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• Curtis Stock: Edmonton centenarian Ken Darlington in the habit of shooting his age at golf course

  28-05-2017 23:37
  
  Ken Darlington shot a 100 a couple of weeks ago at Riverside. Then he shot a 99.
  So what’s so interesting about that? Well, how about this: Darlington is 100 years old and those two rounds were the 339th and 340th time he has shot his age.
  “It’s miraculous that a guy is still playing golf at 100 let alone still shooting his age,” said Dunc Mills, a rules official of the Alberta Golf Association.
  “That’s incredible.”
  “Good heavens. I had no idea I h
  
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• St. Albert scramble crossing opens to mixed reviews - Globalnews.ca

  28-05-2017 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  
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• St. Albert scramble crossing opens to mixed reviews

  28-05-2017 23:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  St. Albert officially unveiled its scramble on Friday, joining cities like Toronto, Calgary and Banff in having this type of intersection crossing.
  
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• MacEwan University president David Atkinson stepping down

  28-05-2017 22:31
  
  Perhaps nothing is more emblematic of David Atkinson’s time spent as president of MacEwan University than the gold-blade ceremonial shovel hanging on the wall of his office.
  In six years he oversaw the consolidation of the university’s satellite campuses in the west and the south along with the construction of a new $180 million Centre for Arts and Culture building on 104 Ave. and 112 St.
  As one of his last presidential duties before his time is up in June, he co-signed pap
  
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• Edmonton police investigate drive-by shooting at wrongly targeted house

  28-05-2017 22:29
  
  A west end family had a frightening Sunday morning after someone shot at the back of their house from a vehicle, Edmonton police said.
  Police got a call at 8:46 a.m. Sunday from a family living near 159 Street and 107 Avenue in the Britannia Youngstown neighbourhood, saying multiple shots had been fired at the back of their house, said Staff Sgt. Frank Metselaar.
  “The house that was hit — completely innocent family. No criminality, no ties. It’s kind of a bit of a mystery here.
  
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• Impeccably-clad dogs hit the runway at Haute Dawg gala and fashion show

  28-05-2017 22:14
  
  It was probably the best decorated the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald’s August Empire ballroom had ever been, but it went quickly to the dogs Saturday night.
  The event was the Haute Dawg gala and fashion show organized by Diane Buchanan and Sally Munro, with master of décor Elexis Schloss called in to create tablescapes.
  “We had to ask the hotel’s permission for some of the models to appear,” said Buchanan, whose Gordon and Diane Buchanan Foundation presented the event.
  
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• Kids, bikers go for a ride at Parade of Heroes at Hawrelak Park

  28-05-2017 22:06
  
  Kids with cancer got a chance to take a ride with some local heroes Saturday.
  The annual Parade of Heroes was held at Hawrelak Park presented by the Kids with Cancer Society, giving families a chance to meet the riders who help raise money for their children who have been living with cancer.
  The Parade of Heroes is a kick off for the fund-raising event in June called Revving Up for Kids Motorcycle Adventure, where 48 riders and passengers pay their own way to ride from Alberta through British Co
  
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• Griffin Reinhart may finally be ready for the NHL, but not necessarily with Edmonton Oilers

  28-05-2017 21:31
  
  2016-17 Edmonton Oilers in review:Griffin Reinhart
  Blink and you missed it. But for a brief time at least, Oil Country was united in joy. The occasion was the 2015 NHL Draft, Connor McDavid was officially an Edmonton Oiler, and that was all that mattered.
  The mass euphoria lasted about an hour. But when it came time for the Oilers to make their second pick of that first round, Gary Bettman stepped up to the microphone and said in his inimitable fashion, “We have a trade to announce…
  
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• RCMP investigate string of Grande Prairie arsons

  28-05-2017 20:32
  
  Three Grande Prairie houses and a van were badly damaged early Sunday morning by fires police say someone lit deliberately.
  Police and firefighters were called to a house in the Highland Park area at around 3 a.m. Sunday, where a van and a house were alight. People inside the house escaped unharmed, RCMP said in a news release.
  Shortly after the fire was out, emergency responders saw a second fire about a block away. They found an unoccupied house on fire. That blaze spread to the roof of t
  
