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• RCMP officer charged after allegedly pointing Taser at same person twice in 2 years

  12-07-2018 23:57 via cbc.ca
  A Strathcona County RCMP officer was charged after he allegedly pointed a conducted-energy weapon at the head of one municipal employee on two separate occasions.
  
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• FISE 'action sports' festival hits Edmonton Friday

  12-07-2018 23:56 via cbc.ca
  BMX rider Daniel Dhers is a long way from home, but the Venezuelan athlete says he likes coming to Edmonton where his sport has a huge following.
  
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• Strathcona County RCMP member charged after weapon pointed at civilian employee: police

  12-07-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP said a police officer pointed the weapon at the head of a municipal employee in the detachment two different times.
  
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• ‘The spotlight is shining:’ Calgary Stampede revellers grapple with #MeToo

  12-07-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  It was 1:30 a.m. and the NDP member of the legislature was riding alone in the elevator with two men who seemed drunk.
  
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• Prairie provinces to meet next week on standardized trucking regulations

  12-07-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  Trucking safety has been in the spotlight since an April 6 bus crash killed 16 people and injured 13 others from the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.
  
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• Build-A-Bear lineups at West Edmonton Mall

  12-07-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Build-A-Bear Workshop had to cut off lines of people hoping to get in on the Pay Your Age promotion across North America, including at West Edmonton Mall on July 12.
  
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• Black comedian alleges prejudice after he couldn’t cash a cheque at a Money Mart in B.C.

  12-07-2018 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  The comedian claimed it happened out of prejudice. The company said the cheque was made payable to an incorporated company with numerous directors, and they all had to be there to cash it.
  
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• 'It's overflowing with cats': Animal control centre halts cat admissions

  12-07-2018 21:50 via cbc.ca
  The Animal Care and Control Centre is overcapacity and will stop admitting healthy adults cats for one week beginning on Friday.
  
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• B.C. man nets $1,700 fine for extreme speed along Alberta’s Highway 63

  12-07-2018 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  If you speed, it'll cost you. That's the message from Alberta RCMP.
  
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• FISE World Series BMX and skateboard event takes over downtown Edmonton

  12-07-2018 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  If you're looking for some adventure this weekend in Edmonton, look no further than Louise McKinney Park.
  
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• "Witnesses were very frightened': Edmonton tops in annual survey of UFO sightings

  12-07-2018 20:44 via cbc.ca
  Hovering lights in the sky. Pulsing lights. A humming noise. Objects shaped like spheres, discs, triangles and boomerangs.
  
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• How Alberta politicians use Calgary Stampede

  12-07-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  For politicians the Calgary Stampede is the ultimate summer stop. Nikki van Dusen, a social media instructor at MacEwan University, delves into how Alberta leaders brand themselves on the BBQ circuit.
  
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• UCP candidates win Innisfail-Sylvan Lake and Fort McMurray-Conklin byelections

  12-07-2018 20:29 via cbc.ca
  Devin Dreeshen was elected with roughly 80 per cent of the vote in the riding of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake while Laila Goodridge captured nearly 66 per cent of the vote in Fort McMurray-Conklin.
  
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• Huge crowds, ‘safety concerns’ force Build-A-Bear to shut down Pay Your Age event

  12-07-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  Build-A-Bear Workshop was forced to close lines for its stores in Canada and the U.S. on Thursday during its Pay Your Age promotion.
  
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• Edmonton councillor explains smoking bylaw changes

  12-07-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  It was a bylaw that sparked a lot of public reaction and debate by councillors. Now, Edmonton Coun. Michael Walters explains why council switched gears on public consumption rules.
  
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• University of Alberta scientists help track high energy neutrino in deep space

  12-07-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  A University of Alberta astronomer says tracing a single neutrino to a black hole four billion light-years distant will give researchers a whole new way to probe the universe's most exotic secrets.
  
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• From denial to acceptance: Alberta stroke survivor chronicles recovery in podcast

  12-07-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Christine Holubec-Jackson suspected something was wrong when her left eye went numb and the biting winter wind felt hot on her face.
  
