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• Elks optimistic about 2nd season under Jones, despite losing record

  22-10-2022 23:49 via cbc.ca
  The Edmonton Elks have gone two seasons without winning a home game. They finished the 2022 CFL campaign with a 4-14 record. But, as players cleared out of the locker room at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday, the overriding feeling was one of optimism.
  
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• Rachel Notley gives campaign-ish style speech at NDP convention

  22-10-2022 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Rachel Notley, Alberta's NDP leader, poked fun at the UCP and the province's new premier during Saturday's NDP conference, but never mentions Smith by name.
  
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• Live coverage: Premier Danielle Smith addresses UCP members at AGM - Edmonton Journal

  22-10-2022 23:11 via news.google.com
  Live coverage: Premier Danielle Smith addresses UCP members at AGM  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Notley-led NDP to focus on economic diversification, healthcare measures for next election campaign

  22-10-2022 21:41 via cbc.ca
  Alberta’s New Democrats are holding their annual convention in Calgary this weekend. In her address to the approximately 1,400 members in attendance, Notley unveiled the thrust of the party's election platform — meant, as she says, to position them as the alternative to the current governing party.
  
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• Notley-led NDP to focus on economic diversification, health care for next election campaign

  22-10-2022 21:41 via cbc.ca
  Alberta’s New Democrats are holding their annual convention in Calgary this weekend. In her address to the approximately 1,400 members in attendance, Notley unveiled the thrust of the party's election platform — meant, as she says, to position them as the alternative to the current governing party.
  
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• A Notley-led government would cap and freeze taxes and fees in a number of areas, NDP leader says

  22-10-2022 21:41 via cbc.ca
  Alberta’s New Democrats are holding their annual convention in Calgary this weekend. In her address to the approximately 1,400 members in attendance, Notley unveiled the thrust of the party's election platform — meant, as she says, to position them as the alternative to the current governing party.
  
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• Edmonton hosts third annual Walk a Mile in a Ribbon Skirt event - Edmonton Journal

  22-10-2022 21:25 via news.google.com
  Edmonton hosts third annual Walk a Mile in a Ribbon Skirt event  Edmonton Journal
  
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• B.C. Lions beat Elks 31-14, clinch home field for semifinals

  22-10-2022 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  “It was a complete team win,'” said B.C. Lions quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., who was 18 of 24 passing for 211 yards. 
  
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• Pedestrian killed in fatal collision in Leduc

  22-10-2022 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  RCMP responded around 5:30 a.m. to the area of Highway 2, north of Highway 625. Southbound traffic is being rerouted.
  
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• 'Needed now more than ever': Can Man Dan returns to open mental health centre - Edmonton Journal

  22-10-2022 17:23 via news.google.com
  'Needed now more than ever': Can Man Dan returns to open mental health centre  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Bouch not bombing: Offensive game of Edmonton Oilers d-man kicks into high gear - Edmonton Journal

  22-10-2022 17:10 via news.google.com
  Bouch not bombing: Offensive game of Edmonton Oilers d-man kicks into high gear  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Indigenous population in Edmonton area continues to grow, Statistics Canada says - CBC.ca

  22-10-2022 14:00 via news.google.com
  Indigenous population in Edmonton area continues to grow, Statistics Canada says  CBC.ca
  
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• Indigenous population in Edmonton area continues to grow, Statistics Canada says

  22-10-2022 14:00 via cbc.ca
  In 2021, about 87,600 Indigenous people were living in the Edmonton census metropolitan area, an increase of about 11,400 — or 15 per cent — over 2016. Indigenous people now make up about 6.2 per cent of the Edmonton area's 1.42 million people.
  
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• An ode to ginger beef: the hidden history of Chinese Canadian cuisine

  22-10-2022 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  The humble dish also represents a collective struggle to survive on foreign soil.
  
