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• On Location: Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home

  07-05-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  It’s your last chance to pick up your $25 ticket for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream Home Lottery! Thursday, May 17 is the final deadline in this amazing lottery that supports kids in your local communities, and prepares them for what’s next. Join 630 CHED to view the amazing Big Brothers Big Sisters Dream...
  
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• Feast on the Field

  07-05-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Pull out your best summer attire and join us at the 4th annual Feast on the Field! This all inclusive long table event features an Alberta inspired feast right on the field at Commonwealth Stadium! Celebrate Edmonton’s thriving food scene with these award winning local chefs while supporting seniors in care: David Omar, one of...
  
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• Ecological integrity to be top priority for Parks Canada: environment minister

  07-05-2018 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Protecting and conserving the natural environment is Parks Canada's main job, the federal environment minister concludes in her response to a massive public consultation on the future of Canada's national parks.
  
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• 'It's like a soap opera': Webcams reveal dramatic lives of Alberta's peregrine falcons

  07-05-2018 23:11 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta Conservation Association’s newest webcam joins five others that broadcast the dramatic lives of peregrine falcons. All of the streams are available to watch 24/7 on the association’s website.
  
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• Kenney appears to contradict ‘grassroots guarantee’ by opposing party GSA resolution

  07-05-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party says a technical issue is to blame for his website with its references to a grassroots guarantee disappearing. 
  
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• Jason Kenney’s website down as he goes against UCP resolution on GSAs

  07-05-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party says a technical issue is to blame for his website with its references to a grassroots guarantee disappearing. 
  
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• Adrienne Pan will host CBC Edmonton's drive home show, Radio Active

  07-05-2018 23:00 via cbc.ca
  Adrienne Pan becomes host of Radio Active in her hometown after seven years of anchoring the CBC's local TV newscasts and 15 years of experience as a professional broadcaster.
  
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• Province tops up grant helping Alberta students dealing with mental health issues

  07-05-2018 22:40 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta government has committed $5 million to boost counselling for students in the province.
  
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• Man wanted on 12 Canada-wide warrants arrested in Nova Scotia

  07-05-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Gordon John Doughty was wanted on warrants in P.E.I., New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.
  
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• UCP's challenge: appeal to Albertans who are not socially conservative, political scientists say

  07-05-2018 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Political watchers who followed the United Conservative Party’s convention in Red Deer this weekend say the task ahead for the UCP is clear: appeal to the Albertans who are not socially conservative.
  
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• Edmonton mayor says recent San Francisco trip spawned strategic business initiatives

  07-05-2018 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Don Iveson says the province is setting up a trade office in the San Francisco area while a venture capital office will be created in Edmonton, to bring U.S. money here to back ideas created in Edmonton.​
  
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• Wall urges Ottawa to use ‘points of leverage’ to pressure B.C. on Trans Mountain pipeline

  07-05-2018 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  Brad Wall says Ottawa should pressure the B.C. government by threatening to withhold transfers and infrastructure money to ensure the Trans Mountain pipeline gets built.
  
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• UCP founding convention ends with no clear answer on party platform

  07-05-2018 21:33 via cbc.ca
  It was all going so well. When convention co-chairs — Edmonton Riverbend MP Matt Jeneroux and Chestermere-Rocky View MLA Leela Aheer — took centre stage Friday night to open the inaugural United Conservative Party policy convention in Red Deer, there was the aura of something glittery and special.
  
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• Report suggests oilsands emissions could go over Alberta’s cap by 2030

  07-05-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Canada's oilsands production could grow to the point that its emissions exceed the Alberta government's cap of 100 million tonnes per year by 2030, according to a forecast from the Canadian Energy Research Institute released Monday.
  
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• Foul play not suspected after human remains found in Fort McMurray

  07-05-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP in Fort McMurray are investigating after human remains were found in the northern Alberta community on the weekend.
  
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• Edmonton International Coach Federation

  07-05-2018 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  Members of the Edmonton Charter Chapter of International Coach Federation explain what the federation provides.
  
