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• Victim of fatal crash near Field, B.C. identified as former Calgarian

  09-02-2022 23:26
  
  A former Calgarian, who was nearing the end of a process to move to B.C., was the victim of a fatal crash near Field, a family friend confirmed to CTV News. Scott Morrison, who originally from Kelowna but moved to Calgary many years ago, died in a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Highway near Field on Saturday morning. A long-time friend of his, Colin Kryski, says Scott was travelling with his brother Collin, in the process of moving back to his hometown, when the crash took place. Kryski s
  
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• Feedback needed for made in Alberta engagement - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 23:24
  Feedback needed for made in Alberta engagement  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Consumer confidence concerns for Calgary businesses as proof of vaccination requirement lifted

  09-02-2022 23:10
  
  The removal of proof of vaccination requirements for Alberta businesses is receiving mixed reviews as the province moves toward a plan to completely lift all COVID-19 public health restrictions.  Calgary Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Deborah Yedlin responded to Premier Jason Kenney’s announcement by noting consumer confidence may be reduced if patrons aren’t required to be vaccinated. “I think that's the big issue that we're worried about because businesses need ce
  
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• MRU staying with vaccine mandate for students at the moment

  09-02-2022 22:34
  
  Mount Royal University is sticking to the status quo in response to lifting of some restrictions by the province Tuesday. The university issued a statement Wednesday, saying "Mount Royal University continues to work with health authorities and Alberta Advanced Education in our collective response to COVID-19 in Alberta.  MRU has an obligation to the members of its community to take all reasonable steps to ensure its campus is a safe place to learn, teach and work.   "At present, o
  
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• Updated census counts for Southern Alberta, Lethbridge population reaches 98406 - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 22:33
  Updated census counts for Southern Alberta, Lethbridge population reaches 98406  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lifting restrictions could cause anxiety for many as unknowns persist: experts - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 22:20
  
  Lifting restrictions could cause anxiety for many as unknowns persist: experts  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Cornell Brown returns as the Calgary Stampeders defensive line coach

  09-02-2022 22:10
  
  Cornell Brown is back with the Calgary Stampeders coaching staff. Head coach Dave Dickenson announced Wednesday that Brown will round out his '22 staff as the Stampeders defensive line coach. It's the same position he held with Calgary under then head coach John Hufnagel from 2008-10. Hufnagel is now the Stampeders president/GM. "I was with Cornell at the beginning of my coaching career and I'm happy to be working with him again,'' Dickenson said in a statement. "I know he's
  
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• And they're on! Rangeland Derby and grandstand show to return to Calgary Stampede

  09-02-2022 21:16
  
  Following a two-year absence, chuckwagon racing is slated to return to Stampede Park this summer. Tickets are currently on sale for each night of this year's Rangeland Derby and Calgary Stampede Evening Show through the Calgary Stampede website. Chuckwagon racing has been a flagship event of the Calgary Stampede since its debut in 1923, but the COVID-19 pandemic led to two years without hooves and wagons on the track. In 2021, Calgary Stampede officials elected to cancel the event out of concern
  
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• Person sought in connection to killing of Red Deer woman who interrupted carjacking

  09-02-2022 21:12
  
  Mounties in central Alberta have released photos of a person connected to a homicide investigation in Red Deer, but refrained from calling the subject a person of interest or saying how they are believed to be connected. RCMP said they were looking for help identifying the person "in relation" to the killing of 30-year-old Reichel Alpeche on Feb. 1. The photos were taken in the lower Fairview area on Feb. 1 around 6 p.m., and then in the Nyberg Avenue area on Feb. 1 around 6:15 p.m. Anyone with
  
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• Calgary's feral rabbits thriving in the southeast community of Seton

  09-02-2022 20:59
  
  There is a squad of formerly domestic rabbits running wild in the southeast community of Seton. They're chewing, digging, hopping, burrowing and breeding like, well, rabbits. Local legend has it that three domestic bunnies were released in a field near the South Health Campus by a pet owner who got tired of them. In the years that have followed, those three have multiplied into more than 100. They've turned into an attraction for many families in the area. Chanae Smith brought her two young
  
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• RCMP on the hunt for suspects in theft of 40 trail cameras, salt blocks in Clearwater County

  09-02-2022 20:57
  
  Thousands of dollars worth of trail cameras are missing from a rural area west of Red Deer, RCMP say, and officials say two suspects are behind the incidents. Sundre RCMP were notified about the theft of approximately 30 trail cameras and nine salt blocks in the Williams Creek Road area on Feb. 6. Photos captured on the cameras indicate that on Feb. 3, a pair of suspects on snowmobiles were in the area between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. It's believed the suspects loaded the snowmobiles onto vehicles at K
  
