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• Canada’s star-studded women’s basketball team leaving nothing to chance at Olympic qualifying

  13-11-2019 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian women's basketball coach Lisa Thomaidis is undecided on whether she's a fan of FIBA's new Olympic qualifying format.
  
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• Alberta premier's principal adviser spent thousands on trips to London, NDP reveals

  13-11-2019 23:44 via cbc.ca
  
  According to travel and expense disclosures, Premier Jason Kenney's principal adviser spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on his trips to London, U.K., where he stayed in upscale hotels like the Chilworth London Paddington. 
  
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• Alberta premier's principal adviser spent $18K in taxpayer money on trips to London, NDP says

  13-11-2019 23:44 via cbc.ca
  
  According to travel and expense disclosures, Premier Jason Kenney's principal adviser spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on his trips to London, U.K., where he stayed in upscale hotels like the Chilworth London Paddington. 
  
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• ‘Pick a lane’: Kenney calls out Quebec’s use of equalization payments after Blanchet’s meeting with Trudeau

  13-11-2019 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney said Alberta has paid $600 billion in equalization payments since 1960, adding the province has contributed $23 billion each year for the past five years. 
  
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• More than 2,000 tickets handed out during Edmonton seasonal parking ban - CTV News

  13-11-2019 23:22 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  More than 2,000 tickets handed out during Edmonton seasonal parking ban  CTV News
  
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• Kenney says Quebec needs to ‘pick a lane’ on equalization payments, oil industry

  13-11-2019 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Responding to Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchette’s comments on the Western Canadian independence movement, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said the province of Quebec needs to “pick a lane” on whether they want to support the oil and gas industry or keep benefitting from equalization payments.
  
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• Seasonal parking ban ends as Edmonton crews finish clearing snow from roadways

  13-11-2019 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The seasonal parking ban put in place Sunday after last weekend's snowfall has ended as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the City of Edmonton says.
  
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• International investigation nets record $15M drug seizure for Calgary officers

  13-11-2019 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Project Coyote resulted in a record-breaking seizure of cocaine and fentanyl, police said.
  
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• Edmonton’s seasonal parking ban lifted - Global News

  13-11-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton’s seasonal parking ban lifted  Global News
  
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• Edmonton’s seasonal parking ban lifted

  13-11-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  A seasonal parking ban that was put in place in Edmonton on Sunday has been lifted.
  
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• Edmonton’s seasonal parking ban ends Wednesday afternoon

  13-11-2019 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  A seasonal parking ban that was put in place in Edmonton on Sunday will be lifted at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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• Conscience rights bill 'unnecessary,' AMA president says in letter to health minister

  13-11-2019 22:33 via cbc.ca
  
  In a letter Wednesday to Health Minister Tyler Shandro, AMA president Dr. Christine Molnar said Bill 207 is unnecessary as there area already standards in place allowing health care providers to exercise their conscience rights.
  
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• UCP top advisor billed taxpayers $45,000 in expenses, including luxury London hotel stays: NDP

  13-11-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The UCP is again being accused by the NDP of mismanaging taxpayer dollars, after spending thousands for a high-level provincial staffer's travel.
  
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• UCP top advisor billed taxpayers $45,000 for flights, meals, luxury London hotel stays: NDP

  13-11-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The UCP is again being accused by the NDP of mismanaging taxpayer dollars, after spending thousands for a high-level provincial staffer's travel.
  
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• DynaLIFE CEO opens up about benefits of Connect Care and ‘rocky’ launch

  13-11-2019 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  DynaLIFE's CEO said there were two big hurdles with the move to Connect Care, one of which he describes as updating "one of the most complex contact lists anyone could possibly imagine."
  
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• Man from Edmonton arrested on drug trafficking charges in NWT - CBC.ca

  13-11-2019 21:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Man from Edmonton arrested on drug trafficking charges in NWT  CBC.ca
  
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• Man from Edmonton arrested on drug trafficking charges in N.W.T.

  13-11-2019 21:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Ismail Hassan Farah, 23, is charged in connection to a drug bust in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., on Saturday.
  
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• DynaLIFE on Connect Care launch, lab wait times, results

  13-11-2019 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Pincock, the CEO of DynaLIFE, discusses being part of the first wave launch of Connect Care, Alberta Health Services’ new electronic system.
  
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• A look at the Edmonton Oilers season 20 games in

  13-11-2019 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  We are 20 games into the season and the Edmonton Oilers are sitting in first place in the Pacific Division, second in the Western Conference. Kent Morrison talks with Global Edmonton’s Quinn Phillips, 630 CHED host of Inside Sports Reid Wilkins and Jay Downton from Oilers Nation about the team’s season so far.
  
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• Christmas Glow returns with new location at Edmonton Expo Centre - Edmonton Journal

  13-11-2019 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Christmas Glow returns with new location at Edmonton Expo Centre  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Over 160 properties join Red Deer surveillance camera registry in first 4 months

  13-11-2019 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Red Deer RCMP say 162 residential and commercial properties in Red Deer have registered their surveillance cameras to the database.
  
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• Alberta removing tax exemption for commercial cannabis producers

  13-11-2019 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Changes are coming to the way cannabis-production facilities are taxed in Alberta. Provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon explains why that’s significant
  
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• Commercial cannabis producers in Alberta to start paying property taxes

  13-11-2019 19:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Municipalities in Alberta are to get a new source of revenue next year when commercial cannabis producers start paying property taxes.
  
