Edmonton bike lane project met with provincial opposition | Alberta appoints interim chief medical officer of health as province grapples with measles outbreaks | Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, April 17, 2025.
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Edmonton bike lane project met with provincial opposition; Tensions ran high during a town hall at the Killarney Community League in north east Edmonton, over the Alberta government's opposition to the city's plan to expand bike lanes as part of 132 Ave renewal\.

Edmonton bike lane project met with provincial opposition

April 17 , 2025 at 07:07:31 p.m. MDT • :

Tensions ran high during a town hall at the Killarney Community League in north east Edmonton, over the Alberta government's opposition to the city's plan to expand bike lanes as part of 132 Ave renewal.
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Alberta appoints interim chief medical officer of health as province grapples with measles outbreaks; Dr\. Sunil Sookram is now the province's temporary top doctor after Dr\. Mark Joffe left of his own accord earlier this week\.

Alberta appoints interim chief medical officer of health as province grapples with measles outbreaks

April 17 , 2025 at 07:21:20 p.m. MDT • :

Dr. Sunil Sookram is now the province's temporary top doctor after Dr. Mark Joffe left of his own accord earlier this week.
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Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute; Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally said since the province's retaliatory measures were first announced in early March, Trump's administration has put a hold on further tariffs\.

Alberta pauses some of its fight-back plan against the U.S. amid tariff dispute

April 17 , 2025 at 03:16:05 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is pausing the procurement policy it announced more than a month ago to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.
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3 dead, 2 severely injured in collision northeast of Edmonton; RCMP said first responders attempted life-saving efforts upon arrival but three people were declared deceased on scene and two were transported to hospital by EMS with severe injuries\.

3 dead, 2 severely injured in collision northeast of Edmonton

April 16 , 2025 at 09:05:25 a.m. MDT • :

Three people are dead and two others are severely injured after a collision between a semi-trailer truck and a minivan near St. Paul on Tuesday afternoon. 
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Alberta wanted chief medical officer of health to remain in job, premier says; Dr\. Mark Joffe, right, Alberta chief medical officer of health, speaks to the media about an E\. coli outbreak at several Calgary daycares, as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on in this file photo\.

Alberta wanted chief medical officer of health to remain in job, premier says

April 16 , 2025 at 06:47:16 p.m. MDT • :

As calls mount for the Alberta government to ensure the province's next top doctor is free to speak publicly, Premier Danielle Smith has confirmed the chief medical officer of health left of his own accord this week.
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Voters concerned about affordability, health care and trade war, Edmonton candidates say; NDP candidate Lesley Thompson, right, speaks briefs her campaign crew in the Bannerman neighbourhood before an afternoon door-knocking session\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Voters concerned about affordability, health care and trade war, Edmonton candidates say

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Edmonton RCMP officer dismissed after conduct hearing on sexual assault complaint; An RCMP conduct board ordered the immediate dismissal of a former Mountie in Edmonton after a hearing that ended in 2024\.  

April 15 , 2025 at 09:40:39 p.m. MDT • :

Edmonton RCMP officer dismissed after conduct hearing on sexual assault complaint

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Alberta coal appeal on questioning of former minister; Sonya Savage, then Alberta's minister of energy, announces expanding coal mining restrictions on the Eastern Slopes of Alberta in this file photo from March 2022\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 12:11:46 p.m. MDT • :

Supreme Court refuses to hear Alberta coal appeal on questioning of former minister

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I didn't vote for 21 years. Trump's attacks on my homeland and Canada changed everything; Fernando Ameth Pinzon holding his Canadian and Panamanian passports\. The 41-year-old says he feels attacked on both sides of his identity by U\.S\. President Donald Trump's threats\. That's why he's voting for the first time\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

I didn't vote for 21 years. Trump's attacks on my homeland and Canada changed everything

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The U.S.-China trade war is escalating. But China may have more leverage than the U.S. thought; U\.S\. President Donald Trump, right, talks with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017\. With the U\.S\. and China escalating their trade war, experts say China believes it can both inflict more damage on the U\.S\. and tolerate more pain\.  

April 17 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

The U.S.-China trade war is escalating. But China may have more leverage than the U.S. thought

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