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• Energy companies, Alberta government say Ottawa's $1.6-billion lifeline wrong solution

  18-12-2018 23:50 via cbc.ca
  The federal government's $1.6-billion lifeline to Alberta's oil and gas industry is being thrown in the wrong direction and isn't enough to help struggling companies, say industry insiders after the funding announcement on Tuesday.
  
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• Alberta mom disappointed with Ottawa’s ‘no’ vote on infant loss leave

  18-12-2018 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Earlier this month, members of Parliament voted against an amendment to C-86 brought forward by the Conservatives to ensure parents would be entitled to 12 weeks of leave following the death of a child.
  
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• 'Vexatious litigant' seeking $800,000 in damages ordered to pay each defendant $20,000 - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 22:45
  'Vexatious litigant' seeking $800,000 in damages ordered to pay each defendant $20,000  Edmonton JournalA man seeking $800,000 in damages from Edmonton Police *Service* members, former police chief Rod Knecht and residents in his own condo building has ...
  
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• Commodities Outlook 2019: Why Scotiabank is bullish on most metals - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 22:27
  Commodities Outlook 2019: Why Scotiabank is bullish on most metals  Edmonton JournalScotiabank's Rory Johnston says despite China-U.S. tensions and the potential fallout, metals will be on the rise.
  
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• Southern Alberta MLA Bob Wanner won't run in next election

  18-12-2018 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Bob Wanner, the MLA for Medicine Hat and Speaker in the legislature, says he will not seek re-election next spring.
  
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• Bonnyville ‘yellow vest’ protest peaceful while two arrested in Edmonton event - The Cold Lake Sun

  18-12-2018 20:59
  Bonnyville ‘yellow vest’ protest peaceful while two arrested in Edmonton event  The Cold Lake SunWhile yellow vest activists at the Bonnyville Provincial Building were peaceful Saturday, police say two people were arrested in Edmonton when protesters and ...
  
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• Chinatown Dining Week returns in January with bubbling hot pots and vegan favourites - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 20:45
  Chinatown Dining Week returns in January with bubbling hot pots and vegan favourites  Edmonton JournalEight hidden gems showcased over 11 days in January.
  
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• TSN's Gord Miller: "The referees aren’t deliberately ignoring Connor McDavid" - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 20:36
  TSN's Gord Miller: "The referees aren’t deliberately ignoring Connor McDavid"  Edmonton JournalThis in from hockey broadcaster Gord Miller of TSN, his criticism of Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock for lashing out that refs fail to call obvious infractions ...
  
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• Edmonton students win right to have experiment launched on International Space Station

  18-12-2018 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  Five David Thomas King School students have earned a chance to have their experiment carried out on the International Space Station as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.
  
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• Natural Resources minister says Alberta workers need support, announces $1.6B for oil and gas industry

  18-12-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government is injecting $1.6 billion into Alberta’s strained oil and gas industry to help companies hard hit by plummeting crude prices. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi joins Global News at Noon Edmonton to talk more about the money.
  
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• Connor McDavid focused on Blues, not refs, as Edmonton Oilers start home stand

  18-12-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Oilers open a five-game home stand Tuesday night against the Blues.
  
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• A look ahead at Alberta’s economy in 2019

  18-12-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  The bottom line and our pocketbooks are always important and economic stories dominated the headlines in 2018. So what does 2019 have in store for Alberta? Jennifer Crosby sits down with ATB Financial’s chief economist Todd Hirsch.
  
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• Ottawa announces $1.6B to boost Alberta’s oil and gas industry

  18-12-2018 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government announced $1.6 billion for the province’s strained oil and gas industry. So where is that money going? And how is it supposed to help? Tom Vernon reports.
  
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• All this toothless tenor wants for Christmas are his three front teeth

  18-12-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Taylor Fawcett, an aspiring opera singer, has launched a lispy, impassioned campaign to repair his damaged mug.
  
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• Edmonton-born Eleanor Collins — Canada's first lady of jazz

  18-12-2018 19:29 via cbc.ca
  Eleanor Collins' trajectory as a singer and entertainer defied the odds. Before the Nat King Cole TV show aired in the U.S., Collins became Canada's first woman, and North America's first person of colour, to have their own nationally broadcast television show.
  
