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• Edmonton Stingers still putting roster together in hopes CEBL starts on time - The London Free Press

  19-03-2020 23:59 via lfpress.com
  
  Edmonton Stingers still putting roster together in hopes CEBL starts on time  The London Free Press
  
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• Alberta’s top doctor says province’s vulnerable population is top priority amid COVID-19 pandemic

  19-03-2020 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw assures Albertans that the province’s vulnerable population is a top priority for the government.
  
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• Edmonton Stingers still putting roster together in hopes CEBL starts on time - Edmonton Sun

  19-03-2020 23:56 via edmontonsun.com
  
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• ASIRT deems Edmonton police officer’s actions in 2017 shooting lawful - Global News

  19-03-2020 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  ASIRT deems Edmonton police officer’s actions in 2017 shooting lawful  Global News
  
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• ASIRT deems Edmonton police officer’s actions in 2017 shooting lawful

  19-03-2020 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  ASIRT determined "the officer had objectively reasonable grounds to believe that the man might be armed."
  
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• 3 Manitoba doctors in isolation after attending Edmonton curling event with doctor who now has COVID-19

  19-03-2020 23:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Three Manitoba doctors are self-isolating after attending a curling bonspiel with another doctor who later tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Edmonton mayor pushes ‘province to make a decision now’ to help vulnerable population amid COVID-19 pandemic - Global News

  19-03-2020 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton mayor pushes ‘province to make a decision now’ to help vulnerable population amid COVID-19 pandemic  Global News
  
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• 'Make a decision now': Edmonton mayor calls for province's help to boost homeless shelter space, limit COVID-19 spread - CTV News

  19-03-2020 23:21 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  'Make a decision now': Edmonton mayor calls for province's help to boost homeless shelter space, limit COVID-19 spread  CTV News
  
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• How to clean to fight COVID-19? Vinegar won’t work, University of Alberta expert says

  19-03-2020 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  An expert in medical microbiology and immunology warns vinegar is not the best cleaner to fight the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Alberta announces first death from COVID-19

  19-03-2020 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces a man in his 60s from Edmonton is Alberta’s first death from COVID-19.
  
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• COVID-19: Whitecourt couple stranded as Morocco halts flights - Edmonton Journal

  19-03-2020 22:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  COVID-19: Whitecourt couple stranded as Morocco halts flights  Edmonton Journal
  
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• City facilities waiting on AHS approval to house COVID-19 patients

  19-03-2020 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Don Iveson said there are city facilities that could be used to house vulnerable citizens with COVID-19, but approval from Alberta Health Services is needed to ensure the plan is appropriate. “We can react to whatever they want to do,” Iveson said.
  
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• Doctor has COVID-19 after attending Edmonton medical curling bonspiel - CTV News

  19-03-2020 22:08 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Doctor has COVID-19 after attending Edmonton medical curling bonspiel  CTV News
  
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• Alberta reports province’s 1st COVID-19 death, officials working on plan to enforce new rules

  19-03-2020 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man in his 60s from the Edmonton zone has become Alberta's first fatal COVID-19 case, the province's chief medical officer of health said Thursday.
  
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• Alberta officials to update ‘ongoing work to protect public health’ during coronavirus pandemic

  19-03-2020 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw has been updating Albertans daily since the outbreak reached the province. In recent days, she's been joined by the premier and other ministers.
  
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• Alberta officials to update ‘ongoing work to protect pubic health’ during coronavirus pandemic

  19-03-2020 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw has been updating Albertans daily since the outbreak reached the province. In recent days, she's been joined by the premier and other ministers.
  
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• Action to protect vulnerable Edmontonians from COVID-19 needed now: Iveson

  19-03-2020 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Don Iveson said if the coronavirus begins to spread amongst the city’s homeless community, it will “significantly” impair the ability to flatten the curve and action needs to be taken now, not in several days. Iveson said the city needs direction from Alberta Health.
  
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• New space to isolate infected homeless people in Edmonton needed: Iveson

  19-03-2020 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Don Iveson said additional space need to be activated in order to isolate homeless and vulnerable citizens who contract COVID-19, but he said Alberta Health Services needs to be part of that decision.
  
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• Edmonton is waiting on Alberta Health to approve homeless plan

  19-03-2020 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  ‘I need the province to make a decision now’: Mayor Don Iveson said the City of Edmonton is waiting on Alberta Health to approve a plans to support the city’s most vulnerable as the novel coronavirus pandemic continues.
  
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• Jason Nixon to explain why the Alberta legislature is adjourned until Friday

  19-03-2020 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Government house leader Jason Nixon explains to reporters why the Alberta legislature is adjourned until Friday, March 20.
  
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• Mayor Don Iveson speaks to city's response to COVID-19 pandemic

  19-03-2020 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor Don Iveson will update the city's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at 2:45 p.m Thursday.
  
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• Iveson demands province protect city's homeless and 'broader population' from COVID-19

  19-03-2020 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The city is growing frustrated with the province's foot dragging in protecting Edmonton's most vulnerable citizens, Mayor Don Iveson told reporters Thursday.
  
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• Iveson demands province move now to protect city's homeless from COVID-19

  19-03-2020 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton is growing frustrated with the province's foot dragging in protecting Edmonton's most vulnerable citizens, Mayor Don Iveson told reporters Thursday.
  
