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• U of A alum wins major award for cancer-fighting immunotherapy discovery

  19-09-2023 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Michel Sadelin is being awarded the Breakthrough Award in Life Sciences for his discovery of CAR T cells, which uses cells to heal cancer patients.
  
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• Alberta investing $7M into Cenovus Energy study on small modular reactors

  19-09-2023 23:38 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government will invest $7 million into a study focused on how small modular reactors could be used in northern Alberta in the future.
  
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• Avenue Magazine 2023 Made in Alberta award recipients announced

  19-09-2023 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  Handed out annually since 2019, the Made in Alberta Awards finds the best of the best local businesses in 10 categories, including home décor, crafts and beauty.
  
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• He completed a 3,000 km solo canoe trip through N.W.T. — with help from a stranger at his lowest point

  19-09-2023 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Calem Watson ended his journey Sept. 16 in Tuktoyaktuk on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
  
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• 90% of central Edmonton surface parking lots are unpermitted: city - CTV News Edmonton

  19-09-2023 23:27 via news.google.com
  90% of central Edmonton surface parking lots are unpermitted: city  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Alberta still working on application portal for E. coli outbreak compensation

  19-09-2023 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Minister Searle Turton said he’s working with different ministries to get the application web portal up and running so families can access the funds.
  
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• Union that represents Alberta health workers prepares for ‘intense’ bargaining

  19-09-2023 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  AUPE has 95,000 members working in government, health care, education, boards and agencies, municipalities, as well as private companies.
  
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• Alberta aurora watchers treated to stunning Northern Lights display

  19-09-2023 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parts of northcentral Alberta were awash in purple, pink, teal and green hues Monday night, in a gorgeous display of aurora borealis.
  
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• Alberta CMOH says E. coli numbers starting to 'trend in the right direction'

  19-09-2023 20:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said he's "encouraged" by the latest numbers following a weeks-long E. coli outbreak in Calgary, which has left hundreds of kids sick and closed multiple daycares. 
  
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• WestJet CEO says aviation will need significant government support to decarbonize

  19-09-2023 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alexis von Hoensbroech says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support.
  
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• Courtney Theriault joins 630 CHED with new midday talk radio show

  19-09-2023 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  On ‘Midday on 630 CHED with Courtney Theriault,’ the longtime journalist will zero in on all things Edmonton weekdays noon to 2 p.m.
  
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• Aviation will need significant government support to decarbonize: WestJet CEO

  19-09-2023 19:54 via cbc.ca
  
  The CEO of Canada's second-largest airline says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support.
  
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• Saskatchewan judge to hear school pronoun policy injunction application

  19-09-2023 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A Saskatchewan judge is to hear an injunction application that seeks to halt the province's policy affecting children who wish to use different pronouns at school.
  
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• Court hears arguments over injunction for Saskatchewan's school pronoun policy

  19-09-2023 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  An injunction application hearing has begun over Saskatchewan's policy that affects children who want to use different pronouns or names at school.
  
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• Insured damages from summer storms in Alberta estimated at $300M

  19-09-2023 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Severe storms in Alberta and the Prairies this summer resulted in more than $300 million in insured losses, according to initial estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada.
  
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• Sportsnet announces 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers broadcast schedule - Sportsnet.ca

  19-09-2023 18:58 via news.google.com
  Sportsnet announces 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers broadcast schedule  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• AC, Dreams Take Flight Edmonton mark 30 years of helping ... - PAX News

  19-09-2023 18:03 via news.google.com
  
  AC, Dreams Take Flight Edmonton mark 30 years of helping ...  PAX News
  
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• Edmonton conference looks to data to determine how to tackle crime - CBC.ca

  19-09-2023 17:57 via news.google.com
  
  Edmonton conference looks to data to determine how to tackle crime  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton conference looks to data to determine how to tackle crime

  19-09-2023 17:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Data became a focal point on the first day of the inaugural Safety of Our Cities conference held at the Edmonton Convention Centre. Law enforcement and data analysts across North America are in Edmonton and spoke about the importance of sharing data to ethically analyze.
  
