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• Windy conditions in southern Alberta prompts warning from RCMP

  11-01-2022 23:55
  
  Drivers in southern Alberta are being advised to use caution due to high winds that forced at least two semis off Highway 2 on Tuesday afternoon. RCMP were called to reports of a southbound semi being blown off the road about halfway between Granum and Fort Macleod. The driver suffered minor injuries. RCMP were later called to a second incident of a semi being blown off the road, this time about two kilometres south of Granum. "Fort Macleod RCMP advise that it is extremely windy between Granum a
  
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• Personal health numbers required at Alberta supervised consumption sites until trial ends

  11-01-2022 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Under new regulations, service providers were to collect personal health numbers — a move critics argue will deter people who use substances from accessing the service.
  
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• Alberta wastewater samples show COVID-19 prevalence ‘higher than we’ve ever seen before’: physician

  11-01-2022 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wastewater sampling in Alberta shows levels of COVID-19 infection that the province has not seen since the pandemic began.
  
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• Canada welcomes first plane of Afghan rights activists since July pledge to help

  11-01-2022 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced the arrival of 250 Afghan refugees this afternoon, including the first 170 admitted through a special program for human rights defenders.
  
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• Southern Alberta home owners facing attic rain

  11-01-2022 23:15
  
  Attic rain is a phenomenon caused by extreme cold weather followed by a rapid warm up. Condensation forms inside an attic of a home in the cold. But when it get warmer, that condensation melts and rains down onto the insulation. With good air flow in an attic, this shouldn't be a problem for many home owners because the moisture that dripped into the insulation will evaporate naturally. It becomes more of a problem when extra moisture is released into the attic. Bob Sellan lives in southeast Cal
  
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• Criminal activity near CTrain stations on the radar for Calgary mayor, transit officials

  11-01-2022 23:07
  
  After a recent spate of violent crimes near some LRT platforms, Calgary Transit and the mayor say the issue is being addressed to increase safety for CTrain riders. Calgary police responded to two stabbings on Monday night near two different LRT platforms. The first occurred close to the Fourth Street S.W. station where one man was sent to Foothills hospital in stable condition with stab wounds. The investigation halted CTrain service temporarily and one person is in custody. The second happened
  
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• '10 times or more': Testing changes mean Alberta's COVID-19 case count is many times greater than reported

  11-01-2022 22:56
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is underscoring how testing changes are limiting the accuracy of COVID-19 daily case counts as they rise to record levels in an Omicron-driven fifth wave. Dr. Deena Hinshaw spoke on Monday and introduced a series of new restrictions on who could book a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test though the province. She noted that the daily case count number provided by the province has always underestimated the true number of cases, but that the new test
  
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• Biden on voting rights passage: 'I'm tired of being quiet!' - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 22:50 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Biden on voting rights passage: 'I'm tired of being quiet!'  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Veteran forwards Poulin, Johnston lead Canada's bid to reclaim Olympic hockey gold

  11-01-2022 22:46
  
  Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston will represent Canada in Olympic women's hockey for a fourth time in their careers after winning gold in both 2010 and 2014, and silver in 2018. The two veterans were among the 23 women named to Canada's roster Tuesday for the Winter Games in Beijing opening Feb. 4. "It's tough, to be honest, to put into words that emotion when you walk into the opening ceremonies, and realize that you're there. You made it," Poulin said. "It's an honour every time you we
  
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• Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 22:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Pope slips out of Vatican to visit record shop, gets CD  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta doctors wary of potential fallout from limiting PCR testing

  11-01-2022 22:15
  
  As Alberta, and other provinces, continue to scale back polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing due to demand driven up by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some doctors are questioning the potential future consequences for COVID-19 patients. On Monday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced changes to PCR test eligibility. Those who qualify include continuing care residents and health-care workers in continuing care or acute settings with symptoms or part of an outbrea
  
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• Record crop insurance payouts in 2021 impact insurance fund reserve - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 21:49 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Record crop insurance payouts in 2021 impact insurance fund reserve  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Snoochie Boochies: Jay and Silent Bob announced for Calgary Expo