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• Alberta Mental Health Funding

  07-05-2018 20:10 via globalnews.ca
  There will be more mental health programs in Alberta schools because of a $5 million grant announced by the province.
  
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• Canadian Taxpayers Federation seeks standing in pipeline, carbon tax legal battles

  07-05-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  An advocacy group that argues for the interests of taxpayers will be asking the courts to allow it take part in separate legal cases in British Columbia and Saskatchewan in a dispute over federal and provincial jurisdiction.
  
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• B.C. Indigenous leaders plan to speak about Trans Mountain pipeline at Kinder Morgan AGM

  07-05-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Two Indigenous leaders from British Columbia say they will travel to pipeline builder Kinder Morgan's annual general meeting in Texas this week.
  
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• Firefighters still battling hot spots in major grass fire in Millet

  07-05-2018 19:33 via cbc.ca
  Crews from the volunteer fire department in Millet were back on the scene Monday of a major grass fire, putting out hot spots
  
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• 'Send him home': Father of Albertan on death row breaks silence weeks before dying

  07-05-2018 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Ronald Smith's father still had a bedroom and a vintage car waiting for the day his son might come home to Alberta from the Montana prison where he has been on death row for 35 years.
  
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• SAIT program teaches Indigenous people pipeline monitoring skills

  07-05-2018 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  Armed with new knowledge from SAIT's pipeline monitoring program, Gerald Scott says he can better represent his First Nation's interests in talks with his employer Enbridge.
  
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• Edmonton’s Smart Cities Challenge proposal gets federal government acceptance

  07-05-2018 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government has accepted the City of Edmonton's proposal for the $50-million Smart Cities Challenge. 
  
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• Alberta announces $5M grant to support mental health in schools

  07-05-2018 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  Currently there are 37 school-based mental health programs, helping around 65,000 students. The additional money will develop up to 15 more programs to help more than 100,000 students across the province.
  
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• Chicago

  07-05-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Chicago is coming to Edmonton! Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists....
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos Season Launch

  07-05-2018 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  Seventy Seasons. Fourteen Grey Cups. One Empire. The Esks are announcing the 2018 season line-up at West Edmonton Mall and we want you there. An Esks parade with new and exciting additions to the Eskimos family leads up to our 2018 season breakdown. Meet us at Centre Stage where we will be sharing details on...
  
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• The Style Guys: Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

  07-05-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  If you are in search for the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, The Style Guys Jason Krell and Aly Velji offer up some excellent ideas for mom.
  
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• Alberta conservatives clash with leaders on gay-straight alliances at UCP policy meeting

  07-05-2018 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds of United Conservative Party delegates met in Red Deer this weekend for their first policy convention, where they voted in favour of having parents informed when their child joins a gay-straight alliance. But as Kendra Slugoski explains, party leader Jason Kenney says he interpreted the resolution differently and won’t implement it the way members...
  
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• Edmonton proposing cannabis stores zoning changes

  07-05-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Edmonton will be presenting the proposed zoning bylaw changes to accommodate cannabis stores at a public hearing Monday.
  
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• ‘Send him home:’ Dad of Canadian on death row breaks silence weeks before passing away

  07-05-2018 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  Ronald Smith's father still had a bedroom and a vintage car waiting for the day his son might come home to Alberta from the Montana prison where he has been on death row for 35 years.
  
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• Alberta dust devil causes chaos for softball players

  07-05-2018 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  An intense dust devil interrupted a softball game Saturday in Vulcan, Alberta, as the swirling cyclone sent lawn chairs flying into the air.
  
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• With retina scans, new course set for inner-city banking clients

  07-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton financial institution is the first in Canada to use biometric identification to allow clients to access their accounts. The technology is being used to help some of the city's poorest residents get financial services.
  
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• Despite high tourism, Banff hopes to court more shoulder-season visitors

  07-05-2018 14:04 via cbc.ca
  Banff National Park saw a record high number of tourists come through the gates last year, but the local tourism agency is hoping to lure in even more visitors — especially during the off season.
  
