CBC News Online - Edmonton Digest - 2015-02-27

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Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:25:41 EST Cheerleading teams pull out of West Edmonton Mall event following terror threats Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:25:41 EST Several cheerleading teams have pulled out of a competition at West Edmonton Mall after an online video from an al-Qaeda-linked group named the building as a possible terrorist target. Read More Fort McMurray family buries second child after pesticide poisoning Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:58:17 EST The funeral is being held today for a second child from the same family who died from pesticide poisoning. Read More China restricts Canadian beef over mad cow disease Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:12:51 EST China has joined Taiwan, Korea, Peru and Belarus in restricting imports of Canadian beef products because of concern over a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) found in Alberta. Read More 31-year-old man charged with multiple sexual assaults Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:48:32 EST Edmonton police have arrested a 31-year-old man following a string of sexual assaults in south Edmonton over a two-year span. Read More Debt-burdened Albertans turning to consumer proposals in greater numbers Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:14:32 EST There has been a sharp increase in the number of Albertans filing consumer proposals as a way to get out from under heavy debt loads, new figures reveal. Read More More Headlines CSIS has little power to stop terrorist recruitment in Canada, experts say Don't lift Alberta's tuition cap, student leaders ask Prentice Public Interest Alberta fights for more investment in post-secondary education 'An Ebola treatment centre is a very scary thing' 'Live Long and Prosper, Mr. Spock!': Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy dies at 83 #TheDress colour question divides an internet Health Canada warns about use of unregistered bedbug products blamed in kids' deaths Crumbling concrete from West Ed parkade lands on car Drew Barnes in race to lead Wildrose Party Cops called out to north Edmonton we