  11-01-2022 21:38
  
  Jay and Silent Bob are coming to this year’s Calgary Expo. Played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, the iconic duo are both slated to appear on the Saturday of this year's event, running April 21-24 at Stampede Park. Mewes is also scheduled to appear on the Friday and Sunday as well. They shot to fame as a pair of stoners in the 1994 Smith-written and directed, and now cult-classic movie, Clerks, followed by Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, all written and di
  
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• Alberta not considering non-compliance vaccine tax like Quebec: Premier's office

  11-01-2022 21:20
  
  After Quebec announced it would soon charge unvaccinated individuals with a financial penalty, Alberta has no plans to do the same.  In a statement from the premier’s office, press secretary Justin Brattinga wrote: “Alberta has not considered and is not considering bringing in any kind of non-compliance vaccine tax.” Quebec Premier François Legault announced Tuesday his province charge a fee to residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 for non-medical
  
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• Language in Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw altered

  11-01-2022 20:52
  
  Calgary councillors have voted in favour of proposed changes to the city's vaccine passport bylaw. The City of Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw was passed last fall, making it mandatory for all eligible local businesses to opt into Alberta's Restrictions Exemption Program (REP). City administration recently proposed the bylaw be amended to make it more broadly align with the province's vaccine program. On Tuesday, councillors voted unanimously in favour of doing so. The changes they agreed to in
  
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• Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw altered, no more exemption for youth sports

  11-01-2022 20:52
  
  Calgary councillors have voted in favour of proposed changes to the city's vaccine passport bylaw, including one that will see youth sports no longer exempt. The City of Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw was passed last fall, making it mandatory for all eligible local businesses to opt into Alberta's Restrictions Exception Program (REP). City administration recently proposed the bylaw be amended to make it more broadly align with the province's vaccine program. On Tuesday, councillors voted unani
  
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• Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw altered, no more exception for youth sports

  11-01-2022 20:52
  
  Calgary councillors have voted in favour of proposed changes to the city's vaccine passport bylaw, including one that will see youth sports no longer exempt. The City of Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw was passed last fall, making it mandatory for all eligible local businesses to opt into Alberta's Restrictions Exception Program (REP). City administration recently proposed the bylaw be amended to make it more broadly align with the province's vaccine program. On Tuesday, councillors voted unani
  
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• Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw altered

  11-01-2022 20:52
  
  Calgary councillors have voted in favour of proposed changes to the city's vaccine passport bylaw. The City of Calgary's vaccine passport bylaw was passed last fall, making it mandatory for all eligible local businesses to opt into Alberta's Restrictions Exemption Program (REP). City administration recently proposed the bylaw be amended to make it more broadly align with the province's vaccine program. On Tuesday, councillors voted unanimously in favour of doing so. The changes they agreed to in
  
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• Inventory in Lethbridge Housing Market Reaches Record Lows - RE/MAX News

  11-01-2022 20:27 via blog.remax.ca
  
  Inventory in Lethbridge Housing Market Reaches Record Lows  RE/MAX News
  
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• Chair lift fire at Kimberly Alpine Resort believed to be arson - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 20:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Chair lift fire at Kimberly Alpine Resort believed to be arson  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Albertans can now reserve campsites through online portal - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 20:22 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Albertans can now reserve campsites through online portal  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Court rules against Lethbridge advocates trying to stop ID requirements for SCS services - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 20:13 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Court rules against Lethbridge advocates trying to stop ID requirements for SCS services  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy raises sanctions on Russia in conversation with Trudeau - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Ukrainian President Zelenskyy raises sanctions on Russia in conversation with Trudeau  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• CPNewsAlert: Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  CPNewsAlert: Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• China, Philippines halt Canadian beef imports after discovery of 'atypical' BSE case

  11-01-2022 19:50
  
  China has suspended imports of Canadian beef following the discovery of an atypical case of BSE, or mad cow disease, on an Alberta farm last month. The Chinese market is the Canadian beef industry's third-largest export market, worth approximately $170 million annually. The Philippines and South Korea have also halted imports of Canadian beef based on the discovery of the case. The detection of the atypical case is Canada's first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in six years. It has been
  
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• University of Alberta study shows positive signs to get patients with diabetes off injected insulin

  11-01-2022 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A recent first-in-humans clinical trial is reporting early signs that insulin-producing cells grown from a patient's own blood are safe for transplant.
  
