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• Red Bull Crashed Ice is back in Edmonton. Here’s everything you need to know

  07-03-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  From ticket information and road closures to event times and the best places to catch the action, here's everything you need to know about the Red Bull Crashed Ice event in Edmonton.
  
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• Charter rights violated for Edmonton couple who refused to tell foster kids Easter Bunny is real

  07-03-2018 23:42 via cbc.ca
  A couple's charter rights were violated when a children's aid society closed the pair's foster home over their refusal to tell two young girls the Easter Bunny is real, an Ontario court has ruled.
  
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• Time-lapse video shows construction of Red Bull Crashed Ice track in Edmonton

  07-03-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Red Bull Crashed Ice takes over downtown Edmonton on Friday and Saturday. Here’s a quick look at the construction of the track.
  
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• 12 Olympic-sized pools of snow! Edmonton’s latest snowfall by the numbers

  07-03-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton is just recovering from its third major snow storm of 2018. So, in terms of snowfall amounts and road-clearing work, how did this latest storm stack up?
  
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• Thousands of energy jobs lost to Alberta downturn are gone for good, economist says

  07-03-2018 23:18 via cbc.ca
  Thousands of oil and gas jobs lost during the Alberta recession may be gone for good, predicts ATB financial chief economist Todd Hirsch.
  
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• City hands out nearly 1,000 tickets during seasonal parking ban

  07-03-2018 23:02
  The seasonal parking band officially ended on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
  
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• Edmonton man charged in decades-old Calgary murder case

  07-03-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Randolph Edward Westman is charged with second-degree murder and indignity to a human body.
  
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• Roommate charged with murder in Calgarian's mysterious 1996 disappearance

  07-03-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  A mysterious missing person case more than two decades old may finally be resolved, as Calgary police announce they've charged an Edmonton man with second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body.
  
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• Edmonton man faces murder charge in Calgarian's 1996 disappearance

  07-03-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  A mysterious missing person case more than two decades old may finally be resolved, as Calgary police announce they've charged an Edmonton man with second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body.
  
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• Edmonton man charged with 1996 murder of Calgary roommate

  07-03-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  A mysterious missing person case more than two decades old may finally be resolved, as Calgary police announce they've charged an Edmonton man with second-degree murder and indignity to a dead body.
  
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• Homeless Edmonton piano player who gained fame from viral video dies at 46

  07-03-2018 22:00
  Ryan Arcand, 46, died last weekend in a supportive housing complex
  
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• Moose make move from boreal forest to prairies

  07-03-2018 21:57 via cbc.ca
  More and more in recent years, moose have been making their way onto the prairies in what biologist and author Chris Fisher calls an “opportunistic adaptation.”
  
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• Winner of the Edmonton Project: Gondola over the North Saskatchewan river

  07-03-2018 21:53
  Downtown Business Association says the project could help improve connectivity between downtown and Old Strathcona
  
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• Alberta gives $8.1M to support services for sexual assault survivors

  07-03-2018 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  As more sexual assault survivors come forward seeking help, the Alberta government is putting $8.1 million towards expanding counselling services and helping people navigate the court and police systems.
  
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• Notley wants MLAs to debate importance of Trans Mountain expansion

  07-03-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley will introduce a motion in the legislature on Monday so that MLAs can debate the importance of the Trans Mountain pipeline to Alberta’s economy.
  
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• Alberta politicians to debate motion on pipelines as legislature set to resume

  07-03-2018 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  The spring sitting of the Alberta legislature is set to begin, with the focus on pipelines and the economy. 
  
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• Ottawa 'working hard' to settle Alberta-B.C. Trans Mountain spat, Bill Morneau assures Calgary audience

  07-03-2018 20:37 via cbc.ca
  Federal Finance Minsiter Bill Morneau says Albertans can be assured that the dispute with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a top concern in Ottawa, but that it’s more likely to get resolved behind the scenes than through the media.
  
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• Veteran offensive lineman Simeon Rottier returning to Edmonton Eskimos

  07-03-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos re-signed veteran national offensive lineman Simeon Rottier to a one-year contract on Wednesday.
  
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• Edmonton Ski Club receives $1.1M lifeline from city and province

  07-03-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  The multi-year funding commitment means the Edmonton Ski Club will be able to operate on a full-time basis next season and make capital investments for the first time in decades.
  
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• $1.1M given from city, province to save Edmonton Ski Club

  07-03-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Ski Club has been saved, after the province and the city contributed $1.1 million to keep the hill open. Kent Morrison explains.
  
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• 'It's a start': Alberta politicians to debate pipeline motion as legislature resumes

  07-03-2018 19:56
  Government house leader Brian Mason says the first order of business will be an all-party debate on a motion backing Premier Rachel Notley's fight with B.C. over the pipeline.
  
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• Two people facing multiple charges after traffic stop results in drug bust near Stoughton, SK

  07-03-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Two people are facing multiple charges after an early morning traffic stop near Stoughton, SK resulted in a drug seizure.
  
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• Alberta’s Bottcher hands defending champion Gushue his first defeat at Brier

  07-03-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Defending champion Brad Gushue has suffered his first loss at the 2018 Canadian men's curling championship, falling 10-7 to Alberta's Brendan Bottcher in Wednesday's morning draw.
  
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• Alberta MLA mourning daughter's death slams Jason Kenney over safe injection sites

  07-03-2018 19:25 via cbc.ca
  Debbie Jabbour has no doubt that safe drug consumption sites would have saved her daughter.
  
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• 'Politics is full of bullshit': MLA Derek Fildebrandt

  07-03-2018 19:24 via cbc.ca
  Embattled Alberta MLA Derek Fildebrandt says he was "devastated" after United Conservative leader Jason Kenney said he couldn't run for the nomination in the newly redrawn constituency of Chestermere-Strathmore.
  
