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• Online auction offers chance to own piece of iconic Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

  04-02-2022 23:44
  
  Everything must go and that's what Rene Hajas and his team with North American Auction is aiming for at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Hajas is hosting an online auction beginning Feb. 9 that will close 10 days later on Feb. 19. For weeks the team has been removing all the furniture and artwork from the Fairmont 'gold rooms' and a number of one and two-bedroom suites. It's a massive job that took a dozen truck loads to move and has now filled a 2,300-square metre warehouse in southeast Calgar
  
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• Red Deer woman killed while trying to stop vehicle theft now a homicide: RCMP

  04-02-2022 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Red Deer RCMP said Reichel Alpeche, 30, discovered someone was trying to steal her vehicle and died while trying to stop them on Tuesday night.
  
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• COVID-19 vaccine passports can be reviewed, but experts caution against dropping them

  04-02-2022 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vaccinated people remain less likely to spread COVID-19 because they're less likely to become sick in the first place, experts say.
  
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• Rural Albertans applauding removal of COVID-19 restrictions, but support for Kenney still wavers

  04-02-2022 23:29
  
  Many Albertans living in rural communities are applauding Jason Kenney’s plan to remove the province’s COVID-19 restrictions as early as next week, but the move itself may be ‘too little, too late’ to regain their full support. “He just flip-flops,” said Mark Shorhen who works as a farmer just outside Strathmore. “Removing these restrictions is not soon enough. I can’t really say if I support him or not, it’s just good to see him finally list
  
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• Red Deer woman killed while trying to stop theft of her vehicle: RCMP

  04-02-2022 23:18
  
  A 30-year-old woman is dead after she tried to stop the thief who stole her vehicle in Red Deer on Tuesday, Mounties said. On Wednesday, the RCMP said they were investigating a sudden death after officers found a person in distress on 59 Street, between Gaetz Avenue and 54 Avenue, at 6 p.m. The victim has been identified as Reichel Alpeche, and her death has been ruled a homicide. "The investigation has determined that Reichel interrupted the theft of her vehicle and as a result of her attempt t
  
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• Bengals QB Joe Burrow's Calgary connection

  04-02-2022 23:03
  
  If Joe Burrow wins the Super Bowl next weekend as the quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals, he won't be the first Burrow in the family to take home a championship trophy. That honour belongs to Joe's dad Jim, who played for the 1977 Montreal Alouettes team that won the Grey Cup in the sleet, in the infamous Ice Bowl game that was played before more than 68,000 fans in Olympic Stadium, which remains the largest CFL crowd in history. “I mean we’d have 68,000 people at Olympic Stadium,
  
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• Protesters rallying against COVID-19 restrictions snarl downtown traffic, force businesses to close for the day

  04-02-2022 22:55
  
  For the second week in a row, hundreds of people and vehicles flooded downtown streets to support Ottawa "freedom convoy" demonstrations, prompting some businesses to close for the day. The Edmonton Police Service issued a traffic advisory for downtown Edmonton as vehicles participating in convoys from several parts of the province converged at the legislature grounds. Police estimated between 1,000 and 2,000 protesters were at the legislature grounds Saturday afternoon to greet passing convoy v
  
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• Protesters descend on Alberta Legislature, downtown traffic snarled

  04-02-2022 22:55
  
  Hundreds of people and vehicles descended on the Alberta Legislature grounds Saturday to support Ottawa's "freedom convoy" demonstrations. The Edmonton Police Service issued a traffic advisory for downtown Edmonton as vehicles participating in convoys from several parts of the province converged at the legislature grounds. While police had not issued a crowd size figure, CTV News estimated several hundred protesters were at the legislature grounds Saturday to greet passing convoy vehicles. Traff
  
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• Protesters against COVID-19 restrictions snarl downtown traffic, force businesses to close for the day

  04-02-2022 22:55
  
  For the second week in a row, hundreds of people and vehicles flooded downtown streets to support Ottawa "freedom convoy" demonstrations, prompting some businesses to close for the day. The Edmonton Police Service issued a traffic advisory for downtown Edmonton as vehicles participating in convoys from several parts of the province converged at the legislature grounds. Police estimated between 1,000 and 2,000 protesters were at the legislature grounds Saturday afternoon to greet passing convoy v
  
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• Protesters against COVID-19 restrictions snarl downtown Edmonton traffic, force businesses to close for the day

  04-02-2022 22:55
  
  For the second week in a row, hundreds of people and vehicles flooded downtown streets to support Ottawa "freedom convoy" demonstrations, prompting some businesses to close for the day. The Edmonton Police Service issued a traffic advisory for downtown Edmonton as vehicles participating in convoys from several parts of the province converged at the legislature grounds. Police estimated between 1,000 and 2,000 protesters were at the legislature grounds Saturday afternoon to greet passing convoy v
  
