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• Laid off oil and gas workers train for alternative energy jobs as wind blows Alberta in new direction

  22-12-2017 23:58 via cbc.ca
  With the downturn in the oil and gas sector, many laid off workers are training to work in alternative energy sources such as wind.
  
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• 3 men, 1 youth charged in connection with Grande Prairie teen’s death

  22-12-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Additional charges have been laid in connection with the shooting death of a teen in Grande Prairie last weekend.
  
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• Opioids a growing concern in Alberta correctional institutions

  22-12-2017 22:47 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is concerned about its correctional officers at risk of being exposed to deadly opioids.
  
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• Alberta’s Carter Hart ready to lead Canada at World Juniors

  22-12-2017 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  Sherwood Park native Carter Hart is set to lead Canada into next week's World Junior Hockey Championships in Buffalo
  
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• How to get news updates on the Google Home and Amazon Echo in Canada

  22-12-2017 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  You can get news updates from Global News and Corus Radio newstalk stations on voice assistants like the Google Home or Amazon Echo. Here's how to set them up.
  
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• Christmas parcel thefts caught on camera in south Edmonton

  22-12-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Police are looking for two suspects wanted in connection with several Christmas package thefts in south Edmonton.
  
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• Like Nixon in China, Notley sees herself as an unlikely champion opening doors

  22-12-2017 21:02 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley is likening her fight to build pipelines to former U.S. president Richard Nixon's historic battle to establish relations with China in the 1970s.
  
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• Calgary educator facing 49 sex abuse charges to remain in custody over holidays

  22-12-2017 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary educator is facing 49 sexual abuse charges after more than 20 underage girls came forward to police.
  
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• North Saskatchewan River declared buffer area for whirling disease

  22-12-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  A permit will be required to move fish and other materials such as sediment from the North Saskatchewan River to other watersheds in northern Alberta.
  
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• Busiest day of the year at Edmonton International Airport

  22-12-2017 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  As many as 30,000 people are expected to pass through the Edmonton International Airport Friday on what’s the busiest day of the year for the facility. Julia Wong joined the rush.
  
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• 3 Christmas charity programs helping Edmonton families in need

  22-12-2017 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Christmas Bureau of Edmonton's Walk-In Days Program is providing Edmontonians in a chance to receive help just before Christmas.
  
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• Foul play not suspected in Drayton Valley teen’s death

  22-12-2017 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A teenage girl is dead and a teen boy is in hospital after they were discovered unconscious in a vehicle southwest of Edmonton. Drayton Valley RCMP say an officer responding to an unrelated call to a building early Thursday morning spotted a parked vehicle with the engine running. Fletcher Kent has more.
  
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• Video of racist tirade at Calgary Superstore results in charges

  22-12-2017 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Video which surfaced on social media early this month shows a man shouting at a cashier after reportedly being double-scanned for an item.
  
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• Music lives on in jewelry crafted from retired Edmonton Symphony Orchestra strings

  22-12-2017 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton designer, who uses "retired" instrument strings to make fine jewelry, is making sure the legacy of music continues in more ways than one.
  
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• Edmonton designer uses retired instrument strings to make jewelry

  22-12-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Dec 22 – A local designer is giving some retired instrument strings a second act. Michelle Dall’Acqua with HeartStrings Jewelry wants to make sure the legacy of music continues in more ways than one.
  
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• Pilot escapes without injuries after plane flips over in crash near Fort McMurray

  22-12-2017 18:44 via cbc.ca
  RCMP said 10 to 15 minutes after a 1974 Cessna 185 took off from the Fort McMurray airport on Thursday , the pilot told police "the engine started running rough" and he noticed oil splashing on the windshield.
  
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• Pilot escapes uninjured after plane flips during crash near Fort McMurray

  22-12-2017 18:44 via cbc.ca
  A pilot walked away uninjured after his plane flipped over and crashed near Fort McMurray Thursday.The crash happened shortly after takeoff from the local airport, Wood Buffalo RCMP said.
  
