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• Woman sentenced to 10 years in beating death of Edmonton senior

  25-05-2022 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 51-year-old woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2019 death of an Edmonton senior.
  
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• Autopsy of man attacked in Edmonton’s Chinatown determines murder by blunt force to head

  25-05-2022 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  After two men were attacked and killed in Edmonton's Chinatown last week, results of the second autopsy have been revealed.
  
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• Crime Stoppers receives funding from Alberta government for 1st time

  25-05-2022 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Province of Alberta announced Wednesday it would spend $850,000 over the next three years to support Crime Stoppers' work.
  
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• Alberta government questioned about crime-prevention approach at Crime Stoppers funding announcement

  25-05-2022 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province of Alberta announced Wednesday it would spend $850,000 over the next three years to support Crime Stoppers' work.
  
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• Alberta man charged with 2nd-degree murder of hunters said he feared for his family

  25-05-2022 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Wednesday, Day 7, Anthony Bilodeau took the stand in his second-degree murder trial and told the court he had no intention of using a gun to the scene.
  
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• Alphonso Davies will return for Canada's 3 matches in June international window

  25-05-2022 21:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies, sidelined from international play since November, returns to action with Canada for June games against Iran, Curacao and Honduras.
  
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• Alberta town endorses community-developed policy saying no to coal mining in Rockies

  25-05-2022 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says High River has joined 30 organizations to endorse the document called "A Coal Policy for Alberta — 2022 and Beyond."
  
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• Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro faces 3-day law society disciplinary hearing in October

  25-05-2022 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro is to face a three-day disciplinary hearing in October before the self-governing body that sets standards for lawyers in the province.
  
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• Edmonton Folk Music Festival releases full 2022 lineup

  25-05-2022 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  After two summers without one of the city's most popular events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is returning to Gallagher Park this August.
  
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• Alberta hospitals turn to travel nurses as staffing shortages continue

  25-05-2022 19:52 via cbc.ca
  
  As staffing shortages continue to plague Alberta hospitals, travel nurses, contracted by health-care staffing agencies, are being used to fill the gaps.
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta ‘past the peak’ of BA.2, but identifies first case of new subvariant BA.4

  25-05-2022 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Jason Copping are scheduled to provide a COVID-19 update for Alberta on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Alberta officials to provide COVID-19 update Wednesday afternoon

  25-05-2022 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Jason Copping are scheduled to provide a COVID-19 update for Alberta on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• 2022 Edmonton property tax notices are in the mail

  25-05-2022 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton property owners can expect to see their property tax notices soon as the city sent out more than 400,000 notices on Tuesday.
  
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• Medicine Hat police chief resigns after external investigation into sexual behaviour

  25-05-2022 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The woman with whom former Medicine Hat police chief Mike Worden had a relationship alleges he told her to 'delete everything, deny everything' during an independent review.
  
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• Hangar 11 at Edmonton’s Blatchford Field designated historic resource

  25-05-2022 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton hangar that was a vital link in supplying arms and materials to allied forces in the Second World War has been declared a historic resource.
  
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• 3-time MVP Moon represents shining example of burgeoning CEBL, NBA relationship

  25-05-2022 16:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Xavier Moon, the now Los Angeles Clipper, wound his way through numerous stops on the globe on his road to the NBA, but none were more important than his three-year stint in Edmonton with the Stingers in the CEBL.
  
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• Tamara Lich isn't going back to jail and is now allowed to visit Ottawa

  25-05-2022 16:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will not be returning to jail, a judge has ruled, after a Crown prosecutor argued in court that she violated her release conditions.
  
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• Ermineskin residential school survivors file claims in day scholar settlement

  25-05-2022 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Thousands of claims have been filed in a settlement for residential school day scholars, but a lawyer who helped organize the class-action lawsuit says thousands more may still be eligible to apply.  
  
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• Ontario judge decides ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich stays out on bail

  25-05-2022 13:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Ottawa judge has decided that "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich will remain released on bail while awaiting trial.
  
