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• Alberta-wide arrest warrant issued in connection with weekend homicide in Edmonton

  29-03-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  A province-wide arrest warrant for first-degree murder has been issued for a 36-year-old man in connection with a homicide in the Alberta Avenue area of Edmonton over the weekend.
  
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• First Nations, Métis want more from Alberta for renewable energy projects

  29-03-2018 23:34 via cbc.ca
  First Nations and Métis governments across Alberta are presenting a united front to the provincial government, asking for a greater commitment to ensuring Indigenous communities are involved in renewable energy projects.
  
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• Alberta 3rd province to allow Sikhs to ride motorcycles without helmets

  29-03-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  The exemption to the province's Traffic Safety Act that will apply to adult motorcycle drivers and passengers is to go into effect on April 12.
  
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• Danielle Smith: B.C. economist argues against Trans Mountain

  29-03-2018 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  It is frustrating that every person I talk to about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline seems to be operating from a different set of facts.
  
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• Court decision allows Connacher to seek bidders for its oilsands assets

  29-03-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  Oilsands producer Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd. has won court approval for a process to find a buyer or investor that could allow it to emerge from Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act protection after nearly two years.
  
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• Twitter Canada unveils new Blue Jays emoji, team stats and research

  29-03-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  On opening day, Twitter Canada announced a new baseball emoji that will appear every time the #BlueJays hashtag is used.
  
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• Alberta to allow turban-wearing Sikhs right to ride motorcycles without helmets

  29-03-2018 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Alberta is the third Canadian jurisdiction to allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
  
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• Lethbridge to host 2020 Alberta Summer Games

  29-03-2018 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  Thousands of young athletes will descend on Lethbridge for the 2020 Alberta Summer Games.
  
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• Saskatchewan premier muses about restricting the flow of oil to BC

  29-03-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Despite saying in February his province had no plans for retaliatory measures, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe now appears to be entertaining the idea of restricting the flow of oil to B.C.
  
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• Snowfall warnings issued for communities west and south of Edmonton

  29-03-2018 21:37 via cbc.ca
  Communities south and west of Edmonton are being told to brace for a powerful snowstorm this Easter long weekend.
  
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• Edmonton slashes 100 routes in proposed new bus system

  29-03-2018 21:36 via cbc.ca
  The city of Edmonton is revamping its bus network in an effort to get more people to take transit. The proposed redesign sees the number of main routes slashed from 200 to 100.
  
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• City explains mass changes to Edmonton bus routes: ‘We can’t be everything to everyone’

  29-03-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  The city is preparing to overhaul Edmonton's bus routes and transit staff want citizens to weigh in on the Bus Network Redesign.
  
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• Ice time crunch at Edmonton arenas has many looking for solutions

  29-03-2018 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Demand for time at Edmonton arenas is high and some groups don’t get on the ice until very late at night. With arenas getting older and the population rising, the problem isn’t going away. Global’s Shaye Ganam and John Sexsmith are both hockey dads and they joined Jennifer Crosby to talk about the issues they...
  
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• Fewer stops, higher frequency: City of Edmonton to overhaul bus routes

  29-03-2018 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  The city is preparing to overhaul Edmonton’s bus routes, by reducing the number of routes and increasing frequency. Fletcher Kent has more on the changes and how the city wants residents to weigh in.
  
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• Woman and child from Florida killed in B.C. snowmobiling incident

  29-03-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: A woman and her stepdaughter have died after a snowmobiling incident near Golden B.C. Sarah Offin has the details.
  
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• Husky Energy court case for oil spill adjourned until June

  29-03-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Court proceedings against Husky Energy for a 2016 Saskatchewan oil spill have been adjourned for three months.
  
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• E. coli outbreak investigation at Edmonton restaurant

  29-03-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Health Services is investigating after five people who ate at Mama Nita’s Filipino Cuisine in southeast Edmonton got E. coli infections. Julia Wong has more.
  
