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• Former Oiler Ryan Smyth's Edmonton home on the market for $7.75M - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 23:55
  Former Oiler Ryan Smyth's Edmonton home on the market for $7.75M  CBC.caAn Edmonton luxury home belonging to former Oiler Ryan Smyth and his wife Stacey Smyth is listed for sale. The 8,300-square-foot mansion on Woodward ...
  
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• Former Oiler Ryan Smyth's Edmonton home on the market for $7.75M

  25-01-2019 23:55 via cbc.ca
  Listed with ReMax, the "absolutely breathtaking" home boasts seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a professionally designed "memorabilia room."
  
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• RCMP seek suspect(s) after person seriously injured in Red Deer stabbing

  25-01-2019 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  The RCMP are asking the public for tips as they investigate a stabbing in Red Deer that sent a victim to hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• AGLC to issue another 10 retail cannabis licences

  25-01-2019 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  The first 10 applicants that met all the licensing conditions after the decision was made to stop issuing licences on Nov. 21, 2018, will be given a licence.
  
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• AGLC's licensing freeze thaws to allow 10 new retail cannabis shops - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 23:42
  AGLC's licensing freeze thaws to allow 10 new retail cannabis shops  Edmonton JournalThe Alberta government will issue 10 new retail cannabis licences thanks to increasing supply after a months-long licensing freeze.The province stopped ...
  
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• Edmonton transit employee fraudulently issued 99 demerit-reduction certificates: city audit

  25-01-2019 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  The certificates were obtained by non-City of Edmonton employees as a way to prevent licence suspensions and to reduce their car insurance rates, the report states.
  
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• Calgary-based Enerplus focuses $600M budget on growing North Dakota oil production

  25-01-2019 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  Enerplus Corp. says it will increase spending and production this year while continuing to focus on its North Dakota Bakken light oil play.
  
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• Edmonton transit employee fraudulently issued 99 demerit-reduction certificates: city audit - Global News

  25-01-2019 22:36
  Edmonton transit employee fraudulently issued 99 demerit-reduction certificates: city audit  Global NewsA driving instructor with the Edmonton Transit *Service* is no longer working for the City of Edmonton after an audit found the instructor fraudulently handed out ...
  
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• NDP won’t bring in sales tax but Notley says wait for other tax details in platform

  25-01-2019 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says while she won't bring in a sales tax, a health premium or a payroll tax, it's wait and see on the rest of her tax platform.
  
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• Edmonton transit employee charged after 99 demerit-reduction certificates fraudulently issued - Global News

  25-01-2019 22:34
  Edmonton transit employee charged after 99 demerit-reduction certificates fraudulently issued  Global News*UPDATE: On Jan. 29, the Edmonton Police *Service* and Alberta Justice said Wayne Burnash, 61, had been charged with fraud over $5,000.
  
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• JONES: Oilers bringing up rear in NHL Great Turtle Race - Edmonton Sun

  25-01-2019 22:28
  JONES: Oilers bringing up rear in NHL Great Turtle Race  Edmonton SunThe hard, cold truth is that the Edmonton Oilers — in a span of three games in four days — became the long shots among the long shots in the Great Turtle Race.
  
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• When it comes to specialty licence plates, Edmonton Oilers winning Battle of Alberta

  25-01-2019 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Since Nov. 19, 2018, Edmonton Oilers fans purchased 2,750 licence plates while Calgary Flames fans bought 1,757 plates.
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos re-sign linebacker Korey Jones

  25-01-2019 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Eskimos re-signed veteran linebacker Korey Jones to a one-year contract on Friday.
  
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• Notley announces $33 million for interchange in Leduc - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 21:30
  Notley announces $33 million for interchange in Leduc  Edmonton JournalPremier Rachel Notley has announced $33 million in funding for a new interchange at 65 Avenue and Highway 2 in Leduc.
  
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• Construction on Leduc interchange gets green light after provincial cash infusion

  25-01-2019 21:20 via cbc.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley on Friday announced $33 million for construction of a new interchange in an area of Leduc that she called a “global transportation corridor.”
  
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• Electric scooters, e-bike share programs could come to Edmonton - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 21:14
  Electric scooters, e-bike share programs could come to Edmonton  CBC.caElectric scooters and electric bikes could ride their way onto Edmonton roads as early as this summer if approved by city council.
  
