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• While crime rate in Edmonton has dropped, violent crime incidents have increased since 2019: EPS

  30-01-2025 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The crime rate has dropped sharply in Edmonton since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number of violent crime incidents has risen significantly over that same period. Read More
  
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• Suggest a new name for St. Albert’s Grandin neighbourhood - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 23:51 via news.google.com
  Suggest a new name for St. Albert’s Grandin neighbourhood  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Alberta's announces name, start date for continuing care agency - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 23:43 via news.google.com
  Alberta's announces name, start date for continuing care agency  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Former Oilers head coach McLellan completes career circle back behind Detroit bench

  30-01-2025 23:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Once a coach, always a coach. Read More
  
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• Trump confirms tariffs coming Saturday, decision on oil to come 'tonight'

  30-01-2025 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump says that he intends to levy his promised 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, adding those levies could rise in the future and that a decision on whether that would include Canadian oil would be made Thursday evening. Read More
  
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• Parents speak out in support of Sturgeon Public EAs - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 23:11 via news.google.com
  Parents speak out in support of Sturgeon Public EAs  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Montreal tightens rules for short-term rentals, including primary residences - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 23:07 via news.google.com
  Montreal tightens rules for short-term rentals, including primary residences  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Ottawa names a new chief adviser on combating human trafficking - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 22:56 via news.google.com
  Ottawa names a new chief adviser on combating human trafficking  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Edmonton's luxury real estate looks bright for 2025

  30-01-2025 22:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton is coming off a strong year for luxury home sales, providing plenty of optimism for the segment heading into 2025. Read More
  
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• Dozens of experts appeal to Alberta to 'officially dismiss' widely-panned COVID report

  30-01-2025 22:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dozens of medical experts have written an open letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange appealing for the province to officially dismiss its widely-panned COVID report released late last week. Read More
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm named alternate captains for 4 Nations

  30-01-2025 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Connor McDavid won't be the only Edmonton Oilers player wearing a captain's letter on his sweater in the Four Nations Face-Off next month. Read More
  
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• Alberta Premier Smith pitching joint Canada-U.S. NORAD military base in Arctic

  30-01-2025 21:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling for a joint Canada-U.S. NORAD base in northern Canada to bolster Arctic security. Read More
  
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• Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78 - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 20:16 via news.google.com
  Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• St. Albert weather: Flaking out for the weekend - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 19:44 via news.google.com
  St. Albert weather: Flaking out for the weekend  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Opinion: COVID-19 report poses a threat to Alberta's public health

  30-01-2025 19:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
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• Big name defenceman debuts for Edmonton Oilers tonight, but another one struggles mightily

  30-01-2025 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers are blessed just now with a team of solid puck-moving defenders, several of them in the elite category -- and they may just be adding another. Read More
  
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• Alberta cabinet ministers to attend U.S. prayer breakfast in Washington - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 19:07 via news.google.com
  Alberta cabinet ministers to attend U.S. prayer breakfast in Washington  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Rogers navigating federal immigration policies, tariff threat as profits rise - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 19:04 via news.google.com
  Rogers navigating federal immigration policies, tariff threat as profits rise  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Flat monthly fee for child care in Alberta will cost families about $15 a day - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 18:31 via news.google.com
  Flat monthly fee for child care in Alberta will cost families about $15 a day  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Alberta to introduce flat monthly fee — about $15 a day — for child care

  30-01-2025 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta is now introducing a flat monthly fee for parents with children in full-time child care, upping the $ 10-a-day child care to roughly $15 a day. Read More
  
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• Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 18:01 via news.google.com
  Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• St. Albert elected officials release statement over hateful demonstration - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 17:59 via news.google.com
  St. Albert elected officials release statement over hateful demonstration  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• American and Russian figure skaters on plane that crashed in Potomac

  30-01-2025 16:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night. Read More
  
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• Plane was in training spin when it crashed, killing instructor and student: report

  30-01-2025 16:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  EDMONTON — A report says a plane was doing a training spin at a lower-than-recommended altitude when it went down in a lake near Edmonton, killing a flight instructor and a student pilot. Read More
  
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• CFL free-agency window set to officially open at noon ET on Sunday

  30-01-2025 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  TORONTO — The CFL's free-agency process will kick into high gear Sunday. Read More
  
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• Alberta premier defends COVID-19 report, unsure which recommendations to take

  30-01-2025 15:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's not sure which recommendations from a controversial COVID-19 report her government will implement. Read More
  
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• Shell exits oilsands, boosts stake in Scotford upgrader and Quest carbon facility

  30-01-2025 15:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  CALGARY — Shell Canada Ltd. is exiting the oilsands in a deal with Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. that will see it increase its stake in the Scotford upgrader and Quest Carbon Capture and Storage facility. Read More
  
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• Edmonton weather: Up to 12 cm of snow expected by Friday

  30-01-2025 15:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A look at Thursday's Edmonton weather from Environment Canada. Read More
  
