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• Alberta premier says B.C. pipeline court challenge ‘makes no sense’

  26-04-2018 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  Rachel Notley says the B.C. government's attempt to get court backing in a bid to thwart the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would put Canada in "economic gridlock'' if it succeeds.
  
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• Oil and gas drilling expected to increase slightly this year in Western Canada

  26-04-2018 23:38 via cbc.ca
  Despite a slight rise, the Petroleum Services Association of Canada has reduced its earlier forecast for the number of wells that will be drilled.
  
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• Danielle Smith: Canada summer jobs program should be scrapped

  26-04-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Playing political games with student jobs is just plain wrong, writes Danielle Smith.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after ‘completely random’ northwest Edmonton attack

  26-04-2018 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  A man is facing a number of charges, including attempted murder, after a cab driver was stabbed in what police are calling a random, violent attack.
  
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• B.C. court reference a 'recipe for economic gridlock,' Alberta premier says

  26-04-2018 22:26 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the courts will find B.C.’s proposed permitting system for bitumen shipments unconstitutional because of its potential to paralyze the Canadian economy.
  
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• Free Photo Presentation on Spring Birds

  26-04-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Wayne Oakes is an entertaining speaker who will present bird pictures and talk with us about identifying birds migrating through Edmonton en route to their nesting grounds here and beyond. Register at the store by phone (587-521-2473) or email us. If you are registered for Wayne’s Spring Migrant Bird Walk in the Whitemud Ravine May...
  
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• Spruce Grove dad charged with sexually abusing his toddler-aged daughters

  26-04-2018 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  The Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams became involved after receiving information from the RCMP National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre.
  
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• Spruce Grove father charged with sexual assault of his own daughters

  26-04-2018 21:44 via cbc.ca
  A 32-year-old Spruce Grove father has been charged with several sex offences allegedly committed against his own daughters.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos’ rookie defensive end Kwaku Boateng is ‘super excited’

  26-04-2018 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  It was an off season of change for the Edmonton Eskimos defensive line. Several veterans have moved on, but not before making an impression on at least one rookie.
  
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• Husky Energy buying ‘distressed’ barrels as part of new oil price strategy

  26-04-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Deep price discounts for western Canadian heavy crude have convinced Husky Energy Inc. to reduce production from its oilsands operations. 
  
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• Alberta cabinet ministers becoming new moms changes legislature

  26-04-2018 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  A shift is underway at the Alberta legislature. Jennifer Crosby explains what three cabinet ministers becoming new mothers has to do with it.
  
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• Conservative federal MP Shannon Stubbs on pipeline dispute

  26-04-2018 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  Opposition shadow minister for natural resources – and Alberta MP – Shannon Stubbs joins us from Ottawa to talk about what should be done immediately to resolve the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute.
  
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• Reports of gunfire in southeast Edmonton prompts search for minivan

  26-04-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating a weapons complaint in the southeast Edmonton neighbourhood of Silverberry on Thursday morning.  
  
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• Celiac Awareness Month Kickoff Buffet

  26-04-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Help us celebrate Celiac Awareness Month with a GF Prime Rib Buffet. Reservations required, call Chateau Louis 780-452-7770and ask to be seated with the CCA group. Cost range is $29.95-$33.95 plus gst & gratuity.
  
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• Mean Tweets with Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson raises $10K

  26-04-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Theatre Sports teamed up to do just that to raise money for the United Way All in for Youth campaign.
  
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• No definitive cause of plane crash that killed Jim Prentice

  26-04-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  The TSB said investigators haven’t been able pinpoint why the small aircraft crashed on Oct. 19, 2016. As Julia Wong reports, experts are calling for changes in flight requirements.
  
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• Edmonton man, 22, pleads guilty in death of two-month-old girl

  26-04-2018 19:41 via cbc.ca
  A 22-year-old man, charged with murder in the death of a two-month-old girl almost two years ago, has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death.
  
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• Edmonton police release murder charges in 2016 death of an infant

  26-04-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  The little girl’s death is one of 42 homicides that occurred in 2016, according to police.
  
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• B.C. government asking courts to rule on new permitting system to restrict bitumen flow

  26-04-2018 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is asking the B.C. Court of Appeal to determine whether it can legally put in updated legislation that would require companies to get permits from the provincial government if they are to increase the flow of bitumen through the province.
  
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• Fire reignites at Husky Energy oil refinery in Wisconsin after being put out

  26-04-2018 19:12 via cbc.ca
  A tank containing crude oil or asphalt exploded at a large refinery in Wisconsin on Thursday, injuring several people and prompting fire officials to urge people living near the still-burning plant to leave their homes.
  
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• 'The healing starts right now': Man from Alaska travels to see Humboldt Broncos memorial before it is removed

  26-04-2018 18:45 via cbc.ca
  A ring of flowers laid in tribute to the Humboldt Broncos will be removed Friday as the ice surface at Elgar Petersen Arena is removed.
  
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• Research study of dinosaur teeth reveals how the carnivores ate, hunted

  26-04-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  You are what you eat, even if you're a dinosaur.
  
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• Research study of dinosaur teeth reveals how big lizards ate, hunted

  26-04-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  You are what you eat, even if you're a dinosaur.
  
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• TSB explains spatial disorientation

  26-04-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Kathy Fox, chair of the TSB, explains the phenomenon of spatial disorientation
  
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• John Horgan quips on Notley’s knowledge of environmental law

  26-04-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Premier John Horgan answers a question at a press conference Thursday regarding the difference between Alberta’s export permit being unconstitutional but how B.C’s proposed import permit is not.
  
