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Edmonton cyclists on track for year-round riding
Two-wheeled commuters are unlocking a new cycling season in Edmonton — with help from the city's annual Bike Show. More
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Recap Forsberg continues tear as Preds outlast Oilers
Filip Forsberg scored for the fourth straight game, Viktor Arvidsson got the go-ahead goal and the Nashville Predators beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Sunday night.
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Sunrise Records takes over 70 HMV locations in malls
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Seventy HMV locations set to close will operate as Sunrise Records, as the Toronto company takes on the music store leases.
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Live Blog Oscars 2017: Live updates from Hollywood's biggest night
Will La La Land win big? Will Meryl Streep win again? Make the night even better by following along live with our team on the entertainment beat.
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RCMP investigate fatal collision near Fort Saskatchewan
One person is dead and another is in hospital after a two-vehicle collision near Fort Saskatchewan Sunday morning.
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Cleanup confusion resolved after vehicle fire near home of Edmonton senior
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An Edmonton senior can once again look out her front window at a cleaner street, after city crews arrived to clean up the mess left by a truck that caught fire out front of her home last week.
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Burden of isolation: Juror with PTSD urges jury in Calgary triple-murder trial to get help
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A Toronto man who was diagnosed with PTSD after spending five months on the jury of a 2014 murder trail says jurors shouldn't feel it's their burden to suffer alongside the families.
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Garth Brooks a business boon for Edmonton Ice District
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Nine sold-out Garth Brooks shows in Edmonton boosted business for bars, restaurants and hotels in the city's Ice District this week.
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Analysis Do Canada's Conservatives want to join the populism parade?
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Former Reform party leader Preston Manning says the public is alienated and disenchanted. Do Conservatives want to address those feelings or merely encourage disenchantment?
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Video WestJet to pay for damages after ice chunk crashes through Calgary house
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Theresa Couch now has the chunk of ice — measuring about 30 centimetres across — in her freezer.
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'They hardly talk': Asylum seekers slow to ask questions during ride from border to Winnipeg
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A Winnipeg driver who picks up asylum seekers at the border says the ride back to the city is often quiet.
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Oscars 2017: What you need to know for tonight's show
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They've tallied the votes, gilded the giant Oscar statues and rolled out the red carpet. Fans of film, frocks and frivolity focused on the famous turn their eyes to Hollywood tonight for the 89th annual Academy Awards. Here's what you need to know ahead of this year's show.
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Opinion Revenge of the comment section: Leave Ivanka out of it
This weekend, Ontario women plan to stage protests at the Bay, which carry Ivanka Trump's clothing line.
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NDP leadership candidates ready to 'fight like hell,' despite slow start to race
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There will be plenty of time for "violent agreement" at the NDP's first leadership debate early next month because only two men have so far registered with Elections Canada as candidates to lead the social democratic party.
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Finance Canada hiring pollsters to gauge Canadians' gut reactions to budget
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When Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivers his next televised budget speech, carefully selected people from across the country will be registering their approval or disapproval of each measure he announces in real time.
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'Bring them home': 9 pit bull puppies stolen from Edmonton garage
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Lisa Morrey had her dog's nine 5-week-old puppies in the heated garage eating dinner. When she went to check on them an hour later, all of them had been stolen.
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Woman's death in Wainwright considered suspicious
RCMP are investigating a suspicious death after a woman was found dead in her Wainwright home Friday.
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Warmer weather puts Edmonton gardeners in the (new) zone
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Due to climate change, Edmonton gardeners have more choice than ever.
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Analysis Hard, hard times again — sort of: Why a lot of N.L.'s fiscal problems are self-inflicted
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Newfoundland and Labrador is shedding jobs as it deals with an unprecedented debt and a sluggish economy. But it's a crisis the government should have seen coming.
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Asylum seekers learning to cope without hands after frostbitten walk into Canada
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It's been exactly two months since Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal almost froze to death walking across the border into Manitoba from the United States, and while they're grateful to be in Canada, they're struggling to cope.
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Ban on non-essential water use lifted in Strathcona County
A ban on non-essential water use issued Friday in Strathcona County has been lifted.
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Popular skating areas forced to close early
It was a short season for recreational skaters enjoying the city’s two very popular iceways.
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Want millennial voters? Conservatives must change, researchers say
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Researchers brought a sobering message to the annual convention of the right-leaning Manning Centre Friday: most voters under 35 aren't connecting with the conservative movement, and if it wants to reach them, more than just messaging needs to change.
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AHS confirms four mumps cases at University of Alberta
Albertans are being advised that a mumps outbreak in southern Alberta could spread north. Alberta Health Services confirmed four cases of mumps in the Edmonton region on Friday.
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Royal Canadian Mint struggles to make money: documents
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Once a cash cow, the Royal Canadian Mint is struggling to make money. Internal documents and other reports show the mint is facing strong headwinds as sales of collector coins tank, revenues diminish and profits fall.
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Video How to win your Oscars pool: Insider tips from CBC's film critic
Need some help with your Academy Awards pool? CBC film critic Eli Glasner shares a few tried and true tips to help you pick the winners.
