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• Alberta Budget 2019: Alberta to use budget to get ‘fair-deal’ for province

  24-10-2019 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews announces money to attempt to get a fair-deal for the province.
  
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• Post-secondary budget reduced, tuition freeze removed

  24-10-2019 23:50 via cbc.ca
  Post-secondary students can expect to pay more for their education in the next school year, as the tuition freeze will be removed and operational funding for institutions reduced.
  
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• Budget 2019: Alberta's post-secondary budget reduced, tuition freeze removed

  24-10-2019 23:50 via cbc.ca
  Post-secondary students can expect to pay more for their education in the next school year, as the tuition freeze will be removed and operational funding for institutions reduced.
  
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• Alberta Budget 2019: What’s in it for Edmonton? - Global News

  24-10-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Budget 2019: What’s in it for Edmonton?  Global News
  
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• Alberta Budget 2019: What’s in it for Edmonton?

  24-10-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  From LRT timelines and municipal funding to road work and health facilities – here’s what the UCP’s first budget means for Edmonton.
  
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• Alberta Budget 2019: Finance Minister asks public sector to ‘work with us’

  24-10-2019 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews asks public sector workers to work with the government during the 2019 Budget Speech.
  
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• Budget 2019: Albertans to pay more as United Conservative government reins in spending

  24-10-2019 23:39 via cbc.ca
  Alberta will cut public sector jobs, end the cap on post-secondary tuition, chop municipal funding and delay infrastructure projects, all with the aim of returning to a balanced budget by 2023.
  
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• From income taxes to AirBnB rentals: How Alberta's new budget will affect your personal finances

  24-10-2019 23:31 via cbc.ca
  Albertans will pay more for everything from income taxes to user fees to tuition to smoking and AirBnB rentals under the budget unveiled by the United Conservative government on Thursday.
  
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• B.C. realtor fired for social media comment about Alberta ‘cry babies’

  24-10-2019 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Century 21 Assurance Realty Ltd., says brokerage has suspended the realtor and that he’s no longer with the firm.
  
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• 'Utterly fearless': Greta Thunberg visits glacier in Jasper National Park

  24-10-2019 21:53 via cbc.ca
  Climate change activist Greta Thunberg braved a blizzard on a snow-covered glacier in Jasper National Park to learn from the scientists who study the ice.
  
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• Alberta trapper says California's fur ban misses the mark

  24-10-2019 21:45 via cbc.ca
  An Alberta trapper says California's move to ban the sale of new fur products is an uninformed decision based on animal rights activists who don’t understand the environmental role played by trappers throughout North America. 
  
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• Oilers hope to find scoring touch against hot Washington Capitals squad

  24-10-2019 21:34 via cbc.ca
  The Edmonton Oilers haven't scored in over two full games. Tonight they host the red-hot Washington Capitals at Rogers Place.
  
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• 'Problem property' in northeast Edmonton seized by Alberta Sheriffs - CBC.ca

  24-10-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  'Problem property' in northeast Edmonton seized by Alberta Sheriffs  CBC.ca
  
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• 'Problem property' in northeast Edmonton seized by Alberta Sheriffs

  24-10-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Sheriffs served a court-sanctioned eviction notice on a northeast Edmonton rental suite which was at the centre of a police stand-off and was allegedly serving as an informal drug treatment centre for methamphetamine addicts.
  
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• Climate change activist Greta Thunberg visits Athabasca Glacier on way to Vancouver

  24-10-2019 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has visited a glacier in Jasper National Park on her way to Vancouver to attend a climate rally.
  
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• Judge tells Abdulahi Sharif’s jury to approach attempted murder charges with ‘great deal of caution’

  24-10-2019 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Justice Paul Belzil has told the jury in Abduahi Sharif's trial that it needs to approach two of the five attempted murder charges with a "great deal of caution."
  
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• Police seek suspects after south Edmonton grocery store robbed at gunpoint

  24-10-2019 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Police are searching for three suspects after an armed robbery at a south Edmonton grocery store.
  
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• Jury starts deliberating at trial for suspect in Edmonton attacks

  24-10-2019 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  After three weeks of testimony and arguments, Abdulahi Sharif’s fate is now in the hands of the jury. The judge instructed the jury in Sharif’s attempted murder trial. Fletcher Kent has been following the trial and has the latest from the law courts.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers aim to end scoring drought against Capitals

  24-10-2019 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  The Oilers haven't scored since last Friday against Detroit.
  
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• Husky CEO says layoffs weren't due to Liberals winning election, calls social media chatter 'B.S.'

  24-10-2019 19:56 via cbc.ca
  The CEO of Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. says social media speculation that layoffs put in place the morning after the federal election this week were in reaction to political events are just "B.S."
  
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• Jury begins deliberations in Edmonton truck attack trial

  24-10-2019 19:54 via cbc.ca
  A jury has started deliberating in the trial for a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van.
  
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• Alberta’s public sector size, pay ‘not outstanding’ compared to other provinces: Parkland Institute

  24-10-2019 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  The report found that Alberta's public sector isn't overly large or excessively paid when compared Canada's other populous provinces.
  
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• 'Everything is interrelated': Scientists write family tree for tree of life

  24-10-2019 19:18 via cbc.ca
  Scientists have written the family tree for the tree of life. Researchers from around the world, including some at several Canadian universities, released the results of their work on Wednesday.
  
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• Edmonton Is About To Get Hit With A Full-Blown Winter Storm And It Sounds Brutal - Narcity

  24-10-2019 18:57 via narcity.com
  Edmonton Is About To Get Hit With A Full-Blown Winter Storm And It Sounds Brutal  Narcity
  
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• Armed suspects sought after south Edmonton Filipino grocery store hold up - Edmonton Journal

  24-10-2019 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Armed suspects sought after south Edmonton Filipino grocery store hold up  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Modest cuts or tough road ahead? Analysts project what to expect with Alberta budget

  24-10-2019 18:01 via cbc.ca
  Will Premier Jason Kenney’s first budget be a tough-but-fair plan that Albertans voted for in April? Or will it be significantly more painful than he is letting us believe?
  