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• Coaldale Council passes capital and operating budgets - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 19:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Coaldale Council passes capital and operating budgets  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Southcentre Mall now offers free sensory backpack rentals for children

  11-01-2022 19:25
  
  A trip to the mall may be a simple activity for many families, but for those whose children have sensory sensitivities it presents a unique set of challenges. Children with sensory processing disabilities often don't have the ability to filter external stimuli like loud noises and bright lights, making outings difficult for both them and their parents.   "Due to these circumstances, children who live with these types of disabilities often do not get to experience the same things as man
  
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• Roughly 3 per cent of pediatric COVID-19 cases have severe outcomes: global study

  11-01-2022 19:16
  
  A global study of young people who contracted COVID-19 has determined approximately three per cent of the patients developed severe outcomes within two weeks of their emergency room visit. The study — co-led by researchers at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine as well as the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and University of California-Davis Medical Center —charted the outcomes of 3,221 positive pediatric cases around the world from March 2
  
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• Percentage of pediatric COVID-19 patients who experience severe outcomes minimal: global study

  11-01-2022 19:16
  
  A global study of young people who contracted COVID-19 has determined approximately three per cent of the patients developed severe outcomes within two weeks of their emergency room visit. The study — co-led by researchers at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine as well as the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and University of California-Davis Medical Center —charted the outcomes of 3,221 positive pediatric cases around the world from March 2
  
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• Offer made to drop perjury charges in Ghislaine Maxwell case - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 18:33 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Offer made to drop perjury charges in Ghislaine Maxwell case  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Craig Dalton resigning as Lethbridge's City Manager - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 18:28 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Craig Dalton resigning as Lethbridge's City Manager  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Montreal man experiencing homelessness dies after night out in extreme cold - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 18:20 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Montreal man experiencing homelessness dies after night out in extreme cold  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Calgary Catholic School District launches human trafficking awareness program

  11-01-2022 17:59
  
  The Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) has launched a new program it hopes will help in the fight against human trafficking. The program is a collaboration with local organization #NotInMyCity, which works to prevent, disrupt and end sexual exploitation and trafficking, with a special focus on children and youth. "#NotInMyCity is a leading partner in helping address human trafficking across several sectors in Canada, including schools," the CCSD said in a news release. The CCSD says the cus
  
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• Head Lice: Keepers Of Ancient History - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 17:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Head Lice: Keepers Of Ancient History  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Toronto FC signs fullback Luca Petrasso to homegrown player contract - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 17:19 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Toronto FC signs fullback Luca Petrasso to homegrown player contract  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Canadian Natural Resources boosts capex budget to $4.3 billion for 2022

  11-01-2022 17:12
  
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says it expects about $4.3 billion in capital spending this year, up from nearly $3.5 billion in 2021. The company says its plan includes $3.6 billion in base capital spending and $700 million in strategic growth spending. Production for 2022 is expected to be between 1,270,000 and 1,320,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Production in 2021 was estimated at 1,235,000 boepd. Canadian Natural president Tim McKay said production this year is targeted to consist o
  
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• TransAlta replacing turbine foundations at New Brunswick wind farm

  11-01-2022 16:59
  
  TransAlta Renewables Inc. says it will have to replace all 50 turbine foundations at a wind farm in New Brunswick where a tower collapsed last year. The company says an analysis indicates that deficiencies in the original design of the foundations have caused cracks within the foundations and that they must be replaced. Based on initial estimates, TransAlta says the replacement of the foundations at its Kent Hills 1 and 2 wind sites is expected to cost between $75 million and $100 million. It al
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: Hospitalizations hit 75-day high, 8 deaths reported Tuesday

