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3 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

'Get engaged,' Dallaire tells Alberta students

Alberta high school students are not powerless to stop the fate of their peers who are kidnapped in war-torn countries and forced into lives as soldiers and sex slaves, said Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire Friday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Canada,

7 hrs ago | Calgary Sun

Doc's dire warning comes amid new H1N1 deaths

As four more H1N1 deaths were confirmed in Alberta, the nation's top doctor said the virus is rapidly spreading in the West, with death and hospitalization rates three times greater than a week ago.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Edmonton Journal

Alberta loses 15,000 jobs

Alberta's job market recovery lasted all of one month. After growing by 3,000 jobs in September for the first monthly decrease in the provincial unemployment rate since December 2008, October came along to wipe out the gains and then some.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Edmonton Journal

'No need to rush' for shots, parents told

Parents and their children under five years old line up for H1N1 vaccinations at a flu clinic inside Millbourne Mall in Edmonton, AB, on Nov.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Canada, Family, Kids, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Medicine, Nursing, Influenza

Coast Reporter

Roughly 700 union protesters rally outside the Alberta Tory meeting in Red Deer

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the hotel in Red Deer, Alta., where Progressive Conservative delegates are voting on Premier Ed Stelmach's leadership.

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Related Topix: Canada,

R & D

Canadian, Irish companies pursue MT power project

A Canadian transmission company and an Irish wind developer said Friday they are teaming up to pursue a central Montana power project that could result in at least $1 billion worth of new wind energy in the Great Falls area.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy, Canada,

The Chronicle Herald

Killings shock Canadian military officials

Canadian soldiers reacted with horror, dismay and sympathy Friday to the shooting rampage that claimed 13 lives at a U.S. Army base with deep ties to the Canadian military.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, US Military, US Army, Peter Mackay, Fort Hood,

Calgary Herald

Small town mayor named Alberta Urban Municipalities Association president

The mayor of a 600-person community in central Alberta was narrowly elected today to lead the provincea s alliance of cities, towns and villages.

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Related Topix: Canada

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Calgary Sun

Charges laid in death of Rocky Mountain House teen

Criminal charges have been laid against the father of a teenager who accidentally shot and killed his best friend in Rocky Mountain House.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Regina Leader Post

Crown seeks life for Alberta rapist who posed as Mountie

The home of Gerard John Baumgarte in the Parkside Mobile Estates in Red Deer. Baumgarte is charged with the kidnapping of a 16-year-old girl and posing as a police officer.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Dose

Alberta Tories shrug off Wildrose's gains in poll

Alberta Tory cabinet ministers are shrugging off new poll results suggesting the upstart opposition Wildrose Alliance party is nipping at the heels of the government in terms of popular support.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Edmonton Sun

Killer resisting deportation

Federal officials are working on finally deporting a convicted drug dealer and killer, one of two siblings behind the savage slaying of an Edmonton man.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Canada,

Edmonton Journal

Calgary cement truck driver appeals sentence for killing five

Cement truck driver Daniel Tschetter arrived at the Calgary Courts Centre surrounded by family for the sentencing in his homicide case in Calgary on October 7, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada, Criminal Defense Law, Law

CKNW News Talk 980

Olympic torch relay moves from the North to communities in Alberta

After being carried through extreme Arctic temperatures in recent days, the Olympic flame is making its way to a slightly warmer climate.

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Related Topix: Canada

Thu Nov 05, 2009

CBC

Freeway crash kills 2 women

Edmonton police investigate a two-vehicle collision that killed two women on Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Canada

Canoe

Edmonton police dig into the past

To neighbours living near the modest west-end bungalow, the work crew probably looked like any contractor doing home renovations.

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Related Topix: Canada, Home, Home Remodeling

CTV.ca

Man to be sentenced in 2010 for shooting Alta. toddler

Home : Canada : Man to be sentenced in 2010 for shooting Alta. toddler Man to be sentenced in 2010 for shooting Alta.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Calgary Sun

City cops make $110K drug busts

Calgary Police Insp. Ray Robitaille shows a number of items seized in three separate investigations as part of the Calgary Police Service's ongoing efforts to combat the drug trade in district 4 and throughout the city.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Canada

The Victoria Star

Ker-pow! Homemade pumpkinator shoots gourds almost a kilometre at Alberta farm

Forget the battle for the biggest pumpkin. An Alberta farm has pumpkins that can fly.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Calgary Herald

MPs vote to repeal long-gun registry

Inspector Ray Robitaille displays a rifle, at a show on Nov. 3, 2009 in Calgary after busting a drug trafficking ring that turned up drugs, cash and various weapons.

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Related Topix: Canada, Stephen Harper, North America, World News