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• Alberta bans ticket bots under sweeping consumer protection bill

  29-11-2017 23:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Albertans will no longer have to compete with automated software when they’re trying to buy tickets to the biggest sporting and music events.
  Ticket bots, which rapidly buy huge quantities of online tickets, will be banned under sweeping changes to consumer protection laws introduced in the legislature Wednesday.
  Bill 31 also protects consumers from retaliation if they post a negative review online, tightens the rules for high-cost credit lenders, and will require veterinarians to get appr
  
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• Statistics Canada census data reveals trends in education, labour

  29-11-2017 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Trades continue to be an attractive employment option in the province with the number of young male Albertans sporting apprenticeship certificates about one and a half times more than the national figure, new Statistics Canada data revealed Wednesday shows. 
  According to the latest and final data dump from the 2016 census, the percentage of men aged 25 to 34 in Alberta with apprenticeship certificates leads the provinces at 12.5 per cent. The national number is closer to eight per cent, whi
  
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• Wildlife: Edmonton ex-pat artist's dog-kissing app charts on iTunes

  29-11-2017 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  In Josh Holinaty’s first app Kiss the Dog, guess what you do?
  That’s right: kiss dogs! That’s it!
  Tap the randomly generated dog on your iPhone, the face at top kisses it — and poof! — a different cartoon dog appears. Head shapes, tails, colours — each dog is unique. Some wear glasses, others sweaters. And they all move a bit differently, expressing personality.
  There is no strategy, no points, no further asks for money beyond the initial $1.39
  
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• Varscona Theatre Ensemble kicks off with Our Man in Havana

  29-11-2017 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  When local talent Mark Meer appears at the Varscona Theatre this weekend, he’s not merely amusing the audience with his impersonation of Queen Elizabeth II. 
  No, Meer and his fellow cast members (Belinda Cornish, Mathew Hulshof and Ian Leung) are launching a new theatre group, the Varscona Theatre Ensemble, with Our Man in Havana, the first of three plays in the troupe’s inaugural season.
  Jeff Haslam, longtime Edmonton actor and the artistic director of Teatro la Quindacina, is
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: The Tenors, Hey Ladies, and Zoominescence

  29-11-2017 21:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Tenors
  Classic  Christmas carols will be the order of the day as The Tenors return to Edmonton with their fifth studio album, Christmas Together. The latest incarnation of the Canadian opera and pop singers has been vocalizing together since Clifton Murray joined in 2009, starting with the similarly holiday themed Perfect Gift album. Christmas Together features such beloved numbers as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Little Drummer Boy, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
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• Tribe Called Red adds Edmonton dancers to performances

  29-11-2017 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a special place in Tim “2oolman” Hill’s heart for Edmonton.
  Reticent to discuss the recent departure of co-founding member Ian Campeau from his group A Tribe Called Red, the DJ and producer’s voice perks up when discussing the city, which has always been welcoming to the electronic and hip-hop influenced group. Slimmed down to a duo with remaining member Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Hill sees the next phase of the Ontario-based Tribe moving onwar
  
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• Farrell takes his blues to Memphis

  29-11-2017 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dylan Farrell  has got to be one of Edmonton’s hardest working guys in show business after setting something of a personal record. During the month of October, he played no less than 27 gigs.
  OK, many of them were not with his band. The guitarist put in numerous shows for the cover band White Bronco, played Blues on Whyte and still plays regular pub nights, solo with an acoustic guitar, or leading a band at On The Rocks for Sunday jams, or at Have Mercy on Monday nights. For a working
  
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• Wine, Women and Song celebrates talent of YEG's female chefs

  29-11-2017 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Chefs — the local chapter of the Canadian Culinary Federation — is hosting a collaborative meal to celebrate the exceptional women in Edmonton professional kitchens, while raising money to train more chefs.
  It’s called Wine, Women and Song, and it features the culinary talents of four of Edmonton’s top female chefs —  Davina Moraiko (of RGE RD fame), Kelsey Johnson (Cafe Linnea), Ashley Broad (Biera) and Jennifer Stang (La Boule). The event is on
  
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• Hole’s Greenhouses joins forces with cannabis producer Atlas Growers

  29-11-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  Jim Hole, the owner of Hole's Greenhouses, a well-known Edmonton-area gardening business, officially announced Wednesday he was stepping into the cannabis industry.
  
