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• Training camp curse? Eskimos running back says injuries are just part of football

  04-06-2017 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  John White is no stranger to season-ending injuries in training camp.
  The Edmonton Eskimos running back ruptured his Achilles early on in 2015, which forced him to the sidelines while his team trotted to a Grey Cup championship without him.
  Injuries are a brutal reality of football, to be sure. But his seems to have kicked off a string of similar unfortunate circumstances where Eskimos teammates have found themselves done for the season before it even begins.
  Last year, it was promising cornerba
  
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• Lees: Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta to play first full-orchestra concert

  04-06-2017 20:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A message from outer space has filled the ranks of the Youth Orchestra of Northern Alberta (YONA) in time for its first full-orchestra concert.
  “Musicians came to our school and played Darth Vader’s theme tune from Star Wars and Princess Leia’s theme,” says 10-year-old Zander Ross, a student at St. Alphonsus Catholic School.
  “I was mesmerized by the music and excited when I was told I could learn to play an instrument.”
  Mahum Chaudhary, patron relations manage
  
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• Rodent droppings can be deadly: province issues hantavirus warning

  04-06-2017 19:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Rodent-spread and potentially deadly, hantavirus is a growing threat as the province heads into warmer months, warns Alberta Health Services.
  Hantavirus is a potentially fatal airborne illness spread by rodents — most commonly deer mice — that affects the lungs and respiratory system.
  Dr. Christopher Sikora, Edmonton zone medical officer of health, said the virus is most common following the winter months when large furniture and cabins are being re-opened.
  “The way people are
  
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• No better time to grab Top 4 right-shot d-man than right now. Will Edmonton Oilers pounce?

  04-06-2017 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Even with expansion forcing trades, I can’t see Oilers making a move 
  TSN’s Frank Seravalli has published a list of players on the block, and his “TSN’s Hockey’s Trade Bait list” includes names like forwards Matt Duchene, Boone Jenner, Alex Killorn, Calle Jarnkrok, Jonathan Drouin and defencemen Sami Vatanen, Jonas Brodin, Matt Dumba and Travis Hamonic. The latter group are all right shot d-men, so there’s a pre-expansion draft glut on the market.
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• Cancer patients find new outlet for help at Wellspring Edmonton

  04-06-2017 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmontonians travelling near the University of Alberta’s south campus in recent months have undoubtedly noticed a new structure along 113 Street at 65 Avenue.
  With a design that comes across as part modern home, part community centre and part health clinic, the purpose of the 1,115-square-metre facility has been the subject of much curiosity.
  In fact, the building is the new headquarters of Wellspring Edmonton, an organization catering to cancer patients by offering free services such
  
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• Driver, witnesses sought in hit-and-run involving teen cyclist in Fort McMurray

  04-06-2017 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Police are looking for witnesses after a vehicle rolled over a teenage cyclist in Fort McMurray on Friday.
  The 16-year-old was riding a bike around 4:50 p.m. at Dickins Drive and Confederation Way when the driver of what is believed to be a dark-blue Toyota Rav4 hit the cyclist and took off from the scene without stopping, according to a news release from Wood Buffalo RCMP.
  RCMP say the vehicle may have damage to the passenger side fender.
  The teen is now in stable condition after being taken to
  
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• Alberta Hate Crimes Committee aims to clear up confusion between hate incidents and hate crimes

  04-06-2017 17:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When a man tied a rope into a noose, dangled it from his hand and told two Muslim women, “This is for you” before singing O Canada at the University LRT station in November, city police easily identified the event as a hate incident.
  Labelling it a hate crime proved much more difficult.
  “Was it a hate incident? You bet. The girls felt intimidated,” said Sgt. Gary Willits of the Edmonton Police Service hate crimes unit.
  “Was it a crime? He made a few comments under h
  
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• Country power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill play packed Rogers Place

  04-06-2017 16:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It turns out that Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have a sly sense of humour.
  It’s been ten years since the new country power couple were last in Edmonton, playing two sold out nights on the Soul2Soul 2007 tour at what was then Rexall Place. So, what song do they choose to open their packed-out evening at Rogers Place with? Why, the Aretha Franklin and George Michael duet I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, of course.
  Given the ecstatic welcome they were given there’s little doubt that Edmonto
  
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• New $5.96-million city police chopper to take flight this summer

  04-06-2017 16:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The long-awaited new city police whirlybird is expected to be airborne over Edmonton by the end of summer.
  The $5.96-million Airbus H-125 is being assembled in Ontario and will be flown to Calgary where the latest police gadgets will be installed before it arrives in Edmonton.
  The police force expects the helicopter to take to the air around August or September, a spokesperson confirmed this week.
  Once it is fully operational, the Edmonton Police Service will retire one of its two existing helic
  
