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• Alberta economy shed 14,000 full-time jobs in July

  09-08-2019 23:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta's unemployment rate remained stable despite losing 14,000 full-time jobs in July — the largest decline in the country last month — said a labour report from Statistics Canada on Friday. Read More
  
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• Vicky's Homes designs dream home for hospitals lottery

  09-08-2019 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dream it. Win it. If only it were that easy. Read More
  
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• A message from the Edmonton Journal

  09-08-2019 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last week, on Aug. 1, the Edmonton Journal ran an editorial cartoon depicting a shadowy figure in a wallet next to the words “Data hacker” in relation to the breach of customer information at Capital One. Read More
  
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• Rainy weather helps check the shape of water against a home

  09-08-2019 21:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Water, water everywhere — what does it mean for my home? Read More
  
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• New bus service for Highway 2A coming to Edmonton

  09-08-2019 20:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  New passenger buses along Highway 2A are the latest to serve Edmonton after Greyhound's departure from the province last fall. Read More
  
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• Indigenous youth learn the ropes to be an RCMP officer at Soaring Eagles Camp

  09-08-2019 20:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kitana Arcand wants to show everyone that a First Nation woman can do anything she puts her mind to. Read More
  
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• Fringe pulls show involving playwright convicted on child pornography charges

  09-08-2019 20:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Fringe Theatre is withdrawing a play from its 2019 festival lineup after discovering the involvement of playwright David Belke. Read More
  
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• St. Albert, Canmore, Calgary ranked in top 33 best communities in Canada | Etcetera - Daily Hive

  09-08-2019 19:26 via dailyhive.com
  St. Albert, Canmore, Calgary ranked in top 33 best communities in Canada | Etcetera  Daily HiveA new ranking looking at 415 communities across Canada has landed three Alberta locations in the top 30. According to Maclean's Best Communities in ...
  
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• More new homes on the market adds level of vulnerability to Edmonton area

  09-08-2019 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  With home construction outpacing the rate at which people are buying homes, the housing market in the Edmonton area continued to face some vulnerability in the first quarter of 2019, says a federal agency. Read More
  
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• Water quality advisory issued for Pigeon Lake's Zeiner Campground

  09-08-2019 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Health Services has issued a water quality advisory for the Zeiner Campground beach area at Pigeon Lake due to high levels of fecal bacteria. Read More
  
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• Party or pastime? Folk Fest 40 checks every box for summer-hungry revelers

  09-08-2019 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Do you know any of the bands?” a young woman asks her friend as they traipse down Gallagher Park hill. The response is so empty, so unknowing, she can only shake her head in silence, unwilling to voice her innocent ignorance. Read More
  
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• Alberta economy sheds 14,000 full-time jobs in July

  09-08-2019 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta's unemployment rate remained stable despite losing 14,000 full-time jobs in July — the largest decline in the country last month — said a labour report from Statistics Canada on Friday. Read More
  
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• Review: Late-evening storm delay couldn't dampen spirits at opening night of Folk Fest 40

  09-08-2019 16:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  It probably doesn't get much more nerve-wracking for Folk Festival organizers than a thunderstorm showing up just in time to throw a wrench into the last set of the evening, one of the most anticipated acts in the program. Read More
  
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• Edmonton weather: That was some thunderstorm last night, eh?

  09-08-2019 15:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Mayor Don Iveson: Investing in Edmonton enriches all of Alberta

  09-08-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
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• Friday's letters: Kenney acting like Trump

  09-08-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  So Jason Kenney is, not-so-subtly, suggesting or threatening that if Justin Trudeau's Liberals are elected in October, Alberta just might have to leave Confederation. Where have we heard this style of politicking before? Looks like we've got ourselves our own little Trump. Only a matter of time before we start hearing, "Make Alberta great again"? Read More
  
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• Danielle Smith: Drug treatment a better answer than injection sites

  09-08-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A listener recently recommended a documentary that everyone should see. It’s called Seattle is Dying and it shows in graphic, heart-wrenching detail what happens to a city when its drug and homeless problem gets out of control. Calgary can avoid this fate but it will require a dramatic investment in addiction treatment. Read More
  
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• Watch: North Edmonton residents upset over caveats

  09-08-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
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• ‘Like being in prison’: Neighbours worry while province studies cancer rate near former Domtar site

  09-08-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents near the former Domtar site say they feel there’s nothing they can do while the province looks into why that area has elevated rates of three specific types of cancer compared to the rest of Alberta. Read More
  
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• Elise Stolte: Fighting the grocery barons that hold neighbourhoods hostage

  09-08-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It's hard to believe one company could hold such power over land it doesn't even own. Read More
  
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• Do not make the mistake of counting out Joe Gambardella as an Edmonton Oiler in 2019-20

  09-08-2019 08:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Previously: Ranked 24th in 2018 and 12th in 2017  Read More
  
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• Lac Ste. Anne County declares state of agriculture emergency for second year in a row

  09-08-2019 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The summer of wet weather in north-central Alberta has caused Lac Ste. Anne County to declare a state of agriculture emergency over soaked fields and destroyed crops. Read More
  
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• Community league ends rental agreement with imam after B’nai Brith complaint

  09-08-2019 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton community league will no longer rent its hall to an imam who a Jewish organization alleges used the space to make anti-Semitic remarks. Read More
  
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• Watch: Drastic action required to meet Edmonton emissions reduction targets

  09-08-2019 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  The report released by city administration says that the city's 2015 Community Energy Transition Strategy is insufficient in keeping global average temperature at a maximum 1.5 C increase. Read More
  
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• Underground conversion therapy tough to track, city report highlights

  09-08-2019 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton is not taking a stance in either direction on moving to ban the practice of conversion therapy and any further action will be up to city councillors. Read More
  
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• Caribbean festival heats up this weekend

  09-08-2019 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Decades after it was first established, Annamarie Edwards knew Edmonton’s Caribbean arts festival would to grow into the major event that it is today. Read More
  
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• Hundreds line up around the block for Folk Fest opening night

  09-08-2019 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  After over 25 years lining up for the Folk Fest "tarp run," Cathy Bernier is finally at the front of the queue. Read More
  
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• $850 million in economic growth: Energy Efficiency Alberta releases annual report

  09-08-2019 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The government agency charged with making Alberta more energy efficient has injected $850 million of economic growth into the province since it began in 2017, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 5.7 million tonnes. Read More
  
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• City says emissions reductions targets won't be met under current plan

  09-08-2019 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Unless it takes dramatic actions, Edmonton will fail to reduce its carbon emissions to an internationally acceptable level, according to a new report released by city administration Thursday. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Airshow cancelled due to unsafe conditions

  09-08-2019 00:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  The wet Edmonton summer has claimed another victim as the 2019 Edmonton Airshow has been cancelled over soggy parking conditions. Read More
  
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