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• Coronavirus: Alberta has 59 new cases, 1 more death

  09-05-2020 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province said 4,204 Albertans have recovered while one more person has died.
  
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• Golf in Edmonton: Players and courses working to keep it safe - National Post

  09-05-2020 23:27
  
  Golf in Edmonton: Players and courses working to keep it safe  National Post
  
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• Police in Saskatoon arrest woman who escaped from Edmonton healing lodge in 2018 - CBC.ca

  09-05-2020 23:19
  
  Police in Saskatoon arrest woman who escaped from Edmonton healing lodge in 2018  CBC.ca
  
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• Police in Saskatoon arrest woman who escaped from Edmonton healing lodge in 2018

  09-05-2020 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate, who escaped from an Edmonton facility in 2018, was arrested by police in Saskatoon on Saturday morning.
  
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• Alberta reports 59 new COVID-19 cases, one additional death

  09-05-2020 23:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 59 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking a full week of daily new cases remaining in the double digits.
  
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• After 101 years in business, Army & Navy department stores to permanently close

  09-05-2020 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The family owned Army & Navy department store chain is closing after more than a century in business.
  
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• Coronavirus: Goodwill Alberta opens donation program again but stores still closed to shoppers

  09-05-2020 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Goodwill Alberta began accepting no-contact donation dropoffs on Saturday. 
  
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• Safety investigation of COVID-19 in Cargill slaughterhouse didn't include worker representation, OHS finds

  09-05-2020 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
  A review from Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety has found that Cargill did not attempt to engage worker representation as they investigated the circumstances that led to the largest COVID-19 outbreak linked to a single facility in Canada.
  
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• Coronavirus: 101-year-old Canadian discount retailer Army and Navy to close permanently

  09-05-2020 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a statement Saturday, president and CEO Jacqui Cohen said while the company had hoped to reopen, "the economic challenges of COVID-19 have proven insurmountable."
  
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• Police find suspicious package in north Edmonton to be ‘non-hazardous’

  09-05-2020 19:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Drivers should avoid the area at 137 Avenue, between 97 Street and Northgate Mall, which has been shut down as police investigate a suspicious package.
  
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• Report of suspicious package temporarily reroutes north Edmonton traffic - CBC.ca

  09-05-2020 19:33
  
  Report of suspicious package temporarily reroutes north Edmonton traffic  CBC.ca
  
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• Traffic rerouted in north Edmonton due to report of suspicious package

  09-05-2020 18:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are investigating a report of a suspicious package in north Edmonton.
  
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• Report of suspicious package temporarily reroutes north Edmonton traffic

  09-05-2020 18:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Reports of a suspicious package later deemed non-hazardous by police briefly rerouted traffic Saturday morning in north Edmonton.
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Saturday, May 9

  09-05-2020 18:50 via cbc.ca
  
  An inmate at the Calgary Remand Centre has tested positive for COVID-19, marking the first time a case has been reported at an Alberta correctional facility.
  
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• Long-haul truckers continue to face difficulties amid COVID-19 crisis

  09-05-2020 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  As provinces are set to reopen their economies amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, truck drivers are still experiencing complications when they are on the road. Sarah Komadina explains.
  
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• This is how an Edmonton golf course looks after COVID-19 - CTV News Edmonton

  09-05-2020 18:14
  
  This is how an Edmonton golf course looks after COVID-19  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Police investigating suspicious package in north Edmonton

  09-05-2020 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Drivers should avoid the area at 137 Avenue, between 97 Street and Northgate Mall, which has been shut down as police investigate a suspicious package.
  
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• Fort McMurray could lift boil water advisory sooner than expected

  09-05-2020 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said Friday that it now believes the timeline for ending its boil water advisory will be shorter than first thought.
  
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• Coronavirus outbreak: COVID-19 outbreak declared at Canada Post plant in Calgary

  09-05-2020 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta health officials declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a Canada Post processing plant in north Calgary on Friday. The Crown corporation said that in the last month, it informed Alberta Health Services about six positive cases at the sorting facility.
  
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• COMMENTARY: Oil is not ‘dead’ despite the eagerness of some to write its obituary

  09-05-2020 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The prime minister will hopefully continue to ignore those who claim the oil and gas industry is dead, Rob Breakenridge says.
  
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• Prehistoric reptile put survival where its mouth is, developed mammal enamel on its teeth: study

  09-05-2020 16:30 via cbc.ca
  
  In a new twist on oral history, University of Alberta paleontologists have discovered that an Argentinian reptile from 95 million years ago developed a type of tooth enamel that is common in humans and other mammals but rare among reptiles.
  
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• Alberta premier likely to target wage boosts to seniors' home workers

  09-05-2020 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Employees in Alberta continuing care homes and seniors’ residences are the most likely recipients of a federal wage top-up intended for essential workers.
  
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• Debt, allegations and e-books: Battle between Alberta lotto winner and entrepreneur rages on

  09-05-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A longstanding battle between an Alberta entrepreneur and a $50-million lottery winner is still raging after a new legal judgment, a securities investigation, allegations of harassment and even duelling ebooks.
  
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• Could risky human challenge studies help find a vaccine sooner?

  09-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Human challenge studies could help researchers develop a COVID-19 vaccine faster, but the approach is incredibly risky.
  
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• Could intentionally infecting volunteers with COVID-19 help find vaccine sooner?

  09-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Human challenge studies could help researchers develop a COVID-19 vaccine faster, but the approach is incredibly risky.
  
