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• Alberta Health Services to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for physicians, staff, contract employees

  31-08-2021 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  AHS CEO Dr. Verna Yiu made the announcement Tuesday afternoon, saying this policy includes physicians, midwives and other front-line health-care workers.
  
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• Sticker shock hitting consumers at the grocery store as drought takes toll on crops

  31-08-2021 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prairie-wide drought is going to mean another hit to your wallet at the grocery store. Canadian families could end up spending over $700 more on food this year.
  
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• Calgary police seek person of interest in downtown homicide, believe he may be in Red Deer area

  31-08-2021 23:40
  
  Calgary police are asking for help from the public to locate a man who is considered a person of interest in a homicide earlier this month. Police and paramedics were called to an apartment in the 200 block of Sixth Avenue S.W. about 2:15 p.m. on Aug. 6 for a check on welfare, where they found Michael Donald Lloyd, 42, deceased. Police said it was apparent Lloyd had died several days before investigators were called. Steven Joseph Reader, 27, is considered a person of interest in the homicide. H
  
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• Catching up with Naheed Nenshi: Calgary’s first Muslim mayor, 11 years later

  31-08-2021 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi was first elected in 2011, becoming the first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city. Since then, he’s grappled with multiple challenges, from Alberta’s economic downturn to climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and how anger among some members of the public has grown. Before he leaves office, Global National’s Dawna Friesen...
  
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• Alberta Health Services makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all staff

  31-08-2021 23:10
  
  All Alberta Health Services employees, including all frontline healthcare workers, will have to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 31. AHS announced its vaccine mandate on Tuesday. “This is an extraordinary but necessary measure to help protect our vital frontline healthcare teams and help us maintain a safe environment for all patients and clients” said AHS president and CEO Dr. Verna Yiu. More to come… 
  
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• Vaccine hesitancy highest in Alberta, racialized groups at rollout's start: survey

  31-08-2021 22:26
  
  A national survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when the country's rollout began, but intentions were lower among certain demographics, including residents of Alberta and racialized communities. The survey, led by researchers at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital, was published online Tuesday in The Lancet Regional Health --Americas. The survey asked more than 14,500 Canadians online between December 2020 and February 2021 if they intended to ge
  
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• Alta. government insists it's 'not silent' on COVID-19, even as group of docs start own media briefings

  31-08-2021 22:16
  
  The Alberta government insists it is keeping the public "appropriately" informed on COVID-19 despite criticism it isn't. "We've not kept anybody in the dark," Finance Minister Travis Toews told media on Tuesday, after delivering a fiscal update and deficit less than half of what had been projected. It was an update that touted Alberta's economic resilience during the pandemic's early waves and the government's recovery plan as successful.Alberta touts reduced deficit, increased revenue over firs
  
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• Fentanyl ‘superlab’ dismantled in rural Alberta

  31-08-2021 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a news release Tuesday, ALERT said 13 search warrants were executed on July 7 as part of Project Essence. 
  
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• Geoffrey Capp running for federal Christian Heritage Party in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2021 21:46 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Geoffrey Capp running for federal Christian Heritage Party in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Man convicted in murder of teen outside Calgary nightclub eligible for earlier parole

  31-08-2021 21:26
  
  One of four men convicted in connection with the swarming, beating and fatal stabbing of Lukas Strasser-Hird in Calgary's Beltline in 2013 has successfully appealed the parole eligibility of his sentence. Franz Emir Cabrera and Assmar Ryiad Shlah were both found guilty of second-degree murder in 2016 for their roles in the death of 18-year-old Strasser-Hird in the alleyway behind Vinyl Nightclub on Nov. 23, 2013. Both Cabrera and Shlah were sentenced to life in prison with Cabrera ineligible for
  
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• Masks, COVID-19 screening once again mandatory at Calgary YMCA locations on Sept. 1

  31-08-2021 20:51
  
  Masks are once again being made mandatory for all users — both indoors and outdoors — at Calgary YMCA locations as of Sept. 1, along with mandatory screening and capacity limits to ensure proper distancing is possible. No facility closures are expected, according to an update posted online and the hope is to prevent any COVID-19 outbreaks from happening, which would necessitate more stringent measures. "In re-introducing these changes, YMCA Calgary sought advice from medical professi
  
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• Alberta’s projected budget deficit shrinks to $7.8B due to energy demand

  31-08-2021 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s deficit is down and the economy is growing faster than expected, Finance Minister Travis Toews announced at his first quarter update on Tuesday. But as Tom Vernon explains on the noon news, the government’s refusal to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine passport could hinder the province’s economic recovery.
  
