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• Skateboarding turning into popular sport for Calgary girls

  04-08-2021 23:33
  
  It's one of those activities that any guy with a little courage and talent could try out, but these days skateboard coach Becca Ballantyne is seeing a new trend: more girls taking up the sport. "Gone are the days of this is a boys sport or this is a girls sport," said Ballantyne. "I remember growing up and I was one of the only girls out at the skate park with my brother and his friends and I was like this is kind of intimidating." "Now," she added, "you look around and there's mostly girls here
  
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• Street festivals return in Calgary with family-friendly Marda Gras 'lite' on Aug. 8

  04-08-2021 21:43
  
  The Marda Gras Street Festival is back this year, marking the return of street festivals in Calgary. The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 8 in Marda Loop — at 33 Avenue and 22 Street S.W. — and is free to attend. Marda Gras is returning with a 'lite' version of the festival after event organizers discussed crowd comfort levels and restrictions this summer. Due to these organizational challenged, the festival had to change some of the traditional Marda Gras fes
  
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• The cost of down payments in Canadian cities skyrocketed in 2021, new data shows

  04-08-2021 21:12
  
  Skyrocketing housing prices in 2021 are driving up how long it would take for homebuyers to save for a down payment, new data shows. The National Bank of Canada (NBC)’s latest report found that during the second quarter of 2021, housing affordability has worsened by the widest margin in 27 years. The report examined housing and mortgage trends in 10 cities across the country. To save up enough for a down payment for an average home in Canada, it would take just short of six years – o
  
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• Hinshaw apologizes for causing ‘fear or anger’ over Alberta’s plan to lift COVID-19 measures

  04-08-2021 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a column sent to various media outlets, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says her words have caused some people to think she believes COVID-19 is over, but that's not her message.
  
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• Province supporting ranchers during hot and dry summer - Lethbridge News Now

  04-08-2021 20:42
  
  Province supporting ranchers during hot and dry summer  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary teacher with spinal cord injury becomes white-water kayaker

  04-08-2021 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  "If I attempt something and someone says, 'I don’t know if you can do that...' I’m like, 'Just watch me. You haven’t seen nothing yet.'"
  
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• COVID-19 'not the only wicked problem we are facing': Hinshaw in new op-ed

  04-08-2021 20:15
  
  After days of unrelenting criticism of Alberta's plan to change its pandemic response, the province's top doctor is again attempting to assure Albertans it's time to rely on the protection of vaccines and live with COVID-19. "The majority of our public health resources have been directed at the COVID-19 response, as has been necessary. That has come at the cost of not fully working on other threats, like syphilis and opioid deaths," Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw wrote in an o
  
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• COVID-19: Edmonton physicians urge Alberta government to test, trace, isolate

  04-08-2021 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of Edmonton doctors is calling on the Alberta government to reinstate COVID-19 testing, tracing and isolation requirements to control viral spread.
  
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• Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union

  04-08-2021 20:05
  
  About 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays at border crossings and airports. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union, which represent the workers, said that it served a strike notice to the government on Tuesday and is now readying its workers to up the ante. If a contract isn't reached by 6 a.m. Friday, the union said its mem
  
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• Canada’s Quinn to become the first non-binary, transgender athlete to win an Olympic medal

  04-08-2021 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Canadian soccer player is about to make history as the first transgender, non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal as Canada's women's soccer team takes on Sweden Thursday.
  
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• Lethbridge Airport getting $583K for customer-focused upgrades - Lethbridge News Now

  04-08-2021 19:42
  
  Lethbridge Airport getting $583K for customer-focused upgrades  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Indigenous minister worries lifting COVID-19 restrictions could bring fourth wave

  04-08-2021 19:34
  
  Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is concerned provinces that are lifting COVID-19 restrictions could lead to a Delta-driven fourth wave among Indigenous people. Miller says many areas of the country opened too quickly last year during the second wave and it was "dangerous and devastating to many Indigenous communities." "It's of great concern to me," Miller said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press. Prairie provinces, where there are high populations of Indigenous peop
  
