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• Odds and ends: Here are some law changes Liberals plan to put in the budget bill

  The 2023 federal budget released this week includes a series of affordability measures, tax changes, and major spends on health care and the clean economy. But, tucked into the 255-page document are a series of smaller items you may have missed.

  

• Edmonton officer injured when fleeing suspect crashed into cruiser: EPS

  A high-speed pursuit in the Alberta capital Monday left one officer with minor injuries and a 33-year-old man facing several charges after a citizen helped make the arrest.

  

• Alberta catalytic converter theft totals $30K in stolen property, damages: RCMP

  Mounties in the northern Alberta town of Athabasca are looking for help to find a man who stole catalytic converters and caused damage to a business totalling tens of thousands of dollars.

  

• Edmonton man comes home to find snake native to U.S. in apartment

  An Edmonton man says he hasn't slept well since finding a metre-long snake that's native to the eastern and southern American states behind his couch.

  

• Artur Pawlowski out as leader of the Alberta Independence Party

  The Alberta Independence Party, a political party that aims to reduce the province's reliance on the federal government has parted ways with its leader, Calgary street pastor Artur Pawlowski.

• 'Long road ahead of him': Employee shot at Edmonton Pizza Hut enters physiotherapy

  The Pizza Hut employee who was shot at his workplace earlier this month is on the long road to recovery, his sister has confirmed Tuesday to CTV News Edmonton.

• Northern Alta. community counts 4 shootings within 2 months

  Mounties are investigating whether four shootings within two months in a small northern Alberta community are related.

• Shooting at Red Deer home temporarily prompts hold-and-secure at nearby schools

  A shooting in Red Deer resulted in several public schools being put into hold-and-secure mode Wednesday morning.

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  WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: Temperature yo-yo continues

  Up today, down tomorrow, up again Friday.

• Here are the ways the budget impacts you: From grocery bills to small business credit card fees

  The federal government unveiled its spring budget Tuesday, with a clean economy as the centrepiece, and detailing targeted measures to help Canadians deal with still-high inflation.

• Nugent-Hopkins, Oilers roll past Golden Knights 7-4

  The surging Edmonton Oilers got a career night from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and made the Pacific Division race even tighter with just more than two weeks left in the regular season.

• Edmonton approves permit for 'health hub' that some in Ritchie, Strathcona are fighting

  Boyle Street Community Services is one step closer to operating a community health hub, including an overdose prevention site near Whyte Avenue in Edmonton.

• New chemical in Edmonton water to help prevent lead buildup

  A new colourless, odourless chemical that is designed to act as a barrier to keep lead out of Edmonton's drinking water is now running through the city's taps.

• Federal government capping excise tax on alcohol after outcry

  The increase in excise duties on all alcoholic products is being temporarily capped at two per cent starting next month instead of a planned 6.3 per cent increase.