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31Jan/10Off

New source of insulin blossoming on the Prairies

Canadian researchers may be poised to change the face of diabetes treatment by 'teaching' bright-cloured safflower plants how to produce insulin.
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31Jan/10Off

Oilers losing streak affecting more than just fans

It's a painful time for fans of the Edmonton Oilers as the club stretched their winless streak to 13 games with a 6-1 loss to the rival Calgary Flames on Saturday, but its not just fans who are feeling the affects, businesses say they too are getting pinched.
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31Jan/10Off

Baby Isaiah Facebook group disappears

How does a Facebook group with 30,000 members suddenly disappear? That's the question some are trying to answer after their Facebook group supporting a local family's decision to keep their infant on life support vanished.
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31Jan/10Off

University students raise funds for Haiti relief efforts

Their approaches may have been different, but the aim was the same for two students' groups at the University of Alberta that held separate fundraisers over the weekend for Haiti relief efforts.
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31Jan/10Off

Haitian community calls for relaxed immigration laws

Members of Edmonton's Haitian community are calling on the federal government to relax immigration laws so they can help family members, devastated by the earthquake in Haiti, come to Canada.
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31Jan/10Off

Art Gallery of Alberta opens its doors to the public

It's the day Edmonton art lovers have been waiting several years for and on Sunday several thousand people who were lucky enough to have tickets to the Art Gallery of Alberta's grand opening finally saw what the iconic building looks like on the inside.
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31Jan/10Off

Ignatieff sketches out ‘doable’ Senate reform ideas

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff laid out some broad Senate reform ideas Sunday, including term limits and a curb on the prime minister's ability to stack the Upper House with his own picks.
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31Jan/10Off

Toyota recall could help North American automakers

A massive recall of millions of Toyota vehicles in Canada, the U.S. and overseas due to a faulty accelerator, could be just the opportunity GM and Ford need, analysts say.
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31Jan/10Off

AGA gets ready for the official grand opening

After more than ten years of planning and three years of construction all three levels of government gathered at the new Art Gallery of Alberta for an official ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday morning, where guests learned part of the gallery would be named after Alberta's longest standing premier.
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31Jan/10Off

New Alberta art gallery unveiled

Edmontonians got their first glimpse of the newly renovated Art Gallery of Alberta at its grand opening Saturday.
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