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• YMCA pool re-opened following contamination - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2021 19:57 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  YMCA pool re-opened following contamination  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• ‘I can’t believe they’re in kindergarten:’ Alberta’s Webb quadruplets start school

  31-08-2021 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Webb identical quadruplets are starting kindergarten this fall. The four girls are excited to go to school, but mom is wondering how she will spend her free time.
  
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• Alberta’s Webb quadruplets are off to kindergarten

  31-08-2021 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  As students head back to school, imagine sending four of your children to the same class. The Webb quadruplets, from a small town in northwestern Alberta, are now in kindergarten. Kendra Slugoski caught up with the family to see how they’re feeling about school.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watches in place for Calgary and surrounding areas

  31-08-2021 19:33
  
  Large hail, strong wind and heavy rain could be seen Tuesday afternoon in Calgary and areas to the south, prompting Environment Canada to issue severe thunderstorm watches. Severe thunderstorm watches were also called for regions in the northeast part of the province. As of 11:15 a.m., the watches are in place for:Calgary Brooks-Strathmore-Vulcan Okotoks-High River-Clareholm Fort McMurray-Fort MacKay Bonnyville-St. Paul-Cold Lake-Lac Le Biche"The threat of severe weather is expected to continue
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning in place for Calgary and surrounding areas

  31-08-2021 19:33
  
  Large hail, strong wind and heavy rain could be seen Tuesday afternoon in Calgary and areas to the south, prompting Environment Canada to issue severe thunderstorm watches, which were upgraded to warnings later in the day. Severe thunderstorm watches were also called for regions in the northeast part of the province. As of 5:30 p.m., the warnings are in place for:Calgary Airdrie-Cochrane-Olds Drumheller-Three HillsSevere thunderstorm watches are in place for:Canmore-Kananaskis Brooks-Strathmore-
  
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• Ivermectin shot down by Health Canada as COVID-19 treatment as local feedlot stores get inundated with calls

  31-08-2021 19:20
  
  A drug for deworming livestock has been rumoured to be effective at treating COVID-19, however doctors and now Health Canada say that is categorically false.  More and more people in the U.S. are turning to Ivermectin to treat themselves, despite no clinical proof that it is effective aginst the coronavirus.  Tuesday night, Health Canada issued an alert telling Canadians not to consume animal health products at any time due to the serious health risks they pose to humans. The agency ad
  
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• Ivermectin shot down as COVID-19 treatment as local feedlot stores get inundated with calls

  31-08-2021 19:20
  
  A drug for deworming livestock has been rumoured to be effective at treating COVID-19, however doctors say that is categorically false.  More and more people in the US are turning to Ivermectin to treat themselves, despite no clinical proof that it is effective aginst the coronavirus.  "People need to stop taking it," said Dr. Shazma Mithani, an Edmonton physician. "It’s dangerous." Mithani says the drug, commonly used to treat horses, can have harmful impacts on the human b
  
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• Scientists warn glacier in Canadian Rockies is slipping away before their eyes at unprecedented rate

  31-08-2021 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scientists warn glacial melt on Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park is the highest ever recorded this season. They blame climate change for the rapid retreat.
  
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• Oil prices boost Alberta's bottom line, provincial deficit still nearing $8B

  31-08-2021 18:39
  
  Higher-than-anticipated energy prices will help carve out some of the province's deficit — which now sits at $7.8 billion, about $10.5 billion lower than forecast in Budget 2020 — but a resurgence of COVID-19 could derail Alberta's recovery.  That's according to the Alberta government's first quarter update, delivered by Finance Minister Travis Toews Tuesday morning.  "After a historically challenging year, Alberta’s economy is already witnessing signs of recovery and
  
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• ‘Nightmare coming true:’ scientists horrified by rate of glacial melt

  31-08-2021 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scientists monitoring Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park said it’s retreating at an unprecedented rate. As Jayme Doll reports, researchers say it’s a casualty of climate change.
  
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• ‘Nightmare come true:’ scientists horrified by rate of glacial melt

  31-08-2021 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scientists monitoring Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park said it’s retreating at an unprecedented rate. As Jayme Doll reports, researchers say it’s a casualty of climate change.
  
