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• Man who stabbed elderly Edmonton couple sentenced to 15 years in prison - Global News

  16-05-2019 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Man who stabbed elderly Edmonton couple sentenced to 15 years in prison  Global NewsEdward Kyle Roberts received his sentence Thursday afternoon in an Edmonton courtroom.
  
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• Man who allegedly drove truck into Edson building facing new charge - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 23:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Man who allegedly drove truck into Edson building facing new charge  Edmonton JournalA man who allegedly drove a stolen truck into an Edson provincial building, causing extensive damage, is facing an additional charge.Edson RCMP responded ...
  
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• Kenney says he'll end 'war on fun' by easing liquor laws in Alberta's parks, summer festivals

  16-05-2019 23:29 via cbc.ca
  You'll be able to legally drink beer in all of Alberta's provincial parks this May long weekend, Premier Jason Kenney announced Thursday — but only in your campsite.
  
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• Riverdale residents want action on fires ravaging Dawson Park - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Riverdale residents want action on fires ravaging Dawson Park  Edmonton JournalRiverdale residents are calling for action after a string of fires in Dawson Park have left them concerned for the neighbourhood.Edmonton Fire and Rescue ...
  
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• WestJet buyout, Air Transat-Air Canada talks — how they could impact prices and travel

  16-05-2019 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  But what does all this news mean for Canadian consumers? Here's a look at what will stay the same — and what could change.
  
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• Kenney announces relaxed liquor laws ahead of May long weekend

  16-05-2019 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces relaxed liquor laws in provincial parks ahead of Victoria Day long weekend.
  
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• ‘I would like to thank the senators who voted against Justin Trudeau’s attack on Alberta’: Kenney

  16-05-2019 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to the Senate Transport Committee recommendation to kill Bill C-48.
  
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• Social Seen: CASA Carnival - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Social Seen: CASA Carnival  Edmonton JournalCASA CarnivalWhere: Edmonton Convention CentreWhen: May 10What: A Night on Broadway! CASA's annual fundraiser for Child, Adolescent and Family ...
  
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• A movie theatre could liven up Rycroft's 'dying' main street, says hotel manager

  16-05-2019 21:57 via cbc.ca
  Sheldon Rice wants to bring the silver screen to the village of Rycroft.
  
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• Jason Kenney rails against tanker ban bill, calling it a threat to national unity

  16-05-2019 21:41 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned about the future of national unity on Thursday while praising a Senate committee's recommendation to scuttle a bill calling for a West Coast tanker ban. 
  
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• Dining Out: The Writer's Room delivers on good food promise - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dining Out: The Writer's Room delivers on good food promise  Edmonton JournalI appreciate truth in advertising, so kudos to The Writer's Room, the new Edmonton eatery with a tagline that delivers as promised — “a bar with surprisingly ...
  
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• 630 CHED: Face of Resilence Gala 2019

  16-05-2019 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  630 CHED is proud to sponsor the 4th Annual Face of Resilience Fundraiser Gala at the Westin Edmonton Hotel on October 4th, 2019!
  
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• Getting past the senior stereotypes: U of A researcher says attitudes need to mature

  16-05-2019 21:16 via cbc.ca
  It’s a stereotype as old as the hills: hit a certain age and your body falls apart, your health gets dodgy and your value in society plummets.
  
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• 630 CHED: Ring of Fire at the Citadel Theatre

  16-05-2019 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  630 CHED is proud to be a part Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, the newest performance packed musical coming to the Citadel Theatre!
  
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• Temporary no-stopping zone put in place on Highway 93 S due to bears

  16-05-2019 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  Increased bear activity along Highway 93 south has prompted Parks Canada to enforce a no stopping zone. Drivers could face big fines if they pull over to snap a picture of the animals.
  
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• Goose family nesting at Edmonton hospital garden welcomes 6 goslings - Global News

  16-05-2019 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  Goose family nesting at Edmonton hospital garden welcomes 6 goslings  Global NewsOn May 16, six goslings hatched at the Ted and Lois Hole Healing Garden in the Robbins Pavilion.
  
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• Goose family nesting at Edmonton hospital garden welcomes 6 goslings

  16-05-2019 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  On May 16, six goslings hatched at the Ted and Lois Hole Healing Garden in the Robbins Pavilion.
  
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• Changes coming to ETS park and ride locations on Edmonton Eskimos game days - Global News

  16-05-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Changes coming to ETS park and ride locations on Edmonton Eskimos game days  Global NewsWith ongoing construction in the city, Edmonton Transit is making a few changes to its park and ride locations for Edmonton Eskimos home games this season.
  
