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• Alberta woman at centre of animal cruelty case arrested in Manitoba

  18-01-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  April Irving was charged with animal cruelty and neglect after 201 emaciated dogs were seized from a property in Milk River in January 2015. 
  
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• Dining Out: Noorish welcomes patrons with revamped menu, décor - Edmonton Journal

  18-01-2019 23:45
  Dining Out: Noorish welcomes patrons with revamped menu, décor  Edmonton JournalNoorish was at the forefront of the vegetarian and vegan food wave in Edmonton, long before it became one of the hottest restaurant trends of 2018. Opened in ...
  
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• Milk vodka? Federal government opens consultations on definition of vodka

  18-01-2019 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian rules are tight. Vodka can only be made from grain or potatoes, must be filtered through charcoal and must be as colourless and odourless as possible.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos sign 3 players, begin restocking receiver position

  18-01-2019 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos resigned two players on Friday and signed a new player as well.
  
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• Edmonton-raised Alphonso Davies watches from Bayern Munich bench as Bundesliga resumes play

  18-01-2019 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton-raised soccer star Alphonso Davies watched from the bench Friday as Bayern Munich defeated TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3-1 to mark the Bundesliga's return to action after its traditional winter break.
  
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• Man who started Edmonton fire that killed baby won’t spend more time in jail

  18-01-2019 22:36 via globalnews.ca
  The man who pleaded guilty to arson in connection with an Edmonton house fire that claimed the life of a five-month-old baby boy won't spend anymore time behind bars.
  
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• Edmonton councillors, mayor push back after city blog post on calcium chloride

  18-01-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  The post in the blog, called “Transforming Edmonton,” outlines the memo Global News uncovered in its investigation about the controversial chemical and how city administration will only provide a snow and ice update.
  
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• 2 Edmontonians arrested after Highway 63 traffic stop uncovers 1kg of cocaine

  18-01-2019 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  A kilogram of cocaine was seized by police Jan. 15 following a traffic stop on Highway 63 in Fort McMurray. Two people from Edmonton were arrested and charged.
  
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• Man who started Edmonton fire that killed baby won’t spend more time in jail - Global News

  18-01-2019 21:36
  Man who started Edmonton fire that killed baby won’t spend more time in jail  Global NewsThe man who pleaded guilty to arson in connection with an Edmonton house fire that claimed the life of a five-month-old baby boy won't spend anymore time ...
  
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• Highway 60 to be twinned on busy truck corridor in Parkland County

  18-01-2019 21:05 via cbc.ca
  A busy stretch of Highway 60 near Spruce Grove will be twinned as part of a $1.6-billion "high load corridor" project by the provincial government.
  
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• Hicks on Biz: Edmonton's high-rise rental market is on a roll - Edmonton Sun

  18-01-2019 20:45
  Hicks on Biz: Edmonton's high-rise rental market is on a roll  Edmonton SunBy GRAHAM HICKSWhat do the Big Guys know that we don't?Alberta's economic indicators have been lousy since the great oil crash and are not predicted to ...
  
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• Edmonton chef calling for significant change

  18-01-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Longtime Edmonton chef and restaurant owner Paul Shufelt discusses the need to overhaul how chefs are compensated. Jennifer Crosby reports.
  
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• Through a different lens: Edmonton optometrist captures award-winning portraits of resilience - CBC.ca

  18-01-2019 20:30
  Through a different lens: Edmonton optometrist captures award-winning portraits of resilience  CBC.caIn his optometry office on 124th Street in Edmonton, Dr. Larry Louie looks into his patients' eyes to see if there's a problem. When he travels, he looks through the ...
  
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• Through a different lens: Edmonton optometrist captures award-winning portraits of resilience

  18-01-2019 20:30 via cbc.ca
  In the last year, Dr. Larry Louie photographed child labourers building ships in Bangladesh, sulphur miners on the Mount Ijen volcano in Indonesia, and a demolished village in China’s Fujian province.
  
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• Stephans won’t be getting money for legal fees in retrial of son’s meningitis death: Alberta judge

  18-01-2019 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  David and Collet Stephan wanted $4 million to pay for past and future legal bills.
  
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• Lithium-ion batteries for e-cigarette caused fire on WestJet flight: TSB

  18-01-2019 20:05 via cbc.ca
  The fire that caused a WestJet flight from Calgary to Vancouver to turn back was sparked by lithium-ion batteries for an e-cigarette, according to a TSB report.
  
