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'Money doesn't mean a whole bunch to me': Irma grandmother wins $50-million...
A small Alberta town is home to a big lottery win and it belongs to a woman who can remember when her farmhouse first got plumbing. “I milked cows for I don’t know how many years by hand, then we...
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Crown enters stay in Mink Lake drowned child case
A stay of proceedings was entered Wednesday in an Edmonton court case where a woman was charged in connection with her three-year-old son’s fatal drowning west of the city. Carmen Stewart, 45, was...
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Edmonton, Leduc County agree on smaller annexation proposal; airport status...
Edmonton announced Wednesday it had agreed to cut its annexation bid almost in half, preserving farmland west of the Edmonton International Airport and leaving north Nisku to Leduc County. But the city...
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Man sentenced for shooting his friend in the butt
The following story gives a whole new meaning to the colloquial phrase “riding shotgun.” An Edmonton man was handed an eight-month jail term Wednesday after pleading guilty to multiple charges,...
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Missing 81-year-old Edmonton woman found safe in Edson
An 81-year-old Edmonton woman who went missing on Wednesday afternoon was located in Edson on Thursday, police say. Edmonton police said Arletta Robertson was found at about 2 p.m. and that she is...
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Edmonton police seek out passengers on bus involved in fatal crash
Edmonton police want to talk to passengers who were riding on a bus when it struck and killed a 13-year-old girl Saturday. Mariama Sillah, 13, died after being hit and dragged by a city bus on Nov. 26,...
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Uncle given seven years in prison for sexually abusing special needs niece
An Edmonton man who repeatedly sexually abused his 14-year-old special needs niece and sent her sex texts with photos was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday. The 56-year-old former nurse, who...
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Friday's letters: Trudeau's Castro comments wrong target for wrath
Re. “Earth to Trudeau: you’re wrong on Castro,” Michael Den Tandt, Nov. 28 Earth to Michael Den Tandt: you’re wearing blinders. Justin Trudeau was not at fault for praising an old family friend. Fidel...
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Report blames temporary foreign worker program for making employees...
A first-of-its-kind report blames Canada’s “broken” temporary foreign workers program for making foreign workers vulnerable to exploitation at the hands of unscrupulous employers. “Overwhelmingly, the...
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Opinion: Edmonton's fight to end homelessness is far from over
I spoke out this week about Edmonton’s Homeless Count results to urge caution to the community in interpreting the numbers. The results were initially presented as if the number of homeless identified...
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Saturday's letters: Conservatives let Alberta down, Liberals are doing better
Re. “Ambrose finds her voice and that voice sounds angry,” David Staples, Nov. 25 I see Rona Ambrose is big on the blame game. Recall that Stephen Harper and his Conservatives had 10 years to get...
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Photos: BASE jumping off Edmonton's Pearl Tower
BASE jumpers Peter Kozak and Kelsey Fry jumped off the 32-storey Pearl Tower in Edmonton on Saturday December 3, 2016. The legal jump was a stunt to promote the 2017 Great Canadian Fitfest, coming to...
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Bauer scores other game winner in victory over Blades
Lane Bauer and the words “Game winning goal” are becoming a common theme for the Edmonton Oil Kings lately. The 20-year-old veteran scored his third straight and fourth game-winning goal of the season...
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Nick Lees: Edmontonians embrace the season of giving
Chief Running Wolf and a Métis who once lived on the streets helped the Edmonton Food Bank raise a badly needed $80,000 last week. The Métis was Tom Jackson, 68, who every year brings to audiences...
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Deep freeze descends on Edmonton
It had to happen eventually. Edmonton’s lingering honeymoon with autumn ceased Sunday evening when an area of high pressure descended on Alberta from the north, said Environment Canada meteorologist...
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Police investigate hate crime after man ties noose, threatens two Muslim women
Edmonton police are looking for a man who harassed two Muslim women at the University LRT station earlier this month. Two young women, both wearing hijabs, were approached by a man while standing on...
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Gary Lamphier: Industrial real estate developer Imperial Equities rides out...
When I last interviewed Imperial Equities CEO Sine Chadi in early 2013, the oilpatch was booming and so was the local industrial real estate developer he founded in 1998. Imperial’s earnings, revenues...
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Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards recognize outstanding people
Two Edmontonians have been recognized for bettering their community through volunteerism at the 2016 Stars of Alberta Volunteer Awards. Six Alberta volunteers were celebrated for their contributions to...
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Tuesday's letters: Perhaps the well-intentioned doth protest too much
Alberta’s struggling resource-based economy seemingly gained a helping hand with the recent Kinder Morgan pipeline decision, although this decision is, of course, not the end of the issue and will...
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Police release sketch of man accused of groping three women in northeast...
Police are on the hunt for a man accused of groping three women in northeast Edmonton. Three assaults reported to police all occurred in the same area Nov. 8 and Nov. 9. The first woman was walking...
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