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• Life sentence, no parole for 16 years for Alberta man who stalked, killed estranged wife

  02-02-2023 23:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A Wainwright man who a judge found stalked and then killed his estranged wife in 2017 will serve a life sentence with no chance to apply for parole for 16 years, an Edmonton judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Life sentence, no chance of parole for 16 years for Alberta man who stalked, killed estranged wife

  02-02-2023 23:49 via cbc.ca
  
  A Wainwright man who stalked and then killed his estranged wife in 2017 will serve a life sentence with no chance to apply for parole for 16 years, an Edmonton judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Imported kids' pain meds approved for sale behind Alberta pharmacy counters - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 23:41 via news.google.com
  Imported kids' pain meds approved for sale behind Alberta pharmacy counters  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Athabasca University board of directors fires president, hires new one

  02-02-2023 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alex Clark was announced as the new president of Athabasca University, replacing Peter Scott — who was fired without notice on Wednesday.
  
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• Edmonton police charge three people in drug trafficking investigation - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 23:30 via news.google.com
  Edmonton police charge three people in drug trafficking investigation  Edmonton Journal
  
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• How to deal with frozen pipes

  02-02-2023 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Every winter, water pipes in some people’s homes will freeze. In some cases, it can result in burst pipes, which could lead to indoor flooding. An expert reveals the best way to handle and prevent frozen pipes in your home.
  
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• Registered nurses to help with low-severity, non-urgent EMS calls in Alberta

  02-02-2023 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Albertans transferred to EMS after calling 911 could be transferred to a registered nurse at HealthLink 811 if their medical concerns are not severe or not urgent.
  
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• 6 sports bars where you can catch the Super Bowl in Edmonton this ... - Curiocity

  02-02-2023 22:55 via news.google.com
  
  6 sports bars where you can catch the Super Bowl in Edmonton this ...  Curiocity
  
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• 4 cool live music series happening this month in Calgary and ... - Eat North

  02-02-2023 21:52 via news.google.com
  
  4 cool live music series happening this month in Calgary and ...  Eat North
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings test-driving new goalie tandem to unmatched success - Edmonton Sun

  02-02-2023 21:48 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Oil Kings test-driving new goalie tandem to unmatched success  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Alberta basketball coach charged with possessing, transmitting child porn - Global News

  02-02-2023 21:40 via news.google.com
  Alberta basketball coach charged with possessing, transmitting child porn  Global News
  
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• Alberta basketball coach charged with possessing, transmitting child porn

  02-02-2023 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  ALERT confirmed to Global News that Ron Feniuk has been charged with possessing and transmitting child pornography. 
  
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• Police arrest 4 after armed pawnshop robbery in south Edmonton

  02-02-2023 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton police are still investigating whether the suspects have any connection to another armed robbery that happened about a month prior.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers: Skinner soaking up the sun and stars at NHL All-Star game - Edmonton Sun

  02-02-2023 21:24 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Oilers: Skinner soaking up the sun and stars at NHL All-Star game  Edmonton Sun
  
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• Charges laid in armed robbery at Edmonton Cash Canada - CTV News Edmonton

  02-02-2023 21:19 via news.google.com
  Charges laid in armed robbery at Edmonton Cash Canada  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• NDP urges Alberta government come clean on long running dalliance to pull out of CPP

  02-02-2023 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rachel Notley says her party would not pursue an Alberta Pension Plan, which the United Conservative government has been studying for almost three years without resolution.
  
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• Kids’ pain medication procured by Alberta approved for import

  02-02-2023 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  As a shortage of certain medications is still ongoing, Health Canada has approved the exceptional importation of pediatric medicine procured by Alberta.
  
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• Wainwright man sentenced to life in prison for murdering estranged wife in 2017

  02-02-2023 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man from Wainwright, Alta., was sentenced by a judge to spend life in prison for the crime on Thursday.
  
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• Hudson's Bay to close Londonderry Mall location after 51 years - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 20:37 via news.google.com
  Hudson's Bay to close Londonderry Mall location after 51 years  Edmonton Journal
  
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• ‘The eyes of the world’: Trial of Calgary pastor charged in Coutts border blockade underway

  02-02-2023 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A court has seen video of a Calgary pastor encouraging truckers to keep blocking the Canada-U.S. border to protest COVID-19 restrictions because the world was watching.
  
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• ‘The eyes of the world’: Trial of Calgary pastor charged in border blockade underway

  02-02-2023 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Artur Pawlowski is on trial in southern Alberta for breaching a release order and mischief for inciting people to block public property.
  
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• Edmonton International Airport (YEG) celebrates growth in 2022 - CTV News Edmonton

  02-02-2023 20:05 via news.google.com
  Edmonton International Airport (YEG) celebrates growth in 2022  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Silver Skate Festival set to give Hawrelak a big send-off - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 20:01 via news.google.com
  Silver Skate Festival set to give Hawrelak a big send-off  Edmonton Journal
  
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• $400K in cocaine, cash seized from Edmonton homes and hidden compartment in vehicle - Global News

  02-02-2023 20:01 via news.google.com
  $400K in cocaine, cash seized from Edmonton homes and hidden compartment in vehicle  Global News
  
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• $400K in cocaine, cash seized from Edmonton homes and hidden compartment in vehicle

  02-02-2023 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A seven-month-long drug trafficking investigation led to several kilograms of cocaine being seized from two Edmonton residences and three people have been charged. 
  
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• Alberta has seen roughly 10,000 'excess' deaths since 2020, and COVID doesn't explain it all

  02-02-2023 19:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Since the pandemic began, roughly 10,000 more people died in Alberta than what would normally be expected for that time period. The province has officially attributed 5,300 deaths to COVID.
  
