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• Elk Point townhouse fire the largest blaze crews have seen in 15-20 years

  28-04-2018 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  The deputy fire chief of a volunteer fire department in eastern Alberta says a destructive townhouse fire in Elk Point on Friday night is unlike anything the town has seen in years.
  
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• Avengers: Infinity War had Marvel's first female stunt co-ordinator — and she's from Edmonton

  28-04-2018 23:16 via cbc.ca
  Monique Ganderton, from Edmonton, is Marvel Studios' first female stunt coordinator for the highly-anticipated blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War.
  
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• B.C. First Nation says feds may have approved Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion before finishing consultations

  28-04-2018 22:35 via cbc.ca
  A British Columbia First Nation is questioning the greenlighting of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, arguing there may be new evidence the federal government failed to complete consultations with First Nations prior to approving the expansion.
  
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• Alberta to provide $50,000 to improve early childhood education

  28-04-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government has announced a $50,000 grant for a project to strengthen the profession of early childhood education.
  
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• Fire destroys 8 townhouses in Elk Point

  28-04-2018 20:50 via cbc.ca
  No one was injured after a massive fire destroyed eight townhouses in Elk Point on Friday.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos player Graysen Cameron returns to Olds for start of lacrosse season

  28-04-2018 20:32 via cbc.ca
  It was an emotional start to the lacrosse season for members of the Olds Mavericks on Friday.
  
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• Rural Crime Reduction Project provides support to central Alberta RCMP

  28-04-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  An RCMP pilot project focused on the Wetaskiwin area is seeing some results.
  
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• In the Global Edmonton kitchen with Barb’s Kitchen

  28-04-2018 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  For this week’s cooking segment, the Global News Morning crew welcomes Barb Lockert from Barb’s Kitchen. Barb has some easy and delicious ideas for summer and Mother’s Day.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers hoping to strike gold once again at NHL Draft Lottery

  28-04-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  The annual NHL Draft Lottery is being held on Saturday night and Edmonton Oilers fans are hoping the organization will get lucky once again.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers drop a spot in NHL draft lottery, will pick 10th

  28-04-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Oilers weren’t as lucky as they have been in the past at this year’s NHL draft lottery.
  
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• Homicide detectives investigate death in west Edmonton

  28-04-2018 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  Homicide detectives were called to a west Edmonton neighbourhood early Saturday morning to investigate a death.
  
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• SCARS: Jubba is looking for his forever home

  28-04-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  At 170 pounds, Jubba the two-year-old St. Bernard Caucasian shepherd mix might be the biggest dog we’ve ever seen on Global News Morning. Terra MacLean from SCARS talks more about Jubba.
  
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• Ask an expert: Servus Credit Union talks about saving for the summer

  28-04-2018 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  In this month’s ask an expert segment, Dion Linke from Servus Credit Union talks about how to save money for the summer.
  
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• Critical alerts issued in Alberta as flooding forces evacuation of Woodlands, Mackenzie Counties

  28-04-2018 17:29 via cbc.ca
  Critical alerts were issued for two counties in central and northern Alberta on Saturday, due to flooding that forced residents out of their homes and closed roads.
  
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• Critical alert issued in Alberta as flooding forces evacuation of Woodlands, Mackenzie Counties

  28-04-2018 17:29 via cbc.ca
  Critical alerts were issued for two counties in central and northern Alberta on Saturday, due to flooding that forced residents out of their homes and closed roads.
  
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• Critical alert issued as flooding forces evacuation in Woodlands County

  28-04-2018 17:29 via cbc.ca
  Residents of Woodlands County, around 150 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, were forced out of their homes Saturday morning and a local state of emergency was declared due to major flooding.
  
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• Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation launches journalism pilot project with CBC

  28-04-2018 17:27 via cbc.ca
  High school students at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation are being given the opportunity to become community reporters. It's part of a pilot project created by CBC Edmonton in collaboration with community leaders to give the teens the tools they need to create their own stories.
  
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• Affordable child care on the horizon for Alberta parents - but who will get in?

  28-04-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  The YMCA started getting emails almost immediately after a government announcement that 19 of its facilities had been chosen to offer $25-a-day child care. And the emails are likely to keep coming, as parents try to jump on those programs.
  
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• Alberta Ballet’s artistic director talks about Tragically Hip-inspired ballet

  28-04-2018 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Ballet’s upcoming performance in Edmonton is inspired by the Tragically Hip’s most loved songs. The post-apocalyptic rock ballet is called All of Us. Artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre talks more about it.
  
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• Our Edmonton kicking it old school with 10 epiphanies from our past

  28-04-2018 16:30 via cbc.ca
  This week CBC TV’s Our Edmonton is kicking it old school with its annual history edition and we're sharing some little known facts sure to surprise.
  
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• Vacant since the '90s, Jasper Avenue building could become The Wedge

  28-04-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  It's been boarded up for decades. The last business licence issued for it was in the late 1990s. But now the small three-storey commercial building at 10344 Jasper Ave. — just east of the historic Birks Building — is getting ready for a transformation.
  
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• Vacant Jasper Avenue building could become The Wedge

  28-04-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  It's been boarded up for decades. The last business licence issued for it was in the late 1990s. But now the small three-storey commercial building at 10344 Jasper Ave. — just east of the historic Birks Building — is getting ready for a transformation.
  
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• United Conservative Party on track to win big in Alberta, says poll

  28-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  One and done. With many voters still pessimistic about the economy, Albertans look set to kick out NDP and return to conservative rule.
  