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• Shelter-in-place lifted for O’Chiese First Nation but suspect still at large: police - CityNews Edmonton

  19-09-2023 17:40 via news.google.com
  
  Shelter-in-place lifted for O’Chiese First Nation but suspect still at large: police  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• Armed suspect sought by RCMP on O’Chiese FIrst Nation, public alert issued

  19-09-2023 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rocky Mountain House RCMP are currently on O’Chiese First Nation attempting to capture an armed suspect. A police initiated public alert has been issued.
  
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• Armed suspect sought by RCMP on O’Chiese FIrst Nation

  19-09-2023 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rocky Mountain House RCMP are currently on O’Chiese First Nation attempting to capture an armed suspect. A police initiated public alert has ended.
  
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• 1 pedestrian dead after collision on highway near Maskwacis, Alta.: RCMP

  19-09-2023 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  At about 9:30 p.m. Monday, a person was hit by a vehicle near Maskwacis, Alta., and died as a result, police said.
  
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• One day after explosive allegation, Trudeau says he's not trying to 'provoke' India

  19-09-2023 16:10 via cbc.ca
  
  One day after accusing the Indian government of playing a role in the brazen shooting of a Canadian Sikh leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he isn't trying to "provoke" the south Asian country.
  
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• Day after explosive allegation, Trudeau says he's not trying to 'provoke' India

  19-09-2023 16:10 via cbc.ca
  
  A day after accusing the Indian government of playing a role in the brazen shooting of a Canadian Sikh leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he isn't trying to "provoke" the south Asian country.
  
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• Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to visit Canada this week: sources

  19-09-2023 15:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Canada later this week after his visit to the United Nations and the U.S., sources told CBC News.
  
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• pedestrian-killed-in-highway-crash-south-of-edmonton - CTV News Edmonton

  19-09-2023 15:08 via news.google.com
  pedestrian-killed-in-highway-crash-south-of-edmonton  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• 'Formal process' needed to evaluate all deaths from collisions with RCMP vehicles, judge says

  19-09-2023 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A series of miscommunications and faulty assumptions led to an RCMP constable not realizing she was speeding through the scene of a pedestrian collision on a darkened highway until it was too late, a fatality inquiry has found.
  
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• Canada's inflation rate increases to 4%

  19-09-2023 14:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's inflation rate jumped higher last month, to an annual pace of four per cent, mostly because of an increase in gasoline prices.
  
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• India rejects Canada's allegations over killing of Sikh leader as 'absurd'

  19-09-2023 14:31 via cbc.ca
  
  India was quick to respond to Ottawa expelling an Indian diplomat amid allegations that New Delhi was involved in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader on Canadian soil, responding in kind with an expulsion of their own.
  
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• Ottawa city staff to take stand at ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial

  19-09-2023 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The trial will hear from those who provided daily situation updates to then-Ottawa mayor Jim Watson and the rest of city council during the demonstration.
  
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• In Edmonton, Goba Care raced to help northern evacuees - Cabin Radio

  19-09-2023 14:19 via news.google.com
  
  In Edmonton, Goba Care raced to help northern evacuees  Cabin Radio
  
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• Sturgeon County wins appeal to develop Villeneuve Airport Area - Taproot Edmonton

  19-09-2023 14:00 via news.google.com
  
  Sturgeon County wins appeal to develop Villeneuve Airport Area  Taproot Edmonton
  
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• Nationwide tracking sought for rare disease that is spread by canines, fatal if untreated

  19-09-2023 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As cases creep upward of a rare disease that spreads to humans from wild canines and dogs, medical experts say it's important to get a better understanding of its incidence across the country.
  
