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Alberta at Noon | Dec 13, 2012 | 49:59

Thursday December 13, 2012

The CBC's Nola Keeler reports on the 17th Annual CBC Edmonton Turkey Drive with Lilydale for the Edmonton Food Bank. She speaks to Les Hansen, principal of Holyrood Elementary School, defending champions of the Turkey Spirit Award. Holyrood's Little Dickens choir takes the stage. Food columnist Mary Bailey talks turkey. Lucille Cook, Executive Director of the Native Friendship Centre and Food Bank in Slave Lake, describes how the community helps out.

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Alberta at Noon Friday May 17, 2013 May 17, 2013 | 52:17The controversy continues over the expense claims of Senator Mike Duffy, Tyler Trafford has the true story of his mother's romance with a soldier during the second World War, Jim Hole on gardening, and the danger of ticks.
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Alberta at Noon - Tuesday May 14, 2013May 14, 2013 | 49:38Alberta at Noon Tuesday May 14, 2013 Audio
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