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• 3rd resident of Kensington seniors’ facility in Edmonton dies of COVID-19 - Global News

  24-04-2020 23:43
  
  3rd resident of Kensington seniors’ facility in Edmonton dies of COVID-19  Global News
  
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• 3rd resident of Kensington seniors’ facility in Edmonton dies of COVID-19

  24-04-2020 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  A third resident at a north Edmonton seniors’ care facility, which has been dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19, has died of the disease.
  
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• Edmonton's Kensington Village long-term care unit reports first COVID-19 death

  24-04-2020 23:28 via cbc.ca
  
  A resident in the long-term care unit of Edmonton's Kensington Village died on Thursday of COVID-19, the first reported death in that part of the facility, which has dealt with an outbreak over the past month.
  
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• 'That is not reconciliation': Alberta Court of Appeal dismisses oilsands mine approval

  24-04-2020 23:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's Court of Appeal has quashed approval of an oilsands project north of Fort McMurray after deciding the interests of the Fort McKay First Nation were not dealt with appropriately.
  
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• ‘I underestimated this virus’: Vancouver nurse on recovering from COVID-19

  24-04-2020 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  After being sedated and intubated for a week, a Vancouver nurse is talking about how even she underestimated the severity of COVID-19.
  
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• Family puts down roots in Chappelle Gardens - Edmonton Journal

  24-04-2020 22:26
  Family puts down roots in Chappelle Gardens  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Alberta Medical Association shared incorrect information with members: health minister

  24-04-2020 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said the Alberta Medical Association shared incorrect information with its members about insurance deductibles and went on to address the physician funding framework and that he’s open to new proposals.
  
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• Recap of changes for Alberta’s rural doctors

  24-04-2020 22:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro recaps the physician compensation changes that have been paused and what new supports rural physicians will receive.
  
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• Alberta health minister on why doctor compensation changes are being made now

  24-04-2020 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro explains why boosts are being made to doctor compensation now instead of earlier in the year during discussions with the Alberta Medical Assocation.
  
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• Alberta health minister addresses recent reversal to doctor compensation changes

  24-04-2020 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro responds to a question asking about reversals to previously announced clawbacks to physician compensation and where things go from here.
  
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• Alberta to spend $81M on rural health-care this year: minister

  24-04-2020 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s health minister has announced changes to health-care supports in northern and rural Alberta communities. Tyler Shandro said they will benefit doctors, and include changes to insurance premiums and on-call rates, and an incentive for medical students.
  
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• $81M health care boost to Alberta rural doctors

  24-04-2020 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  While unveiling an $81 million boost to health care supports in northern and rural Alberta, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said previously announced changes to complex modifiers – a sore spot for Alberta’s doctors – is cancelled. He also touched on several other changes he said will benefit doctors, such as changes to insurance premiums and...
  
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• World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton cancelled due to COVID-19

  24-04-2020 21:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The 2020 World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Triathlon Union announced the cancellation Friday, saying the global pandemic has made it impossible to stage the event.
  
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• Edmonton traffic down 50%, pothole work and street sweeping underway with COVID-19 adjustments - Global News

  24-04-2020 21:31
  
  Edmonton traffic down 50%, pothole work and street sweeping underway with COVID-19 adjustments  Global News
  
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• COVID-19 will be here 'for many months to come,' Dr. Deena Hinshaw warns Albertans

  24-04-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The doctor responsible for Alberta's battle to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus had some sombre news and sobering statistics for 4.2 million residents on Friday.
  
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• Chief Medical Officer of Health to update Alberta about COVID-19

  24-04-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  It has been seven weeks since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Alberta. As of Thursday, 3,720 people in the province had tested positive for the coronavirus.
  
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• Alberta reports five more COVID-19 deaths, 297 new cases

  24-04-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported five more deaths from COVID-19 on Friday and 297 new cases.
  
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• Edmonton traffic down 50%, pothole work and street sweeping underway with COVID-19 adjustments

  24-04-2020 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  COVID-19 has changed aspects of everyone's life, including how the City of Edmonton performs things like pothole repairs and street cleaning.
  
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• Kenney announces new senior representative in Washington

  24-04-2020 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces former MP James Rajotte will be the province’s new senior representative in Washington, D.C.
  
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• Alberta energy minister explains $1B well site rehabilitation program is about job creation

  24-04-2020 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage explains the goals of the province’s new well site rehabilitation program.
  
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• Alberta announces it will partner with feds in cost-share programs

  24-04-2020 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the province will partner with the federal government in two cost-sharing programs to help small- and medium-sized businesses hurt by COVID-19.
  
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• Alberta to ‘administer’ $1B well site rehabilitation program

  24-04-2020 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces a $1-billion program, funded by the federal government’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, for oil well rehabilitation in the province.
  
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• Kenney says shovels are in the ground on Keystone XL pipeline

  24-04-2020 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces that shovels are in the ground in Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of the United States on the Keystone XL pipeline expansion.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Friday, April 24, 2020

  24-04-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Phil Darlington’s Friday, April 24, 2020 afternoon weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Alberta’s top court overturns approval of oilsands mine following land concerns

  24-04-2020 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's highest court has overturned regulatory approvals for a $440-million oilsands mine that would have encroached on land a local First Nation considers sacred.
  
