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• When an Alberta town decided to build a UFO landing pad

  09-07-2018 23:41 via cbc.ca
  As a 1967 Centennial project, the town of St. Paul, Alta. seeks to entice extraterrestrial visitors (and a few from Earth wouldn't hurt).
  
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• Workers expected to recover after incident with train in Edmonton

  09-07-2018 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  Two workers who were seriously injured in a workplace incident with a train on Friday in Edmonton are expected to recover, Occupational Health and Safety said on Monday.
  
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• Aboriginal Walk of Honour plaques not missing — they fell off

  09-07-2018 22:37 via cbc.ca
  Five plaques reportedly missing from the Aboriginal Walk of Honour in Edmonton simply fell off of the monument and the organization responsible for them says it does not have the budget for reinstallation.
  
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• Semi-trailer driver charged in fatal school bus crash that killed teenage girl

  09-07-2018 22:24 via cbc.ca
  The driver of a semi-trailer involved in the fatal collision that killed a teenager in March has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death.
  
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• Edmonton man charged in fatal Alberta school bus crash

  09-07-2018 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  A 40-year-old Edmonton man has been charged in connection with a crash involving a school bus that left a 15-year-old girl dead earlier this year.
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator reports leak of 250,000 litres of oil and water

  09-07-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  The new owner of oil and gas wells developed by environment-focused Imaginea Energy Corp. is being named in a report on the release of 250,000 litres of oil and water east of Jenner in southern Alberta.
  
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• Stephans choose judge alone for new Alberta trial into son’s meningitis death

  09-07-2018 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  A judge alone will hear the new trial against a couple charged in connection with their son's death in southern Alberta.
  
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• Cabinet minister Lori Sigurdson out of hospital, given good prognosis

  09-07-2018 21:01 via cbc.ca
  Seniors and housing Minister Lori Sigurdson, who was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year, says she is out of hospital and expects to return to work in the coming months.
  
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• Free shuttle between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park begins this month

  09-07-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  A free shuttle will soon be available for people looking to head out to Elk Island National Park for the day from Edmonton.
  
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• Match found: Alberta sisters thrilled to find stem cell donor for brother, possibly others

  09-07-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton family on a mission to rally Asian stem cell donors to save their brother is celebrating some great news.
  
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• Passenger killed when vehicle hits ditch, slams into trees west of Edmonton

  09-07-2018 20:43 via cbc.ca
  A passenger in a vehicle died Friday after the vehicle left the road and hit a stand of trees west of Edmonton.
  
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• Greyhound Canada to end bus service in Western provinces

  09-07-2018 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Greyhound Canada is ending its passenger bus and freight services in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and cancelling all but one route in B.C. — a U.S.-run service between Vancouver and Seattle.
  
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• Video project connects Canadian families through old recipes

  09-07-2018 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  A local video project looks at maintaining family ties through old family recipes. Filmmaker Shawn Tse explains what “Seconds, Please!” is all about.
  
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• Greyhound Canada to end routes in Prairies, B.C.

  09-07-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  The company is blaming a 41 per cent decline in ridership since 2010, persistent competition from subsidized national and inter-regional passenger transportation services, the growth of new low-cost airlines, regulatory constraints and the continued growth of car ownership.
  
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• Single-vehicle collision west of Edmonton claims life of passenger, injures driver

  09-07-2018 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  One person was killed Friday night in a collision west of Edmonton. 
  
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• Byelection advance polls numbers up in Fort McMurray-Conklin

  09-07-2018 20:16 via cbc.ca
  According to numbers released Monday by Elections Alberta, 1,074 people voted in the five-day advance poll last week, compared to 719 who voted in the four-day advance poll during the 2015 election.
  
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• Admitted to cutting endangered trees: Sentencing hearing for Alberta ski resort

  09-07-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  The Lake Louise resort in Banff National Park pleaded guilty in December to cutting down a stand of trees, including some whitebark pine, along a ski run in 2013.
  
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• Alberta likely to take equity stake in Trans Mountain pipeline: Notley

  09-07-2018 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Rachel Notley said at the premier's annual Stampede pancake breakfast in Calgary that her government is likely to buy a small equity stake in the pipeline.
  
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• Edmonton’s traffic safety conference another effort to eliminate fatal collisions

  09-07-2018 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton is hosting the 10th annual International Conference on Urban Traffic Safety, which has attracted experts in the field from around the world.
  
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• First court appearance set for semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  09-07-2018 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Sidhu, the semi driver charged in the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, will appear in Saskatchewan provincial court on Tuesday morning.
  
