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• StreetSide Developments keeps designs relevant - Edmonton Journal

  15-04-2024 20:44 via news.google.com
  
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• New online portal lets families search assisted living vacancies in Alberta

  19-02-2026 18:41 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta government launched a new online portal for families to see vacant assisted living spots in their community, something Premier Danielle Smith compared to websites that show a full range of available vacation or rental properties. 
  
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• 3rd recall petition against Alberta MLAs comes up short, another withdrawn

  19-02-2026 16:50 via cbc.ca
  A third recall petition against a member of Alberta's legislature has failed, while another has been withdrawn.
  
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• Edmonton Region Defence Alliance launches day after PM unveils defence strategy

  19-02-2026 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The Edmonton Region Defence Alliance launched on Wednesday at Edmonton City Hall, promoting its capacity to capitalize on geography, innovation and industry.
  
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• 'More pleasant': Winter Ramadan means shorter days of fasting for Muslims in Canada

  19-02-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  For the first time in about two decades, Canada's approximately 1.8 million Muslims are marking the entire month of Ramadan in winter. That means community members will fast from dawn to dusk, with no food and water, for fewer hours.
  
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• Lab services on the move again, this time to Primary Care Alberta

  19-02-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Alberta's lab services are facing yet another move as the provincial government forges ahead with its health system restructuring process.
  
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• Recovery Alberta set to slash hours Safeworks Connect team operates in Calgary

  19-02-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The outreach team, which is based in the city's Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, responds to overdoses in the area, cleans needle debris and responds to community concerns. But the 24/7 team will soon see its hours cut, meaning it will no longer work overnight.
  
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• Lawyer who fought against mandatory oath reacts to Alberta seeking Supreme Court ruling

  19-02-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Alberta government wants the Supreme Court of Canada to decide the constitutionality of a rule requiring new lawyers to swear an oath of allegiance to the monarch. In December, Alberta's Court of Appeal sided with Sikh lawyer Prabjot Singh Wirring, who has been fighting the mandatory requirement since June 2022.
  
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• Alberta startup launches AI ‘lawyer’ for personal injury claims

  19-02-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  Inspired by his 2019 crash, Painworth co-founder Mike Zouhri says the company aims to make injury claims more affordable and accessible.
  
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• Ottawa will fund first Inuit-led university as part of major announcement for Inuit communities

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa will provide $50 million to help build the first Inuit-led university in Canada, and more than $170 million for tuberculosis elimination, food security, and child and family supports in Inuit communities, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Ottawa puts $50M behind Inuit-led university as part of major announcement for northern communities

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ottawa will contribute $50 million to help build the first Inuit-led university in Canada, and more than $170 million for tuberculosis elimination, food security and child and family supports in Inuit communities, CBC News has learned.
  
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• NDP leadership candidates face off in final debate

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  When the five NDP leadership candidates take the debate stage on Thursday, they will face two challenges — convincing Canadians the party is still relevant, and then rebuilding it.
  
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• Library and Archives Canada wraps up digitization of 6 million Indian day school records

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Library and Archives Canada is wrapping up one of its largest digitization projects after processing roughly six million federal Indian day school records.
  
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• Canada faces challenge as it navigates growing calls to help Cuba amid U.S. aggression

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian government is in a bind as it faces growing calls to help Cuba while the U.S. government attempts to choke off the island nation's fuel supplies. NDP interim Leader Don Davies and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet have both called on the Liberal government to send immediate aid to Cuba, where people are facing extensive blackouts and shortages of food, fuel and medicine.
  
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• Can Edmonton make construction traffic better?

  19-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  For many Edmontonians, the 2025 construction season was frustrating. Extensive road work created plenty of headaches — but next week, Edmonton city council's infrastructure committee will look at making potential improvements by taking a look at the city's 2026 traffic management plan.
  
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• Paul Coffey to return to Edmonton Oilers’ coaching staff

  19-02-2026 06:11 via cbc.ca
  Paul Coffey returns to the coaching staff after a previous two-year stint leading the club's defensive corps.
  
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• People who live in Matt Jeneroux’s Edmonton Riverbend riding react to MP's floor-crossing

  19-02-2026 03:23 via cbc.ca
  Edmontonians who live in MP Matt Jeneroux’s riding are reacting to the news he is leaving the Conservatives to join the Liberal caucus.
  
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• Danielle Smith to talk immigration in her address to Albertans Thursday

  19-02-2026 01:51 via cbc.ca
  Premier Danielle Smith said the province is facing combined pressures from decreased revenues as oil prices trend lower and increased costs of covering services for a rapidly growing population.
  
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• Alberta trying to get ahead of battling wildfires

  19-02-2026 00:58 via cbc.ca
  The start of the province's wildfire season is fast approaching. Even with snow on the ground, Alberta Wildfire's efforts are focused on fighting the flames early. The CBC's Tristan Mottershead has the details of how preparation is going.
  
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• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to address immigration during province-wide address

  19-02-2026 00:51 via globalnews.ca
  Responding to a staffer's controversial comments about immigration, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she'll be speaking about the issue in a province-wide address on Thursday.
  
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• Poilievre may have wanted to avoid an election. But maybe not like this

  19-02-2026 00:35 via cbc.ca
  Two weeks ago, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre met in an apparent attempt to find common ground on the government's legislative agenda. "My message to him is to work with us," Poilievre told reporters afterwards. Perhaps Carney took that message more literally than Poilievre intended.
  
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• Rockslide closes Highway 93 between B.C. and Alberta until at least noon on Thursday

  18-02-2026 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  DriveBC says there is no local detour in place. An alternative route is available via Highway 1 east from Golden into Alberta until the road reopens.
  
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• Alberta weather watchers say recent snow not enough to alleviate drought concerns

  18-02-2026 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Despite the heavy snowfall across much of Western Canada this week, farmers, ranchers and firefighters say it may not be enough to make up for the dry winter so far.
  
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• Third recall petition against Alberta politicians comes up short, another withdrawn

  18-02-2026 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  A recall petition against Alberta UCP backbencher Nolan Dyck has failed after organizers failed to gather enough signatures and a fourth has been withdrawn.
  
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• No charges for Calgary police in shooting death of man who strapped grenade to chest

  18-02-2026 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says officers acted reasonably when they shot and killed a man who had a live grenade strapped to his chest in March 2024.
  
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• Provinces are bracing for record deficits. What’s causing budgets to see red?

  18-02-2026 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  From trade tensions to a shrinking workforce and existing inflation, several factors are leading to provinces posting sometimes record-breaking budgets.
  
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• Arbitrator settles flight attendant wages at Air Canada, as labour dispute comes to official end

  18-02-2026 20:29 via cbc.ca
  An arbitrator reviewing wages for flight attendants at Air Canada has finalized rates at the airline, bringing an end to the labour dispute that saw travel disrupted for thousands of people last summer.
  
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• Paul Coffey set to return to Oilers bench

  18-02-2026 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  Paul Coffey is back behind the Edmonton Oilers bench.
  
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• Andre Tremblay appointed chair at Alberta hospital agency, back as CEO

  18-02-2026 17:44 via cbc.ca
  The executive who replaced a fired AHS leader last year was granted temporary leave in December, but has since returned.
  
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• Ex-Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crosses floor to join Carney’s Liberals

  18-02-2026 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  “I am honoured to welcome Matt Jeneroux to our caucus as the newest member of Canada’s new government,” Carney said in a social media post.
  
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