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• Plenty of tickets, charges, but no arrests at Coutts border blockade

  09-02-2022 20:00
  
  As plans to ticket protesters blocking the highway to the Canada-U.S. border to Coutts, Alta. came into effect, RCMP ran into problems when officers attempted to clear the demonstration. The blockade has been ongoing for more than a week, in solidarity with the trucker protests in Ottawa and other parts of the country. Lanes have been open in each direction, however traffic was shut down once again about 8 p.m. Tuesday, soon after Premier Jason Kenney announced the province was ending the Restri
  
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• Enforcement to remove Coutts border blockade to begin Wednesday afternoon: RCMP

  09-02-2022 20:00
  
  Enforcement will begin Wednesday afternoon to reopen traffic to the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts which is being blocked by an ongoing protest, according to RCMP. The blockade has been ongoing for more than a week, in solidarity with the trucker protest in Ottawa and other parts of the country. Lanes have been open in each direction, however traffic was shut down once again about 8 p.m. Tuesday, soon after Premier Jason Kenney announced the province was ending the Restrictions Exemption Program a
  
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• Comparing Coutts border protest to Indigenous land defenders inaccurate, says Alberta premier

  09-02-2022 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Althabasca Chipewyan First Nation chief and council have said if the Coutts protest was organized by Indigenous people, authorities would have responded quickly to remove it. 
  
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• Twinning association announces new priority areas for Highway 3 work - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 19:49
  Twinning association announces new priority areas for Highway 3 work  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations near record levels, 11 deaths on Wednesday

  09-02-2022 19:18
  
  The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Alberta grew by 10 on Wednesday while the number of infected patients in hospital remained near high levels, according to the province’s latest data update.  There were 11 deaths reported of individuals ranging in age from in their 50s to more than 80 years old. One death was removed from the count after being determined to be not due to COVID-19. Infographics: COVID-19 in Alberta by the numbers Alberta's plan to remove COVID-19-related res
  
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• Alberta government seeking $1.3B from U.S. over cancelled Keystone XL pipeline

  09-02-2022 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provincial government says it has filed a notice of intent to launch a claim under legacy rules tied to the old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
  
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• Calgary's 4th Street Lilac Festival returns in June 2022

  09-02-2022 18:28
  
  After a two-year hiatus, Calgary's 4th Street Lilac Festival is returning this spring. The annual festival takes place on Fourth Street between 13th Avenue and Elbow Drive S.W. every June, but had to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials announced Wednesday the free one-day festival will return on June 5th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  “As one of Calgary’s largest outdoor summer street festivals, we’re excited to finally be able to celebrate the 3
  
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• Kenney apologizes after comparing those who don’t have COVID-19 vaccine to AIDS victims

  09-02-2022 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta premier told a news conference on Tuesday it's wrong to judge and stigmatize people who have decided not to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
  
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• Alberta venture capital investment poised to break record again

  09-02-2022 18:10
  
  In Canada's largest oil and gas producing province, investors who have been made wealthy by the energy sector are starting to open their pockets to a budding local tech industry. For years, Alberta's startup technology sector has complained of a lack of access to homegrown venture capital. Tech entrepreneurs in Alberta have historically had better luck going to Silicon Valley for funding than trying to raise money locally. But that's starting to change. Alberta's tech sector broke an all-time re
  
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• Siksika Nation gathers to honour lives of 3 killed in weekend house fire

  09-02-2022 18:08
  
  Members of the Siksika Nation came together Tuesday evening to pay tribute to three people who perished in a weekend fire and to support a mother who lost her young son and her boyfriend. The candlelight vigil honoured the lives of six-year-old Pierson Scalplock, 28-year-old Paisley Big Old Man (Wolfleg) and Paisley's grandmother, Elizabeth Big Old Man (Raweater). There were 11 people inside the home, located near the Old Sun Community College, early Saturday morning when the fire broke out. Cha
  
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• Fire restriction in effect for Lethbridge County - My Lethbridge Now

  09-02-2022 18:05
  
  Fire restriction in effect for Lethbridge County  My Lethbridge Now
  
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• Alberta economy shifting but growth expected to stay strong, census data suggests

  09-02-2022 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada says Alberta's growth has lagged slightly behind the rest of Canada over the last few years.
  