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• Ben Christensen running for Lethbridge City Council this October - Lethbridge News Now

  31-08-2021 18:21 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Ben Christensen running for Lethbridge City Council this October  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Teriyaki Madness arrives in Canada with opening of Lethbridge, Atla., location - Canadian Business Franchise

  31-08-2021 18:15 via franchiseinfo.ca
  
  Teriyaki Madness arrives in Canada with opening of Lethbridge, Atla., location  Canadian Business Franchise
  
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• Forced closure of Gleichen, Alta. liquor store raises significant health concerns for alcohol dependent

  31-08-2021 17:51
  
  A decision to order the Gleichen Hotel and Liquor Store to close due to violations has prompted a warning from RCMP to local businesses regarding the sale of potentially intoxicating substances. According to RCMP, both the hotel and liquor store were ordered closed on Monday following an investigation by Alberta, Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), health inspectors and the Wheatland Fire Department. The nature of the violations has not been confirmed and RCMP officials say the closure will rema
  
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• Masking bylaw back up for discussion Sept. 7 at Lethbridge City Council - My Lethbridge Now

  31-08-2021 17:26 via mylethbridgenow.com
  
  Masking bylaw back up for discussion Sept. 7 at Lethbridge City Council  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• ‘Our behaviour has to change’: Dr. Craig Jenne on rising COVID-19 numbers in Alberta

  31-08-2021 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Infectious disease expert Dr. Craig Jenne says that he believes adding mask mandates back into public health measures is necessary as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise in Alberta.
  
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• Temperature drop ahead for Calgary following tonight's stormy weather

  31-08-2021 15:34
  
  Today will be marked by instability and thundershower potential. The upper low that will sweep through is driving heavy showers to the northwest, with periods of rain for Calgary beginning this afternoon and developing to stormy weather. How stormy for Calgary? While we're in a moderately unstable zone on the periphery of this low, there's also a shortwave that could amplify activity late today, which could be the catalyst to isolated severe activity in our area ranging from Cochrane out to Drum
  
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• Why are prices going up at the grocery store?

  31-08-2021 15:21
  
  Canadians can expect even higher grocery prices this fall as the cost of some items continues to climb. Grocery prices have been on a steady rise since the beginning of the pandemic and both COVID-19 and climate change are the drivers behind the increases, according to a food expert. "Eight months ago we released Canada's Food Price Report, we were expecting an increase of 5 per cent, that's pretty much what's going on right now. Due to the weather, COVID has something to do with that too, so it
  
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• Meat, bakery item prices to rise this fall

  31-08-2021 15:21
  
  Canadians can expect even higher grocery prices this fall as the cost of some items continues to climb. Grocery prices have been on a steady rise since the beginning of the pandemic and both COVID-19 and climate change are the drivers behind the increases, according to a food expert. "Eight months ago we released Canada's Food Price Report, we were expecting an increase of 5 per cent, that's pretty much what's going on right now. Due to the weather, COVID has something to do with that too, so it
  
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• Alberta Finance Minister Toews to deliver update on first three months of fiscal year

  31-08-2021 14:51
  
  Alberta's finance minister will deliver an update Tuesday on how the province has fared through the first three months of the current fiscal year. Travis Toews introduced this year's budget in February, predicting an $18-billion deficit and taxpayer-supported debt rising to $98 billion. The budget also predicted an economic rebound given that more COVID-19 vaccine was available and more businesses would be able to open up again. Toews predicted Alberta's economy would reach pre-COVID levels by 2
  
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• Alberta halves projected budget deficit to $7.8B; credits global boost in oil demand

  31-08-2021 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  New numbers show Alberta's bottom line is on track to look better this fiscal year, but the province remains mired in a deep ditch of red ink.
  
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• Alberta Finance Minister Toews to deliver update on first 3 months of fiscal year

  31-08-2021 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travis Toews introduced this year's budget in February, predicting an $18-billion deficit and taxpayer-supported debt rising to $98 billion.
  
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• Oil producers hope next Canadian government can fund ambitious carbon capture program

  31-08-2021 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Oilsands Pathways to Net Zero proposal would reduce emissions by 68 megatonnes by 2050, but the plan comes with a hefty price tag as well. 
  
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• Statistics Canada says economy contracted in second quarter, estimates drop in July

  31-08-2021 11:26
  
  Canada's economy had its worst quarterly stretch since the start of the pandemic, contracting at an annualized rate of 1.1 per cent between April and June and possibly dropping further in July. The decrease in real gross domestic product in the second quarter was the first quarterly contraction recorded since the sharp drop during the same stretch one year earlier during first-wave lockdowns. And it was a sharp turnaround from the agency's initial estimate last month that the economy expanded at
  
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• Statistics Canada says economy contracted in second quarter

  31-08-2021 11:26
  
  The economy contracted at an annualized rate of 1.1 per cent in the second quarter, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. It was the first quarterly contraction recorded since the sharp drop in real gross domestic product in the second quarter of 2020 during first-wave lockdowns. And it was a sharp turnaround from the agency's initial estimate last month that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent for the April-to-June period. Statistics Canada said driving the drop in the second quart
  
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• Students head back to school in Lethbridge - Global News

  31-08-2021 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Students head back to school in Lethbridge  Global News
  
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• Police chief answers questions about Lethbridge crime in town hall meeting - Globalnews.ca

  31-08-2021 06:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police chief answers questions about Lethbridge crime in town hall meeting  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Police chief answers questions about Lethbridge crime in town hall meeting

  31-08-2021 06:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mehdizadeh spent about two hours answering the questions of residents and business owners on Monday night.
  
