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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends change to eligibility criteria for seniors benefits Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended the decision to tighten the eligibility criteria for seniors benefits

“One of the reasons why we knew we had to bring AISH payments in alignment with other jurisdictions (is) because we had heard that people were moving here just to be on social programs,” Smith said.

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This hockey team has lost every single one of its 48 games this season. Its last shot at a win is this weekend The Sarnia Legionnaires has lost every single one of its 48 games this season. Its last shot at a win comes this weekend

This hockey team has lost every single one of its 48 games this season. Its last shot at a win is this weekend

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Fun stuff to see: William Prince, Wizard of Oz live, Oscar shorts Edmonton events include Prince's concert at the Jubilee, Wizard of Oz at the Citadel and Oscar shorts at Metro Cinema.

Fun stuff to see: William Prince, Wizard of Oz live, Oscar shorts

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Opinion: Let's use social innovation to tackle homelessness in Edmonton We can keep expanding emergency measures or confront design flaws.

Opinion: Let's use social innovation to tackle homelessness in Edmonton

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Alberta, Ottawa strike deal giving province greater say in major projects reviews "This will see Alberta projects approved faster, and shovels in the ground sooner," Premier Danielle Smith stated in Alberta's release.

Alberta, Ottawa strike deal giving province greater say in major projects reviews

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Oil hits US$90 per barrel for the first time in years The price comes as Qatar energy minister warns of possible shut down of Gulf oil and gas production.

Oil hits US$90 per barrel for the first time in years

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'Finally, Trump strikes': Edmontonian thankful for American action as he tries to extract wife from Iran There is plan in place to bring her to Canada, and he hopes they can be reunited by this autumn.

'Finally, Trump strikes': Edmontonian thankful for American action as he tries to extract wife from Iran

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Carney meets Japan's 'Iron Lady' and tests out his rusty Japanese skills Carney touched down in Tokyo on Friday afternoon, local time.

Carney meets Japan's 'Iron Lady' and tests out his rusty Japanese skills

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53% of Americans rate others living in the U.S. 'morally bad,' compared to 7% of Canadians: survey Researchers found 53 per cent of Americans rate their fellows as bad, compared to just 7 per cent of Canadians.

53% of Americans rate others living in the U.S. 'morally bad,' compared to 7% of Canadians: survey

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Court issues red card in Alberta soccer legal battle, does not overturn president's suspension While first legal challenge to reinstate banned president Junior Figueiredo was dismissed, another suit is already in the works

While first legal challenge to reinstate banned president Junior Figueiredo was dismissed, another suit is already in the works

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Mayor Knack joins calls for province to collect its own education tax Says provincial cuts to infrastructure and social programs impacting city's bottom line in far greater numbers than city budget pruning

City council has begun its much-advertised deep dive into the Edmonton’s operations, but any remaining efficiencies to be found pale in comparison to the impact of low provincial funding.

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Paid parking trial in Banff National Park's Sulphur Mountain area to start in May, says Parks Canada Starting this spring, Banff National Park visitors will need to pay for parking in the Sulphur Mountain area, Parks Canada has announced.

Paid parking trial in Banff National Park's Sulphur Mountain area to start in May, says Parks Canada

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Forever Canadian movement calls for Albertans to vote in possible separation referendum The campaign calls for Canadians living in Alberta to get out and vote, said Thomas Lukaszuk.

“Premier (Smith) appears to be most focused on remaining being a premier, and that means she has to keep her political base somewhat satisfied, both in her caucus and her party.”

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends change to eligibility criteria for seniors benefits Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended the decision to tighten the eligibility criteria for seniors benefits

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends change to eligibility criteria for seniors benefits

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Bell: Danielle Smith will vote for Alberta independence, most polled think so Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would vote for independence from Canada if it was on the ballot, say most of those in a newly-released poll

Bell: Danielle Smith will vote for Alberta independence, most polled think so

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Friday's letters: Can't have it both ways on immigrants Edmonton Journal readers have their say on immigration, Donald Trump and Edmonton police.