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• Alta. premier apologizes for comparing treatment of unvaccinated people to that of HIV/AIDS patients

  09-02-2022 16:54
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has ceded to criticism that he was unfair in comparing the stigmatization of people who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19 with the discrimination of people with HIV/AIDS during the 1980s. "In my new conference yesterday I made an inappropriate analogy to the stigmatization of people with AIDS," read a statement the premier published to social media Wednesday morning, about 14 hours after he made the inflammatory comments. "I was wrong to do so and apologize without
  
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• Alberta business group slams decision to eliminate COVID-19 vaccine passport program

  09-02-2022 16:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Calgary Chamber of Commerce believes prematurely lifting restrictions could lead to reduced revenues for businesses, as people choose to stay home.
  
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• Census data suggests Alberta economy shifting but growth expected to stay strong

  09-02-2022 16:35
  
  Statistics Canada says Alberta's growth has lagged slightly behind the rest of Canada over the last few years. The national number-cruncher says the province grew 4.8 per cent between 2016 and 2021, bringing its population to just over 4.2 million people. That's below the national growth average of 5.2 per cent. Only two of the 25 fastest-growing Canadian communities were in Alberta, while nine of the municipalities with the highest population losses were in Wild Rose Country. In the last census
  
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• Saddledome concessions, bars set to reopen for Flames-Golden Knights tilt

  09-02-2022 16:24
  
  The Calgary Flames will take to the ice at the Scotiabank Saddledome Wednesday night and, for the first time in weeks, fans will be able to cheer from their seats while eating and drinking. Given Alberta's initial changes to health restrictions that went into effect overnight, Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation is able to reopen its concessions and bars and will offer "a full return of food and beverage services for all patrons." The concession stands have been closed since Dec. 21, 20
  
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• Trucks lining up again at Coutts border crossing, protesters plan to stay for the long haul

  09-02-2022 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demonstrators started a blockade at Coutts late last month in solidarity with similar events in Ottawa and countrywide to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
  
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• Coutts border protesters plan to stay for the long haul

  09-02-2022 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Demonstrators started a blockade at Coutts late last month in solidarity with similar events in Ottawa and countrywide to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
  
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• Census 2021: A snapshot of Quebec's population and dwelling data - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 15:45
  Census 2021: A snapshot of Quebec's population and dwelling data  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• A hiccup in Calgary's warm trend set to arrive Thursday

  09-02-2022 15:22
  
  Warm air continues to push in today for southern Alberta. Wind gusts are expected to enhance late today as we carry into Thursday, but they'll moderate today in the 40-50 km/h zone for Calgary. With this, our temperature is paring back, slightly. The cloud layer will break, at times, but, similar to yesterday, it'll be a predominant feature on the day. We'll come close to breaking that 1926 14.4 C record high for this day in history, but by the end, it'll fall short. Overnight low temperatures b
  
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• Alberta's plan to remove COVID-19-related restrictions: What you need to know

  09-02-2022 15:07
  
  Albertans are no longer required to show proof of vaccination under the first step of the provincial government's three-part plan to phase out most public health measures by March 1. Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Jason Copping and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw laid out the plan Tuesday, saying hospitalization trends will be monitored as restrictions are relaxed. Step One: Beginning Wednesday, Feb.9:Restrictions Exemption Program (vaccine passports) ends Removal of cap
  
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• Statistics Canada to detail first findings from last year's pandemic census - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 10:36
  Statistics Canada to detail first findings from last year's pandemic census  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Trucks again lining up at Alberta border crossing after highway blocked by tractors

  09-02-2022 10:29
  
  A long line of trucks is building at Alberta's main crossing into the United States as protesters against pandemic restrictions once again block the highway leading to the border village of Coutts. Demonstrators pulled farm equipment as well as several large tractors across what had been open lanes of Highway 4 on Tuesday night. More than 70 trucks were waiting Wednesday to pass the RCMP checkpoint north of the village, while nearly 30 trucks carrying cattle were stopped before the town of Milk
  
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• Alberta's vaccine passport gone, but border protesters plan to stay for long haul

  09-02-2022 10:29
  
  Alberta's vaccine passport is gone but protesters are promising to hunker down for the long term on the highway leading to the province's main U.S. border crossing. Any thought that the announcement Tuesday by Premier Jason Kenney to scrap the public health measure at midnight and to remove most other rules in Alberta by March 1 would end the protest near Coutts, Alta., was quickly put to bed. "We're here for the big picture. It started with the border thing, it started with Trudeau and until Tr
  
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• Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures | Watch News Videos Online - Global News

  09-02-2022 09:00
  
  Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures | Watch News Videos Online  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures - Global News

  09-02-2022 09:00
  
  Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures  Global News
  
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• COVID-19: Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures - Global News

  09-02-2022 09:00
  
  COVID-19: Lethbridge businesses accommodating new provincial health measures  Global News
  
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• COVID-19: Edmonton, Calgary school boards weigh in on Kenney dropping mask mandate for kids

  09-02-2022 06:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  "School divisions were not consulted on this shift."
  