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• Air Canada starting non-stop flights to San Francisco from Edmonton next May

  29-11-2017 20:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Air Canada is starting a new non-stop daily flight service between Edmonton and San Francisco May 1 that Mayor Don Iveson says will provide a major boost to Edmonton’s growing tech industry.
  “Edmonton and northern Alberta’s new connectivity with San Francisco enhances our innovators’ and entrepreneurs’ access to capital, networks and brainpower,” Iveson said in a news release following Wednesday’s announcement at Edmonton Interna
  
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• 'Bags of human excrement' not enough to kill Accidental Beach

  29-11-2017 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cloverdale residents were picking “bags of human excrement” off the sidewalks because of the accidental beach, said community league members arguing against any plan to make it permanent Wednesday.
  But councillors heard so much support for natural beach formed just beside the Cloverdale neighbourhood last summer, they voted to keep exploring how to keep it anyway. They also pushed for tougher enforcement around nuisance behaviour next summer.
  Reg Kontz, president of the Cloverdale Co
  
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• New funds announced for two Catholic school projects

  29-11-2017 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Education Minister David Eggen announced government funding for two Edmonton Catholic school projects Wednesday morning.
  Eggen made the announcement at 10:30 a.m. at Father Michael Mireau Elementary/Junior High School in southwest Edmonton, alongside school board chairman Terry Harris, and Cardinal Collins School graduate Jose Bonilla.
  At the top of the Catholic school board’s construction request list is $1 million in design funding for a new high school completion centre, to be housed in
  
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• Changes coming to Alberta consumer protection laws

  29-11-2017 17:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Service Alberta Minister Stephanie McLean will propose changes to Alberta’s consumer protection laws Wednesday.
  McLean asked Albertans this summer what changes they wanted to see around consumer protections.
  At the time, she said businesses also deserve to be protected against unfair practices.
  Bill 31, A Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses, will be introduced in the house around 3 p.m.
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• St. Albert Rolls Out Advanced Water Meters

  29-11-2017 17:15
  City plans to upgrade and replace all water meters by March 2019 The City of St. Albert has established a... Read Post
  
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• Video: Trudeau apologizes for decades of LGBTQ discrimination

  29-11-2017 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Columnist Paula Simons talks about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology on behalf of the federal government for perpetrating decades of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community.
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Win or lose, Eskimos a class act

  29-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The call Jason Maas made in the western final has been heavily criticized and debated, but it actually does make sense. He had complete faith in his team and he was playing to win, not to tie and take his chances in overtime.
  Regardless of the call and outcome, it’s the way the Eskimos handled themselves after the loss that needs to be applauded. They fully supported their coach and teammates, the general manager fully supported coach Maas and no one placed the blame on anyone else.
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• 'I kept taking the bus': Edmonton man rides ETS about 90,000 times

  29-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Terry Seehagen is an oddity in Alberta’s car-centric capital — the only vehicles in his fleet are the Edmonton Transit buses he calculates he has ridden roughly 90,000 times.
  Since he started buying monthly transit passes 44 years ago, Seehagen has averaged seven bus trips a day, including transfers, going to work, shopping or travelling to his home-away-from-home at the Edmonton Chess Club on 124 Street.
  It’s not that he’s opposed to private automobiles. He had a learner
  
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• Federal government apologizes for decades of LGBTQ discrimination

  29-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Columnist Paula Simons talks about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology on behalf of the federal government for perpetrating decades of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community.
  
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• Editorial: Little progress in child intervention system

  29-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “The secretive, convoluted child death review system would be a good place to start seeking simplicity and transparency.”
  “Even the families of dead children can be in the dark as to basic information about their child’s death.”
  ” … Resources to review and investigate child deaths are spread over too many groups, and that is not even taking into account police investigations that often occur after a child death.”
  “All child deaths are tragic
  
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• David Staples: Council 'making rules on the fly,' Holyrood Gardens developer says

  29-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Confused, bruised and not sure if he’s willing to continue. That’s how businessman Raj Dhunna of Regency Developments feels after negotiating an agreement with city administration to build Holyrood Gardens — a 1,200-unit high-density residential development along Edmonton’s new $1.8-billion Valley LRT to Mill Woods — only to have city council vote Monday to send the project back to the drawing board.
  “It’s a pretty confusing message … I just don&r
  
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• Government says recession is over in fiscal update - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 08:13 via stalbertgazette.com
  Government says recession is over in fiscal update
  St. Albert Gazette
  In its second quarter report Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Tuesday the Alberta economy is growing faster than previously thought. He raised the growth forecast from 2.6 per cent to 4 per cent. Despite the growth, Ceci said the government plans a ...
  
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• 'Tis the season of giving - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 08:06 via stalbertgazette.com
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  'Tis the season of giving
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  The St. Albert Food Bank had a great food drive back in September, but that was then and this is now. Demand has only gone up since and the stores on the shelves are getting depleted at the agency for the community good. “Our numbers are still going up ...
  
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• Gender-neutral? No problem, say local schools - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 08:06 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Gender-neutral? No problem, say local schools
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  St. Albert school officials say they haven't seen much controversy around introducing gender-neutral washrooms to their schools. Some Sturgeon Composite High students and parents have protested the addition of a multi-stall open-area gender-neutral ...
  