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• Lethbridge police chief answers questions in town hall meeting

  31-08-2021 06:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  On the eve of his first anniversary with the force, Lethbridge Police Service Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh answered questions from the community for about two hours in a town hall meeting hosted by the Downtown Lethbridge BRZ. Danica Ferris has more.
  
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• RCMP investigating 'mischief' to memorial honouring Indigenous children lost to residential schools

  31-08-2021 05:49
  
  RCMP in Fort McMurray are investigating after a memorial made to honour children who never came home after attending residential schools was “unlawfully disassembled.” Mounties said that sometime Saturday afternoon or evening a person or group of people removed shoes, part of the memorial in front of the Jubilee Centre at 9909 Franklin Ave., and placed them in a pile around a nearby flower bed with a sign stating: “Garage Sale, all items free.” The makeshift memorial was
  
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• Canada blanks Switzerland 4-0, meets U.S. for women's world hockey gold

  31-08-2021 05:39
  
  Melodie Daoust hopes the first women's world hockey championship final of her career yields gold for Canada. The 29-year-old from Valleyfield, Que., scored twice to lead the host country in a 4-0 semifinal win over Switzerland on Monday. Canada meets defending champion United States for the gold medal Tuesday. The Americans are chasing a sixth straight world title and their ninth in the last 10 world championships. Canada last won a world title in 201
  
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• Here's how Louisiana hospitals are handling the double onslaught of Hurricane Ida and COVID-19

  31-08-2021 05:34
  
  Already overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 cases, Louisiana hospitals are now struggling with how to keep functioning after significant damage and disruption caused by Hurricane Ida. "For me, it's like a one-two punch to the gut," said Dr. Mark Kline, physician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital of New Orleans. "The thing is, the same doctors who have been here well over 24 hours working nonstop through the hurricane, those are the same doctors who have been stressed to their limits taking care
  
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• UCP caucus chair clarifies controversial COVID-19 remarks

  31-08-2021 03:13
  
  Alberta UCP caucus chair Nathan Neudorf (Lethbridge-East) spent Monday morning clarifying remarks he made in a televised interview on Friday. Appearing on Lethbridge-based Bridge City News, Neudorf explained that the province was basing its actions on the pattern the Delta variant took in the United Kingdom, where the fourth wave struck before it got to Alberta. "In the UK, we also saw a rapid rise of case numbers," Neudorf said. "But then of equally rapid decline as it finished going through th
  
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• Feeling nervous about back to school? Here's what mental health professionals say can help

  31-08-2021 03:08
  
  Hundreds of thousands of Alberta students will head back into the classroom this week as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to climb across the province.  With the pandemic now spilling into a third school year, some parents and children are feeling anxious and exhausted -- and staff at the Calgary Counselling Centre say the number of people seeking help is increasing.  Cianna Renfrow, 15, is about to enter Grade 11 in Calgary and she says she's feeling a mix of emotions.&nbs
  
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• Manitoba woman escapes injury after fighting off mother bear in front yard

  31-08-2021 03:02
  
  A Manitoba woman is resting at home after she fought a mother bear with her cubs in her front yard. The incident was captured on her home security camera, and comes as the province is seeing increased black bear sightings this summer. Diane Fillion said it all happened in an instant on Saturday afternoon. She was playing with her dog in the front yard of her Lac du Bonnet home when they came face to face with a bear and her three cubs. "We’ve got myself and my dog and three bears all looki
  
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• Third doses coming for seniors and immunocompromised

  31-08-2021 02:44
  
  The province announced Monday that third doses will be going into arms of some of the most vulnerable Albertans starting Wednesday. Third doses of vaccine will be offered to seniors in supportive living and those who have compromised immune systems. “I think it's really important for a very select subgroup of patients but I think that it does become a slippery slope,” said infectious disease expert Dr. Ilan Schwartz, at the University of Alberta. “We're always learning, we're a
  
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• AHS transferring patients out of Grande Prairie hospital to free up space for COVID-19 care

  31-08-2021 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services tweeted Sunday that it is transferring “up to nine patients” out of Grande Prairie’s Queen Elizabeth II Hospital to neighbouring health-care centres because too many COVID-19 patients need acute care and ICU spaces. Fletcher Kent reports.
  
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• On campus learning returns but Lethbridge post-secondary schools prepared to pivot - CTV News Calgary

  31-08-2021 02:18 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  On campus learning returns but Lethbridge post-secondary schools prepared to pivot  CTV News Calgary
  
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