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• Electric scooters, e-bike share programs could come to Edmonton

  25-01-2019 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Electric scooters and electric bikes could ride their way onto Edmonton roads as early as this summer if approved by city council.
  
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• Province pledges $33M for QEII overpass between Leduc and Edmonton International Airport

  25-01-2019 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  A new interchange to support commercial and cargo growth at the Edmonton International Airport and ease congestion on existing roads has moved one step forward.
  
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• Groups take legal action to force Ottawa to protect endangered Alberta caribou

  25-01-2019 20:38 via cbc.ca
  Conservation groups and First Nations have filed legal action in the hope of forcing Environment Canada to protect Alberta caribou herds after federal findings that the province has failed to do so.
  
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• Edmonton police officer disciplined for pushing man down stairs at detox centre - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 20:21
  Edmonton police officer disciplined for pushing man down stairs at detox centre  Edmonton JournalAn Edmonton police officer accused of pushing a homeless man down a flight of stairs outside the Hope Mission has been found guilty of professional ...
  
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• New interchange on QEII provides another access to airport

  25-01-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta government announced its commitment to creating a new interchange on the QEII. As Fletcher Kent reports, it will create another way for drivers to get to Edmonton International Airport.
  
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• ‘Lock him up!’ crowd chants as Trump ally Roger Stone denies all charges

  25-01-2019 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  Angry protesters booed and shouted at Trump ally Roger Stone as he spoke to the media following his arrest on charges of lying to Congress.
  
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• $80K worth of drugs, including 7.5 litres of GHB, seized in Grande Prairie: ALERT

  25-01-2019 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams and Grande Praire RCMP also arrested three people.
  
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• High Performance Rodeo riding ticket sales 10-year high

  25-01-2019 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  "[S]omething wild for everyone," is one of the reasons festival producer Laurel Green said is why the High Performance Rodeo sold a record amount of tickets this year.
  
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• Just Married Jacket: A sisterhood of brides in Edmonton and around the world - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 19:00
  Just Married Jacket: A sisterhood of brides in Edmonton and around the world  CBC.caFor a bottle of wine, Edmonton brides can rent a hand-painted leather jacket to wear during their wedding. It's called the Just Married Jacket, appropriately ...
  
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• Just Married Jacket: A sisterhood of brides in Edmonton and around the world

  25-01-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  For a bottle of wine, Edmonton brides can rent a hand-painted leather jacket to wear during their wedding.
  
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• Ottawa spending $21M to help fire damaged Waterton Lakes National Park

  25-01-2019 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  The fire in September 2017 scorched about 200 square kilometres, or almost 40 per cent, of Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta.
  
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• WestJet, Air Canada warn of flight delays as staffing issues disrupt major U.S. airports

  25-01-2019 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  Flights are being delayed at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Philadelphia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey due to staffing issues
  
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• Metro, Capital Line LRT closed Sunday for testing of signalling system

  25-01-2019 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Starting at 5 a.m. Sunday, customers will not be able to board the trains that will be seen on the tracks, the City of Edmonton said in a news release. The shutdown will continue until end of day.
  
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• Warm as ice? Ice On Whyte to kick off with above freezing temperatures

  25-01-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Ice On Whyte, an ice carving festival, returns to Edmonton for the 16th year with above zero temperatures forecasted for Saturday.
  
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• AMA Travel: What to know about travel cancellation insurance

  25-01-2019 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Colleen Moo King from AMA Travel joined Daintre to talk about the different kinds of cancellation insurance you can get to make sure you’re covered in the event you have to change your travel plans.
  
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• Scandal or smear? Jason Kenney's housing controversy needs a referee

  25-01-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  It is the Rorschach ink blot test of Alberta politics. Look at the Jason Kenney housing-subsidy kerfuffle and tell me what you see.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos family focused on rebuilding, not sentencing hearing

  25-01-2019 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  While the Straschnitzki's won't be going to Melfort, father Tom Straschnitzki and mother Michelle Straschnitzki have filed victim impact statements that will be read at Jaskirat Singh Sidhu's sentencing.
  
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• Edmonton weather: The sun now sets after 5 p.m. and we can live again - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 14:39
  Edmonton weather: The sun now sets after 5 p.m. and we can live again  Edmonton JournalA look at today's Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -0.1 C with 13 km/h ...
  
