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• City of Edmonton, four employees charged in feral cat deaths

  25-10-2018 23:58 via cbc.ca
  The City of Edmonton and four employees have been charged with regulatory offences under the Animal Protection Act after three feral cats died in May during a pilot program that has since been suspended.
  
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• How to find the correct shoe size for your kids

  25-10-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  According to a survey by BlitzResults, 65 per cent of kids are wearing shoes that are too small.
  
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• Alberta announces new rules on selling and repairing cars

  25-10-2018 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Oct 25: Minister of Service Alberta Brian Malkinson announces changes aimed at helping consumers feel more confident when buying a car or getting it fixed, including guidelines around disclosing previous damage and processes around repair estimates.
  
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• Calgary man urges caution when using vehicle history reports like CarProof and CarFax

  25-10-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  A Calgary man is urging others to be cautious of only using vehicle history reports like CarProof or CarFax when buying a vehicle.
  
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• Deaths of 3 cats leads to charges against City of Edmonton, 4 employees

  25-10-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Five months after three feral cats who were in the City of Edmonton's care died, four employees, and the city itself, have been charged with regulatory offences under the Animal Protection Act.
  
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• Death of 3 cats leads to charges against City of Edmonton, 4 employees

  25-10-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Five months after three feral cats who were in the City of Edmonton's care died, four employees, and the city itself, have been charged with regulatory offences under the Animal Protection Act.
  
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• EPCOR attempting to get ahead of new guidelines regarding lead in Edmonton’s drinking water

  25-10-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Right now, the allowable amount of lead per litre of water is 10 micrograms. The new guidelines will cap that at five.
  
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• Stolen remote door-openers behind surge in garage break-ins, Edmonton police say

  25-10-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton police are attributing a rash of garage break-ins in the city to people leaving keys and garage-door openers in vehicles parked outside.
  
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• Edmonton doctor guilty of 6 counts of unprofessional conduct

  25-10-2018 22:02 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton family physician who lied to a police officer about a forged prescription has been found guilty of unprofessional conduct by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
  
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• Trans Mountain like Monty Python’s dead parrot under Trudeau government: Scheer

  25-10-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  The federal Opposition leader is suggesting the Liberals have no intention of beginning the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion before next year's election.
  
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• If premier, Jason Kenney would have fight-back strategy to challenge Alberta’s oil critics

  25-10-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's Opposition United Conservative leader says if he becomes premier, he'll set up a war room to take on critics of the province's energy industry in real time.
  
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• Number of unemployed Albertans living without EI benefits remains high: report

  25-10-2018 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  The numbers are considerably higher than 2013 and early 2014, when around 70,000-80,000 Albertans were unemployed without EI benefits, according to the report.
  
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• Husky Energy vows to boost downstream output if it wins MEG hostile takeover

  25-10-2018 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  Husky Energy Inc. will increase its downstream capacity and thus ``insulate'' itself from recent large heavy oil price discounts if it succeeds in its hostile takeover of MEG Energy.
  
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• Alberta brings in new rules on car repairs, purchases

  25-10-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Starting next week, there will be new rules in Alberta for selling autos or getting them fixed.
  
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• Edmonton doctor found guilty of prescribing offences, inappropriate relationship with patient

  25-10-2018 20:43 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton family doctor has been found guilty of six charges of unprofessional conduct after a hearing tribunal with Alberta's medical regulator.
  
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• Can Edmonton public school system handle 100,000+ kids?

  25-10-2018 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton schools are under pressure from a growing population with the greatest need being another high school. Edmonton Public has more than 100,000 students enrolled. Chair Michelle Draper joins us.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers focus on stopping Capitals’ league-leading power play

  25-10-2018 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Oilers will try stop the Capitals high-octane power play Thursday night at Rogers Place.
  
