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• Alberta down to week's supply of life-saving drug due to North American shortage

  17-06-2017 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A recall of potentially contaminated vials of injectable sodium bicarbonate has left Alberta Health Services with less than a week’s supply of the life-saving drug.
  “We are looking at everything we can do to obtain the drug,” said Dr. Francois Belanger, chief medical officer and vice president of quality for Alberta Health Services (AHS).
  The shortage of sodium bicarbonate, used when a patient’s blood becomes too acidic, is due to a manufacturing issue by Hospira Inc
  
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• Craig Button is right. It's time to go with Darnell Nurse and Matt Benning, not sign an expensive veteran

  17-06-2017 19:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  TSN’s Button — along with Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli — is the wisest man in the room when it comes to Oil defence
  Between various TV networks, TSN 1260 radio and Oilers Now on CHED, there’s no shortage of interesting interviews with NHL insiders, especially at this time of year when every armchair GM in the land is hungry for information about which players their team might trade and which players their team might bring in. 
  I soak up all this info, too, as that&rsquo
  
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• Mountie using conducted energy weapon on man at oilsands camp caught on video

  17-06-2017 19:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A man has been charged with several offences, including assault of a police officer, in an arrest where officers used a conducted energy weapon.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP were called out to the Athabasca Lodge in Fort McKay on Thursday after a complaint of an intoxicated male who refused to leave.
  When Mounties arrived on scene, they arrested the male, but he avoided being handcuffed, according to a news release.
  The man threatened to harm one of the RCMP officers, who then used his Conducted Energy Wea
  
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• AHS to address North American shortage of drug used in life-threatening situations

  17-06-2017 18:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Hospitals across Alberta are dealing with a shortage of an injectable drug used during treatment of life-threatening situations, according to the province’s health authority.
  The shortage of sodium bicarbonate, used when blood becomes too acidic, is due to a manufacturing issue by Hospira Inc., a Pfizer company, Alberta Health Services said in a statement Saturday morning.
  According to AHS, the shortage is having an effect across North America, and became more severe earlier in the week wh
  
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• Tzeporah Berman's controversial stint on Alberta oilsands panel comes to an end

  17-06-2017 16:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Controversial environmentalist Tzeporah Berman is out as a member of a government-appointed committee advising Alberta on how to develop the oilsands.
  Berman and four other members of Alberta’s Oil Sands Advisory Group were let go after the 18-member panel wrapped up the first two phases of its consultations.
  Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said Berman and the others contributed critical expertise in the early stages, but the panel’s focus is now narrowing.
  “The first two
  
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• Resplendent rooftop: Vicky's Homes looks to keep winning with Verity

  17-06-2017 16:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  After collecting a bevy of local, provincial and national home construction awards during the last year, what does Vicky’s Homes do for an encore? The local builder aims to keep the hot streak going with Verity, a 4,228-square-foot, three-storey showhome that anchors the One at Windermere neighbourhood in southwest Edmonton.
  “Our main focus is to improve on what we have,” said Vicky Kujundzic, owner of Vicky’s Homes, who notes that her ever-growing reputation increases th
  
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• Traditional ceremonies, contemporary singers, all part of largest-ever Aboriginal Day Live

  17-06-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Whether it’s a musical performance, a cultural experience or a spiritual ceremony, Aboriginal Day Live is geared to highlight indigenous culture across the country. But that shouldn’t suggest it only involves indigenous peoples or that it can only be appreciated by aboriginal audiences.
  “This is our day to celebrate the achievements of indigenous people across Canada,” said Lisa Squire, of Cree background, part of the small army of organizers with the Aboriginal People&rs
  
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• Top classical chamber musicians to play Summer Solstice Music Festival

  17-06-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton has a festival for just about every kind of music, but it is gratifying that it has one for a less obvious summer fare — classical chamber music.
  The quality of chamber music in Edmonton — both homegrown, and in the calibre of visiting Canadian and international artists during the season — has been one of Edmonton’s little-sung musical success stories. The Edmonton Chamber Music Society has played a large part in that, and its Summer Solstice Music Festival, runn
  
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• Saturday's letters: There is a plan to respond to wildfires

  17-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Re. “As wildfires worsen, we need to find a way to respond,” Graham Thomson, June 15
  What’s a better expenditure of limited resources? A. Spend billions on reducing man-made greenhouse gas emissions by 1/10th of one per cent by 2050 with no way of tracking whether or not that will have any effect?
  Or B. Spend millions expanding and implementing the Alberta FireSmart program? I pick B.
  Thomson’s logic goes off the rails after stating government and society don’t seem
  
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• Opinion: That every life matters must inform assisted-dying debate

  17-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A court decision has resulted in the legalization one year ago of physician-assisted suicide in Canada, something that was unthinkable just five years ago.
  We as citizens – whether people of faith or not – have a responsibility to look critically at the fallout of that decision and consider some important questions about how it is changing our society.
  We hear that this is a matter of personal choice. But is it really a choice when a patient does not have access to palliative care th
  
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• Cuts looming for players on deep Edmonton Eskimos camp roster

  17-06-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Eskimos 2017 training camp roster gathered for the last time in the visitors locker-room of Investors Group Field following Thursday’s 38-38 tie with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
  With the final round of training-camp cuts scheduled for Saturday by 8 p.m., they knew they wouldn’t all be seeing each other in green and gold again.
  “We’ve been saying it our whole camp, I feel like this is one of the deepest camps I’ve seen and I’ve been around football
  
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• Wynn's Law suffers final defeat in the House of Commons

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  This week Wynn’s Law suffered its final defeat in the House of Commons after it was voted down by the government on the third reading.
  