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• Federal probe angers one of Canada’s largest mortgage broker networks 

  19-09-2023 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Competition Bureau is investigating Dominion Lending Centres Inc. , a company whose franchise network includes 7,981 brokers working in 10 provinces through 544 franchises.
  
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• Saudis come to Calgary warning of the consequences of ditching oil

  19-09-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As hundreds of oil and gas executives and government representatives descend on Calgary for the World Petroleum Congress, a delegation from Saudi Arabia is warning of the consequences of ditching oil and preaching the need for a more realistic energy transition and more investment in oil and gas.
  
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• Saudi oil delegation at World Petroleum Congress says we're nowhere near peak fossil fuel

  19-09-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As hundreds of oil and gas executives and government representatives descend on Calgary for the World Petroleum Congress, a delegation from Saudi Arabia is warning of the consequences of ditching oil and preaching the need for a more realistic energy transition and more investment in oil and gas.
  
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• Animals are shrinking, researchers say — and that could affect the boreal forest

  19-09-2023 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study published in the journal Science looks at 60 years' worth of data and says body size in many species across the animal kingdom is declining. 
  
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• Inaugural conference brings experts to Edmonton to discuss safety ... - CBC.ca

  19-09-2023 09:46 via news.google.com
  
  Inaugural conference brings experts to Edmonton to discuss safety ...  CBC.ca
  
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• Safety of Our Cities Conference addresses policing issues like drugs, gangs, addictions

  19-09-2023 03:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Safety of Our Cities Conference explores topics such as data analysis, guns and gangs, substance use, homelessness, and crimes against vulnerable people such as trafficking.
  
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• Edmonton weather forecast: Monday, September 18, 2023 - Global News

  19-09-2023 03:03 via news.google.com
  Edmonton weather forecast: Monday, September 18, 2023  Global News
  
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• Safety similarities between Albuquerque and Edmonton highlighted at conference - Global News

  19-09-2023 02:45 via news.google.com
  Safety similarities between Albuquerque and Edmonton highlighted at conference  Global News
  
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• Alberta government announces K-6 social studies curriculum plan, timeline

  19-09-2023 02:21 via cbc.ca
  
  ATA president Jason Schilling says today's announcement shows the government listened to criticisms and is now moving in a better direction.
  
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• Carter Savoie leads but not enough teammates follow as Oilers Rookies fall 5-2 in Penticton finale - Edmonton Journal

  19-09-2023 02:04 via news.google.com
  Carter Savoie leads but not enough teammates follow as Oilers Rookies fall 5-2 in Penticton finale  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Alberta premier brands federal minister's net-zero speech at oil conference 'tone-deaf'

  19-09-2023 01:54 via cbc.ca
  
  The World Petroleum Congress had barely kicked off Sunday before rifts between Alberta and Ottawa around energy policy took centre stage, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith criticizing the speech of a federal minister, who says his comments were misinterpreted.
  
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• Wait times for some EVs still long in Canada. Why it’s the opposite in the U.S.

  19-09-2023 01:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  While wait times for electric vehicles in Canada have improved, they can still be well over a year. It's a situation that hasn't developed south of the border in the United States.
  
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• Top in home building industry honoured at BILD Alberta Awards - Edmonton Journal

  19-09-2023 01:22 via news.google.com
  Top in home building industry honoured at BILD Alberta Awards  Edmonton Journal
  
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• Edmonton smoke affecting moods: registered provisional psychologist - CTV News Edmonton

  19-09-2023 01:17 via news.google.com
  Edmonton smoke affecting moods: registered provisional psychologist  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Feds pledge $175M for 12 clean energy projects in Alberta

  19-09-2023 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several Alberta-based clean energy projects will be bolstered by millions in funding from the federal government, but the premier says the net-zero goals remain far-fetched.
  
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• In 2023, Edmonton sees most smoke hours ever on record - Global News

  19-09-2023 00:55 via news.google.com
  In 2023, Edmonton sees most smoke hours ever on record  Global News
  
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