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• Hundreds show support for young Edmonton girl now awake from coma following devastating car crash

  06-05-2018 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds of Edmontonians show their support for a young Edmonton girl critically injured in a car crash last year.
  
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• Officials with Mustard Seed consider homeless shelter for Edmonton’s south side

  06-05-2018 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  Managing director Dean Kurpjuweit said the Mustard Seed is trying to figure out how to meet a need on the city’s south side and thinks a shelter may be the solution. No location has been decided yet.
  
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• Alberta conservatives vote to end carbon tax, tell parents if child joins GSA

  06-05-2018 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's United Conservative party delegates have voted to pursue ending the carbon tax, and to have parents told if their child joins a gay-straight alliance at school.
  
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• Family of injured Humboldt Broncos player says GoFundMe should be split evenly

  06-05-2018 20:03 via cbc.ca
  At least one family whose son was injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says the millions raised by a GoFundMe campaign should be split evenly among the survivors and the families of those killed.
  
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• UCP members ignore MLA pleas to vote against gay-straight alliance motion

  06-05-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Despite pleas from three MLAs, a majority of United Conservative Party members passed a motion at their inaugural convention Sunday to support a parent's right to be informed when their child joins a gay-straight alliance.
  
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• Edmonton firefighters continue to monitor stubborn grass fire in Windermere

  06-05-2018 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters continue to monitor a grass fire in the Windermere Ridge area that started Saturday night.
  
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• Two dead following collision involving motorcycle and truck east of Innisfail Saturday

  06-05-2018 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  A man and a woman are dead after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a truck east of Innisfail Saturday.
  
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• Communities across Alberta set to discuss rural crime at convention

  06-05-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association hopes a convention this week could stem a rising trend in rural crime.
  
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• Ronald McDonald House kicks off new charitable campaign

  06-05-2018 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  Kayla Gaffney shares the detail behind a new charitable campaign called More than a House.
  
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• What matters most to Albertans: Poll results set the stage for 2019 election

  06-05-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  We're about a year from the next provincial election. What's on people's minds? What will motivate voters? Check out this special podcast.
  
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• Filleting and Scaling Fish with Effing Seafood

  06-05-2018 16:53 via globalnews.ca
  Just in time for BBQ season, learn how to fillet and scale a fish.
  
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• 'It does get better': Grande Prairie teen seeks to inspire peers struggling with isolation, hopelessness

  06-05-2018 16:30 via cbc.ca
  By reclaiming her life, 18-year-old Revenelle Gladue from Grande Prairie wants to inspire other young people who feel lost, isolated or hopeless.
  
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• Filleting a fish with Effing Seafood

  06-05-2018 16:26 via globalnews.ca
  Chef Dave demonstrates the proper way to Fillet a fish.
  
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• How does the pace of Fort McMurray's wildfire rebuild compare to Slave Lake?

  06-05-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  The Town of Slave Lake isn’t isn’t surprised years after a similar wildfire raged through its community, Fort McMurray is still rebuilding.
  
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• Swan Lake protester shifts focus to making oil pipelines safer

  06-05-2018 15:57 via cbc.ca
  A man from Manitoba's Swan Lake First Nation is one of the first 60 Indigenous people from Western Canada to complete a three-week pipeline monitoring program at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary.
  
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• Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: Artist for Life Campaign

  06-05-2018 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  ESO promotes an upcoming fundraiser in support of HIV/ AIDS at the end of May.
  
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• Connor McDavid helps Canada demolish Korea 10-0 at hockey worlds

  06-05-2018 15:10 via cbc.ca
  Canada bounced back from a loss to the United States in the opening game at the world championship by trashing Korea 10-0 on Sunday in Herning, Denmark.
  
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• Getting cannabis licences a 'gruelling' process for Alberta retailers

  06-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  If everything goes according to plan, Daryl Robinson will open his first retail cannabis store in Edmonton this summer. But first, he has to undergo an extensive application process to get a retail cannabis licence from the AGLC.
  
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• Bragg Creek family stops selling gas after 86 years in the business

  06-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  It was the end of an era for a small-town Alberta gas station.
  
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• NAFTA talks reach make-or-break point

  06-05-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  NAFTA negotiators are nearing the end of the runway, if they want to get some sort of deal before 2019. Political deadlines are looming over the next round of talks that begin in Washington on Monday.
  
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• Jason Kenney vows to fight 'green left' if he becomes Alberta premier

  06-05-2018 06:15 via cbc.ca
  If he becomes premier next year, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney vows he will fight the “green left” and cut off the foreign money he says is being spent by “anti-Alberta” groups.
  
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• 3 dead after 2 motorcycle crashes in Alberta

  06-05-2018 03:41 via cbc.ca
  Highway 1A near Morley Road was closed in both directions after a single-vehicle crash early Saturday evening.
  
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• Edmonton’s new outlet mall draws massive crowds

  06-05-2018 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  The mall opened Wednesday to a long line-up of shoppers, some who waited all night long for the doors to open.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Weekend: May 5

  06-05-2018 02:58 via globalnews.ca
  A webcast of the Saturday, May 5, 2018 edition of the Global News Hour at 6. Hosted by Quinn Ohler.
  
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• Edmonton Weather Forecast: May 5

  06-05-2018 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  The Saturday, May 5, 2018 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• UCP gathers to discuss policies in Red Deer

  06-05-2018 02:28 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, May 5 – Alberta’s UCP party is gathered in Red Deer this weekend to discuss what their party stands for and how to prepare for the next provincial election. Julia Wong reports.
  
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• Firefighters battle a massive blaze in southeast Edmonton

  06-05-2018 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  Sat, May 5 – The three alarm fire at an industrial building housing several businesses broke out around 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
  
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• Downtown Edmonton park adorned with red dresses to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women

  06-05-2018 02:23 via cbc.ca
  Red dresses were displayed in Amiskwacîw Wâskâyhkan Ihtâwin, or Beaver Hills House Park, on Saturday to honour Indigenous people affected by violence.
  
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• Barriers to women in politics 'socialist crap,' Heather Forsyth tells UCP meeting

  06-05-2018 01:34 via cbc.ca
  Former Wildrose interim leader and Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Heather Forsyth called feminism the “f-word” Saturday and dismissed the idea that women face barriers in politics as “socialist crap.”
  
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• Barriers by women in politics 'socialist crap,' Heather Forsyth tells UCP meeting

  06-05-2018 01:34 via cbc.ca
  Former Wildrose interim leader and Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Heather Forsyth called feminism the “f-word” Saturday and dismissed the idea that women face barriers in politics as “socialist crap.”
  
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• Edmonton’s new outlet mall sees thousands of shoppers on grand opening weekend

  06-05-2018 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  Officials say the grand opening weekend at Edmonton's outlet mall has been a huge success.
  
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• More Calgary affordable housing units urged

  06-05-2018 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  A debate is brewing in Calgary over density in urban areas as new affordable housing projects pop up.
  
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