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• Calgary woman diagnosed with COVID-19 returns from lockdown in Spain

  01-04-2020 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary woman is thankful to be back home after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and living through a nationwide lockdown in Spain.
  
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• Crowded lineup outside downtown Edmonton CIBC branch despite social distancing rules - Global News

  01-04-2020 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crowded lineup outside downtown Edmonton CIBC branch despite social distancing rules  Global News
  
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• Crowded lineup outside downtown Edmonton CIBC branch despite social distancing rules

  01-04-2020 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Despite repeated requests to follow social distancing rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a large crowd lined up outside of a downtown Edmonton CIBC branch on Wednesday. 
  
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• Opposition grills Alberta government on ‘broken’ emergency isolation funding program

  01-04-2020 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  The official Opposition is calling on the Alberta government to immediately fix its emergency isolation funding website after hearing from many people who haven't been able to apply for the payment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Edmonton singer raises $53,000 at Canada's first COVID-19 music fest - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 23:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton singer raises $53,000 at Canada's first COVID-19 music fest  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Meet the volunteers sewing masks for hospitals and nursing homes

  01-04-2020 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada Sews started as one woman with a sewing machine, and has since blossomed into a network of more than 1,700 people making and distributing homemade masks to health-care facilities across four provinces. 
  
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• Canadian troops await word on quarantine location upon return from Ukraine

  01-04-2020 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 200 troops, the majority of whom are from Edmonton, first deployed to Ukraine in October for a six-month mission training local forces to fight Russian-backed separatist forces in the east of the country.
  
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• ‘Our province has run out of time’: Nfld premier makes plea to Trudeau amid coronavirus and budget crisis

  01-04-2020 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Dwight Ball tells Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Newfoundland and Labrador would be unable to pay its bills without immediate federal assistance. 
  
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• Edmonton plastics company hit by wave of orders for COVID-19 retail sneeze guards - Global News

  01-04-2020 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton plastics company hit by wave of orders for COVID-19 retail sneeze guards  Global News
  
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• Edmonton plastics company hit by wave of orders for COVID-19 retail sneeze guards

  01-04-2020 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton-based plastic producer is working seven days a week to keep up with the demand for protective barriers for retail spaces.
  
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• 4th senior dies at Calgary nursing home, as a total of 43 residents, 23 staff test positive

  01-04-2020 22:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A fourth senior has died as an outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread throughout a Calgary care home. 
  
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• 4th senior dies at Calgary nursing home, 66 residents and staff test positive

  01-04-2020 22:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A fourth senior has died as an outbreak of COVID-19 continues to spread throughout a Calgary care home. 
  
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• Job negotiations between AUPE and province paused amid pandemic

  01-04-2020 22:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Government workers, bracing for promised cuts to the public sector, will keep their jobs during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, says the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. 
  
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• New COVID-19 rules limit Edmonton taxis, ride-hailing vehicles to 1 passenger or household group

  01-04-2020 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Taxis, limousines and ride-hailing services can no longer pick up more than one passenger at a time, with a few notable exceptions, the City of Edmonton said Wednesday.
  
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• Vehicle stolen in overnight break-in at north Edmonton car dealership - Global News

  01-04-2020 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vehicle stolen in overnight break-in at north Edmonton car dealership  Global News
  
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• Coronavirus: City of Edmonton introduces new regulations for vehicle-for-hire services - Global News

  01-04-2020 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coronavirus: City of Edmonton introduces new regulations for vehicle-for-hire services  Global News
  
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• Vehicle stolen in overnight break-in at north Edmonton car dealership

  01-04-2020 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police are investigating an overnight break-in at a car dealership on the north side.
  
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• Coronavirus: City of Edmonton introduces new regulations for vehicle-for-hire services

  01-04-2020 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vehicle-for-hire services have been put under a number of new rules and regulations by the City of Edmonton in an effort to keep drivers and riders safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Royal Alexandra Hospital workers saluted by Edmonton police, firefighters and paramedics

  01-04-2020 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A convoy of police, firefighters and paramedics in ambulances saluted their health-care workers at Edmonton’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday night.
  
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• Red Deer emergency services surprise little boy on his birthday

  01-04-2020 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Birthday boy Will Holstein and his sister were treated to a parade of emergency vehicles in Red Deer, Alta. on Tuesday, March 31, 2020.
  
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• 'Our community is in crisis': Edmonton business survey says nearly half don't think they'll survive - CBC.ca

  01-04-2020 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  'Our community is in crisis': Edmonton business survey says nearly half don't think they'll survive  CBC.ca
  
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• 'Our community is in crisis': Edmonton business survey says nearly half don't think they'll survive

  01-04-2020 21:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta are already proving devastating to the health of many businesses in Edmonton, according to a new survey conducted by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.
  
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• Woman killed in crash with semi east of Edmonton - CTV News

  01-04-2020 21:14 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Woman killed in crash with semi east of Edmonton  CTV News
  
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• Coronavirus: Will students return to Alberta classrooms this school year? Call is Dr. Hinshaw’s

  01-04-2020 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta school boards are preparing to keep classrooms closed until the end of the school year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
  
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• Office relations: A couple's guide to working from home without hostility

  01-04-2020 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Rae Schuller wasn’t prepared for the booming volume of her partner’s work voice — or how badly it would grate on her nerves.
  
