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9 hrs ago | CBC News

Pigeon Lake businesses look forward to full season of camping

Business owners in Pigeon Lake are looking forward to this year's season after most of the provincial campground closed early last year for renovations.

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13 hrs ago | CBC News

Six campers rescued after getting lost in Kananaskis Country

A group of six campers was rescued Sunday morning after becoming lost when they wandered away from their campsite near Gorge Creek Trail.

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14 hrs ago | CBC News

Man arrested in stabbings near Kingsway Transit Station

One woman sustained life-threatening injuries in the incident that started in the parking lot of a nearby McDonalds around 6 p.m. Police say a man asked for money from two people, stabbing one of them.

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19 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Alberta's cattle industry recovers a decade after costly mad cow outbreak

The six-year-old Black Angus was one of a small herd Peaster had bought the year before for his grain farm and feedlot near Wanham, in Alberta's Peace Country.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Agriculture, Science, Life, Beef, Food, Meat,

21 hrs ago | CBC News

Danielle Smith asks RCMP to investigate Sandhu

Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has requested the RCMP conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu.

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Sat May 18, 2013

CBC News

Downtown market alters layout due to construction

Mild temperatures and sunny skies brought thousands of people to 104th Street on Saturday as the City Market moved outside for the first day this year.

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CBC News

Woman killed in rollover near Ponoka

A 25-year-old Red Deer woman was killed on Saturday when she was thrown from a vehicle that rolled on the QEII Highway near Ponoka.

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CBC News

Loft residents start petition against proposed strip club

Residents of the Cambridge Lofts on Jasper Avenue have started a petition to block a strip club from opening up in the building.

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CBC News

Remand centre sued by man who killed cellmate

The man who was found not criminaly responsible for stomping his cellmate to death at the Edmonton Remand Centre is now suing centre staff.

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Power Thrashers Edge Of Attack Announce 'Northern Destruction Tour'; New Music Video 'In Hell'

Website: http://www.edgeofattack.com Music: http://youtu.be/qBRj84u-i50 Grande Prairie, AB power-thrash five-piece Edge of Attack are proud to announce they will be trekking across Alberta for the month of June along with a tour date in Winnipeg, MB for their Northern Destruction Tour in promotion of their debut self titled album released on Spread ... (more)

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CBC News

Mall owner sues Slave Lake and its fire department

A company is suing the province, the town of Slave Lake and its fire department for $3 million in damages caused by fire crews battling the wildfire that ripped through the community in May 2011.

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Fri May 17, 2013

CBC News

Some wildfires started by would-be firefighters, investigator says

Wildfires like this one near Lloydminster in 2012 cause millions of dollars of damage every year in Saskatchewan.

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CBC News

Police name abduction victim

It is believed that three suspects abducted Rhianne Melin Larocque using her own car - a dark grey 2013 Dodge Dart with Alberta licence plate number HAH 030, seen here in a photo radar picture.

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CBC News

Stony Plain aids foreign workers displaced by fire

Rema Basa, her husband and three children lost everything when their Stony Plain apartment was destroyed by fire earlier this month.

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CBC News

Chat replay: Your gardening questions answered

Wondering what you should plant and when you should plant it? Lyndon Penner answered gardening questions from readers.

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Parishioners to celebrate secretariat's mission

The Secretariat for Leadership Development will welcome a wide range of local Catholic leaders Thursday, May 30, to O'Connor Hall at St.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Canada, Oblate School of Theology

CBC News

Pipeline clearcut irks Wolf Willow residents

A wide cutline was cut through the North Saskatchewan River valley in Wolf Willow over the winter to make way for a pipeline.

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CBC News

Alberta legislature session ends early amid controversy

The spring session of the Alberta legislature ended about three weeks sooner than expected on Wednesday, with Premier Alison Redford's Tories pushing through some final bills amid continuing criticism from the opposition.

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CBC News

Keystone XL pipeline 'needs to go ahead,' Harper tells U.S.

He laid out the case for why U.S. President Barack Obama's administration should approve the proposed pipeline that would connect Alberta's oilsands to the Gulf Coast, touting job creation prospects.

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Thu May 16, 2013

CBC News

Taxpayers advocate calls on government to drop gas taxes

"They tax it not once, but they tax it twice. And the second set of taxes actually taxes the first set of taxes," said Derek Fildebrandt, the Alberta director of the group.

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