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• Photo radar not the best solution

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Having engaged in thousands of hours of traffic enforcement in a previous career, Mr. Kennair’s commentary (Gazette, June 3) certainly supports my experience, while exposing obvious shortfalls with the automated and impersonal enforcement conducted...
  
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• New prizes in Cultivate Yards contest

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The Cultivating Front Yards event kicked off this week with two new ways to show off the blooming beauty of your property. One part contest and one partshow-and-tell event, this program was designed by the City of St. Albert’s Economic Development...
  
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• Need for respectful debate

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Thank you to Doug Neuman for underscoring the need for respectful political debate in his piece from the Saturday June 3 Gazette.
  
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• NABI opens the doors to new co-working space

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  A hub for budding entrepreneurs, Northern Alberta Business Incubator (NABI) Commons will serve as a place where people can share, work and learn.
  
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• Memorial game honours Mar

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Tonight’s memorial game in Fort Saskatchewan will honour the memory of St. Albert lacrosse player Darian Mar.
  
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• London Drugs celebrates grand opening

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  London Drugs opened its new location in the St. Albert Centre on June 16. The store will differ from its two previous locations with the additions of a learning centre and medical office.
  
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• Let your friendly robot cut the grass

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  What would you call your lawn-mowing robot if you had one? Bot? Husqy? Maybe George? Or perhaps you’ll call it Dad, in honour of Father’s Day.
  
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• Landmark Cinemas gives sneak peak at theatre

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  A new eight-screen movie theatre may be open in St. Albert in time to catch the opening of the Predators movie in August 2018.
  
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• Jazz it up at Summer Solstice

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Jazz vocalist Barbara Leah Meyer has been laying low for a while keeping singing engagements to a minimum and focusing her creativity teaching voice and piano at Sturgeon Music School.
  
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• Jacy Eberlein announces his bid for council

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Jacy Eberlein launched his bid for St. Albert city council last week and he hopes to be able to bring a youth perspective to council chambers.
  
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• Impact/Inter SC is A-OK

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The youngest of the three St. Albert Impact teams in premier women’s soccer is playing wise beyond its years.
  
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• Hate crime charges laid after local LGBTQ activist threatened

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  An Edmonton blogger is facing charges of hate crimes after allegedly harassing and targeting local members of the LGBTQ community through online posts.
  
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• Food bank reveals building plans

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village is hoping council will help kickstart its fundraising campaign with a donation of land.
  
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• Fix the problem

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Bill S-217, known as Wynn’s Law, was defeated this week in the House of Commons.
  
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• First peoples to party next week

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Thousands of tiny works of art will be on display next week as St. Albert celebrates Canada’s first peoples.
  
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• Filmmakers rated under 18

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The sixth annual Obelisk Film Festival is rolling out the red carpet at the Arden Theatre on Monday evening. Billed as Northern Alberta's premiere high school film and photo festival, the annual short film extravaganza is an open field to all young...
  
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• Council wants wildlife highway

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Wildlife experts say it would be tough, if not outright impossible, to create an effective wildlife corridor through St. Albert.
  
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• Chamber looks to the future

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  Changes to the labour code and wage increases are two hot topics the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce will pursue next year.
  
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• Celebrating Canada, the youth photo way

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The Take Your Best Shot youth photo exhibition has landed at the Musée Héritage Museum a little earlier than usual this year. It’s all for a good reason though.
  
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• Ballot questions questioned

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The construction of a new branch library is shaping up to be the most contentious issue this election. With four months to go before the residents cast their ballots and no mayoral candidates to shape the debate, the new branch library is the only...
  
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• Alberta separatists seek to WIPA way federal ties

  17-06-2017 10:01
  
  The Western Independence Party of Alberta (WIPA) though still not an official party at this time, is rattling their sovereignty sabre against the perceived imposing federal cage thought to be the cause of all western woes.
  
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• Council wants wildlife highway - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  TRACKS SPOTTED – Retired Alberta Fish and Wildlife ungulate specialist Bill Wishart examines deer tracks along the ungulate underpass under 215 St. near Big Lake. The underpass is part of an extensive wildlife corridor in the region. Wishart was ...
  
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• Let your friendly robot cut the grass - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:16 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Justin Taylor, sales associate at LBH Building Supplies, shows the underside of the Husqvarna Auto Mower outside the store on Riel Drive in St. Albert in early June. The razor blades are hidden when the machine is idle but swing out when the drive is ...
  
