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What $67 Million In Cuts Looks Like

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - The president of the University of Alberta has given students and staff a dire picture of what campus life will be like following $67 milli...

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LOOK: University Of Alberta Celebrates Pride Week

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 03.18.2013 | Canada Alberta
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The University of Alberta kicked off a week of celebrations on Monday with a pride parade on campus. Organized by the University's Institute for Se...

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U Of A Researcher, Wife Face Charges In Sex Assault

Edmonton Journal | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A prominent University of Alberta researcher and his wife are facing charges related to the alleged sexual assault and confinement of a min...

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Germs May Hold the Key to Infant Health

Jason Tetro | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada Living
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2012-05-28-GermGuyBanner.jpg Should pregnant women have a natural or caesarean birth and afterwards, should they breastfeed or use formula? The debate has been at a standstill for quite some time yet thanks to a relatively new branch of science, there may be a means to resolve the disquiet.

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The Secret Benefits of Germs

Jason Tetro | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada
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Jason Tetro

2012-05-28-GermGuyBanner.jpg Pathogens only make up a fraction of the diversity of germs on Earth and a number of environmental germs have been examined for their financial and environmental benefit. For the most part, these germs are unknown and kept away from the science spotlight.

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Canadian App Helps Heart Health

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.06.2013 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - Alberta's doctors and pharmacists now have a new mobile phone application to help them better manage medications for patients with heart fai...

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Alberta Health Care Is Getting This Right

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.15.2013 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A study suggests Albertans are doing a better job of looking after their hearts.Research done by the University of Alberta indicates that o...

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Trial Date Set

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.26.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - It will be next year before there's a trial for a man accused of shooting four of his fellow armoured car guards at the University of Alber...

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U of A Prof Resigns Amid Sex Scandal

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A psychiatrist facing an allegation that he had sex with a patient in Ontario has resigned from his new job as department chair at the Univ...

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Phosphorous, Alberta Lakes' Enemy Number 1

CP | Tim Cook, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.22.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A University of Alberta ecologist says governments shouldn't be wasting money on controlling nitrogen to stop algae blooms in lakes.David S...

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Earth's First Skittering Creatures Get A New Date

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada
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EDMONTON - A faint skittering of tracks preserved in the fossilized sediment of an ancient shallow sea has prompted University of Alberta scientists t...

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Alberta Has Butterflies

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.19.2012 | Canada
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EDMONTON - Lepidopterist hearts are fluttering over a new kind of royal visit.An unprecedented migration of monarch butterflies has brought the fragil...

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3 Reported Dead In Alberta Campus Shooting

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada
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Update: Edmonton police are searching for Travis Brandon Baumgartner, another G4S employee who is a person of interest in the shooting. The police rel...

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Like Shoes And Handbags? Study Says You May Be Insecure (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post Canada | Sarah Kelsey | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Style
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If you're the type of woman who loves to splurge on shoes and handbags, it may be time to check in on how you're feeling. Researchers in New Zealan...

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University Of Alberta Discovery Rewrites The Book On Disease Research

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.11.2011 | Canada
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EDMONTON - University of Alberta researchers are rewriting the textbooks with a discovery that alters science's understanding of one of the cell's mos...

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Made From 100 Per Cent Recycled Mad Cow

CP | Posted 10.15.2011 | Canada
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EDMONTON - A University of Alberta scientist has figured out a way to transform cattle parts into plastic to offer a potentially profitable alternativ...

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Another Recession? 'This Time We'll Be On Our Own'

The Globe and Mail | Posted 10.09.2011 | Canada Business
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The developed world is in clear and present danger of sinking back into recession. If that happens, the Harper government will be far less equipped to...

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U of A Dean Resigns Over Plagiarism Charges

Posted 08.17.2011 | Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- The University of Alberta medical school dean who admitted he plagiarized parts of a speech to graduates has resigned. Univer...

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Dean Of Medicine Accused Of Plagiarizing Convocation Speech

CBC | Posted 08.13.2011 | Canada
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CBC -- Medical students at the University of Alberta are disappointed after they say their dean copied a graduation speech. Students say a speech g...

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