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• Westmount home becomes Edmonton’s 160th municipal historic resource - Global News

  09-03-2020 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Westmount home becomes Edmonton’s 160th municipal historic resource  Global News
  
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• Pair charged with impaired driving after vehicle crashes into parked vehicles, semi-truck in Fort Saskatchewan

  09-03-2020 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 23-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were both arrested in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., on Saturday evening after multiple hit and runs in the parking lot of the city's Boston Pizza restaurant followed by a head-on collision with a semi-truck.
  
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• Watch: New cases of COVID-19 bring Alberta total to seven - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2020 23:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Watch: New cases of COVID-19 bring Alberta total to seven  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Westmount home becomes Edmonton’s 160th municipal historic resource

  09-03-2020 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton city council designated a century-old home in Westmount the city's 160th municipal historic resource on Monday.
  
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• State of local emergency declared after train hits propane tanker in southern Alberta

  09-03-2020 23:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The hamlet of Swalwell in southern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate after a train derailment.
  
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• Southern Alberta hamlet evacuated after train hits propane tanker

  09-03-2020 23:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The hamlet of Swalwell in southern Alberta has been ordered to evacuate after a train derailment.
  
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• Southern Alberta community evacuated due to train derailment

  09-03-2020 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta Emergency Alert sent at 4:30 p.m. stated the train derailed in the community, blocking traffic at Township Road 30-2 and Railway Avenue. 
  
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• Commuter alert: Multi-vehicle collision affecting traffic near Northgate Centre mall - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2020 23:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Commuter alert: Multi-vehicle collision affecting traffic near Northgate Centre mall  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Alberta John Howard Society head office could close after provincial funding cut - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2020 23:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta John Howard Society head office could close after provincial funding cut  Edmonton Journal
  
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• 'Serious' crash on 97 Street causes rush hour traffic delays: Edmonton police - CTV News

  09-03-2020 23:20 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  'Serious' crash on 97 Street causes rush hour traffic delays: Edmonton police  CTV News
  
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• 87-year-old MacEwan University student mastering 4 musical instruments

  09-03-2020 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  He went on to learn the piano, violin and the euphonium. McKnight just passed his Grade 2 Royal Conservatory of Music practical examination on clarinet.
  
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• Student at MacEwan University’s Conservatory of Music is 87

  09-03-2020 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A student at MacEwan University is proving that you’re never too old to learn something new. Morgan Black has a story that will bring music to your ears. It centres around a man who’s almost 90 and still learning.
  
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• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board CEO bullish on oil despite price crash

  09-03-2020 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says Monday's oil price crash and stock market selloff will hurt Canadian energy companies that have weak balance sheets and high debt.
  
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• Introducing The Loop: A new CBC Edmonton podcast - CBC.ca

  09-03-2020 22:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Introducing The Loop: A new CBC Edmonton podcast  CBC.ca
  
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• Introducing The Loop: A new CBC Edmonton podcast

  09-03-2020 22:38 via cbc.ca
  
  The Loop is your guide to the ins and outs of Edmonton. Host Tara McCarthy takes you behind the stories from the CBC Edmonton newsroom, digging deeper and bringing you closer to your city and community.
  
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• Jason Kenney says government will not implement a PST

  09-03-2020 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Kenney discusses the possibility of a Provincial Sales Tax and why he thinks it’s a bad idea.
  
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• ‘It’s time for the rest of Canada to return the favour’: Kenney hopes for help from federal budget

  09-03-2020 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney explains what he is hoping for from the federal government amidst a downturn in the economy and plunging oil prices.
  
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• Edmonton City Council approves sliding scale for seniors transit passes - Global News

  09-03-2020 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton City Council approves sliding scale for seniors transit passes  Global News
  
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• Edmonton City Council approves sliding scale for seniors transit passes

  09-03-2020 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  City Council has approved a sliding scale it says will help more seniors qualify for a low-income Edmonton Transit System annual pass.
  
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• ‘Amazing experience for us’: Edmonton Oilers fans visit from Germany for 1st NHL games

  09-03-2020 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are 27 Oilers fans from Germany in Edmonton for the homestand. They are all members of a Facebook group that celebrates all things Oilers.
  
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• COVID-19: As panic-buying increases, expert says supply chain should hold up

  09-03-2020 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  One expert said a virus affects deliveries and supplies much differently than a natural disaster and that there's no reason to think certain items will be hard to get.
  
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• Alberta pilot program for tough-to-treat opioid users set to end March 2021

  09-03-2020 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant initially funded by the former NDP government is slated to come to an end in March 2021.
  
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• Alberta pilot program for tough to treat opioid users is set to end March 2021

  09-03-2020 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant initially funded by the former NDP government is slated to come to an end in March 2021.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak: Alberta Health on COVID-19 stockpiling, panic

  09-03-2020 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains why it’s not necessary for every household to have weeks worth of supplies and how communities can support one another, if needed.
  
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• Alberta Health on COVID-19 stockpiling, panic

  09-03-2020 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains why it’s not necessary for every household to have weeks worth of supplies and how communities can support one another, if needed.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak: Alberta Health outlines assessment/testing process for COVID-19

  09-03-2020 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw outlines, step by step, how someone feeling symptoms after travelling in the last 14 days would go about being tested for COVID-19.
  
