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• Alberta records 277 new cases of COVID-19, 1 additional death Friday

  09-10-2020 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of Friday, 86 Albertans were in the hospital with COVID-19, 11 of whom were being treated in intensive care.
  
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• Edmonton man, 24, faces sex assault charges after contacting teens on Snapchat

  09-10-2020 23:37 via cbc.ca
  
  A 24-year-old Edmonton man has been charged in connection to two sexual assaults involving teen girls that he connected with using the messaging app Snapchat.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers in mix for Tyson Barrie, not Thomas Greiss, while Matt Benning signs in Nashville - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers in mix for Tyson Barrie, not Thomas Greiss, while Matt Benning signs in Nashville  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton firefighters reignite centuries-old musical tradition - CTV News Edmonton

  09-10-2020 21:42 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton firefighters reignite centuries-old musical tradition  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Joe Buffalo survived residential school. Then he became a professional skateboarder

  09-10-2020 21:24 via cbc.ca
  
  The Cree professional skateboarder is a residential school survivor, the son of a residential school survivor and lived through years of substance abuse. 
  
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• Alberta's irrigation system gets $815M upgrade

  09-10-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta will see $815 million flow into irrigation projects — including the relocation of existing canals underground — in the coming years.
  
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• Edmonton artist created Google Doodle honouring Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Global News

  09-10-2020 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton artist created Google Doodle honouring Mary Ann Shadd Cary  Global News
  
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• Edmonton artist created Google Doodle honouring Mary Ann Shadd Cary

  09-10-2020 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Michelle Theodore is the illustrator behind the Google Doodle celebrating newspaper editor, publisher, abolitionist and suffragist Mary Ann Shadd Cary.
  
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• New LRT train tagged with graffiti on route to Edmonton - CTV Edmonton

  09-10-2020 21:00 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  New LRT train tagged with graffiti on route to Edmonton  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Minimizing surge in COVID-19 cases ‘a real mistake,’ experts say

  09-10-2020 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Infectious disease specialists say a recent surge in COVID-19 cases that surpasses a spike last spring must not be shrugged off as merely a byproduct of increased testing.
  
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• Get the most out of Edmonton: Meet the Global News Community and Culture panel

  09-10-2020 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Introducing the Global News at Noon community and culture panel! The monthly segment aims to share positive undertakings in Edmonton: looking at fun and topical trends and providing a needed lift. Joining Jennifer Crosby is communications expert Janis Galloway, public relations consultant Yonathan Sumamo and event organizer Maggie Barton Baird. This month, we discuss what...
  
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• United Nurses of Alberta rejects proposal to delay collective bargaining

  09-10-2020 20:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  In the midst of rising COVID-19 case numbers, the UCP government and Alberta’s nurses have entered into a public war of words. Tom Vernon has more on how the United Nurses of Alberta has rejected a proposal to delay collective bargaining.
  
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• Final steps retraced: Vigil held for Edmonton girl killed in assault - CBC.ca

  09-10-2020 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Final steps retraced: Vigil held for Edmonton girl killed in assault  CBC.ca
  
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• ‘Defacing our natural treasures’: Alberta Parks concerned with increased graffiti on mountains

  09-10-2020 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  While graffiti isn't an entirely new problem for conservation officers to deal with, at least three separate incidents of tagging were enough to prompt Alberta Parks to take to Twitter to remind visitors of the penalty they can face if they are caught defacing a mountain or park infrastructure. 
  
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• Council approves fee reductions for Edmonton limos, vehicles for hire - Global News

  09-10-2020 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Council approves fee reductions for Edmonton limos, vehicles for hire  Global News
  
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• Council approves fee reductions for Edmonton limos, vehicles for hire

  09-10-2020 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Council approved a 100 per cent reduction in 2020 dispatch and vehicle licence fess for limousines and a 50 per cent reduction for other types of vehicles for hire.
  
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• Federal cash for mountain pine beetle battle will help stretch Alberta's efforts, researcher says

  09-10-2020 20:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The $68.4 million from the federal government over three years will only go so far, since the province can easily spend $50 million on pine beetle control in a single year, says one of Alberta’s top pine beetle researchers.
  
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• Three to See Saturday: Celtic cello, EIFF closer and ghost mink - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 19:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Three to See Saturday: Celtic cello, EIFF closer and ghost mink  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign veteran forward Kyle Turris to 2-year contract

  09-10-2020 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers have signed centre Kyle Turris to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $1.65 million US. 
  
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• The Loop: Edmonton's COVID caseload rising - CBC.ca

  09-10-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The Loop: Edmonton's COVID caseload rising  CBC.ca
  
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• The Loop: Edmonton's COVID caseload rising

  09-10-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Take a listen to Episode 30 of CBC Edmonton's weekly podcast, The Loop.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign Kyle Turris in free agency

  09-10-2020 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Oilers opened free agency on Friday by signing centre Kyle Turris to a two-year contract.
  
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• Oilers add Turris, re-sign Ennis - TSN

  09-10-2020 19:02 via tsn.ca
  
  Oilers add Turris, re-sign Ennis  TSN
  
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• EE Football Team Locker Room Sale Presented by Sentinel Storage

  09-10-2020 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 2020 EE Football Team Locker Room Sale is going virtual this year!
  
