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خلاصه هفتگی (ادمونتون): 30 مارس – 5 آوریل 2026

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  1. اویلرز 3-1 پیروز شد — متیو ساووای گل برنده را زد؛ تیم پنج پیروزی پیاپی دارد و 87 امتیاز دارد.
  2. اویلرز با اوون مایکلز قرارداد یک‌ساله امضا کرد (۱۳ گل و ۱۳ پاس‌گل در NCAA).
  3. ویلیام نیکول با قرارداد سه‌ساله به اویلرز پیوست؛ او این فصل ۱۵ گل در OHL زده بود.
  4. دروازه‌بان کانر اینگرام با ۲۷ سیو شات‌آوت کرد و ۲۹مین تولدش را در پیروزی 3-0 جشن گرفت.
  5. ریک کمپبل به کادر مربی‌گری ادمونتون الکس پیوست — مربی با سه عنوان Grey Cup.
  6. بارش سنگین بهاری در کلگری باعث هرج‌ومرج شد: حداقل ۱۶۳ تصادف از نیمه‌شب تا ظهر و ۲۲ مصدوم گزارش شد.
  7. هشدار هواشناسی: احتمال باران‌-برف و شرایط نامناسب رانندگی در اطراف کلگری پیش از تعطیلات؛ ادمونتون احتمالاً کمی برف خواهد داشت.
  8. پس از تعمیر ۹ بخش آسیب‌دیده از خط انتقال آب Bearspaw، محدودیت‌های مصرف آب در کلگری برداشته شد؛ تست‌ها مثبت بود.
  9. پروژه جایگزینی خط با بودجه ۳۸۱ میلیون دلار به‌سرعت ادامه دارد و هدف تکمیل تا دسامبر است.
  10. قیمت نفت و بنزین (حدود $1.74/L در ادمونتون) بالا رفته است و درخواست برای کاهش مالیات سوخت مطرح شده؛ دولت استان می‌گوید باید دورهٔ مانیتورینگ ۲۰ روزه را طی کند.
  11. آلبرتا لایحه‌ای برای جلوگیری از دسترسی کودکان (تا ۱۵ سال) به تصاویر جنسی مایٔه‌دار در کتابخانه‌های عمومی معرفی کرد.
  12. لایحهٔ جدید آموزشی از معلمان می‌خواهد موضوعات را به‌صورت «بی‌طرفانه» ارائه دهند؛ اتحادیه معلمان این را توهین‌آمیز می‌داند.
  13. آلبرتا می‌خواهد کسب‌وکارها قبل از جذب کارگران موقت خارجی در استانی ثبت‌نام کنند تا نظارت بیشتری داشته باشد (اجرایی شدن اوایل ۲۰۲۷).
  14. دولت آلبرتا خواستار تغییر قانون اساسی برای دادن سهم بیشتر استان‌ها در انتخاب قضات شده است؛ موضوع اختلافی با دولت فدرال.
  15. رهبران درخواست جدایی آلبِرتا می‌گویند حدود ۱۷۷,۷۳۲ امضا جمع کرده‌اند تا رفراندوم یا رأی مجلس را فعال کنند؛ بررسی توسط Elections Alberta در انتظار است.
  16. پیشنهاد شده ثبت‌نام طرح‌های مردمی برای رفراندوم‌ها یک سال قبل و بعد از انتخابات ممنوع شود تا تداخل با زمان‌بندی انتخابات کاهش یابد.
  17. لایحهٔ «ویسکی آلبرتا»: برای استفاده از نشان استان، مشروب باید mash، تخمیر، تقطیر، کهنه‌سازی و بطری‌گذاری در داخل استان و حداقل دو‑سوم غلات از آلبرتا باشد.
  18. داروخانهٔ Rexall در Swan Hills (جمعیت حدود ۱,۴۰۰) قرار است ۳۰ آوریل تعطیل شود؛ ساکنان حالا برای نسخه باید تا یک ساعت سفر کنند.
  19. دو نفر به‌دلیل تیراندازی در بزرگراه که منجر به مرگ Barinder Singh (۲۲ ساله) شد، متهم شده‌اند؛ RCMP آن را «جرمی بی‌معنی» خواند.
  20. هشدار پناه‌گیری در محل برای نواحی اطراف Atikameg پس از دستگیری ۳ نفر از ۴ مظنون مسلح برداشته شد؛ جستجو برای نفر چهارم ادامه دارد.
  21. RCMP هنوز به دنبال بقایای نوزاد دختر Braylee (حدود ۵ ماهه) است؛ اجساد مادر در آپارتمانی در St. Albert پیدا شد و پدر بازداشت شده است.
  22. مردی در کلگری به‌خاطر رفتار خطرناک هنگام رانندگی و مزاحمت از سوی پلیس پس از یک تصادف مرگبار در Stoney Trail متهم شد.
  23. دو نفر در تصادفی در بزرگراه ۲ نزدیک Granum کشته شدند؛ یک وسیله‌نقلیه در حال خروج به Highway 519 بود که با یک نیمه‌تریلر برخورد کرد.
  24. نیروهای انتظامی Lethbridge مقدار ۲.۲۵ کیلوگرم فنتانیل را ضبط کردند (ارزش خیابانی ~ $450,000)؛ بزرگترین ضبط در تاریخ شهر.
  25. پلیس کلگری در تحقیقات مربوط به اخاذی علیه اعضای جامعهٔ جنوب آسیایی فردی را متهم کرد؛ پرونده شامل تخریب و تهدید بود.
  26. مردی از ادمونتون، Kuldeep Raj، پس از تصادف با خودروی خلاف جهت در حال بهبودی است؛ چندین عمل جراحی انجام شده.
  27. بانک‌های غذا در سراسر کانادا به‌خاطر تقاضای «بی‌سابقه» خدمات را کاهش می‌دهند؛ در آلبرتا نیز درخواست‌ها بسیار افزایش یافته است.
  28. مأموریت Artemis II: فضانوردان کانادایی Jeremy Hansen و Jenni Gibbons نقش مهمی در بازگرداندن ناسا به ماه دارند — پنجرهٔ پرتاب 1–6 آوریل.
  29. PEI و Nunavut سن آغاز غربالگری سرطان روده را به ۴۵ سال کاهش داده‌اند؛ استان‌های دیگر در حال بررسی هستند.
  30. اتاوا استفادهٔ موقت از سم strychnine را در آلبرتا و ساسکاچوان برای مقابله با حملهٔ gopherها تا نوامبر ۲۰۲۷ مجاز کرد، با تدابیر کاهش خطرات محیطی.
  31. افزایش حداقل دستمزد در برخی استان‌ها اعمال می‌شود، ولی فعالان می‌گویند هنوز با هزینهٔ زندگی مطابقت ندارد؛ آلبرتا ۱۵ دلار/ساعت را حفظ کرده است.
  32. ادمونتون قصد دارد سه گذرگاه عابر پیادهٔ scramble در Whyte Avenue را حذف کند تا اولویت با حمل‌ونقل عمومی باشد و چرخهٔ چراغ‌ها کوتاه‌تر شود.
  33. مردی در ایستگاه LRT Corona در ادمونتون متهم به تلاش برای قتل افسران شد؛ مظنون پس از تلاش برای حمله با چاقو دستگیر شد و به یک سرقت نزدیک نیز مرتبط دانسته می‌شود.

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