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• 'Like being on the beach': New natural swimming pool set to open in Borden Park

  09-07-2018 17:36 via cbc.ca
  A new natural swimming pool in Borden Park is no swamp, say neighbourhood residents who got to take the plunge early.
  
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• Police investigate after car crashes into DynaLife clinic in northwest Edmonton

  09-07-2018 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  Shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, a car drove through the front window and into the DynaLife clinic near 128 Street and 140 Avenue in northwest Edmonton.
  
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• Two people from Edmonton charged in Vancouver pipeline protest

  09-07-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  A man and a woman from Edmonton have been charged with mischief and jeopardizing a vessel after participating in a pipeline protest last week that involved dangling from the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge in Vancouver.
  
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• Hooked on carving: Sherwood Park artist creates sculptures with chainsaw

  09-07-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  In the front yard of a home in St. Albert, artist Kelly Davies is using a chainsaw to create a dragon from the stump of an old tree.
  
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• TELUS World of Science “Exploring Our World… and Beyond!” pre-historic exhibit

  09-07-2018 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  TELUS World of Science’s Jennifer Bawden shares details on the “Exploring Our World… and Beyond!” pre-historic exhibit, plus the latest IMAX film on the Great Barrier Reef.
  
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• Suncor says Syncrude to ramp up to full production in early to mid September

  09-07-2018 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  The company, which holds a 58.7 per cent stake in the partnership, says a preliminary investigation indicates the disruption was caused by a transformer malfunction the cut power on June 20.
  
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• Gold Bar residents looking for clarity after learning of plan to reroute major sewer line

  09-07-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Residents around a downtown wastewater treatment plant are demanding answers as they learn of a plan to reroute a major sewer line to the facility.
  
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• 2018 Canadian Water Ski Open at Edmonton’s Shalom Park

  09-07-2018 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  In just a couple of weeks, some of the best water skiers in all of Canada will be in our city to compete in the 2018 Canadian Water Ski Open. Shalom Park owner Ken Nelson and competitor Sean Kraus share details.
  
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• Boy, 10, drowns in lake in Elk Island National Park

  09-07-2018 14:23 via cbc.ca
  A family day at the lake turned to tragedy Sunday when a 10-year-old boy drowned in Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park northeast of Edmonton.
  
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• Fort McMurray-Conklin Alberta Party byelection candidate apologizes for racial slur

  09-07-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta Party's byelection candidate in Fort McMurray-Conklin is apologizing for a racial slur he wrote in a social media post written five years ago
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Monday, July 9, 2018

  09-07-2018 13:24 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, July 9, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• 10-year-old boy drowns at Elk Island National Park

  09-07-2018 13:14 via globalnews.ca
  A 10-year-old boy went missing and was found dead in Astotin Lake in Elk Island National Park, located east of Edmonton, on Sunday night.
  
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• Trade war fallout: Why oil and the loonie are finally headed apart

  09-07-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  One thing the current trade war is proving to be good for is getting the loonie and oil prices to finally move in opposite directions.
  
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• Serious stabbing at rest stop near Airdrie sends one man to hospital

  09-07-2018 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  Airdrie RCMP and Calgary police are searching for a suspect after they were called to reports of shots fired at Dickenson Stevenson Rest Stop at around 6:30 pm Sunday.
  
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• Man seriously injured in stabbing at rest stop near Airdrie

  09-07-2018 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP, the Calgary police HAWCS helicopter, the emergency response team and police dogs were sent to the area to assist in the investigation.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: July 8

  09-07-2018 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  Here is the long-range weather forecast for the Edmonton area for Sunday, July 8, 2018.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: July 8

  09-07-2018 02:48 via globalnews.ca
  Here are the top stories from the Sunday, July 8, 2018 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Quinn Ohler.
  
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• Mother urges parents to give babies rotavirus vaccine

  09-07-2018 02:42 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Jul 8 – An Alberta mother, whose daughter suffered serious complications from rotavirus at just 14 months old, is hoping other parents take advantage of the now free rotavirus vaccine, after it was added to the provincial immunization schedule. Sarah Kraus reports.
  
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• Search continues for boy, 2, missing near northwestern Alberta river

  09-07-2018 02:11 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Jul 8 – The search continued Sunday for a two-year-old boy who went missing near the Wapiti River in northwestern Alberta on Friday evening. Julia Wong has the details from the area.
  
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• Alberta mom urges parents to vaccinate babies against rotavirus

  09-07-2018 00:22 via globalnews.ca
  A mother from Pickardville, Alta. wishes she could go back in time and vaccinate her little girl against rotavirus - after the virus nearly killed her.
  
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