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• How COVID-19 is transmitted and the symptoms it brings

  12-09-2020 23:53 via cbc.ca
  
  As schools have reopened around Alberta, bringing more people in close regular contact with each other, and with more than 1,000 active COVID-19 cases in Alberta, the province reiterated to the public this week how this virus is transmitted.
  
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• Minister rules out cuts to AISH payments but advocates still have concerns

  12-09-2020 23:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Rajan Sawhney, Alberta's minister of community and social services, ruled out cuts to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) payments in a statement posted Saturday.
  
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• Tawatinâ Bridge deck completion marks another milestone for Edmonton Valley Line LRT

  12-09-2020 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Tawatinâ Bridge now connects the north and south banks of the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton.
  
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• ‘There will be no cuts’: Alberta government defends review of AISH

  12-09-2020 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Let me state definitively that there will be no cuts to AISH financial benefits,' Alberta's Minister of Community and Social Services Rajan Sawhney said Saturday.
  
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• Police seek missing family that may be travelling in B.C. or Alberta

  12-09-2020 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family was meant to be back in the Vancouver Island community of Saanich on Sept. 4, but their current whereabouts are unknown.
  
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• Police seek B.C family that may be travelling in British Columbia or Alberta

  12-09-2020 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The family was meant to be back in the Vancouver Island community of Saanich on Sept. 4, but their current whereabouts are unknown.
  
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• Tawatinâ Bridge connection marks a milestone in Edmonton LRT expansion

  12-09-2020 21:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The connection of the Tawatinâ Bridge this week marked a major step reached in Edmonton's LRT expansion.
  
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• Tawatinâ Bridge completion marks a milestone in Edmonton LRT expansion

  12-09-2020 21:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The completion of the Tawatinâ Bridge this week marked a major step reached in Edmonton's LRT expansion.
  
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• Tawatinâ Bridge connection marks a milestone in Edmonton LRT expansion - CBC.ca

  12-09-2020 21:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Tawatinâ Bridge connection marks a milestone in Edmonton LRT expansion  CBC.ca
  
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• ‘It’s part of my armour’: Indigenous women from Alberta share the strength behind ribbon skirts

  12-09-2020 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of Indigenous women have come together to share the strength behind ribbon skirts and why they are culturally important.
  
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• Indigenous women from Alberta share the strength behind ribbon skirts

  12-09-2020 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of Indigenous women are banding together to bring awareness to the culture and significance behind wearing ribbon skirts. As Sarah Komadina explains, they hope an online challenge will help get the message out.
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Saturday, Sept. 12

  12-09-2020 17:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Albertans can now sign up to be notified of test results by text message to reduce wait times, as Alberta Health Services looks for dozens of new employees to help with COVID-19 contact tracing and testing.
  
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• Edmonton wedding industry sees end-of-season bump - CBC.ca

  12-09-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton wedding industry sees end-of-season bump  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton wedding industry sees end-of-season bump

  12-09-2020 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  While many couples are still waiting for sunny days in 2021, some in the local wedding industry have seen a late-summer bump in weddings as others adapt to the new normal.
  
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• Saturday's letters: Schools the amazing cure for COVID? - Edmonton Journal

  12-09-2020 14:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Saturday's letters: Schools the amazing cure for COVID?  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Opinion: Alberta's public education system under siege again - Edmonton Journal

  12-09-2020 14:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Opinion: Alberta's public education system under siege again  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton mom buys her kids protective desk shields — but school says leave them at home - CBC.ca

  12-09-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton mom buys her kids protective desk shields — but school says leave them at home  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton mom buys her kids protective desk shields — but school says leave them at home

  12-09-2020 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton parent who wants to provide classroom desk shields for her two elementary-age children has come up against a wall of refusal from school officials.
  
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• After spectacular season, soccer’s Alphonso Davies keen to improve, fight to get Canada into World Cup

  12-09-2020 07:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  One week before the new Bundesliga soccer season gets underway in Germany, Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies told reporters he's working on getting even better for his Bayern Munich team.
  
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• Firefighters respond to blaze at home on Enoch Cree Nation - Global News

  12-09-2020 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters respond to blaze at home on Enoch Cree Nation  Global News
  
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• Regional municipality in northern Alberta fined for releasing chlorine gas

  12-09-2020 03:09 via cbc.ca
  
  A regional municipality in northern Alberta has been fined for releasing chlorine gas at a water treatment plant.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Friday, September 11, 2020

  12-09-2020 02:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Jesse Beyer’s Friday, September 11, 2020 evening weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton: September 11

  12-09-2020 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  A webcast of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Gord Steinke and Carole Anne Devaney from Friday, September 11, 2020.
  
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• 3 Edmonton entrepreneurs on the ups and downs of launching ventures during pandemic - CBC.ca

  12-09-2020 02:32 via cbc.ca
  
  3 Edmonton entrepreneurs on the ups and downs of launching ventures during pandemic  CBC.ca
  
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• 3 Edmonton entrepreneurs on the ups and downs of launching ventures during pandemic

  12-09-2020 02:32 via cbc.ca
  
  New businesses face unique challenges, and some opportunities, as they launch during a pandemic.
  
