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• Police warn Edmontonians about violent robberies related to online classified ads

  05-12-2019 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people have been arrested in connection with what police in Edmonton say is a string of violent robberies connected to the use of online classified ads.
  
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• Alberta school bus crash brings up question of seatbelts again

  05-12-2019 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta mother whose daughter was killed in a crash in 2008 says Monday's Smoky Lake crash has renewed her passion to push for seatbelts on school buses.
  
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• Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke

  05-12-2019 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The national weather service says 15 to 25 centimetres of snow are possible by Friday afternoon.
  
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• Spate of robberies, carjackings prompts warning about buy-and-sell meetups

  05-12-2019 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of Edmonton teens is giving a new definition to the phrase “steal of a deal” following a spate of violent robberies and carjackings that have occurred during online buy-and-sell meetups, police said Thursday.
  
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• UCP and NDP bickering ends bitter fall legislature session

  05-12-2019 23:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Petty bickering between the governing United Conservative Party and the Official Opposition NDP on Thursday served as a symbolic cap to a bitter and divisive fall session of the Alberta legislature.
  
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• Too soon to say whether Alberta will join N.S. in banning flavoured e-cigarettes and juices

  05-12-2019 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Steve Buick, press secretary to Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, said the province is doing a review of its tobacco legislation, which includes regulations on vaping.
  
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• Throne Speech: Scheer calls speech ‘insult’ to western provinces

  05-12-2019 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer reacts shortly after to the Speech of the Throne on Thursday saying it sends an “extremely negative message” to the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, who were excluded from the speech.
  
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• Mother shares heart in dementia guide for daughters ‘while I could still tell them’

  05-12-2019 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  After her mother died in August 2018, Hoffman channelled her grief into writing "When I'm Not Me Anymore: A Pre-Dementia Love Letter to My Daughters."
  
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• Alberta legislature sitting wraps up with 16 bills delivered, much controversy

  05-12-2019 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The fall sitting of the Alberta legislature has wrapped up, delivering 16 bills while serving up acrimony, controversy and a dash of pettiness.
  
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• Edmonton students send hand-made Christmas cards to Canadian soldiers

  05-12-2019 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than 100 colourful, hand-written Christmas cards are on their way to Canadian soldiers, thanks to a group of thoughtful Edmonton students.
  
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• Edmonton-area football player Chuba Hubbard named Big 12 top offensive player of the year

  05-12-2019 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton native Chuba Hubbard, the NCAA rushing leader, has been named the Big 12 offensive player of the year.
  
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• Rising icy water causes damage to Edmonton Riverboat: owner

  05-12-2019 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The boat's owner told Global News the river rose rapidly, causing "a tsunami of water released upstream" with ice.
  
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• Edmonton Riverboat damaged by rising icy water: owner

  05-12-2019 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The owner of the Edmonton Riverboat said the vessel was damaged Thursday by rising icy water. Here’s a look at the boat on the North Saskatchewan River.
  
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• Grizzly oilsands project approved, now awaiting pipeline capacity increases: developer

  05-12-2019 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  On its website, Grizzly says the May River property was purchased in 2012 for $225 million and the regulatory application filed in December 2013.
  
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• Murder suspect out on bail arrested in Red Deer machete attack

  05-12-2019 20:54 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta man awaiting trial in the murder of a Prince Edward Island man is facing more charges after a machete attack Monday.
  
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• Canadian running back Chuba Hubbard named Big 12 offensive player of year

  05-12-2019 20:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton native Chuba Hubbard, the NCAA rushing leader, has been named the Big 12 offensive player of the year.
  
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• Edmonton vigils will mark 30th anniversary of Montreal Massacre

  05-12-2019 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Since 1991, Dec. 6 has been commemorated as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, known informally as White Ribbon Day. 
  
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• Edmonton vigils to mark 30th anniversary of Montreal massacre

  05-12-2019 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Since 1991, Dec. 6 has been commemorated as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, known informally as White Ribbon Day. 
  
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• Man previously charged with 2nd-degree murder facing charges in Red Deer machete attack

  05-12-2019 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 38-year-old Alberta man who was charged earlier this year with second-degree murder now faces an attempted murder charge in relation to an separate attack in Red Deer this week.
  
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• Approved oilsands project now awaits pipeline capacity increases: developer

  05-12-2019 20:31 via cbc.ca
  
  The developer of a 12,000-barrel-per-day thermal oilsands project approved Thursday by the Alberta government says actually going ahead with construction depends largely on when new pipelines can be in service.
  
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• Supreme Court denies Travis Vader’s request for new trial

  05-12-2019 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travis Vader, the man convicted of killing two St. Albert seniors, went to Canada’s highest court to get a new trial. Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected his application. Kendra Slugoski reports.
  
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• Black Santa comes to town at west Edmonton photo studio

  05-12-2019 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Black Santa is coming to town, and if enough children jump on his lap, he might ride his sleigh into one of Edmonton’s biggest malls.
  
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• Alberta mother creates guide for caring for loved ones with dementia

  05-12-2019 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  A decade from now, if the estimated number of Canadians with dementia lived in the same city, it would be nearly the size of Edmonton. With so many families touched by the condition, an Alberta mother has created a guide to care for loved ones with dementia. Laurel Gregory has her story.
  
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• Victim critically injured in Trans-Canada Highway crash near Bassano

  05-12-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Calgary.
  
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• Crash near Bassano impacting traffic on Trans-Canada Highway

  05-12-2019 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a crash on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Calgary.
  
