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• Climate change behind increases in extreme rain danger: researchers

  01-06-2020 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The rains soaked southern Alberta for days, unrelenting, saturating soil already sodden with melting snow -- and before long Calgary was awash as rivers overflowed their banks.
  
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• Alberta introduces legislation to create its own parole board

  01-06-2020 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has introduced a bill to create its own parole board.
  
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• Fort McMurray flood caused $228M in insured damages

  01-06-2020 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  This year's spring flooding in Fort McMurray, Alta., caused over $228 million in insured damages, according to numbers released Monday by the Insurance Bureau of Canada. 
  
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• Electric vehicles could be as disruptive to oil industry as coronavirus, Suncor CEO says

  01-06-2020 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil producer and the sector accounts for 10.6 per cent of the country's gross domestic product.
  
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• Bill 18 aims to replace federal Parole Board with Alberta counterpart for provincial offenders

  01-06-2020 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney explains that Bill 18, the Corrections Amendment Act, tabled Monday in the legislature aims to replace the Parole Board of Canada with a new Alberta Parole Board, which would determine parole or early release eligibility for offenders serving sentences in provincial correctional facilities, which are sentenced less than two years. Kenney said...
  
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• Alberta planning to create provincial parole board

  01-06-2020 22:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta will have its own parole board to hear applications from provincial inmates, should new legislation become law.
  
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• Federal funding fast track ‘not new money’ for Edmonton’s COVID-19 recovery: Iveson - Globalnews.ca

  01-06-2020 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Federal funding fast track ‘not new money’ for Edmonton’s COVID-19 recovery: Iveson  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Federal funding fast track ‘not new money’ for Edmonton’s COVID-19 recovery: Iveson

  01-06-2020 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson said Monday that an announcement from the federal government to fast track funding to municipalities isn't the news he's been waiting for. 
  
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• Public health tracking family outbreaks in Edmonton, reports 34 new cases of COVID-19

  01-06-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Public health officials are tracking two outbreaks of COVID-19 linked to family gatherings in Edmonton.
  
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• Public health officials tracking COVID-19 outbreak linked to family gatherings in Edmonton

  01-06-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Public health officials are tracking an outbreak of COVID-19 linked to two family gatherings in Edmonton.
  
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• Dr. Deena Hinshaw to update Alberta with latest COVID-19 news

  01-06-2020 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's emergency management cabinet committee is expected to meet this week to discuss when to begin Stage 2 of the province's relaunch plan.
  
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• Tasha Mack to be sentenced in 2017 death of Edmonton toddler Anthony Joseph Raine

  01-06-2020 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  A sentencing hearing began Monday for a woman convicted in the death of a toddler found outside a north Edmonton church in 2017.
  
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• ‘We’re crossing our fingers’: Edmonton Riverboat taken to Whitemud Park for repairs - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 21:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  ‘We’re crossing our fingers’: Edmonton Riverboat taken to Whitemud Park for repairs  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Danger and delight: Edmonton cyclists riding high on penny-farthings - CBC.ca

  01-06-2020 20:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Danger and delight: Edmonton cyclists riding high on penny-farthings  CBC.ca
  
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• Danger and delight: Edmonton cyclists riding high on penny-farthings

  01-06-2020 20:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Doug Mitchell's first ride on a penny-farthing nearly ended in disaster.
  
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• Tasha Mack sentenced to 8½ years in toddler's death

  01-06-2020 20:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The mother of a toddler whose lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church says she doesn't think she'll ever forgive the people responsible for her son's death.
  
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• Mother of toddler found dead outside Edmonton church says she can't forgive

  01-06-2020 20:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The mother of a toddler whose lifeless body was found outside an Edmonton church says she doesn't think she'll ever forgive the people responsible for her son's death.
  
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• Things in Edmonton are getting back to normal. And that means mosquitoes, too - CBC.ca

  01-06-2020 20:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Things in Edmonton are getting back to normal. And that means mosquitoes, too  CBC.ca
  
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• Things in Edmonton are getting back to normal. And that means mosquitoes, too

  01-06-2020 20:33 via cbc.ca
  
  With playgrounds, parks, golf courses and patios all beginning to reopen, Edmontonians may be starting to feel like things are getting back to normal. Unfortunately, normal for this time of year includes mosquitoes.
  
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• Edmonton afternoon weather forecast: Monday, June 1, 2020

  01-06-2020 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Monday, June 1, 2020 afternoon weather update for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Health officials to provide update on COVID-19 in Alberta Monday afternoon

  01-06-2020 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates and the public health response.
  
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• Former Stampeder Jon Cornish never experienced racism in Calgary ‘until last week’

  01-06-2020 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Speaking candidly about racism, Cornish said, “it is here. It’s not like this is some issue that’s far away.”
  
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• Mother of Edmonton toddler says she doesn't think she'll ever forgive people responsible for son's death - The Globe and Mail

  01-06-2020 19:11 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Mother of Edmonton toddler says she doesn't think she'll ever forgive people responsible for son's death  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Trans Mountain reaches ‘key milestone’ as pipeline construction begins in B.C.

  01-06-2020 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Construction on a seven-kilometre section of the Trans Mountain pipeline has begun in Kamloops.
  