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• Coutts, Alta., mayor meets with truckers as protest at U.S. border continues

  04-02-2022 22:45
  
  The mayor of a village affected by protesters at Alberta's main United States border crossing says he decided to cross the divide and meet with those who have been disrupting traffic there for nearly a week. Coutts Mayor Jim Willett says he didn't find anger. Just a sense of waiting. "I wasn't negotiating or anything else. I just was there to find out if they were as bad as some people have said, and they're certainly not,'' he told The Canadian Press in an interview Friday. "They're the sa
  
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• Alberta mayor meets with truckers as protest at U.S. border continues

  04-02-2022 22:45
  
  The mayor of a village affected by protesters at Alberta's main United States border crossing says he decided to cross the divide and meet with those who have been disrupting traffic there for nearly a week. Coutts Mayor Jim Willett says he didn't find anger. Just a sense of waiting. "I wasn't negotiating or anything else. I just was there to find out if they were as bad as some people have said, and they're certainly not,'' he told The Canadian Press in an interview Friday. "They're the sa
  
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• Chinook Blast launches with free downtown events all month

  04-02-2022 22:04
  
  February will be filled with all sorts of winter activities, all for free, thanks to volunteers with one of the city's best seasonal festivals. Chinook Blast is a four-week-long event that features art installations, pop-up performances, a community stage, an art pavilion and much more. It was supposed to take place in January but the schedule needed to be modified because of COVID-19 concerns. However, organizers say the extra time made it possible for them to go over all the programs to make s
  
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• NDP members resign from Alberta safe drug supply committee, calling it a ‘political stunt’

  04-02-2022 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Opposition members say a committee tasked to examine a safe drug supply is a "political stunt" by the province instead of meaningful work to address spiking overdose deaths.
  
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• 'Political stunt': NDP members resign from Alberta 'safe drug supply' committee

  04-02-2022 21:59
  
  Opposition members say they are resigning from a committee tasked to examine a safe drug supply because they feel it's a “political stunt” by the Alberta government instead of meaningful work to address spiking overdose deaths. The committee was struck in December to look at the benefits and consequences of safer alternatives to street-level drugs, and four of its 12 members were NDP members of the legislature. In a letter sent to house Speaker Nathan Cooper, the NDP caucus says Unit
  
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• MLA Neudorf calls for end to Restrictions Exemption Program - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 21:58 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  MLA Neudorf calls for end to Restrictions Exemption Program  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Protesters enter southern Alberta school, demand end of mask rules

  04-02-2022 21:43
  
  RCMP officials confirm a protest took place inside a school in Dunmore, Alta., Friday where the gathering called for an end to mask mandates. Videos posted to social media show a group of roughly 20 people chanting "Freedom" and "No more masks" outside a school before making their way inside. RCMP will not say whether any arrests were made in connection with the protest or if the matter is under investigation. This is a developing story. It will be updated as additional details are confirmed.
  
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• Calgary health centre taking extra security measures amid planned weekend protests

  04-02-2022 21:41
  
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says extra security measures are being taken at a health centre in Calgary’s Beltline to protect patients and workers from those protesting pandemic health restrictions. AUPE, which represents 55,000 workers in Alberta's health care sector, says front-line workers, patients and people living near the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre have been subjected to protests for weeks. "Things got worse after the truck convoy hit the news, leading to ba
  
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• Bergen pushed O'Toole to back convoy saying there are 'good people on both sides': sources

  04-02-2022 20:35
  
  Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen pushed predecessor Erin O’Toole to show support for the Freedom Convoy protest, arguing last week there are “good people on both sides,” an echo of the phrase made infamous by former U.S. president Donald Trump after a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. Bergen also told O’Toole and other members of the Conservative shadow cabinet that there were “reasonable people” at the truckers’ protest,
  
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• Lethbridge police advise of weekend joint training exercise - CTV News Calgary

  04-02-2022 20:24 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge police advise of weekend joint training exercise  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge police advise of weekend joint training exercise

  04-02-2022 20:24
  
  Lethbridge residents may see police officers and search-and-rescue crews working in the Legacy Ridge area on Saturday afternoon and around the Galt Museum and Indian Battle Park in the evening, which will be part of two training scenarios. The group — made up of Lethbridge police, the Lethbridge and Area Search and Rescue Association and the Canadian Search Dog Association — will be in the Legacy Ridge area from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and in and around the Galt Museum and Indian Battle Par
  
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• Suspect sought after 2 separate indecent incidents at Cochrane business