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• Two drunk drivers arrested in same car after string of hit and runs in Fort Saskatchewan

  09-03-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Two suspected drunk drivers were arrested in the same car on Saturday after they hit five different vehicles, including three parked cars outside a Boston Pizza restaurant in Fort Saskatchewan.
  
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• ‘We need to protect each other’: Alberta Health on ways people should interact

  09-03-2020 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw says people should now consider the “new normal” for public interactions in light of COVID-19: waves instead of handshakes, staying home when you’re sick, for instance.
  
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• Alberta Health on 7th COVID-19 case and expanded testing

  09-03-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, provided information on Alberta’s seventh case of COVID-19 and how health resources have been expanded to respond to the virus, including more testing, staffing Health Link and lab resources.
  
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• Alberta Health on 3 new cases of COVID-19

  09-03-2020 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw explains the province’s fifth and sixth confirmed cases of COVID-19. She also explains why catching symptoms early is key and how the virus is spread.
  
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• RGE RD ‘best overall’ on Avenue Edmonton’s best restaurants list

  09-03-2020 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Every year, Avenue Magazine looks for Edmonton’s very best restaurants. This month, we’re introducing you to some of the winners. RGE RD scored a spot on the “Best Overall” list. Chef Blair Lebsack joins Jennifer Crosby and Kent Morrison.
  
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• Selfie-taking van thief arrested after vehicle dies west of Edmonton: RCMP - CTV News

  09-03-2020 19:49 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Selfie-taking van thief arrested after vehicle dies west of Edmonton: RCMP  CTV News
  
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• 2 charged with 1st-degree murder in Edmonton man’s death

  09-03-2020 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two people have been charged with first-degree murder after human remains were discovered north of Edmonton last December.
  
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• The coronavirus effect: COVID-19’s impact on sporting, cultural, civic events across Canada

  09-03-2020 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ongoing concerns about the new coronavirus have resulted in the cancellation of a number of sporting and cultural events across Canada and beyond.
  
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• Health officials to update Alberta COVID-19 cases

  09-03-2020 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health confirmed three new presumptive cases of COVID-19 Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the province to seven. Lisa MacGregor has the latest.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers joust with Golden Knights with first place on the line

  09-03-2020 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Knights have a two-point lead on the Oilers atop the Pacific Division. The Oilers have a game in hand.
  
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• Pair charged with murder after Edmonton man found dead near northern Alberta hamlet

  09-03-2020 19:24 via cbc.ca
  
  RCMP have charged two people from Yellowknife, N.W.T., in the death of an Edmonton man whose body was found near a northern Alberta hamlet in December.
  
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• Oil price drop comes less than 2 weeks after Alberta budget

  09-03-2020 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was a tough morning on the markets Monday as the price of oil was dropping at record rates. Trading was halted for 15 minutes because of the plunge. Tom Vernon has more on the effect on the provincial budget and path to balance.
  
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• What the oil plunge means for Canada and Alberta

  09-03-2020 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The last time oil prices dropped this much was the 2015 oil shock — and back then, we didn't have a virus outbreak.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers thriving as a statistical outlier - TSN

  09-03-2020 19:00 via tsn.ca
  
  Edmonton Oilers thriving as a statistical outlier  TSN
  
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• Oilers Game Day: Showdown with Golden Knights showcases Pacific's best - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2020 18:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Oilers Game Day: Showdown with Golden Knights showcases Pacific's best  Edmonton Journal
  
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• First-degree murder charges laid in death of Edmonton man - CTV News

  09-03-2020 18:52 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  First-degree murder charges laid in death of Edmonton man  CTV News
  
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• Myths, germs and soap-vs-sanitizer: Things you ought to know about coronavirus

  09-03-2020 18:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Toilet paper hoarding is an innocuous response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Tim Caulfield is more concerned about the so-called cures, treatments and prevention methods being circulated by agencies using the opportunity for personal gain.
  
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• Ridgecrest at Glenridding Ravine to celebrate grand opening - Edmonton Journal

  09-03-2020 17:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ridgecrest at Glenridding Ravine to celebrate grand opening  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl named NHL 3rd star for the week

  09-03-2020 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers centre was named the league's third star for the week after a stellar performance against the Nashville Predators.
  
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• 16 arrested, $18K in drugs and cash seized after Fort McMurray drug investigations

  09-03-2020 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Multiple investigations were conducted over a two-month period, resulting in 41 charges being laid against 16 people.
  
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• Edmonton man recovering after surviving crash that killed 4 others near Taber - Global News

  09-03-2020 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton man recovering after surviving crash that killed 4 others near Taber  Global News
  
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• Edmonton man recovering after surviving crash that killed 4 others near Taber

  09-03-2020 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  After more than six weeks in hospital, one of the survivors of a deadly Alberta car crash is speaking for the first time about coming home to his family and the long road to recovery.
  
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• Imperial Equities Announces Multi Million Dollar Transaction to Purchase Edmonton's Russell Hendrix Building - Canada NewsWire

  09-03-2020 17:02 via newswire.ca
  
  Imperial Equities Announces Multi Million Dollar Transaction to Purchase Edmonton's Russell Hendrix Building  Canada NewsWire
  
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• 3 new presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, brings total to 7

  09-03-2020 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has recorded three new presumptive cases of the novel coronavirus, provincial health officials confirmed Monday morning.
  
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