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• What to put in your car before a winter road trip

  22-12-2017 18:27 via cbc.ca
  Planning for a winter road trip is essential says Survival Expert Bruce Zawalsky.
  
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• ‘Oil and gas used to be our bread and butter’: Energy workers look to wind turbines for new careers

  22-12-2017 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Some former energy workers are shifting their focus from oil and gas to wind power.
  
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• Baby returns home for Christmas after battle with eye cancer

  22-12-2017 18:27
  Three generations of the Vincent family has battled retinoblastoma, the most common form of pediatric eye cancer.
  
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• Female pedestrian seriously injured in northwest Edmonton

  22-12-2017 18:21 via cbc.ca
  A woman is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle in north Edmonton Friday morning.
  
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• Pedestrian struck by vehicle, seriously injured in northwest Edmonton

  22-12-2017 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  A pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries Friday morning after she was struck by a vehicle in northwest Edmonton.
  
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• Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team members announced in Calgary

  22-12-2017 17:39 via globalnews.ca
  More than 250 female minor hockey players will be in attendance at WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre for the announcement Friday morning.
  
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• ‘No foul play’ suspected in Drayton Valley sudden death: RCMP

  22-12-2017 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  Officers are not searching for any suspects and hope a vehicle inspection will shed light on the tragic incident.
  
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• Canada nabs Olympic bronze in luge after Russians stripped of medal from Sochi

  22-12-2017 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's luge relay team is set to gain a bronze medal from the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
  
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• 'She was a blessing': Drayton Valley grieves for teenager found dead in idling car

  22-12-2017 16:57 via cbc.ca
  A 16-year-old girl found dead in a parked Volkswagen in Drayton Valley was a "firecracker" who was "full of life," the vice-principal of her school says. Shaina Ridenour was found in the passenger seat of the idling car at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday, beside the 17-year-old boy in the driver's seat.
  
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• No foul play in 'tragic' death of Drayton Valley teen, say RCMP

  22-12-2017 16:57 via cbc.ca
  A mechanical inspection is scheduled for the vehicle in which a teenage student in Drayton Valley, Alta was found dead, said RCMP."There's no foul play suspected," said Cpl. Chris Warren Friday.
  
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• Travellers experience busy holiday season at Edmonton International Airport

  22-12-2017 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton travellers experienced the busy holiday season at the Edmonton International Airport Friday morning.
  
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• Uncharted: Resilient Oilers win third in a row on Drake Caggiula's late goal

  22-12-2017 16:06 via cbc.ca
  Last night’s game at Rogers Place could be called Uncharted 3: Drake’s Revenge. For the first time all season, the Edmonton Oilers have strung together three straight wins, which puts them in uncharted waters. Drake Caggiula is the guy who put them there.
  
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• AMA Travel: Cuban Vacations

  22-12-2017 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  Colleen Moo King from the Alberta Motor Association provides some vacation ideas to Cuba.
  
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• Moms Stop The Harm

  22-12-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Petra Schulz with Moms Stop The Harm discusses ways to talk to your children about opioid crisis, which is on pace to claim about 4,000 lives this year, according to Canadian health officials.
  
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• Man shot in alleged west Edmonton break and enter

  22-12-2017 15:13 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Police are investigating a shooting Thursday evening that resulted in one person being sent to hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• Man shot during targeted break and enter in west Edmonton

  22-12-2017 15:13 via cbc.ca
  A shooting Thursday evening in west Edmonton sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• Edmonton International Airport Busiest Day

  22-12-2017 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Friday was expected to be the busiest day of the year at the Edmonton International Airport, and it certainly looked that way early in the morning. Julia Wong was live at the airport.
  
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• Teammates remember identical smiles of 2 sisters killed in crash near Fort McMurray

  22-12-2017 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Sisters Bridget and Zara Chambers died together in a tragic crash on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray. A vigil was held Thursday night in their hometown of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., and a funeral is scheduled for Dec. 29.
  
