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That offer to buy your time-share could be from a Mexican drug cartel (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
One of Mexico's biggest drug cartels is targeting Canadian time-share owners with an elaborate phone fraud. And experts say there is little anyone can do about it.
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Edmonton city council approves 8.9% property tax increase for 2024 (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Edmonton property owners are being charged 8.9 per cent more in taxes this year after city council approved its revised operating budget Tuesday. 
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Kopitar's OT winner lifts Kings to 5-4 win over Oilers to even series at 1-1 (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Anže Kopitar scored the overtime winner and had a pair of assists as the Los Angeles Kings knocked off the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to tie their opening-round playoff series 1-1 on Wednesday.
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Watch CBC Edmonton news headlines (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Here is the local news making headlines in Edmonton on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
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Edmonton police seeing no further extortion of South Asian businesses as investigation continues (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
A rash of extortion incidents targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton has dropped off, but police are continuing to investigate the string of arsons that have destroyed new or under-construction homes.
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Alberta enacts fire restriction as wildfire conditions grow extreme (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Emergency officials in Alberta are urging caution as tinder-dry conditions have left Alberta forests facing an extreme threat from fire.
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AHS issues public alert for potential measles exposures in Edmonton (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Alberta Health Services says a person with lab-confirmed measles was in multiple public settings in the Edmonton area while infectious and members of the public may have been exposed. 
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Think Olivia is a popular baby name? Hold my beer, says Jennifer, and Jenny, and Jen (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
This week, as the Alberta government released the latest rankings of baby names given last year, CBC Calgary looked over a database of popular (and not-so-popular) baby names going back more than four decades, compiled by the province’s vital statistics unit.
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For First Nations in Alberta, drought only compounds existing water issues (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Indigenous communities in Alberta have long suffered from water access issues. An expected severe drought might hit them hard.
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When cancer dashed my brother's dreams, it spurred me to follow mine and adopt my daughter (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Kerri McCourt had long thought that she would adopt a child someday. But when her brother was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, McCourt took steps to make the dream come true.
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