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• Country music star Paul Brandt to head human trafficking committee in Alberta

  19-05-2020 23:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Country music star Paul Brandt will lead a committee on human trafficking in Alberta.
  
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• Lawsuits likely if Democrat Joe Biden cancels Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian observers warn

  19-05-2020 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Billions of dollars in lawsuits will likely result if Joe Biden is elected U.S. president this November and carries out a threat to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit, Canadian observers say.
  
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• Oilpatch mergers and acquisitions expected to pick up after pandemic’s dampening of demand eases

  19-05-2020 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The financial stress caused by low oil prices from plummeting fuel demand during the COVID-19 pandemic will result in a wave of Canadian energy mergers and acquisitions -- but not until after the world begins to return to normal, observers say.
  
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• Calgary, Brooks to learn Friday if restaurants, hair salons, can reopen Monday

  19-05-2020 22:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Calgary and Brooks will be given a lot more advance notice this time around on opening up their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ‘Boggles my mind’: Alberta law firm sounds alarm as COVID-19 grinds courts to a halt

  19-05-2020 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Liberty Law in Edmonton is sounding the alarm over excessive justice delays in a letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and provincial health and justice ministers.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Alberta on COVID-19

  19-05-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta reported 39 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest daily number since April 9.
  
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• Alberta to give $170 million in extra funding to operators of seniors homes

  19-05-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The province will give more than $14 million a month in extra funding to the operators of continuing-care centres, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities to pay for more staff and for extra cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Alberta's health minister.
  
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• Jason Kenney says Biden would have hard time explaining Keystone XL position to Americans

  19-05-2020 21:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta premier's comments came after Joe Biden, the leading Democratic presidential contender, said Monday he would cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit issued last year by President Donald Trump.
  
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• Can we really keep kids distant in school amid COVID-19? It won’t be easy, experts say

  19-05-2020 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  There will be no such thing as normal for Canadian students, public health officials believe, should they even be allowed back to school in 2020. 
  
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• Province to decide Friday whether Calgary, Brooks will move to next phase of Stage 1 relaunch

  19-05-2020 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday that the government will be announcing this Friday whether the Calgary and Brooks regions will be going forward with the next stage in their relaunch process.
  
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• 'Boggles my mind:' Law firm sounds alarm as COVID-19 grinds courts to a halt

  19-05-2020 21:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A criminal law firm in Edmonton says COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta's courthouses have led to an untenable situation.
  
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• Edmonton afternoon weather forecast: Tuesday, May 19, 2020

  19-05-2020 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Phil Darlington’s Tuesday, May 19, 2020 afternoon weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Premier Kenney says Edmonton ‘safest place in the continent’ to host NHL playoffs

  19-05-2020 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said there is keen interest and good pitch to be made in attracting the NHL playoffs to Edmonton, calling it the “safest place in the continent” due to the low number of COVID-19 cases. Kenney said a significant pitch will be made to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
  
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• Driver killed after truck collides with guardrail in central Alberta

  19-05-2020 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 31-year-old man was killed in a crash in central Alberta on Monday.
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney defends investing in Keystone XL pipeline

  19-05-2020 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney defends the decision for the Alberta government to invest in the Keystone XL expansion because of the jobs it will create, adding the project is also supported by state governors along the pipeline route.
  
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• Calgary, Brooks to learn Friday if they can join Phase 1 of relaunch

  19-05-2020 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to provide an update on Friday afternoon on when Calgary and Brooks can join the rest of the province in Phase 1 of the COVID-19 relaunch plan, and explained the criteria that need to be met in order for that to happen. He also fired back against criticism that...
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos football player trades shoulder pads for hospital scrubs - CBC.ca

  19-05-2020 20:14
  
  Edmonton Eskimos football player trades shoulder pads for hospital scrubs  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos football player trades shoulder pads for hospital scrubs

  19-05-2020 20:14 via cbc.ca
  
  For one Edmonton Eskimo football player, the uncertainty of the next few months has ended.
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney disappointed with Biden’s stance on Keystone XL

  19-05-2020 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he is disappointed with U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s stance on the Keystone XL pipeline expansion while reiterating the importance of the project on the provincial economy.
  
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• Anti-sexual exploitation advocate praises Alberta’s efforts to end human trafficking

  19-05-2020 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation executive director Kate Quinn praises the work the Alberta government is doing to combat the various forms of human trafficking happening in the province with the creation of the Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force.
  
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• Paul Brandt to chair Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force

  19-05-2020 20:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Country music artist and anti-human trafficking advocate Paul Brandt talks about being the chair the seven-member Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force and what it aims to accomplish.
  
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• Premier Jason Kenney announces Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force

  19-05-2020 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney announces new measures to combat human trafficking happening in the province, including creating the Alberta Human Trafficking Task Force and naming businesses and people involved in what Kenney called a modern slavery.
  
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• ‘We are all disturbed’: Family of 3 lived at Mill Woods home where child died following stabbing

  19-05-2020 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neighbours in Mill Woods say a widowed mother and her two young daughters lived at the southeast Edmonton home involved in Monday's fatal stabbing. 
  
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• Trudeau vows to press any U.S. government on Keystone after Biden threatens to ‘rip up’ approvals if elected

  19-05-2020 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will press any government on the development of the Keystone XL pipeline, following Joe Biden's comments that he would "rip up" project approvals upon election.
  
