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  • Justice Robin Camp keeps his knees together after facing disciplinary panel. (Cartoon by Malcolm Mayes)
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  • Edmonton Catholic Schools trustees often clash around the table in the district's main board room, as they did at the Jan. 27, 2017, meeting pictured here.
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  • Darren Cheverie co-owner of Chartier restaurant in Beaumont, talks to his kitchen staff, has been in the hospitality business for a long time and did suffer from mental health issues exacerbated by the industry in Edmonton, Friday, December 15, 2016. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia (Edmonton Journal story by Liane Faulder)
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  • Risk & reward: Stopping a cancer drug to see if you're cured

  • Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease

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Russian space agency unveils grandiose plan to permanently base a dozen cosmonauts on the moon

  • Edmonton researchers lead discovery of 'space tsunami' that can knock out GPS, power grids

  • One year after its launch, the purpose of a secret U.S. space plane remains a ...

  • How NASA plans to get humans to Mars in three, not-so-easy steps towards a permanent ...

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    Researchers have figured out when bison came to North America using new DNA extraction techniques and a newly found set of fossils.
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    At the week-long Game Developers Conference, a federal delegation works the crowd to link small studios with global publishers for a shot at gaming stardom.
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    Levels of toxic metals found in Athabasca River is normal: University of Alberta studies

    Contrary to previous research, the section of the Athabasca River that runs near Fort McMurray’s oilsands operations does not contain higher-than-usual amounts of toxic metals, say three University of Alberta studies.
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    The researchers found clues in the tails of the ancient creatures' much smaller ancestors, proto-dinosaurs.
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    University of Alberta computer program wins at no-limit Texas Hold ’Em

    A computer program has learned to win at one of the most complex poker games by copying a very human impulse -- trusting its gut.
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    Edmonton's BioWare uses upcoming release of Mass Effect: Andromeda to push for industry tax credits

    Edmonton-based BioWare used the upcoming release of its long-awaited new game Mass Effect: Andromeda to push the province Wednesday to introduce tax credits for interactive entertainment companies.
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    'This discovery could be a significant piece in the puzzle of finding habitable environments, places that are conducive to life'.
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    Edmonton students celebrate top Canadian spot in global cyber security competition

    Spear-phishing scams, ghostware and two-faced malware. For a group of Edmonton high school students, these intimidating cyber threats present an exciting challenge.
  • Popular file-sharing website, The Pirate Bay, is back online

    After the Pirate Bay’s data centre – which is rumored to be located in a nuclear-proof building in a mountain somewhere near Stockholm, Sweden – was raided by authorities, many assumed ...
  • Dying Light’s free running system is what makes the game compelling

    After spending around six to eight hours with Techland’s latest zombie epic, Dying Light, I’ve realized the act of taking down zombies isn’t the most interesting part of the game ...
  • Sega announces over 300 job cuts as the company restructures

    On Friday Sega announced it has plans to cut as many as 300 jobs, offering many of those affected “early retirement,” which also includes severance packages, as the company restructures ...
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    It’s kind of a funny thing when it comes to reviewing Bose products of any kind. They simply don’t put their name on anything that isn’t of a real high ...
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    Whether it’s logging into a work computer, bank account or even something as simple as unlocking a smartphone, passwords are a necessary and often highly frustrating complication of everyday life. Toronto-based ...
  • Welcome to the future: Emoji are admissable in court

    At the trial of Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of running Silk Road, an online black market, lawyers are fighting over important evidence rules that no one ever saw coming: ...
  • Sony closing Music Unlimited, forges partnership with Spotify

    On Wednesday Sony revealed plans to launch a new Spotify-powered music streaming service on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and on Xperia smartphones and tablets. The new streaming music platform – ...
  • FAA asks Super Bowl fans to leave the drones at home

    In what is sure to be the first of many signs we live in a terrifying cyber-dystopia, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has asked fans going to Sunday's big game ...
  • Canadian spies monitor file-sharing services as part of terrorist hunt: report

    A new report says Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded every day through file-sharing services as part of its bid to find terrorists.
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