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• Have your say on the future of services at Lethbridge Public Library - Lethbridge News Now

  04-08-2021 19:28
  
  Have your say on the future of services at Lethbridge Public Library  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Bo Levi Mitchell leads a Calgary Stampeders lineup with a lot of new faces

  04-08-2021 19:24
  
  The Calgary Stampeders enter the CFL season with a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell, after taking time off during training camp to rest a sore groin, and a host of fresh faces. The first test of that new talent comes Saturday against the visiting Toronto Argonauts. Calgary coach Dave Dickenson knows the Argos have the advantage of experience. “I think the more veterans you have that are familiar with your system, the better you're going to be early. No doubt about it,” he said. “But no
  
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• ‘Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion’ petition gets Hollywood superstar support

  04-08-2021 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Margot Robbie says she "100 per cent supports the idea" to name an Edmonton park the "Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion."
  
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• Nurses union plans information pickets at Alberta hospitals on Aug. 11

  04-08-2021 18:38
  
  Nurses in Alberta will hold information pickets outside hospitals and health care centres next week to speak out against proposed wage rollbacks and other changes. The province has proposed a three per cent wage reduction, however when combined with other rollbacks – the elimination of the semi-annual lump sum payments, reduced shift and weekend premiums – the nurses union contends it would equal about five per cent. The pickets by United Nurses of Alberta are planned for Aug. 11. "A
  
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• Ottawa rejects Alberta's idea to legalize pepper spray for self-defence

  04-08-2021 18:05
  
  The federal government has rejected Alberta's request to change Canada's Criminal Code to allow for carrying of pepper spray for self-defence.  Last month, Alberta Justice Minister Kaycee Madu posted an open letter to federal Justice Minister David Lametti and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair appealing to them to legalize the spray for self-defence, particularly for vulnerable populations to defend themselves against hate-motivated crimes. "Albertans need to be able to defend themselves,"
  
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• Police investigating gunshots fired in north Lethbridge Wednesday morning - Lethbridge News Now

  04-08-2021 17:45
  
  Police investigating gunshots fired in north Lethbridge Wednesday morning  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• The Morning Show: August 4th

  04-08-2021 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  On today’s episode of The Morning Show: Canada’s female Olympic swim team talks about making their grand splash at the Summer Games and winning six medals in Tokyo. Plus, Infectious diseases expert Dr. Isaac Bogoch weighs in on loosening restrictions across the province and whether Canada is in the midst of the fourth wave of...
  
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• Wheatland County in southern Alberta declares state of agriculture disaster

  04-08-2021 16:50
  
  Prolonged lack of precipitation across the province has prompted some 18 municipalities to declare states of agriculture disaster, including Wheatland County and nearby Special Areas Board. Combined with high temperatures, the prolonged lack of moisture has created drought conditions, stunted crop growth, and low yields. While Wheatland County has declared a state of agriculture disaster, so far, none have been declared in either Kneehill County or Starland County. Kneehill County manager of Par
  
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• Wheatland County declares state of agriculture disaster

  04-08-2021 16:50
  
  Prolonged lack of precipitation across the province has prompted some 18 municipalities to declare states of agriculture disaster, including Wheatland County and nearby Special Areas Board. Combined with high temperatures, the prolonged lack of moisture has created drought conditions, stunted crop growth, and low yields. While Wheatland County has declared a state of agriculture disaster, so far, none have been declared in either Kneehill County or Starland County. Kneehill County manager of Par
  
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• Shower potential common in Calgary's 5-day forecast

  04-08-2021 15:23
  
  Let's put the record book aside for a few days, shall we? Calgary has already set an all-time record for the warmest low temperature:Two nights ago, we smashed that record. Then, Tuesday morning, we tied the third-place spot. If I can argue for something more equal, it would behoove our forecast to at least return to normal. We have only a few days to wait. The high pressure region that caused air to sink over us is finally, finally moving on. The guiding element was that Gulf of Alaska low from
  
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• Provinces begin to unveil pandemic policy changes, back-to-school plans

