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• RCMP dashcam catches cougar in Banff townsite

  22-01-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  An RCMP officer on a traffic stop in Banff caught more than he expected on his car's dash camera.
  
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• Banff RCMP dash-cam captures cougar crossing street

  22-01-2018 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Jan 22: A video uploaded to the Alberta RCMP’s YouTube channel shows a cougar crossing the street captured on an officer’s dash-cam video.
  
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• Business banter: Edmonton AM hosts entrepreneurship panel

  22-01-2018 23:09 via cbc.ca
  Hard work, risk-taking and a little bit of luck — some of the city's leading entrepreneurs shared what it takes to create a thriving business, in a panel discussion hosted by CBC Radio's Edmonton AM.
  
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• Danielle Smith: Conservatives aren’t welcome at Women’s March

  22-01-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  There are some of us who think we have it pretty good in North America and should be fighting for women’s rights in places where they don’t have them.
  
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• Historical homicide unit believes unrelated deaths of 3 Alberta women will be solved

  22-01-2018 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said they were bringing the deaths of Shelly Ann Bacsu, Stephanie Stewart and Deanna MacNeil forward again in hopes of receiving more information into what happened.
  
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• Three found dead in car near Conklin exposed to 'lethal levels' of carbon monoxide: RCMP

  22-01-2018 22:53 via cbc.ca
  Three people found dead in a vehicle near Conklin this month were exposed to lethal levels of carbon monoxide from a faulty exhaust system, say Wood Buffalo RCMP.
  
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• Alberta Creep Catcher gets fine, probation for 'repugnant and malicious' crime

  22-01-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  An Alberta man who was convicted of criminal harassment for his participation in the vigilante group Creep Catchers has been fined and sentenced to probation by a judge in Red Deer, Alta.
  
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• Saskatchewan family sells everything, moves to Alberta in search of jobs

  22-01-2018 22:40 via cbc.ca
  Christine Angst and her spouse, Jeremy Dole, were lifelong Saskatchewan residents until last November, when they decided to sell everything they owned and move to Alberta in search of work.
  
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• Trial underway for man charged with sex assaults at West Edmonton Mall waterpark

  22-01-2018 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  The trial for the man accused of sexually assaulting several young girls at the West Edmonton Mall waterpark began Monday morning.
  
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• Poll: Edmonton unveils 14 pieces of art for Valley Line LRT

  22-01-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  What do you think of the 14 pieces of art Edmonton has chosen for the Valley Line LRT?
  
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• Edmonton prepares for the 2018 Grey Cup

  22-01-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  When Edmonton hosted the 2010 Grey Cup game they set the bar high. On the first day of training camp then team president Rick Lelacheur announced that the game was sold out - just six days after tickets went on sale.
  
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• Chinatown Dining Week invites diners to try something tasty

  22-01-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Restaurant owners in Chinatown hope a volunteer-run dining week will lead to more customers after a slow year.
  
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• Oilsands workers to be paid for work stoppage after solvent introduced at Fort Hills mine: memo

  22-01-2018 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  After oilsands workers at a new camp north of Fort McMurray said they haven't been able to work at Suncor's Fort Hills project since Wednesday, when a solvent was introduced, Global News has obtained a memo indicating they would be compensated for a longer-than-first-planned-for work stoppage as a result of the solvent's introduction.
  
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• Oilsands workers confined to camp, denied pay during Fort Hills mine work stoppage

  22-01-2018 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  Multiple oil sands workers at a new camp north of Fort McMurray are speaking out, claiming they haven't been able to work on the Fort Hills project and haven't been paid since last week, when a dangerous gas was released.
  
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• Edmonton Ski Club to reopen next week

  22-01-2018 21:11 via cbc.ca
  After months of uncertainty, the Edmonton Ski Club will open for the remainder of the season.
  
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• New research suggests winds of change blow even for black holes

  22-01-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  New Alberta-led research has discovered black holes are girded by electromagnetic winds that not only influence how the super-dense interstellar bodies gobble up anything that gets too close but also how they affect vast areas of space around them.
  
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• Plans in the works to convert Terwillegar Drive to free-flow freeway

  22-01-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Edmonton says it's working on an updated concept plan to convert Terwillegar Drive to a free-flow freeway between Whitemud Drive and Anthony Henday Drive.
  
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• Alberta woman killed in Saskatchewan rollover

  22-01-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta woman is dead after a rollover on Highway 1 in Saskatchewan.
  
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• Finance minister defends choice of Banff for cabinet retreat

  22-01-2018 20:31 via cbc.ca
  Finance Minister Joe Ceci is defending cabinet’s decision to hold a three-day retreat in Banff this week.
  
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• Saskatchewan ends ban on Alberta licence plates at its job sites

  22-01-2018 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  The licence plate fight between Saskatchewan and Alberta is over.
  
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• Saskatchewan blinks first, lifts ban on Alberta licence plates

  22-01-2018 20:29 via cbc.ca
  On Monday, Alberta Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous confirmed the Saskatchewan government dropped its ban on Alberta licence plates on construction sites.
  
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• 5 Fort Saskatchewan schools locked down during nearby robbery

  22-01-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Five schools in Fort Saskatchewan were put under a hold a secure protocol Monday morning as RCMP responded to a robbery at a convenience store.
  
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• Edmonton Ski Club to open 3 days a week starting in February

  22-01-2018 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  After concerns the Edmonton Ski Club would not open this winter, the club announced part of the hill will open for limited hours starting in February.
  
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• Polar plungers to brave icy Alberta lake for Special Olympics

  22-01-2018 18:39 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of warm-blooded Albertans will brave the frigid waters of icy Lake Summerside this Sunday in support of Special Olympics.
  
