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• Hinshaw works to reassure Albertans after new COVID variant Omicron identified

  26-11-2021 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw spoke to Alberta's ability to detect the new COVID-19 variant as the province confirmed an additional 356 cases of the virus on Friday.
  
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• Kenney promises no direct cost download to Alberta municipalities on provincial police plan

  26-11-2021 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Kenney is imploring rural leaders to consider the merits of a provincial police force, promising that any added costs would not be downloaded directly onto municipalities.
  
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• Paths For People wants part of Edmonton's 102 Avenue to be car-free, a city councillor moves it forward - CTV News Edmonton

  26-11-2021 23:37 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Paths For People wants part of Edmonton's 102 Avenue to be car-free, a city councillor moves it forward  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Paths For People wants part of Edmonton's 102 Avenue to be car-free, a city councillor moves it forward | CTV News - CTV News Edmonton

  26-11-2021 23:37 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Paths For People wants part of Edmonton's 102 Avenue to be car-free, a city councillor moves it forward | CTV News  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Kitikmeot women being sent to Edmonton for births amid NWT nurse shortage - Nunatsiaq News

  26-11-2021 23:33 via nunatsiaq.com
  
  Kitikmeot women being sent to Edmonton for births amid NWT nurse shortage  Nunatsiaq News
  
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• 'It is a sad situation': Hundreds of Edmonton-based soldiers on deployment to help with B.C. flood devastation - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 23:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  'It is a sad situation': Hundreds of Edmonton-based soldiers on deployment to help with B.C. flood devastation  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Premier's provincial police pitch gets cool reception from rural leaders

  26-11-2021 23:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Jason Kenney's pitch to replace the RCMP with a provincial police force fell flat at a meeting of rural leaders Friday, with the president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta calling the idea a distraction. 
  
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• New 240-unit Londonderry housing development unveiled in north Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 22:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  New 240-unit Londonderry housing development unveiled in north Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton cookie shop offering a bite out of the Muttart Conservatory - CTV News Edmonton

  26-11-2021 21:58 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton cookie shop offering a bite out of the Muttart Conservatory  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton police quit paying suspended detective who made corruption allegations against police brass, landlord - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police quit paying suspended detective who made corruption allegations against police brass, landlord  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Spa treatment: Master ensuites designed for respite - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 21:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Spa treatment: Master ensuites designed for respite  Edmonton Journal
  
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• H.O.M.E. Awards laud builders’ excellence in outstanding service - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  H.O.M.E. Awards laud builders’ excellence in outstanding service  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Avril Lavigne announces first cross-Canada tour in more than a decade

  26-11-2021 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Next year marks the 20th anniversary of Lavigne’s debut album “Let Go."
  
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• Alberta children get their first COVID-19 vaccines

  26-11-2021 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of kids rolled up their sleeves across Alberta on Friday, as COVID-19 vaccination clinics opened their doors to children aged five to 11. Morgan Black has more on the noon news.
  
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• A gift guide to Edmonton's best books - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A gift guide to Edmonton's best books  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Intense weather forecast for B.C.’s Southern Interior mountain passes

  26-11-2021 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Intense weather is forecast for mountain passes across the Southern Interior Friday, prompting Environment Canada to send out a series of storm warnings. 
  
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• New homes market provides much-needed supply amid tight conditions - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 19:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  New homes market provides much-needed supply amid tight conditions  Edmonton Journal
  
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• London Drugs hoping more volunteers join its Stocking Stuffers for Seniors campaign

  26-11-2021 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  'We still have a number of tags to pick up in many of the stores, and we're certainly looking for support.'
  
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• Excitement, relief as Alberta children get their first COVID-19 vaccines

  26-11-2021 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  There were smiles, some tears and hundreds of Band-Aids plastered on little arms as Alberta's COVID-19 vaccination clinics opened their doors to children Friday.
  
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• The Loop: The season of giving (and taking)

  26-11-2021 19:03 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s the holidays, a time of year when everyone is thinking of giving … and getting.
  
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• London Drugs hoping more Edmonton volunteers join in its Stocking Stuffers for Seniors campaign

  26-11-2021 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Perry Lubberding, the store manager for the Oliver Square London Drugs said Friday that there are still many wish lists available in the Edmonton area for the company’s Stocking Stuffers for Seniors program.
  
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• First Lake Louise men’s downhill cancelled due to too much snow

  26-11-2021 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  About 25 centimetres fell overnight and an additional 10 centimetres was expected Friday at the ski resort in Banff National Park.
  
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• AMA Travel: California trips

  26-11-2021 18:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Roland van Meurs with AMA Travel joins Global News Morning Edmonton to chat about some options when you’re planning a trip to California. (Sponsored by AMA)
  
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• 'It takes a village': Tiny homes will help house vulnerable veterans

  26-11-2021 18:27 via cbc.ca
  
  ATCO Veterans Village is Edmonton's first veteran housing project, with 20 units of transitional housing built and ready to house veterans by Dec. 1.
  
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• Conservatives call for travel ban on southern Africa as alarming new COVID-19 variant emerges

  26-11-2021 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging the federal government to ban all non-essential travel to and from southern Africa to stop a new — and possibly more infectious — COVID-19 variant from taking hold in Canada.
  