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• 'Don Cherry ice cleaner' proves a fan favourite in High Prairie

  29-03-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Like its namesake, the ‘Don Cherry ice resurfacer’ has a flair for fashion and aspiration's of perfection on ice.
  
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• Matthew Good recovering from pneumonia in Edmonton hospital, pulls out of B.C. show

  29-03-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Rocker Matthew Good has pulled out of a concert in Prince George, B.C., as he continues to recover in an Edmonton hospital after collapsing onstage Tuesday night.
  
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• Edmonton Symphony Orchestra to perform music from ‘The Lord of the Rings’

  29-03-2018 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  One of the most decorated scores in cinematic history will come to life when the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra performs "The Lord of the Rings Symphony" this summer.
  
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• Health officials investigate Edmonton restaurant after E. coli outbreak

  29-03-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  AHS said there have been five confirmed cases of E. coli in the Edmonton zone involving people who ate food from Mama Nita's Binalot.
  
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• This U of A Indigenous history course is the most popular course in Canada

  29-03-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  A course created one year ago by the University of Alberta was the most popular online course in Canada in 2017 and is already making inroads into how Canadians understand the history of Indigenous people from their perspective.
  
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• E-coli outbreak linked to Filipino restaurant in southeast Edmonton

  29-03-2018 18:21 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton health officials have confirmed five cases of a serious strain of E. coli in people who ate food from Mama Nita's Binalot
  
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• Multi-vehicle crash causes significant delays on Hwy 2 near Bowden, Alta.

  29-03-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Twitter user Terry Bleau said there's a "mile-long backup."
  
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• Crash involving 5 semis causes big delays on QEII near Bowden, Alta

  29-03-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  Twitter user Terry Bleau said there's a "mile-long backup."
  
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• Pokemon Go lawsuit a no go as Alberta plaintiff drops legal action

  29-03-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Barbra-Lyn Schaeffer had complained that players were inundating her and her husband's home, 160 kilometres northeast of Calgary, because it was the site of a Pokegym.
  
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• Pokemon Go class-action lawsuit abandoned

  29-03-2018 15:36 via cbc.ca
  A class-action lawsuit against the creators of Pokemon Go has been dropped after the company took steps to deal with what the plaintiff said was an invasion of privacy.
  
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• Proposed speculation tax will dissuade Albertans from buying property in B.C.: survey

  29-03-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  B.C.'s proposed speculation tax will not only dissuade Albertans from buying homes in that province, but might even incentivize those who do own secondary homes there to sell, according to a survey of Royal LePage realtors in the two provinces.
  
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• From basement to auction: Owner says Thomson painting 'doesn't look like much'

  29-03-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Many of Tom Thomson's paintings hang in the hallowed halls of Canada's finest galleries, but until recently, one of his sketches was collecting dust among a pile of artworks in an Edmonton grandmother's basement.
  
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• Snowfall warnings for west-central Alberta heading into Easter weekend

  29-03-2018 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  Approximately 10 to 25 centimetres of snow is expected to fall in parts of western and central Alberta heading into Easter weekend, prompting Environment Canada to issue snowfall warnings and special weather statements.
  
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• Red Deer weathers 'perfect storm' of recession, crime and addiction to find its way forward

  29-03-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Over the past year, Alberta's third-largest city has been awarded some dubious distinctions. It has the second highest rate of fentanyl-related deaths in the province, according to Alberta Health, and this month it was ranked the fifth most dangerous place to live in Canada by Macleans.
  
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• Coal mine sale thaws Grande Cache real estate market

  29-03-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The real estate market in Grande Cache is warming up for the first time in years, as the town prepares for its coal mine to reopen.
  
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• Man stabbed overnight in northeast Edmonton, suspect arrested

  29-03-2018 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed several times in northeast Edmonton Thursday morning and another man was arrested a few blocks from the scene.
  
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• Seniors' clinic in northeast Edmonton halts medical services

  29-03-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A clinic that has cared for thousands of seniors in northeast Edmonton will stop providing medical services on Thursday when its only two medical staff retire.
  