  04-08-2021 14:26
  
  After Alberta announced it will roll back all restrictions, other provinces are releasing COVID-19 reopening plans which are also raising concerns from critics. Masks will be required in Ontario classrooms this fall for all grades except kindergarten, while Alberta will not require them, and British Columbia has yet to announce its mask requirement for schools. Alberta is similar to Ontario in that there will be no provision for how schools should plan to manage outbreaks. B.C. is also not requi
  
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• North Lethbridge home damaged in shooting - Global News

  04-08-2021 09:00
  
  North Lethbridge home damaged in shooting  Global News
  
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• Alberta justice minister blasts feds for not letting people use pepper spray for self-defence

  04-08-2021 06:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Madu had written the federal ministers of justice and public safety, calling for them to consider allowing people to carry pepper spray for self-defence.
  
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• 10 football players to keep an eye on during the 2021 CFL regular season

  04-08-2021 06:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CFL will kick off a 14-game season Thursday night with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Here's a look at 10 players worth keeping an eye on this year.
  
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• Man dies after being struck by train in Canmore

  04-08-2021 05:56
  
  A 54-year-old man is dead after being struck by a train in Canmore early Tuesday morning. RCMP were called shortly after midnight Tuesday to Railway Avenue and Bow Valley Trail in the town site. The man was declared dead on scene. RCMP said they are working with CP Rail and the medical examiner to determine what happened. Police are attempting to contact the next of kin. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Canmore RCMP detachment at 403-678-5519.
  
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• Calgary man sentenced for human smuggling following CBSA investigation

  04-08-2021 04:07
  
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced today that Ismail Nababteh was sentenced for human smuggling. Nababteh was sentenced to a 15 month conditional sentence which included three months of house arrest. The sentencing decision is linked to an incident that took place in July of 2017, in which Nababteh facilitated the entry of a foreign national across the Canadian border for profit. The investigation reported that Nababteh smuggled a person into the country at a point other than a d
  
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• Global News at 5 Lethbridge: Aug 3

  04-08-2021 03:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tuesday, August 3 edition of Global News at 5 on Global Lethbridge hosted by Danica Ferris.
  
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• Faculty at U of C calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on campus

  04-08-2021 03:09
  
  Some professors at the University of Calgary want the post secondary to make COVID-19 vaccines a requirement as students return to campus in person in September. Last week, economics professor Aidan Hollis posted an open letter on Twitter directed at the president of the University of Calgary saying mandatory vaccines would make campus safer for everyone. The letter is receiving support from other members of faculty especially with the provinces recent' announcement that COVID-19 isolation requi
  
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• Little girl finds unique fossil at Alberta lake

  04-08-2021 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  At six years old, Abby Darby made an incredible discovery, all while playing with rocks. 
  
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• Cities consider mask mandates as province set to cancel most pandemic tracking

  04-08-2021 02:46
  
  Some Calgary city councillors and mayoral candidates are publicly suggesting a return to mask mandates as COVID cases climb yet again. Councillors Gian-Carlo Carra and Druh Farrell have both voiced support for an emergency meeting, as has current councillor and mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek. Fellow sitting councillor and mayoral candidate Jeff Davison has also expressed support as well as disbelief at the provincial government's latest policy to abandon virtually all testing as well as contact
  
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• Investigation continues into rural Alberta break and enter that left man dead

  04-08-2021 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP’s major crimes unit is investigating a residential break and enter in central Alberta that left one man dead and the homeowner in hospital. As Adam MacVicar reports, it has left people living in the area shaken up.
  
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• Alberta’s TV and film production booms following tax credits

  04-08-2021 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has seen a dramatic rise in film and television production since introducing a number of incentives over the last year and a half. Tomasia DaSilva reports.
  
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• Bear euthanized after officials determine it was likely behind woman’s death in northern Alberta

  04-08-2021 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three days after a woman died after being mauled by a bear in a remote part of Alberta, officials say the animal found to be responsible for the attack has been euthanized.
  
