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• Convoy to Alberta legislature likely to cause traffic delays, Edmonton police say

  04-02-2022 23:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Police Service is warning of "significant" traffic disruptions in the city beginning Saturday morning. Read More
  
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• Edmonton police investigate homicide after stabbing victim dies from injuries

  04-02-2022 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police are investigating the death of a woman stabbed in central Edmonton as a homicide following the results of an autopsy. Read More
  
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• 'Puzzling and troubling': Alberta Municipalities, Sohi push back against suggestion Kenney could intervene with municipal COVID-19 rules

  04-02-2022 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton's Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said he believes the provincial government "will not restrict our ability to take actions to keep our fellow Edmontonians safe" amid talk that the province will consider stepping in to prevent municipalities from implementing their own COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. Read More
  
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• Westpointe of Windermere is surrounded by nature and near amenities

  04-02-2022 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  "Go west, young man" is how the old saying goes, and you could say he did: to WestPointe of Windermere. Read More
  
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• Cy Becker Landing is off to a flying start

  04-02-2022 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  One of northeast Edmonton’s last remaining spaces for new homes is now under development. Read More
  
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• Motorist being investigated for impaired driving after crashed truck caused power outage in central Edmonton

  04-02-2022 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police say an alleged impaired driver caused a power outage in downtown Edmonton when a truck struck a power pole early Friday morning. Read More
  
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• RCMP searching for vehicle involved in Red Deer homicide

  04-02-2022 22:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  RCMP have identified a woman killed in Red Deer and are searching for help locating her vehicle after an autopsy determined the victim's death was a homicide. Read More
  
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• Edmonton’s luxury market finally seeing noteworthy sales activity

  04-02-2022 22:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton’s luxury market is getting increased attention from buyers, offering value for their dollar relative to other markets, a new report suggests. Read More
  
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• Phase two of citywide parking ban set to lift Friday night, around 375 residential neighbourhoods cleared

  04-02-2022 22:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmontonians will be able to park their vehicles on residential streets again as the citywide Phase 2 parking ban will lift at 7 p.m. Friday. Read More
  
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• NDP MLAs call committee examining safe supply 'political stunt', resign over concerns of bias

  04-02-2022 21:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Four Alberta NDP MLAs have resigned from the special legislative committee examining safe supply over concerns the UCP is "clearly intent on staging an extended political stunt." Read More
  
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• Edmonton's new 15-year mass transit plan reneges on long-awaited northwest LRT extension

  04-02-2022 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A long-awaited LRT expansion to Edmonton's northwest isn't recommended in the city's new mass transit plan to serve a population of 1.25 million people within the next 15 years. Read More
  
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• Fresh Tracks: AV unearths stories of Edmonton's inner city on new album, Everybody Matters

  04-02-2022 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Everybody Matters, AV's as-of-today brand new release, is a courageous and rewarding project. The 18 tracks that comprise the singer-songwriter's seventh studio album not only showcase her innate talents, but see her pushing boundaries with subject matter while honouring the age-old advice of writing what you know. Read More
  
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• Under The Dome: Doctors urge caution as Alberta eyes easing COVID-19 restrictions

  04-02-2022 19:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  COVID-19's fifth wave, driven by the Omicron variant, brought with it surging case numbers and record hospitalizations in Alberta. Read More
  
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• RCMP bust up trafficking network to seize drugs, cash and firearms

  04-02-2022 19:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An RCMP operation to dismantle a drug trafficking network running through Maskwacis, Wetaskiwin County and the City of Wetaskiwin has yielded illegal drugs, firearms and thousands of dollars in cash, Mounties say. Read More
  
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• Three to See: Refugium, Blue Chair music and the A Little Bit Ritchie podcast

  04-02-2022 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Refugium: Julya Hajnoczky’s exhibition of photos and sculptures are aimed at the consequences of industrial civilization, catastrophic habitat fragmentation and species loss. Her photographs feature floating islands of plants, fungus and insects suspended in a void. Says the artist, “I want to inspire wonder at the small, often overlooked details of the natural world, to encourage the viewer to consider their roles and responsibilities as members of the ecosystem that sustains us.&rd
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: Record numbers call in sick during Omicron Wave; Vaccine passport program removal date will be announced next week: Kenney; Health-care system still 'under strain': Hinshaw

  04-02-2022 19:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 live updates: Vaccine passport program removal date will be announced next week: Kenney; Health-care system still 'under strain': Hinshaw; Sohi urging province to keep COVID measures in place