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• It's time for Alberta's United Conservative Party to focus on uniting following leadership review

  25-05-2022 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  One of the first steps of healing the divisions within the United Conservative Party is to welcome MLAs Todd Loewen and Drew Barnes back into the fold, says Michael Solberg.
  
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• What's being done to make Edmonton's Chinatown safer - CityNews Edmonton

  25-05-2022 09:00 via edmonton.citynews.ca
  What's being done to make Edmonton's Chinatown safer  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• Edmonton weather: Sunny and a chance of rain, yet again - Edmonton Journal

  25-05-2022 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: Sunny and a chance of rain, yet again  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton Urban Farm continues to grow - Taproot Edmonton

  25-05-2022 09:00 via edmonton.taproot.news
  
  Edmonton Urban Farm continues to grow  Taproot Edmonton
  
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• Oilers push Flames to brink of elimination behind Nugent-Hopkins, Kane's 4 combined goals

  25-05-2022 07:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored his second goal of the night with 3:27 left in regulation as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 lead in the teams' second-round playoff series.
  
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• Oilers strike early and late to beat Flames 5-3 in Game 4

  25-05-2022 06:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton Oilers maintain their series lead over the Calgary Flames in the second round of the playoffs with a 5-3 win in Game 4 Tuesday night.
  
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• Alberta Health Services EMS training day prepares up-and-coming paramedics

  25-05-2022 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta paramedic students spent the day getting hands-on experience, learning what they need to know before heading into a real emergency.
  
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• CFL delivers ‘final’ amended contract proposal to its players

  25-05-2022 03:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  CFL commissioner Ambrosie said the league tabled a final amended collective bargaining agreement to the players Monday night.
  
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• Accused in fatal shooting of Métis hunters set to testify in his own defence

  25-05-2022 02:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Anthony Bilodeau, 33 and his father Roger Bilodeau, 58, are on trial for the March 2020 second-degree murders of Jacob Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal.  The Crown has now closed its case. The jury has been told that Anthony Bilodeau will take the stand in his own defence on Wednesday.
  
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• Edmonton man puts TARDIS in his driveway

  25-05-2022 01:43 via cbc.ca
  
  A replica Doctor Who TARDIS has landed on an Edmontonian’s driveway. Jack Thomson hopes the attention brings interest to the local cosplay scene.
  
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• Alberta cabinet ministers mulling bids to replace Jason Kenney

  25-05-2022 01:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of Premier Jason Kenney’s cabinet are mulling a run to replace him in the upcoming race for the United Conservative Party leadership. 
  
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• RIP Smudge, the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald ambassador dog

  25-05-2022 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Thank you Smudge for all you have given me. Chase those bunnies and squirrels, eat those treats, play with your toys and you can now go swimming every day.'
  
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• Southern Alberta’s Creepy Hollow loses haunted house in devastating fire

  25-05-2022 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nobody was injured and officials said the cause of the blaze is still being investigated but will be difficult to determine.
  
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• From maybe to no: Alberta cabinet ministers give range of answers on replacing Kenney

  25-05-2022 00:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Monday, Jobs, Economy and Innovation Minister Doug Schweitzer announced he won't run for the leadership and won't run again for his seat in Calgary-Elbow.
  
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• New Alberta group creates database of police misconduct incidents

  25-05-2022 00:34 via cbc.ca
  
  A new searchable and downloadable database is making it easier for Albertans to look up incidents of police misconduct.
  
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• Alberta group launches first police misconduct database in Canada

  25-05-2022 00:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Police Misconduct Database tracks incidents of improper conduct, such as excessive use of force, and the outcomes of any investigations over the last 30 years.
  
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• Edmonton fire crew rescues 6-foot-long pet snake from tree - CTV News Edmonton

  25-05-2022 00:10 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton fire crew rescues 6-foot-long pet snake from tree  CTV News Edmonton
  
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