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6 min ago | Mi2n

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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4 hrs ago | 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

The Globe and Mail

Calgary man charged with murder of woman and her five-year-old son

Thirty-five-year-old Chona Manzano and five-year-old Gabriel Manzano were found dead Thursday in a home on the northwest edge of the city.

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Lifestyles

Card announced for Hard Knocks in Estevan

The tentative card has been announced for the School of Hard Knocks 33 on Saturday, May 25 at Spectra Place.

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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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Pittsburgh Catholic

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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National Geographic

Geography in the News: Keystone Pipeline and Canadian Tar Sands

Supporters and protesters continue to lobby both the White House and U.S. Congress for and against the 1,700-mile long Keystone pipeline running from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Lethbridge Herald

College fundraising drive kicks off in fine fashion

Caroline Zentner lethbridge herald This e-mail address is being protected from spambots.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Canada.com

Double amputee completes gruelling trek from Edmonton to Calgary

Sore, but in good spirits, double-amputee Spencer West completed a gruelling 11-day trek from Edmonton to Calgary on Thursday.

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Pipestone Flyer

Possibilities Redefined

Spencer West speaks to the students at Ecole Corinthia Park School in Leduc at the first stop on his marathon from Edmonton to Calgary to raise money to bring fresh water to third world countries.

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Red Deer Advocate

Officers to focus on weekend traffic

Mounties and highway sheriffs will be out in full force through Central Alberta as travellers head out for the May long weekend.

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CBC News

Agriculture Canada closing offices in 4 Saskatchewan communities

As well, research on cattle, previously done in Lethbridge, Alberta, will be consolidated with the existing research office in Swift Current.

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CTV

Cement truck driver who killed five in Calgary up for full parole

Daniel Tschetter, right, leaves court, in Calgary Thursday, May 7, 2009, with his wife after being found guilty of five counts of manslaughter after a cement truck crashed into the back of a car on Dec.

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Edmonton Journal

Not enough evidence to lay charges in 2011 Slave Lake wildfire, RCMP say

On the second anniversary of the Slave Lake wildfire, RCMP say the task force investigating the cause of the blaze has been unable to find evidence to lay charges - or even confirm that the fire was arson.

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Edmonton Journal

Four-year deal for Alberta teachers passed by a landslide in legislature

Legislation that imposes a four-year labour agreement on teachers and school boards passed by an overwhelming majority in the Alberta legislature Wednesday afternoon.

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CBC News

RCMP charge Alberta businesswoman with theft, fraud

Helen Stevenson, Evelyn Tkachuk and Jean Domstad say they were among many Leduc seniors cheated by a businesswoman who has left a trail of bad debt across the capital region.

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Edmonton Journal

Residents fight speed limit increase on Scona Road

Improvements to Scona Road have only made the intersection at the top of the hill more dangerous for pedestrians, Strathcona community members arguing against a speed limit increase said Wednesday.

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Wed May 15, 2013

CBC News

Albertans celebrate Liberal win in B.C. election

One of the organizers of a Calgary fundraiser for the B.C. Liberals earlier this year is pleased with the party's election victory on Tuesday.

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Canada.com

Senate appointment set Duffy loose as high-profile Conservative fundraiser

Within days of being sworn into office as a Conservative senator on Jan. 26, 2009, former broadcaster Mike Duffy began making waves with a series of ribald partisan barbs aimed at various detractors of his patron, Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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The Fort Macleod Gazette

Laurie Donaldson

Laurie Donaldson was born March 10, 1952 to Gerda and Michael Trojan in Belgium.

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