Edmonton man charged with first-degree murder after woman found shot in SUV | Alberta premier says new order banning school library books with sexual content coming soon | Neighbourly... entrepreneurial... whiners?! — Albertans weigh in on being Albertan
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Edmonton man charged with first-degree murder after woman found shot in SUV; Priscilla McGreer, a local writer and college educator, was found dead inside a vehicle in downtown Edmonton Saturday morning, suffering from fatal gunshot wounds\.

Edmonton man charged with first-degree murder after woman found shot in SUV

September 2 , 2025 at 07:58:49 a.m. MDT • :

Police have charged a 42-year-old man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman who was found shot to death in downtown Edmonton over the weekend.
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Alberta premier says new order banning school library books with sexual content coming soon; A file photo of an elementary school library\.

Alberta premier says new order banning school library books with sexual content coming soon

September 2 , 2025 at 12:35:00 p.m. MDT • :

The Alberta government hit pause on its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries, but the premier says the pause will be short lived.
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Neighbourly... entrepreneurial... whiners?! — Albertans weigh in on being Albertan; The flag of Alberta waves outside the municipal building in Calgary\. After a couple of hours talking to people on a downtown Calgary street corner, a simple version of what it means to be Albertan was pretty clear\.

Neighbourly... entrepreneurial... whiners?! — Albertans weigh in on being Albertan

September 2 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

What does it mean to be Albertan? CBC News asked that question against the backdrop of a debate on separation. Here's what we learned.
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Edmonton students return to school under threat of teacher strike; Edmonton students return to school under threat of teacher strike

Edmonton students return to school under threat of teacher strike

September 2 , 2025 at 11:38:11 a.m. MDT • :

Parents are preparing for the start of a new school year, but with a looming teacher strike, there might be more on their plates than they bargained for.
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Business partners or bitter rivals? Two corporate giants spent 19 years battling in an Alberta court; The E3 plant at Joffre, Alta\., is one of the largest ethane crackers in the world\.

Business partners or bitter rivals? Two corporate giants spent 19 years battling in an Alberta court

September 1 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

The unlikely partnership between Dow and Nova led to $3.56 billion in damages awarded in the dispute over a jointly-owned Alberta chemical plant.
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Alberta teachers could be locked out, pending outcome of vote by school board group; Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said he can't understand why Alberta's "generous and competitive" proposal was declined\.  

August 29 , 2025 at 07:58:17 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta teachers could be locked out, pending outcome of vote by school board group

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Parents must confirm sex at birth for students in girls' sports in Edmonton Public Schools; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about introducing three new bills to do with transgender issues in Edmonton on Thursday, Oct\. 31, 2024\. Among the bills is Alberta's new ban on transgender athletes in female sports\.  

September 1 , 2025 at 05:48:02 p.m. MDT • :

Parents must confirm sex at birth for students in girls' sports in Edmonton Public Schools

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Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story; Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale was one of more than 200 books listed by Edmonton Public School Board that would come off the shelves this year to comply with a July order by Alberta's education ministry to remove books from school libraries that carry "materials containing explicit sexual content" by Oct\. 1\.  

September 1 , 2025 at 07:49:45 a.m. MDT • :

Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story

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Alberta oil and gas company charged in 2023 drowning death of contractor in fracking pond; Birchcliff Energy Ltd\. has been charged in the death of a contractor who drowned on the job in October 2023\.  

September 1 , 2025 at 09:32:38 a.m. MDT • :

Alberta oil and gas company charged in 2023 drowning death of contractor in fracking pond

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Average number of sick days taken by public servants growing post-COVID, new data shows; A Canadian flag hangs on the side of a government building in Ottawa in June 2020, when most government office employees worked from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic\.  

August 31 , 2025 at 08:46:38 a.m. MDT • :

Average number of sick days taken by public servants growing post-COVID, new data shows

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