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• Sounds like adventure: Edmonton AM takes virtual radio road trip to Jasper - CBC.ca

  24-04-2020 20:10
  
  Sounds like adventure: Edmonton AM takes virtual radio road trip to Jasper  CBC.ca
  
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• Sounds like adventure: Edmonton AM takes virtual radio road trip to Jasper

  24-04-2020 20:10 via cbc.ca
  
  With lockdown orders keeping everyone close to home, Edmonton AM  is taking a radio road trip.
  
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• City of Edmonton street sweeping, pothole strategy amid COVID-19

  24-04-2020 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  With spring here, City of Edmonton staff are still filling potholes and sweeping streets but a lot has changed under COVID-19, including the amount of speeding police are observing. Fletcher Kent explains.
  
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• Alberta health minister to announce changes to rural health care, physician recruitment

  24-04-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Tyler Shandro is scheduled to announce help for rural health care and rural physicians at a news conference Friday.
  
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• Alberta health minister rolls back some changes to rural doctor compensation

  24-04-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government is making concessions on how rural physicians are compensated in a bid to keep them from leaving or giving up their hospital privileges in communities across the province. 
  
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• 'Icebergs' smash through RV park, sweeping away trailers and leaving destruction

  24-04-2020 19:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Three RVs had floated away entirely. Trailers had moved, damaged and filled with water nearly a metre deep. Decks had been smashed. And then were was the ice.
  
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• Alberta unveils process for paying out $1 billion in oilfield cleanup grants

  24-04-2020 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Oilfield services companies in Alberta will be able to apply through an online portal starting May 1 for $1 billion in grants under the oilfield rehabilitation program announced by the federal government last week.
  
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• Alberta premier to announce new help for energy sector

  24-04-2020 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Jason Kenney is scheduled to make an announcement Friday morning of new help for the struggling energy sector. Watch it LIVE here at 11:10 a.m. MT.
  
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• Alberta launches new program to help energy industry access $1B to clean up orphaned and abandoned wells

  24-04-2020 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government announced details Friday about how it will roll out a program to clean up orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells, saying it would spend up to $1 billion and create 5,300 jobs.
  
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• Alberta announces $1B oil and gas well reclamation program, saying it'll create 5,300 jobs

  24-04-2020 18:48 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government announced details Friday about how it will roll out a program to clean up orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells, saying it would spend up to $1 billion and create 5,300 jobs.
  
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• Coronavirus: Province launches online tool, connecting Albertans with volunteer opportunities

  24-04-2020 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Cares Connector is an online tool that helps connect organizations with volunteers across the province.
  
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• 2020 Edmonton Heritage Festival cancelled due to COVID-19 - Global News

  24-04-2020 18:37
  
  2020 Edmonton Heritage Festival cancelled due to COVID-19  Global News
  
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• ‘It has been hectic’: First Nation in Alberta fighting COVID-19 case, annual floods

  24-04-2020 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  It is believed to be the first confirmed case of the virus on a First Nation in Alberta. 
  
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• 2020 Edmonton Heritage Festival cancelled due to COVID-19

  24-04-2020 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Heritage Festival has announced the cancellation of its 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Open to the east, closed to the west: COVID-19's latest quandary for Alberta's boundary city

  24-04-2020 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  The mayor of Lloydminster, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, has dealt with some unique situations. Now, he says, the city is in the middle of one of it biggest challenges yet as it navigates the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Builders offer mortgage help, warranty extensions to new home buyers during pandemic - Edmonton Journal

  24-04-2020 18:02
  Builders offer mortgage help, warranty extensions to new home buyers during pandemic  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Boundary city of Lloydminster facing unique challenges while navigating COVID-19 pandemic

  24-04-2020 17:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lloydminster's mayor says the city, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, is in the middle of its biggest challenge yet as it grapples with how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Colby Cosh: More adversity for Edmonton's ever-troubled Queen, the boat that should not be - National Post

  24-04-2020 17:36
  
  Colby Cosh: More adversity for Edmonton's ever-troubled Queen, the boat that should not be  National Post
  
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• Jason Kenney to make announcement on supports for Alberta’s energy sector

  24-04-2020 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is scheduled to make an announcement Friday morning about actions to support the province's economy and energy sector. 
  
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• Alberta launching oil site rehab program May 1, expects it will create 5,300 jobs

  24-04-2020 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Energy Minister Sonya Savage said it's primarily about job creation and also about cleaning up environmental liabilities. 
  
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• The Loop: Far from ordinary

  24-04-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Take a listen to Episode 7 of CBC Edmonton's new podcast, The Loop.
  
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• Syncrude employee, contractor test positive for COVID-19

  24-04-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Syncrude has confirmed an employees and a contractor have both tested positive for COVID-19, but the company is assuring its workers and the public that this does not constitute an outbreak.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Windy. Again. This is our life now. - Edmonton Sun

  24-04-2020 15:40
  
  Edmonton weather: Windy. Again. This is our life now.  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Alberta doctor withdrawing services says any new aid won't fix core trust issue

  24-04-2020 15:25 via cbc.ca
  
  One of numerous doctors giving up hospital work due to funding changes says even if Alberta delivers extra support for rural physicians, it doesn't solve the underlying problem.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Windy. Again. This is our life now. - Edmonton Journal

  24-04-2020 15:21
  Edmonton weather: Windy. Again. This is our life now.  Edmonton Journal
  
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