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• Edmonton Ice District designers visit Saskatoon with input on new downtown event centre - Global News

  27-01-2023 23:25 via news.google.com
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• Edmonton Ice District designers visit Saskatoon with input on new downtown event centre

  27-01-2023 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are many things still up in the air regarding Saskatoon's downtown event centre, but the Saskatoon Chamber is hoping to learn from those who have worked on something similar.
  
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• Bail hearing delayed for Alberta parents in infant sex assault case

  27-01-2023 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  A bail hearing for a mother and father facing charges in relation to their six-week-old child has been delayed.
  
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• More than 500K Albertans have applied for affordability payments - Edmonton Journal

  27-01-2023 21:38 via news.google.com
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• Alberta siblings look to show up big for province at Arctic Winter Games

  27-01-2023 20:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North. Mother Ashleigh is a team mission staff member and father Cory previously competed and coached at the games.
  
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• Alberta NDP says review of oilsands cleanup funding program needs public input

  27-01-2023 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment critic Marlin Schmidt said Albertans now know even less than before the review of the Mine Financial Security Program began.
  
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• Serious multi-vehicle collision closes Highway 2 northbound lanes near Carstairs, Alta.

  27-01-2023 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties said the collision occurred at around 11:25 a.m. on Highway 2 near Highway 581, just outside Carstairs, Alta.
  
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• Multiple QEII closures Friday, several serious collisions on icy roads reported across Alberta

  27-01-2023 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 25 to 30 vehicles were involved in the collision north of Calgary on the QEII, while serious — in at least one case fatal — crashes were reported across Alberta on Friday.
  
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• Mounties reopen QEII following large pileup, several serious collisions reported across Alberta

  27-01-2023 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Around 25 to 30 vehicles were involved in the collision north of Calgary on the QEII, while serious — in at least one case fatal — crashes were reported across Alberta on Friday.
  
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• Mounties reopen Alberta’s Highway 2 after serious multi-vehicle collision

  27-01-2023 20:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mounties said the collision occurred at around 11:25 a.m. on Highway 2 near Highway 581, just outside Carstairs, Alta.
  
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• Edmonton luxury real estate market remains strong - Edmonton Journal

  27-01-2023 20:23 via news.google.com
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• Highway closure in B.C. between Revelstoke and Golden for avalanche control

  27-01-2023 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Trans-Canada Highway will be closed for most of Friday because of avalanche control work. The highway will be closed until 5 p.m.
  
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• The Loop: Why do we care about West Edmonton Mall so much?

  27-01-2023 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Edmonton’s podcast gets nostalgic about the early days of West Edmonton Mall and asks about the relevance of Canada’s supermall.
  
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• Veteran Canadian 'keeper Erin McLeod retires from international competition

  27-01-2023 18:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Veteran Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod has announced her retirement from international soccer. McLeod overcame a string of injuries to win 119 caps for Canada over a distinguished senior career that spanned more than two decades.
  
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• Arctic Winter Games a family affair for siblings on Team Alberta North

  27-01-2023 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North.
  
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• Edmonton-made horror film Skinamarink becomes viral and box office hit - CBC.ca

  27-01-2023 16:28 via news.google.com
  
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• Edmonton-made horror film Skinamarink becomes viral and box office hit

  27-01-2023 16:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The immersive, slow-burn experience viewers get from Skinamarink is the antithesis of seconds-long videos seen on TikTok, a platform that helped create buzz for the low-budget Canadian horror film months before its release.
  
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• Fort McMurray businesses ramping up for Arctic Winter Games

  27-01-2023 15:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Businesses in Fort McMurray are ramping up in preparation for the 2023 Arctic Winter Games. Owners and managers are bringing on more staff and ordering more food to try and contend with the expected influx of athletes, coaches and spectators.
  
