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Northwest Edmonton grass fire spreads to old barn
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Northwest Edmonton grass fire spreads to old barn
Firefighters are working to contain a grass fire that spread to an old barn in northwest Edmonton.Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Kristi Bland said crews were alerted to the fire south of Anthony Henday Drive and west of Mark Messier Trail at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.They arrived about six minutes la...
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Edmonton Public Library summer reading program
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Edmonton Public Library summer reading program
The Edmonton Eskimos football club helped kick off the Edmonton Public Library’s summer reading club at the Highlands branch on Wednesday July 4, 2018.The football club’s players and cheer team members will participate in library programs across the city in July and August to encourage children t...
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NDP publicly releases class size data in wake of slamming auditor general report
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NDP publicly releases class size data in wake of slamming auditor general report
The Alberta government has quietly released a mammoth database outlining class sizes from 2004 to 2017 in response to an auditor general report that chided the province for failing to properly track its class-size reduction plan.Education Minister David Eggen’s move to post the data online comes ...
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Edmonton ignoring risk of rust with anti-icing experiment, warns engineer
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Edmonton ignoring risk of rust with anti-icing experiment, warns engineer
City officials are calling Edmonton’s road salting experiment a success. But it’s way too early for that, chemical engineer Arthur Potts warned city council Wednesday.Edmonton saved more than $4 million in operating costs. But the cost to private vehicle owners will be 10 times that figure, Potts...
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Edmonton's proposed cannabis rules most liberal 'in the world,' says health experts
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Edmonton's proposed cannabis rules most liberal 'in the world,' says health experts
Edmonton’s proposed rules around smoking cannabis could be the most liberal “in the world,” executives with Alberta Health Services warned city council Wednesday.Letting people smoke in public parks means Edmonton would embrace what even Vancouver and The Hague city in the Netherlands are now bac...
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Paula Simons: Simultaneous makeovers on Jasper Avenue, Stony Plain Road, a recipe for traffic chaos
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Paula Simons: Simultaneous makeovers on Jasper Avenue, Stony Plain Road, a recipe for traffic chaos
Every day, according to city estimates, 28,000 Edmontonians travel back and forth from the west and southwest to the downtown via Jasper Avenue or Stony Plain Road.Stony Plain Road and Jasper Avenue are both busy arteries. And when traffic is slowed on one, or one is impacted by construction, the...
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Military court finds soldier not guilty of sexual assault
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Military court finds soldier not guilty of sexual assault
A military judge has found a Canadian Armed Forces Officer not guilty of one count of sexual and one count of assault.In a classroom turned into a courtroom at CFB Edmonton, an audible gasp of relief was heard from the accused as Cmdr. Martin Pelletier read out his verdict Wednesday morning.Capt....
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Former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason won't run in 2019 election
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Former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason won't run in 2019 election
A city bus driver turned Alberta political stalwart is veering away from politics after three decades, announcing he won’t run in the next provincial election.Transportation Minister and government house leader Brian Mason, who is known for his boisterous attitude and sharp wit, said Wednesday he...
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Police didn't fire a single shot during attempted arrest that led to officer's death
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Police didn't fire a single shot during attempted arrest that led to officer's death
Officers attempting to arrest a hate crime suspect in June 2015 couldn’t have anticipated the “disproportionate” reaction from the man who opened fire, killing Const. Daniel Woodall, the province’s police watchdog said Tuesday.Three years after Norman Walter Raddatz fatally shot Woodall and injur...
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Former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason won't run in 2019 election
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Former Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason won't run in 2019 election
A city bus driver turned Alberta political stalwart is veering away from politics after three decades, announcing he won’t run in the next provincial election.Transportation Minister and government house leader Brian Mason, who is known for his boisterous attitude and sharp wit, said Wednesday he...
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