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• MEC loses $11M as new CEO braces against storm of competition

  28-11-2019 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada’s largest outdoor gear retailer, is losing money — a lot of it.
  
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• Natural gas pipeline fire in Yellowhead County prompts Alberta Wildfire response

  16-04-2024 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A TC Energy natural gas pipeline caught fire west of Edmonton late Tuesday morning, sending up a large plume of flames and smoke and triggering a small wildfire.
  
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• 2024 federal budget's key takeaways: Housing and carbon rebates, students and sin taxes

  16-04-2024 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today tabled a 400-page-plus budget her government is pitching as a balm for anxious millennials and Generation Z. The budget proposes more than $52 billion in new spending over five years - and a focus on getting more affordable houses built. Here are some of the notable funding initiatives and legislative commitments in budget 2024.
  
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• Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending

  16-04-2024 22:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fourth budget delivers a big-ticket housing program for millennials and Generation Z voters — a multi-billion dollar commitment to be paid for in part with a tax hike on the rich and corporate Canada.
  
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• Fire chief asks for Edmontonians’ help ahead of wildfire season

  16-04-2024 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Over the last two weeks, looking at the dashboard, anywhere from five to 10 grass wildfires were happening per day,' Edmonton's fire chief said Tuesday.
  
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• Government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning

  16-04-2024 21:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines.
  
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• Hockey business booming as NHL sets new single-season attendance record

  16-04-2024 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  More eyes are on NHL hockey games than ever before with the playoffs beginning this weekend.
  
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• Alberta, coal lobbyists talked for years about more open-pit mining in the Rockies: documents

  16-04-2024 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.
  
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• For new Alberta wildfire fighters, mental health and fatigue are top of mind

  16-04-2024 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 500 people have been trained by Alberta Wildfire for this wildfire season, which is already underway in the province. This year, new recruits have been told to prioritize their mental health, as this season is forecast to be intense.
  
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• Alberta's wildfire season has begun. Here's how its 500 new firefighters are preparing for it

  16-04-2024 19:57 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 500 people have been trained by Alberta Wildfire for this wildfire season, which is already underway in the province. This year, new recruits have been told to prioritize their mental health, as this season is forecast to be intense.
  
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• Kevin Hart to headline this summer’s Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Edmonton

  16-04-2024 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kevin Hart will bring his "Acting My Age" standup tour to Kinsmen Park in Edmonton on July 13.
  
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• With NHL playoffs set to start soon, Giordano among oldest players who hasn’t won a Stanley Cup

  16-04-2024 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  They are among the oldest and most experienced veterans in the NHL playoffs this year who have never hoisted the Stanley Cup.
  
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• McDavid 4th NHL player to reach 100-assist milestone, joining Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr

  16-04-2024 17:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Connor McDavid achieved a rare feat as his team was administering a rare beating, scoring a goal and adding his 100th assist of the season as the Edmonton Oilers throttled San Jose 9-2 in their final regular-season home game on Monday night.
  
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• Jurors to hear closing arguments in trial for men charged after Coutts border blockade

  16-04-2024 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Closing arguments are scheduled today for three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022.
  
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• Jurors hear closing arguments in trial for men charged after Coutts border blockade

  16-04-2024 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Closing arguments were made at the trial of Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and Gerhard Janzen in Lethbridge, Alta.
  
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• Proposed Edmonton recovery centre aims to give lung transplant patients financial breathing room

  16-04-2024 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  There are only four places to get a lung transplant in Canada and the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton is one of them — but patients are responsible for finding their own accommodation.
  
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• L.A., Belfast… Rainbow Lake? Why a remote Alberta town joined cities in Plant-Based Treaty

  16-04-2024 14:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rainbow Lake is the first town in Canada to officially endorse the Plant-Based Treaty.
  
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• Defunct Lynx Air blames contractor for delayed passenger refunds

  16-04-2024 14:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Lynx, which ceased operations and filed for creditor protection in late February, claimed in court filings that the firm hired to handle bookings, Texas-based Sabre Corp., has hampered passenger reimbursements.
  
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• Drought puts Alberta farmers at risk of another scourge of grasshoppers

  16-04-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it's a waiting game to see how many insects take wing.
  
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• Drought puts Alberta farmers at risk at another scourge of grasshoppers

  16-04-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Parts of Alberta are at heightened risk of another grasshopper population boom in 2024, after significant outbreaks during the last growing season — but it's a waiting game to see how many insects take wing.
  
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• 'A race against time': Alberta community chasing solutions after months of hauling water

  16-04-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Municipal District of Pincher Creek has been dealing with a water crisis for months, which has already cost it more than $1 million. Now, time is ticking on a possible solution — but are bigger problems still ahead?
  
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• Indigenous infrastructure gap estimated at more than $425B

  16-04-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As the Trudeau government prepares to release a housing and affordability focused federal budget for 2024, Indigenous organizations estimate it would take more than $425 billion to close the infrastructure gap in their communities by the government’s stated goal of 2030.
  
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• Freeland tables her fourth federal budget — this time with a tight focus on housing

  16-04-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her fourth federal budget today, laying out the government's plan to spend billions of dollars on housing to improve supply — a plan the Liberals also hope will boost their prospects with a crucial group of voters.
  
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• Connor McDavid hits 100 assists in Edmonton Oilers rout of Sharks

  16-04-2024 06:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Connor McDavid reached the historic 100-assist plateau in a 9-2 Oilers drubbing of the San Jose Sharks at Rogers Place on Monday Night.
  
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• Alberta government announces wage offer for AUPE workers during collective bargaining

  16-04-2024 03:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said negotiations should take place in good faith and at the bargaining table, not through the press.
  
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• Proposed Renter’s Bill of Rights a good first step, but not enough for Alberta: advocate

  16-04-2024 02:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced three new proposed reforms in the 2024 budget that aim to protect Canadian renters.
  
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• Hate Crimes Unit investigating symbols burned in grass at Edmonton park

  16-04-2024 02:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  City crews were cleaning up at Gold Bar Park after what appeared to be a Swastika burned into the grass was reported to Edmonton police.
  
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• Fire crews responding to wildfire northeast of Jasper

  16-04-2024 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada and Jasper Fire Department crews are responding to a wildfire northeast of Jasper.
  
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• Fire crews contain wildfire northeast of Jasper

  16-04-2024 02:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A wildfire that broke out Monday northeast of the Jasper townsite is now contained. 
  
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• Uncertain future for Banff pedestrian zone after vehicle-friendly petition validated

  16-04-2024 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  The decision to turn a section of Banff Avenue into a summer season pedestrian zone will undergo another council vote after a petition opposing the plan was declared valid.
  
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