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• Cold Lake Mountie cleared in fatal high-speed chase

  18-12-2018 18:49 via cbc.ca
  A Cold Lake RCMP officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in a high-speed chase that killed a 36-year-old man and injured three others in the summer of 2016.
  
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• Ottawa provides $1.6B in oil and gas sector - CTV News

  18-12-2018 18:46
  Ottawa provides $1.6B in oil and gas sector  CTV NewsCanada's energy industry will receive $1.6 billion from the federal government.
  
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• The Game Will Be Performing In Edmonton After All - HotNewHipHop

  18-12-2018 18:35
  The Game Will Be Performing In Edmonton After All  HotNewHipHopThe Game announced on Instagram today that he will be performing in Edmonton despite initially cancelling his show there due to negligent behaviour by the ...
  
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• Ottawa offers $1.6B backstop for energy sector as political tensions with Alberta fester

  18-12-2018 18:19 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is promising more than $1.6 billion — most of it in loans — to support the ailing energy sector, as political tensions in the Ottawa-Alberta relationship simmer.
  
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• Semi driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash granted adjournment to new year

  18-12-2018 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  The lawyer for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the semi driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, asked for more time to review documents disclosed by the Crown.
  
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• Canada Post says normal delivery times restored for most of the country

  18-12-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  ​Three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work, Canada Post says it has caught up on most parcel delivery backlogs that had been created by rotating walkouts, and normal holiday delivery service guarantees have been restored.
  
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• Minister Sohi won’t attend Alberta pipeline rallies

  18-12-2018 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says he doesn’t plan to attend pro-pipeline rallies in Alberta but understands Albertan’s frustration.
  
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• Minister Sohi on Trans Mountain Pipeline progress

  18-12-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the federal government is moving forward with the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion in the “right way.”
  
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• Canada Post workers protest - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 17:55
  Canada Post workers protest  Edmonton JournalPostal workers protest outside the Canada Post annual meeting in Ottawa on Dec. 12, 2018.
  
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• Minister Carr on benefits of $1.6B commitment

  18-12-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr explains how Tuesday’s funding announcement will help the energy industry.
  
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• Minister Sohi on oil price differential

  18-12-2018 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the solution to the disparity between the price of Canadian oil and oil from other parts is of the world is increasing pipeline capacity.
  
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• Oilers 50/50 raffle gets head start with $68,000 unclaimed jackpot

  18-12-2018 17:47 via cbc.ca
  Whether the Oilers win or lose in their game Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning, one Edmonton fan is sure to leave Rogers Place smiling.
  
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• Federal government commits $1.6B to energy sector

  18-12-2018 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  On Tuesday morning, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi announced the federal government is committing $1.6 billion to Canada’s oil industry.
  
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• Minister Sohi on importance of pipelines

  18-12-2018 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi explains the federal government’s commitment to Canadian pipeline expansion.
  
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• Are The Edmonton Oilers Making An Important Tampa Bay Pivot? - Oil On Whyte

  18-12-2018 17:30
  Are The Edmonton Oilers Making An Important Tampa Bay Pivot?  Oil On WhyteRumors have the Edmonton Oilers keeping an eye on one of the Tampa Bay Lightning's important young centers. Can they make a deal happen?
  
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• Tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash chosen as Canadian Press’ news story of the year

  18-12-2018 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  The Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 people and injured 13 others has been selected as the top news story in Canada in 2018.
  
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• Edmonton man sought by police after woman, two children sprayed with fire extinguisher in Crescent Town apartment - Beach Metro News

  18-12-2018 16:05
  Edmonton man sought by police after woman, two children sprayed with fire extinguisher in Crescent Town apartment  Beach Metro NewsToronto police have released a photo of man wanted in connection with a break-in and an assault at an apartment building in the Victoria Park Avenue and ...
  
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• Alberta bus monitor removed for writing letter 'expressing his feelings' to young girl

  18-12-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  A bus monitor from northern Alberta no longer has a job after he "wrote a note expressing his feelings to a young girl," the school said.
  
