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Advocates face uphill battle to save education program for at-risk aboriginal...
International scholars are voicing support for a local program that was changing the lives of at-risk aboriginal girls before the pilot project lost the space and funding needed to continue. “If it...
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Bringing innovative products to the residential real estate market
The Homes by Avi Group of Companies, which was founded in Calgary in 1978, is well known for delivering a variety of home types to the Alberta market — each type a unique variation of what homebuyers...
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Beaten, burned man discovered during Peace River drug and weapon bust
A man held captive in a Peace River home was burned and beaten before being rescued by police officers conducting an unrelated search warrant, RCMP said Saturday. On March 3, local RCMP officers, along...
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Frank. J. Flaman Foundation gives $170,000 to 16 charities at annual gala
Frank Flaman gave away $170,000 to 16 charities Friday night at his annual foundation gala before announcing he planned to donate $1.5 million this year to help the sick and vulnerable at home and...
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Suspect in Fox Drive stabbing pleads guilty to manslaughter
A 21-year-old man has admitted to fatally stabbing a 19-year-old man in what police described as a fight near Fox Drive last fall. Connor James Miller had been facing a second-degree murder charge in...
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Police commissioner frustrated with ongoing issues of gender parity
Edmonton’s police chief says his department is “trying everything and anything” to increase diversity in its ranks, but a police commissioner says she would like to see more progress getting women into...
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Bob Dylan, Duran Duran, Tool, Spoon announce Edmonton concert dates Monday
Legendary folk-rock icon Bob Dylan is rumbling and mumbling his way back to Edmonton this summer. Dylan will play Rogers Place on July 19. Tickets go on sale on March 24 at 10 a.m. through Live Nation....
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How you can get into a new townhome for less than rent
It’s a joyful moment when you find a new home meant just for you. A moment made better when you know that home is within reach. As a community developer and homebuilder, Brookfield Residential has...
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Duran Duran adds concert dates in Edmonton for their 2017 World Tour
Duran Duran announced Monday they will be coming to Edmonton for their 2017 World Tour for this summer, in support of their current album Paper Gods. The group will play Rogers Place on July 10....
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Podcast learning for entrepreneurs
Capital Ideas members were asked which podcasts inspire and support their entrepreneurial spirit. Here’s what members of our community of business owners helping business owners had to say: “As a...
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Wildrose unveils plan for Alberta crime task force
The Wildrose Party unveiled a crime task force Wednesday to consult with Albertans about rising crime rates in the province. “Members of our caucus will be fanning out across the province to listen to...
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Thieves unsuccessfully target ATMs at Edmonton drug stores
Two Edmonton drug stores were targeted early Tuesday in the latest attempts by thieves to steal ATMs in the city. Both unsuccessful break-ins happened around 5:45 a.m., an Edmonton police spokesman...
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Woman fined $5,000 for improperly accessing health information
A former Alberta Health Services employee has been fined $5,000 for improperly accessing the health information of 14 people in 2013. Amanda Tripp, a former supervisor of health information management,...
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Drug-trafficking crackdown around Edmonton LRT stations leads to 130 charges
More than 130 charges have been laid against 40 people as part of an Edmonton police operation targeting drug trafficking in and around LRT stations. The investigation, dubbed Operation Derailment,...
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Premier Rachel Notley announces twinning of Highway 15 bridge into Fort...
Fort Saskatchewan — Premier Rachel Notley was in Fort Saskatchewan on Thursday to announce an expansion to Highway 15, the corridor that connects the city to Edmonton. The plan calls for construction...
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Edmonton Journal photographer Larry Wong nominated for CAJ award
Edmonton Journal photographer Larry Wong has scooped up his seventh nomination for a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Wong was nominated again this year in the photojournalism category for a...
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'He gave me a very, very evil look': Man faces three attempted murder charges...
Attempted murder charges were laid Friday after a driver repeatedly rammed a car containing a mother and child before trying to run over the mother’s boyfriend in an unprovoked attack on a north...
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Dan Barnes: Is Edmonton thirsty for an elite beer mile?
Corey Bellemore doesn’t always wait until he’s crossed the finish line before he pops a brew. Or four. But the reigning beer mile champion of the world — yes, that’s a thing — was in Edmonton earlier...
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Top chefs to host myth-busting seminar on pairing wine with food
Remarkably, there are still those that believe you can’t pair wine with certain cuisines. Perhaps the unique and distinctive flavours of spices such as cardamom, coriander and tumeric, unfamiliar to...
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Joint drug operation leads to seizures of meth, cocaine, sawed-off shotgun,...
A joint drug bust between RCMP and Edmonton police has led to three people being arrested in Edmonton. Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Enoch RCMP drug section, with help from the Edmonton police tactical...
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