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• Sylvan Lake man dead in motorcycle crash

  28-05-2017 19:28
  
  A 56-year-old man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a bridge in northwestern Alberta.
  At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, RCMP, fire and ambulance were called to the Little Smoky Bridge near the hamlet of Little Smoky. Although emergency responders attempted to resuscitate the injured man, he died at the scene. The man is from Sylvan Lake.
  Police are investigating any possible factors contributing to the collision, RCMP said in a news release.
  Little Smoky is about 310 kilometres northwest of E
  
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• Relationship between grizzly bears and railways 'complicated': U of A researcher

  28-05-2017 15:00
  
  Most grizzly bears are avoiding railways in Canada’s national parks despite the lure of spilled grain, says a University of Alberta study. But with a few bold bears risking death to forage, researchers are investigating why some grizzlies end up on the wrong side of the tracks.  
  “I wasn’t expecting there to be so few bears that seem to specialize on the rails,” biological sciences professor Colleen Cassady St. Clair said this week.
  She co-authored a study that
  
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• Maple Flag aerial combat training at Cold Lake air weapons range to host 18 countries

  28-05-2017 15:00
  
  About 40 senior officials from 18 countries will visit Cold Lake as the airbase’s Maple Flag aerial combat training exercise kicks off Monday.
  “We will have 40 senior officials from 18 countries that are going to be in town to observe the program,” said this year’s Maple Flag director Capt. Sébastien Gorelov.
  Last year, about 21 officials from 10 countries visited to observe the exercise that allows Canada and its allies to train together in the airspace.
  Gore
  
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• Local politicians looking forward to working with new CPC leader Andrew Scheer

  28-05-2017 06:02
  
  Despite Maxime Bernier leading for the first 12 ballots, the 13th and final ballot means Andrew Scheer is the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
  In the final round, Alberta voters picked Bernier with 53.07 per cent of the vote compared to Andrew Scheer’s 46.93 per cent of the vote.
  Andrew Scheer, right, is congratulated by Maxime Bernier after being elected the new leader of the federal Conservative party at the federal Conservative leadership convention in Toronto on Saturda
  
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• Group ramps up efforts to breathe life back into City of Champions motto

  28-05-2017 05:42
  
  As city council readies to debate whether to bring back the slogan City of Champions on May 30, a group calling themselves Friends of Edmonton A City of Champions is hoping that they do. 
  The group of volunteers which started in February of this year wants the city to reestablish the old slogan and putting as much energy and as much information in front of people as they can. 
  “A lot of people have their own understanding of it.” said the group’s spokesperson Wilf Bro
  
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• FC Edmonton hold off Indy Eleven to win in front of large crowd

  28-05-2017 05:36
  
  FC Edmonton were looking for a break to get their North American Soccer League season back on track and got a big one against the visiting Indy Eleven on Saturday.
  Dustin Corea and Adam Straith scored first-half goals as Edmonton held on defeat Indy 2-1 in front of a packed house of nearly 4,000 at Clarke Stadium.
  Corea scored after getting a generous second opportunity on a penalty and Straith added a goal on a header at the stroke of half time.
  “It was a terrific night, the best crowd we
  
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• Edmonton woman rides to Vimy for PTSD in memory of dad

  28-05-2017 05:19
  
  Although Kimberly McKerry’s father died last autumn, she feels like she lost her dad 14 years ago.
  It was April 24, 2003, when Philip McKerry, a 25-year RCMP officer, was called to a property south of Spruce Grove, where a man had ended up after threatening to kill himself and his three children.
  The man returned the children home, got back in his car and barrelled north down Range Road 272, aiming straight for Philip McKerry’s police cruiser. The corporal jumped out of the car
  
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• Annie's Candy convincing in Journal Handicap

