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• Red Deer lights the way for Canada Winter Games

  29-05-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  The countdown has begun for Red Deer to prepare to host the 2019 Canada Winter Games.
  
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• It's raining elm seeds in Edmonton

  29-05-2018 23:44 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton gardeners may be tempted to add vacuums to their landscaping arsenals as elm seeds rain down across the city.The pesky, papery-brown pods are piling up in yards and gardens by the truckload.
  
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• Oilers Locker Room Sale

  29-05-2018 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Locker Room Sale Rogers Place Sunday, June 3, 2018 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM The Oilers Locker Room Sale is back for its 12th season and will be featured at the home of the Oilers and Oil Kings at Rogers Place! This family-friendly event is your chance to enjoy one-time-only items at clearout prices with a...
  
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• Number of city-run park-and-ride stalls at Century Park going down June 1

  29-05-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Changes at two Edmonton park-and-ride stations will take effect this Friday and next Friday, including a reduction in the number of parking stalls.
  
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• BC, Alberta remain at odds over pipeline development

  29-05-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and British Columbia Premier John Horgan have long clashed over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. So what happens now that the Trudeau government is buying it? Dawna Friesen talks to Tom Vernon and Keith Baldrey for analysis.
  
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• Trudeau says Trans Mountain deal causes challenges around pipeline to ‘disappear’

  29-05-2018 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that by purchasing the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion, many of the challenges and legal barriers it faced being owned under a private corporation will disappear.
  
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• 50/50 draw will start at $70K for June 22 Edmonton Eskimos game

  29-05-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton Eskimos fans will have 70,000 more reasons to get excited for football on June 22, when the team will start the 50/50 take-home lottery at $70,000.
  
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• Danielle Smith: Nationalization of Trans Mountain may be biggest boondoggle in Canadian history

  29-05-2018 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  The only clear winners out of Tuesday’s decision by the Government of Canada to nationalize the Trans Mountain Pipeline are Kinder Morgan shareholders.
  
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• This B.C. First Nation wants to buy a piece of the Trans Mountain pipeline

  29-05-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  One First Nation says it now wants to buy in to the project. Others are vowing to double down on opposition.
  
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• Fort Saskatchewan hit by string of vehicle-related thefts over weekend

  29-05-2018 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  Over a dozen thefts from vehicles were reported in Fort Saskatchewan over the weekend.
  
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• Serious collision closes highway east of Edmonton

  29-05-2018 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  A section of Highway 16 east of Edmonton was shut down on Tuesday afternoon due to a serious injury collision.
  
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• Crews from Ontario called in to battle northern Alberta wildfire near Manning

  29-05-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  A wildfire described as "out of control" was burning in northern Alberta near the town of Manning on Tuesday morning.
  
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• ‘This is entirely due to the actions of Premier Horgan’: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi

  29-05-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 29: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says he’s very, very happy that the federal government is buying the Trans Mountain pipeline, and blames B.C. Premier Horgan for forcing the government’s hand.
  
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• Morneau: Purchase of Trans Mountain about obtaining ‘valuable assets’

  29-05-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons Tuesday that the purchase of the existing Trans Mountain pipeline is about obtaining “valuable assets” for future use or sale.
  
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• Horgan’s full press conference following Trans Mountain pipeline deal announcement

  29-05-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. Premier John Horgan speaks at a press conference Tuesday after the federal government announced it has plans to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan.
  
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• B.C. premier continues to fight, says ‘it does not matter who owns the pipeline’

  29-05-2018 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. government is not backing down from a pledge to do what it can to stop the soon to be federal government owned Trans Mountain pipeline project.
  
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• Nathan Cullen mocks Liberal decision to purchase Trans Mountain

  29-05-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  NDP MP Nathan Cullen mocked the decision by the federal government to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, claiming the same money could have paid for clean water on First Nations reserves.
  
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• Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline

  29-05-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Here are some key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan Canada's efforts to expand its capacity:
  
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• Singh says price tag of Trans Mountain deal ‘not reasonable’

  29-05-2018 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday that the $4.5 billion price tag of the Trans Mountain deal negotiated by the Liberals does “not seem like a reasonable deal” for the amount of jobs – 2,500 – it will provide.
  
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• Industry reaction mixed over Trans Mountain pipeline buyout

  29-05-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian pipeline industry welcomed news the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline is more likely to be built, but expressed deep concern over Ottawa's decision to buy the expansion and the existing line in order to achieve that goal.
  
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• Jagmeet Singh says Trudeau has ‘no vision for future,’ slams Trans Mountain deal

  29-05-2018 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday that the Liberals decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline was a “bad deal” and that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has “no vision for the future.”
  
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• State of local emergency over for municipal district of Foothills

  29-05-2018 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Officials with the MD of Foothills rescinded the state of local emergency as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, a news release said.
  
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• Several B.C. First Nations eyeing stake in Trans Mountain pipeline project, says Cheam chief

  29-05-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Several First Nations in British Columbia are seriously considering buying a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline and its expansion now that Ottawa plans to take over the project, according to Cheam First Nation Chief Ernie Crey.
  
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• Buying and expanding Trans-Mountain pipeline not a violation of Indigenous rights, says minister

  29-05-2018 19:19 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa's decision to buy the Trans-Mountain pipeline and push its expansion project forward does not violate its commitment to upholding Indigenous rights or its endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, says the Crown-Indigenous relations minister.
  
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• Here is everything you need to know about Ottawa’s plan to (maybe) buy the Kinder Morgan pipeline

  29-05-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Tuesday the government will buy the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. But what he left out is that that is only Plan B.
  
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• If feds own Trans Mountain, who would be legally responsible for a spill?