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• U of C says no changes to vaccine directive or masking mandate in COVID-19 update

  09-02-2022 06:01
  
  The University of Calgary released a response to the province's lifting of restrictions Tuesday evening, saying that their plans remained the same. "There will be no immediate changes to the University of Calgary’s Vaccination Directive or its masking mandate," the university said in a COVID-19 update. "The COVIDSafe Campus protocols are not part of the Government of Alberta’s Restriction Exemption Program. "The university is currently assessing the changes to public health requireme
  
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• Alberta school boards will not be able to mandate masking: education minister

  09-02-2022 05:37
  
  Alberta school boards will not be able to bring in their own mask mandates after the province’s requirement that students wear masks inside schools ends Monday. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange made the statement related to masking shortly after Tuesday’s announcement on COVID-19 restrictions.Please see my letter to school authorities below: pic.twitter.com/Z3sph78dDv — Adriana LaGrange (@AdrianaLaGrange) February 9, 2022 “School authorities cannot deny their stud
  
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• Lifting restrictions 'like ripping off a Band-Aid before wound has healed': Chamber of Commerce president and CEO

  09-02-2022 05:35
  
  The Calgary Chamber of Commerce said the province's announcement that it was lifting some restrictions beginning at midnight "ignores the importance of consumer confidence in economic recovery." Chamber President and CEO Deborah Yedlin released a statement early Tuesday evening that said the province's initiative wasn't backed up by corresponding scientific data. Yedlin compared the lifting of the Restrictions Exemption Program as being akin to "ripping off a Band-Aid before the wound has healed
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta doctors, mayors react to Kenney removing vaccine passport, restrictions

  09-02-2022 05:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Doctors and politicians react after Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions in phases on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Disgusting and despicable': Alberta NDP calls for apology after Premier Kenney compares unvaccinated to AIDS patients

  09-02-2022 04:41
  
  The Opposition wants the premier to apologize after comments at Tuesday’s COVID-19 update comparing the potential stigma of being unvaccinated to the discrimination people with HIV/AIDS faced in the 80s. Jason Kenney was speaking about attitudes he said he’d observed online, where people expressed they wouldn’t feel safe dining in restaurants alongside someone who was unvaccinated. “That sentiment deeply concerns me,” said Kenney. “Treating fellow people as th
  
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• Calgary businesses react to removal of Alberta's vaccine passport rules

  09-02-2022 04:40
  
  Some Calgary bar and restaurant operators say the province's announced plan to lift many public health restrictions as of Feb. 9 is not going far enough to help business operations. The restrictions exemption program (REP) which is Alberta's vaccine passport rule system, will be removed as part of Step 1 of three-step plan to fully reopen, yet the following rules will be in effect at restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and nightclubs:table capacity of 10 people, no mingling between tables; no dancing
  
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• 1667 new COVID cases in Alberta Tuesday - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 04:28
  
  1667 new COVID cases in Alberta Tuesday  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Raptors' Barnes, VanVleet to compete in NBA all-star competitions - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 04:09
  
  Raptors' Barnes, VanVleet to compete in NBA all-star competitions  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Devils snap seven-game losing skid with thumping win over Canadiens - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2022 04:09
  
  Devils snap seven-game losing skid with thumping win over Canadiens  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Coutts border traffic stopped by protesters after Alberta announces end to vaccine passports

  09-02-2022 03:43
  
  Traffic to and from the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. was again blocked by protesters on Tuesday evening. Protesters have been set up there for more than a week in solidarity with the ongoing protest in Ottawa and similar protests across the country. The group has vowed not to leave until all provincial health mandates are lifted. A secondary blockade has also been set up for several days at Milk River, a few kilometres to the north. RCMP tweeted on Tuesday that traffic in both di
  
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• Calgary couple dances out of the spotlight in new Bowie ballet

  09-02-2022 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Veteran cancers celebrate another Valentine's together: 'ballet is an amazing place for romance - the dancers spend so much time together it's inevitable some of them fall in love'
  
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