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• Edmonton-raised goalkeeper Asmir Begovic signs on loan with AC Milan

  13-01-2020 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton-raised goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has joined AC Milan on loan from England's Bournemouth through the end of June.
  
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• DATS executives hold off on 20-minute Edmonton service for a couple of years

  13-01-2020 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton city council has set a long-term goal of having the city's Disabled Adult Transit Service offer a 20-minute pickup window.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers Zack Kassian suspended two games while teammates fire back at Tkachuk

  13-01-2020 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  "It's just kind of a gutless hit on a guy in a very vulnerable position," Edmonton Oilers forward James Neal said of the hit.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ Zack Kassian suspended 2 games for altercation with Tkachuk

  13-01-2020 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  "It's just kind of a gutless hit on a guy in a very vulnerable position," Edmonton Oilers forward James Neal said of the hit.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers teammates stand by Zack Kassian in rivalry with Matthew Tkachuk

  13-01-2020 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  "It's just kind of a gutless hit on a guy in a very vulnerable position," Edmonton Oilers forward James Neal said of the hit.
  
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• Edmonton man pleads guilty to killing teen in 2017 hit-and-run

  13-01-2020 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton man has pleaded guilty to killing 18-year old Jade Belcourt in a drug-fuelled 2017 hit-and-run.
  
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• Oilers' Zack Kassian earns 2-game ban for attack on Flames' Matthew Tkachuk

  13-01-2020 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton Oilers winger Zack Kassian was handed a two-game suspension by the NHL on Monday, two days after he rag-dolled and punched Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk on national TV.
  
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• Oilers' Zack Kassian awaits NHL justice for attack on Flames' Matthew Tkachuk

  13-01-2020 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton Oilers winger Zack Kassian was set for his day in court Monday with the NHL's discipline panel, two days after he rag-dolled and punched Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk on national TV.
  
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• How Commonwealth is being used to shelter Edmontonians during extreme cold

  13-01-2020 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  As an emergency shelter, the space at Commonwealth is more accessible than some other Edmonton shelters. As the dangerously cold weather persists, here are ways you can help.
  
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• Applications open for Indian day schools financial compensation

  13-01-2020 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly 200,000 Indigenous children attended more than 700 Indian day schools beginning in the 1920s.
  
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• 'Noxious spray' used during robbery attempt at Southgate mall

  13-01-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  One suspect was arrested Monday afternoon following an attempted robbery at a Southgate Centre jewelry store.
  
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• Edmonton police respond to robbery at Southgate Centre mall; 1 suspect in custody

  13-01-2020 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said the suspects allegedly deployed some sort of "noxious spray" during the robbery, with employees at King's telling Global News they believed it was bear spray. 
  
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• No timeline for Tech Frontier approval process: Trudeau

  13-01-2020 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an exclusive interview with Global’s Dawna Friesen, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government will respect the approvals process for Alberta’s Tech Fronteir oil sands development, without specifiying a specific timeline.
  
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• Canada investigates reports that Iran is harassing families trying to repatriate remains of crash victims

  13-01-2020 21:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada is looking into "disturbing" allegations that Iran is harassing family members of PS752 airline crash victims who are desperately trying to bring home their loved ones' remains.
  
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• Relief from frigid cold expected by Sunday

  13-01-2020 21:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Most of Alberta is under an extreme cold warning with no relief from the frigid weather for almost a week, Environment Canada said on its website.
  
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• ASIRT investigating Edmonton police shootings after gas station break-in

  13-01-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  ASIRT is investigating, after a man was shot by Edmonton police early Monday morning, following a break-in at a gas station north of the city.
  
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• Edmonton Valley Zoo mourns death of red panda

  13-01-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  An 11-year-old red panda named Pip died last week at the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board officials set to brief Canadians on downed airliner investigation

  13-01-2020 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is providing its first update into efforts to participate in the investigation into the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines flight 752 last week.
  
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• Transportation Safety Board officials say their role in Ukrainian crash probe still uncertain

  13-01-2020 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Officials from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada say they're still not sure how much of a role Canadian investigators will play in the Iran-led investigation of the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 last week.
  
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• Canada getting access to black boxes from downed Ukrainian airliner - but role in investigation still unclear

  13-01-2020 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Officials from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada say Iran is giving Canadian investigators access to the black boxes from downed Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 but that Canada's role in the investigation beyond that remains unclear. 
  
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• Cannabis edibles arrive on Alberta store shelves Monday

  13-01-2020 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Retail stores in Edmonton and Calgary are preparing to receive cannabis edibles products on Monday, one month after some other provinces.
  
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• Canadian drillers add most rigs in a week in five years: Baker Hughes

  13-01-2020 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Energy firms in Canada boosted the number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas last week by the most since 2015 as producers try to take advantage of rising crude prices.
  
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• Man enters guilty pleas in connection with deadly hit and run in west Edmonton

  13-01-2020 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man who was set to begin trial in connection with the May 2017 death of an 18-year-old in west Edmonton has instead entered guilty pleas in the case.
  
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• Pip the red panda dies at Edmonton Valley Zoo

  13-01-2020 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pip died on Jan. 8, with a post-mortem exam suggesting that she passed peacefully in her sleep.
  
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• Edmonton police charge man, 31, in December shooting death

  13-01-2020 18:17 via cbc.ca
  
  The victim, 45-year-old Arthur Charles Edward Beauchamp, was found seriously injured outside an apartment building near 103rd Avenue and 115th Street on Dec. 3
  
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• 2nd-degree murder charge laid in central Edmonton shooting death

  13-01-2020 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 31-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man in central Edmonton in early December.
  