  04-02-2022 16:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Read More
  
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• Edmonton weather: Cloudy with a chance of snow but also warmer

  04-02-2022 15:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Warren Foegele a bust? No, I'm not in that camp

  04-02-2022 15:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  New Edmonton Oilers winger Warren Foegele has just five goals in 42 games and is -15 for official NHL plus-minus. Read More
  
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• Traffic lights out in central Edmonton due to collision involving a power pole

  04-02-2022 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police (EPS) say to expect slow-moving traffic following a collision in central Edmonton. Read More
  
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• Opinion: Alberta should start socking away spike in resource revenues

  04-02-2022 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Hold on, Albertans, the provincial government may be jumping back on the resource revenue roller-coaster. Read More
  
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• Friday's letters: Drop restrictions to end protests

  04-02-2022 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dear Mr. Kenney, I realize that this might be difficult for you, but if you drop all the COVID restrictions, the truckers will go home peacefully without you having to resort to violence and the RCMP and further damaging your reputation. Unfortunately, it looks like you want to be Mr. Big Man, instead of being rational and reasonable, one more time. Read More
  
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• Edmonton authors Natasha Deen and Marty Chan dominate the young-readers realm

  04-02-2022 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It was, of all things, a desire for a more permanent legacy that led Marty Chan from the world of theatre into the pictures and stories of children’s literature. Read More
  
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• Growing Things: Brandywine is the tastiest tomato of the bunch

  04-02-2022 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Q I have been reading through seed catalogues this month as I plan for the upcoming year. I thought it might be fun to ask you what your favourite tomatoes are. I love trying new varieties, especially ones that someone else has had a good experience with. Can I impose and ask for your favourites? Read More
  
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• David Staples: The strongest voice against vaccine passports? The answer will shock you

  04-02-2022 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Which prominent Canadian leader made the strongest moral argument against vaccine passports? The answer will shock you: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Read More
  
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• KMAland Boys Basketball (2/3): St. Albert snaps six-year drought against Glenwood, Johnson goes over 1000 career points - KMAland

  04-02-2022 05:46 via kmaland.com
  KMAland Boys Basketball (2/3): St. Albert snaps six-year drought against Glenwood, Johnson goes over 1000 career points  KMAland
  
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• COVID-19: Kenney says 'firm date' to remove vaccine passport will be announced early next week, Hinshaw says health-care system still 'under strain'

  04-02-2022 03:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A "firm date" for the lifting of Alberta's restrictions exemption program will be announced early next week, Premier Jason Kenney said during a Thursday night Facebook Live. Read More
  
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• New fossil site featuring at least three types of dinosaurs found near Grande Prairie

  04-02-2022 03:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  At least three different types of dinosaurs walked at a site near Grande Prairie, researchers said after a new fossil site was located on Redwillow River. Read More
  
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• Salon owner says she was attacked by anti-masker, accused of 'not supporting truckers'

  04-02-2022 02:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A hairstylist says she was attacked and threatened at her north Edmonton business Wednesday when a man entered her salon, refused to wear a mask and accused her of "not supporting truckers." Read More
  
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• Edmonton mountain biking community voices opposition to city's proposal to restrict cycling on many river valley trails

  04-02-2022 01:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A proposed policy that could restrict cycling in many areas of Edmonton's river valley is being met with steep opposition from the mountain biking community. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: UCP cabinet minister calls for removal of vaccine passport requirement, Hinshaw says health-care system still 'under strain'

  04-02-2022 01:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An Alberta cabinet minister is publicly pushing Premier Jason Kenney to abandon COVID-19 measures including the province's vaccine passport system as the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped on Thursday after weeks of pandemic-high admissions. Read More
  
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• One more St. Albert resident has died from COVID: province - St. Albert Today

  04-02-2022 00:44 via stalberttoday.ca
  
  One more St. Albert resident has died from COVID: province  St. Albert Today
  
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• Three to See Friday: Osborne and Damer at FAB, Bagg comedy and Fett's redemption

  04-02-2022 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Obscure Objects of Desire: Its title taken from Luis Buñuel’s 1977 film based on the 1898 novel The Woman and the Puppet, this trans-national collaboration between renowned print artists Lyndal Osborne, a local legend, and Pittsburgh-born Jack Damer is a special retrospective over at FAB gallery. What Damer discovers and reveals in close observation of mechanical parts, Osborne has found through an ongoing engagement with the land on which she lives. It’s a chance to see two g
  
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