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• ‘An incident or an accident is too long to wait’: TSB on mandatory data recorders

  26-04-2018 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Kathy Fox, chair of the TSB, says Transport Canada should require all operators to have systems and should be inspecting them.
  
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• TSB could not find record of Kelowna flight company being inspected

  26-04-2018 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Kathy Fox, chair of the TSB, announces they could not find any records showing the flight company involved in a 2016 plane crash near Kelowna that killed four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, was inspected by Transport Canada.
  
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• B.C. attorney general announces reference question submitted to court

  26-04-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  Attorney General David Eby announces the reference question being submitted to the B.C. Court of Appeal to regulate impacts of diluted bitumen in the province.
  
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• ‘It’s extremely frustrating’: TSB on not having definitive answer to what caused Kelowna plane crash

  26-04-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Beverley Harvey, investigator-in-charge of the Kelowna plane crash that killed four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, explains how frustrating it is to not have the data to provide answers to the cause of the accident
  
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• TSB calls for mandatory installation of data recorders after Kelowna plane crash investigation

  26-04-2018 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Kathy Fox, chair of the TSB, announces they are calling on Transport Canada to start mandatory installation of data recorders in commercial and private business aircraft after the investigation into a plane crash that killed four couldn’t determine the cause of the accident without a recorder.
  
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• ‘Without hard data… we cannot know for certain what happened’: TSB on Kelowna plane crash

  26-04-2018 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Investigator-in-charge Beverley Harvey details the findings into the Kelowna plane crash that killed four, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice in October 2016.
  
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• Woman, 70, with Alzheimer's, missing in southeast Edmonton

  26-04-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton police are asking for help in finding a 70-year-old woman who has Alzheimer’s disease.
  
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• Missing woman with Alzheimer's found in southeast Edmonton

  26-04-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  A 70-year-old woman who was reported missing on Wednesday has been found and is safe, police say.
  
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• Alberta leads country in average wages and wage growth

  26-04-2018 17:42 via cbc.ca
  The average weekly paycheque in Alberta is up 4.3 per cent between February of last year and this year, the second highest jump in the country.
  
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• Jim Prentice 'changed my life,' says former PC Party president

  26-04-2018 17:41 via cbc.ca
  A former president of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party remembers Jim Prentice as "a happy warrior" who worked hard to get things done.
  
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• A father remembered: Good Samaritan killed in mall attack lived 'adventurous life'

  26-04-2018 17:39 via cbc.ca
  The son of a Good Samaritan who was fatally injured intervening on an attempted robbery in south Edmonton is hoping his father will be remembered for a "legacy of love"— not the tragedy that took his life.
  
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• B.C. will ask court to affirm right to control flow of heavy oils

  26-04-2018 17:38 via cbc.ca
  Premier John Horgan, Attorney General David Eby and Environment Minister George Heyman are speaking from Victoria.
  
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• B.C. looks to enact new rules for companies bringing more oil through the province

  26-04-2018 17:38 via cbc.ca
  It's the latest move in B.C.'s resistance to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  
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• B.C. looks to enact new rules for companies bringing more oil through province

  26-04-2018 17:38 via cbc.ca
  It's the latest move in B.C.'s resistance to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  
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• More pork products recalled after E. coli outbreak in Edmonton region

  26-04-2018 16:56 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded its recall of Alberta pork products possibly contaminated with E. coli to include numerous items from Irvings Farm Fresh and K&K Foodliner.
  
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• Son of Southgate victim Iain Armstrong shares his dad’s ‘legacy of love’

  26-04-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  "If we would all behave just a little bit more like Iain, the benefit to humanity would be spectacular."
  
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• Edmonton Poetry Festival: A Celebration of Poetry & Spoken Word

  26-04-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  The 2018 Edmonton Poetry Festival presents a range of poetic styles and artists; from slam to traditional verse with a showcase of local and international talent.
  
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• 'It really works': Alberta maternity group calls for midwives in Indigenous and rural communities

  26-04-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Picture a woman days away from pregnancy leaving her small community marooned away from her family and friends to give birth in a hospital in a big city where she barely knows anyone.
  
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• 4th Annual Edmonton Parrot Show

  26-04-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  This Saturday, the public will have a chance to meet some feathered friends and learn more about a wide variety of exotic birds at the Edmonton Parrot Show. See them at the Sands Hotel this weekend
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Thursday, April 26, 2018

  26-04-2018 14:08 via globalnews.ca
  Mike Sobel was joined by a feathered friend! Here’s their Thursday, April 26, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board to release report into plane crash that killed 4, including Jim Prentice

  26-04-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board will release its investigative report into a plane crash near Kelowna, B.C. in 2016 that killed four people, including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice.
  
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• 'She's up for it': Librarian becomes newest Beaverlodge firefighter recruit

  26-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Carolyn Bartsch, 51, is the oldest recruit and one of only five women on a team of volunteer firefighters in Beaverlodge, Alta.
  
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• Albertans feel alienated from the rest of the country, new poll suggests

  26-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A new poll suggests the majority of Albertans feel equalization payments are unfair and think other parts of Canada will come ahead of them.
  
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• Alberta alienation surging once again, poll reveals

  26-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A new poll suggests the majority of Albertans feel equalization payments are unfair and think other parts of Canada will come ahead of them.
  
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• Alberta alienation from rest of Canada surges once again, poll suggests

  26-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A new poll suggests the majority of Albertans feel equalization payments are unfair and think other parts of Canada will come ahead of them.
  
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