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Alberta doctors bullied by bosses, panel finds
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-emergency-room-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Patients wait too long in emergency rooms and doctors dare not advocate for patients if they want to keep their jobs, according to a report on Alberta's healthcare system.</p>

Garbage blamed as 145 bears shot in Alberta's north
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-black-bear-ap-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Questions are being raised about garbage management after 145 black bears were shot by wildlife officers in northern Alberta's oilsands region last year.</p>

Woman's body found in Red Deer
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-rcmp_badge-calgary-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>RCMP are investigating a suspicious death in Red Deer, Alta.</p>

Graham James apologizes to sex-abuse victims
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-graham-james-conceal2-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Graham James, the former junior hockey coach and convicted sexual abuser whose victims included ex-NHLers Theoren Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy, has told a courtroom: "For my behaviour, I am deeply sorry.… Parents expected sons to be safe; not all were."</p>

Edmonton Remand Centre may become multicultural facility
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-edm-remand-centre-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>The Edmonton Remand Centre may find new purpose as the city's new Canadian Multicultural Centre. </p>

Border services seize 75 guns in Alberta
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-cgy-gunsborder-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Border officials say they made the largest handgun seizure in the history of the Canadian-U.S. crossing at Coutts, Alta., on Tuesday. </p>

Meteor's fireball lights up Prairie skies
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-cgy-meteor-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A fireball that lit up the night sky over Alberta and Saskatchewan was a 100-kilogram meteor, experts say. </p>

Edmonton Transit struggles with crowded buses
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-ets-bus-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Commuters looking for relief from overcrowded buses will have to wait a while longer after city council rejected an Edmonton Transit request for more money Tuesday. </p>

Mexican beating victim released from Calgary hospital
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-nabb-mjli36sf-6col.jpg"><br/><p>An Alberta woman severely beaten in Mexico last month has been released from a Calgary hospital.</p>

Caribou recovery plan swamped by public feedback
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/caribouprotest-852-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Canada's environment minister says he'll need more time to go review 14,000 public submssions on a plan to protect woodland caribou herds — but environmentalists are going back to court Thursday to seek emergency action.</p>

Crash near Breton, Alta. leaves 3 dead, 1 in hospital
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/21/hi-breton-highway-39-fatal-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Three people are dead following a crash at a rural intersection near Breton, Alta., and an 18-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital. </p>

Michael Briscoe double murder trial begins
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/21/hi-briscoe-6col.jpg"><br/><p>A first-degree murder trial has begun for an Edmonton man accused of killing a woman and a 13-year-old girl days apart. </p>

Man, 27, dead after being hit by train near Banff
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/21/hi-banff-canada-6col.jpg"><br/><p>RCMP and CP Rail are investigating after a man was hit by a train in Banff on Tuesday night.</p>

Oilers dismantle Flames in Calgary
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2012/02/22/940-gagner-6col.jpg"><br/><p>Sam Gagner scored once and added two assists Tuesday as the Edmonton Oilers erupted for four unanswered goals in the second period to stun the Calgary Flames 6-1.</p>

Edmonton Capitals suspend play for 2012
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/21/hi-capitals-win_1-6col.jpg"><br/><p>The owners of the Edmonton Capitals are suspending play for the 2012 season, saying they can no longer continue to operate with few other teams in their division.</p>
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