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• Edmonton man sentenced in baby shaking death

  18-01-2019 20:02 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Calahoo was sentence on Friday after pleading guilty in the death of two-month-old Raelyn’s 2016 death. Fletcher Kent reports.
  
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• Longtime Alberta broadcaster Peter Watts dies at 68

  18-01-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  Peter Watts, of 'Alberta Morning News,' TSN and CBC Sports fame, has died in Calgary at the age of 68.
  
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• Controversial city blog post about calcium chloride

  18-01-2019 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  A city blog post stating the controversial de-icing agent calcium chloride was not on the agenda for Tuesday’s city council meeting Julia Wong reports.
  
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• Family Matters podcast recap — Swearing around kids & nostalgia for Mini Pop Kids

  18-01-2019 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Many parents are careful about what they say around their kids but research suggests casual swearing is totally alright.
  
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• Snowfall warning for Coquihalla; wind warnings for B.C.’s Central and North Coasts

  18-01-2019 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada predicting between 15 and 25 cm of snow for Coquihalla Highway.
  
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• Rink Checker: Edmonton AM profiles city's best skating spots - CBC.ca

  18-01-2019 18:59
  Rink Checker: Edmonton AM profiles city's best skating spots  CBC.caImpervious to the bone-chilling temperatures, a legion of dedicated volunteers trade in their free time to maintain Edmonton's community rinks.
  
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• Rink Checker: Edmonton AM profiles city's best skating spots

  18-01-2019 18:59 via cbc.ca
  Impervious to the bone-chilling temperatures, a legion of dedicated volunteers trade in their free time to maintain Edmonton’s community rinks.
  
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• Man will serve no more time in jail for fire that killed 5-month-old baby

  18-01-2019 18:27 via cbc.ca
  A Edmonton man who started a house fire that killed a five-month-old baby was sentenced Thursday to 76 days in jail.
  
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• Brandon Calahoo sentenced for Edmonton baby shaking death; will spend 2 more years in jail

  18-01-2019 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  Brandon Calahoo was sentenced to a further two years in jail and three years' probation on Friday after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death of a two-month-old baby.
  
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• Bob Layton: Provinces should help each other, quid pro quo

  18-01-2019 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec needs to allow pipelines to help Alberta, like Alberta helps Quebec.
  
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• Man who admitted to setting Edmonton fire that killed a baby now free from jail - Toronto Star

  18-01-2019 16:51
  Man who admitted to setting Edmonton fire that killed a baby now free from jail  Toronto StarBrandon Woycenko was sentenced Thursday to 76 days in jail, but the judge ruled that he had served 51 days at time and a half and is now free.
  
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• Comedian London Brown performing at Edmonton’s Comic Strip

  18-01-2019 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  London Brown is a comedian, actor known for the HBO series “Ballers,” and dancer. The triple threat is in Edmonton to take the stage at the Comic Strip and joined Mike Sobel to talk about his act.
  
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• Canadian River Valley Revenge winter ultra marathon through Edmonton

  18-01-2019 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian River Valley Revenge is the winter half of a biannual ultra marathon through Edmonton. Todd Savard, Peter Field and Foster Bartel share details on the race for the hardiest of athletes.
  
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• Former civilian employee denounces response to bullying allegations within Edmonton police - CBC.ca

  18-01-2019 16:00
  Former civilian employee denounces response to bullying allegations within Edmonton police  CBC.caA former civilian employee with the Edmonton Police *Service* called on the city's Police Commission to address bullying within the organization during a public ...
  
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• Former civilian employee denounces response to bullying allegations within Edmonton police

  18-01-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  A former civilian employee with the Edmonton Police Service called on the city’s Police Commission to address bullying within the organization during a public meeting Thursday.
  
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• AMA Travel: The differences between the islands of Hawaii

  18-01-2019 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  Roland from AMA Travel joined Mike Sobel to talk about vacations to Hawaii, and how to decide which island to visit.
  
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• Alberta judge says no money for couple charged in son's meningitis death

  18-01-2019 15:40 via cbc.ca
  An Alberta couple facing a retrial in the meningitis death of their son will not get $4 million they wanted the government to give them for past and future legal fees, a judge said Friday.
  
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• Notley says NDP member denies ordering staffer to break rules on political work

  18-01-2019 15:30 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says a member of her caucus who is being accused of directing a civil servant to do party work on government time maintains he didn't do it.
  
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• NEB rejects Burnaby’s bid to stop work at Trans Mountain pipeline terminal

  18-01-2019 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The National Energy Board has rejected Burnaby's request for construction work to stop at the Trans Mountain pipeline terminal in the city.
  