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• CBC News stands by Coutts story despite statement from Danielle Smith's office

  27-01-2023 15:22 via cbc.ca
  
  On Wednesday, the office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith issued a statement demanding an apology and retraction of a story CBC News broke several days earlier.
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings name Rhett Melnyk as hockey team’s new captain

  27-01-2023 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  An 18-year-old forward from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., has been named the new captain of the Western Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings.
  
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• Edmonton men plead guilty to violent drug-related attack in N.W.T.

  27-01-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Two Edmonton men charged in connection with a violent, drug-related attack in Yellowknife in 2021 have pleaded guilty to all of the charges against them.
  
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• Supreme Court of Canada set to rule on mandatory firearm sentences

  27-01-2023 13:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada plans to rule Friday on the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences in cases involving armed robbery and recklessly firing a gun.
  
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• Mandatory minimum penalty for firing gun at house unconstitutional: Supreme Court

  27-01-2023 13:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a mandatory minimum sentence of four years for firing a gun at a house is unconstitutional.
  
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• Edmonton paramedic sentenced after narcotics stolen from Alberta Health Services - CBC.ca

  27-01-2023 13:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Edmonton paramedic sentenced after narcotics stolen from Alberta Health Services

  27-01-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An Edmonton paramedic has been found guilty of stealing narcotics from Alberta Health Services facilities, while a second member is awaiting trial on similar allegations of theft from the provincial health authority. 
  
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• 'Living is an honour': Bond between world's oldest Holocaust-surviving siblings forged in brutal time

  27-01-2023 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ruth Zimmer, 96, Anne Novak, 99, Sally Singer, 101, and Sol Fink, 97, are believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor siblings anywhere in the world. The Winnipeggers share an unbreakable bond — and a strong desire to tell their story.
  
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• How trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors has affected the next generation

  27-01-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A lot is known about the horrors experienced by Holocaust survivors. Now their children are sharing how the trauma their parents went through has affected their own lives.
  
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• Province doles out money for Downtown Edmonton vibrancy projects - Edmonton Journal

  27-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Edmonton weather: Arctic blast brings flurries, wind chill near -30 overnight - Edmonton Journal

  27-01-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Polar vortex sweeping across Alberta to trigger plummeting temperatures

  27-01-2023 06:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  A polar vortex is expanding from the Arctic and will bring a much colder air mass south, starting overnight Thursday into Friday and continuing into the weekend.
  
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• Tyler Shandro law society hearing to continue after minister faces hours of questioning

  27-01-2023 02:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro answered questions for hours Thursday, during a hearing punctuated by several interruptions for in-camera hearings.
  
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• ‘Obviously I had emotions’: Shandro recounts driveway confrontation during law society conduct hearing

  27-01-2023 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tyler Shandro resumed his testimony at a tribunal hearing Thursday, offering a vastly different account of an interaction than from the doctor he confronted two years ago.
  
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• 2 teens charged after south Edmonton community league hall trashed over New Year’s weekend - Global News

  27-01-2023 01:09 via news.google.com
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• 2 teens charged after south Edmonton community league hall trashed over New Year’s weekend

  27-01-2023 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 15-year-old Edmonton boy and a 19-year-old man from Spruce Grove have been charged after Brookside Hall was vandalized extensively over the New Year's weekend.
  
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• Edmonton Elks extend tackling machine Nyles Morgan for 2 seasons

  27-01-2023 01:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Elks signed linebacker Nyles Morgan to a two-year contract extension on Thursday. Morgan finished in a tie for 5th on the team in defensive tackles, with 41 in 2022.
  
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• NDP says Alberta premier’s prosecutor review flawed, calls for outside investigation

  27-01-2023 00:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Smith has given multiple versions in recent weeks of what she has said to justice officials about COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Alberta premier wants meeting with Trudeau before 'just transition' bill tabled

  27-01-2023 00:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s premier has asked to meet the prime minister in advance of anticipated federal legislation guiding a transition away from high-pollution jobs.
  
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