  11-01-2022 16:58
  
  The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Alberta hospitals rose to 708 on Tuesday, its highest point in 75 days.  It’s the most hospitalized COVID-19 patients since Oct. 29, 2021 and includes 80 patients in intensive care units, itself the most since Nov. 25, 2021.Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhoodThe province also reported eight new deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Albert
  
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• Hurricanes announce dates for three rescheduled games - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 16:55 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Hurricanes announce dates for three rescheduled games  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Consumer group wants role in talks over probe into alleged ATCO illegalities

  11-01-2022 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  ATCO has acknowledged it made mistakes and said the overpriced contract was entered into to help the First Nation build capacity in a new area of business.
  
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• Medicine Hat senior arrested after shots fired at police during standoff

  11-01-2022 16:13
  
  A 67-year-old man is in police custody following an armed standoff with Medicine Hat police on the weekend. Officers were called to a home on Northland Crescent N.E. at around 3 p.m. Saturday for reports of a dispute between a woman and a man said to have a handgun. The woman exited the home and approached police while the armed man was seen entering the garage on the property. Police commanded the man to surrender, but he responded by waving a handgun at the officers and fleeing back into the h
  
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• Alberta's new camping reservation system opens today. Here's what you need to know

  11-01-2022 15:57
  
  Starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Albertans can book regular camping sites for the next three months.  Tuesday marks the launch of Alberta Parks' new year-round reservation system that will feature a rolling window of open bookings.  Campers can now book regular sites up to 90 days in advance, and comfort and group sites 180 days in advance, so long as they are open.  "We've had a 167 per cent increase in total reservations over the last two years, and that demand has put a strain and p
  
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• Strong west wind in Calgary today

  11-01-2022 15:06
  
  If you liked yesterday, you'll probably glean some measure of enjoyment from today and tomorrow! Both are expected to drive in west wind, though the speed is variable between the two. Gusts this morning are now sighted at 110 km/h in the warned zone south of Calgary:WIND WARNING from Environment Canada: https://t.co/gUShKuBfCW #abstorm #yyc #Calgary pic.twitter.com/AwCH0sJsem — Kevin Stanfield (@CTVStanfield) January 11, 2022The moniker I've given to that region is "The Usual Suspects" as
  
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• Calgary mayor responds after dozens protest in front of her home

  11-01-2022 14:27
  
  Nearly 50 people gathered in front of Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek's home on Sunday, calling her a fake mayor and denouncing the city's vaccination policy. Gondek took to Twitter Monday night to respond to the rally that has garnered attention from Premier Jason Kenney, former Mayor Naheed Nenshi, and hundreds of Calgarians. She said she remains proud to serve the city and that this incident does not define Calgarians.Hi, Calgary.Stand strong together, for one small e
  
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• Djokovic back into swing in Australia, visa questions linger - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 14:06 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Djokovic back into swing in Australia, visa questions linger  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Public group wants role in talks over probe into alleged ATCO illegalities

  11-01-2022 14:02
  
  A group representing residential power consumers wants a seat at any discussions involving alleged illegal behaviour by one of Alberta's main power providers and is asking the regulator to release all information involving ATCO's actions. Jim Wachowich, lawyer for the Consumers' Coalition of Alberta, said ATCO is trying to “deflect attention” by keeping the matter out of the public. “This is a watershed event,” said Wachowich. ATCO said it has already disclosed much infor
  
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• 5 reasons you should not deliberately catch Omicron to 'get it over with'

  11-01-2022 13:15
  
  The question hung in the air like a bad odour, silencing the small group of fully vaccinated and boosted friends and family at my dinner table. "Why not just get Omicron and get it over with? It's mild, right? And it can boost immunity?" The fully vaccinated, boosted, well-educated friend who asked was sincere, echoing opinions heard on many social platforms. The idea of intentionally trying to catch Omicron is "all the rage," said Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at
  
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• Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 10:26 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Slim majority support government lockdowns, restrictions in response to Omicron  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million - Lethbridge News Now

  11-01-2022 06:41 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million  Lethbridge News Now
  
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