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• Two men remain in hospital after explosion in Grande Cache

  15-11-2017 23:45 via cbc.ca
  Three workers were injured in an explosion at Summit Transport in Grande Chance on November 6. Two of the victims remain in the University of Alberta Hospital Burn Unit nearly ten days after the incident.
  
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• Decriminalization of all drugs a non-starter for the federal government

  15-11-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor told reporters in Calgary there are a number of avenues the government is exploring because of the devastating impacts of the opioid crisis.
  
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• Bill to shield LGBTQ students from early outing passes in legislature

  15-11-2017 23:21 via cbc.ca
  Bill 24, which prevents teachers from outing students who join a gay straight alliance in school, passed in the Alberta legislature Wednesday.
  
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• First round of city's new salt brine hits Edmonton streets - CBC.ca

  15-11-2017 22:37 via cbc.ca
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  First round of city's new salt brine hits Edmonton streets
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  Don't be shocked if you see trucks watering city streets this winter. The city isn't icing the roads but doing the opposite by spraying salt brine as part of a new pilot project aimed at keeping roads clean and safe. New salt type used on Edmonton ...
  Lorne Gunter: A city road initiative to get behindEdmonton Sunall 3 news articles »
  
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• First round of city's new salt brine hits Edmonton streets

  15-11-2017 22:37 via cbc.ca
  Don't be shocked if you see trucks watering city streets this winter. The city isn't icing the roads but doing the opposite by spraying salt brine as part of a new pilot project aimed at keeping roads clean and safe.
  
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• Incision-free brain surgery now possible at Edmonton hospital

  15-11-2017 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Surgeons at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton will now be able to perform certain brain surgeries without even making an incision.
  
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• Tests for pot-impaired driving flawed, substance abuse expert says

  15-11-2017 22:08 via cbc.ca
  As Alberta adjusts its traffic act in response to the looming legalization of marijuana, an expert says basing stoned-driving laws on THC levels is flawed.
  
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• Siksika Nation upset by Stoney Nakoda application to rename Calgary and other Alberta locations

  15-11-2017 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Chief Joseph Weasel Child said the request has “upset a lot of traditional people.”
  
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• Rural Alberta municipalities to get credit for education tax they can't collect from oil and gas firms

  15-11-2017 21:46 via cbc.ca
  Rural Alberta counties and municipalities will get a tax credit for education property taxes they can't collect on abandoned oil and gas properties.
  
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• Man, 40, killed in Alberta Beach house fire

  15-11-2017 21:25 via cbc.ca
  Fire investigators are still trying to find the cause of a fire in Alberta Beach that killed a man Tuesday morning.
  
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• Red Bull Crashed Ice returns to Edmonton in 2018 - Red Bull

  15-11-2017 21:23 via redbull.com
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  The final showdown of the Ice Cross Downhill World Championship will make its highly anticipated return to Edmonton this March 9 and 10, 2018. Mark your calendars! Red Bull Crashed Ice is back, and this year, the series finale is returning to Edmonton.
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• 'Pick on someone your own size': Rick Mercer calls out Jason Kenney in GSA rant as Bill 24 passes

  15-11-2017 21:18 via cbc.ca
  Comedian Rick Mercer took aim at United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney over his stance on gay-straight alliances in Alberta this week.
  
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• Alberta pharmacist sentenced to house arrest after accessing patient files

  15-11-2017 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta pharmacist who pleaded guilty to accessing health information unnecessarily has been given a six-month conditional sentence.
  
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• City of Edmonton pleased with new anti-icing snow clearing

  15-11-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Edmonton has made some changes to improve road conditions during the winter.
  
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• Edmonton city council puts off funding request for IAAF World U20 Championships

  15-11-2017 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  A couple of issues need to be sorted out before city officials can say for sure whether Edmonton will have attracted the IAAF World U20 Championships.
  
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• Billy Corgan defends Nickelback, calls Chad Kroeger ‘incredible songwriter’

  15-11-2017 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Nickelback is used to being the punchline in jokes about terrible music, but the Alberta rockers have fans in Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and podcast host Joe Rogan.
  
