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| Feb 9, 2024 | CELL PHONE INDUSTRY LEADER PRAISES EDMONTON POLICE EFFORTS TO STOP ONLINE SCAMMERS OF ‘FAKE’ CELL PHONES | Dr. Phone Fix Logo
The fake phone scam serves as a reminder of the benefits of dealing with brick and mortar stores who stand behind their products.”
— Piyush Sawhney, CEO, Dr. Phone Fix EDMONTON , ALBERTA, CANADA, February 9, 2024 /EINPres... |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Alberta To Be First Canadian Province To Regulate Psychedelics For Therapeutic Use | Alberta will be the first Canadian province to regulate psychedelic drugs for therapeutic use, government officials announced on Wednesday. Under the plan, the provincial government will regulate the psychedelic drugs psilocybin, psilocin, ... |
| May 20, 2022 | FIRST READING: Maybe Canada could stop charging the hemisphere's highest fuel taxes? | Article content
First Reading is a daily newsletter keeping you posted on the travails of Canadian politicos, all curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent direct to your inbox every Monday to Thursday ... |
| May 18, 2022 | B.C. to demolish 'racist' museum and build unprecedentedly expensive replacement | Article content
Only months after a controversial decision to dismantle much of the Royal British Columbia Museum in the service of decolonization, the government of B.C. Premier John Horgan has just announced plans to demolish the facility... |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Edmonton police lay charges in homicide investigation of known B.C. gangster | Article content
Edmonton police have charged three people in relation to the southwest Edmonton homicide of a man known for criminal activity in B.C. |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Environment advocates say federal Budget 2022 gets some things right, but fails to divest from oil and gas development | Article content
This year’s federal budget offers billions of dollars in new spending to address the climate crisis, but some critics argue too much of that money is set aside for carbon-capture technology. |
| Feb 14, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act; Alberta K-12 mask mandate lifted; Injunctions to continue mandatory masking of students | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Labour union, parents take legal action in bid to keep Alberta school mask mandate | A group of Alberta parents is among those taking legal action in a bid to reverse the province’s decision to scrap masking requirements for school-aged children.
Edmonton law firm Roberts O’Kelly Law filed for an emergency injunction late S... |
| Feb 9, 2022 | Ottawa spending $41 million to boost internet speeds in rural Alberta | Article content
Remote and rural residents of Yellowhead County and several other Alberta communities will soon have quicker download speeds after the federal government announced millions in funding for broadband internet projects in the p... |
| Feb 8, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Alberta to scrap vaccine passport program at midnight; Saskatchewan, Quebec announce reopening plans | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| Feb 7, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Alberta reports 39 deaths over last three days; Kenney to announce path to easing restrictions; WestJet cancels flights citing the Omicron variant | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| Jan 26, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Growing divide between double-vaxxed and boosted: Survey; Alberta hospitalizations hit another pandemic-high, Paxlovid treatment announced | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| Jan 24, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: 'Cautious approach' to manage impact of fifth wave; Trudeau slams 'fear mongering' over trucker vaccine mandate; Stollery beds to be used for adult emergency overflow | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| Jan 14, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: 6,163 new cases reported Friday; Federal modelling shows surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations; Alberta post-secondaries extend online learning through February; Alphonso Davies out with myocarditis | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. What’s happening now
Edmonton’s soccer superstar Alphonso Davies temporarily stops tra... |
| Jan 6, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Alberta surpasses one million booster doses; K-12 students return to the classroom Monday; Alberta reports record-high cases and positivity rates | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. What’s happening now
‘It’s a crisis’: Canadian hospitals closing, cancelling surgeries... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: LaGrange to provide update on safe return to learning for k-12 students; Fed shipping out 140 million rapid tests; McDavid, Ryan, Barrie out on COVID protocol | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. What’s happening now
Trudeau and Tam to hold first federal update on COVID-19 of the n... |
| Jan 3, 2022 | COVID-19 live updates: Ontario schools going remote, pausing non-urgent surgeries; Omicron surge postpones some Alberta court cases | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. What’s happening now
Ontario schools going remote , province pausing non-urgent surger... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Three Alberta First Nations planning to take over child welfare | Three small northern Alberta First Nations are preparing to take control of the child welfare system for their members, writing a new law they say will provide better early intervention, better supports for families and an improved dispute ... |
| Nov 22, 2021 | From combat to casting call, Alberta heritage airplane's 80-year journey comes full circle | FAIRVIEW, Alta. — Some of the best fun I’ve had in my years as a journalist has been covering the ongoing saga of the Canso Crew, a group of farmers and friends from Fairview, Alta. who spent years rescuing and repairing a Second World War-... |
| Oct 24, 2021 | Tim Hortons sets its sights on a sustainable future with reusable coffee cups and containers, expected to hit stores by November 1 | These cups are meant to do more than just hold coffee. Kenya-Jade Pinto for Insider
The Tim Hortons coffee chain has 4,800+ locations in Canada, the US, China, the UK, and Mexico.
