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• How to make a family gap year work

  23-10-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  Imagine selling your home and most of your belongings and embarking on a globetrotting getaway with your kids. The idea seems to be a reality for more and more Canadians. Kim Smith reports.
  
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• Donated flowers bring smiles to seniors’ faces

  23-10-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  It’s become a family tradition of sorts. An Edmonton woman is taking the baton from her mother, collecting and repurposing flower bouquets to give to people in seniors homes, hospices and hospitals. Quinn Ohler reports.
  
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• Connor vs Crosby: Who's top dog?

  23-10-2018 23:41 via cbc.ca
  If you were looking for Connor McDavid or Sidney Crosby at Rogers Place this morning, you were out of luck.
  
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• Jasper National Park expands east gate entrance on Yellowhead Highway

  23-10-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  This spring, Parks Canada started a major construction project at the east Jasper gates to add an additional kiosk lane, as well as a free-flowing bypass lane. Now it's almost complete.
  
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• Trans Mountain review ‘re-do’ creates grounds for another court case, critics say

  23-10-2018 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government gave The National Energy Board (NEB) 22 weeks to deliver a new assessment, a timeline that's too short according to environmental lawyer Eugene Kang with West Coast Environmental Law.
  
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• Alberta’s 5 Nova Cannabis stores raked in $1.3M in first 5 days of legalization

  23-10-2018 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  Alcanna, which operates five Nova Cannabis stores in Alberta, said dried cannabis flower was in high demand, with strains high in THC being the most popular.
  
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• NDP files complaint against UCP, Jason Kenney and third-party advertiser

  23-10-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta NDP has asked the province's elections commissioner to investigate the United Conservative Party, its leader Jason Kenney, a third-party advertiser called Shaping Alberta's Future and the Motor Dealers Association of Alberta for wilfully violating the province's elections financing rules.
  
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• Edmonton non-profit spreads ‘sunshine and happiness’ through flower donations

  23-10-2018 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Stems from the Heart has donated 2,100 repurposed bouquets to seniors residences, hospice care facilities, Ronald McDonald House and hospitals.
  
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• Former NHL goalie Curtis Joseph lifts lid on troubled childhood in new autobiography: ‘I had a weird life’

  23-10-2018 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  In his new autobiography "Cujo – The Untold Story Of My Life On And Off The Ice," the man known as Cujo lifts the lid on a harsh childhood and the odds he beat making it to hockey's highest level.
  
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• Patient wheeled outside Alberta Catholic hospital to have assisted death assessment

  23-10-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's health minister says it's unacceptable that a terminally ill patient at a Catholic care centre was wheeled off the property near a busy street to have an assessment for a doctor-assisted death.
  
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• Edmonton group leads movement for more women to run for office

  23-10-2018 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  Albertans will cast ballots in two elections in the next year. Heading into both campaigns, a local group is hoping to encourage more women to put their names on the ballot. Jennifer Crosby sits down with Lana Cuthbertson with Parity YEG to talk more about the movement.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos Toys on the Turf

  23-10-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Join 630 CHED and the Edmonton Eskimos November 3rd at the Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium as we build a mountain of Toys on the Turf for 630 CHED Santas Anonymous! 
  
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• Alberta woman arrested for spray painting wall in Thailand released on bail

  23-10-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  A Canadian who was arrested in northern Thailand for spraying paint on an ancient wall says she's sorry for what she did and terrified about what comes next.
  
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• Edmonton police chief set to step down

  23-10-2018 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  Wednesday will be the last day on the job for Edmonton’s police chief Rod Knecht. Vinesh Pratap sits down with Jennifer Crosby to discuss the chief’s career.
  
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• McDavid and Crosby headline Edmonton Oilers game against Penguins

  23-10-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby face off Tuesday night at Rogers Place.
  
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• Albertans not eligible for federal carbon tax rebates

  23-10-2018 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising rebates to Canadians from money the government collects from its carbon tax. However, Albertans will not receive the rebates. Kendra Slugoski explains.
  