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• Dark, Deadmonton and Haunted Halloween: What's eerie in Edmonton this weekend

  25-10-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  It’s Halloween weekend and that means there’s a whack of wicked and spooktacular stuff to do in Edmonton.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos invite St. Albert family that received racist letter to football game

  25-10-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  The president of the Edmonton Eskimos has invited a St. Albert family that received a threatening letter earlier this month to be his personal guests at the Nov. 3 game.
  
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• Edmonton's Hospital of Horror a virtual-reality nightmare

  25-10-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  The ghosts may be virtually engineered but the terror is real.
  
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• Woman, 88, hurt when thief steals her SUV in Sherwood Park

  25-10-2018 19:22 via cbc.ca
  Strathcona County RCMP are searching for a vehicle thief who left an 88-year-old woman with a broken finger after he snatched her keys from her hand.
  
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• Kenney and Scheer vow to fight 'lies' of oil and gas opponents

  25-10-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  Speaking at an energy conference in Calgary hosted by a conservative public relations group, the two conservative leaders raised the spectre of shutting down environmental groups who oppose development.
  
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• Jason Kenney says he would establish 'war room' and target oil and gas opponents as premier

  25-10-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  Jason Kenney and Deron Bilous took to the stage at en energy conference in downtown Calgary on Thursday, with Kenney on the attack and Bilous defending the Alberta govenrment's record. Watch live later in the day as Andrew Scheer and Scott Moe speak.
  
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• How my 7 kids got me through the hardest years of my life

  25-10-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  During the hardest years of her life, Pam Hills came to rely on her seven children almost as much as they relied on her.
  
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• Air Canada opens new facility at Edmonton International Airport

  25-10-2018 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton International Airport is continuing to expand with the construction of a new Air Canada facility.
  
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• Edmonton's Stadium LRT station needs $27M rehab, councillor says

  25-10-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Safer, cleaner LRT stations may be in Edmonton's future. One of the first to be considered for needed upgrades is Stadium Station northeast of downtown on 111th Avenue and 84th Street.
  
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• Edmonton Gallery’s Spanish Flu Exhibit

  25-10-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Borealis Gallery is shedding light on the bleak period of Alberta’s history when the Spanish Flu swept across the province. Exhibit co-ordinator Barbara Hilden shares the details.
  
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• Medical cannabis user questions quality control in industry

  25-10-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton medical cannabis consumer is concerned about quality control in the industry, after she experienced unexpected side effects from familiar strains of cannabis. But Health Canada, doctors and industry insiders say producers face some of the most strict regulations in the world, and say Canada's legal cannabis is safe.
  
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• More charges against U.S. man accused of kidnapping Alberta model

  25-10-2018 14:41 via cbc.ca
  A South Carolina man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an Alberta woman who was lured to the United States with the promise of a modelling job is facing new charges.
  
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• Ottawa cuts off financing to Edmonton centre for newcomers over sexual misconduct allegation

  25-10-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Immigration Canada has lost its trust in an Edmonton centre for francophone newcomers and is putting an early end to its financing agreement, according to a letter sent to the organization after a sexual misconduct allegation against a former director surfaced.
  
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• Ottawa cuts off financing to Edmonton centre for newcomers over allegations of sexual misconduct

  25-10-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Immigration Canada has lost its trust in an Edmonton centre for francophone newcomers and is putting an early end to its financing agreement, according to a letter sent to the organization.
  
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• Alberta doesn't track how many patients transferred for assisted-dying assessments

  25-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Neither Covenant Health nor Alberta Health Services tracks exactly how many patients have been forced to leave Covenant’s health facilities to access medical-assistance-in-dying services.
  
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• Research begins to turn bitumen into 'radically different products'

  25-10-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The bargain price for bitumen these days is a 'reality check' for the oil industry to research new products that could be made from the oilsands.
  
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• Candlelight vigil held to remember Edmonton’s latest homicide victim

  25-10-2018 06:40 via globalnews.ca
  About 40 people turned up at a candlelight vigil in north Edmonton on Wednesday night to remember the life of 36-year-old Virgil Quinn and to call for his killer to face justice.
  