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• Harlem Globetrotters bounce into Edmonton

  18-01-2019 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Zeus McClurkin with the Harlem Globetrotters joined Mike Sobel to show off some basketball tricks and share what people can expect to see at their show next weekend at Rogers Place.
  
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• The WHL Suits Up with Don Cherry at Edmonton Oil Kings game

  18-01-2019 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Oil Kings are hosting the WHL Suits Up with Don Cherry to promote organ donation event. The commentator’s daughter Cindy Cherry joined Shaye Ganam to talk about the event.
  
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• 'In harm's way': Passport dispute strands Canadian children who fled war-torn Ethiopia

  18-01-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton father is fighting to bring his children to Canada after they fled a war zone in Ethiopia but a bizarre foul-up in one daughter's passport application is making it difficult.
  
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• Edmonton man Ricardo Espinoza the only Canadian on Kevin Smith’s Vancouver Film School scholarship short list

  18-01-2019 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Edmontonian Ricardo Espinoza is one of just six people on the short list for a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious Vancouver Film School, courtesy of actor, writer, producer Kevin Smith. He’s also the only Canadian to make the cut from about 900 applicants. Espinoza joined Erin Chalmers to talk about the application process and where...
  
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• Edmonton weather: Extreme cold warnings. Extreme cold warnings everywhere - Edmonton Journal

  18-01-2019 14:40
  Edmonton weather: Extreme cold warnings. Extreme cold warnings everywhere  Edmonton JournalA look at today's Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -15.7 C with 13 ...
  
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• National Energy Board rejects Burnaby's bid to stop work at Trans Mountain pipeline terminal

  18-01-2019 14:17 via cbc.ca
  The National Energy Board has rejected a request by Burnaby, B.C., that it rescind orders allowing the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to conduct work at the city's terminal.
  
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• 'The money-maker': Drivers can't stop hitting boulder in Leduc parking lot

  18-01-2019 13:30 via cbc.ca
  The rock has earned a bad reputation with drivers, and the owner of Oil Country Towing has his own nickname for it: "The money-maker."
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Friday, January 18, 2019

  18-01-2019 13:23 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Friday, January 18, 2019 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• THREE THOUGHTS: Not really much difference where Edmonton Oilers are this year compared to last - Edmonton Sun

  18-01-2019 11:00
  THREE THOUGHTS: Not really much difference where Edmonton Oilers are this year compared to last  Edmonton SunThree Thoughts after Edmonton Oilers gutted out a win in Vancouver.It's all perspective whether you're on your couch in your shorts watching on TV or paying ...
  
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• Picture perfect: New Walterdale Bridge is making its mark on Edmonton's look - Edmonton Journal

  18-01-2019 11:00
  Picture perfect: New Walterdale Bridge is making its mark on Edmonton's look  Edmonton JournalEven before the bright, steel-arched replacement Walterdale Bridge opened in September 2017, the structure was a magnet for attention.People who couldn't ...
  
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• Elise Stolte: Stalled out gondola project is a sad critique of Edmonton's openness to new ideas - Edmonton Journal

  18-01-2019 11:00
  Elise Stolte: Stalled out gondola project is a sad critique of Edmonton's openness to new ideas  Edmonton JournalEdmonton's private gondola project is now mired in politics and bureaucratic uncertainty, at risk of fizzling out entirely. That calls for soul searching.
  
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• David Staples: Four major takeaways on Alberta's petrochemical future - Edmonton Journal

  18-01-2019 11:00
  David Staples: Four major takeaways on Alberta's petrochemical future  Edmonton JournalThere's little but depressing news out of Alberta's pipeline business but not so with petrochemicals.Indeed, the first of four major takeaways from Thursday's ...
  
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• Will Edmonton run out of water as the Columbia Icefield continues to melt? - CBC.ca

  18-01-2019 09:00
  Will Edmonton run out of water as the Columbia Icefield continues to melt?  CBC.caThe City of Edmonton could be impacted if less water flows into the North Saskatchewan River as a result of less snow and the shrinking Columbia Icefield.
  
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• Recall issued for salmon nuggets over possible listeria contamination

  18-01-2019 07:11 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Food Inspection agency has issued a recall of salmon nuggets produced by a company in Delta, B.C. sold in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
  
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• Edmonton woman sentenced for defrauding insurance company she worked for of $1.3M

  18-01-2019 05:29 via globalnews.ca
  A 47-year-old woman was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday after she pleaded guilty to defrauding her employer, Intact Insurance, of $1.3 million.
  
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