ER doctor challenges Alberta premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways | Investigation continues after boy, 5, falls to his death from Edmonton apartment building | Alberta to hold nuclear power consultations as companies weigh opportunities
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ER doctor challenges Alberta premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways; The entrance to the emergency department at Peter Lougheed hospital is pictured in, Calgary, Alta\., Tuesday, Aug\. 22, 2023\.

ER doctor challenges Alberta premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways

July 7 , 2025 at 02:37:04 p.m. MDT • :

The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours in hallways and the moral injury of doctors looking into the eyes of the those who wait.

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Investigation continues after boy, 5, falls to his death from Edmonton apartment building; Edmonton police are investigating after a child died after falling from The Pinnacle apartment building last week\.

Investigation continues after boy, 5, falls to his death from Edmonton apartment building

July 7 , 2025 at 10:47:33 a.m. MDT • :

Police continue to investigate after a five-year-old boy, being remembered as a bright and gentle soul, died in a fall from an Edmonton apartment building last week.

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Alberta to hold nuclear power consultations as companies weigh opportunities; Larger nuclear plants like the Darlington generating station in Ontario have been in operation for decades\. A Calgary company is looking at building a nuclear power plant in Alberta's Peace Region\.

Alberta to hold nuclear power consultations as companies weigh opportunities

July 7 , 2025 at 12:12:26 p.m. MDT • :

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government plans to hold public consultations this fall about adding nuclear power to the province's energy mix.

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Woman dead, pilot critically injured in central Alberta helicopter crash; RCMP officers were called to the scene of a helicopter crash in central Alberta Sunday at a private landing strip at the Hespero/Safron Residence Heliport\.

Woman dead, pilot critically injured in central Alberta helicopter crash

July 7 , 2025 at 07:22:15 a.m. MDT • :

Federal investigators have been deployed to Alberta following a deadly helicopter crash Sunday afternoon west of the city of Red Deer. 

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Tornado fells trees after touching down in central Alberta; A tornado touched down near Lodgepole, Alta\., on the evening of July 2, 2025\.

Tornado fells trees after touching down in central Alberta

July 3 , 2025 at 04:59:25 p.m. MDT • :

The Northern Tornadoes Project that a tornado happened just outside the hamlet of Lodgepole, Alta., about 175 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.

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Appeal dismissed for Edmonton man who killed 7-year-old girl; Bella Rose Desrosiers was killed in 2020\.  

July 7 , 2025 at 08:10:01 a.m. MDT • :

Appeal dismissed for Edmonton man who killed 7-year-old girl

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Alberta man killed in crane accident at Saskatoon apartment construction site; The work site remained taped off on Sunday\.  

July 7 , 2025 at 08:47:57 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta man killed in crane accident at Saskatoon apartment construction site

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Child-care centres are popping up all over Edmonton. But not everyone is in favour; Wanda Johnston stands in front of the future child-care centre located next door to her home in north Edmonton\.  

July 3 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Child-care centres are popping up all over Edmonton. But not everyone is in favour

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Edmonton business association opposes plan to turn Beverly Motel into transitional housing; A local organization is trying to turn a former motel, located at 118th Avenue and 44th Street in Edmonton's Beverly neighbourhood, into a transitional housing project with 17 units\.  

July 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Edmonton business association opposes plan to turn Beverly Motel into transitional housing

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After working as an ER nurse, I was done. Then I discovered the magic of a small town practice; As a nurse practitioner in an Alberta village, Christie Brulhart can take the time to assess her clients spiritually, physically and mentally\.  

July 7 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

After working as an ER nurse, I was done. Then I discovered the magic of a small town practice

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