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• Celebrating Filipino language and culture at school

  09-06-2022 23:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton’s Filipino language and culture program has been steadily growing for years, expanding to include dance, food and music – and teachers say more and more non-Filipino students are also embracing the lessons.
  
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• Alberta judge denies bail for third suspect in Coutts border blockade

  09-06-2022 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A judge has denied bail for a third man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade earlier this year in southern Alberta.
  
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• Police seek info in downtown Edmonton shooting that happened during crime spree - Global News

  09-06-2022 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police seek info in downtown Edmonton shooting that happened during crime spree  Global News
  
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• Police seek info in downtown Edmonton shooting that happened during crime spree - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca - Global News

  09-06-2022 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police seek info in downtown Edmonton shooting that happened during crime spree - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca  Global News
  
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• Police seek info in downtown Edmonton shooting that happened during crime spree

  09-06-2022 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police are looking for help gathering more information about a downtown shooting that happened on violent day that also saw several people killed and injured in mid-May.
  
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• Edmonton releases public safety plan requested by Shandro; pushes province for support

  09-06-2022 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The safety plan outlines 12 actions the city has taken to support safety, four streams of longer-term work, as well as specific requests for support from the Alberta government.
  
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• Edmonton releases formal plan to improve safety in city's core neighbourhoods

  09-06-2022 22:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Edmonton is taking a comprehensive approach to improving safety in the downtown area, in Chinatown and on public transit, all of which are outlined in a final safety plan it released Thursday. 
  
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• 1990s Bourbon Street jester from West Edmonton Mall found - CTV News Edmonton

  09-06-2022 21:58 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  1990s Bourbon Street jester from West Edmonton Mall found  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Swoop takes off from Comox with new non-stop service to Edmonton - Canada NewsWire

  09-06-2022 20:53 via newswire.ca
  
  Swoop takes off from Comox with new non-stop service to Edmonton  Canada NewsWire
  
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• Consolidation of EMS dispatch did not affect response to fatal dog attack: Alberta health minister

  09-06-2022 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health Minister Jason Copping said the call initially came in as non-urgent but emergency responders at the scene quickly saw it was a life-threatening situation.
  
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• Hinshaw, Copping to provide COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

  09-06-2022 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Health Minister Jason Copping will provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
  
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• Copping says Alberta’s latest COVID-19 numbers reveal ‘good news,’ expects situation to improve over summer

  09-06-2022 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said there was “a lot of good news” in the data, the day after the province released its weekly COVID-19 numbers.
  
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• Man in Red Deer Walmart shooting to serve 10 years before eligible for parole

  09-06-2022 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  An Alberta judge has imposed a parole ineligibility of 10 years for a man who shot and killed a shopper outside a Walmart store in central Alberta.
  
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• Fresh Tracks: Hersilia's rowdy debut album a charming beer-soaked ode to living in Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  09-06-2022 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Fresh Tracks: Hersilia's rowdy debut album a charming beer-soaked ode to living in Edmonton  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Elks launch new Joey Moss Championship Suite - Edmonton Elks

  09-06-2022 18:43 via goelks.com
  
  Elks launch new Joey Moss Championship Suite  Edmonton Elks
  
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• Alberta hit by far more COVID deaths this year than in the same period in previous years

  09-06-2022 18:42 via cbc.ca
  
  More than two years into the pandemic, Dr. Neeja Bakshi is still routinely breaking the painful news to families that their loved one is dying of COVID-19. And it's not going anywhere, she warns: Alberta's COVID-related death toll so far in 2022 is higher than the same period in previous years of the pandemic.
  
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• Hopeful — and tired — Albertans face long waits at Edmonton passport office - Global News

  09-06-2022 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hopeful — and tired — Albertans face long waits at Edmonton passport office  Global News
  
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• Hopeful — and tired — Albertans face long waits at Edmonton passport office

  09-06-2022 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since April, more than 317,000 passports have been handed out, and the federal forecast for 2022-2023 is between 3.6 million and 4.3 million applications.
  
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• Kane thanks Oilers, Edmonton fans in post - TSN

  09-06-2022 18:15 via tsn.ca
  
  Kane thanks Oilers, Edmonton fans in post  TSN
  
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• Edmonton man charged with murder of 21 year old found at bus stop - Global News

  09-06-2022 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton man charged with murder of 21 year old found at bus stop  Global News
  
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• Edmonton man charged with murder of 21 year old found at bus stop

  09-06-2022 17:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police investigators determined the death of Ezekiel Bigstone, 21, was suspicious.
  
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• Sentencing arguments expected for man in fatal 2019 shooting outside Red Deer Walmart

  09-06-2022 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chase Freed, who is 20, pleaded guilty on Monday to the second-degree murder of Jim Williams in Red Deer in December 2019.
  
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• Man in 2019 Red Deer Walmart shooting to serve 10 years before eligible for parole

  09-06-2022 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chase Freed, who is 20, pleaded guilty on Monday to the second-degree murder of Jim Williams in Red Deer in December 2019.
  
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• Crown wants 10 year parole ineligibility for man in 2019 Red Deer Walmart shooting

  09-06-2022 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chase Freed, who is 20, pleaded guilty on Monday to the second-degree murder of Jim Williams in Red Deer in December 2019.
  
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• Alberta NDP volunteers were ignored and demeaned, former workers say

  09-06-2022 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Two Alberta NDP workers say they quit recently because they could no longer stomach a culture they describe as demeaning and ignores volunteers, with the majority of those targeted being women.
  
