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• Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in NE Edmonton crash - CTV News Edmonton

  27-08-2024 23:36 via news.google.com
  Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in NE Edmonton crash  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Calgary water crisis: Use outpaces cap on 1st full day of new restrictions

  27-08-2024 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgarians sent 530 million litres down the drain on the first full day of the new round of rationing.
  
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• Conversations for the congregation: The rise of religious podcasts in Edmonton

  27-08-2024 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The show Upfront With the Archbishop uses informal conversations to connect
  
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• What to know for the Paralympic Games

  27-08-2024 22:29 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Sports' daily newsletter presents a quick primer on the Paris Paralympics, including some fun facts about the Canadian team.
  
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• Jasper wildfire now 9th-costliest natural disaster for insurance payouts in Canada’s history: IBC

  27-08-2024 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A representative with the Insurance Bureau of Canada said the insured damages from the Jasper wildfire are estimated at $880 million. 
  
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• Banff pedestrian zone initiative coming to an end after Labour Day long weekend

  27-08-2024 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The town made part of its main thoroughfare car-free in 2020 to reduce the risk for visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic
  
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• Premier Danielle Smith reveals plans to transfer some Alberta hospitals away from AHS

  27-08-2024 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says her government’s plan to restructure health care includes removing AHS as the operator of some hospitals and turn facilities over to Covenant Health.
  
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• New high school opening in southeast Edmonton

  27-08-2024 19:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton’s newest public high school, Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack, opens this week in the Meadows. The school will welcome 850 students in grades 10 and 11 this year. Grade 12 will be added next year. At 21,818 square metres, with 103 classrooms and room for 2,400 students, it's the first new public high school in Edmonton since Dr. Anne Anderson High School opened in 2021.
  
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• Alberta sets record for new housing starts: ‘Not just a blip’

  27-08-2024 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the BILD Alberta Association, July 2024 marked the most active month for housing starts ever recorded in Alberta.
  
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• Residents express concern about homeless shelter opening in Edmonton industrial area - CityNews Edmonton

  27-08-2024 18:11 via news.google.com
  Residents express concern about homeless shelter opening in Edmonton industrial area  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• Alberta premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals away from AHS - Edmonton Journal

  27-08-2024 17:23 via news.google.com
  Alberta premier reveals plans to transfer hospitals away from AHS  Edmonton Journal
  
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• NEXTGEN TALENT HITS EDMONTON - Curling Canada

  27-08-2024 16:13 via news.google.com
  NEXTGEN TALENT HITS EDMONTON  Curling Canada
  
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• Pat Anderson, Katarina Roxon named Canada's flag-bearers for Paris Paralympics opening ceremony

  27-08-2024 16:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Basketball player Pat Anderson and swimmer Katarina Roxon, who have competed at a combined nine Paralympics, will lead Canada's delegation at Wednesday's opening ceremony at 1:20 p.m. ET at Place de la Concorde, the largest square in Paris.
  
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• Edmonton needs more composting space to keep up with green cart expansion, city officials say - CBC.ca

  27-08-2024 16:00 via news.google.com
  Edmonton needs more composting space to keep up with green cart expansion, city officials say  CBC.ca
  
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• Edmonton needs more composting space to keep up with green cart expansion, city officials say

  27-08-2024 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton needs more space to process organic materials as more apartment and condo buildings join the green cart program. The city plans to build a new compost facility, but while that's in the works, the city also plans to hire an outside company to process organics outside Edmonton.
  
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• REPORT: Oilers Could Trade For New Defender Soon - The Hockey News

  27-08-2024 15:03 via news.google.com
  REPORT: Oilers Could Trade For New Defender Soon  The Hockey News
  
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• Q&A: Could bus rapid transit improve Edmonton's transit system?

  27-08-2024 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  On Monday, Edmonton AM host Tara McCarthy spoke with Dallas Karhut, a senior engineer in mobility strategies with the City of Edmonton about the proposed bus rapid transit system.
  
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• Q&A: Could BRT improve Edmonton's transit system?

  27-08-2024 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  On Monday, Edmonton AM host Tara McCarthy spoke with Dallas Karhut, a senior engineer in mobility strategies with the City of Edmonton about the proposed bus rapid transit system.
  
