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• No ‘April Fools’ Joke: Albertans to see carbon tax increase on April 1, higher rebates also expected

  Calgarians can expect to pay more to fill up their car or heat their homes starting Saturday when the federal government’s carbon tax is set to increase national carbon prices.

  

• Crash affecting traffic west of Edmonton International Airport

  The southbound Highway 2 exit onto westbound Highway 19 is not passable because of a crash, police say.

  

• More people with greater needs driving $7B increase to dental-care cost

  The federal government now expects far more Canadians with long-overdue dental needs to sign up for its insurance plan, and the health minister says that's why the estimated cost has risen by $7 billion.

  

• WEATHER

  WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: Mild start to April; chance of some weekend precipitation

  Sunshine and afternoon temperatures in the 6 C range in Edmonton today.

  

• Ottawa gives final approval, with conditions, for Rogers' $26B purchase of Shaw

  The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday.

• Lack of data on transit violence amounts to 'blanket of ignorance': Researcher

  Canada needs standardized data on violence on transit systems to help tackle issues ranging from a lack of mental health supports to eroding public trust, say researchers, citing the recent stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy at a Toronto station as the latest example of random attacks on commuters.

• UCP candidate, slammed for comments on pornography in schools, quits

  A candidate for the United Conservative Party in southern Alberta has resigned after she posted a video claiming children are being exposed to pornography in schools.

• Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole not seeking re-election, leaving this spring

  Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says he will not seek re-election and plans to resign his seat this spring. The Ontario MP led the Conservatives and served as official Opposition leader from August 2020 until February 2022, when a majority of his caucus voted to remove him from the post.

• Meet the Canadian astronauts up for a seat on the Artemis II mission to the moon

  This Sunday, NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will announce the four astronauts that will be blasting off to fly around the moon for the Artemis II mission, one of whom will be a Canadian astronaut.

• 'A humongous symbolic victory': Indigenous people react to Vatican rejection of Discovery Doctrine

  Last summer in Maskwacis, Alta., Pope Francis formally apologized for the Catholic Church's role in Canada's residential school system.

• McDavid enters history books, Skinner shines as Oilers top Kings 2-0

  Stuart Skinner has further cemented himself as the Edmonton Oilers’ playoff goalie.

• Man found dead in SUV, Edmonton homicide detectives on the case

  Police are looking for help in the suspicious death of a man found in a vehicle in north Edmonton Wednesday morning.

• Influenza in Alberta: Cases up slightly, one new death reported

  One more Albertan has died from influenza since the last update according to the data, while newly reported cases for the last two weeks were slightly higher than the numbers seen for a month prior.

• Police find 6 bodies, including 1 child, in St. Lawrence River

  The bodies of six people, including one child, were found in the St. Lawrence River Thursday afternoon after an air search involving the Canadian Coast Guard, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police said.