Global Edmonton's Top Headlines: Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser Follow us:   Daily Headlines July 18, 2017     CRIME July 18, 2017 2:09 pm July 18, 2017 2:09 pm Teen who got lost on Pembina River float admits group was ‘freaked out’ Mitchell Pawluk is one of the 18 tubers whose actions on the Pembina River this summer required help from search and rescue crews and spurred RCMP to issue a safety reminder. Continue reading → FEATURES July 18, 2017 4:49 pm July 18, 2017 4:49 pm Meet the couple who won the $435K Edmonton Eskimos’ 50/50 jackpot Quentin and Samantha Ebertz are the lucky winners of the more than $435,000 Edmonton Eskimos’ 50/50 jackpot from Friday night’s game. Continue reading → ENVIRONMENT July 18, 2017 2:58 pm July 18, 2017 2:58 pm 'High to extreme' danger across Alberta, BC parks spurs extension of fire ban "It's primarily in Kootenay National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park… It has not crossed the border into Banff." Continue reading → WEATHER July 18, 2017 7:35 am July 18, 2017 7:35 am More smoke coming: air quality health index could reach 9 in Edmonton Thick smoke from the B.C. wildfires is expected to drift into Alberta and the Air Quality Health Index will likely reach 10, or high risk, on Wednesday. Continue reading → CRIME July 18, 2017 1:45 pm July 18, 2017 1:45 pm Over 100 charges laid in meth and fraud bust in Vegreville Three people have been charged after an investigation in Vegreville, Alta. netted stolen property and methamphetamine. Continue reading → CANADA July 18, 2017 4:52 pm July 18, 2017 4:52 pm Injured U.S. soldier says Canada should have taken Omar Khadr lawsuit to courts Retired Sgt. Layne Morris lost sight in one eye after a 2002 attack where Omar Khadr is alleged to have thrown a grenade. Continue reading → CANADA July 18, 2017 1:28 pm July 18, 2017 1:28 pm NAFTA grabs focus at Day 2 of premiers’ meeting in Edmonton Canada’s premiers are meeting Tuesday in Edmonton to discuss trade issues, particularly business with the United States and the looming renegotiation of the NAFTA deal. Continue reading → ECONOMY July 18, 2017 7:00 am July 18, 2017 7:00 am Challenging the Wage Gap: How access to childcare is related to the gender wage gap In part 2 of her Challenging the Wage Gap series, Dallas Flexhaug talks to a mother who left her job at an energy company to care for her kids, then struggled to get back into the workforce at the same level she left. Continue reading → ENTERTAINMENT July 18, 2017 10:16 am July 18, 2017 10:16 am Jurassic Park Jeep replicas turn heads in Edmonton Two Edmonton men are turning heads after building picture-perfect replicas of the 1992 Jeep Wrangler Saharas used during a pivotal scene in the ’90s blockbuster “Jurassic Park.” Continue reading → HEALTH July 18, 2017 1:13 pm July 18, 2017 1:13 pm Cattle rider’s big toe implanted on hand after thumb severed by bull Australian doctors have successfully attached a rancher’s big toe to his hand after a bull severed his right thumb in a cattle accident. Continue reading →   This email was sent to fikry53@gmail.com Why did I get this?  |  Unsubscribe here © Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc., 2017. All rights reserved. Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Quay 25 Dockside Drive Toronto, ONTARIO M5A 0B5 Canada