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• Uber Eats to launch local liquor store delivery in Calgary and Edmonton | Dished - Daily Hive

  09-10-2020 18:41 via dailyhive.com
  
  Uber Eats to launch local liquor store delivery in Calgary and Edmonton | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, Oct. 9

  09-10-2020 18:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta now has 2,097 active cases of COVID-19, after 364 new cases were reported Thursday — the highest new-case count ever — and two new deaths, as cases among school-aged kids surge to a new high.
  
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• Voluntary restrictions in Edmonton area as COVID-19 case numbers keep climbing - Ponoka News

  09-10-2020 18:10 via ponokanews.com
  
  Voluntary restrictions in Edmonton area as COVID-19 case numbers keep climbing  Ponoka News
  
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• Alberta woman dubbed ‘Queen of Cons’ sentenced for fraud

  09-10-2020 17:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jane Moore earlier pleaded guilty to a single charge of fraud over $5,000 in a scam that involved telling people she was about to inherit more than $38 million.
  
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• Candlelight vigil honours 13-year-old girl killed in northeast Edmonton

  09-10-2020 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  A candlelight vigil was held on Thursday night to honour and remember a 13-year-old girl who was killed in Edmonton last week.
  
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• Alberta Parks concerned with uptick in graffiti on natural landscapes

  09-10-2020 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservation officers with Alberta Parks are seeing an increased amount of graffiti appearing on mountains and park infrastructure recently. Matthew Conrod has the details.
  
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• Alberta adds 38,000 jobs in September but unemployment remains relatively unchanged - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 16:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta adds 38,000 jobs in September but unemployment remains relatively unchanged  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Calgarians react to new COVID-19 measures in Edmonton - CityNews Edmonton

  09-10-2020 16:55 via edmonton.citynews.ca
  
  Calgarians react to new COVID-19 measures in Edmonton  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• Final steps retraced: Vigil held for Edmonton girl killed in assault

  09-10-2020 16:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Drumming and candlelight filled the darkness as friends and family gathered on Thursday night to honour the life of 13-year-old Sierra Chalifoux-Thompson.
  
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• Alberta’s unemployment rate little changed in September, remains among highest in Canada

  09-10-2020 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The jobless rate in Alberta dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 11.7 per cent in September from 11.8 per cent the month prior.
  
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• Tiki Laverdiere homicide ‘one of the most complicated matters’ in the province: prosecutor

  09-10-2020 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  North Battleford senior Crown prosecutor Chris Browne says prosecuting 10 people charged in the 2019 death of Tiki Laverdiere is a complicated matter.
  
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• Edmonton weather for Friday, October 9 | CTV News - CTV Edmonton

  09-10-2020 15:10 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton weather for Friday, October 9 | CTV News  CTV Edmonton
  
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• Opinion: A provincial sales tax won't erase Alberta's red ink - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Opinion: A provincial sales tax won't erase Alberta's red ink  Edmonton Journal
  
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• More diversity in emergency management needed, Edmonton students say - CBC.ca

  09-10-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More diversity in emergency management needed, Edmonton students say  CBC.ca
  
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• More diversity in emergency management needed, Edmonton students say

  09-10-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A growing body of research suggests minorities are disproportionately affected by emergencies like natural disasters and pandemics, but emergency response teams often do not reflect the diversity of the people they help.
  
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• Edmonton weather: Wind chill? I'm sorry....wind chill? - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 14:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: Wind chill? I'm sorry....wind chill?  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Canada added 378,000 jobs in September, even more than in August

  09-10-2020 14:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's economy added 378,000 new jobs in September, Statistics Canada says, pushing the jobless rate down to 9 per cent.
  
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• Edmonton custodian pushed onto LRT train tracks had 30 seconds to escape - CBC.ca

  09-10-2020 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton custodian pushed onto LRT train tracks had 30 seconds to escape  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton custodian pushed onto LRT train tracks had 30 seconds to escape

  09-10-2020 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Gage Cardinal was sentenced Thursday to 30 months for attacking an Edmonton LRT station custodian who told him to stop smoking on the platform.
  
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• Food Notes: New Edmonton distillery offers a gateway to sipping culture - Edmonton Journal

  09-10-2020 14:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Food Notes: New Edmonton distillery offers a gateway to sipping culture  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton sees spike in COVID-19 cases; residents urged to follow guidelines - The Globe and Mail

  09-10-2020 13:38 via theglobeandmail.com
  
  Edmonton sees spike in COVID-19 cases; residents urged to follow guidelines  The Globe and Mail
  
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• State-of-the-art laser technology in Alberta helps people living with epilepsy

  09-10-2020 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A young Calgary man's life has been forever changed after undergoing a new procedure only recently made available in Alberta.
  
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• COVID-19 cases among school-aged kids in Alberta are at their highest level on record

  09-10-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Cases of COVID-19 have been rising among school-aged kids and teens in Alberta over the past week, but so too has the number of young people being tested.
  
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• ‘It’s an access to education issue’: Why more needs to be done about sexual assaults at schools

  09-10-2020 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Data released by Statistics Canada shows 11 per cent of students who identify as women were sexually assaulted in a college or university setting.
  
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• Why a plastic bag ban could lead to unintended environmental consequences

  09-10-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government's plan to ban grocery store plastic bags could significantly cut down on plastic trash but also lead to not-so-friendly environmental consequences if people turn to single-use alternatives, experts and studies suggest.
  
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• Edmonton's COVID-19 status ahead of Thanksgiving | CTV News - CTV News Edmonton

  09-10-2020 09:00 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton's COVID-19 status ahead of Thanksgiving | CTV News  CTV News Edmonton
  
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