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• New bill offers loans to Alberta utilities to cover payment deferral promise

  06-05-2020 22:57 via cbc.ca
  
  A new bill will allow Alberta electricity and natural gas providers to borrow to cover some of the costs of a customer payment deferral program announced in March.  
  
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• EMBARGOED: New bill offers loans to Alberta utilities to cover payment deferral promise

  06-05-2020 22:57 via cbc.ca
  
  A new bill will allow Alberta electricity and natural gas providers to borrow to cover some of the costs of a customer payment deferral program announced in March.  
  
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• Mysterious ringing sound rattles residents in central Edmonton - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Mysterious ringing sound rattles residents in central Edmonton  CBC.ca
  
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• Mysterious ringing sound rattles residents in central Edmonton

  06-05-2020 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Residents say the noise, which has persisted for weeks if not months, is so shrill it is interfering with their sleep.
  
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• Motorhome crashes into southeast Edmonton repair shop - CTV News

  06-05-2020 22:07 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Motorhome crashes into southeast Edmonton repair shop  CTV News
  
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• Sherwood Park’s Chuba Hubbard named top Canadian in NCAA football

  06-05-2020 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sherwood Park's Chuba Hubbard has won the Jon Cornish Trophy as the best Canadian in NCAA football.
  
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• Canadian farmers mull euthanasia for animals as coronavirus slows processing

  06-05-2020 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  For both pork and beef producers, it's been increasingly difficult to find solutions.
  
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• Sherwood Park's Chuba Hubbard named NCAA football's top Canadian

  06-05-2020 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Running back Chuba Hubbard of the Oklahoma State Cowboys captured the Jon Cornish Trophy on Tuesday as the top Canadian in the NCAA football ranks.
  
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• Celebrate Mother's Day with CBC Edmonton - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 21:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Celebrate Mother's Day with CBC Edmonton  CBC.ca
  
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• Six more deaths, 70 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta

  06-05-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported six more COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, and 70 new cases of the disease.
  
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• Chief medical officer of health to update Alberta on COVID-19 pandemic

  06-05-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  For more than seven weeks now, Dr. Deena Hinshaw has provided the latest case numbers, issued public health orders, and spoken directly to Albertans about a pandemic that has changed almost every aspect of daily life.
  
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• Alberta is flattening COVID-19 curve as province plans staged reopening, top doctor says

  06-05-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Though Alberta has flattened the COVID-19 curve over the past week, public health officials will be closely monitoring to see that the numbers of cases and hospitalizations remain stable or decline, says the province's top doctor.
  
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• Four injured in bear spray attack on Edmonton bus - CTV News Edmonton

  06-05-2020 21:14 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Four injured in bear spray attack on Edmonton bus  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton bike shops see record sales during pandemic - CTV News Edmonton

  06-05-2020 21:14 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton bike shops see record sales during pandemic  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Making the most out of your liquor cabinet during COVID-19

  06-05-2020 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Does the ongoing pandemic have you running low on cocktail supplies? Dan Clapson of Eat North shows us how a splash of this and a splash of that can lead to delicious drinks — and dishes too.
  
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• Edmonton afternoon weather forecast: Wednesday, May 6, 2020

  06-05-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Phil Darlington’s Wednesday, May 6, 2020 afternoon weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Father of Cargill meat plant worker in Alberta found to have died of COVID-19

  06-05-2020 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A moment of silence to honour a worker who died of COVID-19 was held at a southern Alberta meat-packer Wednesday as news broke that the father of another plant employee had also died of the illness.
  
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• Another death linked to Cargill meat plant in Alberta

  06-05-2020 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A second person linked to the Cargill beef plant near High River, Alberta has died.
  
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• Alberta’s chief medical officer of health to provide COVID-19 update on Wednesday

  06-05-2020 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to give her daily COVID-19 update at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
  
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• Three members of family dead east of Edmonton in apparent murder-suicide, RCMP say - National Post

  06-05-2020 20:06 via nationalpost.com
  
  Three members of family dead east of Edmonton in apparent murder-suicide, RCMP say  National Post
  
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• Shooting involving RCMP leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  06-05-2020 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Shooting involving RCMP leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Shooting involving RCMP leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Breanna Karstens-Smith reports live from the QEII near the Highway 2A turnoff in Leduc, where a police shooting happened Wednesday morning.
  
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• Hair salons, barbershops should not open first amid pandemic, stylist says

  06-05-2020 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Barbershops and hair salons are set to reopen in the first phase of the provincial government’s tiered relaunch strategy.
  
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• Aerial video of QEII police scene south of Edmonton near Leduc

  06-05-2020 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video from our Global 1 news helicopters of police vehicles, an ambulance and fire truck on the QEII near the Highway 2A turnoff in Leduc. A tent can be seen set up on the side of the road; underneath is a tarp covering something. What appeared to be a weapon could be seen on the...
  
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• Police shooting leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  06-05-2020 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police shooting leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Police shooting leads to closure of QEII south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Video showing an incident involving RCMP on the QEII near the Highway 2A turnoff in Leduc, which resulted in the busy highway being closed Wednesday morning.
  