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• Men convicted in Coutts blockade were ready for shootout with police, judge says

  27-08-2024 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Alberta judge says evidence shows two men convicted for their roles at the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta., were ready for a shootout with police.
  
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• Judge to outline facts ahead of Thursday sentencing in Coutts border blockade

  27-08-2024 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A judge will outline the pertinent facts to be considered before sentencing arguments begin for two men convicted of mischief and a weapons charge at the Coutts border blockade.
  
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• Vancouver tanker traffic rises tenfold after TMX project

  27-08-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Data collected by a Simon Fraser University professor, which has been corroborated by Trans Mountain, shows that tanker traffic in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet has increased tenfold since the company's expanded pipeline came online this summer.
  
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• As more Albertans turn to free family and community programs, operators say funding hasn't kept up

  27-08-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A record number of Albertans taking advantage of free family and community programs is putting some strain on the networks that run them.
  
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• Rio Tinto aims for 'something that not many others have done': successful closure of an N.W.T. mine

  27-08-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Rio Tinto is still two years away from ending production at its Diavik diamond mine in the N.W.T. and already there are signs of how nature may reclaim East Island in the years to come.
  
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• Like it or not — more of us are bagging our own groceries

  27-08-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It's apparent that Canadians bagging their own groceries has become the norm at many grocery stores. CBC News explores how we got to this point and why some shoppers aren't happy about it.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers considering trade that would 'shake things up': top NHL insider - Edmonton Journal

  27-08-2024 04:15 via news.google.com
  Edmonton Oilers considering trade that would 'shake things up': top NHL insider  Edmonton Journal
  
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• ‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk - Global News Toronto

  27-08-2024 03:25 via news.google.com
  ‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk  Global News Toronto
  
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• ‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk - Global News

  27-08-2024 03:25 via news.google.com
  ‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk  Global News
  
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• ‘His last wish’: Edmonton mom hopes to get son’s painting to P!nk

  27-08-2024 03:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  An Edmonton mother hopes the perfect storm will help fulfill her son's last wish. Getting a painting he made while battling cancer, before he died, to the pop star P!nk.
  
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• Alberta human rights tribunal hears trans advocate's discrimination complaint against EPS

  27-08-2024 02:52 via cbc.ca
  
  2SLGBTQ+ advocate Marni Panas filed a human rights complaint after a 911 call on the night of Apr. 11, 2019 turned into an ordeal where she was misgendered multiple times, and one police dispatcher assumed the transgender woman Panas was calling about was a sex worker.
  
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• 'Nobody could park anywhere': Metallica concert goers clog residential streets with illegal parking jobs - CTV News Edmonton

  27-08-2024 02:18 via news.google.com
  'Nobody could park anywhere': Metallica concert goers clog residential streets with illegal parking jobs  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• New homeless shelter to open in Edmonton industrial area - CTV News Edmonton

  27-08-2024 01:12 via news.google.com
  New homeless shelter to open in Edmonton industrial area  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Goldfish cull using controversial chemical to resume at west Edmonton storm pond - CTV News Edmonton

  27-08-2024 01:09 via news.google.com
  Goldfish cull using controversial chemical to resume at west Edmonton storm pond  CTV News Edmonton
  
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• Rocky Mountain coal hearings still scheduled despite Alberta’s top court allowing appeal

  27-08-2024 01:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The regulator has promised to hold public hearings into three applications from Northback Holdings to explore for coal on the Grassy Mountain site in southwestern Alberta.
  
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• Service resuming on Edmonton Valley Line LRT after collision with truck - CityNews Edmonton

  27-08-2024 00:23 via news.google.com
  Service resuming on Edmonton Valley Line LRT after collision with truck  CityNews Edmonton
  
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• South Edmonton crash sees front end of train ‘partially derailed,’ disrupts LRT service - Global News Toronto

  27-08-2024 00:06 via news.google.com
  South Edmonton crash sees front end of train ‘partially derailed,’ disrupts LRT service  Global News Toronto
  
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• South Edmonton crash sees front end of train ‘partially derailed,’ disrupts LRT service

  27-08-2024 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Edmonton Police Service is now investigating.
  
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• Search committee struck to replace head for the Alberta Energy Regulator

  27-08-2024 00:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The AER's president, Laurie Pushor, is stepping down along with the regulator board's chairman, David Goldie.
  
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