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• As April opens, Alberta residents accustomed to daily COVID-19 updates

  01-04-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  March 2020 will long be remembered as the month when a microscopic virus with a now too-familiar name turned Alberta upside down.
  
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• Alberta sees two more COVID-19 deaths, 117 new cases

  01-04-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Alberta and 117 new cases of the illness were reported on Wednesday.
  
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• Alberta residents await April's first daily COVID-19 update

  01-04-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  March 2020 will long be remembered as the month when a microscopic virus with a now too-familiar name turned Alberta upside down.
  
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• Health officials to update Alberta COVID-19 situation Wednesday afternoon

  01-04-2020 20:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health will be joined by other officials at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to provide an update on COVID-19 cases in the province.
  
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• City officials scrambling to add showers and laundry facilities at COVID-19 drop-in centre

  01-04-2020 20:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The EXPO Centre has been converted into a drop-in centre and isolation shelter for vulnerable segments of the population. Some using the centre say there aren't enough showers to use.
  
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• The show must go on at Global Edmonton

  01-04-2020 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  About 140 people work at Global Edmonton but nearly 2/3 of them are now working from home, and our normally bustling newsroom is eerily quiet. We’re utilizing technology to keep connected as a team, and to keep your informed both on air and online. Here’s Carole Anne Devaney with a behind-the-scenes look at how that...
  
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• Fishing education program offered to Albertans amid COVID-19 pandemic

  01-04-2020 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A free fishing education program has been released for Albertans to learn more about the province's wildlife amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Video: Downtown Edmonton chandelier sent swinging by… Idaho earthquake? - CTV News

  01-04-2020 18:29 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Video: Downtown Edmonton chandelier sent swinging by… Idaho earthquake?  CTV News
  
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• Alberta woman widowed by COVID-19 promises to build her husband's legacy

  01-04-2020 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Jennifer Auger wants to continue the legacy of her husband after his death from complications of COVID-19 by opening a group home for at-risk youth in their northern Alberta community.
  
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• First-degree murder charges laid in Prince Albert, Sask. triple homicide

  01-04-2020 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prince Albert police have charged a 28-year-old man, known to the victims, with first-degree murder.
  
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• Empty Edmonton: Sparse spaces in wake of COVID-19 outbreak - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Empty Edmonton: Sparse spaces in wake of COVID-19 outbreak  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton police, fire crews salute front-line health-care workers amid COVID-19 pandemic - Global News

  01-04-2020 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police, fire crews salute front-line health-care workers amid COVID-19 pandemic  Global News
  
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• Edmonton police, fire crews salute front-line health-care workers amid COVID-19 pandemic

  01-04-2020 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police and fire crews have joined in a global movement aimed at supporting front-line health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Some Alberta convicts move to house arrest to mitigate COVID-19 risk: official

  01-04-2020 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some offenders serving the custody portion of their intermittent sentences on weekends are being moved to house arrest over concerns over the potential spread of COVID-19 in the province's correctional facilities, according to a spokesperson for Alberta Justice.
  
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• Edmonton weather: I thought the apocalypse would be warmer - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 15:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton weather: I thought the apocalypse would be warmer  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton weather for Wednesday, April - CTV News

  01-04-2020 15:11 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton weather for Wednesday, April  CTV News
  
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• Virtual potluck to share traditional recipes, keep community linked

  01-04-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Bannock, shashlik paneer sizzler and caribou stew: Those are just some of the recipes popping up on the Multicultural Association of Wood Buffalo’s virtual potluck.
  
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• Leading with her heart: Long before COVID-19, Deena Hinshaw was making an impression

  01-04-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Her compassion and empathy make Hinshaw an outstanding doctor and public health leader. Those traits were evident all the way back to her days as a University of Alberta medical student.
  
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• Two Alberta men gunned down in what may have been random attack

  01-04-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The bodies of Jake Sansom, 39, and his uncle Morris Cardinal, 57, were found early Saturday morning outside Sansom's pickup truck, dead from gunshot wounds.
  
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• Why Alberta is throwing billions behind the Keystone XL pipeline

  01-04-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  With the energy sector still reeling from weeks of economic turmoil, Alberta's United Conservative government announced it's throwing its financial heft behind the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline.
  
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• 'It's going to be very difficult and very painful': Oilpatch begins layoffs and oil production cuts

  01-04-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After several weeks of speculation about when the oilpatch would take significant steps in response to record low oil prices, companies in Western Canada are now beginning to pull back on oil production and lay off workers.
  
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• Ken Holland turned over half of Edmonton Oilers' roster in his first year on the job, largely for the better - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 09:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ken Holland turned over half of Edmonton Oilers' roster in his first year on the job, largely for the better  Edmonton Journal
  
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• School boards disagree with Kenney about layoffs - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  School boards disagree with Kenney about layoffs  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton professor receives grants of $380,000 to combat COVID-19 misinformation - Edmonton Journal

  01-04-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton professor receives grants of $380,000 to combat COVID-19 misinformation  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Lost in translation: Newcomers need COVID-19 information in their own languages, advocates say

  01-04-2020 06:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Language barriers are preventing critical information from reaching many Edmonton newcomers in low-income housing, warn advocates.
  
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