Smith announces funding to build more Alberta schools, rails against feds immigration policies
Smith announces funding to build more Alberta schools, rails against feds immigration policies

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Proposed changes to Alberta Bill of Rights are futile: experts
Proposed changes to Alberta Bill of Rights are futile: experts

It won’t be long until Premier Danielle Smith tables her recently amended Alberta Bill of Rights, which will likely include provisions surrounding personal vaccination choice and firearm rights.

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Alberta kids aged 2 and up will soon be able to get vaccinated at pharmacies
Alberta kids aged 2 and up will soon be able to get vaccinated at pharmacies

Parents in Alberta will have more options to get their toddlers vaccinated starting early next year. Starting on Feb. 1, 2025, pharmacists in the province will be allowed to administer vaccines to anyone…

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Trudeau's government could face confidence vote next week
Trudeau’s government could face confidence vote next week

The first confidence test of Justin Trudeau’s government this fall could take place next week, and if the government falls, the country could be thrust into an election. CityNews has learned the Government…

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Crash involving motorcycle, truck in southeast Edmonton sends 1 to hospital
Crash involving motorcycle, truck in southeast Edmonton sends 1 to hospital

One person was taken to hospital after a crash in southeast Edmonton on Monday. The Edmonton Police Service said Southeast Branch patrol officers were dispatched to a collision involving a truck and…

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Mounties warn of armed robbery suspects west of Edmonton
Mounties warn of armed robbery suspects west of Edmonton

An emergency alert has been cleared in an area west of Edmonton after one was issued Tuesday morning for two armed men. During the morning’s alert, Mounties say the men are on foot after a robbery,…

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Proposed changes to Alberta Bill of Rights are futile: experts
Proposed changes to Alberta Bill of Rights are futile: experts

It won’t be long until Premier Danielle Smith tables her recently amended Alberta Bill of Rights, which will likely include provisions surrounding personal vaccination choice and firearm rights.

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Alberta kids aged 2 and up will soon be able to get vaccinated at pharmacies
Alberta kids aged 2 and up will soon be able to get vaccinated at pharmacies

Parents in Alberta will have more options to get their toddlers vaccinated starting early next year. Starting on Feb. 1, 2025, pharmacists in the province will be allowed to administer vaccines to anyone…

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Trudeau's government could face confidence vote next week
Trudeau’s government could face confidence vote next week

The first confidence test of Justin Trudeau’s government this fall could take place next week, and if the government falls, the country could be thrust into an election. CityNews has learned the Government…

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Crash involving motorcycle, truck in southeast Edmonton sends 1 to hospital
Crash involving motorcycle, truck in southeast Edmonton sends 1 to hospital

One person was taken to hospital after a crash in southeast Edmonton on Monday. The Edmonton Police Service said Southeast Branch patrol officers were dispatched to a collision involving a truck and…

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Mounties warn of armed robbery suspects west of Edmonton
Mounties warn of armed robbery suspects west of Edmonton

An emergency alert has been cleared in an area west of Edmonton after one was issued Tuesday morning for two armed men. During the morning’s alert, Mounties say the men are on foot after a robbery,…

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Alberta to spend $8.6B on new schools
Alberta to spend $8.6B on new schools

With dozens of schools already full or overflowing, Alberta’s premier announced a plan Tuesday night to create 50,000 new school spaces over the next three years. As Sean Amato reports, the NDP said the UCP government waited until it was a crisis.

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Rose Namajunas talks about UFC Fight Night coming to Edmonton
Rose Namajunas talks about UFC Fight Night coming to Edmonton

UFC Fight Night is coming to Edmonton. CityNews speaks with Rose Namajunas ahead of her November 2nd match at Rogers Place.

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Edmonton Airport Drone Delivery Program launches second phase
Edmonton Airport Drone Delivery Program launches second phase

Edmonton Airport and Drone Delivery Canada launched Phase 2 of their delivery program which is the first in Canada to safely intersect with the airport runway glide path. Our Leo Cruzat has the story.

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Edmonton police searching for murder suspect
Edmonton police searching for murder suspect

A woman who went missing was found dead. Now, police are trying to track down her intimate partner, the prime suspect in her death.

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No immediate risk’ as RCMP cancel dangerous persons alert near Mayerthorpe
No immediate risk’ as RCMP cancel dangerous persons alert near Mayerthorpe

Tension in the town of Mayerthorpe–90 minutes west of Edmonton Tuesday. RCMP putting out an emergency alert over two armed robbery suspects.

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'You got something to say?': NDP leader Jagmeet Singh confronts protester in Ottawa
‘You got something to say?’: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh confronts protester in Ottawa

There were some tense moments on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon when NDP leader Jagmeet Singh confronted a heckling protester. The moment captured on video appears to show Singh walking…

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Former Oilers assistant GM Brad Holland follows his father out the door in Edmonton
Former Oilers assistant GM Brad Holland follows his father out the door in Edmonton

The NHL’s Edmonton Oilers announced Tuesday that assistant general manager Brad Holland is leaving the club. The move comes almost three months after the departure of former Oilers general…

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Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down
Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

Inflation has come down from its highs, and groceries are no exception. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday that grocery prices in August rose 2.4 per cent from the year before, a far cry from their…

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StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data
StatCan looks to improve the way it tracks wireless plan pricing with new data

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has changed the way it tracks the price of wireless plans in an effort to capture a more accurate picture of what Canadians are paying when it calculates the inflation rate. The…

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Jasper council to debate asking Alberta government for budget funding support
Jasper council to debate asking Alberta government for budget funding support

The town council of Jasper is set to discuss today if it will ask for funding from the provincial government to offset reduced property tax revenues for the next three years.

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Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years
Canada’s inflation rate hits 2% target, lowest level in more than three years

Inflation finally hit the Bank of Canada’s two per cent target in August after a tumultuous battle with skyrocketing price growth, raising the odds of larger interest rate cuts in the coming months. Canada’s…

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Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
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Health Canada authorized Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against currently circulating variants of the virus on Tuesday. The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to…

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Canada consulting with allies on possible involvement in AUKUS security pact
Canada consulting with allies on possible involvement in AUKUS security pact

Canada is in consultations with the U.K., the U.S. and Australia about possible collaboration in the security pact known as AUKUS. The trilateral deal was struck three years ago in an effort to boost…

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Foreign interference inquiry to hear from MPs, elections commissioner's office
Foreign interference inquiry to hear from MPs, elections commissioner’s office

Liberal John McKay and Conservative Garnett Genuis are slated to appear today at a federal inquiry into foreign interference. Both members of Parliament serve with the…

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