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• Alberta ranchers struggling to feed cattle amidst extreme drought

  04-08-2021 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hot, dry conditions across Western Canada and the northern U.S. has put cattle feed in high demand. Beef producers are asking the provincial and federal governments for help. Jessie Weisner reports.
  
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• Pools in Alberta struggling to fill lifeguard and swim instructor positions

  04-08-2021 01:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is no shortage of lifeguarding positions in the want ads. As Jayme Doll reports, the pandemic threw a wrench in plans to re-certify or become certified lifeguards and pools are feeling the pinch now.
  
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• ‘It’s looking terrible’: Alberta ranchers struggling in provincial drought

  04-08-2021 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hot, dry conditions across Western Canada and the northern U.S. have put cattle feed in high demand.
  
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• Arts organization unveils plans for new $12M dollar facility

  04-08-2021 01:15
  
  The National accessArts Centre (NaAC) has come forward with plans for a new multidisciplinary home for artists with disabilities in the heart of Calgary's West Hillhurst community. The proposed $12 million-dollar facility would be constructed in a parking lot beside the former Scouts Canada building, and feature a multi-purpose presentation venue, a visual arts gallery, community rental space, and outdoor gathering areas. "We're proposing a design that is artist-focussed and focused on the needs
  
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• Arts organization unveils plans for new $12 million dollar facility

  04-08-2021 01:15
  
  The National accessArts Centre (NaAC) has come forward with plans for a new multidisciplinary home for artists with disabilities in the heart of Calgary's West Hillhurst community. The proposed $12 million-dollar facility would be constructed in a parking lot beside the former Scouts Canada building, and feature a multi-purpose presentation venue, a visual arts gallery, community rental space, and outdoor gathering areas. "We're proposing a design that is artist-focussed and focused on the needs
  
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• Request made to Town of Coaldale to change signs meant to offer wetland information

  04-08-2021 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  In 2020, the Town of Coaldale installed six signs along a wetland, two of which provide information about plants and animals that one man says is incorrect.
  
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• Intruder at Red Deer County home died following altercation with homeowner

  04-08-2021 00:48
  
  Blackfalds RCMP are continuing an investigation into the death of a man who was an intruder to a Red Deer County home on Monday. Police said an altercation between the man and homeowner ensued, and the intruder ended up dead, suffering from a gunshot wound. The homeowner was treated for injuries and has been released from hospital. Area resident Teri Ryan said she was asked to keep watch over the property for a few days over the weekend. She said this wasn’t the first break-in that occurre
  
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• Many Alberta pools running short-staffed, need lifeguards, swim instructors

  04-08-2021 00:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada is looking to hire staff to run its hot pools in Banff and Jasper. Elevation Place in Canmore has dozens of lifeguard job postings.
  
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• Environment minister requests town of Coaldale change signs

  04-08-2021 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Town of Coaldale is being asked to change some new wildlife signs. A local resident warned the town that some of the information on the signs was inaccurate. After the town didn’t listen, the province is now stepping in. Erik Bay explains.
  
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• Pedestrian dead, driver charged with impaired driving after Lethbridge collision - CBC.ca

  04-08-2021 00:19
  
  Pedestrian dead, driver charged with impaired driving after Lethbridge collision  CBC.ca
  
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• Diving in to summer fun in Fort Macleod

  04-08-2021 00:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  It’s been a hot couple of weeks, and for people in Fort MacLeod, there’s a new way to beat the heat. Jessica Robb has more on the new facility that’s making a splash in town.
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: New cases continue to rise but hospitalizations holding steady

  04-08-2021 00:07
  
  Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 remained relatively stable in Alberta Tuesday evening as the province recorded more than 700 new cases over the past four days. Tuesday's update included data from Friday to yesterday's holiday Monday. Alberta recorded 743 new cases over that stretch but the number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals and intensive care units changed only slightly over that time.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourho
  
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• Alberta confirms 743 new cases of COVID-19 over 4 days, no additional deaths

  04-08-2021 00:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  There were 240 cases of COVID-19 reported Friday, 230 cases reported on Saturday, 147 cases were reported on Sunday and 126 cases were reported on Monday in Alberta. 
  
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