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• Alberta paramedics rally at legislature, urge government to address resource ‘crisis’

  15-11-2017 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  More than 40 paramedics from across the province gathered outside the Alberta legislature Wednesday, calling on the government to better fund front-line care.
  
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• Wetaskiwin woman dies after hitting semi-trailer parked in rural field

  15-11-2017 20:34 via cbc.ca
  A Wetaskiwin woman who hit a tractor-trailer in a field after driving off a highway died in hospital three days after the crash.
  
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• Alberta municipalities get relief on uncollectable tax

  15-11-2017 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Rural municipalities can now apply for a break on uncollectable education property taxes they pay on oil and gas properties.
  
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• City of Edmonton says new anti-icing snow clearing is working

  15-11-2017 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Driving on slippery, snowy roads prompts a blizzard of complaints every winter, so this year the city is trying something different. It’s using an anti-icer system and as Kendra Slugoski explains, so far the city says it’s working.
  
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• Valley Line LRT west leg public info sessions taking place Wednesday

  15-11-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  With Edmonton’s LRT in the spotlight recently, there has been growing criticism about how the city plans the system. Still, ambition for expansion continues to get the railway to west Edmonton. Vinesh Pratap has more.
  
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• Alberta legislature passes contentious Bill 24 strengthening gay-straight alliances

  15-11-2017 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  The bill closes loopholes the government says some schools have been using to delay or deny students who try to set up the peer support clubs.
  
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• Fort McMurray region acts on lessons learned from 2016 wildfire

  15-11-2017 20:04 via cbc.ca
  A year and a half after a wildfire devastated several Fort McMurray communities, emergency services said it’s taking action to ensure the municipality is better prepared for the next disaster.
  
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• Bill 24 GSA legislation passes in the Alberta Legislature

  15-11-2017 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Provincial legislation to ensure students who join gay-straight alliances in school are not outed without their permission was passed Wednesday morning. Tom Vernon has more on Bill 24 from the Alberta Legislature.
  
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• 1 person dead after house fire in Alberta Beach

  15-11-2017 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A person who was renting a home in Alberta Beach was found dead following a house fire in the community west of Edmonton. Kent Morrison reports from Lac Ste. Anne County.
  
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• Rescued kitten thinks she’s an Edmonton Oiler

  15-11-2017 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  A kitten named Bella is so interested in the Edmonton Oilers, she's been trying to help the team pass the puck through the TV.
  
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• Wetaskiwin woman dies in Edmonton hospital after highway collision

  15-11-2017 19:37 via globalnews.ca
  A 35-year-old woman from Wetaskiwin died in hospital three days after her car lost control on Highway 2A, crashing through a fence and colliding with a parked semi trailer.
  
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• Alberta legislature passes Bill 24, strengthening gay-straight alliances in schools

  15-11-2017 19:22
  The bill ensures schools cannot delay or deny students who try to set up the peer support clubs and school officials cannot tell parents if their child is in a GSA.
  
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• Wood Buffalo World Heritage Site ‘significantly threatened’: international scientists

  15-11-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is one of the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. 
  
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• Central Alberta teen charged with manslaughter after 18-year-old fatally shot in head

  15-11-2017 18:53 via cbc.ca
  A 17-year-old boy has been charged with manslaughter after a young man was fatally shot in the head last month in Coronation, which is about 300 kilometres northeast of Calgary.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal upholds convictions against parents in son’s meningitis death

  15-11-2017 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  David and Collet Stephan were found guilty last year of failing to provide the necessaries of life in the 2012 death of their son Ezekiel.
  
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• Alberta youth facing manslaughter charge in shooting death

  15-11-2017 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta youth has been charged with manslaughter in connection to the shooting death of an 18-year-old man. 
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society: Tula & Bagheera

  15-11-2017 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  In our weekly Adopt a Pet segment with the Edmonton Humane Society, Dr. Ted Purcell introduces us to Tula the dog and Bagheera the black cat, and talked about cold weather pet safety.
  
