Today's top headlines from CBC Edmonton

Today's top headlines from CBC Edmonton - 2025-08-13

Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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Here's where $46M in federal wildfire research funding is going across the country

August 12 , 2025 at 01:29:24 p.m. MDT • :

As firefighters across the country battle Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record, the federal government announced details Tuesday of $45.7 million in research funding to better understand and mitigate fire risks.

China to set preliminary duty on Canadian canola after anti-dumping probe

August 12 , 2025 at 04:35:16 a.m. MDT • :

China on Tuesday announced a preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports — a fresh escalation in a yearlong trade dispute that began with Ottawa's imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August.

Appeal launched by CNRL in tailings pond bird deaths rejected by Alberta regulator

August 12 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has lost its appeal against a $278,000 fine it faced for the death of hundreds of birds at a northern Alberta mine.

Low-income tenants fight sale of affordable Edmonton townhouses

August 12 , 2025 at 02:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

Tenants who live in affordable housing townhouses in a neighbourhood near downtown Edmonton are fighting the sale of their homes by their non-profit provider HomeEd.

Edmonton seeing big jump in real estate listings, Realtors association reports

August 12 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. MDT • :

The greater Edmonton area has seen a 20 per cent increase in new listings compared to this time last year, leading to an increase in housing inventory. Experts say this may lead to more choice for buyers, but that the overall market still favours sellers.