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• Edmonton police investigate apparent shooting downtown

  23-10-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an apparent shooting downtown on Tuesday morning. Edmonton police are now investigating. Fletcher Kent has more from the scene.
  
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• 'Dear men': Partner of murdered Alberta woman challenges men to change

  23-10-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Mike Cameron has a message for the "good men" among us.
  
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• Edmonton police investigate suspected shooting downtown

  23-10-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  A man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries Tuesday morning after a suspected shooting downtown Edmonton.
  
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• Edmonton's 'first foodie' Gail Hall remembered in new culinary memoir

  23-10-2018 18:46 via cbc.ca
  Food was Gail Hall’s calling. Hospitality was her passion. She led a remarkable life.
  
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• Man in critical condition after suspected shooting at downtown Edmonton auto shop

  23-10-2018 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  A man was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition after a suspected shooting at an auto shop just north of downtown Edmonton in the Chinatown area.
  
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• Man critically injured in shooting at downtown Edmonton business

  23-10-2018 18:34 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton police are investigating a shooting in the downtown area.
  
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• 36-year-old man shot outside downtown Edmonton business dies in hospital

  23-10-2018 18:34 via cbc.ca
  The victim of a shooting at an business in the downtown area has died.
  
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• Alberta students’ union wants action on government tuition review

  23-10-2018 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  A group representing Alberta's university students is seeking action from the Alberta government on its tuition review. 
  
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• Alberta tourist charged with graffiti vandalism terrified of Thai prison

  23-10-2018 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Brittney Schneider, the Grande Prairie, Alta., woman arrested for spray-painting an ancient brick wall in northern Thailand, doesn’t believe she deserves prison time.
  
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• Local food dinner with Canada’s top chefs at Shaw Conference Centre

  23-10-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  On Nov. 2, 50 guests will enjoy an exclusive seven-course dinner, made with local ingredients and prepared by Canada’s top chefs at the Shaw Conference Centre. Executive chef Serge Belair and sous chef Myles Fedun cook up some of the items they’ll be serving up.
  
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• Public symposium on immunotherapy cancer research in Edmonton

  23-10-2018 16:14 via globalnews.ca
  Immunotherapy is a type of treatment that boosts the body’s natural defenses to fight cancer – a disease that 43 people in Alberta are diagnosed with every single day. Cross Cancer Institute oncologist Dr. John Walker and cancer survivor Cam Lane explain more on the benefits of immunotherapy.
  
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• Semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash to make Sask. court appearance

  23-10-2018 15:52 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the semi driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, is expect to elect how he wants to be tried when he appears in court on Oct. 23.
  
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• Adjournment granted for semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos bus crash

  23-10-2018 15:52 via globalnews.ca
  Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was not in court on Oct. 23, and his lawyer was granted an adjournment until Nov. 27.
  
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• 1st Light the House Gala supporting Ronald McDonald House in Edmonton

  23-10-2018 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  The inaugural Light the House Gala will raise money for Ronald McDonald House. RMHCNA Suzanne Pescod and Chef Paul Shufelt, owner of Workshop Eatery owner and one of the chefs at the gala, share details on how the fundraiser will help families of sick kids being treated in Edmonton hospitals.
  
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• Get ready for a fun winter at the Edmonton Ski & Snowboard Show

  23-10-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Ski & Snowboard Show is this weekend, so Jeff Jones and Karly Watson from the Mud, Sweat & Gears shop, as well as show organizer Louise Reinich preview what to expect, including expert speakers and equipment deals.
  
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• Teck Frontier mine poses 'high mortality risk' to bison and birds, Environment Canada says

  23-10-2018 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Environment and Climate Change Canada raised a litany of concerns with Teck Resources’s proposed Frontier Oilsands mine.
  
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• Proposed oilsands mine poses 'high mortality risk' to bison and birds, Environment Canada says

  23-10-2018 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Environment and Climate Change Canada raised a litany of concerns with Teck Resources’s proposed Frontier Oilsands mine.
  