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• As an alarming new COVID-19 variant emerges, Canada moves to limit travel from southern Africa

  26-11-2021 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today that Canada will limit travel from seven countries in southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new — and possibly more infectious — COVID-19 variant.
  
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• As an alarming new coronavirus variant emerges, Canada moves to limit travel from southern Africa

  26-11-2021 18:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today that Canada will limit travel from seven countries in southern Africa, a region that has reported cases of a new — and possibly more infectious — coronavirus variant.
  
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• Does your social media profile belong in your will? Why Canadians should plan their ‘digital inheritance’ now

  26-11-2021 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Your social media accounts, text messages, and photos are probably important to you. But are they significant enough to leave in a will?
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder in connection to Edmonton woman's death

  26-11-2021 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Officers were called to a home near 139th Avenue and 35th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday to investigate a report of an injured woman. She died at the scene, police said in a news release Thursday.
  
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• Edmonton homicide detectives seek suspect in weekend killing of woman, 31

  26-11-2021 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Officers were called to a home near 139th Avenue and 35th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday to investigate a report of an injured woman. She died at the scene, police said in a news release Thursday.
  
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• New food box service combines caring hearts, powerful partnerships to fight food insecurity

  26-11-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Last week, the Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative (MHCB) launched Khair for All — an affordable food box service that targets disadvantaged families.
  
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• 10 things to do this weekend in Edmonton: November 26 to 28 | Listed - Daily Hive

  26-11-2021 16:55 via dailyhive.com
  
  10 things to do this weekend in Edmonton: November 26 to 28 | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Edmonton weather: It may rain today with a touch of wind or not - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 16:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: It may rain today with a touch of wind or not  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Helium shortages leave some western Canadian universities scrambling

  26-11-2021 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers at the University of Alberta are struggling with a helium shortage, which could potentially put scientific research in jeopardy — and put equipment at risk of damage.
  
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• Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, Nov. 26

  26-11-2021 15:56 via cbc.ca
  
  COVID-19 vaccination appointments begin today in Alberta for children between the ages of 5 and 11.
  
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• Edmonton school pals reconnect years later, launch custom art business - CTV News Edmonton

  26-11-2021 15:07 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton school pals reconnect years later, launch custom art business  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton early morning weather forecast: Friday, November 26, 2021

  26-11-2021 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here’s Mike Sobel’s Friday, November 26, 2021 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.
  
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• Time-delayed safes, panic alarms could help deter pharmacy robberies, working group says

  26-11-2021 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Time-delayed safes to store drugs and panic alarms for pharmacy staff could help counter a recent spike in pharmacy robberies in Alberta, a provincial working group has concluded.
  
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• Alberta man to be sentenced for murdering his father in 2017

  26-11-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Kristian Stroh, 40, will be sentenced next week for the second-degree murder of his father Norman. He faces an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 to 25 years.
  
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• Alberta man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his father in 2017

  26-11-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for what a judge described as "a senseless, callous and savage attack ".
  
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• What experts predict the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine will do for national vaccination rates

  26-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As kids aged five to 11 are being offered the vaccine across the country, doctors weigh in on what this age group can do for national vaccination rates and how this could bring us back to more normal times.
  
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• Up to 10% of homes could now be 'uninsurable' because of flood risk. Yours may be one of them

  26-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Marketplace reveals many homeowners are unaware of and unprepared for the growing threat of flooding because of confusing insurance policies, murky real estate rules and incomplete floodplain maps.
  
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• Up to 10% of homes could now be 'uninsurable' because of flood risk. Could yours be one?

  26-11-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Marketplace reveals many homeowners are unaware of and unprepared for the growing threat of flooding because of confusing insurance policies, murky real estate rules and incomplete floodplain maps.
  
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• Suspect in alleged north-east Edmonton homicide in police custody - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Suspect in alleged north-east Edmonton homicide in police custody  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Beware of Amazon impersonators this Black Friday warns Better Business Bureau

  26-11-2021 08:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre recommends consumers hang up the phone if they receive an unsolicited call, avoid clicking on links sent via email, and not respond to text messages.
  
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• Knowing Our Spirits conference aims to inspire in Edmonton

  26-11-2021 06:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  It takes place over just three days but it can be a life-changing event for Indigenous people looking to heal. Sarah Komadina has more from an Edmonton conference meant to inspire.
  
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• Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for suspect in northeast Edmonton homicide - Globalnews.ca

  26-11-2021 06:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for suspect in northeast Edmonton homicide  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for suspect in northeast Edmonton homicide

  26-11-2021 06:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for a man wanted in connection with the death of a 31-year-old woman in northeast Edmonton on Sunday.
  
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• Homicide detectives investigating suspicious north Edmonton death; two face second-degree murder charges in Beaver Lake Cree Nation killing - Edmonton Journal

  26-11-2021 06:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Homicide detectives investigating suspicious north Edmonton death; two face second-degree murder charges in Beaver Lake Cree Nation killing  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton looks to decrease single-use waste with new proposal

  26-11-2021 04:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The city says 91 million disposable cups are thrown out in Edmonton every year, and that needs to change. City administrators are proposing bans on certain single-use items, and surcharges on others. Sarah Ryan breaks it down.
  
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