Tim’s is testing reusable containers and single-use drink cu... |
| Oct 24, 2021 | Tim Hortons sets its sights on a sustainable future with reusable coffee cups and containers, expected to hit stores by November 1 | These cups are meant to do more than just hold coffee. Kenya-Jade Pinto for Insider
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The Tim Hortons coffee chain has 4,800+ locations in Canada, the US, China, the UK, and Mexico.
Tim's is testing reusable containers and single-u... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Churchill and ‘Woke Totalitarianism’ | It seems that the wokesters who claim that they are “anti-racists” still can’t tolerate the memory of a man who defeated history’s most murderous racist. The Thursday defacing of a statue in Canada is the latest effort to cancel Hitler’s im... |
| May 12, 2021 | Alberta suspends legislature again, closed until after May long weekend | The Alberta legislature will stay closed until after the May long weekend, citing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a letter from the legislature’s Speaker.
The house was set to open for the spring sitting Monday after bei... |
| May 10, 2021 | Alberta's COVID rate is the highest in Canada. How did the third wave get so bad here? | Over the past several months, political and public health leaders repeatedly characterized the third wave of COVID-19 as a race between variants and the vaccine.
In Alberta, where per-capita rates of infection are higher than anywhere else ... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Former EE receiver Zylstra: 'CFL is some of the most fun football I have ever played' | With the 2020 Canadian Football League cancelled, the closest fans of their beloved three-down game could get has been getting glimpses of former players now in the NFL.
Brandon Zylstra got his first opportunity to do just that after leadin... |
| Mar 16, 2020 | Coronavirus Update Canada: Trudeau Closes Border to Everyone But Canadians and Americans | Updated at 6:30 p.m. EDT: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced drastic border measures to curb further spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) virus in the country on Monday—shortly before Canada confirmed it has more than 400 cases a... |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Canadian Islamic State Suspect Extradited to the United States | Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, a Canadian national and former San Diego resident, appeared in U.S. federal court on Oct. 25, following his extradition from Canada to the United States on terror charges. Abdullahi lived in Minneapolis and San Di... |
| Oct 23, 2019 | McDonald's Bullies Local Canadian Burger Joint Over 'Filet O' Fish' Trademark | It is perhaps a bit surprising that we don’t have an absolute ton of stories about fast-food giant McDonald’s here, given the sheer size and fame of the company. In fact, the last post we did about the company was in the wake of it having j... |
| Oct 23, 2019 | McDonald's Bullies Local Canadian Burger Joint Over 'Filet O' Fish' Trademark | It is perhaps a bit surprising that we don't have an absolute ton of stories about fast-food giant McDonald's here, given the sheer size and fame of the company. In fact, the last post we did about the company was in the wake of it having j... |
| Jul 19, 2019 | This Week In XR: Aris MD Snags NASA Prize, And SF’s Onedome AR Shutters | A slow week in the summer's sweltering heat yielded some interesting news, led by Edmonton-based Aris MD, which has captured NASA's attention with its unique medical visualization solution. |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Canadian Politician Hangs Out With Racists; Issues Legal Threats To People Calling Him A Racist | A Canadian politician is getting upset — litigiously upset — that people are characterizing him by the company he keeps. Parliament member Kerry Diotte’s legal rep (Arthur Hamilton of Cassel Brock Lawyers) has sent takedown demands to a han... |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Edmonton Man Uses ‘Involuntary Celibacy’ as Excuse in Stomping Death | A 38-year-old former security guard in Edmonton, Alberta, said that being “involuntarily celibate” contributed to him killing a man while on the job.
Sheldon Russell Bentley was sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter on Wednesda... |
| Jun 23, 2017 | DGB Grab Bag: Hossa's Contract, the Draft, and Drake | Welcome to Sean McIndoe's weekly grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter. Check out the Biscuits podcast with Sean and Dave Lozo as they discuss the events of the week.
Three stars of comedy
The t... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Down Goes Brown Grab Bag: All Star Voting, Sebastian Bach's Brother, and Junior | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's weekly grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Three stars of comedy
The third star: Leftover Halloween costumes—We covered some good ones last week, bu... |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Why it's OK to Cheer Player Injuries... Sometimes | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's weekly grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Three stars of comedy
The third star: Ryan Reaves—The Blues winger learned an important lesson: trying to... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Helsinn creates $50M VC fund to back early-stage cancer companies | Helsinn is getting into the venture capital game. The cancer supportive care specialist has put up $50 million (€45 million) to place 10 to 15 bets on early-stage companies in the U.S., parts of Europe and Israel.