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• 'Tired of the expense': Property owner fed up with illegal dumping

  25-01-2019 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Paul, the owner of a 16-unit building just north of NAIT, was frustrated after paying roughly $1,000 a year to have oversized junk removed from behind the apartment. So, in mid-January, he had a camera installed and trained on the back alley in hopes of catching someone illegally dumping garbage.
  
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• Friday's letters: Target consumers, not oil firms - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 14:01
  Friday's letters: Target consumers, not oil firms  Edmonton JournalRe. “All of us must pay true costs of consuming oil,” Opinion, Jan. 24Craig Cameron wants oil companies to go away by way of economic suicide. It's at best ...
  
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• Grandmother begs Edmonton judge to keep grandson locked up - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 14:00
  Grandmother begs Edmonton judge to keep grandson locked up  CBC.caFamily members have repeatedly warned that failing to place the youth in a secure treatment centre will result in tragedy.
  
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• Grandmother begs Edmonton judge to keep grandson locked up

  25-01-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Family members have repeatedly warned that failing to place the youth in a secure treatment centre will result in tragedy.
  
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• Editorial: Oilers need culture change - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 14:00
  Editorial: Oilers need culture change  Edmonton JournalThis isn't the way things were supposed to turn out. In 2015, the city's diehard but perennially disappointed sports fans were bursting with pride and marvelling at ...
  
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• Public Safety Minister Goodale to speak in Edmonton after ON arrests involving the FBI - CTV News

  25-01-2019 13:48
  Public Safety Minister Goodale to speak in Edmonton after ON arrests involving the FBI  CTV NewsTwo people are in police custody after raids in Kingston, ON involving RCMP, Kingston police and the FBI.
  
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• Edmonton Humane Society cites safety concerns in ending enforcement

  25-01-2019 13:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Humane Society is sharing the reason why it will no longer investigate cases of animal abuse and neglect. As Sarah Kraus explains, the EHS says it’s about safety concerns, not money.
  
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• 'Ghost kitchen': How a plain storefront hides more than a dozen delivery restaurants

  25-01-2019 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Perogies, churro burgers, beef kufta, you name it — it's all cooked up in one kitchen, sandwiched between two thrift stores on the edge of a southeast Calgary rail yard.
  
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• Langan Leads Warriors into Edmonton Friday - DiscoverMooseJaw.com

  25-01-2019 13:16
  Langan Leads Warriors into Edmonton Friday  DiscoverMooseJaw.comTwo of the top scorers in the Western Hockey League square off on Friday night in Edmonton. The Warriors' Tristin Langan and the Oil Kings' Trey Fix-Wolansky ...
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Friday, January 25, 2019

  25-01-2019 13:11 via globalnews.ca
  Here’s Phil Darlington’s Friday, January 25, 2019 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after stabbing at Century Park LRT Station

  25-01-2019 13:01 via globalnews.ca
  A man was rushed to hospital on Thursday night after police responded to a report of a stabbing at a south Edmonton transit station.
  
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• Man in hospital after reported stabbing at Century Park LRT Station - Global News

  25-01-2019 12:17
  Man in hospital after reported stabbing at Century Park LRT Station  Global NewsA man was rushed to hospital on Thursday night after police responded to a report of a stabbing at a south Edmonton transit station.
  
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• Teacher fined $200, gets reprimand for slapping a student with disabilities - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2019 11:01
  Teacher fined $200, gets reprimand for slapping a student with disabilities  Edmonton JournalA Grande Prairie family is frustrated and angry after a teacher who admitted to hitting their 10-year-old disabled child received a $200 fine and letter of severe ...
  
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• What we know about Alberta's plan to buy thousands of oil tank cars

  25-01-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Find out why Alberta will likely have to pay a premium to secure the thousands of tank cars it says it needs.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Thursday, January 24, 2019

  25-01-2019 08:22 via globalnews.ca
  A statement win for the Vancouver Giants.
  
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• Call to test for radon levels in Edmonton homes - CTV News

  25-01-2019 06:39
  Call to test for radon levels in Edmonton homes  CTV NewsExperts are encouraging Edmonton homeowners to test for radon—a colourless and odourless gas that can cause lung cancer.
  
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