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• Dog days of summer are a little too hot for pets

  29-07-2021 23:42
  
  A forecast of hot weather combined with forest fire smoke blanketing Calgary is making it challenging for pets - and their owners - that like to be outdoors. While cats are mainly indoors where they sleep for 70 per cent of their lives, dogs need more attention and outside time. Jessica Bohrson, the senior manager of communications at the Calgary Humane Society, said dogs can't handle too much heat. "What we recommend is to keep their bathroom breaks as short as possible," said Bohrson. "Try and
  
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• Flames sign double Stanley Cup winner Blake Coleman

  29-07-2021 23:19
  
  It was a very busy Wednesday for the Calgary Flames. On a day that featured five free-agent signings, two trades, and an arena deal getting two thumbs up from city council, the most significant and immediate impact will likely be the signing of former Tampa right winger Blake Coleman. Coming off winning two consecutive Stanley Cups in the town that some people now refer to as “Champa Bay”, Coleman opted to take his talents to Alberta, signing a six year, $29.4 million deal. “Co
  
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• Artificial intelligence health app taking more information than necessary: Report

  29-07-2021 23:03
  
  A health app that allows Albertans to speak to a virtual agent about the symptoms of their potential illnesses is not fully compliant with rules set out to protect the privacy of its clients, a provincial agency has found. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) says it has come up with a list of 31 findings and 20 recommendations following an investigation into TELUS' Babylon Health app. The mobile program was first launched in B.C. in March 2019 but came to Alberta last y
  
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• Seven post-secondary institutions create ag and food research collaboration - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 22:03
  Seven post-secondary institutions create ag and food research collaboration  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Commissioner finds Babylon health app not consistent with privacy guidelines

  29-07-2021 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's Privacy Commissioner has found that the Babylon by Telus Health app wasn't complying with the Health Information Act and Personal Information Protection Act.
  
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• Alberta approved Farmer's Markets – there's an app for that - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 21:51
  
  Alberta approved Farmer's Markets – there's an app for that  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Parents, teachers say COVID-19 will 'run rampant' in Alberta schools after pandemic policy change

  29-07-2021 21:48
  
  Many students, parents and teachers say they're feeling abandoned by the Alberta government after another provincial change to masking and isolation rules put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The province announced on Wednesday that face coverings will not be mandatory when school starts back up in September. It also nixed rules surrounding virus isolation, making quarantine no longer mandatory if Albertans get sick with COVID-19 after Aug. 16. One parent says she's seriously consideri
  
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• Alberta schools can't require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 21:48
  
  Alberta schools can't require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Company fined $270K, president fined $30K for Alberta Fire Code violations

  29-07-2021 21:41
  
  An Alberta company has agreed to pay $270,000 in fines and its president has agreed to pay $30,000 in fines for violations of the province's fire code. Premium Fire Protection Ltd. will pay $225,000 in fines plus a 20 per cent victim surcharge for 15 counts under the Safety Codes Act and company president Kurt Bertrand has agreed to pay $25,000 in fines plus a 20 per cent victim surcharge for four counts under the Safety Codes Act for violations under the Alberta Fire Code. "This case underlines
  
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• Pistol, along with overcapacity magazine, seized during traffic stop in Airdrie, Alta.

  29-07-2021 20:59
  
  Charges have been laid against an Airdrie, Alta. man in connection with a traffic stop that occurred last week, police say. Officials say at about 11:20 p.m. on July 25, Airdrie RCMP conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in King's Heights Gate S.W. The officer determined the presence of drugs and began an investigation. A search of the vehicle located:A loaded, semi-automatic pistol (which was reported stolen); An overcapacity magazine and; 0.4 grams of crack cocaine.RCMP arrested the driver, 19
  
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• Doctors express outrage over Alberta's plan to eliminate COVID-19 quarantine rules

  29-07-2021 20:40
  
  "What the hell." Those were the words spoken by Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency room physician in Calgary, who believes the Alberta government is putting the entire province at risk with its latest plan to eliminate COVID-19 quarantine rules. “It’s insane, it’s this incredible experiment of how many people we can get sick, have long term disability and possibly die, like who does this to their own public?" he said. As of Thursday, the province announced quarantine for close contac
  
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• Canada’s wildfires could cost billions, kill thousands if nothing is done: report

  29-07-2021 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The warning comes as statistics from the B.C. government show 1,251 wildfires have charred more than 4,500 square kilometres of bush since the start of the fire season on April 1.
  