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Recap Oilers fall victim to Capitals' home-ice magic
Justin Williams and Tom Wilson scored as the Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Friday night to tie the franchise record with their 13th consecutive home victory.
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Surveillance footage shown at trial of accused Loblaws killer
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Jayme Pasieka stared straight ahead as video footage from the Loblaws warehouse where he is accused of stabbing six colleagues was played in court on Friday.
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Australian man arrested in Edmonton after trying to meet girl, 13, for sex, police say
A 22-year-old Australian man faces luring and child porn charges after trying to meet a 13-year-old Edmonton girl for sex.
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Alberta's only female funny car driver enjoys life in fast lane
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Don’t be fooled by the term "funny car." When Courtney Mageau slips behind the wheel of her custom built race car, she’s a force to be reckoned with.
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'Part of the culture': Study suggests link between sports and addiction
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One of the many benefits of kids playing sports is the exercise can promote a healthy lifestyle for them at an impressionable age.
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Video Retiring Fort McMurray fire chief still plagued by guilt
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Darby Allen, the Fort McMurray fire chief credited with slaying one of Alberta's largest wildfires, is bidding farewell to his home and position.
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Stolen Lamborghinis seized in second raid of Deadwood man's property
RCMP recovered two stolen Lamborghinis during a second search of a property where officers seized more than 30 weapons last week.
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Alberta slashes pay, perks and bonuses for CEOs at agencies, boards and commissions
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Finance Minister Joe Ceci says perks such as golf course memberships and housing allowances are being eliminated for the CEOs of 23 agencies, boards and commissions. Bonuses are gone and severance pay will be capped at a maximum of 12 months.
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Residence for city's hard-to-house slashes reliance on hospitals, EMS
A program designed to house the city's most desperate homeless people has dramatically cut ambulance calls and hospital stays for its residents, an Alberta Health services report says.
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New rules for heavy oil odours let government off hook, says Peace River farmer
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A Peace River farmer says new rules intended to deal with long-standing complaints about powerful, gassy smells from heavy oil operations have allowed the Alberta government to once again shift responsibility for the problem.
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Woman found dead in vehicle in northeast Edmonton was shot, police say
A woman found dead in a vehicle on the outskirts of northeast Edmonton died of gunshot wounds, homicide investigators confirmed Friday.
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Alberta inflation rate spikes as carbon tax helps drive up gas prices, Statistics Canada says
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The inflation rate has risen to 2.5 per cent year over year in Alberta — driven largely by soaring gas prices that can be attributed in part to the province's new carbon tax, Statistics Canada says.
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City looks to manage traffic, noise on North Saskatchewan River
With more people taking to the North Saskatchewan River for recreation, the city is looking at ways of making the river safer and quieter.
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Justice Robin Camp loses bid to suspend watchdog's deliberations on his fate
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The Federal Court has ruled the Canadian Judicial Council can continue to deliberate the questions of whether Justice Robin Camp can remain on the bench.
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Fees could shorten sidewalk closures during construction projects, report finds
The city of Edmonton is pondering ways to speed up construction projects to make it easier and safer for people to get around on foot, on bikes and in their vehicles. One option is to charge companies a fee for obstructing sidewalks.
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New Orleans police charge man after driver plows into Mardi Gras crowd
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- In famine-ravaged South Sudan, people eat weeds and water lilies to survive
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MDs under pressure: U.S. Navy SEAL training adapted to help Canadian doctors fight stress
- Sunrise Records takes over 70 HMV locations in malls
- 'It's nerve-racking': Quiet life of Americans living on Quebec border upended by asylum seekers
- Canadian school boards question trips to U.S. as travel ban debate continues
- High rent could make Toronto a 'generational ghost town'
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Rotting rats, flies: Insurance repair disaster causes 'mega destruction' of dream home
- 'I just want my family': Woman says innocent paperwork error dashes immigration dreams
- Doctor who won't use 'monster' methadone loses right to treat opioid addicts
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Do Canada's Conservatives want to join the populism parade?
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- Plenty of budget remedies offered as Liberals prepare prescription for ailing economy: Chris Hall
- Liberal backbenchers, Tory leadership hopefuls among Parliament's biggest dissenters
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NDP leadership candidates ready to 'fight like hell,' despite slow start to race
- Finance Canada turning to dial-testing focus group for gut reactions to 2017 budget
- Do Canada's Conservatives want to join the populism parade?
- Goodale rejects former colleague's claim of long waits by Manitoba asylum seekers
- Want millennial voters? Conservatives must change, researchers say
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MDs under pressure: U.S. Navy SEAL training adapted to help Canadian doctors fight stress
- 'Off-label' antidepressant use lacks evidence, and a link between math skills and your health
- What's in your chicken sandwich? DNA test shows Subway sandwiches could contain just 50% chicken
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Finding life on 7 exoplanets will be a challenge: Bob McDonald
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- Even if scientists could make woolly mammoths de-extinct, should they?
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Sudbury tries to win 2021 Canada Games with 'northern hospitality'
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- Ottawa's northern representative proposes 'Indigenous protected areas' for Arctic
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