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  BREAKING

  BREAKING | Canadian government to table fall economic statement next Monday

  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to table the federal government’s fall economic statement next Monday, the government announced today.

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  GST break could cost Ottawa $2.7B if provinces don't waive compensation: PBO

  The federal government's GST holiday would cost as much as $2.7 billion if provinces with a harmonized sales tax asked for compensation, the parliamentary budget officer said on Monday.

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  The Canada Post strike involving more than 55,000 has hit 25 days

  The Canada Post strike involving more than 55,000 workers has hit 25 days.

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  WEATHER

  WEATHER | Josh Classen's forecast: A cool down and some occasional flurries

  After a really warm weekend, temperatures will stay on the mild side for one more day. Cooler air starts to dig in Tuesday.

• Oilers starting to look and play like a contender

  After another typically slow start to the season, the Edmonton Oilers finally seem to be living up to some of the promise that had many believing they could get back to a Stanley Cup final, not long removed from losing in Game 7 of the final to the Florida Panthers last season.

• BoC expected to lower interest rates again, with odds leaning toward larger cut

  Financial markets and forecasters are betting on another jumbo interest rate cut from the Bank of Canada this week, which would bring its key rate down to 3.25 per cent.

• Local man charged in Whitecourt shooting death

  A 43-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after another man was shot and killed Saturday near the airport in Whitecourt, Alta.

• Government faces third Tory non-confidence vote ahead of potential fiscal hurdle

  The Liberals are set to face a third Conservative non-confidence vote today, but the government is likely to survive with the support of the NDP.

• Canada captain Alphonso Davies sidelined by hamstring strain playing for Bayern

  Canada captain Alphonso Davies strained his hamstring in Bayern Munich's 4-2 win over FC Heidenheim 1846 in Bundesliga play Saturday.

• Edmonton wrestler first Canadian to join WWE ID program

  Zoe Sager, 25, is excited "to see how this all turns out" after the American wrestling promotion giant signed her to its pathway for independent wrestlers to a potential career.

• Skinner raises level of play in goal as Oilers win 5 of last 6 games

  Over the last two-and-a-half weeks, both Stuart Skinner and the Edmonton Oilers have been on a bit of a heater, losing just once in a 1-0 chess match to the Golden Knights in Las Vegas on Wednesday, over their last six games.

• 2 arrested in connection with Friday killing of 20-year-old security guard

  Two people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 20-year-old security guard at a downtown apartment building on Friday.

• Drivers face slippery road conditions east of Edmonton into Saskatchewan

  Freezing rain, snow and plummeting temperatures on Sunday in east-central Alberta are making road conditions slippery.

• 'Go beyond the board': Chess helping Alberta youth keep troubles in check

  Every Friday in a southern Alberta classroom, youth are learning how to keep their troubles in check.

• Groups launch legal challenge against Alberta's new gender-affirming treatment law

  A pair of LGBTQ2S+ advocate organizations say they've followed through with their plan to challenge Alberta's three transgender bills in court, starting with one that bars doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those under 16.

• Bill fast-tracking resort development sets 'problematic' precedent, critics say

  A bill giving Alberta’s government power to reclassify land in provincial parks for the development of all-season resorts has some concerned about environmental impacts and the “problematic” precedent it sets by allowing the province to bypass existing legislation.