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• Crown stays 60 animal cruelty charges against Alberta woman

  19-12-2019 23:34 via cbc.ca
  
  A Parkland County woman who was arrested for animal cruelty and neglect has had 60 of her charges stayed.
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Alberta company’s oilpatch technology fight

  19-12-2019 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A long-running court battle over who owns a well-completion technology that helped usher in the shale oil and gas boom in North America has ended.
  
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• Alberta energy 'war room' discovers its logo was lifted from American software company

  19-12-2019 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government's energy "war room" says it will change its logo after it was revealed on Twitter Wednesday the logo already represents an American tech company. 
  
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• Buzz at the mall: Hasbro, WEM writing a new toy story for Galaxyland amusement park

  19-12-2019 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  My Little Pony was just a yearling when West Edmonton Mall opened its indoor amusement park in 1983. Now the prancing plaything will be one of many products featured at the first Hasbro-themed amusement park in Canada.
  
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• Red Arrow driver helps deliver baby aboard bus in Lethbridge

  19-12-2019 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Red Arrow Motorcoach has announced the birth of a child aboard one of its buses at a stop in Lethbridge, with assistance from one of the company's drivers. 
  
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• Red Arrow bus driver helps deliver baby aboard bus in Lethbridge

  19-12-2019 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Red Arrow Motorcoach has announced the birth of a child aboard one of its buses at a stop in Lethbridge, with assistance from one of the company's drivers. 
  
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• Crowbar attacker sent to jail for road rage, released moments later pending appeal

  19-12-2019 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Jared Eliasson was supposed to begin serving two years in jail for the aggravated assault on Thursday. But moments after sentence was imposed, a higher court granted him bail pending appeal.
  
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• Trudeau says 'frustrations' in Alberta, Saskatchewan don't amount to a national unity crisis

  19-12-2019 21:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not share the view that Canada is facing a national unity crisis despite the fact that Alberta and Saskatchewan are facing tough challenges that require the federal government to act.
  
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• Alberta drilling rights auctions fall to record low

  19-12-2019 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A key indicator of future oil and gas drilling activity in Alberta has fallen to a record low as pipeline capacity constraints continue to restrain oilpatch spending.
  
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• Global Edmonton sports anchor Kevin Karius cooks Christmas pierogi with neighbour Olga

  19-12-2019 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global Family Favourites continues this week with sports anchor Kevin Karius. You may know him for his finesse on the desk, but he’s also a great cook. He and his neighbour Olga stop by the Global Edmonton kitchen to cook up Christmas pierogi and cabbage rolls.
  
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• 5 people charged in money laundering case involving Edmonton company

  19-12-2019 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP have laid charges in a money laundering case linked to illegal online cannabis sales.
  
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• 5 people charged in $15M money laundering case involving Edmonton company

  19-12-2019 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta RCMP have laid charges in a $15M money laundering case linked to illegal online cannabis sales.
  
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• U.S. software giant checking on logo used by Alberta’s energy war room

  19-12-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Progress Software Corp. says it is looking into whether Alberta's new energy war room has violated the company's trademarked logo.
  
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• Alberta’s energy war room replacing logo after learning it’s used by U.S. software giant

  19-12-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Progress Software's emblem is a stylized emerald-green, sharp-angled depiction of what appear to be radiating waves. The war room logo appears to be the same except for the colour.
  
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• 5 people charged in connection with Edmonton-based company handling illegal online cannabis sales

  19-12-2019 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Five people have been charged after police allege an Edmonton-based business was laundering more than $15 million obtained through illegal online cannabis sales.
  
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• Number of flu-related deaths in Alberta this season jumps to 6: AHS

  19-12-2019 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The number of people in the province who died with lab-confirmed influenza rose to six, according to Alberta Health Services' weekly report released Thursday.
  
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• We might not love Christmas as much as we think: poll

  19-12-2019 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Angus Reid Institute surveyed Canadians to find out which Christmas traditions make the nice list and which get a lump of coal. Only about a third of adults reported they are really looking forward to Christmas. On the other end of the scale, a quarter either don’t really care or are dreading it. Shachi...
  
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• 5 people charged after money laundering investigation linked to online cannabis sales

  19-12-2019 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP have laid charges in a money laundering ring that involved illegal cannabis dispensaries. Tom Vernon reports.
  
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• Edmonton man sentenced for attacking woman in 2017 road rage incident

  19-12-2019 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The man guilty of a brutal road rage attack has been sentenced. Vinesh Pratap has more from the law courts.
  
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• Snowfall warnings in place for Banff, Jasper national parks

  19-12-2019 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Anyone heading to the mountains this weekend should prepare for possibly poor highway conditions after snowfall warnings were issued for both Banff and Jasper national parks.
  
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• After years of slumps, interprovincial migration to Alberta jumps

  19-12-2019 19:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Despite persistent gloom about the state of the local economy, Alberta posted its strongest interprovincial migratory increase in four years this summer, according to Statistics Canada. 
  
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• Man wanted Canada-wide for Edmonton attempted murder could be in Toronto, Saskatoon: police

  19-12-2019 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Police Service issued another public plea Thursday, in hopes of finding 29-year-old Hanad Mohamed Farah, who could also be in the Toronto or Saskatoon area.
  
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• Edmonton man receives 3.5-year sentence for attacking woman in 2017 road rage incident

  19-12-2019 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 31-year-old Edmonton man has received a three-and-a-half-year sentence for attacking a woman with a metal bar in a road rage incident in 2017.
  