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• 'Our mouths started dropping': UAlberta black hole research sheds light on how galaxies form

  22-01-2018 18:03
  University of Alberta study is the first to show evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout 'bright outburst' events, when black holes rapidly consume mass.
  
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• Alberta triple murderers facing 75 years before possibility of parole

  22-01-2018 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta judge is expected to hear arguments Monday in Red Deer that two men who murdered three family members and burned their bodies should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
  
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• Alberta mom says daughter facing surgeries after failed intravenous therapy

  22-01-2018 17:05
  AHS has now apologized for the treatment the four-year-old received at the Edmonton hospital
  
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• The CAWS – 2nd Annual Valentine’s Gala and Casino Night

  22-01-2018 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Companion Animal Welfare Society accepts owner surrendered dogs and cats as well as temporary care for families in transition including Deployment, Medical respite, Disaster and Crisis relief.
  
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• Early morning duplex fire in west Edmonton Canora area

  22-01-2018 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton firefighters responded just after 6:30 a.m. to a home in the Canora neighbourhood, on 105 Avenue near 154 Street.
  
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• CanniMed, Aurora extend truce ahead of shareholder vote

  22-01-2018 16:43 via globalnews.ca
  Truce between CanniMed Therapeutics and Aurora Cannabis will extend beyond Monday’s deadline.
  
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• Dark family secrets: Anonymous letter uncovers child welfare records

  22-01-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  An Alberta woman wants answers after some of her own personal child welfare files were anonymously sent to her daughter revealing family secrets.
  
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• Two men guilty in murders of Alberta family could face 75 years before parole

  22-01-2018 15:54 via cbc.ca
  Two men guilty in murders of Alberta family could face 75 years before parole
  
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• Life in prison with no parole for 75 years would be 'death sentence' for Alberta triple murderers: lawyer

  22-01-2018 15:54 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers for two men convicted of a triple murder by a judge in Red Deer have argued consecutive parole ineligibilities would amount to a "death sentence."
  
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• 'I did not kill my family,' says triple murderer at Alberta sentencing hearing

  22-01-2018 15:54 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers for two men convicted of a triple murder by a judge in Red Deer have argued consecutive parole ineligibilities would amount to a "death sentence." Court of Queen's Bench Justice Eric Macklin has reserved his decision until Feb. 14.
  
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• Armed robbery suspect arrested after lengthy northeast Edmonton standoff

  22-01-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  A standoff which lasted nearly 14 hours at an apartment building in a northeast Edmonton neighbourhood ended peacefully Sunday night.
  
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• 14-hour Edmonton police standoff ends with woman's arrest

  22-01-2018 15:07 via cbc.ca
  Robbery and weapons-related charges are pending against a 56-year-old woman following a 14-hour standoff with police in northeast Edmonton on Sunday.
  
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• Michelle Obama to speak in Calgary in March

  22-01-2018 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will be speaking in Calgary this spring.
  
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• Alberta minister slams UCP member for criticizing women’s marches

  22-01-2018 14:03 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta’s status of women minister has fired back at the opposition UCP’s communications chair for criticizing women’s marches held over the weekend. Slav Kornik has the details.
  
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• Southwest Edmonton shooting

  22-01-2018 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  A man was shot in southwest Edmonton on Sunday afternoon and police are searching for a suspect.
  
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• Alberta’s status of women minister slams UCP member for criticizing women’s marches

  22-01-2018 13:47 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's status of women minister has chastised a tweet by the Opposition's communications chair that slammed women's marches held over the weekend.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Monday, January 22, 2018

  22-01-2018 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, January 22, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Poppy under pressure: The ultimate poppy box theft

  22-01-2018 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  Veterans in Calgary are raising concerns about a theft at the Calgary Poppy Fund more than two years ago that was never made public.
  
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• Chronic pain patients suffering because some doctors too fearful to prescribe opioids

  22-01-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  ​Larry Metz drives a grader, building roads and telling it like it is. And the fibromyalgia sufferer says he's got a few harsh words for Alberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons, whom he blames for scaring his doctor into restricting his opiate prescriptions.
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings – Family Day Game

  22-01-2018 06:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Oil Kings host the Blades at the Family Day Game!
  
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• Edmonton mother accuses Stollery Children’s Hospital of negligence after toddler suffers serious IV complication

  22-01-2018 05:55 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton mother claims nursing staff at the Stollery Children's Hospital neglected to properly care for her daughter.
  
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• Declawing cats should be banned in Canada, Edmonton vet says

  22-01-2018 05:40 via cbc.ca
  It’s a topic that can cause cats fights between pet owners: is declawing cats inhumane?One Edmonton veterinarian refuses to declaw cats, and wants the practice banned in Canada.
  
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• Alberta Catholics flock to church for 465-year-old saint's arm

  22-01-2018 05:18 via cbc.ca
  Thousands of Calgary's faithful flocked to St. Albert the Great Church in McKenzie Towne on Sunday for the rare opportunity to see a 465-year-old relic.
  
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• St. Albert girl receives bone marrow transplant, but her journey isn't over yet

  22-01-2018 04:30 via cbc.ca
  After months of searching for a bone marrow donor and finally finding one, a 12-year-old St. Albert girl underwent the procedure she desperately needed Wednesday.
  
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• Police looking for witnesses following shooting in southwest Edmonton

  22-01-2018 04:15 via globalnews.ca
  EPS is investigating following a shooting in southwest Edmonton Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Police looking for suspect in southwest Edmonton shooting

  22-01-2018 03:56 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Police are looking for a suspect involved in a shooting in the southwest Sunday afternoon. Police say a man reportedly fired several shots at another man sitting in a white sedan near 120 Street and 22 Avenue at around 3:55 p.m.
  
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