  28-05-2017 04:49
  
  The surprise of Saturday’s Journal Handicap was clear enough: the lacklustre, fourth-place finish of odds-on-favourite Killin Me Smalls.
  What was no surprise, however, was the resplendid showing of the winner: California invader Annie’s Candy, a convincing wire-to-wire, open length victor, who got The Journal’s six furlongs in 1:09 1/5 which is just three-fifths of a second off of Northlands track record.
  “The other night I watched the replays of all his races,” sai
  
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• Medieval weapons demonstrated in Edmonton at Medieval May festival

  28-05-2017 04:21
  
  Time to get medieval on some watermelons.
  The Knights of the Northern Realms hosted the 7th annual Medieval May, Saturday at the King Edward Community League. Complete with tournament combat for viewers to see and period dance lessons by performer Lady Jeanette,  the event showcases life in the 14th century.
  Part of that history is weapons, and Squire Garrett of Sherwood Park was there with a handful to demonstrate their lethalness on watermelons and full milk jugs.
  “It
  
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• Edmonton police pedal bike safety to kids at annual festival

  28-05-2017 03:53
  
  Sporting a bright pink new helmet, seven-year-old Isabella Davies charges up a wooden bike ramp without hesitation. There to gently guide her over the top of the wooden ramp are two smiling Edmonton police officers.
  Earlier Saturday, Isabella watched a presentation involving a large, jiggly model brain and several eggs to learn about head protection from the Brain Care Centre. She was fitted for a bike helmet, and learned the proper way to wear it.
  “It was interesting and cool,” Isab
  
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• Prospects pitcher a candidate for MLB Draft

  28-05-2017 02:03
  
  The Edmonton Prospects may have a big Gapp to fill in their pitching staff this season and head coach Ray Brown couldn’t be happier.
  Veteran starter Noah Gapp who blossomed into the staff ace last season could hear his named called in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft on June 12.
  “We hope he gets drafted. He deserves it,” said Brown on Saturday after the Prospects held an open tryout before the team opens their 2017 Western Major Baseball League season on June 2 against the
  
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• Eskimos will hit the ground running in training camp, then sky's the limit

  28-05-2017 01:47
  
  If it feels like deja vu when the Edmonton Eskimos take to the field Sunday to open training camp, it’s because they’ve seen this before.
  Same systems.
  Same playbook.
  Even the same terminology.
  And it’s the same coaching staff from last season that’s in charge of implementing it all again. Down to a man, which doesn’t happen often in professional football.
  “Just listening to quarterbacks in quarterbacks school go through reads that, not to say they struggled w
  
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• Oil Kings to have experienced rookies in lineup next season

  28-05-2017 01:33
  
  The Edmonton Oil Kings are expected to be young once again next season, but not as inexperienced.
  Going through a complete rebuild in the second half of this past Western Hockey League season allowed the Oil Kings to give ice time to those who usually would not see it.
  Players such as forward Liam Keeler and defenceman Matthew Robertson got an opportunity to play important minutes as 15 year olds this past season, and returned to their second Oil Kings development camp this weekend as vastly exp
  
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• Cornerback Colquhoun comes through for patient Edmonton Eskimos

  28-05-2017 01:25
  
  While they have yet to sign their top draft pick in 2017, the Edmonton Eskimos got a little assistance Sunday from the Ghost of CFL Draft Past.
  On the eve of training camp at Commonwealth Stadium, Arjen Colquhoun took to Twitter to announce he has joined the club.
  The six-foot-one, 202-pound cornerback out of Michigan State was a top-five prospect in the 2016 CFL draft, where he was selected in the second round (17th overall) by the Eskimos.
  “We met him in Las Vegas, he came down to our tr
  
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• Major collision closes Gateway Boulevard and 63 Avenue

  28-05-2017 01:03
  
  A motorist is in the hospital with “significant injuries” after a single-vehicle collision involving a light standard near Gateway Boulevard and 63 Avenue around 3:10 p.m. on Saturday.
  Gateway Boulebard northbound and 63 Avenue westbound are closed until further notice.
  The Edmonton Police Service major collision investigations unit continues to investigate the crash.
  
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