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• NAIT Culinary Arts

  27-01-2018 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  NAIT Culinary Arts students are heading to Dubai for a cooking competition. A NAIT student and instructor who are heading to the competition were in the Global Edmonton studio Saturday.
  
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• Alberta spending $400M on new water bombers for aging firefighting fleet

  18-02-2026 03:58 via cbc.ca
  Alberta is spending $400 million to add five new water bombers to its aging firefighting fleet over the next several years.
  
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• Prairies bracing for up to 40cm of snowfall | Hanomansing Tonight

  18-02-2026 02:58 via cbc.ca
  A major winter storm is bearing down on the Prairies tonight and into Wednesday, with heavy snow and strong winds coming in from the north. Southern Ontario is expected to be hit with the winter blast later this week.
  
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• Edmonton police seek public help on investigation into fatal shooting

  18-02-2026 02:03 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a fatal shooting in north Edmonton early Monday afternoon.
  
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• Edmonton city councillor’s motion to change infill cap from 8 units to 6 fails

  18-02-2026 01:49 via cbc.ca
  An Edmonton city councillor tried to reduce the maximum number of units allowed on mid-block infill developments from eight to six. However, that motion failed as some councillors questioned whether the focus on the number of units was misguided.
  
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• Poilievre says Conservatives want national unity in face of separation threats

  18-02-2026 01:31 via cbc.ca
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he hasn't had a single member of Parliament from within his party express they're in favour of Alberta separatism.
  
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• Edmonton takes another crack at faster snow removal

  18-02-2026 01:00 via cbc.ca
  The City of Edmonton is hiring more graders to help clear the estimated 30 centimetres of snow forecast to fall on Tuesday. The city took nearly a month to clear roads after a record snowfall in late December. Natasha Riebe tells us what the city is planning to do this time.
  
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• Calgary family uses billboard in plea to find a kidney donor

  18-02-2026 00:46 via globalnews.ca
  Having undergone treatment for cancer and getting the all-clear, the timing is now critical for Alice Pesta to receive another transplant.
  
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• Redblacks sign offensive linemen MacKellar, Ivey

  17-02-2026 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Ottawa Redblacks shored up their offensive line Tuesday by signing Canadian Gregor MacKellar and American Martez Ivey.
  
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• Poilievre disagrees with Conservative MP's 'anti-American hissy fit' comments

  17-02-2026 23:33 via cbc.ca
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he disagrees with how one of his MPs recently characterized Canada's reaction to U.S President Donald Trump's tariffs and taunts.
  
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• Winter returns to Alberta with blizzard warnings and a new parking ban for Edmonton

  17-02-2026 23:10 via cbc.ca
  The vast majority of the province is currently under Environment Canada alerts for heavy snowfall, winter storms or extreme cold.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to announce investment in fighting wildfires

  17-02-2026 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the minister of forestry and parks will be making an announcement Tuesday afternoon on improving the province's ability to fight wildfires.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces investment in fighting wildfires

  17-02-2026 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the minister of forestry and parks will be making an announcement Tuesday afternoon on improving the province's ability to fight wildfires.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announce investment in fighting wildfires

  17-02-2026 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the minister of forestry and parks will be making an announcement Tuesday afternoon on improving the province's ability to fight wildfires.
  
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• Alberta government announces purchase of new waterbombers to fight wildfires

  17-02-2026 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the minister of forestry and parks have announced the province's plan to purchase five new De Havilland waterbombers.
  
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• Canadians can now travel to China visa-free. Here's what people are saying about the change

  17-02-2026 21:44 via cbc.ca
  Toronto business leaders and travel groups are applauding changes to China’s visa rules, which will allow Canadian passport holders to travel to the country visa-free starting Tuesday.
  
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• Tumbler Ridge school shooting victim set to return home from Vancouver hospital

  17-02-2026 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  One of the surviving victims of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting will be heading home soon, but the other victim remains in serious condition at BC Children's Hospital.
  
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• Tumbler Ridge school shooting victim set to hopefully return home soon from Vancouver hospital

  17-02-2026 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  One of the surviving victims of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting will be heading home soon, but the other victim remains in serious condition at BC Children's Hospital.
  
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• Fee charged to hospital patients waiting for long-term care points to system bottleneck, some say

  17-02-2026 21:06 via cbc.ca
  Calgarian Joan MacTavish is frustrated and disappointed her 92-year-old father is subject to a daily fee while he's in hospital waiting for a long-term care space to open up. The fee isn't new. It's meant to offset hospital costs, but experts say it might not be the best tool to manage patient flow.
  
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• What is the Jay Treaty cited in First Nations travel advisories to the U.S.?

  17-02-2026 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Jay Treaty allows Indigenous to travel freely to the U.S. to live, work or travel, but some First Nations are urging caution due to the U.S. changes around immigration.
  
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• Build it here or buy it there? Canada’s defence plan meets Trump’s new arms agenda

  17-02-2026 18:30 via cbc.ca
  The Carney government formally released its long-awaited defence industrial strategy, which aims to boost domestic weapons manufacturing while reducing Canada’s heavy reliance on U.S. suppliers.
  
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• Prairies to see plummeting temperatures, heavy snow as winter returns

  17-02-2026 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada says parts of southern Saskatchewan are under an orange snowfall warning, with some areas expecting up to 35 centimetres of snow by Thursday morning.
  
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• Prairies experience plummeting temperatures, heavy snow as winter returns

  17-02-2026 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  The return of winter weather across the prairie provinces means much of the region is blanketed by cold, snowfall and blowing snow warnings for the next few days.
  
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• Provinces contend with fresh shocks ahead of 2026 budget season

  17-02-2026 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  A new analysis from Desjardins indicates some resilience to U.S. trade pressures and revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into budget season.
  
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• Canadian speed skating women capture gold for back-to-back Olympic titles in team pursuit

  17-02-2026 15:08 via cbc.ca
  Canada's Isabelle Weidemann, Valérie Maltais, and Ivanie Blondin successfully defended Olympic speed skating gold Tuesday, prevailing over the Dutch in women’s team pursuit in Milan.
  
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• Expanded restorative justice program in Fort McMurray praised for changing lives

  17-02-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The restorative justice process challenges offenders to accept responsibility for their actions through meetings with their victims and achieving goals that improve their lives.
  
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• EPSB review of new school resource officer program largely positive

  17-02-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The school resource officer (SRO) program has mostly garnered praise from school and education staff, after it returned to some Edmonton schools last year.
  
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• Alberta’s AI data centre boom unleashes ‘gold rush’ for electricity allotments

  17-02-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Last year, as AI data centre proponents competed for a portion of the limited 1,200 megawatts that would connect their projects to the provincial grid, one company secured 180 megawatts from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) — then sold it to a buyer for $18 million.
  
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• Transport Canada documents raise concerns over forever chemicals as far back as 1984

  17-02-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Files obtained through access to information confirm Transport Canada was concerned about forever chemicals, known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as far back as the 1980s.
  
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• Canadian immigration officers investigating hundreds identified by extortion task force

  17-02-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  New statistics suggest Canadian border officers are playing an increasing role in combating the gangs that have spread fear in cities with large South Asian populations.
  
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