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• Fort Macleod crews respond to possible chemical exposure at local campground - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 20:23
  
  Fort Macleod crews respond to possible chemical exposure at local campground  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• 3 taken to hospital after reported chemical leak at Fort Macleod, Alta. campground

  29-07-2021 20:22
  
  Authorities are investigating, but say a possible chemical leak is likely to blame for an incident that sickened six people, sending three to hospital. At about 11:20 p.m. on July 25, Fort Macleod RCMP responded to an area campground for reports that several people were suffering from respiratory issues. Upon arrival, emergency crews found six people in medical distress. All of the patients were assessed at the scene and three were taken to hospital for further treatment. While a full investigat
  
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• Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen resigns to become independent senator

  29-07-2021 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Karen Sorensen announced on Thursday she would no longer be serving as mayor of Banff or as a member of the Banff Town Council.
  
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• Alberta exploring a stand-alone Stollery Children’s Hospital

  29-07-2021 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government and Stollery Children's Hospital are moving forward with a feasibility study on a new, modern, stand-alone children's hospital.
  
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• Amid pushback, Alberta health minister defends plan to ease COVID-19 isolation, masking, testing rules

  29-07-2021 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health Minister Tyler Shandro is defending the province's plan to do away with most of its public health measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Banff Mayor Karen Sorenson 1 of 5 new appointments to Canadian senate

  29-07-2021 19:46
  
  Banff Mayor Karen Sorenson is one of five people named as independent Senators by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Thursday. The five appointees include:Karen Sorenson, for Alberta; David Arnot, for Saskatchewan; Michèle Audette, for Québec; Amina Gerba, for Québec, and; Clément Gignac, for Québec.Sorenson is currently in her third term as mayor and before that she spent six years as a town councillor and four years as a school board trustee. She also spent 17 years wor
  
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• Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen 1 of 5 new appointments to Canadian Senate

  29-07-2021 19:46
  
  Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen is one of five people named as independent Senators by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Thursday. The five appointees include:Karen Sorensen, for Alberta; David Arnot, for Saskatchewan; Michèle Audette, for Québec; Amina Gerba, for Québec, and; Clément Gignac, for Québec.Sorensen is currently in her third term as mayor and before that she spent six years as a town councillor and four years as a school board trustee. She also spent 17 years wor
  
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• Nenshi says lifting Alberta’s remaining COVID-19 health orders is the ‘height of insanity’

  29-07-2021 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's mayor says it's the ``height of insanity'' that Alberta is moving ahead with removing almost all of its remaining COVID-19 public health orders.
  
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• Cory Ray Williams guilty of 2019 carjacking in Lethbridge, vehicle theft in Fort Macleod - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 19:26
  
  Cory Ray Williams guilty of 2019 carjacking in Lethbridge, vehicle theft in Fort Macleod  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘Horrible legacy of COVID’: Canadian girls forced onto sidelines may not return to sport

  29-07-2021 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada Women & Sport warns girls shut out of sports during the pandemic may not return.
  
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• $4.5M in contraband tobacco products seized by AGLC

  29-07-2021 18:33
  
  Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis investigators have seized an estimated $4.5 million worth of contraband tobacco products, one of the largest ever in the province. Officials said the lost tax revenue from the products is estimated at more than $2.5 million. The investigation led to a search warrant being served by members of the Calgary Police Service and RCMP at a storage facility in southeast Calgary. Ali Al-Hameedawi of Red Deer and Husham Hakeem of Calgary were each charged with trafficki
  
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• 'The inevitable next step': Alberta health minister defends COVID-19 policy changes

  29-07-2021 17:58
  
  Alberta's health minister defended a series of changes to the province's COVID-19 response plan, calling the loosening of restrictions "the inevitable next step." Tyler Shandro spoke to reporters in Edmonton on Thursday, citing vaccination numbers and comparably lower risk of severe outcomes for children who contract COVID-19.  "The data shows that what the vaccines are doing is making it less infectious and less deadly. That's a good thing that allows us to move to that endemic response."
  