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• Edmonton man who downloaded child porn with file-sharing software sentenced to jail

  13-11-2019 19:42 via cbc.ca
  
  A 36-year-old Edmonton man has been sentenced to a year in jail for distributing child pornography after hundreds of pictures and videos downloaded through file-sharing software were discovered on his laptop.
  
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• Drillers say sentiment toward oilpatch nearing 'all-time' lows

  13-11-2019 19:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors is calling on Ottawa to shed regulatory changes as industry's struggles continue.
  
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• Edmonton City Centre mall, several downtown towers, sold - Global News

  13-11-2019 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton City Centre mall, several downtown towers, sold  Global News
  
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• Edmonton City Centre mall, several downtown towers, sold

  13-11-2019 19:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oxford Properties has sold several mixed-use buildings that span three city blocks in downtown, including Edmonton City Centre, TD Tower, Oxford Tower and Centre Point Place.
  
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• Edmonton man sentenced to one year for distributing child pornography - Global News

  13-11-2019 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton man sentenced to one year for distributing child pornography  Global News
  
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• Cannabis company gets lease for extraction facility in central Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  13-11-2019 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Cannabis company gets lease for extraction facility in central Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Missing Stony Plain man’s stolen identity used by another man who is now dead: RCMP

  13-11-2019 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  "This other person died of natural causes and they discovered his identity — William Cuthbert's identity — on this male," RCMP Const. Shelley Nasheim explained.
  
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• Cannabis production facilities in Alberta to face higher property taxes

  13-11-2019 18:17 via cbc.ca
  
  The change in tax status comes into effect in the 2020 tax year, the provincial government announced Wednesday.
  
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• Drilling association forecasts almost no growth in 2020 oilpatch activity

  13-11-2019 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The stand-pat forecast is more positive than one released two weeks ago by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers prospects coming along nicely in Bakersfield - Edmonton Sun

  13-11-2019 18:10 via edmontonsun.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers prospects coming along nicely in Bakersfield  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Police investigate suspicious death in northwest Edmonton - Global News

  13-11-2019 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police investigate suspicious death in northwest Edmonton  Global News
  
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• Police investigate suspicious death in northwest Edmonton

  13-11-2019 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police were in the area of 133 Avenue and 140 Street in the Wellington neighbourhood on Wednesday morning, where officers said they were investigating the death of a female.
  
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• Cyclists reminded to lock up after police find stockpile of stolen bikes

  13-11-2019 17:37 via cbc.ca
  
  When armed tactical police raided a west Edmonton home last week, officers discovered a trove of stolen bicycles.
  
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• Woman's death in northwest Edmonton is suspicious: Police - Edmonton Journal

  13-11-2019 17:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Woman's death in northwest Edmonton is suspicious: Police  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Police investigating suspicious death in north Edmonton - CTV News

  13-11-2019 17:17 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police investigating suspicious death in north Edmonton  CTV News
  
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• Police investigate serious crash southwest of Edmonton - Global News

  13-11-2019 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police investigate serious crash southwest of Edmonton  Global News
  
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• Police investigate serious crash southwest of Edmonton

  13-11-2019 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP were called to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 39 between range roads 272 and 273 around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The intersection is located about three kilometres west of Calmar, Alta.
  
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• 1 dead, 2 injured in head-on crash southwest of Edmonton - Global News

  13-11-2019 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  1 dead, 2 injured in head-on crash southwest of Edmonton  Global News
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Time, date, how to watch CFL division final - Sporting News

  13-11-2019 16:45 via sportingnews.com
  
  Edmonton Eskimos vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Time, date, how to watch CFL division final  Sporting News
  
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• Diverse Edmonton play explores how people heal from trauma - CBC.ca

  13-11-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Diverse Edmonton play explores how people heal from trauma  CBC.ca
  
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• Diverse Edmonton play explores how people heal from trauma

  13-11-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With the help of a diverse cast and crew, Lady Vanessa Cardona has remade her one-woman show into a new play about healing from trauma.
  
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• Free Tim Hortons on us for World Kindness Day

  13-11-2019 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  On this World Kindness Day, we decided to do something nice for our fellow Edmontonians. Community reporter Morgan Black was out giving away Tim Hortons gift cards Wednesday morning.
  
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• Canadian allergists’ group wants Benadryl behind the counter due to side effects

  13-11-2019 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Newer generation H1 antihistamines — such as Reactine, Claritin and Aerius — are safer, more effective and work more quickly, allergy experts say.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Putting winter on pause - Edmonton Journal

  13-11-2019 15:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: Putting winter on pause  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Melting again in the afternoon sun: This is your Edmonton forecast - CTV News

  13-11-2019 15:13 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Melting again in the afternoon sun: This is your Edmonton forecast  CTV News
  
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• Alberta independence ideas would increase costs, says Calgary Mayor Nenshi

  13-11-2019 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's mayor says ideas being floated to give Alberta more independence from the federal government would be costly.
  
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• Housekeeper diagnosed with PTSD after alleged work camp assault wins compensation

  13-11-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman has won a six-year battle with the Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta after claiming she was sexually assaulted twice in 2013 by a co-worker at a remote work camp in northern Alberta.
  
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