-Edmonton police say Wayne Gretzky Drive is now open southbound, but 118th Avenue east and westbound is closed at that southbound intersection, following a crash this morning.
A light standard need to be repaired, and police say the closure could be around 12 hours.
A pickup speeding along 118th Avenue had crashed into a smaller truck, sending three people to the hospital.
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-The first hit of snow made for some very bad road conditions in the province yesterday.
Ponoka RCMP had a ten-vehicle pileup on the QE-2 near Blackfalds last night.
Ponoka RCMP had a ten-vehicle pileup on the QE-2 near Blackfalds last night.
Mounties say someone died in that crash.
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-A 16-year old girl from Rocky Mountain House was killed in a collision yesterday morning.
RCMP say it happened on Highway 11 north of 71st Street, when the car she was driving apparently went out of control and slid into oncoming traffic.
The person driving the other vehicle wasn’t hurt.
RCMP say it happened on Highway 11 north of 71st Street, when the car she was driving apparently went out of control and slid into oncoming traffic.
The person driving the other vehicle wasn’t hurt.
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-RCMP say six people wound up in the hospital, after a schoolbus rolled near Didsbury yesterday.
There were nine students, two teachers and the driver on-board at the time.
Five kids and one adult were sent to the hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries.
The group was on a field trip from Airdrie to Olds when it happened.
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-There were more than 190 collisions in the city of Edmonton yesterday, with twenty-seven of them involving injuries.
Hundreds of people called shops to get their winter tires put on.
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-At long last, he Valley Line Southeast LRT is scheduled to be up and running on Saturday, November 4th.
That’s the word from Edmonton city officials.
The line was supposed to be running almost three years ago.
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-Edmonton police say two suspects wanted in connection with last week’s Amber Alert involving a 40-year old woman were arrested over the weekend.
Cindy Tin had been in a vehicle that was stolen from outside a store on 118th Avenue and 91st Street.
The Alert was issued, after it was discovered she’s blind and non-verbal.
She was found still in the van about half an hour later n Fort Saskatchewan.
She was okay.
Charges are now pending against the suspects.
Cindy Tin had been in a vehicle that was stolen from outside a store on 118th Avenue and 91st Street.
The Alert was issued, after it was discovered she’s blind and non-verbal.
She was found still in the van about half an hour later n Fort Saskatchewan.
She was okay.
Charges are now pending against the suspects.
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-A House of Commons committee has given the big grocery chains til November 2nd, to explain exactly how they’re going lower food prices…
They’d been given til Thanksgiving to come up with plans, and now they have to outline them.
The cost of some items has come down recently, but Canada’s Food Professor says that isn’t because of anything the stores have done.
Tory Ag Critic John Barlow said yesterday if the federal governent keeps hitting farmers with red tape and the carbon tax, there is no chance food prices will drop.
Ag Minister Lawrence MacAulay says climate change is to blame.
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-Low-income Albertans living in the Central Zone now have better access to dental services, as a new public dental clinic has opened in Red Deer.
It’s the result of Alberta Health Services, Greenshield and Red Deer Street Connect working together.
It’s for those who don’t have dental insurance, and those who make less than low-income cutoff limits.
It’s the result of Alberta Health Services, Greenshield and Red Deer Street Connect working together.
It’s for those who don’t have dental insurance, and those who make less than low-income cutoff limits.
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-Just in time for Halloween, the provincial Legislature is going to reconvene this coming Monday, with the Speech from the Throne.
MLA’s have a lot to talk about, including the government’s idea of replacing the Canada Pension Plan with a provincial one.
Health care and the ongoing shortage of doctors is also a hot topic right now.
MLA’s have a lot to talk about, including the government’s idea of replacing the Canada Pension Plan with a provincial one.
Health care and the ongoing shortage of doctors is also a hot topic right now.
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-An Edmontonian who spends much of her spare time knitting toques for the homeless has done it again.
Darlenne Hunneman managed to knit more than 4-hundred of the head warmers this year.
She says there’s a lot of things she can’t do since she became legally blind about eight years ago, and knitting fills that void.
Darlenne Hunneman managed to knit more than 4-hundred of the head warmers this year.
She says there’s a lot of things she can’t do since she became legally blind about eight years ago, and knitting fills that void.
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-Edmonton Public teachers have asked the Alberta Teachers Association to request a strike vote.
Teachers say one point of contention is the way those who teach online, summer and night school, haven’t seen their conditions improve much.
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-A small aid convoy made its way into Gaza from Egypt yesterday, but the U-N doesn’t think much more is going to be allowed through…
Even the items that have gone through so far aren’t being handed out in northern Gaza, even though thousands of people are in that region.
One Canadian living in Gaza says airstrikes by the Israeli military are now happening every few minutes.
-A small aid convoy made its way into Gaza from Egypt yesterday, but the U-N doesn’t think much more is going to be allowed through…
Even the items that have gone through so far aren’t being handed out in northern Gaza, even though thousands of people are in that region.
One Canadian living in Gaza says airstrikes by the Israeli military are now happening every few minutes.
A refugee camp and some homes were hit yesterday.
-“Fight without mercy, but not without rules”.
That was the comment from the French President to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, as airstrikes have killed many civilians in Gaza.
President Macron says “democracies don’t target civilians.”
Netanyahu says Israel is doing what it can to avoid them, but the Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 7-hundred people just this week.
In the meantime, the U-N health agency is calling for an immediate ceasefire, because their people need to hand out food, water and medical supplies.
Now into it’s 18th day, the war has claimed the lives of more than 7-thousand people on both sides of the conflict.
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-The Texas Rangers are headed to the World Series, after they hammered Houston 11-4 last night.
The National League champion will be decided tonight, after the Diamondbacks beat the Phillies 5-1 last night. They meet again just after 6 this evening.
NHL:
-Habs beat the Sabres 3-1 last night.
-Oilers take on the Wild this evening, in just one of seven games involving Canadian teams.
Connor McDavid won’t be in the lineup, but Coach Jay Woodcroft says he might be around for the Heritage Classic on Sunday.
He says McDavid’s injury appears to be muscular in nature.
WHL:
-Red Deer Rebels take on Seattle at the Centrium. 7pm start.
AJHL:
-Whitecourt Wolverines face the Grande Prairie Storm tonight.
-Olds Grizzlys take on the Drumheller Dragons
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