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• Highway 2 northbound reopens hours after several semi-trailers crash near Bowden

  29-03-2018 13:55 via cbc.ca
  The northbound lanes of Highway 2 near Bowden are back open after a series of crashes involving semi-tractors forced the closure for several hours Thursday morning.
  
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• Highway 2 northbound closed near Bowden due to jackknifed semis

  29-03-2018 13:55 via cbc.ca
  RCMP are warning about dangerous conditions on Highway 2 north of Calgary on Thursday morning.
  
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• Highway 2 northbound back open near Bowden

  29-03-2018 13:55 via cbc.ca
  The northbound lanes of Highway 2, near Bowden, have been reopened.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Thursday, March 29, 2018

  29-03-2018 13:24 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Thursday, March 29, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Edmonton police release dramatic video of suspect vehicle after violent crime spree

  29-03-2018 06:03 via globalnews.ca
  On Wednesday night, police released dramatic video of a suspect vehicle taken by their Air 1 helicopter the night before. The video, edited by police, shows one of the suspect vehicles driving south on Highway 28A outside Edmonton after going over a spike belt. The violent crime spree left an innocent bystander fighting for his...
  
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• Unspecified threat leads to student suspensions, RCMP patrols at Fort McMurray high school

  29-03-2018 04:26 via globalnews.ca
  An unspecified threat made in the form of graffiti on a washroom wall at a Fort McMurray high school has resulted in an RCMP investigation and the school suspending students suspected of being involved, police said on Wednesday.
  
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• Meghan Trainor is all about that Calgary paramedic dancing with seniors

  29-03-2018 04:01 via globalnews.ca
  While the social media attention wasn't the goal of the musical visit, EMS spokesperson Adam Loria said it "feels great" to see their efforts being recognized so widely. 
  
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• 'Let us speak': Students boo University of Alberta president at forum on fee increases

  29-03-2018 03:12 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of students booed University of Alberta president David Turpin over student fee increases Wednesday, chanting "Cut your salary" after a student forum.
  
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• Taber, Alberta declares local state of emergency due to overland flooding

  29-03-2018 02:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Town of Taber in southern Alberta has declared a local state of emergency because of overland flooding.
  
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• Edmonton addictions specialist wants stigma taken out of safe consumption sites

  29-03-2018 02:52 via cbc.ca
  As a first-of-its kind facility prepares to open in Edmonton, an outspoken addictions specialist is dismissing any opposition to supervised drug consumption sites.
  
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• Global Edmonton weather forecast: March 28

  29-03-2018 02:39 via globalnews.ca
  Meteorologist Jesse Beyer has our seven-day weather forecast beginning Wednesday, March 28.
  
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• How is ice time distributed and shared in Edmonton?

  29-03-2018 02:18 via globalnews.ca
  The minor hockey league season is essentially over and arena ice is suddenly more available. But, during the thick of it, allocation of ice is a hot topic in Edmonton. John Sexsmith takes a look.
  
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• Rosevear Ferry makes highway trek to Alberta lake

  29-03-2018 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  Ferries are designed to carry people and cars across water but on Wednesday, people and cars were carrying a ferry. Kent Morrison was there as the old Rosevear Ferry made quite a journey.
  
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• Land purchase from Alberta meaningful step for Fort McKay

  29-03-2018 02:11 via globalnews.ca
  The tiny northern Alberta community of Fort McKay is getting bigger after buying $1.6 million in land from the province. Tom Vernon has more on the significance for the Metis community.
  
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• Students protest rising costs at University of Alberta

  29-03-2018 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  A group of university students rallied outside the office of the U of A president on Wednesday, demanding answers about recent budget decisions. Vinesh Pratap explains.
  
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• Family of murder victim Nadia El-Dib remembers her as ‘beautiful inside and out’

  29-03-2018 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  Nadia El-Dib is remembered as an outgoing, bubbly young woman who loved to make her family and friends laugh.
  
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