Edmonton news

• Oilers' Andrej Sekera out indefinitely after Achilles tendon surgery

  14-08-2018 23:58 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrej Sekera will be out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon.
  
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• Fake priests target Alberta Catholics in email phishing scam

  14-08-2018 23:16 via cbc.ca
  Officials with the Catholic Church are warning about a new phishing scam targeting Alberta parishioners.
  
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• Police watchdog investigating pedestrian collision involving vehicle pursued by EPS

  14-08-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Police said officers in a marked car approached the driver as he exited the vehicle. But when police tried to talk to him, he jumped back in the Buick and drove off.
  
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• Saskatchewan woman loses finger at West Edmonton Mall waterpark

  14-08-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatchewan woman says she lost her finger when her ring got caught on a waterslide at the West Edmonton Mall World Waterpark. Claire Clark explains how it happened.
  
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• Saskatchewan woman has finger ripped off at West Edmonton Mall water park

  14-08-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  A Saskatchewan woman says she lost a finger after her ring got caught on a waterslide at the West Edmonton Mall water park.
  
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• Corkscrew waterslide at West Edmonton Mall water park

  14-08-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  This file video provided to Global News shows the Corkscrew waterslide at West Edmonton Mall.
  
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• Edmonton's 109th Street still on the table for possible protected bike lane

  14-08-2018 21:52 via cbc.ca
  Two areas are slated to get bike lanes: Strathcona and Garneau. Residents, cyclists and city councillors are looking at tweaking existing plans to try to accommodate the majority of preferences.
  
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• Regional transit projects priority for new Alberta funding program

  14-08-2018 21:48 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta government is changing how it funds transit by placing a higher priority on projects that encourage regional collaboration.
  
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• Capital Foundations: A peek inside Edmonton's secretive Masonic hall

  14-08-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  There's a veil of secrecy over one of Edmonton's oldest and most mysterious organizations — but venturing through the doors of its downtown headquarters offers a peek into some of the mysteries.
  
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• Alberta RCMP adopt new alarm policy after responding to 15,500 false alarms in 2017

  14-08-2018 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  The new policy, which came into effect on July 13, states that police will verify alarms before responding and will not respond to alarms that are only triggered once.
  
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• Jury award in U.S. Monsanto case shows ‘dangerous’ disregard of scientific evidence, Alberta dairy farmer says

  14-08-2018 21:17 via globalnews.ca
  630 CHED's agricultural correspondent says there are some worrisome ramifications to the Roundup court ruling in California.
  
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• Alberta RCMP change alarm response policy to free up resources

  14-08-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  RCMP in Alberta are no longer responding to alarms that are triggered just once, saying the practice has not been a good use of resources.
  
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• Banff, Jasper and Calgary record highest temperature increases: study

  14-08-2018 20:30 via cbc.ca
  A researcher from the University of Calgary says temperatures are on the rise across Alberta, but Calgary, along with Banff and Jasper national parks, is really feeling the heat.
  
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• Hydro power storage project to be built near Jasper National Park

  14-08-2018 20:23 via cbc.ca
  A clean power developer has received regulatory approval for a stored hydro project to be built on the site of a retired open pit coal mine about 60 kilometres east of Jasper National Park.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos head coach plans to end team’s penalty troubles

  14-08-2018 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  Right now the Eskimos lead the league in penalties with 84 and penalty yards with 895. That's an average of over 10 penalties a game for over 110 yards -- a full football field a game.
  
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• RCMP investigating death of woman in community west of Edmonton

  14-08-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  A woman was found dead in a community west of Edmonton Tuesday morning, and the RCMP major crimes unit is leading the investigation.
  
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• Edmonton submits annexation application for Sturgeon County land

  14-08-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Edmonton wants to annex 40 acres of land north of the city.
  
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• Major crimes unit investigates death on Paul First Nation

  14-08-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  The RCMP major crimes unit is investigating after a woman was found dead Tuesday morning on the Paul First Nation west of Edmonton.
  
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• South Edmonton bike lanes up for debate at city hall

  14-08-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  The next generation of south Edmonton bike lanes are being debated at city hall, where some usual complaints are surfacing. Vinesh Pratap has the details
  
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• Employee charged after $2M in Percocet pills stolen from Edmonton pharmacy

  14-08-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  A 34-year-old woman has been charged with a list of theft and fraud-related offences after more than 400,000 Percocet pills were stolen from a northeast Edmonton pharmacy.
  
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• Calgary, Jasper, Banff recording highest temperature increases in Alberta: study

  14-08-2018 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  A researcher from the University of Calgary says temperatures are on the rise across Alberta but Calgary, along with Banff and Jasper national parks, are really feeling the heat.
  
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• Hydro power storage project to be built near retired open pit coal mine

  14-08-2018 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  CEO Kipp Horton of Calgary-based WindRiver Power Corp., the parent company of Turning Point, says he hopes to start construction on the project by next spring and have it operational by the end of 2020.
  
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• Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto make top 10 most liveable cities list

  14-08-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  Canada boasts three cities on the world's top 10 most liveable centres based on criteria that includes healthcare, stability and education.
  
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• Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto make top 10 most livable cities list

  14-08-2018 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  Canada boasts three cities on the world's top 10 most liveable centres based on criteria that includes healthcare, stability and education.
  
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• Edmonton pharmacy employee charged with stealing $2M worth of Percocet tablets

  14-08-2018 19:49 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton woman has been charged with stealing more than 400,000 Percocet tablets from the pharmacy where she worked.
  
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• More B.C. wildfire smoke prompts new Alberta air quality advisories

  14-08-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  More plumes of thick smoke from the B.C. wildfires are rolling into Alberta Tuesday, which prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality advisories for much of the province.
  