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• Alberta health officials to update COVID-19 situation Tuesday afternoon

  19-05-2020 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's chief medical officer of health and other health officials are scheduled to provide an update Tuesday afternoon on the province's COVID-19 situation. 
  
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• IKEA Just Reopened 4 Canadian Locations Including Calgary & Edmonton - Narcity Canada

  19-05-2020 18:23
  
  IKEA Just Reopened 4 Canadian Locations Including Calgary & Edmonton  Narcity Canada
  
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• Trudeau responds to Joe Biden’s statement that if elected, his government would tear up approval for Keystone XL

  19-05-2020 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speaking to reporters outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would continue to advocate for the Keystone XL pipeline to U.S. government officials, after U.S. Democratic Party Presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s campaign announced the former vice-president will rip up President Donald Trump’s approvals for the pipeline if he...
  
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• Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to make announcement to combat human trafficking

  19-05-2020 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is scheduled to make an announcement Tuesday morning regarding ways to combat human trafficking.
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, May 19

  19-05-2020 17:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The number of active cases in the province continues to fall, including in Calgary, which has seen the highest counts in the province.
  
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• Canada-U.S. border to remain closed for another month as provinces slowly reopen

  19-05-2020 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed for another month to limit the spread of COVID-19, the prime minister announced Tuesday.
  
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• Canada-U.S. border to remain closed for another month

  19-05-2020 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canada-U.S. border will be closed for another month to limit the spread of COVID-19, the prime minister announced Tuesday.
  
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• Edmonton police investigating suspicious death of child - Edmonton Journal

  19-05-2020 16:47
  Edmonton police investigating suspicious death of child  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Homicide unit investigates child’s death in southeast Edmonton

  19-05-2020 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Police Service’s homicide unit is investigating the death of a young girl in the city’s southeast. Police were called to a home in the area of 25 Avenue NW and 43 Street NW Monday night.
  
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• COMMENTARY: The Snowbirds unite us in celebration, then with grief

  19-05-2020 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  We will remember Capt. Jenn Casey and be thankful for the 'Warriors of the Air' and OpInspiration, J'Lyn Nye says.
  
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• Young girl fatally stabbed in Edmonton home, one person in custody - rdnewsnow.com

  19-05-2020 16:03
  
  Young girl fatally stabbed in Edmonton home, one person in custody  rdnewsnow.com
  
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• COVID-19 can't keep Capital City Clean Up down

  19-05-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s springtime in Edmonton and although the grass is greening up and flowers are blooming, there’s another seasonal sight: garbage.
  
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• Traditional office or work-from-home? Edmonton businesses rethink the post-pandemic workplace - CBC.ca

  19-05-2020 15:00
  
  Traditional office or work-from-home? Edmonton businesses rethink the post-pandemic workplace  CBC.ca
  
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• Traditional office or work-from-home? Edmonton businesses rethink the post-pandemic workplace

  19-05-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Chad Verity doesn’t know exactly what the future will look like for his software company, but he’s fairly certain it won’t involve a traditional office space.
  
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• Opinion: Alberta's tax system must adapt to the new normal - Edmonton Journal

  19-05-2020 14:01
  Opinion: Alberta's tax system must adapt to the new normal  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Province shouldn't delay 'fair deal' report too long, panelists say

  19-05-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Two members of Alberta's "fair deal" panel say the government would do a disservice to those who opened their hearts during town halls across the province if it buried the report. 
  
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• Crime Beat podcast: The paths that choose us

  19-05-2020 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares the story about the paths we choose, and the paths that choose us--and how every decision we make impacts our lives.
  
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• Alberta beekeepers impacted by weather, COVID-19 - Edmonton Journal

  19-05-2020 11:10
  Alberta beekeepers impacted by weather, COVID-19  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Digging in their heels: Edmonton fashion boutiques persevere as COVID-19 forces new strategies - Edmonton Journal

  19-05-2020 11:00
  Digging in their heels: Edmonton fashion boutiques persevere as COVID-19 forces new strategies  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Canadian oil is now a U.S. election issue

  19-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian oil is now a U.S. election issue. Joe Biden's promise to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline raises the stakes for a long-delayed oil project. But things have changed since this project was a hot topic in Washington and Ottawa.
  
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• Fish return to 2 Edmonton-area ponds after outbreak of disease in 2016 - CTV News Edmonton

  19-05-2020 08:15
  
  Fish return to 2 Edmonton-area ponds after outbreak of disease in 2016  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton residents spend Victoria Day at Victoria Park - CTV News Edmonton

  19-05-2020 08:14
  
  Edmonton residents spend Victoria Day at Victoria Park  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• 1 in custody after child killed following stabbing in southeast Edmonton - Global News

  19-05-2020 08:13
  
  1 in custody after child killed following stabbing in southeast Edmonton  Global News
  
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• Homicide unit investigating death of young girl in southeast Edmonton

  19-05-2020 06:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Police were called around 8:45 p.m. on Monday to a home at 25th Avenue and 43rd Street after a report of a stabbing.
  
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• Homicide unit investigating death of child in southeast Edmonton

  19-05-2020 06:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton police’s homicide unit is investigating the suspicious death of a child in southeast Edmonton.
  
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• Police respond to suspicious death of child in southeast Edmonton

  19-05-2020 05:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A large police presence responded to the suspicious death of a child in southeast Edmonton Monday evening.
  
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