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• Photos: Faith Hill and Tim McGraw at Rogers Place

  04-06-2017 06:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in concert at Rogers Place in Edmonton, June 3, 2017.
  Tim McGraw and Faith
  
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• FC Edmonton head coach takes responsibility for poor performance

  04-06-2017 05:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As head coach, Colin Miller took full responsibility for FC Edmonton’s poor performance in Puerto Rico on Saturday.
  It may have been the club’s worst since Miller took over five years ago.
  FC Edmonton were dominated in a 3-0 loss against Puerto Rico FC — a score actually flattering the visitors, who were woefully outplayed.
  “I prepare the team, I pick the team, and that team (Edmonton) was just so far away from the level that I would expect,” Miller said. “I&r
  
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• Stony Plain/Spruce Grove/Enoch RCMP officer awarded for aboriginal, Metis community work

  04-06-2017 03:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A local RCMP officer is getting national recognition for her work helping youth turn away from a life of drugs and gangs and helping them to set and achieve goals and live their dreams.
  Cpl. Kimberly Mueller – who works out of the Stony Plain, Spruce Grove and Enoch detachment – was inspired to become a police officer after having one of the first female First Nations RCMP officers as a role model. Now Mueller is the recipient of the IODE RCMP Community Service Award for her work ser
  
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• Social Seen: Haute Dawg

  04-06-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist.
  Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  Haute Dawg
  Where: Hotel Macdonald
  When: May 27
  Who: Buchanan Family Foundation
  What: Gala event raising money for the Buchanan Centre, the
  
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• Eskimos Fan Day a welcome break from training camp grind

  04-06-2017 01:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  For football campers who have been slogging away over the past week, the Edmonton Eskimos’ mock game Friday offered a welcome change of pace.
  The highly scripted training camp grind gave way to an intersquad scrimmage between offence, defence and special teams, complete with 20-second play clock, substitutions and play calling on the fly.
  “You could tell instantly the intensity got amped up,” said veteran middle linebacker J.C. Sherritt. “Anytime we hear ‘game&rsquo
  
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• Defence getting it done in Eskimos training camp

  04-06-2017 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Mike Benevides wasn’t kidding around when he said in a team meeting on the eve of training camp a week ago the Edmonton Eskimos defence he’s in charge of co-ordinating was already ready to play a game the very next day.
  Sure, it was far from perfect.
  Especially when Mike Reilly marched the offence downfield on the opening series of Friday’s mock game, finding Adarius Bowman at the back of the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown strike.
  But the defence took no time in regrouping t
  
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• 'They were good friends': Stabbing suspect in hospital with life-threatening injuries after house fire

  04-06-2017 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A suspect being sought for stabbing a neighbour is clinging to life in hospital with severe burns after being pulled from a west-end house fire.
  Southwest division police officers were responding to a stabbing at a home near 64 Avenue and 184 Street around 4:20 a.m. Saturday, said a police news release.
  Several people in the home were drinking when a 23-year-old man was asked to leave, police said. The homeowner, 30, went outside to speak with the man, who is also his neighbour, when he was stab
  
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• Stony Plain home catches fire after vehicle crashes into it

  04-06-2017 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A house in Stony Plain caught fire after a vehicle crashed into it at 2:30 a.m. on Saturday.
  The vehicle crashed into the house and caught fire near Oatway Drive before the flames spread to the house, said Cpl. Kimberly Mueller with the Stony Plain RCMP.
  “It’s very extensive damage to the home,” Mueller said.
  No one was in the house at the time as the family had gone away for the weekend. The driver was taken to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton and two other occup
  
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• Edmonton bakery recalls pie shells as part of continued contamination concerns

  04-06-2017 00:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton’s Harlan Bakeries has recalled three brands of pie and tart shells as part of continued action to deal with possible E.coli contamination of flour.
  The bakery recalled 570-gram packages of No Name sweetened tart shells and Great Value tart shells, as well as 380-gram packages of Great Value deep-dish pie shells, according to a Canadian Food Inspection Agency news release.
  The products were sold across the country.
  The move follows the recall of  Robin Hood Original
  
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• Children with special health needs get dream visit to Valley Zoo

  04-06-2017 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Valley Zoo opened its gates to a special crowd Friday night, children with chronic illnesses and disabilities.
  An estimated 2,000 including the children and their families attended Dreamnight, hosted by the zoo and the Stollery Children’s Hospital, for the evening of music, mascots, magic and animal encounters.
  Sylvie Morgan and her six-year-old daughter, Arianna, attended with their extended family.
  “She’s excited to be here,” Morgan said as Arianna jumped u
  
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