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• Deadly collision west of St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 08:06 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Deadly collision west of St. Albert
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  The driver and lone occupant of the SUV was fatally injured and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two occupants of the truck were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Next of kin has been notified and the identity of the ...
  
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• Talking reconciliation with former AFN chief - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 07:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Talking reconciliation with former AFN chief
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  The Father of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is in the city tonight to bring up his message of hope with local audiences. Former Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine is set to make his appearance at the Star of the North Retreat ...
  
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• Merchants doing the job defensively - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 07:58 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Merchants doing the job defensively
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  The last three victories The Blue Guys are plus three in goals for/against while giving up only three goals. “We've all just been playing better defensively,” said right-winger Cam Mazur. “We've kind of beared down in our own end lately and helping our ...
  
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• Kill Bill? Let's keep Shakespeare alive - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 07:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Kill Bill? Let's keep Shakespeare alive - St. Albert Gazette
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  William Shakespeare wrote to put food in his belly, quaff an ale or two and draw laughter and tears from his audience. But as one of the great playwrights in all ...and more »
  
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• Kill Bill? Let's keep Shakespeare alive - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 07:58 via stalbertgazette.com
  Kill Bill? Let's keep Shakespeare alive
  St. Albert Gazette
  William Shakespeare wrote to put food in his belly, quaff an ale or two and draw laughter and tears from his audience. But as one of the great playwrights in all history, he did not write to strike terror and dread into contemporary adolescents ...and more »
  
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• Cult of Hockey game grades: Matt Benning & Cam Talbot help Edmonton Oilers win ugly over Arizona Coyotes

  29-11-2017 07:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  How the Edmonton Oilers ever won that game I’ll never know, but a win is a win is a win is a win. 
  To be fair to the Oilers, they did have 10 Grade A chances to 9 for the Arizona Coyotes, but the Coyotes dominated in overtime, when Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Darnll Nurse put on a display of how NOT to play three-on-three, but Cam Talbot and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins saved the day.Connor McDavid, 3. He made seven mistakes on scoring chances against, four of them in overtime, which n
  
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• Sabres prep for success - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 07:15 via stalbertgazette.com
  Sabres prep for success
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert Gregg Distributors Sabres are better prepared for the John Reid Memorial Tournament after the team's performance at the Winnipeg Jets AAA Classic. The Sabres finished 4-1 as tournament finalists. “It's one hundred per cent going to help ...
  
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• Student test results 'wake up call' for Edmonton public school board

  29-11-2017 04:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Provincial achievement test results by Grade 6 and 9 public students — especially Indigenous children — are “troubling” and “disheartening,” some Edmonton public school trustees said Tuesday.
  “It’s unfortunate, because you want to see all the kids succeed. It’s a wake up call to us. This signifies you need to have increased focus on literacy and numeracy,” Edmonton public school board chairwoman Michelle Draper said Tuesday.
  The number
  
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• Public school earmarks 'found money' to help pay for school replacement

  29-11-2017 04:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  In an attempt speed up approval for provincial construction funds, the Edmonton public school board has stashed away $15 million toward a replacement or a major upgrade at an aging school.
  Made possible by serendipitously found money, executive director of infrastructure Lorne Parker hopes it will encourage the province to grant the rest of the funds needed to consolidate four schools in the Westlawn area.
  “Our modernization needs are great, and they far surpass the grant funding we get,&r
  
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• New lease deal offers hope that 700 DynaLife lab workers will stay downtown

  29-11-2017 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s major downtown DynaLife health lab has signed a new lease to March 2022, giving hope to those who want its 700 downtown employees to stay put.
  “It’s great news and will give everyone time for sober second thought,” said Coun. Scott McKeen, a vocal opponent of a provincial plan to create a new super lab facility outside of downtown.
  Edmonton needs continued investment in downtown, not a flight from the centre, he said, suggesting the province supported that appr
  
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• Street-front businesses strive to rebuild 'authentic' Edmonton

  29-11-2017 01:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s unique business zones are celebrating several key wins in their efforts to make more funky, local and Edmonton-specific spaces.
  Old Strathcona just saw its first two businesses — a Sugared & Spiced bakery and The Holy Roller restaurant — open in what had been dingy alleys, a creative way to add density to a provincial heritage district. 
  The downtown business association and its partners are gearing up to build the first playground downtown, with a swin
  
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• County sacks Tarnawsky - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 01:43 via stalbertgazette.com
  County sacks Tarnawsky
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  Sturgeon County councillors voted to fire their chief executive Tuesday just minutes after announcing that he had won a provincial award for his work. Sturgeon County administration announced late Tuesday after the Gazette went to press that county ...and more »
  
