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• COVID-19: Amid cancellations, Edmonton Fringe Festival performers optimistic for August

  27-03-2020 23:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  By chance, local actress Ellie Heath — part of the acclaimed sketch comedy trio Girl Brain — was hosting a cast member of The Garneau Block in her home during their Edmonton stay. Recently, she sat at home looking at her own spare calendar and cancellations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Read More
  
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• Watch for porch pirates targeting deliveries amid COVID-19 social distancing

  27-03-2020 23:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Be on the lookout for porch pirates targeting your grocery, booze and take-out deliveries as you keep your distance in the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
  
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• St. Albert RCMP step up safety precautions in the wake of COVID - St. Albert TODAY

  27-03-2020 23:47 via stalberttoday.ca
  
  St. Albert RCMP step up safety precautions in the wake of COVID  St. Albert TODAY
  
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• ‘I don’t have anything left to give’: Edmonton businesses reaching breaking point over COVID-19 as Ottawa announces relief

  27-03-2020 23:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton business owner Jeff Nachtigall is taking the COVID-19 pandemic one day at a time. Read More
  
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• Alberta health care organizations ramp up protection protocols for COVID-19 cases

  27-03-2020 23:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta nurses will no longer be denied access to face masks when testing patients for COVID-19. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta confirms 56 new cases, bringing total to 542

  27-03-2020 23:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta has recorded 542 total cases of COVID-19, an increase of 56, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Friday aftenoon. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Alberta bans evictions, closes non-essential business and limits public gatherings to 15

  27-03-2020 23:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta is banning eviction for renters until at least May 1 and freezing rent increases to help counter the negative economic impacts of COVID-19, Premier Jason Kenney said Friday afternoon. Read More
  
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• Alberta records 36 influenza deaths this season, 15 in Edmonton

  27-03-2020 22:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thirty-six Albertans have died from the flu this season, with the Edmonton Zone being hit the hardest. Read More
  
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• Big plans coming to life in Arbours of Keswick

  27-03-2020 22:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  New is the buzzword when it comes to Arbours of Keswick. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market to remain open during pandemic

  27-03-2020 22:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Farmers market foragers will be able to continue their Saturday tradition in Old Strathcona. Read More
  
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• Abandoned Edmonton Strathcona home catches fire, no injuries

  27-03-2020 22:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Firefighters quickly extinguished a morning fire in an empty Strathcona neighbourhood home Friday. Read More
  
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• St. Albert small businesses welcome new federal supports - St. Albert TODAY

  27-03-2020 22:06 via stalberttoday.ca
  
  St. Albert small businesses welcome new federal supports  St. Albert TODAY
  
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• IPads targeted in St. Albert Walmart robbery - St. Albert TODAY

  27-03-2020 21:22 via stalberttoday.ca
  
  IPads targeted in St. Albert Walmart robbery  St. Albert TODAY
  
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• Scaffolding collapses in Southwest Edmonton, OHS investigating

  27-03-2020 20:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety officials are investigating a scaffolding collapse in Southwest Edmonton on Thursday evening. Read More
  
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• Hinshaw gives COVID-19 update at 3:30 p.m.

  27-03-2020 20:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dr. Deena Hinshaw will be an update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 3:30 p.m. Read More
  
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• Access show homes, spec homes with self-tours — in person or virtually

  27-03-2020 20:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Even before the days of social or physical distancing, Alberta builders were working on technologies and systems to conveniently reach customers. Some of these ideas could not have arrived at a better time. Read More
  
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• Thirty-six influenza deaths reported in Alberta this season, including 15 in Edmonton

  27-03-2020 19:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thirty-six Albertans have died from the flu this season, with the Edmonton Zone being hit the hardest. Read More
  
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• No injuries after empty Strathcona home catches fire

  27-03-2020 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Firefighters quickly extinguished a morning fire in an empty Strathcona neighbourhood home Friday. Read More
  
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• No injuries after empty central Edmonton home catches fire

  27-03-2020 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Firefighters quickly extinguished a morning fire in an empty Strathcona neighbourhood home Friday. Read More
  
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• zero carbon building

  27-03-2020 18:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canada Green Building Council (CaBGC) has released Version 2 of its Zero Carbon Building Standards to accelerate the decarbonization of building construction within the next 30 years. Read More
  
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• Greenery — real or faux — adds vibrancy throughout a home

  27-03-2020 17:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A little greenery can go a long way in lifting our spirits and keeping our indoor air quality healthy, while adding design oomph. Read More
  
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• Mattamy Homes, Jayman Built honoured among Edmonton builders as Best Managed Companies

  27-03-2020 17:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Community developer and new home builder Mattamy Homes has joined the ranks of Canada’s 2020 Best Managed Companies. Read More
  
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• Renovation spending expected to slow in the short term

  27-03-2020 16:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Home renovation and repair costs have been on the decline for the last two years in Alberta after a brief surge in activity following the Fort McMurry fires, a new report shows. Read More
  
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• Edmonton weather: One more day of warm and then snow, snow, snow

  27-03-2020 14:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Opinion: The numbers say Oilers are Canada's best Cup hope

  27-03-2020 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  These are extraordinary times. The world is shuttered, Tom Brady is a Buccaneer, and hockey is on pause. Alas, amidst the COVID-19 chaos, I wondered wistfully: Could a Canadian team conceivably skate the Cup this year, or any team for that matter? Read More
  
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• Friday's letters: Albertans are in good hands with Hinshaw

  27-03-2020 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I can’t understand why the City of Edmonton is going ahead with the Imagine Jasper Avenue project, which is supposed to beautify Jasper Avenue by building wider sidewalks, enhanced street furniture and plantings while restricting the major traffic flow (cutting out traffic lanes) to downtown. Read More
  
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• David Staples: A Canadian in Taiwan on how that country keeps schools & business open during COVID-19 outbreak

  27-03-2020 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Teacher Kelly Holtz still teaches English lessons every school day to his students. This is because Holtz doesn't live in Canada but in Taiwan, one of the few democratic states in the world that hasn't been devastated by COVID-19. Read More
  
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• The road to infection: timeline of Canada's COVID-19

  27-03-2020 12:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the COVID-19 crises first hit in late January, Ottawa MPs of all political stripes weren't satisfied with the federal government's assurances that Canada had the problem under control. Read More
  
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• Note to Edmonton Journals readers

  27-03-2020 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the last few weeks, our city, province, country and world has changed. These are remarkable times, and the Edmonton Journal is here to inform you, as we have for the last 117 years. Read More
  
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• Massive improvements on both special teams powered Edmonton Oilers' rise to respectability

  27-03-2020 09:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fortnight has passed since the last NHL action, a time in which much has happened in the real/unreal/surreal world but exactly zero of it on the ice. We know now that at minimum the official "pause" will stretch on for a couple of months with a range of possible futures, leaving us all unsure whether to use the present or past tense when describing the 2019-20 season. But with a longer gap stretching before us right now than we might get in an abbreviated off-season, and with little in the way
  
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• COVID-19: Service Alberta sets windows to apply for emergency payments after site crashes again

  27-03-2020 03:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  About 13,000 Albertans received emergency self-isolation payments from the province before a surge in web traffic forced the website to shut down again Thursday. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Enforcing fines for those breaching coronavirus rules

  27-03-2020 01:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta has introduced fines for large gatherings and people who fail to self-isolate, but health officials say they're not asking Albertans to report anyone with a cough or runny nose. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Edmonton landlord asks Kenney to give renters emergency subsidies

  27-03-2020 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta needs to give renters an emergency subsidy to alleviate the fear of losing their homes amid the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, says an Edmonton landlord. Read More
  
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