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• Alberta forest industry needs the trains to run on time

  28-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Canada’s strained rail network is damaging Alberta’s forest industry. "We need real action to improve the situation," Alberta Forest Products Association president and CEO Paul Whittaker writes in a guest column.
  
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• Resurgent U.S. energy sector looks to Canada for equipment bargains

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  As the Canadian energy industry still tries to find its feet, a strong U.S. dollar and booming oil business has Americans looking north for equipment.
  
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• Booming U.S. energy sector looks to Canada for equipment bargains

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  As the Canadian energy industry still tries to find its feet, a strong U.S. dollar and booming oil business has Americans looking north for equipment.
  
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• Special tribute concert held in honour of the Humboldt Broncos in Saskatoon

  28-04-2018 08:01 via globalnews.ca
  Friday night was an emotional one as friends, family and strangers gathered in Saskatoon for a tribute concert held in honour of the Humboldt Broncos.
  
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• Global News at 11 Edmonton says goodbye to producer Nicole de Champlain

  28-04-2018 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  After producing the weekday edition of Global News at 11 Edmonton for some time, Nicole de Champlain is moving to join the crew who works on the Global News Morning Edmonton newscasts. But not before the night crew gave her a very special sendoff.
  
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• Parkland County wildfires prompt evacuations, fire ban

  28-04-2018 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  A fire ban was put into effect west of Edmonton on Friday night after a pair of wildfires in Parkland County prompted a couple of precautionary evacuations and created some tense moments for local residents.
  
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• Blaze destroys townhouses in Elk Point, Alberta

  28-04-2018 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  Several townhouses in an east-central Alberta town burned to the ground on Friday.
  
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• Video shows train derailment near Mayerthorpe, Alta.

  28-04-2018 05:48 via cbc.ca
  A train derailment near the town of Mayerthorpe slowed traffic on Greencourt Road and Highway 22 on Friday.
  
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• Train derails near Mayerthorpe, Alta.

  28-04-2018 05:48 via cbc.ca
  A train derailment near the town of Mayerthorpe slowed traffic on Greencourt Road and Highway 22 on Friday.
  
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• Driver of pickup truck airlifted to hospital after vehicle collides with semi-truck on Highway 63

  28-04-2018 05:12 via globalnews.ca
  The driver of a pickup truck was airlifted to hospital on Friday after her vehicle collided with a semi-truck near the hamlet of Newbrook, Alta. on Friday.
  
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• Train derails near Mayerthorpe, Alberta

  28-04-2018 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  Over a dozen train cars derailed near Mayerthorpe, Ata., on Friday but the RCMP said the derailment posed a low risk to the public.
  
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• Wildfires west of Edmonton under control after sparking precautionary evacuations

  28-04-2018 03:36 via globalnews.ca
  Two homes were evacuated in Parkland County on Friday evening as fire crews were called to battle two different wildfires west of Edmonton.
  
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• 2 homes evacuated as pair of wildfires burn west of Edmonton

  28-04-2018 03:36 via globalnews.ca
  Two homes were evacuated in Parkland County on Friday evening as fire crews were called to battle two different wildfires west of Edmonton.
  
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• Bob Layton’s editorial: April 27

  28-04-2018 02:43 via globalnews.ca
  In his latest editorial, Bob Layton talks about the recent deadly vehicle attack in Toronto.
  
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• The dos and don’ts of decluttering your home

  28-04-2018 02:31 via globalnews.ca
  With a warm spring weekend ahead, many Edmontonians may be up for some spring cleaning over the next few days. Jack Haskins looks into the dos and don’ts of decluttering your home.
  
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• Edmonton Weather Forecast: April 27

  28-04-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, April 27, 2018 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Fire destroys row of townhouses in Elk Point, Alberta

  28-04-2018 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  A row of townhouses in an east-central Alberta town burned to the ground on Friday, according to an official with the Town of Elk Point.
  
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• How contagious is 'evilly painful' shingles?

  28-04-2018 01:47 via cbc.ca
  It’s not very common and it’s not very contagious — but for those who contract shingles, it’s very painful.
  
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• Grandmother speaks out after man’s guilty plea in 2016 shaken baby death

  28-04-2018 01:46 via globalnews.ca
  The grandmother of a two-month-old baby that died from cranial trauma after being shaken is sharing her granddaughter's story in hopes of preventing further deaths.
  
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• Selected oilsands projects may avoid new environmental assessment rules

  28-04-2018 01:37 via globalnews.ca
  Oilsands projects that use steam to release bitumen from deep underground will likely get a pass from new federal environmental assessment rules — but Ottawa is still considering how to deal with those that use solvents instead of water.
  
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• FIFA reminds Trump that blackmailing countries into voting for U.S. World Cup bid is unethical

  28-04-2018 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  FIFA is sensitive about perceptions of political interference after the litany of scandals related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. 
  
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• Minute at the Movies: April 27

  28-04-2018 01:21 via globalnews.ca
  In this week’s Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews ‘The Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Lean on Pete.’
  
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• Global News at 5 Edmonton: April 27

  28-04-2018 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, April 27, 2018 edition of Global News at 5 Edmonton with Gord Steinke.
  
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• Wildfire prompts highway closure in central Alberta

  28-04-2018 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  An emergency alert was issued for the Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61 as a wildfire that's pushing towards towards the central Alberta village of Edgerton forced the closure of a highway Friday afternoon.
  
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• Central Alberta highway reopens after wildfire prompts its closure

  28-04-2018 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  Hours after a wildfire near the central Alberta village of Edgerton prompted an emergency alert for the Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61, officials said the fire was under control.
  
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