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• Could intentionally infecting volunteers with COVID-19 help find a vaccine sooner?

  09-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Human challenge studies could help researchers develop a COVID-19 vaccine faster, but the approach is incredibly risky.
  
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• COVID-19 pandemic prompts Red Deer mayor to accept children’s requests for birthday letters

  09-05-2020 06:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  For some children right now, restrictions related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic can make it difficult to celebrate birthdays the way they did before the public health crisis began.
  
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• New online tool allows Edmontonians to access more COVID-19 statistics - Global News

  09-05-2020 06:10
  
  New online tool allows Edmontonians to access more COVID-19 statistics  Global News
  
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• New online tool allows Edmontonians to access more COVID-19 statistics - Globalnews.ca

  09-05-2020 06:07
  
  New online tool allows Edmontonians to access more COVID-19 statistics  Globalnews.ca
  
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• New online tool allows Edmontonians to access more COVID-19 statistics

  09-05-2020 06:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton has launched what it calls its news COVID-19 Data Dashboard to allow residents in Alberta's capital to find more data related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ASIRT looking for more details on fatal QEII Highway shooting - Edmonton Journal

  09-05-2020 04:40
  ASIRT looking for more details on fatal QEII Highway shooting  Edmonton Journal
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Canada Post plant in Calgary

  09-05-2020 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said there were six cases at the facility as of Friday.
  
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• Sports charities slugging it out through pandemic

  09-05-2020 03:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sport Central is the food bank of sporting goods, and the charity is doing what it can to keep kids active during the pandemic. We also checked in with former Oiler Ron Lowe on how Hockey Helps the Homeless has adjusted due to COVID-19.
  
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• Dr. Hinshaw encouraged by declining COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alberta

  09-05-2020 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death related to the illness, bring the total number of cases to 6,098 and deaths to 115. As Julia Wong explains, chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the daily numbers have been decreasing in the last week.
  
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• Peters’ Drive-In excitement spills out to Gateway Boulevard

  09-05-2020 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Peters’ Drive-In unexpectedly opened their drive thru window earlier this week in Edmonton. Since then, there’s been an incredibly long wait to get a milkshake or burger fix. People are waiting hours and it’s backing up traffic on Gateway Boulevard. Sarah Komadina reports live on the traffic troubles.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Friday, May 8, 2020

  09-05-2020 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Phil Darlington’s Friday, May 8, 2020 evening weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• ASIRT releases new details about deadly Highway 2 shootout between RCMP and suspect

  09-05-2020 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A semi-automatic, tactical-style shotgun was found at the scene of a fatal shootout between RCMP and an armed 27-year-old man on the QEII ear Leduc this week.
  
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• Edmonton woman waits 26 days to be tested for COVID-19 - CityNews Edmonton

  09-05-2020 02:30
  
  Edmonton woman waits 26 days to be tested for COVID-19  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• More than 1,000 non-urgent surgeries completed since COVID-19 restrictions were eased: AHS

  09-05-2020 02:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Services said it plans to complete between 26,000 and 30,000 surgeries over the next six weeks.
  
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• Man used a semi-automatic, tactical-style shotgun in confrontation with RCMP, ASIRT says

  09-05-2020 02:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's police watchdog have released new details about an armed confrontation that left one person dead and a police officer seriously injured.
  
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• City of Edmonton releases COVID-19 dashboard | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  09-05-2020 02:08
  
  City of Edmonton releases COVID-19 dashboard | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• City of Edmonton releases COVID-19 dashboard

  09-05-2020 02:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton has unveiled a new data dashboard with information isolated specifically to our city when it comes to COVID-19. As Sarah Ryan explains, it combines information from Alberta Health Services, city sources and the police.
  
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• $147M in disaster funding for northern Alberta residents affected by floods

  09-05-2020 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents in northern Alberta devastated by flooding will be getting money to rebuild. Provincial affairs reporter Tom Vernon shares the details.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: May 8

  09-05-2020 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A webcast of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Gord Steinke and Carole Anne Devaney from Friday, May 8, 2020.
  
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• Roof of northwest Edmonton police campus needs $8M replacement

  09-05-2020 01:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  More than a year after the city revealed leaks were discovered at the yet-to-open northwest Edmonton Police Service Campus, the roof now has to be replaced. Nicole Stillger has the details.
  
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• Sherwood Park physician's relationship with patient was unprofessional, college finds - Edmonton Journal

  09-05-2020 01:54
  Sherwood Park physician's relationship with patient was unprofessional, college finds  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Alberta’s 13.4% unemployment rate in April among highest in Canada

  09-05-2020 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The jobless rate in Alberta spiked to 13.4 per cent in April from 8.7 per cent the month before, according to numbers released by Statistics Canada on Friday. And as Fletcher Kent explains, the premier says we’re nowhere close to being out of the woods.
  
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• Fort Vermilion residents deal with extensive flood damage

  09-05-2020 01:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Residents are cleaning up damage to hundreds of homes and businesses caused by floods in the northern Alberta hamlet of Fort Vermilion.
  
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• World-renowned magician Shin Lim takes tricks to social media

  09-05-2020 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  World-renowned magician and two-time America’s Got Talent champion Shin Lim joined Carole Anne Devaney to talk about how after his world tour was cancelled due to COVID-19, he’s keeping the magic alive on social media.
  
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• Some smaller Alberta gyms want to open earlier in COVID-19 relaunch

  09-05-2020 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  An online petition is asking health officials to reconsider the reopening timeline for small fitness studios in Alberta.
  
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