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• Changes coming to ETS park and ride locations on Edmonton Eskimos game days

  16-05-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  With ongoing construction in the city, Edmonton Transit is making a few changes to its park and ride locations for Edmonton Eskimos home games this season.
  
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• Diversity of character and approach defines Edmonton Jewish Film Fest's lineup - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Diversity of character and approach defines Edmonton Jewish Film Fest's lineup  Edmonton JournalFrom a fly-on-the wall museum documentary to a scathing examination of Kurt Waldheim's ugly past to a feature-length portrait of beloved, India-born conductor ...
  
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• Pipeline constraints to slow Alberta’s economy to single-digit growth in 2019: ATB

  16-05-2019 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's economic outlook, published by ATB Thursday, expects real GDP growth of just 0.7 per cent in 2019, thanks in large part to pipeline constraints.
  
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• Old Man Mikula's Controversial Opinions: How to properly summer in Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 19:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Old Man Mikula's Controversial Opinions: How to properly summer in Edmonton  Edmonton JournalAfter a record-breaking winter rife with alarmist terms like “polar vortex” and “cold like a witch's hand clasping the base of your spine” it's time to reap the benefits ...
  
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• Edmonton’s Centre High moving out of Boardwalk building - Global News

  16-05-2019 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton’s Centre High moving out of Boardwalk building  Global NewsEdmonton Public Schools has leased a portion of the MacEwan University's Alberta College campus, on the corner of MacDonald Drive and 100 Street.
  
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• Edmonton’s Centre High moving out of Boardwalk building

  16-05-2019 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton Public Schools has leased a portion of the MacEwan University's Alberta College campus, on the corner of MacDonald Drive and 100 Street.
  
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• Homicide unit investigating suspicious death of man in northwest Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 19:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide unit investigating suspicious death of man in northwest Edmonton  Edmonton JournalEdmonton homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a man in the city's northwest.Residents in the area said police initially responded to the ...
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ exec Craig MacTavish leaving organization to coach in Russia

  16-05-2019 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  Craig MacTavish was the eighth Oilers coach, heading the team from June 2000 to the end of the 2008-09 season. 
  
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• Scheer pitches east-west energy corridor, blasts Trudeau for 'all-out attack' on oil

  16-05-2019 19:27 via cbc.ca
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today he wants to do away with many of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's economic initiatives — with the notable exception of the Canada Child Benefit — as he looks to balance the federal books and jump-start economic activity in Western Canada.
  
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• Dealing with magpies: Pesky birds defeat homeowner's quest against nests

  16-05-2019 19:13 via cbc.ca
  Calgarian Patti Fellows decided she was done with magpies when she spotted them trying to nest in her cedar tree this spring. In the end, the magpies won.
  
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• 6 misconceptions about having twins

  16-05-2019 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  Every year, the number of twins born in North America increases. Experts say the increase is primarily due to the use of fertility treatments and women delaying childbirth.
  
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• Sarah Jessica Parker to attend store opening at West Edmonton Mall - Global News

  16-05-2019 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Sarah Jessica Parker to attend store opening at West Edmonton Mall  Global NewsActress and fashionista Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to Edmonton next month for the opening of her latest shoe and clothing store.
  
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• Sarah Jessica Parker to attend store opening at West Edmonton Mall

  16-05-2019 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  Actress and fashion designer Sarah Jessica Parker is coming to Edmonton next month for the opening of her latest shoe and clothing boutique.
  
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• On-screen roles helped inspire Doug Hoyer's latest album, Character Witness - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  On-screen roles helped inspire Doug Hoyer's latest album, Character Witness  Edmonton JournalWe can indirectly thank Commander Riker for Doug Hoyer's latest album, Character Witness.At loose ends in Athens, Georgia, where the Edmonton-born ...
  
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• Old Towne Beverly: Small town flavour infuses east end neighbourhood - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Old Towne Beverly: Small town flavour infuses east end neighbourhood  Edmonton JournalCornel Rusnak knows food. As manager of the Beverly Market for the last 15 years (and former director of the Business Improvement Area in Beverly), he has ...
  
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• Misconceptions about having twins

  16-05-2019 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 16 – Every year, the number of twins born in Canada increases. For some families, multiple births are a complete surprise and for a few, they happen more than once. Kim Smith looks at the science behind having twins.
  
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• Review: Genre-defying Twenty One Pilots demonstrate range at Rogers Place - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 18:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Review: Genre-defying Twenty One Pilots demonstrate range at Rogers Place  Edmonton JournalKeeping concertgoers guessing, each song carried a different stylized theme and ended in darkness, with the show stringing together a series of vignettes rather ...
  