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• Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 15:04 via news.google.com
  Nora Roberts is happily defying genres, 250 books in  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Keith Gerein: Edmonton voters deserve answers on Sohi's election plans and new MLA seats

  30-01-2025 14:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With January now almost in the books, I am a little surprised that we have yet to hear a decision from Mayor Amarjeet Sohi on whether he will run for re-election this fall. Read More
  
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• LETTER: Average Albertans deserve a raise - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 14:05 via news.google.com
  LETTER: Average Albertans deserve a raise  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• The Edmonton Events List: Lunar New Year uncoils the Year of the Snake

  30-01-2025 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Is that the sound of a sizzling wok? Yes, but more than this, that hissing is the sound of the Year of the Snake upon us — and a good number of events are celebrating this Lunar New Year around town! Read More
  
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• NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 13:59 via news.google.com
  NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Legal agent charged in corruption probe claims Edmonton police officers 'harassed' her with tickets

  30-01-2025 13:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A legal agent charged in an investigation that turned up tens of thousands of dollars in an Edmonton police officer's locker has launched an appeal in a separate case, claiming police mishandled her complaint that officers harassed her with frivolous tickets. Read More
  
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• Thursday's letters: UCP bickering instead of rebuilding Jasper

  30-01-2025 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Jason Nixon, minister of everything, announced in a tweet, no less, that the province of Alberta would renege on their stated commitment to provide funding to assist Jasper in their much-needed rebuild following last summer’s wildfires. Read More
  
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• Federal, provincial and territorial health ministers wrap in-person meeting - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 10:16 via news.google.com
  Federal, provincial and territorial health ministers wrap in-person meeting  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Games 41-50 wrap: 10 games, 7 wins = Business As Usual for Kris Knoblauch's Edmonton Oilers

  30-01-2025 07:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  I recall watching a game involving the Los Angeles Kings in the early '90s which at one point featured the following graphic: "Wayne Gretzky -- 17 points in last 7 games". Read More
  
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• WHL roundup: Wheat Kings thrash Rebels, Hitmen blank Oil Kings - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 07:39 via news.google.com
  WHL roundup: Wheat Kings thrash Rebels, Hitmen blank Oil Kings  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Wild win to hand Maple Leafs third straight regulation loss - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 07:06 via news.google.com
  Wild win to hand Maple Leafs third straight regulation loss  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 06:48 via news.google.com
  Sports scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Minnesota Wild down slumping Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 04:09 via news.google.com
  Minnesota Wild down slumping Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• One more time? Are Edmonton Oilers about to bring in yet another big name player for free?

  30-01-2025 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in, news that veteran winger Brandon Saad is a Unrestricted Free Agent. Saad cleared waivers today and rather than go to the minors, he and the St. Louis Blues agreed to terminate his contract. He is in the fourth season of a five-year deal that pay him $4.5 million per year. Read More
  
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• David Staples: Excellent signal that Canada will avoid initial Trump tariffs but threat far from over

  30-01-2025 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  American President Donald Trump told Canada to jump or else. Canada has now done so. But did the Trudeau Liberals and provinces jump high enough to avoid U.S. tariffs on Feb. 1? Read More
  
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• Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 00:56 via news.google.com
  Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Thousands of women and babies at risk from OBGYN shortages: Alberta doctors

  30-01-2025 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Staff shortages and hospital closures in rural Alberta are among multiple factors stressing staff and facilities — and putting thousands of pregnant women at risk — as the pressure is trickling down to hospitals in major centres. Read More
  
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• Showcasing improved border protection could curtail Trump tariffs: Smith

  30-01-2025 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday that showcasing Canada's stepped-up efforts to protect its border from drugs and illegal migrants could help the country avoid the looming 25 per cent tariffs promised by U.S. President Donald Trump that could come into effect as soon as Saturday. Read More
  
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• Lorne Gunter: Smith's Heritage Fund plan worthwhile, but a test of government restraint

  30-01-2025 00:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If the Alberta government can keep its grubby paws off the annual dividends in the Heritage Savings Trust Fund. And if it can keep its promise, made Tuesday, to invest new money annually. And if it can resist the temptation to direct the board of its new Heritage Fund Opportunities Corporation (the entity it created to manage the fund independently) to make politically tainted investments. Then, maybe, just maybe it can grow the fund from $24.3 billion today to a minimum of $250 billion by 2050.
  
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• Beyond Local: Man wanted for homicide and accomplice arrested in Airdrie - St. Albert Gazette

  30-01-2025 00:10 via news.google.com
  Beyond Local: Man wanted for homicide and accomplice arrested in Airdrie  St. Albert Gazette
  
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• Edmonton Elections approves first municipal political party, but PACE won't run mayoral candidate

  30-01-2025 00:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Political parties will officially be a part of Edmonton's 2025 municipal election with the first party confirmed this week, although its roster won't include a mayoral candidate. Read More
  
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