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Advocates call on the Alberta government to regulate counsellors to protect clients
Advocates are heightening calls for the Alberta government to regulate counsellors after a former family doctor in northern Alberta, who was barred from practising in the province, is now taking appointments as an addictions counsellor.Dr. Brianne Hudson had her medical practice permit cancelled ...
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Advocates are heightening calls for the Alberta government to regulate counsellors after a former family doctor in northern Alberta, who was barred from practising in the province, is now taking appointments as an addictions counsellor.Dr. Brianne Hudson had her medical practice permit cancelled ...
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I'd become complacent around wildlife working in parks — until a predator stole my supper
This First Person column is by Chad Dupuis who lives in Slave Lake, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ ...
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This First Person column is by Chad Dupuis who lives in Slave Lake, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ ...
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Agency aims to relocate detox centre from downtown to west Edmonton
A detox centre may be moving to Edmonton's west end from the inner city if an application to rezone a building on Stony Plain Road and 156th Street is approved. The site is zoned to allow a health-care facility of up to 1,000 square metres, according to the city's rezoning web page, and the Georg...
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A detox centre may be moving to Edmonton's west end from the inner city if an application to rezone a building on Stony Plain Road and 156th Street is approved. The site is zoned to allow a health-care facility of up to 1,000 square metres, according to the city's rezoning web page, and the Georg...
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Epcor puts mandatory ban on all non-essential water use for Edmonton and area
Epcor has put a mandatory ban on non-essential water use because of a pump failure early Monday at the E.L. Smith water treatment plant in southwest Edmonton.Residents and businesses in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Beaumont and Fort Saskatchewan are being...
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Epcor has put a mandatory ban on non-essential water use because of a pump failure early Monday at the E.L. Smith water treatment plant in southwest Edmonton.Residents and businesses in Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Stony Plain, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Beaumont and Fort Saskatchewan are being...
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Alberta highway to remain closed for days after oily substance leaves road dangerously slick
Four days after a truck spilled an oily substance over about 40 kilometres of central Alberta highway, the stretch of road coated by the industrial muck remains impassable.As of Monday morning, Highway 20 between Township Road 470 and Highway 39 southwest of Edmonton remains closed and is expecte...
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Four days after a truck spilled an oily substance over about 40 kilometres of central Alberta highway, the stretch of road coated by the industrial muck remains impassable.As of Monday morning, Highway 20 between Township Road 470 and Highway 39 southwest of Edmonton remains closed and is expecte...
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Flair Airlines owes $67 million in unpaid taxes as CRA opens door to seize carrier's property
Court documents show Flair Airlines owes the federal government $67.2 million in unpaid taxes, prompting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to obtain an order for the seizure and sale of the carrier's property.The money relates to import duties on the 20 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that make up the bud...
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Court documents show Flair Airlines owes the federal government $67.2 million in unpaid taxes, prompting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to obtain an order for the seizure and sale of the carrier's property.The money relates to import duties on the 20 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that make up the bud...
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Bradley Barton loses bid for 3rd trial in killing of woman in Edmonton hotel
Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel.Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12½ years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, a Métis and Cree woman who bled to death in a bathtub in June 2011...
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Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel.Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12½ years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, a Métis and Cree woman who bled to death in a bathtub in June 2011...
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Team of scientists make a pitstop in Edmonton on pole-to-pole journey
A crew of 23 scientists and explorers from around the world are setting out on a journey to circumnavigate the globe. The drive will take another 17 months with stops at both the North Pole and South Pole. The group stopped in Edmonton on the way to Yellowknife to talk about the once-in-a-lifetim...
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A crew of 23 scientists and explorers from around the world are setting out on a journey to circumnavigate the globe. The drive will take another 17 months with stops at both the North Pole and South Pole. The group stopped in Edmonton on the way to Yellowknife to talk about the once-in-a-lifetim...
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Divers involved in Franklin expedition say the 2023 season 'highly productive'
If it's possible to look through the eyes of the past, Jonathan Moore has done it.The manager of a team of Parks Canada underwater archeologists excavating the rediscovered ships of the doomed Franklin expedition once held in his hands the lens from a pair of eyeglasses fetched from the deep. The...
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If it's possible to look through the eyes of the past, Jonathan Moore has done it.The manager of a team of Parks Canada underwater archeologists excavating the rediscovered ships of the doomed Franklin expedition once held in his hands the lens from a pair of eyeglasses fetched from the deep. The...
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Take a tour of this airplane that has been converted into an ice shack
A group of friends are taking ice fishing to new depths on Last Mountain Lake north of Regina. They purchased a small, turboprop plane and turned it into an ice shack. The plane has heaters, bench seating and has even been used for sleeping.
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A group of friends are taking ice fishing to new depths on Last Mountain Lake north of Regina. They purchased a small, turboprop plane and turned it into an ice shack. The plane has heaters, bench seating and has even been used for sleeping.
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The most Edmonton thing you can ... hear
is home to a lot of public art, installations and murals that range from contentious to celebrated. So what does it take to keep our public art shiny and attractive? And how did a private mural downtown become one of the most infamous walls in the city? In the first episode of This Is Edmonton, h...
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is home to a lot of public art, installations and murals that range from contentious to celebrated. So what does it take to keep our public art shiny and attractive? And how did a private mural downtown become one of the most infamous walls in the city? In the first episode of This Is Edmonton, h...
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Without them, we'd be dead. Why Microbes play a major role in climate change
There are more microbes in the human body, than there are people on earth.The tiny organisms help digest food, neutralize toxins and can even help control greenhouse gas emissions. While they make life possible, some scientists say microbes are missing from climate models and solutions — and that...
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There are more microbes in the human body, than there are people on earth.The tiny organisms help digest food, neutralize toxins and can even help control greenhouse gas emissions. While they make life possible, some scientists say microbes are missing from climate models and solutions — and that...
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Canadian Palestinian citizen journalist, who lived in Calgary, reported missing in Gaza
Government officials in Ottawa say they are monitoring the situation surrounding a missing Calgary man who was working as a citizen journalist and aid worker in Gaza.Family and friends of Mansour Shouman say they haven't heard from him in a week and they are growing more and more concerned over h...
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Government officials in Ottawa say they are monitoring the situation surrounding a missing Calgary man who was working as a citizen journalist and aid worker in Gaza.Family and friends of Mansour Shouman say they haven't heard from him in a week and they are growing more and more concerned over h...
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Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market Association to declare bankruptcy, dissolve
The Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market Association will declare bankruptcy and dissolve, following a vote Saturday morning.The decision comes a week after the association announced the farmers market would be moving from its historical building, located on 97th Street and 103rd Avenue, amid financi...
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The Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market Association will declare bankruptcy and dissolve, following a vote Saturday morning.The decision comes a week after the association announced the farmers market would be moving from its historical building, located on 97th Street and 103rd Avenue, amid financi...
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Fungal infections in trees can hurt — or help — in the battle against mountain pine beetles
Researchers at the University of Alberta have investigated how fungal pathogens affect the ability of trees to defend against attacks by mountain pine beetles."Different fungal pathogens can affect the chemistry of the tree differently," Rashaduz Zaman, lead author of a study published in the jou...
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Researchers at the University of Alberta have investigated how fungal pathogens affect the ability of trees to defend against attacks by mountain pine beetles."Different fungal pathogens can affect the chemistry of the tree differently," Rashaduz Zaman, lead author of a study published in the jou...
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