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• Catalytic converter, drug trafficking operation busted at southeast metal recycler: Edmonton police - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 23:04 via news.google.com
  Catalytic converter, drug trafficking operation busted at southeast metal recycler: Edmonton police  Edmonton Journal
  
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• 700 catalytic converters seized from Edmonton metal recycler

  25-01-2023 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Three individuals and a business are facing charges after about $1.4 million worth of catalytic converters were seized in an Edmonton police investigation.
  
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• Banff tourism report seeks fewer private vehicles, more public transit in park

  25-01-2023 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Private vehicle traffic is one of the single biggest challenges in terms of our congestion and our ability to be sustainable."
  
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• NDP questions fate of Smith’s long-promised advisory panel on public health

  25-01-2023 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith's long-promised public health science advisory panel has the NDP Opposition questioning whether it exists or ever will.
  
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• Alberta Health Services says network outage was caused by ‘routine maintenance’

  25-01-2023 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  A senior health official said doctors and staff at hospitals had to use paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during the network outage.
  
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• High profile Canadian skating coach Richard Gauthier found guilty of sex assault, gross indecency

  25-01-2023 22:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Richard Gauthier, 61, was found guilty of two charges in a ruling rendered in Montreal. Gauthier spent more than three decades training world class pairs skaters.
  
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• Avalanche survivor from 2003 calling 2023 a challenging season, says be cautious, aware

  25-01-2023 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Avalanche Canada is reminding anyone going out to the backcountry to always check the avalanche forecast.
  
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• Premier pressured justice minister's office to get rid of COVID charges, sources say

  25-01-2023 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pressured the attorney general and his office to intervene in COVID-related court cases, according to multiple sources familiar with the interactions.
  
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• Drew Barnes announces he won’t run under UCP banner in spring election

  25-01-2023 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The three-term representative for Cypress-Medicine Hat announced Wednesday he will not seek the UCP nomination in his riding ahead of the spring vote.
  
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• Longneck ice cold beer ever break your heart? BeerFest returns to Edmonton - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 19:55 via news.google.com
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• Drew Barnes not running for UCP in 2023 election - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 19:18 via news.google.com
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• Their Time to Shine: An essay on the Arctic Winter Games' return

  25-01-2023 19:12 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Sports' Devin Heroux looks back on the history of the first ever Arctic Winter Games and profiles the return of the games for the first time in five years.
  
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• Oilsands execs say nowhere to invest in green technology, despite record profits

  25-01-2023 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government says it wants to see the oil and gas industry 'step up', especially after record profit years due to high energy prices.
  
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• YEG sees doubling of passengers between 2021 and 2022

  25-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Passenger numbers at YEG doubled between 2021 and 2022 as travel restrictions and mandates gradually loosened and more international flights were allowed.
  
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• Edmonton airport sees doubling of passengers between 2021 and 2022: preliminary report - Global News

  25-01-2023 18:39 via news.google.com
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• Edmonton airport sees doubling of passengers between 2021 and 2022: preliminary report

  25-01-2023 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Passenger numbers at YEG doubled between 2021 and 2022 as travel restrictions and mandates gradually loosened and more international flights were allowed.
  
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• Tasting Notes: Local chocolate scientists makes health bars - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 17:01 via news.google.com
  Tasting Notes: Local chocolate scientists makes health bars  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Oilsands execs say they can't invest in decarbonization any faster, despite profits

  25-01-2023 16:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet.
  
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• Edmonton police warn of recent Land Rover thefts - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 16:39 via news.google.com
  Edmonton police warn of recent Land Rover thefts  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Got time? At this slow grocery store check-out lane, a leisurely chat is OK

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Jason Rutledge mans his grocery store register while wearing a green squid hat — and if you want to chat about it, he's got the time. That's because the Edmonton Sobeys cashier often works the new "slow social lane" that offers customers the chance to take a breath and enjoy a conversation.
  
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• Bank of Canada raises interest rate again — but hits 'pause' on any more for now

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate again, to 4.5 per cent, but hinted that it may now be done with its aggressive campaign of rate hikes.
  
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• Bank of Canada raises interest rate again — but hits 'pause' on any more

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate again, to 4.5 per cent, but hinted that it may now be done with its aggressive campaign of rate hikes.
  
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• Bank of Canada raises interest rate again — but hints that hikes may be done for now

  25-01-2023 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate again, to 4.5 per cent, but there are hints that the central bank may now be done with its aggressive campaign of rate hikes.
  