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• MacEwan students look at how design can help make Edmonton transit riders feel safer

  09-06-2022 14:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of MacEwan University students set out to find ways better design might make Edmontonians feel safer on transit. 
  
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• 4 Good Samaritans chase down stolen truck with 5-month-old baby inside

  09-06-2022 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A frightening moment of uncertainty was transformed into a story of heroism last weekend after four Good Samaritans chased after a stolen truck with a five-month-old baby inside near Strathmore, Alta., helping to reunite the infant with its family.
  
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• CBSA officers caught giving preferential treatment, associating with criminals, documents reveal

  09-06-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian border officers have been reprimanded for hundreds of acts of misconduct over the past two years — including preferential treatment and criminal association — according to documents obtained by CBC News.
  
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• Alberta NDP's best summer ever looms as Jason Kenney fades away

  09-06-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Kenney’s prolonged departure and a potentially months-long race to replace him means the UCP is sidelining itself during one of the most productive seasons for politics — summer. 
  
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• Edmonton weather: Warm and sunny followed by warm and sunny - Edmonton Journal

  09-06-2022 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton weather: Warm and sunny followed by warm and sunny  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Oil Kings build on series lead, beat out Seattle Thunderbirds 3-2

  09-06-2022 07:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Oil Kings will look to close out the series Saturday in Edmonton.
  
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• Late goal puts Edmonton Oil Kings one win away from WHL championship - Edmonton Journal

  09-06-2022 07:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Late goal puts Edmonton Oil Kings one win away from WHL championship  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Montreal Alliance blow 14-point lead, lose to CEBL champions Edmonton Stingers - Cult MTL

  09-06-2022 05:09 via cultmtl.com
  
  Montreal Alliance blow 14-point lead, lose to CEBL champions Edmonton Stingers  Cult MTL
  
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• Iconic rockers Blondie to issue 1st box set this summer

  09-06-2022 05:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The iconic rockers said Wednesday they will release their first authorized collection in their 50-year history, a huge box set that includes 124 tracks.
  
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• Longtime Curling Canada coach Paul Webster to coach Team Bottcher for full quad

  09-06-2022 04:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  A curling director at Calgary's Glencoe club is giving up his position as Curling Canada's national development coach to serve as full-time coach for Team Brendan Bottcher.
  
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• Former Alberta NDP workers say volunteers and constituency workers ignored, demeaned

  09-06-2022 03:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Alberta NDP workers say they quit recently because they could no longer stomach a culture they describe as demeaning and ignores volunteers.
  
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• Alberta records 42 more COVID-19 deaths, hospitalizations drop

  09-06-2022 03:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Forty-two more COVID-19 deaths have been identified in Alberta, according to the provincial government.
  
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• RCMP investigating peace officer impersonation in northern Alberta

  09-06-2022 03:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP is investigating an incident where a man falsely "identified himself as police" before attempting to enter a woman's home near Valleyview, Alta.
  
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• Loitering, using drugs along transit system to become municipal offences as bylaw changes passed

  09-06-2022 02:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton bylaw and peace officers will have broader authority to remove people deemed to be causing safety issues for others on and around transit after city council agreed Wednesday to revise the city’s transit bylaw.
  
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• Edmonton city council votes to make loitering, using drugs on transit municipal offences - CBC.ca

  09-06-2022 02:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton city council votes to make loitering, using drugs on transit municipal offences  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton city council votes to make loitering, using drugs on transit municipal offences

  09-06-2022 02:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton bylaw and peace officers will have broader authority to remove people deemed to be causing safety issues for others on and around transit after city council agreed Wednesday to revise the city’s transit bylaw.
  
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• Alberta overdose response app opens provincewide after ‘numerous’ interventions

  09-06-2022 02:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's Drug Overdose Response System app is now available provincewide as a measure to help people using drugs alone at home, but critics say the crisis needs more response.
  
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• Accused killer David Moss was conspiracy-obsessed and paranoid, court told

  09-06-2022 01:54 via cbc.ca
  
  The defence has begun its case in the David Moss second-degree murder trial, hoping the judge finds Moss not criminally responsible for the May 2020 death of seven-year-old Bella Rose Desrosiers.
  
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• Alberta beekeepers looking for options after massive colony losses

  09-06-2022 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Beekeepers province-wide are sounding the alarm after a winter that saw hundreds of honey bee colonies wiped out from cold weather and an invasive species.
  
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• Edmonton police chief's salary made public - Edmonton Journal

  09-06-2022 01:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police chief's salary made public  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Drug use, loitering banned on Edmonton transit under bylaw amendment - CTV News Edmonton

  09-06-2022 01:19 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Drug use, loitering banned on Edmonton transit under bylaw amendment  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Province steps in as Coaldale fights to pay less for RCMP services

  09-06-2022 01:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Town of Coaldale is continuing its years-long battle to obtain a cost-sharing agreement for its policing services with the federal government.
  
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• CFL players to keep a close eye on during the 2022 regular season

  09-06-2022 01:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's a look at 10 of the most intriguing CFL players to watch this season.
  
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• Ukrainian students set to resume studies at MacEwan

  09-06-2022 00:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Students Maksym Kohutiak and Sabina Mamedova are getting used to their new home after fleeing the violence in their home country. Both will be attending MacEwan University in July but still miss family left behind in Ukraine.
  
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• Government announces rollout of online applications for Alberta income supports - Edmonton Journal

  09-06-2022 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Government announces rollout of online applications for Alberta income supports  Edmonton Journal
  
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