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• Body of missing toddler found in Peace River, 220 km from where search began

  12-07-2018 19:56 via cbc.ca
  The body of a two-year-old boy who went missing last week in northwestern Alberta was found Thursday on a construction berm in the Peace River, about 220 kilometres from where he was last seen.
  
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• Body of toddler swept away by northwestern Alberta river located

  12-07-2018 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP in northwestern Alberta believe they have recovered the body of a two-year-old boy who went missing near the Wapiti River on Friday.
  
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• Edmonton shelter temporarily stops accepting cats due to overcapacity

  12-07-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  The Animal Care and Control Centre (ACCC) has had to stop accepting healthy adult cats for one week because it is 137 per cent over capacity.
  
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• Body of Alberta woman struck by vehicle found at separate scene: RCMP

  12-07-2018 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are trying to piece together the events leading up to the mysterious death of a 29-year-old woman from central Alberta.
  
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• Alberta truckers say safety overhaul long overdue

  12-07-2018 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Decertified trucking companies operating under "chameleon" names are a chronic hazard in Alberta's trucking industry, says an operator applauding pending regulatory changes in the industry.
  
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• Police investigate pedestrian fatality in Maskwacis

  12-07-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  Police are investigating the death of a woman hit by a vehicle in Maskwacis.
  
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• Mother of five killed by vehicle in Maskwacis

  12-07-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  The body was found a short distance from the collision site on the Ermineskin Cree Nation reserve.
  
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• Interest rate hike could be 'tipping point' for debt-laden Albertans

  12-07-2018 17:52 via cbc.ca
  Debt-laden Albertans could be at their "tipping point" thanks to the Bank of Canada's decision to raise its benchmark interest rate to 1.5 per cent, according to an insolvency expert.
  
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• Fort McMurray-Conklin, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake byelections on Thursday

  12-07-2018 17:29 via globalnews.ca
  Voters in the traditionally conservative ridings of Fort McMurray-Conklin and Innisfail-Sylvan Lake will pick their new MLAs on Thursday.
  
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• Jasper Avenue building fire suspicious, police say

  12-07-2018 17:07 via cbc.ca
  A Wednesday morning fire that ripped through a Jasper Avenue commercial building has been deemed suspicious by the Edmonton Police Service's arson unit.
  
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• Sign up today for the Multiple Miles for Myeloma walk/run

  12-07-2018 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  Hosted by the Myeloma Alberta Support Society, the 9th annual 5K walk/10K run supports myeloma research at the Cross Cancer Institute. There is still time to register for the event which runs next Saturday at Hermitage Park.
  
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• 'He didn't deserve this at all': Camrose residents gather after senior's death at train crossing

  12-07-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  About 20 people came together in Camrose Wednesday night for a community briefing following the death of a 71-year-old man struck by a train this week. Camrose police hosted the event so people could talk to victims services staff and a police chaplain.
  
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• Edmonton Valley Zoo: Zsa Zsa the baby Boer-Toggenburg cross goat

  12-07-2018 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  Dean Treichel and Talia Letcher with the Edmonton Valley Zoo joined Shaye Ganam with Zsa Zsa – a two and a half month cross between a Boer goat from South Africa and a Toggenburg, which is a Swiss breed of dairy goat.
  
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• Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals drag racing at Castrol Raceway

  12-07-2018 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals drag racing competition is rolling into Castrol Raceway this weekend. Raceway owner Rob Reeves and Courtney Mageau, a racer and Women of Vision, share details.
  
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• THE LUXXUR 300 NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES RACE AT EIR

  12-07-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
      THE LUXXUR 300 NASCAR PINTY’S SERIES RACE AT EIR FRIDAY, JULY 27 & SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018 A GREAT GIFT FOR THAT NASCAR FAN IN YOUR LIFE! Head down to the Edmonton International Raceway where there is no such thing as a speed limit. For the fifth year in a row the EIR...
  
