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• Prize pumpkin pinched from Edmonton backyard

  17-08-2018 21:24 via cbc.ca
  As pumpkins go, this was a beauty - two feet across and already over 30 pounds. It was growing along the fence in Wendi Matthes’s backyard in the Kensington neighbourhood.
  
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• Nanaimo tugboat break-in suspect arrested for 3rd time in a week

  08-02-2026 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Court records indicate Marcel Alvin Fontaine, 44, appeared before a Justice of the Peace on Saturday after he was taken into custody for allegedly breaching his release order.
  
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• How small-town Trochu rallied after fire shut down Sunterra Meats plant

  08-02-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A fire shuttered Trochu's primary employer in 2024, leaving many immigrant workers living in the small Alberta town vulnerable. The immediate wake of the fire brought fear and uncertainty, but residents also say it brought the town together in a way it hadn’t been before.
  
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• Central Alberta clinic pioneers ‘first-of-its-kind’ sexual assault care

  08-02-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  This ‘first-of-its-kind’ centre in Red Deer, Alta., is diverting over a third of sexual assault cases away from busy hospital emergency rooms, providing patients with a calmer and more private health experience.
  
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• No place for politics in F-35 cockpits as Canadian fighter jet pilots get ready to train at U.S. base

  08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona later this year to train on the F-35 when Canada eventually takes possession of the 16 jets it’s committed to buying.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responds to critics of her threats around judicial reform

  08-02-2026 04:13 via cbc.ca
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended her threat to withhold funding for judges if her government doesn't get more say on their appointment on Saturday, saying it's a negotiating tactic.
  
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• Edmonton's Vietnamese community celebrates the Lunar New Year

  08-02-2026 01:48 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton's Vietnamese community is celebrating the Lunar New Year with a massive celebration before the new year officially begins. As CBC's Nicole Healey explains, the community hopes celebrations like this can increase Vietnamese representation in Edmonton.
  
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• Alberta hospital support staff ratify collective agreement with province: union

  07-02-2026 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  In November, a deal reached one minute before more than 16,000 nursing care staff, which includes licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, were set to strike was approved.
  
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• Canadian Olympians careful of norovirus at Athletes' Village in Milan

  07-02-2026 17:06 via cbc.ca
  Canadian women's hockey team is being careful to avoid the norovirus that has made news in their sport early in Milano Cortina 2026.
  
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• How Black health-care pioneers influenced modern medicine in Canada

  07-02-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  From early public health advocacy to modern research, Black Canadian physicians and health professionals have shaped medicine, patient care and policy across the country. Yet many of their contributions remain largely absent from public memory, even as conversations about equity, access and representation continue to evolve.
  
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• Badgers designated as ‘special concern’ species in Prairie provinces

  07-02-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Badgers are common on the Prairies, but a recent federal assessment suggests they’re vulnerable to the same threats facing the endangered populations in Ontario and British Columbia.
  
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• Will Canada's new auto strategy put as many EVs on the road as Carney says?

  07-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Despite widespread approval from manufacturers, Premiers and even environmentalists, Mark Carney's auto sector plan likely sets Canada further back from achieving its climate goals.
  
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• Warming temperatures are shrinking snowpack in key Canadian watersheds, study suggests

  07-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire risk in Canada’s forests.
  
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• Support services workers at Alberta hospitals ratify new collective agreement with province

  07-02-2026 06:29 via cbc.ca
  General support services workers at Alberta hospitals who are represented by the AUPE have ratified a new collective agreement with Alberta Health Services.
  
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• Parents plead for return of plaque honouring Brentwood 5 massacre victims in Calgary

  07-02-2026 01:39 via globalnews.ca
  Calgary police are looking for a bronze plaque honouring the Brentwood Five, which was recently discovered missing by the mom of one of the victims killed at a house party in 2014.
  
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• China overturns death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg

  07-02-2026 00:19 via cbc.ca
  China's top court has overturned the death sentence for accused Canadian drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian official told CBC News.
  
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• Leon Draisaitl carries flag for Germany at opening ceremony before Olympic debut

  06-02-2026 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  The last time the NHL took part in the Winter Olympics in 2014, when Draisaitl was an 18-year-old playing junior hockey in Canada. He was drafted by the Oilers later that year.
  
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• Blue Bombers sign DL Ceresna to two-year deal

  06-02-2026 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American defensive lineman Jake Ceresna to a two- year contract, the CFL club announced Friday.
  
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• Argonauts re-sign all-star returner Grant

  06-02-2026 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  The Toronto Argonauts have locked up a key piece, re-signing American return specialist Janarion Grant. 
  
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• Parents can now see medical records of Alberta teens, sparking worry among doctors

  06-02-2026 22:57 via cbc.ca
  Some Alberta doctors are warning a move by the provincial government to increase the access parents have to the medical records of teenagers could put some patients at risk.
  
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• 'You just need to watch him': Connor McDavid hitting new highs ahead of Olympic debut

  06-02-2026 22:51 via cbc.ca
  Connor McDavid is on the brink of one of his biggest moments yet — his first Olympics.
  
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• Lawyers decry province's defunding of Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre

  06-02-2026 22:31 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre is scrambling to find new funders after Alberta’s justice minister intervened to cancel a grant that was their main source of funding.
  
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• Prosecutors drop aggravated assault charge against hockey prospect Gavin McKenna

  06-02-2026 21:04 via cbc.ca
  Prosecutors have withdrawn a felony aggravated assault charge against Yukon-born hockey prospect Gavin McKenna.
  
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• Parks Canada looks at new tactics to curb Lake Louise overcrowding

  06-02-2026 18:19 via cbc.ca
  From a summertime ban of vehicles, a reservation system, parking time limits or maintaining the status quo of paid parking, the federal agency is looking at ways to lessen the impact of visitation at the popular tourist attraction.
  
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• Alberta auto insurance reforms aim to reduce court battles over compensation

  06-02-2026 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Courtrooms and lawyers' offices in Alberta are set to become less busy next year, when changes to the province's auto insurance market take effect. 
  
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• 37 loaded CN Rail cars go off tracks west of Edmonton, sparking probe

  06-02-2026 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Federal investigators are being deployed to central Alberta after a large train derailment west of Edmonton.
  
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• 37 loaded CN Rail cars go off tracks near Edmonton, sparking probe

  06-02-2026 17:58 via globalnews.ca
  Federal investigators are being deployed to central Alberta after a large train derailment west of Edmonton.
  
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• Federal investigators dispatched to CN train derailment in central Alberta

  06-02-2026 17:49 via cbc.ca
  The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investigators to Alberta after 37 train cars went off the tracks on Thursday near a hamlet west of Edmonton.
  
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• So you’re not a world-class athlete. How can you get to the Olympics?

  06-02-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  The Olympics aren't just for world-class athletes. Every two years, a vital network of support staff travels the globe to make the Games possible. Here is their advice for reaching the Olympic stage without being a competitor.
  
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• So you’re not a professional athlete. How can you get to the Olympics?

  06-02-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  The Olympics aren't just for world-class athletes. Every two years, a vital network of support staff travels the globe to make the Games possible. Here is their advice for reaching the Olympic stage without being a competitor.
  
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