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• Trudeau promises rebates as Ottawa moves to levy carbon tax on provinces outside the climate plan

  23-10-2018 14:24 via cbc.ca
  The federal Liberal government will slap a carbon tax on fuels in provinces and territories with no adequate emissions pricing plans, but will send annual rebates to Canadian families to offset most of the added costs of this climate-change fighting plan.
  
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• Alberta premier supports labour minister’s visit to Canada Post picket line

  23-10-2018 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it wasn't inappropriate for her labour minister to show up at a picket line of Canada Post workers.
  
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• Want to take a family gap year? Here’s how 2 Canadian families are making it work

  23-10-2018 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  A growing number of Canadian families are embarking on round-the-world trips with their kids — here's how you can make it work.
  
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• 'It just came up in my hand': Seatbelt installed after recall fails

  23-10-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A Cape Breton man is warning owners of Chevrolet Malibu 2011 and 2012 models to check their front seatbelts. The seatbelts were recalled in 2015, but his replacement broke in the same spot that prompted the recall.
  
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• MEC CEO addresses lack of diversity, inclusion in advertising

  23-10-2018 06:38 via globalnews.ca
  "By updating our approach to imagery to be more inclusive, we hope that more people will see themselves as part of the co-op and feel welcome at MEC."
  
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• Calgary waits to hear from feds about 2026 Olympic bid, Notley suggests IOC could pay more

  23-10-2018 06:14 via globalnews.ca
  With the clock ticking towards a Calgary vote on hosting the 2026 Winter Games, what the federal government and the city are willing to spend remains unclear.
  
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• Nicole Williams wins UCP nomination in controversial Edmonton-West Henday race

  23-10-2018 06:02 via cbc.ca
  A United Conservative Party candidate has been chosen for the Edmonton-West Henday constituency, ending a race shrouded with controversy after nomination candidates posed for photos with members of hate group Soldiers of Odin.
  
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• WWE star Roman Reigns reveals he’s battling leukemia

  23-10-2018 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  Reigns, whose real name is Joe Anoa'i, made the announcement on Monday's edition of the WWE flagship show Raw.
  
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• Alberta Premier Rachel Notley proposes Ottawa get into crude-by-rail business

  23-10-2018 04:03 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is proposing Ottawa get into the crude-by-rail business -- at least temporarily -- so that producers in her province can get a better price for their oil.
  
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• 'This really turned the tide': The Enigma machine and World War II in spotlight at U of A

  23-10-2018 03:42 via cbc.ca
  This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first patent for the Enigma machine, a device used to encrypt secret communications for the German military during World War II. A sold-out lecture on the topic is happening at the University of Alberta this week.
  
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• Triple-booking trials should help reduce court delays: Chief Justice of Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench

  23-10-2018 03:19 via globalnews.ca
  In Edmonton, some civil trials are being booked four years out and the Chief Justice of Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench says she is concerned by that.
  
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• Alberta Pandas soccer player gets set for Canada West playoffs after overcoming serious injury

  23-10-2018 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Pandas soccer team is getting set for the Canada West playoffs. As Quinn Phillips reports, one of their players overcame a serious injury to be there with her team.
  
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• Edmonton Weather Forecast: Oct. 22

  23-10-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Chief Justice of Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench speaks out about civil trial delays

  23-10-2018 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  It can take up to four years to have a civil case heard in Alberta right now. The Chief Justice of Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench says the delays keep her up at night. As Fletcher Kent reports, she believes the courts need to get creative when it comes to tackling the issue.
  
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• Edmonton teen admits to role in killing of Mac's store clerk

  23-10-2018 02:07 via cbc.ca
  A trial began Monday in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for a 16-year old who is charged in connection with the deaths of two Mac's convenience store employees. The youth pleaded guilty to one count of manslaughter, but not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.
  
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• Edmonton’s so-called ‘End of the World’ to see changes made to it

  23-10-2018 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  A site in Edmonton’s river valley that’s come to be known as The End of the World will be much different in a few months. Vinesh Pratap explains.
  
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• Edmonton family returns from movie to find their SUV without any wheels on it

  23-10-2018 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton family is less than impressed after two wheels on their SUV disappeared while they were watching a movie on the weekend. Albert Delitala has the details.
  
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