Lugano, Switzerland-based ... |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: That Time the Sharks Mascot Got Stuck in Mid-Air Rappelling from the Rafters | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's Friday grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Trivial annoyance of the week
This week's trivial annoyance is that your social media feeds are about to ... |
| May 10, 2016 | GoFundMe hits 25m donors and $2b raised on its giving platform | GoFundMe seems to be everywhere these days; my social media feeds are never too many posts away from a campaign from the company raising funding for a cause or a goal.
The company’s appeal is easy to understand: it is enabling tiny acts of ... |
| Mar 11, 2016 | Why did this potential Alzheimer’s drug timeline keep shifting? | This is one of our periodic Five Year Watch columns, examining whether and why predictions of scientific progress were accurate, or hype.
In February 2011, a failed diabetes drug appeared to be getting a second chance. The University of Alb... |
| Jan 14, 2016 | A Baltimore taxi company now has a ride-hailing app | In Baltimore, taxis are getting into the ride-hailing app game.
Transdev, the international company that owns Yellow Checker Cab of Baltimore, is launching its zTrip app in the city on Thursday.
The app, which is available for iOS and Andro... |
| Jan 8, 2016 | Could an Oregon Militia-Style Standoff Happen in Canada? | Ammon Bundy, center, who is involved in the situation currently playing out in Oregon, leaving a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Monday. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
This post originally appeared on VICE Canada.
The situation... |
| Jan 8, 2016 | We Spoke to a Leader of Canada's Freemen on the Land Movement About the Oregon Standoff | Robert Menard, director of the World Freemen Society. Still via Daily VICE
This article originally appeared on VICE Canada
The Freemen on the Land (FOTL) movement, a sovereign citizen group that has followers in Canada, the US, and the UK, ... |
| Mar 13, 2013 | Canadian gas chain's mobile payment app offers respite from the cold | The high temperature in Edmonton, Alberta will be a balmy 34 degrees today. Tomorrow? 16 degrees. That's important information when considering the new mobile payment app from Hughes Petroleum, a chain of gas stations in Alberta, Canada.
Hu... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | Health Wave Raises Seed Funding to Deliver a Digital Dispensary | Ottawa-based startup Health Wave today announced that it has raised a round of seed funding from accelerator Mercury Grove and local angel investors to help it scale its business, which provides a turn-key web-based dispensary for health pr... |
| Jun 23, 2012 | Is 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Dangerous? | Please accept this as gospel: I do not like censorship. I am not a book burner. I will stand up for my right and your right to read any book we choose. Also understand that I fault no one for selling or reading E.L. James's erotic novels, t... |
| Jan 31, 2012 | Today's Headlines and Commentary | Today's top story is the President's maybe-a-little-too candid remarks on the CIA's drone program, as Ben discussed here. Here are the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times on the story.
Lots of other drone news: Andrew Stobo Sniderman a... |
| EGEB: New solar tech harvest rain motion energy, Edmonton may go 100% green, DOE reveals a new concentrated solar power project | Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news.
Today on EGEB, Chinese scientists unveil their newest invention: a solar panel powered not only by the sun but also rai... |
| «Я решил бесплатно готовить и доставлять пожилым людям еду». Как предприниматели помогают нам всем пережить пандемию | Пандемия коронавируса уже принесла огромные убытки бизнесу во многих странах — и, вероятно, принесет еще намного больше. При этом многие компании, остающиеся на плаву, считают своим долгом помочь людям, пострадавшим от вируса, и врачам. Мы ... |
| Climate Crisis Weekly: Attribution science — fossil-fuel smoking gun, Trump policy deaths, more | What is attribution science, and how does it hold fossil-fuel companies accountable for the climate crisis?
The editor of the prestigious medical journal the Lancet asks health professionals to protest climate change.
EVs in Britain are goi... |
| COVID-19 live updates: Molecular test no longer needed to get into Canada; Copping, Hinshaw to provide update Tuesday; 2,647 new cases over weekend | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
| COVID-19 live updates: Alberta to scrap vaccine passport program at midnight; Saskatchewan, Quebec announce reopening plans | With COVID-19 news changing every day, we have created this file to keep you up-to-date on all the latest stories and information in and around Edmonton. Are you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms?
Before calling Health Link use the COVID-19 As... |