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• $68K Edmonton Oilers 50/50 pot carried over to Saturday’s game

  18-12-2018 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  The 50/50 pot for the game at Rogers Place will start at more than $68,000.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers most improved player? Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 15:48
  Edmonton Oilers most improved player? Ryan Nugent-Hopkins  Edmonton JournalWho is the most improved Edmonton Oilers player this year? Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.When it comes to rating hockey players I look at what they do to help create ...
  
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• NPC returns from Edmonton - Brantford Expositor

  18-12-2018 15:24
  NPC returns from Edmonton  Brantford ExpositorNorth Park Collegiate's senior boys basketball team recently returned from the REB Invitational in Edmonton where the Trojans went 1-2.North Park lost 84-78 to ...
  
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• Tuesday WxBlog: Dec 18 - CTV News

  18-12-2018 15:18
  Tuesday WxBlog: Dec 18  CTV NewsAfter JUST missing out on the warm air Monday, Edmonton should jump above zero by a couple degrees today.
  
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• Energy assessment law needed to avoid another Trans Mountain impasse, PM says

  18-12-2018 15:09 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is overhauling how Canada assesses big energy projects in a bid to ensure new projects can get built without the government having to buy them to make that happen.
  
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• Amazon promises 600 tech jobs for Toronto and 600 jobs for Edmonton at new fulfilment centre - Financial Post

  18-12-2018 15:03
  Amazon promises 600 tech jobs for Toronto and 600 jobs for Edmonton at new fulfilment centre  Financial PostAmazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it plans to create 600 new technology jobs in downtown Toronto following the opening of a new 113,000 square foot office in ...
  
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• Professor accuses Alberta MP of spreading 'climate misinformation' to school kids

  18-12-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  A University of Calgary professor says he's concerned about what he calls "climate misinformation" presented by a Conservative member of Parliament last week to junior high students in Red Deer.
  
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• Crohn’s disease, colitis cases projected to rise in Canada: report

  18-12-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  A report by Crohn's and Colitis Canada has warned that cases of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Canada will soar in the coming years.  
  
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• Climate change professor accuses Alberta MP of spreading 'climate misinformation'

  18-12-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  A University of Calgary professor says he's concerned about what he calls "climate misinformation" presented by a Conservative member of Parliament last week to junior high students in Red Deer.
  
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• Natural ways to combat fatigue, stress, illness during the holidays

  18-12-2018 14:41 via globalnews.ca
  The holidays can be stressful and hard on the immune system, leading to some people getting run down and sick. Pharmacist Sherry Torkos shows us some natural ways to fight holiday health hazards.
  
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• Canada’s tougher impaired driving laws are now in effect

  18-12-2018 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  Canada’s new impaired driving laws kicked in Tuesday. Kendra Slugoski explains how they give law enforcement new powers when it comes to interacting with drivers, especially when it comes to breath samples and repeat offenders.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Just your average, above average December day - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 14:29
  Edmonton weather: Just your average, above average December day  Edmonton JournalA look at today's Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.Tuesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -2.8 C with 2 ...
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Khadr deserves a pat on back - Edmonton Journal

  18-12-2018 14:00
  Tuesday's letters: Khadr deserves a pat on back  Edmonton JournalMy sense for justice in Omar Khadr's difficult situation is once more being strained. This young man, now 32 years old, has seen the best and worst of people, ...
  
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• 'Justice will prevail,' aunt of Saddle Lake homicide victim says after arrests

  18-12-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton woman says she begged one of the co-accused charged with her niece's death to tell police what she knows.
  
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• Amazon announces new distribution centre south of Edmonton - EverythingGP

  18-12-2018 13:35
  Amazon announces new distribution centre south of Edmonton  EverythingGPAmazon.com is opening a new 92900-square-metre (one-million-square-foot) distribution centre in Alberta. The facility in Leduc County, just south of Edmonton, ...
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Tuesday, December 18, 2018

  18-12-2018 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Tuesday, December 18, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Group preparing Trans Mountain legal challenge argues government’s mind already made up

  18-12-2018 13:22 via globalnews.ca
  A Vancouver-based environment charity is readying itself to go back to court if — or they believe when — the federal government re-approves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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