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• Candlelight vigil held in north Edmonton to remember city’s latest homicide victim

  25-10-2018 06:38 via globalnews.ca
  A candlelight vigil was held in north Edmonton on Wednesday to remember Virgil Quinn who died after being found in an alley with serious injuries last week.
  
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• High steaks: Lab-grown meat necessary for future protein demands, expert says

  25-10-2018 05:11 via cbc.ca
  You might not normally associate the words "humane" and "environmentally friendly" with meat products, but a unique field of research could change that.
  
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• Edmonton-raised Whitecaps star Alphonso Davies wants to make last MLS game ‘something special’

  25-10-2018 04:53 via globalnews.ca
  When Alphonso Davies hits the field for his final Vancouver Whitecaps game on Sunday, his entire family will be watching from the stands.
  
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• Charges laid after cannabis products allegedly sold without authorization at store north of Edmonton

  25-10-2018 04:06 via globalnews.ca
  Three people have been charged with drug-related offences after the RCMP allege a store selling vaping products in St. Albert, Alta., was also selling cannabis products without authorization and before it became legal in Canada.
  
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• Worker killed at Dow Canada plant northeast of Red Deer

  25-10-2018 03:47 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Occupational Health and Safety officials are investigating after Dow Canada employee was killed Tuesday night at the Dow Prentiss site, northeast of Red Deer.
  
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• New online tool tracks women candidates in upcoming Alberta election

  25-10-2018 03:44 via cbc.ca
  Parity YEG, a non-profit group aiming for gender parity in politics, has paired with political blog daveberta.ca to launch an online tool to track nominated candidates and candidate hopefuls ahead of the election.
  
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• Evidence in Mac's store killings can't support murder conviction, defence argues

  25-10-2018 02:52 via cbc.ca
  A 16-year-old who played a role in the killings of two Mac's convenience store clerks should not be convicted of first-degree murder, his defence lawyer says, because there is no evidence the teen caused the man's death.
  
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• Lubicon Lake Band announces landmark land settlement deal

  25-10-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Lubicon Lake Band has announced a $113-million land settlement deal in connection with a contentious 85-year-old land claim. Fletcher Kent reports.
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter in connection with fentanyl death speaks out

  25-10-2018 02:24 via globalnews.ca
  The first person Edmonton police have ever charged with manslaughter in connection with a fentanyl death is speaking out. As Kendra Slugoski reports, he’s sharing his story of addiction.
  
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• University of Alberta invention may help to prevent heart attack deaths

  25-10-2018 02:18 via globalnews.ca
  An invention from the University of Alberta may help to prevent heart attack deaths. Su-Ling Goh reports.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers power play sees success early in season

  25-10-2018 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Oilers power play has seven goals in seven games.
  
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• Alberta minister in Ottawa opposing Bill C-69

  25-10-2018 02:09 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips was in Ottawa Wednesday to speak against a key piece of legislation. Tom Vernon has more on the energy industry impacts of Bill C-69.
  
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• Alberta Mountie killed over 100 years ago honoured

  25-10-2018 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  An Alberta Mountie killed in the line of duty more than a century ago was honoured with a special headstone Wednesday. Julia Wong explains.
  
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• 47-year-old worker dies at central Alberta polyethylene plant: Dow Canada

  25-10-2018 02:06 via globalnews.ca
  Dow Canada says a worker has died at the company's polyethylene plant near Red Deer.
  
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• Trial for teen charged in Edmonton Mac’s store murder wraps up

  25-10-2018 02:02 via globalnews.ca
  The trial for a teenager who was tried for first-degree murder in two separate Mac’s store killings in Edmonton ended Wednesday. Kendra Slugoski has more from the law courts.
  
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• Major delays on Edmonton LRT frustrate morning commuters

  25-10-2018 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  It was a frustrating morning for LRT passengers and it’s now leading to questions about the problem. Could the issue have been caught sooner? Vinesh Pratap takes a look.
  
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