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• Santa’s Parade of Lights in Edmonton changing up its route for 2017

  06-11-2017 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Santa’s Parade of Lights will once again be making its way through downtown Edmonton later this month, but the route is a little different than previous years.
  
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• Oilers put Nugent-Hopkins on injured reserve

  01-10-2026 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will miss his second straight game Thursday as the Edmonton Oilers visit the Vancouver Canucks.
  
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• Biometric monitoring installation by Grande Prairie police aims to improve safety in holding cells

  01-10-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Grande Prairie Police Service is installing contactless biometric monitoring technology in eight holding cells to help prevent death and serious injuries of people in custody.
  
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• Alberta men convicted in Coutts border blockade set to receive appeal decisions

  01-10-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Court of Appeal is set to release its decisions Thursday morning in the cases of two leaders of the 2022 Coutts border blockade who were convicted of mischief and weapons offences.
  
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• Alberta men convicted in Coutts border blockade lose appeals

  01-10-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeals of two leaders of the 2022 Coutts border blockade who were convicted of mischief and weapons offences.
  
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• Alberta educators grapple with referendum lessons in the face of neutrality law

  01-10-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In Brett Dibble’s Grade 12-level social studies classes, lessons about Alberta’s 10 fall referendum questions are among the first issues students dived into this school year.
  
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• A decade of Rogers Place. Is Edmonton better off?

  01-10-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Rogers Place was meant to revitalize downtown Edmonton, but has that happened? As the arena marks its 10th anniversary, the CBC’s Brennan Klak explores its complicated history, its controversial ownership model and whether the Oilers Entertainment Group has too much power in downtown Edmonton.
  
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• Why Lac La Biche's shoreline is getting a health checkup

  01-10-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Biologists are revisiting Lac La Biche's shoreline a decade after a previous assessment to track changes in development and environmental conditions.
  
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• Poll suggests slight majority of UCP voters favour separation as party stares down ‘tough days’ ahead

  01-10-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new poll suggests the group with the highest level of support for Alberta separation is supporters of the United Conservative Party, trumping other groups, including those defined by age, religiosity and education.
  
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• Ottawa faces deadline on whether to fast-track new West Coast pipeline

  01-10-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Thursday marks a critical milestone in the proposal to construct a new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast.
  
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• New documentary takes you behind the scenes of the 2022 Papal visit to Canada

  01-10-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new documentary The Apology: Act 2 is highlighting the behind the scenes of the 2022 Pope Francis visit to Indigenous communities in Canada where he made his historic apology to survivors of residential schools and their families.
  
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• West Coast pipeline deadline day: Carney, Smith to make announcement in Fort McMurray

  01-10-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thursday marks Ottawa's deadline to decide whether to designate a proposed pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia's south coast as a project of national interest.
  
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• Carney designates West Coast pipeline as a ‘national interest’ project

  01-10-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The proposed new pipeline would see up to one million barrels per day flow from Alberta to Delta, B.C., for export to Asian markets.
  
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• I'm an Indigenous entrepreneur fighting to keep my business. Alberta needs change, but not separatism

  01-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In Fort McMurray, Mike Deranger built a successful oil and gas service company during a heyday of support for local Indigenous business. But so much has changed, he writes, and the independence movement is not offering solutions.
  
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• Former soldier exposes how Canadian white supremacist group recruits members

  01-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Second Sons Canada describes itself as a "men's nationalist club" dedicated to fitness and preserving Canada's heritage, but a former military member who attempted to join the group says he only learned about its true nature — which included adoration for Hitler, neo-Nazis and hatred for Jews — when he met them in person and was presented with a confidentiality contract.
  
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• Edmonton’s reconciliation with Indigenous people includes tangible, symbolic steps

  01-10-2026 05:08 via cbc.ca
  
  In Alberta’s capital, which is home to the second-largest urban Indigenous population in the country, some steps aimed at reconciliation have and are being taken to implement some of the 94 calls to action outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final 2015 report.
  
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• Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk is in 'high spirits' for Thursday's launch to the International Space Station

  01-10-2026 03:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Just six months after Jeremy Hansen launched on the Artemis II mission, another Canadian is ready to blast off into space, this time for a six-month mission.
  
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• Marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Fort Edmonton Park

  01-10-2026 03:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Edmonton's oldest historic site served as a place to remember the history of Canada's Indigenous people on the sixth annual National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
  
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• UCP MLA says he’s voted in favour of Alberta holding binding referendum on independence

  01-10-2026 02:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan says he has voted in favour of Alberta’s government proceeding with a legally binding referendum on separation, but adds he hopes to see Canada united if Alberta is “treated fairly” as a result.
  
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• Campaign sign rules causing confusion, concern among municipalities ahead of Alberta referendum

  01-10-2026 02:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Ahead of the October referendum, some Alberta municipal leaders say it's unclear who's responsible for enforcing rules around campaign signs. Changes to the provincial Election Act prevent municipalities from passing new bylaws or resolutions about election signs or advertisements. Instead, the provincial government can make regulations establishing rules on ads, including their placement.
  
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• Trump says 'very bad' Canada is being 'taught a little lesson' as trade action escalates

  01-10-2026 01:21 via cbc.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's war of words with Canada continued Wednesday as he veered off a prepared script at an event marking Hispanic Heritage Month in the States to chastise Canadian leaders for being what he called "very bad."
  
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• Alberta aims to crack down on illegal garbage dumping with tougher legislation

  01-10-2026 00:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The proposed Alberta legislation would allow for up to $100,000 in fines for individuals, or $1 million for corporations — doubling the maximum penalties now on the books.
  
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• The NHL final is no longer free to watch. This group wants to pass a law to change that

  30-09-2026 23:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Next year, for the first time in decades, Canadians won't be able to watch the NHL Stanley Cup final for free on television. A lobby organization wants the government to pass a law to prevent that from happening.
  
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• Human rights panel condemns Canada's inaction regarding Indigenous people

  30-09-2026 23:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organization.
  
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• Alberta proposes fines of up to $1M for illegal garbage dumping

  30-09-2026 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta government will introduce legislation this fall to increase penalties for illegal dumping, with fines ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 for individuals, and $100,000 to $1 million for corporations. The changes would also allow courts to impose jail sentences, ranging from a minimum of 30 days to six months.
  
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• ‘Separation will not solve problems’: Poilievre speaks in Alberta ahead of referendum

  30-09-2026 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who is from Alberta, said separatists have a problem with the federal Liberal government — not with Canada.
  
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• Young Canadians less hopeful about future of democracy: Statistics Canada

  30-09-2026 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Prairie provinces, including Alberta, had the highest percentage of respondents who felt no hope at all about democracy while British Columbia led with those who felt very hopeful.
  
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• Calgary cyclotron to make radiopharmaceuticals for fighting cancer expected by 2029

  30-09-2026 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A cyclotron speeds up tiny charged particles and shoots them at a target to make radioactive materials for medical scans and treatments for diseases such as cancer.
  
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• Alberta extends deadline to apply for $100 energy rebate

  30-09-2026 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nearly 3.4 million adult Albertans are eligible for the rebate, but Finance Minister Jason Nixon says so far only about 1.5 million people have applied.
  
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• Riders host Stamps in important division showdown

  30-09-2026 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's another important West Division contest for Trevor Harris and the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
  
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