Friday's letters: Can't have it both ways on immigrants

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Lorne Gunter: 107 Street project postponement the city's minimal attempt to limit construction disruption Council doesn’t fight this “everything, everywhere, all at once” approach because most are bobbleheads for the administration and unions.

Lorne Gunter: 107 Street project postponement the city's minimal attempt to limit construction disruption

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Canadian tourist in the U.S. accused of kidnapping and torturing a flamingo at a hotel Police said they found photos and videos on the man's phone of him torturing the bird. In one video, he said he was taking it home.

Canadian tourist in the U.S. accused of kidnapping and torturing a flamingo at a hotel

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Lorne Gunter: If Alberta does away with time change, it should opt for standard time We neither gain nor lose an hour, we simply shift the existing number of hours around within each 24-hour day

Seems to me that worrying about a twice-yearly change of one hour is genuinely a First-World problem.

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Growing Things: A look back at the Dr. Phil letter Jerry Filipski answers reader questions on all things growing

Growing Things: A look back at the Dr. Phil letter

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Day 7 at the Brier: Playoff spots filled on final day of round robin Day 7 at the Brier: Playoff spots filled on final day of round robin at Canadian men's curling championship in St. John's, N.L.

Day 7 at the Brier: Playoff spots filled on final day of round robin

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'It's not easy' managing Donald Trump, Carney says Prime Minister Mark Carney says it isn't easy dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump.

'It's not easy' managing Donald Trump, Carney says

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Oldest RCMP sniffer dog, Bond, still keeping Edmonton airport safe "You can't be a class one international airport without immediate canine explosive detection regulated by Transport Canada."

At almost 12 dog years (the equivalent of the late 70s in a human life span), she’s the oldest RCMP explosive detective on the nation’s oldest police dog force.

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Violent crime, hate crimes and thefts remain high in Canada, finds think tank's justice report card Violent crime and property theft continue to rise across multiple provinces and territories, finds a new justice report card.

Violent crime, hate crimes and thefts remain high in Canada, finds think tank's justice report card

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Don Cherry receives Order of Canada nomination from MP Andrew Lawton The 92-year-old sports commentator was named to the Order of Ontario just this month.

Don Cherry receives Order of Canada nomination from MP Andrew Lawton

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Fun stuff to see: William Prince, Wizard of Oz live, Oscar shorts Edmonton events include Prince's concert at the Jubilee, Wizard of Oz at the Citadel and Oscar shorts at Metro Cinema.

Fun stuff to see: William Prince, Wizard of Oz live, Oscar shorts

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OILERS MAILBAG: Will this Edmonton roster start playing like a team? Go against Colorado, Minny or Dallas? Not if they keep taking 2 periods off. Those are teams, not collections of good players like Edmonton

Ouch. OK, talk about hitting the nail on the head. The Oilers are not playing like a team right now. Certainly not like the teams we saw put together the past two runs to the Stanley Cup Final.

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Day 6 at the Brier: Nobody’s ‘devoted their life to the game like Marc Kennedy has’ Team Jacobs clinches berth in playoffs of Canadian men’s curling championship

Marc Kennedy’s unfairly had plenty of fingers pointed at him in the last few weeks. So it’s time to give the superstar curler the thumbs-up for his excellence on the pebbled ice.

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Thursday's letters: City wants too much private data Edmonton Journal readers have their say on personal data collection by city rec centres, surgical wait times and time change.

I suspect most Edmontonians would think that the collection of this personal information is unnecessary and inappropriate, and would leave the store and buy their milk and eggs elsewhere.

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Bell: While Canadians boycott the U.S., this Canadian heads to America Many Canadians are not travelling to the U.S. because they hate President Donald Trump while this Canadian writer defends travel to America

Call me a traitor. Tell me I’m not a real Canadian. Demand the authorities seize my passport. Accuse me of being a Trump bootlicker.

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