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• Holiday shoeboxes full of gifts and hope delivered to remote First Nations reserves

  22-12-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Schools have signed up to fill and assemble the packages so they are ready to be delivered to Indigenous infants, toddlers and teenagers.
  
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• Proposal for film production in Coliseum too much of a grey area

  22-12-2017 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  Ward 7's Councillor Tony Caterina says some "legitimate" ideas have come in on what to do with the Coliseum instead of having it see the wrecking ball. How about "lights, camera, action?"
  
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• 'A game changer': Chief takes us inside police headquarters the night Edmonton was attacked

  22-12-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Police chief Rod Knecht was in the stands at Commonwealth Stadium that Saturday in September when he first learned an officer had been hit by a car on the street outside. Soon he heard about the ISIS flag found at the scene. "That's a bit of a game changer," he said in a year-end interview with CBC News.
  
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• Canada's early adopters of online Christmas shopping

  22-12-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  It's hard to believe that online shopping was once something that only appealed to early adopters, but back in 1998 it was still novel to complete your holiday shopping online.
  
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• Hundreds gather for tribute to teen sisters killed in Highway 63 crash

  22-12-2017 07:21 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Dec 21 – Friends of two of three triplets killed in a crash on Highway 63 over the weekend held a candlelight vigil for the victims in Rocky Mountain House on Thursday evening. Sarah Kraus reports.
  
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• Hundreds gather in Rocky Mountain House to pay tribute to teen sisters killed in Highway 63 crash

  22-12-2017 06:18 via globalnews.ca
  Friends of two of three triplets killed in a crash on Highway 63 over the weekend held a candlelight vigil for the victims in Rocky Mountain House on Thursday evening.
  
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• Caggiula nets winner to give Edmonton Oilers dramatic win over Blues

  22-12-2017 05:58 via globalnews.ca
  Caggiula scored late to give the Oilers a dramatic win.
  
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• West Edmonton shooting sends break-and-enter suspect to hospital, other suspects still at large: police

  22-12-2017 05:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Police Service is investigating a Thursday night shooting in Lewis Estates that investigators believe may be connected to a break and enter.
  
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• 1 student dead, 1 student critically hurt in ‘terrible incident’ in Drayton Valley: Wild Rose School Division

  22-12-2017 05:31 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP are investigating an incident that resulted in the death of a student and serious injuries to another in Drayton Valley on Thursday.
  
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• Edmonton police ask public for help finding ‘violent and dangerous’ man

  22-12-2017 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  For the third time this year, the Edmonton Police Service is asking the public for help finding a 25-year-old man they consider "violent and dangerous."
  
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• Student dead, another critically injured in Drayton Valley

  22-12-2017 02:56 via cbc.ca
  One student is dead and another is critically injured in Drayton Valley, Alta., according to the Wild Rose School Division.
  
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• St. Albert’s Meaghan Mikkelson gives new meaning to term ‘hockey mom’

  22-12-2017 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  Meaghan Mikkelson is a well-known hockey player in our neck of the woods. The St. Albert defender is hoping to once again be a member of Canada’s Olympic hockey team., which will be announced Friday in Calgary. As Quinn Phillips reports, she’s put a whole new meaning to the term hockey mom.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Dec. 21

  22-12-2017 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  Meteorologist Jesse Beyer has the long-range weather forecast for the Edmonton area for Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017.
  
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• How much can you pack into the ‘shortest day’ of the year in Edmonton?

  22-12-2017 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  Winter is officially here and Thursday was the “shortest day” of the year, or the day with the fewest minutes of daylight. So, how much can you get done in Edmonton during the seven hours and 42 minutes of daylight on Dec. 21? Kent Morrison had a bit of fun with the test.
  
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• No more treading water on future of Edmonton's city hall pool

  22-12-2017 02:18 via cbc.ca
  The wading pool in front of Edmonton City Hall may be saved after people protested the city’s plan to lower the water level to 15 centimetres, about ankle deep — from 40 centimetres — or knee deep.
  
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