  29-05-2018 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  If the federal government owns the Trans Mountain pipeline project, who is legally liable if there were to be a spill? Alberta Premier Rachel Notley weighs in on the potential risk.
  
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• Alberta not likely to implement Bill 12 in near future: Premier Notley

  29-05-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta NDP still has Bill 12 in its back pocket, Premier Rachel Notley said, should it need to use it “in the best interest of Albertans” as the federal government announced plans to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  
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• How does feds’ Trans Mountain arrangement deal with opposition in BC? Alberta’s Notley weighs in

  29-05-2018 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  Despite the federal government announcing a plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, the project still faces opposition in B.C. How will governments deal with that opposition? Alberta Premier Rachel Notley weighs in.
  
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• ‘Work yet to be done’ on Trans Mountain: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley

  29-05-2018 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said there is still work to be done to resume construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline project, hours after the feds announced a plan to buy the project.
  
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• Bill Morneau's Kinder Morgan surprise comes with huge price tag, lots of political risk: Chris Hall

  29-05-2018 18:05 via cbc.ca
  Nationalizing an oil pipeline - even temporarily - was never the first option for Finance Minister Bill Morneau. But buying Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline, and taking over the proposed expansion, was the only option that allows the Liberals to deliver on their promise to get the work done.
  
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• 'Pick up those tools folks, we have a pipeline to build,' Alberta premier says

  29-05-2018 17:44 via cbc.ca
  A jubilant Alberta Premier Rachel Notley thanked the federal government for making a deal to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and get the expansion underway this summer.
  
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• Why my grandfather dissolved the Michel First Nation and renounced his Indian status

  29-05-2018 17:30 via cbc.ca
  In 1958, Johnny Rodgers led 42 families to give up their Alberta reserve. Six decades later, Colleen Underwood examines what was gained, and lost, in her grandfather's controversial decision to "enfranchise."
  
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• B.C. premier says pipeline decision 'does not change my concerns'

  29-05-2018 16:44 via cbc.ca
  B.C. Premier John Horgan says the Trudeau government's decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline project for $4.5 billion from Kinder Morgan does not change his concerns about the project's risks.
  
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• B.C. premier concerned about 'catastrophic consequences' regardless of pipeline's owner

  29-05-2018 16:44 via cbc.ca
  B.C. Premier John Horgan says the Trudeau government's decision to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline project for $4.5 billion from Kinder Morgan does not change his concerns about the project's risks.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline project purchase ‘major step forward’: Rachel Notley

  29-05-2018 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley calls the decision by the federal government to purchase the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion for $4.5 billion "a major step forward for all Canadians."
  
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• What kind of impact would a Royal honeymoon have on Jasper, Alberta?

  29-05-2018 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tony Chapman talks the impact a Royal honeymoon could make on mountain town
  
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• 'A great day': Kinder Morgan CEO cheerful after Trans Mountain sale

  29-05-2018 16:25 via cbc.ca
  After several years of delays and uncertainty surrounding the Trans Mountain expansion project, the chief executive of Kinder Morgan was upbeat Tuesday morning as he called the $4.5-billion sale of the proposed pipeline to the Canadian government.
  
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• 'Less than fit' cycling club seeks new Edmonton recruits

  29-05-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Twyla Lapointe is creating a spandex-free, "less-than-fit" cycling club targeted exclusively at Edmonton’s couch potatoes.
  
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• Morneau says Trans Mountain pipeline deal ‘has value’ and can be sold

  29-05-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  Asked what would happen if no one wants to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the pipeline and deal for the government to buy it “has value” and believes someone will purchase it.
  
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• Morneau talks about when and how they would sell Trans Mountain pipeline

  29-05-2018 15:46 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday that they don’t have to sell the Trans Mountain pipeline to the private sector, but would look into expressions of interest to do so and whether it should happen sooner or later.
  
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• No legislation needed for Trans Mountain deal, natural resources minister says

  29-05-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said Tuesday that there was no legislation required for the purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
  
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• Alberta economy doing well but growth will be weaker in 2018: report

  29-05-2018 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's economy is expected to grow by about 1.9 per cent this year, the Conference Board of Canada said Tuesday.
  
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• Morneau light on details about how to force Trans Mountain through BC

  29-05-2018 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau was light on specifics Tuesday when he asked how the feds planned to force the Trans Mountain expansion project through BC, simply reiterating that the federal government has jurisdiction over this national energy project.
  
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• Morneau: Canada will look to sell Trans Mountain at a later date

  29-05-2018 15:07 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Tuesday that Canada will continue the construction of Trans Mountain on its own, with a view to eventually selling the whole thing down the road.
  
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• Ottawa inks deal to buy Trans Mountain pipeline project for $4.5B

  29-05-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau says that in return, Kinder Morgan will go ahead with its original plan to twin the pipeline this summer while the sale is finalized, which likely won't happen until August.
  
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• Federal government buys Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion

  29-05-2018 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and all of Kinder Morgan Canada’s core assets, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Tuesday morning.
  
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• No-see-um? Maybe, but you'll sure feel their bites

  29-05-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  1.5-millimetre fly can pack a punch with an itchy bite.
  
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• Liberals to buy Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5B to ensure expansion is built

  29-05-2018 14:15 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and related infrastructure for $4.5 billion, and could spend billions more to build the controversial expansion.
  
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• Liberal government to buy Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5B

  29-05-2018 14:15 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline and related infrastructure for $4.5 billion, and could spend billions more to build the controversial expansion.
  
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• Park and stay awhile: Edmonton councillor calls for secure bike lots

  29-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Coun. Michael Walters wants to create a safer, more secure place for bicycle commuters to store their wheels while they're at work or school for the day.
  
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