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• Virtual 'Be the Change' rally planned for Edmonton Tuesday - CTV News

  01-06-2020 18:36 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Virtual 'Be the Change' rally planned for Edmonton Tuesday  CTV News
  
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• Drier, breezy and a bit cooler: This is your Edmonton forecast - CTV News Edmonton

  01-06-2020 18:14 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Drier, breezy and a bit cooler: This is your Edmonton forecast  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• 2 children injured after falling from windows in Edmonton in 2 separate incidents - CTV News Edmonton

  01-06-2020 18:14 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  2 children injured after falling from windows in Edmonton in 2 separate incidents  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton man enters burning house in search of neighbour: ‘I’m always going to do something’ - Globalnews.ca

  01-06-2020 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton man enters burning house in search of neighbour: ‘I’m always going to do something’  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Edmonton man enters burning house in search of neighbour: ‘I’m always going to do something’

  01-06-2020 18:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton man says his decision to run into a burning house on Saturday afternoon was all about looking out for his fellow neighbour.
  
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• Snowbird investigation focusing on possible bird strike before fatal crash

  01-06-2020 17:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian air force crash investigators are looking at a bird strike as the probable cause of the crash of a Snowbird demonstration jet in Kamloops, British Columbia last month.
  
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• Bird strike on Snowbird engine likely caused fatal crash: report

  01-06-2020 17:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian air force crash investigators are looking at a bird strike as the probable cause of the crash of a Snowbird demonstration jet in Kamloops, British Columbia last month.
  
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• Oilsands must diversify before electric vehicles bring new drop in oil demand, says Suncor CEO

  01-06-2020 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The shift to electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies could disrupt crude oil demand on a similar scale to the coronavirus pandemic, Suncor Energy Inc's chief executive said on Monday.
  
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• Investigations, prosecutions for polluting in Canada down sharply since 2015

  01-06-2020 16:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has been doing fewer inspections, investigations and prosecutions over the last five years to enforce a law protecting people from toxic chemicals and air pollution.
  
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• Enoch man rallies community to clean up illegal dumping on nation land

  01-06-2020 16:03 via cbc.ca
  
  An Enoch Cree Nation man has for three years organized cleanups of an area of the reserve that has been used as an illegal dumping site.
  
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• 'Little orange dot:' Lone Alberta NDP MP says she offers different perspective

  01-06-2020 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Not long after she became a member of Parliament last fall, Heather McPherson was at an event with one of her favourite Olympians.
  
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• Colby Cosh: Calgary vs. Edmonton — who handled the pandemic better? - National Post

  01-06-2020 15:27 via nationalpost.com
  
  Colby Cosh: Calgary vs. Edmonton — who handled the pandemic better?  National Post
  
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• Edmonton police launch review after officer posts photo of drug arrest - CBC.ca

  01-06-2020 15:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton police launch review after officer posts photo of drug arrest  CBC.ca
  
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• Fort McMurray businesses forced to adapt after flooding damages buildings

  01-06-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Businesses in Fort McMurray are being forced to adapt to the aftermath of a flood that damaged more than 1,200 buildings. Several businesses have permanently or temporarily relocated and some are still anxiously waiting to reopen.
  
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• COVID-19: 'They’ve jacked the prices so high': Alberta businesses frustrated over rising PPE costs - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 14:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  COVID-19: 'They’ve jacked the prices so high': Alberta businesses frustrated over rising PPE costs  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton police launch review after officer posts photo of drug arrest

  01-06-2020 14:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton police is reviewing an incident in which an officer posted a photo of two officers posing with a shirtless and handcuffed man who was arrested while allegedly high on drugs.
  
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• Volunteers distribute food — and hope — to African community members affected by pandemic - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 12:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Volunteers distribute food — and hope — to African community members affected by pandemic  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Meet the 'forgotten Canadians' stranded in remote corners of the world demanding help to get home

  01-06-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  They are the outliers. The last 10 per cent of Canadians stranded abroad who want to come home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Canadian government may not be able to repatriate all of them.
  
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• High water and ice in North Saskatchewan River damages Edmonton dragon boat club's landing area - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  High water and ice in North Saskatchewan River damages Edmonton dragon boat club's landing area  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton weather: Nice enough to be nice. So be nice. - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: Nice enough to be nice. So be nice.  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Drop-in COVID-19 testing centre opens in Edmonton as part of expanded effort - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Drop-in COVID-19 testing centre opens in Edmonton as part of expanded effort  Edmonton Journal
  
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• High Prairie RCMP face gunfire, suspects arrested - Edmonton Journal

  01-06-2020 04:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  High Prairie RCMP face gunfire, suspects arrested  Edmonton Journal
  
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• New report comparing 2 Edmonton LRT expansion lines goes to special council meeting

  01-06-2020 02:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new report prioritizing Edmonton’s south LRT expansion will go before council in a special meeting Monday. Although city staff favour the south extension, one councillor is frustrated, saying Edmonton would be moving in the wrong direction. Chris Chacon has more.
  
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• Coronavirus: Banff National Park prepares for June 1 reopening

  01-06-2020 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada is urging people to have a Plan B if they're visiting Banff. Parks workers will be turning people away from trailheads when parking lots fill up and not all trails will be open.
  
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• Behind the Game: The man with a deep passion for minor hockey in Alberta

  01-06-2020 01:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bob Olynyk has dedicated a lifetime to the game of hockey and a lot of that effort has gone to the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League.
  
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• Behind the Game: Getting to know Alberta Midget Hockey legend ‘Bobby O’

  01-06-2020 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bob Olynyk has been around the rink since the late 1960’s. If you’ve ever been involved with the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League though, you just know him as Bobby O. In this week’s behind the game, Quinn Phillips has more about this Edmonton man’s passion for minor hockey that has kept him involved for...
  
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