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• COVID-19: Liquor store and cannabis sales jumping - Edmonton Journal

  19-03-2020 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
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• Advanced Dungeons & Distancing: role playing goes digital under COVID-19 - Edmonton Journal

  19-03-2020 21:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Advanced Dungeons & Distancing: role playing goes digital under COVID-19  Edmonton Journal
  
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• This Edmonton clinic is reducing the number of amputations due to diabetes - CTV News

  19-03-2020 21:20 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  This Edmonton clinic is reducing the number of amputations due to diabetes  CTV News
  
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• ‘Our goal is to try and keep the chamber open’: Nixon on Alberta legislature sittings

  19-03-2020 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  She said both sides recognize the priority is making sure Albertans have the supports they need to get through the pandemic.
  
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• Alberta legislature adjourns until Friday; MLA Jason Nixon to explain adjournment

  19-03-2020 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The notice in question was related to Government Motion 10 on the March 17 order paper.
  
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• 630 CHED welcomes Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

  19-03-2020 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  630 CHED welcomes Herb Alpert & Lani Hall to the Myer Horowitz Theatre on Tuesday, September 15. 
  
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• A Definitive Ranking of EVERY Edmonton Oilers Jersey - The Copper & Blue

  19-03-2020 21:09 via coppernblue.com
  
  A Definitive Ranking of EVERY Edmonton Oilers Jersey  The Copper & Blue
  
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• Coronavirus: SMA president Dr. Allan Woo tests positive for COVID-19

  19-03-2020 21:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Allan Woo, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, believes he contracted COVID-19 at a bonspiel in Edmonton.
  
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• Calgary dental-lab owner now self-isolating after public complaint filed, AHS says

  19-03-2020 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services says a Calgary dental-lab owner who allegedly refused to self-isolate after attending a Vancouver dental conference linked to several positive COVID-19 cases is now in self-isolation and their lab is closed as a precaution.
  
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• AHS seeks Calgary dental lab owner allegedly refusing to self-isolate after attending conference

  19-03-2020 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services is trying to track down the owner of a Calgary dental lab who attended a Vancouver dental conference that has been linked to several cases of COVID-19 and who allegedly refuses to self-isolate, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Producers advised to spend nothing on drilling as oil price hovers at US$25 amid COVID-19 pandemic

  19-03-2020 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  World oil prices have fallen so low that Canadian producers are being advised not to spend any money on drilling and, in some cases, to stop producing crude oil from existing wells.
  
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• Injunction stops hundreds of young adults from losing benefits as they transition from care

  19-03-2020 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s Court of Queen's Bench has granted a temporary injunction preventing hundreds of young adults from losing benefits intended to help them transition out of government care.
  
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• Alberta court grants injunction halting loss of benefits for young adults transitioning out of care

  19-03-2020 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s Court of Queen's Bench has granted a temporary injunction preventing hundreds of young adults from losing benefits intended to help them transition out of government care.
  
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• Saskatchewan Medical Association president says he has contracted COVID-19

  19-03-2020 20:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, which represents doctors in Saskatchewan, has confirmed that he has contracted COVID-19.
  
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• Saskatchewan Medical Association head says he got COVID-19 at Edmonton bonspiel

  19-03-2020 20:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, which represents doctors in Saskatchewan, has confirmed that he has contracted COVID-19.
  
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• 'Take this seriously': Edmonton man is Alberta's first COVID-19 fatality, total cases reach 146

  19-03-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton man in his 60s has become Alberta's first fatality in the coronavirus pandemic, the province's chief medical officer announced Thursday.
  
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• Edmonton man is Alberta's first fatality in the COVID-19 outbreak

  19-03-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton man in his 60s has become Alberta's first fatality of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the province's chief medical officer announced Thursday.
  
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• Edmonton man is Aberta's first fatality in the COVID-19 outbreak

  19-03-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton man in his 60s has become Alberta's first fatality of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the province's chief medical officer announced Thursday.
  
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• Chief medical health officer to update Albertans about COVID-19 in the province

  19-03-2020 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  For the next few weeks, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Alberta is expected to continue growing before the peak of the outbreak is reached.
  
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• Garages in south Edmonton neighbourhoods targeted in recent break-and-enters - Global News

  19-03-2020 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Garages in south Edmonton neighbourhoods targeted in recent break-and-enters  Global News
  
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• This map shows where Edmonton's COVID-19 cases are - CTV News

  19-03-2020 20:32 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  This map shows where Edmonton's COVID-19 cases are  CTV News
  
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• Garages in south Edmonton neighbourhoods targeted in recent break-and-enters

  19-03-2020 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police say nearly 100 south-side garages have been hit by thieves since the beginning of February.
  
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• Edmonton police seizing and shutting down illegal cannabis websites

  19-03-2020 20:19 via cbc.ca
  
  In an attempt to curb the number of black market cannabis shipments coming into Edmonton, city police have begun seizing the web addresses of companies illegally selling cannabis online. 
  
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• Pharmacists get billing code to screen Albertans for COVID-19; asked to limit drug supplies

  19-03-2020 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta government is asking pharmacists to help assess and screen people for COVID-19, but they won't be testing for the virus at this time.
  
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• Alberta patients asked to delay mammograms as health system readies for COVID-19

  19-03-2020 20:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Patients are being asked to postpone already scheduled diagnostic screening, including mammograms, and elective surgeries are being delayed in Alberta as the health-care system prepares for the worst of the pandemic. 
  
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• Edmonton small businesses hurting due to COVID-19 shutdown - CBC.ca

  19-03-2020 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton small businesses hurting due to COVID-19 shutdown  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton small businesses hurting due to COVID-19 shutdown

  19-03-2020 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Small businesses in Edmonton are struggling even as federal and provincial governments work to ease economic pain from COVID-19.
  
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