killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago.
  
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• Man in police custody after Memorial Drive standoff

  27-07-2021 05:51
  
  A man was taken into custody by Calgary police early Monday after a standoff that blocked off part of Memorial Drive. The incident took place shortly after 8 a.m. at Memorial and 47 Street in southeast Calgary, when police blocked off the intersection to respond to a domestic situation they said involved a gun. There has been no word about charges or whether anyone was hurt.
  
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• Efforts ramp up to find girl allegedly abducted by grandparents in Calgary and taken overseas

  27-07-2021 05:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary father is searching for his young daughter after she was allegedly abducted by her grandparents and taken overseas.
  
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• Efforts ramp up to find girl allegedly abducted by grandparents and taken overseas

  27-07-2021 05:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary father is searching for his young daughter after she was allegedly abducted by her grandparents and taken overseas.
  
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• Search continues for man in possible drowning at Chestermere Lake

  27-07-2021 04:29
  
  Chestermere RCMP are on scene at Chestermere Lake searching for a man who may have drowned Monday afternoon. Around 3 p.m., officers were called to investigate after two men were out paddle boarding near Anniversary Beach when both fell into the lake. One was rescued, however, the other went under and has not been seen since. One witness who spoke to CTV News presented a slightly different version of the story. She said she saw a man in the water struggling to hang on, and that's when another ma
  
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• Advocates say hockey player coming out as gay must lead to meaningful change in game

  27-07-2021 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Luke Prokop could become the first openly gay player in the NHL.
  
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• WestJet signs code-share agreement with KLM

  27-07-2021 03:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  WestJet Airlines has expanded an existing code-share agreement with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
  
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• Some Alberta teachers keeping a close eye on vaccination, COVID-19 rates

  27-07-2021 03:26
  
  Some post secondary teachers say they'll be watching vaccination rates and an increase in COVID-19 cases closely as students return to class in just over a month.  Alberta has seen exponential growth in cases over the last week, and certain age groups are still lagging behind when it comes to immunization. One of those groups primarily makes up post secondary students.  As of Friday, Albertans aged 20 to 29 are only about 44 per cent vaccinated.  They also make up a large number o
  
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• Aggressive coyote in southeast Calgary

  27-07-2021 03:01
  
  Signs warning of coyotes dotted the path along the ridge in overlooking Fish Creek Park in the southeast district of Mountain Park Monday morning after an aggressive coyote was reported in the area. Professional dog walker Rebecca Atkinson has had encounters with the animals along that ridge, and said that in some cases they were a little too close for comfort. “It was just stalking us and we turn around it was like hanging out behind us. And then it's happened again when I was walking ano
  
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• Canada could see resurgence of potentially deadly childhood respiratory virus this summer: report

  27-07-2021 02:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Respiratory syncytial virus is common, is quite contagious and infects most kids before their second birthday — that is, it did before the COVID-19 pandemic happened.
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: July 26

  27-07-2021 02:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Monday, July 26, 2021 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Tom Roulston.
  
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• Lethbridge man faces multiple charges after allegedly resisting arrest, assaulting three officers - CTV Toronto

  27-07-2021 01:35
  
  Lethbridge man faces multiple charges after allegedly resisting arrest, assaulting three officers  CTV Toronto
  
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• Lethbridge attractions offer otherworldly experiences close to home - Calgary Herald

  27-07-2021 01:34
  
  Lethbridge attractions offer otherworldly experiences close to home  Calgary Herald
  
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• Canadian efforts rise to ramp up vaccinations as Delta variant spreads

  27-07-2021 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Despite a fast-paced effort to vaccinate as many Canadians as possible, some provinces are already seeing another uptick in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant. Caryn Lieberman looks at new efforts across the country to ramp plateauing vaccinations even further, as doctors brace for a potential fourth wave.
  
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• Celebration held for Blackfoot Women’s Empowerment project in Lethbridge - Global News

  27-07-2021 01:14
  
  Celebration held for Blackfoot Women’s Empowerment project in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• Man arrested in Lethbridge on 20 different charges - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2021 00:48
  
  Man arrested in Lethbridge on 20 different charges  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Celebration held for Blackfoot Women's Empowerment project in Lethbridge | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  27-07-2021 00:48
  
  Celebration held for Blackfoot Women's Empowerment project in Lethbridge | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Celebration held for Blackfoot Women’s Empowerment project in Lethbridge

  27-07-2021 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Following three years of work, the end has come for a project that aimed to increase economic and social prosperity for Blackfoot women. Eloise Therien attended the celebratory conference to find out more.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta’s 1st mobile vaccination clinic rolls into Kananaskis Country

  27-07-2021 00:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's first mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic made its first stop in Kananaskis Country on Monday.
  
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• Family of Lane Tailfeathers holds memorial in Fort Macleod: ‘We want justice’

  27-07-2021 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Family and friends gathered in Fort Macleod on Sunday evening where Lane Tailfeathers was last seen alive to remember the father of two with a candlelight vigil.
  
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• Wildfires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say

  27-07-2021 00:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say.
  
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• Fires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say - Lethbridge News Now

  27-07-2021 00:25
  
  Fires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 'We're going to get justice': Family and friends attend vigil for Lane Tail Feathers

  27-07-2021 00:07
  
  It was an emotional night in Fort Macleod on July 25 as nearly 100 people gathered to honour the memory of Lane Tail Feathers. Prayers were said, songs were sung and candles were lit, all to help Tail Feather's spirit cross over. "This was tragic and it was so sudden that maybe his spirit didn't realize and he's still around here," said Tail Feathers' sister, Billi-J Heavy Shields. "That's why we do this, to help them to the other side." The vigil was held on the corner of Fourth Avenue and 20 S
  
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• Family of Lane Tailfeathers hold memorial: ‘We want justice’

  27-07-2021 00:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dozens of people gathered in Fort Macleod, Alta., Sunday night for a candlelight vigil honouring Lane Tailfeathers. The southern Alberta man’s body was found in the Crowsnest Pass last week after he was reported missing in June. As Erik Bay reports, the discovery has his family asking for justice.
  
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