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• Driving dog rescued from moving car in west Edmonton: EFRS

  Edmonton Fire Rescue Service responded to a call about a dog alone in a vehicle, driving it, in west Edmonton.

  

• Younger Albertans line up for AstraZeneca shot rejected by others

  Alberta's vaccine clinics are busier since the province reopened AstraZeneca bookings to people 40 years and older.

  

• Man charged with manslaughter in Vegreville death

  A man was charged with manslaughter after the death of a 68-year-old in Vegreville.

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  LIVE | Ex-cop Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd

  Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man's neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.

• 'It didn't seem real!': Alberta couple's awesome Christmas present arrives on heavy duty hauler

  An Alberta couple were "over the moon" last Christmas, when they learned they had been chosen to receive a recycled house and foundation as part of an online contest and are "beyond over the moon" now that they have received their present.

• Ada Boulevard closed Tuesday until September

  The major route into Highlands and to the Highlands Golf Club will be closed for the summer.

• Reaction to feds' path to $10/day child care by 2026

  Proponents of accessible day care say they are happy with a $30-billion commitment from Ottawa over the next five years to increase the number of available spaces and reduce fees in Alberta.

• 40 per cent increase in child exploitation due to 'digital dependency': ALERT

  ALERT’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit received a record number of case referrals in 2020, representing a 40 per cent increase over the year before.

• Eastwood home damaged in fire

  An investigation is starting at a northeast Edmonton home that was the scene of a fire Tuesday morning.

• B.C. will soon restrict non-essential travel outside of health authority regions, put up signs on Alberta border

  The provincial government is working on regulations that will restrict non-essential travel in British Columbia.

• Alberta reports 1,391 COVID-19 cases, 11 per cent positivity rate

  Alberta reported a positivity rate of 11 per cent on Monday after another 1,391 people tested positive for COVID-19.

• CN makes rival bid to CP Rail's offer to buy U.S. railway Kansas City Southern

  The CEO of Canadian National Railway Co. says his company's bid for Kansas City Southern will create a combined "safer, faster, cleaner and stronger railway" than the one proposed by rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.