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• Centre High moving from Boardwalk building to Alberta College site

  16-05-2019 18:13 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton Public Schools is moving Centre High from the Boardwalk building to the Alberta College site, the school district announced Wednesday.
  
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• Alberta to 'aggressively' pursue P3s. But what the heck are they? - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 18:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta to 'aggressively' pursue P3s. But what the heck are they?  Edmonton JournalWith Alberta set embrace public-private partnerships — or P3s — we look at what they are and why they're used.
  
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• T-shirt tribute to unlikely heroes known as 'Hawaiian Shirt Guy' and 'Two-By-Four Guy'

  16-05-2019 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Two unlikely heroes who stopped an Edmonton arsonist in his track — a mustachioed man in a Hawaiian shirt and a Good Samaritan armed with a plank of lumber — are getting immortalized in technicolour cotton.
  
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• Trudeau 'disappointed' by 'backsliding' on abortion rights in U.S.

  16-05-2019 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he is "deeply disappointed" by "backsliding" on abortion rights in the U.S. and around the world, and promised that Canada will remain a staunch defender of a woman's right to choose.
  
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• No recession but little optimism in ATB's economic outlook for Alberta

  16-05-2019 17:46 via cbc.ca
  The economic outlook anticipates GDP growth of 0.7 per cent this year and 1.6 per cent in 2020. Unemployment is forecast to tick up slightly from 6.6 per cent to 6.9 per cent this year and remain fairly consistent into 2021. 
  
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• 12 things to do this May long weekend in Edmonton - CBC.ca

  16-05-2019 17:31 via cbc.ca
  12 things to do this May long weekend in Edmonton  CBC.caFinally, after what seems like forever, the May long weekend, the unofficial start to summer, has arrived. So how to celebrate?
  
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• Loop phone booth designed for privacy in an open office environment

  16-05-2019 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  Designed in Edmonton, the Loop phone booth is designed for people to make private calls in an open office environment. They brought one to the station, where Mike Sobel checked it out and spoke with founder Nick Kazakoff, as well as Solutions Business Interiors CEO and president Todd Bish.
  
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• BMO Celebrating Women: BMO Recognizes Outstanding Women in Edmonton through National Program - Canada NewsWire

  16-05-2019 16:15 via newswire.ca
  BMO Celebrating Women: BMO Recognizes Outstanding Women in Edmonton through National Program  Canada NewsWireEDMONTON, May 16, 2019 /CNW/ - The annual BMO Celebrating Women event in Edmonton, Alberta honoured three women for their remarkable contributions ...
  
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• 'Look what I made': The rise of sourdough, right here in river city

  16-05-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  For traditional bakers, it all starts with a starter and time. For people who enjoy eating good bread, the options are endless. Traditional bread-making in Edmonton is seeing great growth.
  
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• 12 things to do this May long weekend in Edmonton

  16-05-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Finally, after what seems like forever, the May long weekend, the unofficial start to summer, has arrived. So how to celebrate?
  
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• Mike Sobel’s got the moves like Jagger

  16-05-2019 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger recently posted an Instagram video showing his youthful moves. Not to be outdone, Mike Sobel busted a move of his own.
  
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• Bold move by Edmonton Oilers executive Craig MacTavish, new coach of KHL Lokomotiv - Edmonton Journal

  16-05-2019 15:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bold move by Edmonton Oilers executive Craig MacTavish, new coach of KHL Lokomotiv  Edmonton JournalThis in from KHL Lokmotiv, a tweet announcing it has hired Edmonton Oilers hockey executive Craig MacTavish as coach on a two-year deal.My takeCraig ...
  
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• Stollery Children’s Hospital: Wheels for Wellness event

  16-05-2019 15:46 via globalnews.ca
  In our monthly Stollery Children’s Hospital segment, we meet the Mental Health Foundation’s Mark Korthuis (and his daughters) and learn more about the Wheels for Wellness event in September.
  
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• Controversial tanker ban Bill C-48 rejected by Senate committee

  16-05-2019 15:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Bill C-48 to ban tanker traffic off British Columbia’s north coast has been defeated in a Senate committee, but as Kent Morrison explains – that doesn’t mean the legislation is dead in the water.
  
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• International Museum Day recognized with new documentary

  16-05-2019 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  “Discovering Our Country: The Historic Canada C3 Expedition” will be shown at the Royal Alberta Museum Thursday night as part of International Museum Day. Kirsten Acker and Chris Radojewski explain.
  
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