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• Global News at 5 Edmonton: September 11

  12-09-2020 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Friday, September 11, 2020 edition of Global News at 5 Edmonton with Gord Steinke.
  
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• ASIRT investigating after man found in medical distress in Ponoka RCMP holding cell

  12-09-2020 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  EMS was contacted and he was taken to hospital "where he remains in critical condition," RCMP said in a news release Friday evening.
  
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• Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo fined for releasing chlorine gas

  12-09-2020 02:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A regional municipality in northern Alberta has been fined for releasing chlorine gas at a water treatment plant.
  
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• Alberta Indigenous advocate Nellie Carlson passes away

  12-09-2020 02:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  A prominent woman who fought tirelessly for Indigenous rights, both in Edmonton and across the country, has died. Chris Chacon sat down with the family of Nellie Carlson, who spoke about her many accomplishments and her role as a mother.
  
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• Many Edmonton snowbirds not flying south for winter

  12-09-2020 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  It’s about that time of year when snow birds start to make their way south for the winter. But this year many are choosing not to migrate — or don’t have the choice at all. Nicole Stillger has more.
  
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• Firefighters respond to blaze at home on Enoch Cree Nation

  12-09-2020 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters were called to a significant house fire on the Enoch Cree Nation west of Edmonton late Friday afternoon.
  
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• Fire consumes home on Enoch Cree First Nation west of Edmonton

  12-09-2020 01:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fire consumed a home on the Enoch Cree First Nation, near Highway 627 across the road from the Edmonton Corn Maze, on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Canadian rugby 7s great Jen Kish opens up about her battle with mental illness

  12-09-2020 01:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Former Canadian rugby sevens captain Jen Kish is sharing her struggles with mental health so that others can feel they're not alone in their battles.
  
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• COVID-19 ICU patients face lengthy recoveries: Alberta critical care doctor

  12-09-2020 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Peter Brindley joined Gord Steinke to describe the typical ICU stay for a COVID-19 patient. The critical care doctor at the University of Alberta Hospital said a stay in the ICU is a traumatic event on the body and treatment is lengthy, with patients often remaining on the unit for two to three weeks...
  
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• A barber, a band and a bubble: How an Edmonton hairdresser ended up in the NHL’s hub at Rogers Place - Global News

  12-09-2020 01:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A barber, a band and a bubble: How an Edmonton hairdresser ended up in the NHL’s hub at Rogers Place  Global News
  
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• A barber, a band and a bubble: How an Edmonton hairdresser ended up in the NHL’s hub at Rogers Place

  12-09-2020 01:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Craig Boa wasn't expecting to set foot inside the Edmonton NHL bubble -- let alone set up shop.
  
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• Province spent $150,000 to house Albertans who couldn’t self-isolate at home

  12-09-2020 01:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Information provided to Global News by Alberta Health reveals, for the first time, the financial lengths the province has gone to provide hotel and motel accommodations for COVID-19 positive Albertans who can’t safely self-isolate.
  
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• Leave AISH payments alone, Opposition and advocates tell Alberta government

  12-09-2020 01:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta's community and social services minister should reassure people with disabilities their income benefits won't be cut, critics say.
  
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• For U of A's international students, distance makes the online learning a lot harder

  12-09-2020 01:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Time zones and dodgy internet connections are making university classes even trickier this year for international students who have opted not to return to Canada when the fall semester started.
  
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• A barber, a band and a bubble: How an Edmonton hairdresser ended up inside Rogers Place

  12-09-2020 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  With hockey hair growing out of control in Edmonton’s NHL bubble — a hero was needed. After an unexpected recommendation from popular Canadian band Arkells, the “bubble barber” stepped in to help. Jessica Robb introduces us to the man behind the chair.
  
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• Edmonton man’s screenplay ‘Cop Shop’ to be made into Hollywood film

  12-09-2020 00:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Upcoming feature film “Cop Shop” starring Gerard Butler was written by an Alberta man — as a hobby, of all things. Morgan Black has more on local screenwriter Kurt McLeod, who is getting his big break.
  
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• Dr. Hinshaw explains COVID-19’s effects on the body

  12-09-2020 00:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s Dr. Deena Hinshaw lays out what is known about COVID-19 and its effects.
  
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• Alberta COVID-19 update: Sept. 11, 2020

  12-09-2020 00:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, provides an update on the province’s COVID-19 numbers for Sept. 11, 2020.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta updates guidelines for singing and musical instruments

  12-09-2020 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw announces Alberta has updated its COVID-19 guidelines for singing and musical instruments.
  
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• Edmonton officers and police dog bear-sprayed after traffic stop - CTV News Edmonton

  12-09-2020 00:06 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton officers and police dog bear-sprayed after traffic stop  CTV News Edmonton
  
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