Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in the murder of a 42-year-old Edmonton man who was found shot in a downtown alley earlier this month. In a news release Monday, EPS homicide detectives released a surveillance image of a man who was seen walking about a block away from the McCauley…
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The latest: What you need to know today in Alberta: The word that best defines the situation now in Alberta is uncertainty. Farmers are uncertain about how COVID-19 will impact them as they prepare to plant crops. Parents are uncertain how the loss of thousands of education jobs will affect them. Workers are uncertain what to…
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The City of Edmonton is temporarily laying off 1,600 employees and Edmonton Public Library is laying off nearly 500 others. The COVID-19 related layoffs were announced Monday by Edmonton interim city manager Adam Laughlin and Pilar Martinez, CEO of the Edmonton Public Library. The city employees work in recreation centres and in public spaces. Affected staff include full-time…
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Throughout his career playing minor hockey in 13 countries, Rory Rawlyk has come to expect brushes with disaster. Rawlyk arrived at a New York Rangers training camp on Sept. 11, 2001, hours before the World Trade Center towers collapsed. In March 2010, he was with teammates in Herne, Germany, when a volcano in Iceland erupted, spewing a…
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The North Atlantic refinery in Come By Chance is the latest major industrial site in Newfoundland and Labrador to ramp down production in the name of safety. The decision was made Sunday to stop refining new products and instead shift the refinery into maintenance mode. “While we have no cases of COVID-19 at the refinery,…
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With gyms closed, fitness studios gone silent and physical-distancing measures intended to curb COVID-19 leaving us in isolation, many might see the warm glow of the fridge light as the only remaining comfort. But personal trainer Chris Tse says even if you have only one room, you can still map out an enjoyable and demanding exercise routine. All you need is…
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