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• Alberta health minister expected to face questions after COVID-19 policy changes

  29-07-2021 17:58
  
  Alberta's health minister is expected to face questions from the media Thursday in his first public appearance following a number of changes to the province's COVID-19 policies announced a day earlier.  Tyler Shandro is holding a press conference at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton Thursday morning to announce a new health project for families. You can watch his availability live at 10 a.m. on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca  Yesterday, Alberta announced it was lifting many of its few r
  
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• Alberta Premier takes a tour on the Blood Reserve - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 16:48
  Alberta Premier takes a tour on the Blood Reserve  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Heat warnings issued for Edmonton, parts of central and southeastern Alberta

  29-07-2021 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's setting up to be yet another hot few days in Alberta, with heat warnings issued for Edmonton and much of central and southeastern Alberta.
  
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• Lethbridge Bulls in tight 5-team race through half of the 2021 WCBL season - Global News

  29-07-2021 16:04
  
  Lethbridge Bulls in tight 5-team race through half of the 2021 WCBL season  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge Bulls in tight 5-team race through half of the 2021 WCBL season

  29-07-2021 16:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  After a lost season in 2020, the Lethbridge Bulls are more than halfway through the 2021 WCBL campaign.
  
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• TC Energy Q2 earnings slip to $982M but comparable profits up 21 per cent

  29-07-2021 15:55
  
  TC Energy Corp. is reporting lower net profits in its latest quarter as it continued to feel some effects from a large impairment charge that will be shared with the Alberta government on its cancelled Keystone XL export oil pipeline. The Calgary-based energy producer says its net income attributable to shareholders was $982 million or $1 per diluted share in the second quarter, down from $1.28 billion or $1.36 per share a year earlier. The results included a $2-million impairment charge for Key
  
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• Weather will be warmer, smokier and possibly stormy in Calgary

  29-07-2021 15:39
  
  On Wednesday our heat warnings expanded to include a much wider berth; Okotoks and Red Deer have joined the pack, and our eastern boundary with Saskatchewan up to Bonnyville. I won't keep you waiting – the headline includes the word 'stormy', after all. What a treat that might be. Our expectations must remain tempered, however; CAPE values for the Calgary area (convective available potential energy) exist, but the potential for a storm trigger will remain a question mark. Thursday and Frid
  
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• Cenovus swings to $224 million profit in Q2 on improved conditions, Husky takeover

  29-07-2021 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary-based oil producer earned 11 cents per share in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 19 cents per share or $235 million a year earlier.
  
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• Cenovus retires $1 billion in debt as oil price surge lifts Canadian energy sector

  29-07-2021 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary-based oil producer earned 11 cents per share in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 19 cents per share or $235 million a year earlier.
  
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• Cenovus swings to $224M profit in Q2 on improved conditions, Husky takeover

  29-07-2021 14:59
  
  Cenovus Energy Inc. swung to a $224-million net profit in its latest quarter on a large recovery in sales due to improved market conditions since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its takeover of rival Husky Energy Inc. The Calgary-based oil producer earned 11 cents per share in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 19 cents per share or $235 million a year earlier. Revenues for the three months ended June 30 was $10.58 billion, up from $2.17 billion in the second quarter of 2020. Cen
  
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• Suncor Energy swings to $868M profit in second quarter on increased output

  29-07-2021 14:55
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. swung to an $868-million profit in its latest quarter on increased oil output a year after COVID-19 prompted an unprecedented decline in transportation fuel demand. The Calgary-based oilsands producer and refiner reported as markets closed on Wednesday that it earned 58 cents per share, up from a loss of 40 cents per share or $614 million a year earlier. Its operating earnings excluding some one-time items was $722 million or 48 cents per share, one cent per share below foreca
  
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• Suncor Energy swings to $868-million profit in second quarter on increased output

  29-07-2021 14:55
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. swung to an $868-million profit in its latest quarter on increased oil output a year after COVID-19 prompted an unprecedented decline in transportation fuel demand. The Calgary-based oilsands producer and refiner reported as markets closed on Wednesday that it earned 58 cents per share, up from a loss of 40 cents per share or $614 million a year earlier. Its operating earnings excluding some one-time items was $722 million or 48 cents per share, one cent per share below foreca
  
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• Lethbridge No. 1 on crime severity index again - Lethbrige Herald

  29-07-2021 13:45
  
  Lethbridge No. 1 on crime severity index again  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• Demand increasing: Canadian Blood Services watching supply as COVID-19 rules eased