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• Aurora Cannabis eyes international stock exchange possibilities

  07-03-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton-based company has been looking at listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the London Stock Exchange's AIM, an international market for smaller, growing companies, for some time now.
  
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• Calgary police charge woman after threats against naturist swimming event

  07-03-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  A woman has been charged in relation to a threat made over a nudist swim at a Calgary public swimming pool that was cancelled due to security concerns.
  
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• Teenage girl killed in school bus crash north of Edmonton

  07-03-2018 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  A teenage girl died Wednesday morning in a crash involving a school bus and a semi-truck north of Redwater.
  
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• Danielle Smith: Maybe we need to defund public schools

  07-03-2018 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them critical-thinking skills.
  
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• CN apologizes for grain shipment backlog, mobilizes more equipment and workers

  07-03-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  Interim CN CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest issued an apology for not meeting the expectations of its grain customers nor its own high standards.
  
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• Teenage girl killed when school bus rear-ended by gravel truck north of Redwater

  07-03-2018 17:55 via cbc.ca
  A teenage girl died Wednesday when a school bus was rear-ended by a gravel truck in heavy fog near Redwater.
  
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• Teenage girl killed in school bus, semi-tractor crash north of Redwater

  07-03-2018 17:55 via cbc.ca
  A teenage girl died in a crash involving a school bus and a semi-tractor north of the town of Redwater northeast of Edmonton today.
  
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• Calgary city councillor says 2026 Olympic bid ‘likely’

  07-03-2018 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary city councillor said on Tuesday that a 2026 Olympic bid is "likely."
  
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• Taylor Hall puts aside hard feelings to focus on Devils' playoff push

  07-03-2018 16:55 via cbc.ca
  If the two strides back the Edmonton Oilers have taken this season weren’t enough for their fans to deal with, now they have to put up with how well Taylor Hall has played in the past two months.
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society: Rigby & Siren

  07-03-2018 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  In our Adopt a Pet segment with the Edmonton Humane Society, we meet Rigby the dog and Siren the cat, and learn more about the Paws and Claws gala.
  
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• Gondola over the North Saskatchewan river wins the Edmonton Project contest

  07-03-2018 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Gondola over the North Saskatchewan was chosen as the winner of The Edmonton Project: a contest asking average people to come up with an idea that is uniquely Edmontonian.
  
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• Rising to the top: River valley gondola winner of Edmonton Project

  07-03-2018 16:14 via cbc.ca
  A river valley gondola could someday actually become reality in Edmonton. The sky ferry was selected as the winning pitch in The Edmonton Project, a competition hosted by a consortium of local businesses that aim to construct a new landmark in the city.
  
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• Tax credits Alberta families are eligible for this year

  07-03-2018 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee joined Global News Morning to share some of the tax credits Alberta families are eligible for when filing their 2017 taxes.
  
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• Groat Road Bridge to undergo major three-year renovation

  07-03-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Groat Road Bridge will soon be under construction and as Kent Morrison explains live on the morning news, the work is expected to last three years.
  
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• Cities and Climate Change Science Conference wraps up Wednesday

  07-03-2018 15:10 via globalnews.ca
  Amanda Eichel, executive director of the Global Covenant of Mayors, joined Shaye Ganam on the last day of the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference to talk about the big impact cities can make.
  
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• Oasis in a 'resource desert': hub launched to support Edmonton job-seekers, families, language students

  07-03-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Volunteers have launched a new hub to support job-seekers, families and language students along 107th Avenue where they say basic services are desperately needed.
  
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• Fit Tips with Blitz Conditioning: 4 slam ball exercises

  07-03-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Chris Tse from Blitz Conditioning demonstrates several full-body power exercises using a slam ball, which will get the heart rate up and the muscles firing.
  
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• Kitchen waste piling up in Edmonton landfill since compost facility closed last fall

  07-03-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Vegetable peels, egg shells and coffee grinds once made into useful compost at the Edmonton waste management centre are instead piling up in a landfill.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

  07-03-2018 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Wednesday, March 7, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Why was an Edmonton grandfather found unfit to stand trial for killing his wife?

  07-03-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A tragic story of dementia and domestic violence, of murder and madness, played out in Edmonton in recent years almost entirely behind closed doors. CBC News fought for nearly two years to get access to court documents so that story could finally be told.
  
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• Oilpatch makes pitch to investors, but can't hide pipeline woes

  07-03-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Some investors are scared to sink big money into the oilsands knowing there is uncertainty with how the oil can reach a buyer.
  
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• Edmonton man who touched millions with impromptu piano performance dies at home

  07-03-2018 07:13 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Arcand, a musician who touched Edmontonians with his spontaneous piano performances -- one of which became a YouTube hit in 2014 -- passed away over the weekend, according to a family member.
  
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• Edmontonian who touched millions with impromptu piano performance dies at home

  07-03-2018 07:08 via globalnews.ca
  Ryan Arcand, a musician who touched Edmontonians with his spontaneous piano performances — one of which became a YouTube hit in 2014 — passed away over the weekend, according to a family member.
  
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• Taylor Hall extends points streak, Maroon gets first goal as Devil as New Jersey beats Montreal 6-4

  07-03-2018 05:42 via globalnews.ca
  Taylor Hall's consecutive-points streak is the longest in the NHL this season. The former Edmonton Oiler has now recorded points in his last 26 appearances.
  
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• Taylor Hall extends point streak, Maroon gets first goal as Devil as New Jersey beat Canadiens 6-4

  07-03-2018 05:42 via globalnews.ca
  Taylor Hall's consecutive-points streak is the longest in the NHL this season. The former Edmonton Oiler has now recorded points in his last 26 appearances.
  
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