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• City of Edmonton expands On Demand Transit service to areas in urban forest - Western Standard

  07-09-2024 22:00 via news.google.com
  City of Edmonton expands On Demand Transit service to areas in urban forest  Western Standard
  
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• California considers letting victims of natural disasters sue oil companies

  28-01-2025 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change-related disasters in California under legislation introduced Monday by two Democratic lawmakers.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers’ Calvin Pickard pulling out all the stops in prime time

  28-01-2025 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 32-year-old journeyman goalie is now 13-4-0 on the season.
  
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• Surgeons continue to advocate consolidating Edmonton's two trauma centres

  28-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Edmonton’s trauma surgeons continue to advocate combining the city’s two trauma centres into one — which they say would improve patient outcomes and save money
  
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• Northern entrepreneurship program focuses on Indigenous languages

  28-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A group of Indigenous entrepreneurs from across the North were in Whitehorse last week, learning about building sustainable businesses and livelihoods with a focus on Indigenous languages.
  
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• Foreign interference inquiry to release final report today

  28-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than 16 months after it was established, the public inquiry studying foreign interference in Canadian elections will release its final report today.
  
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• Extradition of alleged ringleader of Edmonton extortion scheme will be waiting game, experts say

  28-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Edmonton Police Service wants to extradite the accused ringleader behind an Edmonton extortion-and-arson scheme from the United Arab Emirates. Experts say it will be a complex, time-consuming process that will leave Maninder Singh Dhaliwal's prosecution in Canada in limbo.
  
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• Alberta MLA wants province to follow through on COVID-19 report recommendations 'immediately'

  28-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Eric Bouchard, the UCP MLA for Calgary-Lougheed, said the findings of the report were “shocking” and that the information it presents to the public is “long overdue.” But NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi calls the report a waste of tax dollars.
  
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• Perry scores winner as Oilers rally to edge Kraken 4-2

  28-01-2025 06:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a bad start to edge the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Monday for their third win in a row. Mattias Janmark, Connor McDavid and Corey Perry also scored for the Oilers (32-15-3) who have won 11 of their last 14 games and moved back into first place...
  
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• Collision with Amazon van turns into insurance nightmare for Calgary couple

  28-01-2025 03:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary couple is fighting with their insurance company to fix damage their mechanic say was caused two years ago during a hit-and-run collision with an Amazon delivery van.
  
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• Appeals filed over controversial GraceLife Church expansion in Parkland County

  28-01-2025 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Enoch Cree Nation and Parkland County residents living near GraceLife Church each submitted appeals against an expansion permit, but the Canada Post strike delayed their arrival.
  
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• Parkland County residents fight GraceLife Church expansion

  28-01-2025 02:07 via cbc.ca
  
  A church west of Edmonton that made headlines for defying COVID-19 pandemic health rules hopes to add to its existing space but dozens of people who live nearby are fighting the expansion.  
  
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• ‘Anti-science and anti-evidence’: More doctors pan report into Alberta’s pandemic response

  28-01-2025 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The President of the Alberta Medical Association describes a new report on the Alberta government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic as anti-science and anti-evidence.
  
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• Two Edmonton teens found guilty in fatal group attack outside school

  28-01-2025 00:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Court of King's Bench Justice Peter Michalyshyn found two young men guilty of manslaughter, determining they were 'active participants' in a swarming attack where a 16-year-old boy was fatally stabbed.
  
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• ‘I was speechless’: St. Albert protest condemned by community leaders, RCMP now investigating

  27-01-2025 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a news release, the RCMP said officers responded to the protest on St. Albert Trail just after 11:45 a.m., when they were first alerted to it.
  
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• Is Peavey Mart closing stores? Rumours about farm goods retailer worry loyal customers

  27-01-2025 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The company has confirmed the closure of stores in Ontario and Nova Scotia, but online speculation indicates more could follow.
  
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• Farm goods retailer Peavey Mart closing all stores and seeking creditor protection

  27-01-2025 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  A Canadian farm goods store chain is closing all its stores and seeking creditor protection, putting an end to days of speculation about the chain's future from its customers, who now have to look for alternatives.
  
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• Alberta doctors push back on provincial COVID-19 task force report

  27-01-2025 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing back, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health.
  
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• Liberal Party approves 6 candidates to run in leadership race

  27-01-2025 20:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Six of the seven Liberal leadership candidates who submitted their nomination papers have now been approved by the party to run in the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 
  
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• Body found along the Yellowhead in Parkland County, police suspect fatal collision

  27-01-2025 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parkland County RCMP said officers responded around 8:30 p.m. Sunday to reports of a dead person on Highway 16 near Range Road 12, northwest of Stony Plain. 
  
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• McDavid ready to return to Oilers lineup Monday after serving suspension

  27-01-2025 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Connor McDavid was suspended for three games by the NHL earlier this month.
  
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• Canadian ice climbers to converge on downtown Edmonton for world championship

  27-01-2025 16:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Some of the world's best ice climbers are coming to Edmonton next month. A towering ice wall has been set up in the city's river valley for the Ice Climbing World Cup.
  
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• Canadian women claim World Cup speedskating sprint gold, Stolz completes hat trick

  27-01-2025 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada's sprinters ensured the host team didn't leave Calgary's speedskating World Cup without a medal.
  
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• Canadian ice climbers bring thriving sport to world championship in Edmonton

  27-01-2025 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Even with a torrent of blood flowing from his mouth, knowing several of his teeth were bent out of place, Gord McArthur believed he could get back on the wall.
  
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• With fewer people to draw from, rural Alberta is feeling the pinch for volunteers

  27-01-2025 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Rural municipalities say it's getting harder to find volunteers to help run events and support essential services. Researchers who spoke to 27 municipal officials across Alberta learned there has been a persistent decline in recent years in the number of people able to volunteer.
  
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• Alberta agencies work to educate public, amid rise of online child sexual exploitation

  27-01-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Local agencies are working to educate the public about online safety, amid a steady rise of cases of online child sexual exploitation. Education, they say, is the best to tool for prevention.
  
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• Trudeau to fill Senate vacancies before retiring: source

  27-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Trudeau plans on stacking Senate before retiring: source

  27-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Rogers customers disputing price hikes report unequal treatment

  27-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Dozens of Rogers Communications customers say they’re fed up with what appears to be an uneven playing field when they try to lower their monthly bills amid contract disputes.
  
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• Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights

  27-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Keepers of the Water and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say research analyzing the last decade of tailings spills backs up their concerns about monitoring of the oilsands and shows Alberta's energy regulator is failing to independently investigate a majority of spills.
  
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