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8Mar/10Off

Avatar art director studied Alberta oilsands

An Alberta man who was the art director for the blockbuster Avatar says he turned to oilsands engineers to get the movie just right.
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8Mar/10Off

Autopsy scheduled Monday for elderly man found dead near Stony Plain

An autopsy is set to be done Monday on the body of a man found on a rural property west of Edmonton Friday morning.
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8Mar/10Off

Edmonton cabbies want city to take over dispatch

Edmonton taxi drivers want the city to set up a central dispatch system to help them avoid soaring insurance premiums.
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8Mar/10Off

Man dies in highway rollover

One man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover near the High River Overpass Sunday afternoon.
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8Mar/10Off

Full public inquiry needed on detainees: Ignatieff

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says the government's decision to appoint a retired justice to make a decision on the controversial Afghan detainee documents is "not adequate."
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8Mar/10Off

Arctic Winter Games open in Alberta

Young athletes from circumpolar nations are in Grande Prairie, Alta., to compete in the 21st Arctic Winter Games, which officially began Sunday with the opening ceremony.
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8Mar/10Off

Downtown airport design contest set to start

An international design competition for the controversial redevelopment of Edmonton's City Centre Airport is scheduled to start at the end of March.
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8Mar/10Off

GG receives super star welcome in Port-au-Prince

Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean received a near-super star reception in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday morning when she arrived for the start of a two-day visit to the country where she was born.
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8Mar/10Off

Two killed in collisions west of Morinville

Two people were killed following two serious collisions on Highway 44 Sunday morning, one involving a highway maintenance employee who was hit while directing traffic away from the first collision.
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8Mar/10Off

Fifty-one dead after earthquake hits eastern Turkey

A strong, pre-dawn earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people as it knocked down stone and mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.
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