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• Edmonton woman files complaint alleging sexual misconduct by her lawyer

  07-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton woman has filed a complaint with the Law Society of Alberta alleging sexual misconduct by her former lawyer. The sexual nature of their relationship was revealed through affidavits and in sworn testimony by both parties at a civil trial over payment of contingency fees.
  
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• Children in Crisis: Alberta mother shares struggles her teen daughter faced before taking her own life

  07-05-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta woman whose daughter died by suicide in December 2017 is opening up about the teen's struggles.
  
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• Children can have suicidal thoughts at very young age: psychologist

  07-05-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  Deborah Johansson, a psychologist at CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health, says children can become suicidal at a very young age. She offers vice for parents, including behavioural changes they should look out for.
  
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• House fire in Edmonton’s Gold Bar neighbourhood

  07-05-2018 13:56 via globalnews.ca
  Firefighters were called at around 4 a.m. Monday to a home on 45 Street near 105 Avenue in the Gold Bar neighbourhood.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Monday, May 7, 2018

  07-05-2018 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, May 7, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Potato industry shows strong growth in Alberta

  07-05-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Spuds may not be the first thing that come to mind when you think about farming in Alberta, but potatoes are eating up a growing slice of the province’s agriculture sector.
  
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• Canadians to receive mobile emergency alert test this week: Here’s what to know

  07-05-2018 12:37 via globalnews.ca
  Mobile devices across Canada will be buzzing a little more than usual this week as emergency management officials test a new national public alert system.
  
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• Oilpatch CEOs blame high costs, red tape for erosion of Canada's competitive edge

  07-05-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Profits have returned to the oilpatch, but there is widespread concern among executives with the slow regulatory process, market access issues and higher costs compared to the United States.
  
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• World Partnership Walk

  07-05-2018 06:00 via globalnews.ca
  The annual World Partnership Walk is a rewarding way Edmontonians can lead by example to help fight global poverty and become change makers in their community. Join us at the Legislature Grounds on Sunday, June 17 to be a part of this year’s walk! Funds raised through the World Partnership Walk go directly to support...
  
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• More than 400 people register to help Alberta man find stem cell donor

  07-05-2018 05:59 via cbc.ca
  A Beaumont man battling blood cancer is in desperate need of a stem cell donor — and on Sunday, hundreds of people tried to help him find a match.
  
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• 'It takes the whole point out of a GSA,' teen says of UCP motion

  07-05-2018 04:59 via cbc.ca
  Two opposing views on Alberta's gay-straight alliances got a lot of attention on Sunday — one in a publicized political motion and the other, in a quiet government-sponsored awards ceremony.
  
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• Wind and dry temperatures cause problems for fire crews battling central Alberta grass fire

  07-05-2018 04:33 via globalnews.ca
  Fire crews in central Alberta battled a stubborn grass fire that was fuelled by dry conditions and gusty winds.
  
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• Volunteers pick up trash to preserve Edmonton's Mill Creek Ravine

  07-05-2018 03:50 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton's Mill Creek Ravine is a cleaner place thanks to crews of volunteers who picked up trash in the area Sunday.
  
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• Clean-up crew picks up trash to preserve Edmonton's Mill Creek Ravine

  07-05-2018 03:50 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton's Mill Creek Ravine is a cleaner place thanks to a group of volunteers who picked up trash in the area Sunday.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Weekend: May 6

  07-05-2018 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  The Sunday, May 6, 2018 edition of the Global News Hour at 6. Hosted by Quinn Ohler.
  
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• Weather: May 6

  07-05-2018 02:55 via globalnews.ca
  Global Edmonton’s weather forecast for Sun, May 6.
  
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• Homeless Shelter needed on Edmonton’s south side: Mustard Seed

  07-05-2018 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, May 6 – Officials with the Mustard Seed say a homeless shelter is needed on Edmonton’s south side to meet the needs of a growing homeless population. Julia Wong reports.
  
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