  29-07-2021 10:29
  
  A return to a somewhat normal summer as COVID-19 restrictions are eased is putting a strain on Canada's blood supply. Several provinces have started lifting restrictions -- most notably Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan -- and demand is up as a result. "As provinces slowly open up, there's some return to normal activities. Hospital demand is increasing," said Tracy Smith, the Prairies and Northwest Territories donor relations director for the Canadian Blood Service.Newsletter sign-up: G
  
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• Officials in Tokyo alarmed as cases hit record highs - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 10:19
  
  Officials in Tokyo alarmed as cases hit record highs  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Why condo insurance costs rose by double-digits in parts of Canada over the past year

  29-07-2021 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Condo insurance premiums were up double-digits in some provinces compared with a year ago. But there are signs condo owners may finally see some reprieve.
  
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• Condo insurance costs soared in parts of Canada in the past year. Here’s why

  29-07-2021 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Condo insurance premiums were up double-digits in some provinces compared with a year ago. But there are signs condo owners may finally see some reprieve.
  
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• 3 injured in commercial building fire in southeast Calgary

  29-07-2021 05:53
  
  Three people were sent to hospital with injuries following a fire in a commercial building Wednesday. The incident took place around 9:30 a.m. , when fire fighters responded to a number of 911 calls about a structure fire in the 10000 block of 48 St S.E. in southeast Calgary. Crews discovered torrents of smoke and flame coming from a number of transport trailers adjacent to a commercial warehouse and loading dock. The fire in the transport trailers was accelerated by a flammable liquid that caus
  
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• 5-team WCBL season a tight battle at mid-way point

  29-07-2021 04:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  After a lost season in 2020, the Lethbridge Bulls are now more than halfway through their 2021 Western Canadian Baseball League campaign. As Danica Ferris explains, it’s been a unique year, but you won’t hear any complaints from the club.
  
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• Swimming After You Eat? Yes, You Can. - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 04:36
  
  Swimming After You Eat? Yes, You Can.  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canada’s Suncor posts Q2 profit as oil prices rebound from COVID-19 lows

  29-07-2021 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The company said its total upstream production rose to 699,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day during the second quarter from 655,500 boepd a year earlier.
  
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• Canada's Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens capture bronze in women's pair - Lethbridge News Now

  29-07-2021 03:30
  
  Canada's Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens capture bronze in women's pair  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary council approves changes to arena project budget and manager, new rendering released

  29-07-2021 03:27
  
  Calgary council has signed off on changes to the city's new Event Centre project, which includes a higher budget and a new project manager. Documents released earlier this week show the estimated price tag for the arena has increased to $608 million, $58 million higher than what was agreed to in 2019. Council was asked to vote on whether to approve an update budget framework that sees the city's share of the building capped at $287 million. The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation -- the
  
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• No quarantine for COVID-19 after Aug.16: Alberta set to end restrictions

  29-07-2021 03:04
  
  Alberta is lifting much of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks, even as case counts climb and the virus continues to infect unvaccinated Albertans. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw, in her first COVID-19 update since June 29, announced Wednesday that starting Aug. 16, people who test positive for COVID-19 will not be mandated to quarantine anymore, but the province will recommend it. Additionally, Albertans with COVID-19 symptoms will not be asked to get test
  
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• No quarantine for COVID-19 after Aug. 16: Alberta set to end restrictions

  29-07-2021 03:04
  
  Alberta is lifting much of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks, even as case counts climb and the virus continues to infect unvaccinated Albertans. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw, in her first COVID-19 update since June 29, announced Wednesday that starting Aug. 16, people who test positive for COVID-19 will not be mandated to quarantine anymore, but the province will recommend it. Additionally, Albertans with COVID-19 symptoms will not be asked to get test
  
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• 'Cases no longer equal high levels of hospitalizations': Alberta set to end restrictions over next month

  29-07-2021 03:04
  
  Alberta is lifting much of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions in the coming days as the disease continues to infect unvaccinated Albertans. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw, in her first appearance since June 29, said the province will shift its public health response and lift a number of measures related to quarantine, isolation and masks. Starting Thursday, close contacts of COVID-19 cases will no longer be mandated to quarantine, but isolation will still be required for posi
  
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