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• Elks lose final home game to the B.C Lions who clinch 2nd in the West

  22-10-2022 12:38 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Elks for the second straight season will go winless at home after a 31-14 loss the B.C. Lions on Friday night in the final game of the season for the green and gold.
  
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• New immune-evasive Omicron strains are coming. Is Canada ready?

  22-10-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Canada is heading into a potentially brutal winter as COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, Omicron continues to rapidly mutate and booster uptake remains stagnant.
  
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• Memories don't make me who I am. That's what I learned from amnesia

  22-10-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  When Michael Dalla Costa looks at old photos, it feels like they belong to someone else. But living with amnesia, he’s discovered people are more than their memories.
  
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• Elks close out 2022 season with 31-14 loss to Lions - Edmonton Elks

  22-10-2022 07:39 via news.google.com
  Elks close out 2022 season with 31-14 loss to Lions  Edmonton Elks
  
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• Lions clinch home field for semifinals, hand Elks 17th straight home loss

  22-10-2022 07:37 via cbc.ca
  Keon Hatcher, James Butler and Antonio Pipkin all recorded touchdowns as the B.C. Lions secured a home playoff date with a 31-14 victory over the Edmonton Elks on Friday.
  
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• Toys on the Turf raises $29,566.46 for 630 CHED Santas Anonymous

  22-10-2022 05:02 via globalnews.ca
  Volunteers were outside Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium, ready to collect the donations as the Elks prepared to take on the B.C. Lions.
  
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• Alberta sees simultaneous political conventions in unofficial provincial election kickoff

  22-10-2022 04:49 via globalnews.ca
  Both of Alberta’s major political parties will meet over the weekend to set the stage ahead of the provincial election scheduled for the end of May.
  
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• Prairie Gardens Adventure Farm struggles to move produce after reopening in Sturgeon County

  22-10-2022 04:16 via globalnews.ca
  Prairie Gardens outside of Edmonton continues to struggle after Sturgeon County places safety measures on operations. The farms is losing business and money.
  
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• Whyte Avenue businesses call for more beat officers to curb social disorder

  22-10-2022 02:16 via globalnews.ca
  Businesses on and around Edmonton's Whyte Avenue want to see police on foot in the neighbourhood more often, citing a perceived increase in social disorder and crime.
  
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• Danielle Smith's cabinet: New doors and handles, but Jason Kenney's frame

  22-10-2022 01:42 via cbc.ca
  For the biggest files, like Finance, Health and Education, the new premier kept Kenney's ministers in place. And she'll expect them to make massive changes.
  
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• Jake Neighbours, Craig MacTavish return to Edmonton to face Oilers - Global News

  22-10-2022 01:39 via news.google.com
  Jake Neighbours, Craig MacTavish return to Edmonton to face Oilers  Global News
  
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• Jake Neighbours, Craig MacTavish return to Edmonton to face Oilers

  22-10-2022 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Neighours enjoyed a four-year career with the Oil Kings, becoming one of their top players and captain. Now he's finding his role with the Blues.
  
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• Clean idea: Calgary tech company turning CO2 emissions into soap

  22-10-2022 00:47 via globalnews.ca
  The co-founder of CarbinX, a cleantech company that captures carbon monoxide from natural gas appliances like furnaces and boilers, is converting the gas into a soap additive.
  
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• Postage stamp honours Canadian Indigenous war hero

  22-10-2022 00:07 via globalnews.ca
  He was Canada's most decorated Indigenous war veteran, and now a stamp bearing his likeness has been unveiled. It commemorates his bravery and heroism serving our country.
  
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• Police investigating theft of 45 competition pigeons from south Edmonton backyard

  22-10-2022 00:05 via globalnews.ca
  “The birds are reportedly competition pigeons worth about $13,500, and their owner is hoping to get them back,” EPS said in a Tweet.
  
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• Pigeons stolen from Edmonton backyard - CTV News Edmonton

  22-10-2022 00:03 via news.google.com
  Pigeons stolen from Edmonton backyard  CTV News Edmonton
  
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