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• Canadian Indigenous sprint race car driver Skylar Gee says it’s a family affair

  19-12-2019 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Skylar Gee is the only Indigenous professional sprint race car driver in our country. He’s currently racing in Indiana but back in Alberta for the holidays and joined us to talk about his career.
  
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• Obstetrics department closes at Lacombe hospital after drop in births

  19-12-2019 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Babies will no longer be delivered at Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre as of Friday.
  
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• Daintre Christensen’s delicious dip and bacon-wrapped dates

  19-12-2019 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Traffic reporter Daintre Christensen, with help from anchor Kent Morrison, whipped up two holiday appetizers: an artichoke, spinach and white bean dip and bacon-wrapped, cheese-filled dates.
  
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• Kindness of strangers: Fort McMurray men help driver in medical distress on highway

  19-12-2019 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Fort McMurray woman is thanking four young men who helped her on the side of the highway while she was in medical distress and could no longer drive. 
  
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• How DNA kits can connect your family tree and uncover history

  19-12-2019 14:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kits like Ancestry DNA and 23andMe can help you uncover your family history and connect you with relatives you didn’t know you had. Family history expert Lesley Anderson talks about how it works.
  
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• Indigenous opposition to Trans Mountain pipeline shouldn’t outweigh public interest: Provinces

  19-12-2019 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Four Indigenous groups argue the government already had an outcome for Trans Mountain in mind when it engaged them, while lawyers countered that First Nations did not approach the consultations in good faith.
  
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• Human ancestor homo erectus may have survived until 108,000 years ago

  19-12-2019 14:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Scientists say they have finally calculated the age of the youngest known remains of Homo erectus, which is generally considered an ancestor of our species.
  
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• Crowbar attacker to be sentenced for crime of 'road rage, revenge and opportunity'

  19-12-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Jared Eliasson will be sentenced Thursday for the March 2017 aggravated assault of an Edmonton woman he attacked with a crowbar.
  
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• Edmonton brothers give back to food bank after relying on its help

  19-12-2019 13:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Local construction company HIBO says it is committed to helping the Edmonton Food Bank. The three brothers who run the company say their family relied on the food bank when they first came to Canada, and now they're giving back in any way they can.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Thursday, December 19, 2019

  19-12-2019 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Thursday, December 19, 2019 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Canadians divided on whether the West has legitimate beef with feds: Ipsos

  19-12-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Everybody's got their own problems," a pollster said when asked what new numbers suggest.
  
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• Supreme Court to decide whether to hear animal welfare case involving Lucy the elderly elephant

  19-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada will decide today whether it will hear a case that could affect the care of an ailing 44-year-old elephant named Lucy.
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses case involving Lucy the elderly elephant

  19-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a case involving an ailing 44-year-old elephant named Lucy.
  
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• OPINION | Why Alberta isn't treated more like Quebec

  19-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Many in Alberta ask, what would Ottawa do if one in every five Quebec men under 25 was unemployed? Fred Youngs says there can be costs when you always vote the same way.
  
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• Habitat for Humanity, heavily in debt in Edmonton, asks low-income families to pay interest

  19-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 50 low-income families that signed up for what they thought was a zero-per-cent finance agreement with Habitat for Humanity Edmonton for a mortgage now face a credit check they worry they will not pass.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Wednesday, December 18, 2019

  19-12-2019 06:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  EVERETT, Wash. - Dawson Butt's power-play goal late in the second period was the eventual winner as the Everett Silvertips edged the Tri-City Americans 4-3 on Wednesday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• 12 soccer teams from 4 leagues to contest 2020 Canadian Championship

  19-12-2019 06:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Twelve teams from four different leagues will contest the 2020 Canadian Championship across four rounds.
  
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• Alberta Court of Appeal reserves ruling in federal carbon tax challenge

  19-12-2019 06:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the provincial government’s challenge of the federal carbon tax.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers fall short in St. Louis

  19-12-2019 05:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Koskinen was brilliant but the Oilers lost to the Blues on Wednesday night.
  
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• Oilers' power play finally held scoreless as Blues pick up 4th straight win

  19-12-2019 05:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Brayden Schenn scored, Jake Allen made 35 saves and the St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Alberta’s UCP government to have panel review auto insurance rates

  19-12-2019 04:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just months after removing the cap on auto insurance rate increase, Alberta’s UCP government has announced it is launching a a committee to review the system. Sarah Ryan reports.
  
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• Edmonton curling club has seniors still enjoying throwing rocks

  19-12-2019 03:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Every Tuesday and Thursday at the Ottewell Curling Club, the senior men do their stuff. As John Sexsmith tells us, the old boys definitely like to rock.
  
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• Green burial options become more accessible in Alberta

  19-12-2019 03:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Those in the business of death and dying say more people are seeking out environmentally-friendly ways to handle their remains.
  
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• Alberta study looks at how much genes relate to people getting sick

  19-12-2019 03:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new University of Alberta study suggests your genes don’t have much to do with you getting sick. Su-Ling Goh reports.
  
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• Green burials becoming more and more popular

  19-12-2019 03:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  More people are starting to think about what happens to their bodies after they die. Quinn Ohler takes a closer look at the growing popularity of green burials.
  
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• McFee talks about Edmonton police officers’ use of force

  19-12-2019 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton’s police chief says while there is work to do when it comes to officers using excessive force, he believes such cases are rare. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports. WARNING: This story contains graphic content.
  
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• Crown seeks 3.5-year sentence for man behind Edmonton road rage attack

  19-12-2019 03:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crown prosecutors want Jared Eliasson to be sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for an Edmonton road rage attack the left another driver with broken arms. Fletcher Kent reports.
  
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