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Kenney, Shandro to provide vaccine update Friday at noon
Premier Jason Kenney and Minister of Health Tyler Shandro will provide an update on the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Alberta at noon on Friday.…
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Opinion: Restrictions and vaccinations will see us through COVID-19 safely
n their op-ed in the Edmonton Journal on Feb. 9, Dr. Ari R. Joffe and Mr. David Redman suggest that COVID-19 only causes serious illness…
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Three to See: Marlaena Moore, Black Joy and harp and violin Saint-Saëns
Marlaena Moore’s new single: It felt like our brief, terrible winter died this week, and this video for Moore’s crushing song Carve is the perfect…
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Edmonton’s Bitcoin Well relocating to massive downtown office by end of the year
An Edmonton-based bitcoin broker is spending $4-million to move its headquarters from Whyte Avenue to the downtown core. Bitcoin Well, a company that buys and…
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Police, city staff apologize after removing homeless people from LRT station during cold snap
Edmonton police are opening an internal investigation and reviewing their practices after officers removed homeless people sheltering in a city-centre LRT station during an extreme…
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Opinion: U of A’s Ring Houses contain the school’s DNA
In a recent opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal, I was quoted regarding the University of Alberta’s proposal to demolish/sell the Ring Houses, and now…
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Gracelife Church of Edmonton defies closure order, holds in-person service after pastor charged by RCMP
A Parkland County church continued to allow people into their morning service today after weeks of defying public health orders and recently having a pastor…
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COVID-19: 305 new cases and 15 new deaths as notifications start going out for next phase of vaccination campaign
There were 305 new cases of COIVD-19 reported on Saturday bringing the provincial total to 128,540 since the pandemic began. There were 109 new cases…
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Alberta frontline workers to receive one-time $1,200 payment from government
More than 380,000 frontline workers in Alberta will receive one-time payments of $1,200 from the government for working during the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Jason Kenney…
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‘The public didn’t know’: Why some frail seniors weren’t in Alberta’s first vaccine rollout — Groundwork
It’s a one-word difference — licensed versus designated — but it’s meant the difference between the relief of a vaccination campaign and being stuck in…
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