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• House under construction in southwest Edmonton gutted by fire - CBC.ca

  15-11-2017 16:20 via cbc.ca
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  House under construction in southwest Edmonton gutted by fire
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  The cause of a Wednesday morning fire, which destroyed a large house under construction in Edmonton's far southwest, remains under investigation. Around 2:30 a.m., fire crews were called to the home on Windermere Drive SW on the edge of the ...
  Overnight fire levels home under construction in WindermereEdmonton Journalall 4 news articles »
  
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• Jujhar Khaira, unlikely hero, sparks Oilers to 8-2 blowout against Vegas

  15-11-2017 16:03 via cbc.ca
  In the best game of his short NHL career, Oilers forward Jujhar Khaira got things rolling early in the first period when he raced into the Vegas Golden Knights zone on a two-on-one and fed a perfect pass to Oscar Klefbom to put the home team up 1-0.
  
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• LGBTQ advocates call for special council advisory committee

  15-11-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Edmontonians who identify as LGBTQ are hoping to create an advisory committee with the new city council.
  
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• LGBT advocates call for special council advisory committee

  15-11-2017 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Edmontonians who identify as LGBT are hoping to create an advisory committee with the new city council.
  
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• House under construction in southwest Edmonton gutted by fire

  15-11-2017 15:04 via cbc.ca
  The cause of a Wednesday morning fire, which destroyed a house under construction in Edmonton’s far southwest, remains under investigation.
  
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• Mr. Big set to take stage at Red Deer triple-murder trial

  15-11-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  As the Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank triple first-degree murder trial enters its 4th week, key evidence will be entered from a so-called Mr. Big sting. The trial has heard that both men confessed to their roles in the crime during the undercover operation.
  
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• Cool Science: The sound of music

  15-11-2017 14:39 via globalnews.ca
  Science teacher Michael Ng, along with two student teachers, demonstrates how vibrations create sound with plastic pipes. They were joined by Mike Sobel and Daintre Christensen to make music.
  
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• Coun. Andrew Knack pitches trackless train as transit solution for Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  15-11-2017 14:01 via edmontonjournal.com
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  Coun. Andrew Knack pitches trackless train as transit solution for Edmonton
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  Coun. Andrew Knack with a website showing pictures of a trackless train being tested in China. Elise Stolte. Share Adjust Comment Print. West-end Coun. Andrew Knack believes trackless trains could be the solution to the debate between adopting LRT or ...
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• Knack asks city to explore possibly driverless busses before Edmonton commits to West LRT plan

  15-11-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  With all of the talk about driverless vehicles these days, Councillor Andrew Knack has latched on to the idea of how that concept could be a last-minute replacement for Edmonton's Valley West LRT line.
  
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• Edmonton refuses to release harassment data for city employees - Edmonton Journal

  15-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
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  Edmonton refuses to release harassment data for city employees
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  The City of Edmonton is refusing to release employee survey results that show how many workers report seeing or experiencing harassment on the job. But even the city's general survey results from September 2016 show pockets of low morale among ...and more »
  
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• Calgary firm buys abandoned construction site in The Quarters downtown

  15-11-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A gaping hole in the ground at the corner of 95th Street and Jasper Avenue in downtown Edmonton has been sold, city officials confirm.
  
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• Mayor Iveson wants options for Northlands Coliseum once it’s closed

  15-11-2017 13:47 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Don Iveson wants a realistic cost of what it'll take to demolish Northlands Coliseum.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

  15-11-2017 13:24 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Wednesday, November 15, 2017 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Massive fire destroys under-construction southwest Edmonton home, damages others

  15-11-2017 13:12 via globalnews.ca
  A massive house fire destroyed at least one home and damaged others in southwest Edmonton's Windermere area Wednesday morning.
  
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• Massive fire destroys under-construction southwest Edmonton home

  15-11-2017 13:02 via globalnews.ca
  A massive house fire destroyed at least one home and damaged others in southwest Edmonton’s Windermere area Wednesday morning.
  
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• Farmers' frustration at federal tax changes is subsiding, as Liberals make changes

  15-11-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The federal government's announcement last July of several new tax policies for businesses came as a shock to farmers, but recent revisions by Ottawa are putting farmers more at ease.
  
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• Farmer frustration at federal tax changes is subsiding, as Liberals make changes

  15-11-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The federal government's announcement last July of several new tax policies for businesses came as a shock to farmers, but recent revisions by Ottawa are putting farmers more at ease.
  
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