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Health superboard targets Alberta hospital occupancy rates The provincial health superboard has launched an “intensified, accelerated effort” to reduce occupancy rates in seven of Alberta’s busiest hospitals by October, including ambitious plans to clear out 50 per cent of the backlog of patients waiting for continuing care beds. Category: News Newspaper: Calgary Herald Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 20:04:07

Firefighters battle blaze at southeast Canadian Tire store CALGARY — Firefighters are battling a stubborn blaze at a southeast Canadian Tire location. One employee in his 40s has been taken to hospital as a precaution after he grabbed a fire extinguisher and attempted to snuff the flames, his co-workers said. Category: News Newspaper: Calgary Herald Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 20:04:07

Michigan boy bites into severed finger flesh in his Arby's roast beef sandwich A Michigan teen finishing off an Arby's roast beef sandwich chomped down on something tough that tasted like rubber, so he spit it out. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:46

Poachers steal 800-year-old giant red cedar on Vancouver Island Tree poachers have stolen one of the largest red cedars in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, in what is believed to have been a two-part operation over the past year. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:45

Facebook set to price initial public offering, could raise $16 billion or more Facebook's initial public offering could be one of the largest in history if its stock prices at the high end of its expected range on Thursday. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:45

Child advocate must investigate conditions at Camrose youth home: NDP Child Advocate Dell Graff should use his new powers to investigate conditions in a Camrose group home where a young man allegedly killed his caregiver, the NDP urged Thursday. NDP Human Services critic Rachel Notley said a new law passed last year made Graff independent and gave him the power to investigate systemic issues that contribute to the serious injury or death of a child in care. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:44

State of emergency lifted near Bonnyville A local state of emergency near Bonnyville caused by an out-of-control wildfire has been lifted, the municipal district of Bonnyville said Thursday. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:43

Federal cuts close Vancouver search-and-rescue station The Harper government will shut down a search-and-rescue station in the Kitsilano area of Vancouver as part of restraint measures Thursday that resulted in more than 1,000 employees at the Canadian Coast Guard and the Fisheries Department getting notice that their jobs could vanish. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:43

Missing man's disappearance now called suspicious Police say they’re now treating the disappearance of an Edmonton man as suspicious. Alex Thomas-Haug, 24, was reported missing by his family on Tuesday. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:42

More goslings for Goosecam couple (Video) Birds of a feather flock together — especially if they’re the Edmonton Journal’s Goosecam birds, who adopted a group of orphaned goslings Wednesday. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:41

Murder case had to wait for DNA science to advance Nearly three decades of advancement in DNA research led to charges against Robert James Fletcher in the cold-case murder of Gerdina Kruidbos, court heard Thursday. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:41

Hockey marathon exceeds $1.5 million goal Meghan Potkins The final tally of injuries from the world’s longest hockey game is staggering: A half-dozen broken or lost teeth, two severe cases of pneumonia, a dislocated shoulder, a shattered foot, and one possible heart attack. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:40

Dale Hunter not about to take on London Knights coaching gig The London Knights are happy to have owner-president Dale Hunter back from his NHL coaching stint with Washington Capitals in time for the Memorial Cup, as they well should be. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:39

New airport features aim for better first impression of Edmonton The opening of the new Canada Arrivals Hall gives a warmer welcome to international and U.S. arrivals, say Edmonton International Airport officials. The latest stage of the airport’s Expansion 2012 opened this week with the first phase of an expanded Canada Border Services Agency area. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:39

Turchansky: Scary times to be making calls on interest rates Usually the lives of people like Mario Draghi, Ben Bernanke and Mark Carney seem like a nice gig – decide maybe eight times a year if you’re raising or lowering interest rates, and in between you jet off to foreign lands for swank international financial gatherings. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:38

Bus killer Vince Li to get temporary passes away from secure ward A man who dismembered a sleeping stranger on a Greyhound bus less than four years ago is about to take his first steps back into the community. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:37

Oilers release head coach Tom Renney So long, Tom. The Edmonton Oilers announced Thursday afternoon they will not renew the contract of head coach Tom Renney. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:36

Cross-border shopping costs greater than believed even as gap narrows: report OTTAWA - Cross-border shopping is costing the Canadian economy much more than believed and new rules raising duty-free limits will only make matters worse, says a new report by the Bank of Montreal. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:36

New urine test could prevent thousands of cancer deaths Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a simple urine test to detect pre-cancerous polyps in the colon that could revolutionize screening programs around the world and save thousands of lives. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:35

MacKinnon: Oil Kings begin Memorial Cup quest Friday night against Shawinigan Cataractes Things haven’t gone precisely as planned for Brandon Gormley since he joined the Shawinigan Cataractes in early January. On Jan. 6, the Quebec Major Junior League club traded defenceman Michael Matheson and six draft choices to the Moncton Wildcats for the 20-year-old Gormley, who had just been voted the best defenceman at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship, which concluded the day before the trade. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:35

U of A law students represented Canada in competition Angela Keibel is chatty and outgoing. Sherry Simons is more analytical. That’s why the pair of University of Alberta law school students — both mothers of young children — say they made such a formidable team in a competition that sent them to Ireland last month to represent Canada. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:34

Mulcair should apologize for oilsands attack, senior Tory says A senior cabinet minister in the Harper government demanded Thursday that New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair apologize to all western Canadians for his attacks on the oilsands industry. Category: News Newspaper: Edmonton Journal Region: Prairies Feed: News Date: 2012-05-17 19:57:34

Sting girls advance to Rugby semifinals Another dominant victory for the Fort High Sting girls meant the rugby team is on its way back to the semi-finals. The Sting swarmed the Leduc Tigers on Tuesday in a 35-15 game that saw the Fort team oust the very team that beat them in last year's Metro League City Conference finals.[...] Category: News Newspaper: Fort Saskatchewan Record Region: Prairies Feed: Fort Saskatchewan Record's Recent News RSS Feeds Date: 2012-05-17 13:50:17

Fire ban comes to Fort in time for Victoria Day Victoria Day weekend is going to put a crimp in the way most Alberta campers spend their time in the great outdoors, but the sizzle of summer will be alive on Fort Saskatchewan's patios and decks.[...] Category: News Newspaper: Fort Saskatchewan Record Region: Prairies Feed: Fort Saskatchewan Record's Recent News RSS Feeds Date: 2012-05-17 13:50:16

National bronze for Fort karate competitor Medals or not, the Fort Saskatchewan Karate Do team showed their skill at the Shotokan Karate Federation Nationals last weekend in Vancouver. Having sent seven athletes to the event, one Fort karate fighter - or karateka - claimed a bronze while two others placed fourth in their groups.[...] Category: News Newspaper: Fort Saskatchewan Record Region: Prairies Feed: Fort Saskatchewan Record's Recent News RSS Feeds Date: 2012-05-17 13:50:16

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