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• German tourist shot near Calgary shows signs of severe, life-changing injuries

  14-08-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  A German tourist who was shot in the head near Calgary is showing signs of severe and life-changing injuries, according to the honorary German consul in Calgary.
  
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• Ukranian Day celebrates Alberta’s rich history

  14-08-2018 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  The upcoming Ukrainian Day is an opportunity to celebrate Alberta’s vibrant Ukrainian community, past and present. Olesia Luciw-Andryjowycz and former premier Ed Stelmach share further details.
  
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• RCMP ask residents north and west of Edmonton to look for missing plane

  14-08-2018 16:34 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP are searching for a Cessna 172 plane that didn't arrive at its destination after taking off in western Alberta.
  
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• RCMP recruit landowners in search for missing Cessna north of Edmonton

  14-08-2018 16:27 via cbc.ca
  RCMP are asking landowners in a large swath of rural Alberta to search their land for wreckage, as the search for an overdue plane continues north of Edmonton.
  
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• Man and dog aboard small plane missing in northern Alberta

  14-08-2018 16:27 via cbc.ca
  Crews continue to search an expanse of land north and west of Edmonton Tuesday looking for a small plane that disappeared without a trace during a flight across northern Alberta.
  
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• Labrador retrievers stolen in heist of pickup truck found: Alberta RCMP

  14-08-2018 16:26 via globalnews.ca
  Police are still trying to locate the pickup truck.
  
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• End of summer and fall activities for kids around Edmonton

  14-08-2018 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Jill Footz, city editor of Family Fun Edmonton, joined Erin Chalmers with some fall activities for the kids, as well as some ways to hold onto those last days of summer.
  
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• Back-to-school electronics with tech expert Marc Saltzman

  14-08-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Technology expert Marc Saltzman joined Mike Sobel with some back-to-school tech ideas for students, including new phones, computers and household electronics.
  
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• Court hearing on Humboldt Broncos fundraising a first under Saskatchewan law

  14-08-2018 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  The GoFundMe money raised for the Humboldt Broncos has yet to be distributed because Saskatchewan has legislation which outlines court-supervised payouts.
  
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• Pay-to-grow produce program a win for Alberta farmers, consumers

  14-08-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Organic farmer Graham Sparrow loads his van with freshly picked strawberries, carrots, leeks and kale. It's Tuesday — delivery day — and Sparrow's produce is destined for members of his community-supported agriculture (CSA) program in Edmonton.
  
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• Woman's finger amputated after injury at West Edmonton Mall water park

  14-08-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A Saskatoon woman had to have her finger amputated after she was injured at the West Edmonton Mall water park during the August long weekend.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

  14-08-2018 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Tuesday, August 14, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Edmonton Folk Festival wraps up after sometimes sunny, sometimes soggy weekend

  14-08-2018 07:09 via globalnews.ca
  It was a mixed bag of weather for those in attendance at the 2018 Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Kim Smith has a look back at how the weekend went.
  
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• Man and woman killed in crash north of Edmonton

  14-08-2018 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  Morinville RCMP are investigating a deadly, two-vehicle crash north of Edmonton on Monday night.
  
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• German tourist shot in head on Alberta highway ‘not able to talk or move his right side’

  14-08-2018 07:01 via globalnews.ca
  A German tourist who was shot in the head while driving on an Alberta highway earlier this month is headed home, a family spokesperson said on Monday night.
  
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• Fire triggers ongoing system outage at Alberta Forestry Building in Edmonton

  14-08-2018 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  A fire at the Alberta Forestry Building in Edmonton this summer has resulted in a system outage that Alberta Environment and Parks said is affecting a "number of internal and shared systems" at the ministry.
  
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• Tourist shot in head on Alberta highway ‘not able to talk or move his right side’: spokesperson

  14-08-2018 06:25 via globalnews.ca
  It's been 11 days since a German tourist was shot in the head while driving on an Alberta highway with his family and as of Monday night, the man "shows symptoms of severe and life-changing injuries," a family spokesperson said.
  
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• 2-vehicle crash north of Edmonton kills man and woman

  14-08-2018 06:15 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP are investigating a deadly crash involving an SUV and a car north of Edmonton on Monday night.
  
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• 2 killed in 2-vehicle collision in Sturgeon County

  14-08-2018 06:15 via cbc.ca
  A man and a woman are dead after a two-vehicle collision Monday evening in Sturgeon County, northwest of Edmonton.
  
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• Hepatitis B vaccine shortage hits Edmonton travel clinics

  14-08-2018 05:39 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton travellers hoping to get the hepatitis B vaccine may be out of luck as country-wide supply issues hit the city's travel clinics.Several travel clinics told CBC News they were dealing with a limited supply of the vaccine.
  
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• New policy proposes 16 per cent affordable housing in all Edmonton communities

  14-08-2018 03:13 via cbc.ca
  The city of Edmonton proposes a new framework of 16 per cent affordable housing in every community, up from the previous 10 per cent policy.
  
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• Edmonton woman to play for Canada in Bermuda ball hockey tourney

  14-08-2018 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  Could you imagine playing hockey on an ocean-front rink on the beaches of Bermuda? As Kevin Karius reports, an Edmontonian is doing just that.
  
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• Puck luck: From the streets of Haiti to teaching at Edmonton Oilers hockey school

  14-08-2018 02:29 via cbc.ca
  Hudson Guenette remembers being recruited by gang members while playing with his friend in the streets of his hometown Cité Soleil, located in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. He also remembers going to bed hungry, not sure where his next meal would come from or when he would get clean water.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Aug. 13

  14-08-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  Meteorologist Jesse Beyer has the long-range weather forecast for the Edmonton area for Monday, Aug. 13, 2018.
  
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