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Wildrose Alliance presents alternative budget

The Wildrose Alliance says the Alberta government would have been able to record a surplus, rather than the $4.7 billion deficit in Tuesday's budget - if it had been more careful about limiting spending increases over the past seven years.
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10Feb/10Off

Premier defends decision to boost health spending

Premier Ed Stelmach is defending his decision to boost health spending by billions of dollars a day after the government tabled its 2010 budget, which included record spending and a record deficit.
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10Feb/10Off

Corporate oilsands opposition mounts

Two major U.S. retailers and an influential British shareholder group have rebuked Alberta's oilsands by avoiding suppliers who use oilsands-derived fuel, and putting pressure on energy titans.
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10Feb/10Off

Inmates at Edmonton Remand Centre participate in hunger strike

Some inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre are in the midst of a hunger strike protesting what they say are cruel and unusual conditions.
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10Feb/10Off

Warrant details stun bombing suspect

Wiebo Ludwig, the man arrested and released last month in connection with bombings against EnCana gas pipelines in B.C., says he can't believe how many offences were attributed to him in a warrant that allowed police to search his property.
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10Feb/10Off

Tight-lipped Katz Group opens up about arena plans

The secretive Katz Group lifted the lid on its downtown arena and entertainment zone project Tuesday, revealing an ambitious plan for a $400-million arena that the city would borrow money for and own.
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10Feb/10Off

What makes “Rent to Own” attractive for sellers right now

Some properties are a little tougher sell. Sometimes they just need the right buyer and sometimes that means you have to look at alternatives to the standard sale methodology. A rent to own can be many things but it usually...
10Feb/10Off

Man charged in bus driver assault

A 51-year-old man is facing assault charges after a Edmonton bus driver was attacked late Tuesday afternoon.
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10Feb/10Off

Finance minister addresses gov’t's budget spending and cuts

Alberta's finance minister surprised many Tuesday after he unveiled the province's budget, which he warned would be tough, but for health care it is anything but. Alberta Health Services is getting a 44 per cent increase in funding over five years.
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10Feb/10Off

Man wanted by police for scamming seniors

Police are looking to the public to help locate a 54-year-old man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for allegedly duping seniors of money.
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