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• Victim's family fearful of accused murderer's potential release

  29-11-2017 01:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The parents of an Edmonton man found dead after disappearing in 2015 are apprehensive the American citizen accused of murdering him may soon be released on bail.
  “I want him put behind bars forever,” Dwayne Demkiw’s mother, Angeline Demkiw, said Tuesday, after sitting through submissions during the bail hearing for Jason Steadman, 43, who is charged with first-degree murder and arson.
  All arguments and evidence presented during the hearing are protected by a court-ordered publi
  
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• Edmonton, Calgary land titles offices closed due to system outage

  29-11-2017 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Land titles offices in both Edmonton and Calgary were closed Tuesday due to a system outage, according to Service Alberta.
  Teams are working to fix the issue, the ministry said in a Tuesday afternoon statement.
  Though the offices were open Monday, the system was already offline. Any registration requests submitted Monday haven’t been processed, but will be prioritized when the problem is fixed.
  The ministry said Albertans’ personal information is not at risk.
  “The service disru
  
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• Man wanted for exposing himself to girl in Bruderheim arena

  29-11-2017 01:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort Saskatchewan RCMP are asking the public for help identifying a man who exposed himself to a young girl at a Bruderheim arena.On Saturday, Nov. 4, a group of children were playing in the lobby of the Karol Maschmeyer Arena between 5:45 p.m. and 8 p.m.
  According to police, an unknown man approached a young girl and told her to follow him, as he knew a good hiding spot.
  The man then led the girl to a dressing room, where he exposed himself.
  The suspect was described as a white man between 30 a
  
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• Calgary public art to come down after comedians say photos were used without permission

  29-11-2017 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary — A public art installation in downtown Calgary will be coming down after a social media firestorm revealed several British comedians and photographers discovered their pictures were used in the project without permission.
  Bisha K. Ali, a stand-up comedian based in London, says the public art installation called SNAPSHOTS — a series of enlarged, blurred photos along the 4th Street S.W. underpass — includes not just a photo of her but also several other U.K. comedia
  
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• Three charged after police seize nearly five kilograms of meth

  29-11-2017 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police seized nearly five kg of methamphetamine and charged three people after getting a July tip about a suspicious property.
  Officers searched a home near 100 Street and Jasper Avenue on Nov. 9 and arrested a woman nearby before a number of controlled substances and a handgun were seized, police said in a Tuesday news release. 
  When police tried to stop a vehicle with two other suspects inside, the driver attempted to flee before crashing into another car.
  Police were then able t
  
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• Third body found outside city in less than two months - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 00:43 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Third body found outside city in less than two months
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  Police are investigating the death a man whose body was found north of Campbell Business Park in St. Albert on Saturday. In the early morning hours of Saturday Nov. 25 the St. Albert RCMP found a dead man during their evening patrols. This is the third ...and more »
  
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• Notes from the dome: Tax reminder, utilities consumer advocate and the death of a red-tape reduction bill

  29-11-2017 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  File your taxes for child tax benefit 
  Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee is reminding Albertans to file their taxes to make sure they get the financial support they’re entitled to.
  Families earning less than $41,746 per year are eligible for the Alberta Child Benefit. Filing your taxes will automatically enrol you if you’re eligible.
  The maximum annual benefit is $1,114 for families with one child and up to $2,785 for families with four or more children.
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• Cracked rails caused derailment in county - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 00:43 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Cracked rails caused derailment in county
  St. Albert Gazette
  CN Rail knew for about a month that a Sturgeon County rail line was so cracked that it should be replaced, reports Canada's transportation safety board – but didn't do so until after that rail caused a train crash. The Transportation Safety Board of ...
  
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• Completing our streets - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 00:43 via stalbertgazette.com
  Completing our streets
  St. Albert Gazette
  That's a problem for senior and St. Albert resident Myrna O'Neil, who is not a car and walks about five kilometres a day around town. “I do just about all my shopping – I've even carried shovels and brooms home – by walking, because it gives me a ...
  
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• Charges laid from two summer home invasions - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  29-11-2017 00:43 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Charges laid from two summer home invasions - St. Albert Gazette
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  The RCMP has arrested two men following two home invasion incidents where a man was held at gunpoint. Two men are facing charges after a lengthy ...and more »
  
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• NDP plans to include correctional officers, dispatchers as first responders to expand PTSD benefits

  29-11-2017 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP is recognizing correctional officers and emergency medical dispatchers as among the jobs most at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The move comes on the heels of new labour legislation that aims to give workers better access to psychological support. 
  But the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) suggested presumptive PTSD coverage should extend to social workers and possibly other jobs as well. 
  “It can be any occupation, but there are key ones where
  
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