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• Minute at the Movies: ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ and ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot ‘

  24-10-2019 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  In this week’s edition of Minute at the Movies, Todd James reviews “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” and “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.”
  
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• In the '70s and '80s, some wanted Alberta to separate from Canada

  24-10-2019 17:30 via cbc.ca
  The recent talk of Alberta separating from Canada isn't the first time some have spoken about separation. It goes back decades, to the early 1970s, and ramped up in 1980.
  
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• Western Canada's first settlement studies diploma program opens at Edmonton college - CBC.ca

  24-10-2019 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Western Canada's first settlement studies diploma program opens at Edmonton college  CBC.ca
  
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• Western Canada's first settlement studies diploma program opens at Edmonton college

  24-10-2019 17:00 via cbc.ca
  A new diploma program at Edmonton’s NorQuest College aims to train students to better serve newcomers to Canada. 
  
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• Startup Week Edmonton Highlights Entrepreneur Spirit

  24-10-2019 16:58 via globalnews.ca
  Startup Edmonton Week helps to recognize and the work being done in the city by entrepreneurs. Tiffany Linke-Boyko and John Murphy share details about the event.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline could fund $500M a year in clean energy projects

  24-10-2019 16:01 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere.
  
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• Edmonton family violence victims gala

  24-10-2019 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Avenue of Hope Gala is an important fundraiser for the Lurana Shelter which supports victims of family violence. Sister Lucinda May Patterson and Sarah Cornett share details about the event.
  
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• Wood Buffalo municipality to increase bus fares, water rates in 2020

  24-10-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Fees for transit, field rentals, water and work camps will increase in 2020 after the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo council approved a bylaw to change the fee structure.
  
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• Precision Drilling reports $3.5M third quarter loss

  24-10-2019 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  Precision Drilling says it lost $3.5 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $30.6 million in the same quarter last year.
  
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• Edmonton Morning Weather Forecast: Oct 24

  24-10-2019 15:28 via globalnews.ca
  Global Edmonton weather specialist Mike Sobel provides an early morning forecast for Thursday, Oct. 24.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline could lead to $500M a year for clean energy projects, Liberals say

  24-10-2019 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Liberal government bought the existing pipeline for $4.5 billion in 2018, in a bid to overcome the opposition of the British Columbia government to the expansion.
  
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• Rural Alberta community mourning after a year of tragedy

  24-10-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  A rural Alberta community is grappling with the death of another child in less than a year. Four children, all under the age of 10, have died in different incidents in the small hamlet.
  
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• Edmonton group supporting orphans in Africa

  24-10-2019 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton initiative is focusing on supporting grandparents in Africa who are left to raise orphaned children due to the continuing aids epidemic in that continent.
  
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• Alberta government set to release budget

  24-10-2019 14:53 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton initiative is focusing on supporting grandparents in Africa who are left to raise orphaned children due to the continuing aids epidemic in that continent.
  
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• Cochrane: Edmonton stands ready to work with province to build a better city - Edmonton Journal

  24-10-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cochrane: Edmonton stands ready to work with province to build a better city  Edmonton Journal
  
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• 'A challenging budget': Alberta awaits UCP government's 1st financial plan

  24-10-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the UCP’s first budget on Thursday will be a “thoughtful, surgical budget.”
  
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• Calgary-based Husky Energy reports third quarter profit down from a year ago

  24-10-2019 13:51 via globalnews.ca
  Husky Energy says it earned $273 million in its latest quarter, down from $545 million in the same quarter last year.
  
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• How Global News is covering Alberta Budget 2019

  24-10-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  The finance minister will table the Alberta budget on Thursday afternoon. Global News will have robust budget coverage beginning the minute the embargo is lifted, shortly after 3 p.m.
  
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• Why Big Oil faces court cases that echo the litigation against Big Tobacco in the '90s

  24-10-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  How much did the oil industry know about the impact of fossil fuel emissions on the climate? When did they know it? And what did they do with that knowledge? Those are the central questions in a series of court cases attempting to hold companies accountable for their role in climate change.
  
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• 'He held the knife to my throat': School violence more common in Alberta, especially among boys, survey finds

  24-10-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  An unprecedented poll of Canadian youth finds male students in Alberta experience assault, theft, homophobic slurs and threats with a weapon significantly more often than in the rest of Canada.
  
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• Boys in Alberta schools get assaulted, threatened, robbed and slurred more often than rest of Canada

  24-10-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  An unprecedented poll of Canadian youth finds male students in Alberta experience assault, theft, homophobic slurs and threats with a weapon significantly more often than in the rest of Canada.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

  24-10-2019 07:12 via globalnews.ca
  PORTLAND, Ore. - Reece Newkirk scored twice, including the winning goal with 39 seconds left, and tacked on two assists to lift the Portland Winterhawks to a 4-3 win over the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• Province announces new rules on seclusion rooms

  24-10-2019 06:06 via globalnews.ca
  On Wednesday, the province announced new rules on when and why seclusion rooms could be used in Alberta schools. As Quinn Ohler reports, the new standards are set to be put into place on November 1.
  
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• Jason Kenney gives sneak peek into the UCP budget during televised provincial address

  24-10-2019 06:03 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Jason Kenney has given Albertans a sneak peek into what his first provincial budget could look like. In a televised address Wednesday evening, Kenney laid out exactly how deep he plans to cut. Provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon explains.
  
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