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  EDMONTON -- Snowboarders and skiers enjoyed the slopes for the last time this season at Edmonton’s Snow Valley. The hill opened on November 12 and weathered the pandemic by implementing new protocols, like only purchasing lift tickets in advance, mandatory mask wearing, and a reduced capacity throughout the season. Shawn Balog, Snow Valley’s general manager, said in an interview with CTV News Edmonton that all in all it was a successful run. “It’s been a very weird season,” Balog said. “We were able to operate all season… and we were able to keep a lot of people doing so...

  EDMONTON -- The Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has launched a new program to provide rapid COVID-19 testing to front-line airport staff. The eight-week pilot project is voluntary and currently not available to passengers or the general public. "This is another level of security and safety for not only our employees, but also for passengers who have to travel right now," Myron Keehn, EIA's vice president of air service and business development, told CTV News Edmonton. "As air travel starts to return, some form of screening program may be a part of that, so we wanted to get ahead...

  EDMONTON -- A new study from researchers at British Columbia's Simon Fraser University says growing construction costs and increasingly green regulations will result in a nearly $12 billion dollar loss on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.  Authors of the report from SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management say they "couldn't find a scenario" where the pipeline creates a net benefit.  "The net cost ranged from anywhere from about $4.2 billion to just over $18 billion," said report co-author Thomas Gunton who argues that money could have been better spent elsewhere. ...

  EDMONTON -- Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after an "incident" at Finning Canada's west Edmonton yard Wednesday afternoon. Emergency services were called to 104 Avenue and 180 Street after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Finning Canada confirmed the incident. Alberta Health Services says emergency crews transported two people to hospital, a man in his 30s in critical, life-threatening condition and a man in his 40s in serious but stable condition. OHS says they are investigating and cannot release further details. Finning Canada says it has started its own investigation. Share:

  EDMONTON -- The City of Edmonton is reminding motorists to remove their vehicles from roadways and residential streetsahead of the city's street sweeping process early next week. “We remind Edmontonians to help do their part by removing their vehicles and providing our crews plenty of room to work,” said Andrew Grant, General Supervisor for Infrastructure Field Operations, in a press release Thursday. “We ask that they watch for signage in their neighbourhoods to know when crews will be on their streets.” The annual citywide cleanup will begin April 6 (weather permitting) and...