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• Calgary runner Maria Zambrano sets Canadian record at half marathon in Victoria

  11-10-2021 23:56
  
  Calgary runner Maria Zambrano set a new Canadian women's record Sunday. Zambrano ran the Royal Victoria Half Marathon in 1:18:16, besting the previous time for women aged 50-59 by 1:38 seconds. That prompted a series of congratulatory comments on the Facebook page of the Calgary Roadrunners Club, as Zambrano is also a regular participant and two-time winner of the Calgary Marathon (in 2000 and 2014). "Congratulations Maria Zambrano, smashing the women's Canadian 50 -59 age group record for the H
  
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• Kenney gives thanks to Alta. healthcare workers who faced the fourth wave

  11-10-2021 23:02
  
  Premier Kenney gave thanks for Alberta's health care workers Monday. In his Thanksgiving statement, Kenney said, "Thanksgiving is a time when we reflect on all that we have, and give thanks. This year, we should all be thankful for those healthcare workers who have faced the fourth wave of COVID-19 in our hospitals and ICUs." "And we can show that thanks," he added, "by getting vaccinated, to protect our loved ones, and to protect our healthcare system." Kenney also took time to make the point t
  
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• Backlash over Alberta permitting COVID-positive support persons for maternity patients grows

  11-10-2021 22:07
  
  Alberta Health Services (AHS) is receiving backlash on social media for its policy regarding designated support persons for maternity patients, permitting those individuals to be positive for COVID-19 in certain circumstances.  In a Twitter thread Saturday, AHS said the exemptions have been in effect since July and are granted under exceptional circumstances only. The COVID-positive essential support person must inform the medical staff prior to arrival, and follow a number of precautions.W
  
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• Invasive wild pigs in national park for first time at Alberta's Elk Island

  11-10-2021 21:44
  
  One of the most destructive and rapidly spreading invasive species on the continent has been found for the first time in a Canadian national park. Wild pigs, which tear up landscapes and eat everything from roots to bird eggs to deer, are regularly present in Elk Island National Park east of Edmonton, says Parks Canada. “Public sightings and video sightings provided by landowners confirm that there is at least one sounder (a sow and piglets) in the region that is known to periodically come
  
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• Police say speed a factor in fatal single-vehicle crash on Vancouver’s west side

  11-10-2021 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say prior to the collision they received multiple reports of a black Acura driving erratically throughout the city.
  
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• Giordano named Kraken captain on eve of Seattle's first NHL season

  11-10-2021 20:50
  
  One day before playing their first-ever NHL regular season game, the Seattle Kraken named a familiar face captain of their expansion team. The Kraken announced that long time former Flames captain Mark Giordano will be the first-year team's inagural captain. "Captain of the Seattle Kraken has a nice ring to it," the team tweeted Monday at noon. "We're proud to announce Mark Giordano as the first-ever captain in our organization's history." Giordano was a member of the Flames for 14 seasons, and
  
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• 2 charged in Saturday morning robbery in Ponoka

  11-10-2021 20:10
  
  Two men face criminal charges following a  robbery of a Ponoka residence. Police responded to a complaint around 9:40 a.m. Saturday that two men entered a home and assaulted the occupant with a baseball bat. The suspects are alleged to have stolen some money, and electronics equipment. RCMP say the victim was able to get out of the house and call 911 from a neighbour's place. Shortly thereafter, the two suspects fled the scene in a small SUV. The two suspects were then located at a residenc
  
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• ‘We can show Edmonton as a soccer city’: Edmonton hosts World Cup qualifiers in November

  11-10-2021 19:54
  
  The Canadian men’s soccer team is doing well in the World Cup qualifying matches, and Explore Edmonton says that could open up doors for our city as a sports destination. Next month, Canada Soccer will welcome Costa Rico and Mexico to Commonwealth Stadium for two World Cup qualifying games. Five games into the qualifying rounds, and Canada remains unbeaten – including a game on Oct. 7, when our country’s 51st-ranked team tied No. 9 Mexico 1-1. They also picked up a point in a s
  
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• Invasive wild pigs spotted in national park for first time at Alberta’s Elk Island

  11-10-2021 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Although Elk Island is so far the only national park with feral hogs — a hybrid of domestic pigs and European wild boar — Parks Canada said others are likely to follow.
  
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• Alex Ovechkin begins 5-year contract chasing Wayne Gretzky's goals mark

  11-10-2021 18:43
  
  Wayne Gretzky's 894 career goals has for a long time been one of hockey's hallowed numbers, a record that would never be broken with scoring in the NHL so different now. But great players will keep coming after the "Great One." Alex Ovechkin is ready to take his shot. Ovechkin starts a new five-year contract with the Washington Capitals with 730 goals, 165 away from passing Gretzky. The Russian superstar is 36 and would need to score at a pace never before seen from an older player to approach t
  
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• U.S. to accept travellers immunized with vaccines approved by WHO, FDA, says CDC

  11-10-2021 17:57
  
  Canadians immunized against COVID-19 with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine can visit the United States when new travel regulations come into play next month, but it's not yet clear whether those with mixed doses will make the cut. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday travellers will be able to fly to the States if they've received shots of vaccines approved or recognized for emergency use by the World Health Organization or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It did n
  
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• Snow fills the air in 2 Alberta cities as system passes through region

  11-10-2021 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta cities of Chestermere and Calgary were greeted by some chilly weather on Sunday as snowflakes fell during the day as a weather system moved through parts of the province.
  