  04-02-2022 20:23
  
  Cochrane RCMP have released a photo of a vehicle and a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in an investigation into two separate indecent exposure incidents. Officials say a man, believed to be in his 40s or 50s, was seen outside a business committing an indecent act at approximately 4:50 p.m. on Jan. 31. The suspect was wearing a black toque at the time of the incident and he left the scene in a silver, four-door Buick Century from the 2003 to 2005 model years. It is not the first time the man
  
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• Blaine Hyggen looks back on first 100 days as Lethbridge's Mayor - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 20:05 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Blaine Hyggen looks back on first 100 days as Lethbridge's Mayor  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Icy road conditions believed to be a factor in fatal collision near Lethbridge

  04-02-2022 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Picture Butte RCMP say the collision happened on Highway 25 just south of Diamond City, Alta., shortly before 8 a.m. Friday.
  
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• Gasoline prices breaking records as crude oil tops US$90 a barrel

  04-02-2022 18:40
  
  Gasoline prices across Canada shattered an all-time record high on Friday, as crude prices soared above US$90 per barrel and North American refineries worked full throttle to keep up with demand. The national average retail fuel price sat at 151.6 cents per litre as of 1.p.m. ET Friday, according to fuel price tracking website GasBuddy.com. That's the highest average price on record, according to the website, which has data as far back as 2008. It's also 38 cents higher than the average price at
  
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• 'Alberta’s economic recovery has momentum': Unemployment rate falls for second straight month

  04-02-2022 18:34
  
  Alberta's unemployment rate continued its downward trendlast month while both Calgary and Edmonton's jobless rates remained largely unchanged.  According to Statistics Canada’s January 2022 Labour Force Survey, Alberta had a jobless rate of 7.2 per cent, down three-tenths of a percentage point from December 2021 when it sat at 7.5 per cent. The survey, released on Friday, reflects labour market conditions the week of Jan. 10 to 16. During that time, emplo
  
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• Hwy 25 closed north of Lethbridge following serious crash

  04-02-2022 17:50
  
  A section of Highway 25 has been closed to traffic following a Friday morning crash. Coalhurst Fire Department officials confirm the highway is currently closed in both directions at a location south of Diamond City as a result of a serious two-vehicle crash. The severity of injuries has not been confirmed. Traffic is being detoured in the area and there is currently no estimated timeline for the reopening of the highway. This is a developing story. It will be updated throughout the morning.Crew
  
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• 1 dead following Hwy 25 crash north of Lethbridge - CTV News Calgary

  04-02-2022 17:50 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  1 dead following Hwy 25 crash north of Lethbridge  CTV News Calgary
  
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• 1 dead following Hwy 25 crash north of Lethbridge

  04-02-2022 17:50
  
  One driver is dead and a section of Highway 25 has been closed to traffic following a Friday morning crash. According to Picture Butte RCMP, an eastbound car collided with an oncoming SUV at around 8 a.m. The driver of the car, the lone occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead on scene. RCMP has not released his age. The SUV driver was transported to hospital in non-life-threatening condition. Coalhurst Fire Department officials confirm the highway remains closed in both directions at a loca
  
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• Pain at the pumps: Gas prices breaking records as crude oil tops US$90 a barrel

  04-02-2022 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  There is more pain at the pumps for Canadian drivers this week as gasoline prices climb to new record highs.
  
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• Calgary Stampeders re-sign American defensive back Branden Dozier

  04-02-2022 16:29
  
  The Calgary Stampeders have locked up another defensive back, re-signing American Branden Dozier. Dozier, 28, played all 14 regular-season games for Calgary in 2021, recording 49 defensive tackles, a team-leading 17 special-teams tackles, two knockdowns, an interception and a sack. The UNC-Charlotte alum also registered five tackles in Western Conference semifinal, where the Saskatchewan Roughriders edged Calgary 33-30 in overtime. Dozier joined the Stampeders in 2020 after two seasons with the
  
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• Warm west wind for Calgary today

  04-02-2022 15:18
  
  We're "steady as she goes" into the warm-up. Overnight temperatures didn't rise tremendously, but they didn’t fall, either. We'll be setting for zero by the noon hour, with afternoon gusts in the 50 km/h range. To the south and southwest, gusts may peak at 100 km/h. This includes the Foothills County. There is also a system generating snowfall warnings up by Grande Prairie. Its passage will track it due east over the coming days, but there are local impacts; on one hand, it assists in pull
  
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• COVID-19 in Alberta: 26 new deaths, hospitalizations remain steady

  04-02-2022 15:15
  
  Alberta reported 2,086 new infections of COVID-19 on Friday as the number of patients in hospital with the disease remained steady. Those cases were identified after the province completed more than 6,200 tests. There are now 32,711 known active cases of COVID-19 in Alberta. However, testing capacity and eligibility limits mean the actual number of new and active COVID-19 infections is likely much higher. The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 remained at 1,584, what was reported on Thur
  
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• Alberta RCMP unsure when Coutts border protest will end as demonstration enters 7th day

  04-02-2022 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  An RCMP spokesman says there's no way to predict when the protest at Alberta's main border crossing will end but he understands the public's growing frustration as it drags on.
  