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• COVID-19: Navigating grief and mourning during a global pandemic

  06-05-2020 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  While some Canadians are finding new ways to support those who lose a loved one, grief educator and funeral home owner Jeremy Allen is concerned that mourning - the essential means of processing grief - could get lost in the pandemic.
  
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• Shooting involving police south of Leduc under investigation by Alberta's police watchdog

  06-05-2020 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a shooting involving police Wednesday morning south of Leduc. 
  
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• Shooting involving police officer south of Leduc under investigation by Alberta's police watchdog

  06-05-2020 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating a shooting involving a police officer Wednesday morning south of Leduc. 
  
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• Man killed, RCMP officer injured in armed confrontation south of Edmonton - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Man killed, RCMP officer injured in armed confrontation south of Edmonton  CBC.ca
  
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• Man killed, RCMP officer injured in armed confrontation south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  A 27-year-old man was killed Wednesday following a vehicle chase and armed confrontation with RCMP on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway south of Leduc, Alta.
  
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• ASIRT investigating shooting involving police officer south of Leduc

  06-05-2020 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says it is investigating a shooting involving a police officer Wednesday morning south of Leduc. 
  
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• QEII closed in both directions south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The QEII Highway south of Edmonton has been closed in both directions and RCMP say they are on scene of an "incident."
  
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• ASIRT investigates officer-involved shooting that led to closure of QEII south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred south of Leduc, Alta., Wednesday morning. 
  
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• 27-year-old man dead, RCMP officer injured after shooting south of Edmonton

  06-05-2020 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is investigating an officer-involved shooting south of Leduc, Alta., Wednesday morning that left a 27-year-old man dead.
  
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• 'Oil is dead': Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet warn Ottawa against supporting Alberta's oilpatch

  06-05-2020 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's oil and gas sector is on the ropes as COVID-19 crushes demand and a global price war pushes domestic companies to the brink of bankruptcy — but two opposition leaders say Ottawa should simply let part of the industry wither and die.
  
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• May and Blanchet declare the oilpatch 'dead,' warn Ottawa against financial supports

  06-05-2020 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's oil and gas sector is on the ropes as COVID-19 crushes demand and a global price war pushes domestic companies to the brink of bankruptcy — but two opposition leaders say Ottawa should simply let part of the industry wither and die.
  
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• Alberta working with 3 scenarios for school re-entry plan

  06-05-2020 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said Alberta is considering three different scenarios for when in-person classes begin again in schools across the province. 
  
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• Alberta education minister to update school re-entry plan

  06-05-2020 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's education minister is set to release further information on when in-school classes might be able to resume.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Soak up the 20 C today while you can; it's going to get chilly - Edmonton Journal

  06-05-2020 16:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton weather: Soak up the 20 C today while you can; it's going to get chilly  Edmonton Journal
  
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• A 2nd wave of COVID-19? Alberta scientists warn of asymptomatic spread as province reopens

  06-05-2020 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Experts say that with relaunching plans rolling out in Alberta, people need to be vigilant with social distancing to prevent an extensive second wave.
  
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• Recess, class size and catching up: Alberta school leaders begin to plan for pandemic-era classes

  06-05-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta school division leaders have begun to envision what classes could look like when students are allowed to return in person.
  
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• Suncor reports $3.5 billion in losses due to low oil prices

  06-05-2020 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Suncor Energy Inc. is reporting a first-quarter net loss of $3.525 billion mainly due to asset impairments linked to low oil prices, compared with net earnings of $1.47 billion in the same quarter of last year.
  
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• Georges Laraque back home, in self-isolation after coronavirus scare

  06-05-2020 15:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  After being hospitalized and diagnosed with COVID-19, Georges Laraque is now resting at home in self-isolation.
  
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• 'Usually we are face to face': Real estate agents rely on 'virtual' skills during pandemic

  06-05-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Real estate agents in Edmonton are going virtual to help sellers and buyers with their transactions. Typically, Edmonton's spring market is busy, but numbers are down this year due to the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic.
  
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• Real estate agents replace face-to-face with masks, gloves and pandemic-friendly virtual skills

  06-05-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Real estate agents in Edmonton are going virtual to help sellers and buyers with their transactions. Typically, Edmonton's spring market is busy but numbers are down this year due to the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic.
  
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• COVID-19 keeps parents away from children in care, Edmonton advocate says - CBC.ca

  06-05-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 keeps parents away from children in care, Edmonton advocate says  CBC.ca
  
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• COVID-19 keeps parents away from children in care, Edmonton advocate says

  06-05-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton social justice advocate Mark Cherrington has heard from a dozen mothers who are devastated they are no longer allowed in-person visits with their biological children who are wards of the province.
  
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• Evacuation alert lifted in Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County - Edmonton Journal

  06-05-2020 08:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Evacuation alert lifted in Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County  Edmonton Journal
  
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• With early draft, will Edmonton Oilers be in position for windfall return on Jesse Puljujarvi? - Edmonton Journal

  06-05-2020 07:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With early draft, will Edmonton Oilers be in position for windfall return on Jesse Puljujarvi?  Edmonton Journal
  
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