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• VIDEO: Lethbridge Sugar beet harvest 2021 providing sugar for Southern Alberta - paNOW

  11-10-2021 14:00 via panow.com
  
  VIDEO: Lethbridge Sugar beet harvest 2021 providing sugar for Southern Alberta  paNOW
  
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• Kenyans Kipruto, Kipyogei sweep in Boston Marathon return

  11-10-2021 13:57
  
  Kenya's Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller, socially distanced feel and moved from the spring for the first time in its 125-year history. Although organizers put runners through COVID-19 protocols and asked spectators to keep their distance, large crowds lined the 26.2-mile course from Hopkinton to Boston as an early drizzle cleared and temperatures rose to the low 60s for a beautiful fall day. They watc
  
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• Canadian among three winners of economics Nobel prize

  11-10-2021 13:29
  
  A Canadian economist based in the U.S. won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for pioneering research that transformed widely held ideas about the labor force, showing how an increase in the minimum wage doesn't hinder hiring and immigrants do not lower pay for native-born workers. Two others shared the award for developing ways to study these types of societal issues. Canadian-born David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded half of the prize for his research on how the
  
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• Tropical Storm Pamela strengthens off Mexico's Pacific coast

  11-10-2021 05:25
  
  Tropical Storm Pamela rapidly strengthened as it moved along Mexico's Pacific coast Monday and it was forecast to become a major hurricane before hitting shore somewhere near the port of Mazatlan at midweek. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Pamela's center was about 455 miles (735 kilometres) south-southwest of Mazatlan Monday and was moving northwest at about 8 mph (13 kph). The storm had maximum winds of about 65 mph (100 kph). Pamela was forecast to take a turn toward the north and nor
  
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• Swiatek, Murray advance to 3rd round at Indian Wells - Lethbridge News Now

  11-10-2021 05:07 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Swiatek, Murray advance to 3rd round at Indian Wells  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Hitmen score first win of the season against Swift Current Broncos

  11-10-2021 04:40
  
  The Calgary Hitmen have improved to 1-2 after a win against the Swift Current Broncos Sunday. Calgary opened the scoring in the first period with a goal from Grayden Spiemann, assisted by David Adaszynski and Riley Fiddler-Schultz. This was Spiemann’s first goal in the WHL. After a scoreless second period, Adam Kydd scored, giving the Hitmen a 2-0 lead in the third period. Sean Tschirgel made it 3-0 for Calgary before Swift Current’s Mathew Ward put the Broncos on the board. An empty
  
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• Wetaskiwin mourns 2 high school students killed in collision: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

  11-10-2021 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wetaskiwin Composite High School Grade 12 students Weston Pitcher and Bradyn Heinz were killed late Friday in a rural collision that also injured three of their friends.
  
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• Support people with COVID-19 allowed to accompany patients giving birth at Alberta hospitals

  11-10-2021 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  People who test positive for COVID-19 are allowed to be in the maternity delivery room as an essential or designated support person, Alberta Health Services confirmed.
  
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• Mike Babcock returns to his roots as University of Saskatchewan Huskies head coach

  11-10-2021 01:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mike Babcock is one of the most successful coaches in hockey history, but his time with the NHL ended in controversy. Now, he’s back behind the bench with a return to his college coaching roots. Slav Kornik has more on Babcock’s role with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.
  
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• Loose COVID rules in Canadian Prairies prompt Thanksgiving concerns

  11-10-2021 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  As families and friends spend another Thanksgiving weekend in a pandemic, experts say indoor gatherings are an elevated level of risk, especially as cases surge in the Prairie provinces. Marney Blunt looks at the varying restrictions between provinces, as concerns remain high the holiday could alter Canada’s COVID trajectory.
  
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• 1 dead, 5 others injured after 2 plane crashes in less than 24 hours in Alberta

  11-10-2021 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  A plane crash in Lacombe County killed the pilot and injured his passenger on Saturday, and then on Sunday another crash north of Edmonton sent four people to hospital. Tom Vernon has more from the Westlock Regional Airport.
  
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• COVID-19-positive support person allowed in hospital for patients giving birth in Alberta

  11-10-2021 00:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta COVID-19 health order from July is causing a stir on social media after being brought to light over the weekend. Under the exemption, pregnant women can bring a COVID-19-positive support person with them to the hospital. Jessica Robb introduces us to a Lethbridge woman about to give birth and her fears.
  
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