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• Alberta, Saskatchewan take lead signalling end to COVID-19 restrictions

  04-02-2022 10:30
  
  Canada's chief public health officer says provinces are going to have to find a balance between containing the virus with public health measures and returning to a sense of normalcy as the Omicron wave continues to crest. Several provinces have signalled their intention to do away with some, if not all, remaining COVID-19 health restrictions. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will announce next week a date to end Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine passport, as well as a phased approach to
  
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• Ottawa police launch 'surge and contain' strategy at 'Freedom Convoy' protest

  04-02-2022 10:00
  
  Ottawa police say they are stepping up measures to protect downtown neighbourhoods as the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest reaches the one-week mark. Chief Peter Sloly announced a new “surge and contain strategy” Friday that he said would "restore order, hold offenders to account and protect our neighbourhoods." The strategy includes sending 150 more officers to affected neighbourhoods to target unlawful behaviour connected to the ongoing occupation, which is a protest against CO
  
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• Southern Alberta Olympian recognized by 4H Canada - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 09:00 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Southern Alberta Olympian recognized by 4H Canada  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Blockades creating major economic impact for Lethbridge and area - Lethbrige Herald

  04-02-2022 09:00 via lethbridgeherald.com
  
  Blockades creating major economic impact for Lethbridge and area  Lethbrige Herald
  
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• The Golden Age Pineapple Rentals - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 06:09 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
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• Balanced attack leads Raptors to OT win for fourth straight victory - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 04:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Balanced attack leads Raptors to OT win for fourth straight victory  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Kenney commits to lifting COVID-19 restrictions as Alberta highway protests continue

  04-02-2022 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kenney made the announcement in a livestream on social media where he would not need to face questions from reporters.
  
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• Greg McMichael won't plead to hate crime in Arbery death - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 03:40 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Greg McMichael won't plead to hate crime in Arbery death  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Horseback archer Kenton Miller is Canada's number 1 with a bow and arrow

  04-02-2022 02:35
  
  For 800 years archers in China, Japan and Mongolia have practiced the art of horse archery. Kenton Miller would love to see more people in Canada give the sport a try. Miller grew up around horses and bow and arrows.  He also had a love of the martial arts.  That led him to try out horseback archery.  Miller says the sport was a perfect fit for him. "Martial arts on horseback with a bow and arrow," Miller said. "The intrigue, the challenge," he said. "I've always loved a good chal
  
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• Women’s supports in Lethbridge dealing with wait lists, COVID-19 challenges - Globalnews.ca

  04-02-2022 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Women’s supports in Lethbridge dealing with wait lists, COVID-19 challenges  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Women’s supports in Lethbridge dealing with wait lists, COVID-19 challenges

  04-02-2022 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Segue uses a phased approach to guide women through their recovery from addiction and other challenges.
  
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• Women's supports in Lethbridge dealing with significant demand | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  04-02-2022 02:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Women's supports in Lethbridge dealing with significant demand | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet selected as all-star reserve - Lethbridge News Now

  04-02-2022 01:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  
  Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet selected as all-star reserve  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge residents and businesses split on potential lifting of Restrictions Exemption - CTV News Calgary

  04-02-2022 01:37 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Lethbridge residents and businesses split on potential lifting of Restrictions Exemption  CTV News Calgary
  
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• Lethbridge residents and businesses split on potential lifting of Restrictions Exemption

  04-02-2022 01:37
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney stated earlier this week that with the current COVID-19 wave starting to plateau, the province is hoping to remove the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) within the next few weeks. Following that announcement, Lethbridge East MLA Nathan Neudorf made a statement on Feb.2, saying in part, "that Alberta will begin lifting restrictions very soon, likely within days, starting with the REP."     This is welcome news for some Lethbridge businesses who've be
  
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• Kenney says a plan to remove COVID-19 restrictions is coming next week

  04-02-2022 01:23
  
  Premier Jason Kenney said that a plan to end COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta will come in a matter of days, during a live address on Facebook Thursday night. "As COVID changes, our response to it must change as well. That is why early next week, Alberta will announce a firm date to end the Restrictions Exemptions Program and to do so in the very near future," Kenney said. "We will also lay out a simple, phased, plan to remove almost all public health restrictions later this month, as long as we
  
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