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• Holiday makeup tips from beauty expert Jill Dunn

  05-12-2019 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Beauty expert Jill Dunn joins Global News Morning Edmonton with some holiday makeup tips.
  
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• Things to serve with cheese this holiday season

  05-12-2019 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cheese platters are quite popular at holiday parties. But what you serve with the cheese is just as important as the cheese itself. The Tomato publisher Mary Bailey has some ideas.
  
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• Done deal: Calgary taxpayer-funded arena now carved in stone

  05-12-2019 17:55 via cbc.ca
  
  It's no longer hypothetical. Calgary taxpayers have bought themselves a new NHL arena.
  
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• 90’s nostalgia: Aqua, Vengaboys, Eiffel 65 and 2 Unlimited to hit Calgary on Electric Circus tour

  05-12-2019 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  A handful of bands that had breakout hits in the 1990s will be performing in Calgary in June 2020.
  
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• Why vintage ceramic Christmas trees now fetch high prices

  05-12-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ceramic Christmas trees — especially those made in the 1960s and '70s — have a special significance for many families, including mine. They have also become popular with a younger generation.
  
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• Travis Vader's final bid for appeal in Alberta couple's deaths dismissed by Supreme Court

  05-12-2019 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's top court won't consider a final appeal from the man convicted of killing Alberta seniors Lyle and Marie McCann, who vanished on a camping trip in 2010. Their bodies have never been found.
  
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• Travis Vader's final bid for appeal dismissed by Supreme Court

  05-12-2019 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  In January 2017, Travis Vader was sentenced  to life in prison for manslaughter in the deaths of St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann.
  
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• Travis Vader's bid for appeal in Alberta couple's deaths dismissed by Supreme Court

  05-12-2019 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's top court won't consider a final appeal from the man convicted of killing Alberta seniors Lyle and Marie McCann, who vanished on a camping trip in 2010. Their bodies have never been found.
  
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• Can Man Dan camping in the cold to collect toys for 630 CHED Santas Anonymous

  05-12-2019 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dan Johnstone — aka “Can Man Dan” — is well-known for camping out in the cold to collect donations for Edmonton’s Food Bank, but this year he is also looking for toys and gifts for 630 CHED Santas Anonymous.
  
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• Edmonton councillors fed up with province's lack of housing support

  05-12-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  At least two Edmonton city councillors are tired of the province's lack of support on the homelessness issue and called for taking matters into their own hands.
  
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• 2 women dead in 3 vehicle crash near Red Deer

  05-12-2019 14:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Two women were killed when three vehicles collided Wednesday afternoon on a highway west of Red Deer. 
  
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• 2 dead in 3 vehicle crash near Red Deer

  05-12-2019 14:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Two people were killed when three SUVs collided Wednesday afternoon on a highway west of Red Deer.
  
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• Construction company faces 260 charges after failed Fort McMurray rebuilds

  05-12-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Service Alberta has laid 260 charges in connection with a failed construction project which promised to rebuild more than a dozen homes incinerated by the 2016 wildfire in Fort McMurray.
  
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• Travis Vader ‘needs to accept his sentence’ as SCOC refuses to hear appeal: Bret McCann

  05-12-2019 13:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an appeal from Travis Vader, who is convicted of killing elderly St. Albert, Alta. couple Lyle and Marie McCann.
  
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• Supreme court to decide if it will hear Travis Vader’s appeal in Alberta seniors deaths

  05-12-2019 13:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada is to release a decision Thursday on whether it will hear an appeal from Travis Vader, who is convicted of killing St. Albert, Alta. seniors Lyle and Marie McCann.
  
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• Supreme Court denies Travis Vader’s request to appeal conviction in Alberta seniors’ deaths

  05-12-2019 13:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an appeal from Travis Vader, who is convicted of killing elderly St. Albert, Alta. couple Lyle and Marie McCann.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Thursday, December 5, 2019

  05-12-2019 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Thursday, December 5, 2019 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• This man had both feet amputated. He thought it was the end, but it was a beginning

  05-12-2019 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly four years ago Zachary Lavin decided to go for a hike through the Rocky Mountains in Kananaskis. But things took a dark turn after he got disoriented and couldn't find his way back.
  
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• Stoney language app connects elders, youth at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation

  05-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta First Nation has launched its own app in hopes of connecting the next generation with the community's dialect of the Stoney language. 
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, December 4, 2019

  05-12-2019 07:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Clay Hanus scored 2:36 into overtime to lift the Portland Winterhawks to a 5-4 victory over the Prince George Cougars on Wednesday in the Western Hockey League.
  
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• 2 people killed in multi-vehicle crash on central Alberta highway

  05-12-2019 07:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Icy roads are considered a factor in a multi-vehicle crash in central Alberta that left two people dead, police said Wednesday night.
  
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• Our YEG At Night: How Edmonton is getting into the holiday spirit in 2019

  05-12-2019 06:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Leading up to Christmas, kindness, generosity and a whole lot of holiday fun will be featured on Global Edmonton's Our YEG At Night segment.
  
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• Senators put end to 5-game skid as sudden surge of offence stuns Oilers

  05-12-2019 06:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Tyler Ennis had a goal and two assists as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Wednesday.
  
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• Senators win over Oilers again in Edmonton

  05-12-2019 06:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ottawa Senators snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night.
  
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• Man guilty of breaking woman's arms in road rage attack appeals conviction

  05-12-2019 06:21 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton man found guilty of breaking a woman's arms with a crowbar in a road rage attack is appealing his conviction.
  
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