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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 council Wednesday.Edmonton saved $4.2 million in operating costs. But the cost to private vehicle owners will be 10 times that figure, Potts said, adding ...
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Bombardier insists Toronto streetcar problems won't affect Valley Line LRT cars
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Bombardier insists Toronto streetcar problems won't affect Valley Line LRT cars
Bombardier’s Valley Line LRT cars aren’t affected by welding problems found in streetcars the company built for Toronto and will arrive in Edmonton on schedule, a Bombardier spokesman says.The first 67 streetcars out of 89 produced for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) by Bombardier Transporta...
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Hookah bar ban one step closer after city committee stifles cultural argument
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Hookah bar ban one step closer after city committee stifles cultural argument
Hookah bar owners fought hard against a ban on a cultural smoking tradition Wednesday but to no avail.Council’s community services committee voted to see it exactly like any other tobacco product and asked city officials to prepare amendments to Edmonton’s public places bylaw.When that report com...
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Alberta's highest paid public agency head earned $926,976 last year
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Alberta's highest paid public agency head earned $926,976 last year
Top executives from the Alberta Electric System Operator, Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta and Alberta Energy Regulator were the best paid members of the province’s public sector last year.That’s according to the 2017 “sunshine list” for Alberta’s boards, agencies and commissions, which wer...
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Alberta's highest paid public agency head earned $926,976 last year
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Alberta's highest paid public agency head earned $926,976 last year
Top executives from the Alberta Electric System Operator, Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta and Alberta Energy Regulator were the best paid members of the province’s public sector last year.That’s according to the 2017 “sunshine list” for Alberta’s boards, agencies and commissions, which wer...
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NDP Transportation Minister Brian Mason says he won't run in 2019
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NDP Transportation Minister Brian Mason says he won't run in 2019
Former NDP leader and veteran caucus member Brian Mason announced Wednesday he won’t be running in the next provincial election.Mason, who headed the party from 2004 to 2014, is the longest serving member in the legislative assembly, where he’s known for his boisterous attitude and quick wit.He w...
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Edmonton weather: The beeps, sweeps and creeps show a nice day
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Edmonton weather: The beeps, sweeps and creeps show a nice day
A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 13 C with a 9 km/h wind coming from the north. There’s a chance of showers again today around 30 per cent chance. Fog should clear up this morning and there’s a high ...
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Alberta's top earners on public boards, agencies and commissions named
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Alberta's top earners on public boards, agencies and commissions named
Top executives from the Alberta Electric System Operator, Workers’ Compensation Board of Alberta and Alberta Energy Regulator were the best paid members of the province’s public sector last year.That’s according to the 2017 “sunshine list” for Alberta’s boards, agencies and commissions, which wer...
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Nothing suspicious about century-old human bones found at Edmonton construction site, police say
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Nothing suspicious about century-old human bones found at Edmonton construction site, police say
police don’t believe there’s anything suspicious about a set of nearly century-old human bones discovered at a construction site last week.City police said in a news release Tuesday that investigators have concluded their probe of the skeletal remains, which were reported to police last Thursday ...
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Daryl Katz selling $1.9-million fully furnished hand-crafted log cabin on Pigeon Lake
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Daryl Katz selling $1.9-million fully furnished hand-crafted log cabin on Pigeon Lake
Who wants to live like a billionaire? Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz is selling his luxurious Pigeon Lake cottage for $1.9 million.The gated waterfront getaway at 67 Silver Beach Rd. in the Mulhurst Bay area, which according to land titles records Katz owns with Katz Group executive John Karvel...
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Daryl Katz selling $1.9-million fully furnished hand-crafted log cabin on Pigeon Lake
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Daryl Katz selling $1.9-million fully furnished hand-crafted log cabin on Pigeon Lake
Who wants to live like a billionaire? Edmonton Oilers owner Daryl Katz is selling his luxurious Pigeon Lake cottage for $1.9 million.The gated waterfront getaway at 67 Silver Beach Rd. in the Mulhurst Bay area, which according to land titles records Katz owns with Katz Group executive John Karvel...
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Nothing suspicious about century-old human bones found at Edmonton construction site, police say
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Nothing suspicious about century-old human bones found at Edmonton construction site, police say
police don’t believe there’s anything suspicious about a set of nearly century-old human bones discovered at a construction site last week.City police said in a news release Tuesday that investigators have concluded their probe of the skeletal remains, which were reported to police last Thursday ...
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Defence claims misidentification in Whyte Avenue nightclub first-degree murder trial
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Defence claims misidentification in Whyte Avenue nightclub first-degree murder trial
Defence counsel gave its closing statement in the trial of Arman Dhillon on Tuesday, arguing evidence presented at trial was not substantive enough for a conviction.Dhillon is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Amin Mohammed Abdullahi on March 20, 2016.Abdul...
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Notes from the Dome: Advance polls open, province launches affordable housing program
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Notes from the Dome: Advance polls open, province launches affordable housing program
Voters electing new MLAs in two Alberta ridings started casting their ballots Tuesday in advance polls.Election day for the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake and Fort McMurray-Conklin byelections is slated for Thursday, July 12. But advance polls are open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday this week.Voters...
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Edmonton police urge people to stop using cars as babysitters
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Edmonton police urge people to stop using cars as babysitters
This week may feel more like fall than summer but hot days are on the way. And the Edmonton Police Service is reminding people that a vehicle is not a babysitter.Last year, first responders attended to 340 instances of children and pets left unattended in vehicles, said an Edmonton police news re...
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