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• Provincial boundary a barrier for health-care services near Alberta-N.W.T border, residents say

  25-01-2023 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman in a small Alberta hamlet is trying to get equal health care in her community after struggling to get home care following her open heart surgery in 2013.
  
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• Panattoni, Fiera buy Edmonton ind. land, plan Westlink Business Park - Real Estate News EXchange - RENX

  25-01-2023 15:17 via news.google.com
  
  Panattoni, Fiera buy Edmonton ind. land, plan Westlink Business Park  Real Estate News EXchange - RENX
  
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• Trudeau will host premiers Feb. 7 to hammer out health-care funding deal

  25-01-2023 14:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that he will host a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Feb. 7 as his government looks to finalize a deal on health-care funding with the provinces.
  
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• Less than half of Indigenous students graduate on time from Edmonton public high schools

  25-01-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Indigenous students in Edmonton continue to have lower graduation rates than their non-Indigenous peers.
  
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• Fewer than half of Indigenous students graduate on time from Edmonton public high schools

  25-01-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Indigenous students in Edmonton continue to have lower graduation rates than their non-Indigenous peers.
  
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• Fewer than half of Indigenous students graduate on time from ... - CBC.ca

  25-01-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Opinion: Governments need to start listening to nurses on health care - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 13:07 via news.google.com
  Opinion: Governments need to start listening to nurses on health care  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Ottawa to begin 'intense' talks to rewrite First Nations child welfare compensation deal

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa will attempt to renegotiate its $20-billion compensation package for people affected by the First Nations child welfare system, court records say.
  
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• Just how risky is it to drink more alcohol than Canada's new guide advises?

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When newly revamped guidelines for low-risk alcohol use were revealed last week, it quickly sparked debate and, in some cases, frustration. Some Canadians were quick to dismiss them, saying the risks felt overblown. But are they?
  
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• Caribou summit asks a burning question: What's the future of the Porcupine herd?

  25-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Porcupine caribou herd is one of the biggest in the world. A three-day gathering organized by the Gwich'in Tribal Council in Fort McPherson, N.W.T., invited people to find ways to keep it that way.
  
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• Fewer than half of Indigenous students graduate on time from Edmonton public high schools - CBC.ca

  25-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  Fewer than half of Indigenous students graduate on time from Edmonton public high schools  CBC.ca
  
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• Alberta woman accuses Play Alberta of playing games with her late stepdad’s money

  25-01-2023 03:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary woman believes the online gambling site Play Alberta played with her feelings for months before paying out her late stepdad’s account.
  
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• Alberta dad learns about son’s death in Victoria after Googling his name, finding obituary

  25-01-2023 03:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The funeral home in B.C. posted Scott Grier’s obituary online as a courtesy, in hopes a family member would come across it after the Alberta man died in Victoria in May 2022.
  
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• Edmonton Grads art exhibit opening at Edmonton YWCA - CTV News Edmonton

  25-01-2023 03:05 via news.google.com
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• University of Alberta moves 500 staff to downtown Edmonton

  25-01-2023 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Downtown Edmonton is getting an influx of professional workers as the University of Alberta moves 500 staff into its Enterprise Square building on Jasper Avenue and 102nd Street. 
  
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• MATHESON: Columbus D-man Vladislav Gavrikov just visiting Edmonton for now - Edmonton Sun

  25-01-2023 02:18 via news.google.com
  MATHESON: Columbus D-man Vladislav Gavrikov just visiting Edmonton for now  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Thousands of kilometres of undocumented, unmanaged trails found in Alberta and B.C.

  25-01-2023 02:09 via cbc.ca
  
  New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number of backcountry users may be larger than suspected.
  
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• Alberta NDP says it would scrap COVID-19 review panel if party wins election

  25-01-2023 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  "(Manning) brings no objectivity (and) no scientific expertise to the job of assessing and evaluating this issue," Notley added.
  
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• Tainted milk led to deaths of Alberta residential school children, group says

  25-01-2023 01:54 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report suggests tainted milk carrying disease was responsible for the deaths of many First Nations children at an Alberta residential school.
  
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• University of Alberta moves 500 employees to Downtown Edmonton offices - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 00:41 via news.google.com
  University of Alberta moves 500 employees to Downtown Edmonton offices  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton Public Schools see uptick in teacher, EA absences in weeks after winter break - Edmonton Journal

  25-01-2023 00:29 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Public Schools see uptick in teacher, EA absences in weeks after winter break  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Alberta musician becomes artisan harpmaker

  25-01-2023 00:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta man living in the mountain hamlet of Bragg Creek has developed a niche career. Out of his garage he is creating stunning works of art that make beautiful sounds.
  
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