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• Alberta announces $15M investment in low-income transit programs across province

  02-02-2023 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Minister Jeremy Nixon told reporters Thursday that Calgary and Edmonton each received $4.5 million to provide low-income transit pass programs in their communities.
  
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• Rogers ‘confident’ it can compete with bigger Videotron if Shaw merger goes forward

  02-02-2023 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CEO of Rogers Communications believes the company is ready to handle increased competition from Videotron if its merger with Shaw Communications goes through.
  
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• Edmonton-area restaurants to explore in the new year - Global News

  02-02-2023 18:52 via news.google.com
  Edmonton-area restaurants to explore in the new year  Global News
  
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• Aaron Paquette: Making transit safer in Edmonton takes a co-ordinated approach - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 18:19 via news.google.com
  Aaron Paquette: Making transit safer in Edmonton takes a co-ordinated approach  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton inner-city senior program closes after 54 years - Global News

  02-02-2023 17:45 via news.google.com
  Edmonton inner-city senior program closes after 54 years  Global News
  
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• Edmonton inner-city senior program closes after 54 years

  02-02-2023 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The drop-in program and rooming house closed Wednesday due to a lack of funding and an increase in violence to staff and seniors, according to the board of directors.
  
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• Edmonton's new anti-racism initiative kicks off at a crawling pace - The Gateway Online

  02-02-2023 17:03 via news.google.com
  
  Edmonton's new anti-racism initiative kicks off at a crawling pace  The Gateway Online
  
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• Edmonton weather: Balzac Billy says spring will come early for Alberta - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 16:42 via news.google.com
  Edmonton weather: Balzac Billy says spring will come early for Alberta  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Undeclared milk on label triggers recall for Falooda Drink with Almond Flavour

  02-02-2023 16:40 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Falooda Drink with Almond Flavour because the product contains milk that is not listed on the label.
  
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• Jeffrey Sundquist no longer Edmonton Chamber of Commerce CEO - CTV News Edmonton

  02-02-2023 16:18 via news.google.com
  Jeffrey Sundquist no longer Edmonton Chamber of Commerce CEO  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Another AWG win for knuckle-hop champ Chris Stipdonk — but no record this time

  02-02-2023 16:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Chris Stipdonk, a veteran of knuckle hop, made it 188 feet on Wednesday — 21 and a half feet farther than the next competitor — seizing gold. He fell just shy of the 191 feet he needed to break the Arctic Winter Games record.
  
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• Keith Gerein: Momentum building for Jasper Avenue, but big hurdles remain to true recovery - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 14:04 via news.google.com
  Keith Gerein: Momentum building for Jasper Avenue, but big hurdles remain to true recovery  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Keith Gerein: Momentum building for Jasper Avenue, but big hurdles ... - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 14:04 via news.google.com
  
  Keith Gerein: Momentum building for Jasper Avenue, but big hurdles ...  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Thursday's letters: Cyclists pay their share for city roads - Edmonton Journal

  02-02-2023 13:04 via news.google.com
  Thursday's letters: Cyclists pay their share for city roads  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Third-party investigation finds systemic issues, dysfunction at Leduc Fire Services

  02-02-2023 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A third-party investigation into allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying within Leduc Fire Services identified “significant historical and systemic misconduct and mismanagement."
  
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• How an Alberta organization is raising awareness about eating disorders

  02-02-2023 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  February 1st marks the start of Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Angie Mellen from the Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta talks about the organization's events during the week-long campaign.
  
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• Alberta has updated its Police Act, but the work to improve policing rules isn't done yet

  02-02-2023 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Critics say the changes to legislation late last year miss the mark in some areas. Now, further work is set to begin on police regulations, the rules that address the law's practical applications.
  
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• The grocery price freeze is over — so brace yourself for even bigger food bills soon

  02-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The holiday price freeze put in place by some of Canada's biggest grocery chains has hit its expiry date, so shoppers should brace themselves for some news that could be hard to swallow: get ready for your food bill to go up. By a lot. Again. 
  
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• Some First Nations leaders criticize probe into national chief's workplace conduct

  02-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some First Nations chiefs are calling for a different type of workplace investigation to probe claims that the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations bullied and harassed staff — while others are urging the national advocacy organization to get back to business.
  
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• Regulating artificial intelligence: Things are about to get a lot more interesting

  02-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It might be many months or years before AI legislation is passed, yet it’s difficult to predict what AI will be capable of at that point.
  
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• Bird flu keeps spreading beyond birds. Scientists worry it signals a growing threat to humans, too

  02-02-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As a deadly form of avian influenza keeps ravaging bird populations around much of the world, scientists are also tracking infections among other animals — including various types of mammals more closely related to humans.
  
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• Superheroes without capes: Alberta Children’s Hospital transport team gets kids the help they need

  02-02-2023 07:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Country 105 FM's Caring For Kids Radiothon raises money for life-saving equipment at Alberta Children's Hospital. One such piece of equipment is the transport ventilator.
  
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• ‘Bedard Bump’ sending hockey phenom’s stats — and WHL ticket sales — through the roof

  02-02-2023 07:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  17,223 fans filled the Saddledome's lower bowl and packed into the highest corners of the East press level on Wednesday night in hopes of getting a peek at Pats star Connor Bedard.
  
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• Hundreds of protesters drown out speaker Frances Widdowson at University of Lethbridge

  02-02-2023 07:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Controversial former Mount Royal University professor Frances Widdowson was getting set to speak at the University of Lethbridge, but protesters took over the space.
  
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