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• Fort McMurray wants public inquiry into removal of Indigenous settlement

  12-07-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will ask the provincial government to launch a public inquiry into the forced evictions decades ago of First Nations and Métis people from an area known as Moccasin Flats.
  
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• Package delivery firms get ready to fill gap as Greyhound leaves Western Canada

  12-07-2018 14:39 via globalnews.ca
   Package delivery firms say they are prepared to fill the gap when Greyhound closes most of its Western Canada operations this fall.
  
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• Charges laid after Edmonton clients complain about matchmaking service

  12-07-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Authorities have charged Claire Jones of Edmonton Matchmakers after customers complained of high-pressure sales tactics and unsuitable matches
  
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• Extreme cowboy racing tests horsemanship at the Calgary Stampede

  12-07-2018 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  Competitors take on the Cowboy Up Challange, racing against the clock through a series of obstacles designed to test horsemanship at the Calgary Stampede.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Thursday, July 12, 2018

  12-07-2018 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Thursday, July 12, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Camrose residents in shock after 71-year-old man killed after being hit by train

  12-07-2018 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  A number of Camrose residents say they are in a state of disbelief after a 71-year-old man on his motorized scooter was struck and killed by a train in their community over the weekend. Kim Smith reports.
  
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• Alberta man’s body recovered after he was reported missing on B.C.’s Kitimat River

  12-07-2018 05:25 via globalnews.ca
  The body of an Alberta man has been recovered after he disappeared on a river in B.C.'s North Coast region over the weekend.
  
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• Edmonton man’s body recovered by river west of city, death not considered suspicious: RCMP

  12-07-2018 05:18 via globalnews.ca
  An investigation is underway after the body of a man who's since been identified as a 37-year-old Edmontonian was recovered near Entwistle, Alta. on Wednesday but police say the death "is not considered suspicious at this time."
  
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• Mountie from Viking, Alberta charged with impaired driving

  12-07-2018 04:36 via globalnews.ca
  An RCMP officer from central Alberta is scheduled to appear in provincial court next month after being charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
  
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• 6-year-old cyclist injured in collision with SUV in Fort McKay, Alta.

  12-07-2018 03:59 via cbc.ca
  Two people were taken to hospital after a Tuesday evening collision between an SUV and a six-year-old child on a bicycle in Fort McKay, Alta.
  
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• 6-year-old boy airlifted to Edmonton-area hospital after being struck on pedal bike

  12-07-2018 03:48 via globalnews.ca
  A child was airlifted to an Edmonton-area hospital after being struck while bike riding.
  
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• March in downtown Edmonton commemorates 50th anniversary of residential school closure

  12-07-2018 02:45 via cbc.ca
  The Edmonton Indian Residential School may be 50 years into the past, but the effects are still felt by survivors and their families today.
  
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• Renowned Spanish street artist to complete 6-storey mural in Edmonton’s Old Strathcona next week

  12-07-2018 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton business owner who’s been hoping to get a famous street artist to paint a six-storey mural in Old Strathcona says his vision will soon become a reality.
  
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• Blind Alberta woman to receive eye tissue donation from sister

  12-07-2018 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  After surviving a horrible illness that burned her body from the inside out and left her blind, an Alberta woman may soon have her sight restored thanks to her sister.
  
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• Tissue donation from sister to help Spruce Grove mom

  12-07-2018 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta woman has been close to death several times after being afflicted with a rare syndrome. Now, thanks to her sister, she might be able to see again. Su-Ling Goh reports.
  
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• Health Matters: July 11

  12-07-2018 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  In Wednesday’s edition of Health Matters, Su-Ling Goh looks at a woman set to undergo an incredible eye surgery alongside her sister and the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s Rope for Hope event.
  
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• Rural options after Greyhound cancels bus service

  12-07-2018 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  The looming loss of Greyhound bus service across Western Canada has many in rural communities asking what’s next? Tom Vernon takes a look at the options.
  
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• Eskimos won’t give up the ground game despite recent running struggles

  12-07-2018 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos are searching for better results from their run game as they prepare for the Toronto Argonauts on Friday night.
  
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