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• Man seriously injured in EPS officer-involved shooting, ASIRT says

  13-01-2020 17:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's policing watchdog has been asked to investigate after an officer-involved shooting north of Edmonton Monday that left one man seriously injured. 
  
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• Bank of Canada sees uptick in business confidence but Prairies remain weak

  13-01-2020 17:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Meanwhile, the newly published Survey of Consumer Expectations suggests Canadians expect household spending to grow faster than incomes.
  
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• Edmonton photographer facing lawsuit delivers overdue wedding photos

  13-01-2020 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The couples paid thousands of dollars in advance to hire Leroy Schulz. He sent select preview pictures after the wedding, but withheld the full gallery of wedding photos. Shortly after CBC contacted Schulz for comment, two couples received their photos.
  
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• Canadian River Valley Revenge winter ultra marathon supporting Australia disaster relief

  13-01-2020 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian River Valley Revenge is the winter half of a biannual ultra marathon through Edmonton. Course director Todd Savard and athlete Simon Carlin explain how the 2020 edition is in support of Australia wildfire disaster relief.
  
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• 'He's not coming home': Wife mourns pickup driver killed in multiple fatality near Taber, Alta.

  13-01-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Usiel Kanguatjivi was one of four people killed when a pickup truck and a van collided on Highway 36, south of Highway 875 Friday morning. 
  
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• 'He's not coming home': Wife mourns pickup driver killed in crash near Taber, Alta.

  13-01-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Usiel Kanguatjivi was one of four people killed when a pickup truck and a van collided on Highway 36, south of Highway 875 Friday morning. 
  
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• Fewer trees, less undergrowth: Study says wildfires changing boreal forest

  13-01-2020 15:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada's boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests.
  
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• ASIRT investigating police situation; 2 scenes taped off north of Edmonton

  13-01-2020 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has been called in to investigate north of Edmonton in Sturgeon County, where there were two police scenes Monday morning. Kendra Slugoski has the details.
  
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• Rabbit Hill Ski Resort ‘Ride for Australia’ fundraiser

  13-01-2020 14:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rabbit Hill Snow Resort is hosting a ski night, with all proceeds from the event will be donated to the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, to help with wildfire efforts there. General manager Derek Look shares details on “Ride for Australia.”
  
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• Police presence at two scenes near CFB Edmonton in Sturgeon County; ASIRT investigating

  13-01-2020 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The police scenes are in Sturgeon County, at a subdivision between St. Albert and the military base and at a gas station in Namao.
  
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• Police presence at two scenes near CFB Edmonton in Sturgeon County

  13-01-2020 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The police scenes are in Sturgeon County, at a subdivision between St. Albert and the military base and at a gas station in Namao.
  
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• Large police presence near CFB Edmonton in Sturgeon County

  13-01-2020 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The police scene is in an area of Sturgeon County between St. Albert and the military base, near the Regency Estates subdivision.
  
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• ASIRT investigating Edmonton police shootings, chase with gas station break-in suspects

  13-01-2020 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police came upon a break-in at a gas station in Namao, where one shooting occurred before a chase ended in a second exchange of gunfire at a subdivision near St. Albert.
  
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• ASIRT investigating Edmonton police shooting; 2 scenes taped off north of the city

  13-01-2020 14:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The police scenes are in Sturgeon County, at a subdivision between St. Albert and the military base and at a gas station in Namao.
  
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• 'It's a blessing': Fort Chipewyan to receive food hamper deliveries

  13-01-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Food hampers were delivered to the remote northern Alberta community of Fort Chipewyan for the first time on Saturday.
  
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• Edmonton and St. Albert inching towards closer working relationship

  13-01-2020 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton and St. Albert city councils are being asked to work more closely together on major projects.
  
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• New tech aims to extract lithium for electric car batteries from oilfield waste

  13-01-2020 13:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Mining the metal can come at a high environmental cost, so some Alberta companies are developing greener extraction methods by partnering with an unlikely ally — the oil and gas industry.
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Monday, January 13, 2020

  13-01-2020 13:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The cold snap is going to get worse before it gets better. Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, January 13, 2020 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Families of PS752 victims could go after Ukraine airline or Iran in bid for compensation

  13-01-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The family members of those killed on Flight PS752 are likely entitled to monetary compensation under international aviation law, lawyers say, but could also achieve it through pressuring Iran to agree to a comprehensive settlement.
  
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• Emotional ceremony honours Iran plane crash victims in Edmonton

  13-01-2020 05:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was standing room at a memorial ceremony in Edmonton, where the 13 local victims were honoured. Here are some of the touching moments from the two-and-a-half hour event which saw speeches not only from officials, but also grieving friends.
  
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• Packed Edmonton memorial honours Iran plane crash victims

  13-01-2020 05:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Over 2,300 people filled the Saville Centre to capacity on Sunday, to honour the lives of the people with Edmonton connections who died when a plane was shot down in Iran. Vinesh Pratap was there and has more on the emotional ceremony.
  
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• WHL Roundup: Sunday, January 12, 2020

  13-01-2020 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  EVERETT, Wash. - Nikita Sedov set up four goals and Donovan Buskey kicked out 36 shots as the Regina Pats doubled up the Everett Silvertips 6-3 on Sunday in Western Hockey League action.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Sunday, January 12, 2020

  13-01-2020 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Kevin O’Connell’s Sunday, January 12, 2020 evening weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Lethbridge woman knits items to help injured animals in Australia

  13-01-2020 02:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kacie Dyck considers herself to be a crafty person who loves to knit, which is why she decided to knit for animals that have been injured by the bushfires in Australia. 
  
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