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• Memorial game honours Mar - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:14 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Tonight's senior B lacrosse game between the St. Albert Miners and Edmonton Warriors in Fort Saskatchewan will honour the memory of St. Albert lacrosse player Darian Mar. Saturday, Jun 17, 2017 06:00 am. By: Jeff Hansen. Comments |. A A.
  
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• Memorial game honours Mar | Local Sports | St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:14 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Tonight's senior B lacrosse game between the St. Albert Miners and Edmonton Warriors in Fort Saskatchewan will honour the memory of St. Albert lacrosse ...and more »
  
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• Impact/Inter SC is A-OK - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:14 via stalbertgazette.com
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  BIG BOOT – Keara Quinn lines up a kick for the St. Albert Impact/Inter SC premier women's team in the Edmonton District Soccer Association. Impact/Inter (5-3-1) is third in the 10-team table in its first premier season. DAN RIEDLHUBER/St. Albert Gazette.
  
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• London Drugs celebrates grand opening - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Clint Mahlman, chief operating officer for London Drugs, give the first employee pep talk on June 16 moments before the store was slated to open its doors for the first time. DAYLA LAHRING/ St. Albert Gazette. London Drugs opened its new location in ...
  
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• Landmark Cinemas gives sneak peak at theatre - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  POPCORN IN PARK – Melcor President Darin Rayburn, left, and Landmark Cinema President and CEO Neil Campbell sit in comfy chairs with popcorn and pop at the location of the new movie theatre that is under construction in Jensen Lakes in St. Albert.
  
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• Filmmakers rated under 18 - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Bellerose High School film studies teacher Dave Edwards says that young filmmakers don't have many opportunities to show off their talents. That's one of the many reasons why Monday's edition of the annual Obelisk Film Festival is such an important event.
  
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• Chamber looks to the future - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Jennifer McCurdy, president and CEO of the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce, gave an overview of the past year during the chamber's luncheon. DAYLA LAHRING/ St. Albert Gazette ...
  
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• Celebrating Canada, the youth photo way - St. Albert Gazette

  17-06-2017 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Celebrating Canada, the youth photo way
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  Opening reception today from 3 to 5 p.m. Artists will be in attendance and prizes will be announced for winners in each age category. Exhibit runs from Tuesday, June 20 to Sunday, Sept. 10. Musée Héritage Museum, St. Albert Place Call 780-459-1528 or ...
  
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• Win tickets to the Arden

  17-06-2017 07:00
  
  Enter to win tickets to see the Jivin' Belles live at the Arden Theatre Tuesday June 27 at 2 pm.
  
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• Review: O Fortuna! Bill Eddins ends tenure at Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with Carmina Burana

  17-06-2017 07:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Bill Eddins ended his popular 12-year tenure as music director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with a suitably splendid concert Friday at the Winspear, which he is repeating Saturday.
  Happily, this was au revoir rather than adieu, for Eddins will return to conduct some concerts in the new season in his new guise as music director emeritus.
  Part of the concert harked back to one conducted by Eddins in May 2014. That saw the premiere of Rival’s Northwest Passage Variations, when Rival was
  
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• Mounties use CEW on man charged with assaulting a police officer

  17-06-2017 05:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A man has been charged with several offences, including assault of a police officer, in an arrest where officers used a Conducted Energy Weapon.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP were called out to the Athabasca Lodge in Fort McKay on Thursday after a complaint of an intoxicated male who refused to leave.
  When Mounties arrived on scene, they arrested the male, but he avoided being handcuffed, according to a news release.
  The man threatened to harm one of the RCMP officers, who then used his Conducted Energy Wea
  
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• Paula Simons: Gentleman 'fraudster' Jay Peers faces justice at last

  17-06-2017 04:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Jeremy James Peers — known to his friends as Jay — doesn’t look like a bank robber.
  He looks, indeed, like a mild-mannered middle manager, a slim, bespectacled, balding man in his early 70s, the scion of one of Edmonton’s old money families.
  But looks — and pedigrees — are deceiving. And Peers was a master of deception.
  Peers looked exactly like the sort of responsible, buttoned-down financial adviser whom you’d trust with your life savings.
  And that&rsq
  
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• Taste Alberta hosts an all-Alberta extravaganza at Bündok

  17-06-2017 04:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Chef Ryan Hotchkiss of Bündok will be hosting Taste Alberta‘s next Prairie on the Plate dinner Wednesday, June 28. The cost is $60 a person, and space is limited to one seating at 7 pm. Call (780) 420-0192 or email [email protected] to reserve your space. Bündok is at 10228 104 St. Here is the menu:
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  Roasted tomato broth, with tomatoes, fresh cheese, canola oil and herbs
  Second
  Chicken liver agnolotti, made with pulse flour dough, and roasted onion
  
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• Celebrate Canada Day, with tea, as it should be

  17-06-2017 04:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Cally’s Teas on Whyte Avenue is hosting a Canada Tea Festival. There are three days for the outing, June 28 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., June 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and July 1 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  All celebrations feature a full-on afternoon tea, and will focus on Canadian teas and sweets. Think Nanaimo bars, butter tarts, flapper pie and, yes, poutine. Feel free to dress in Canada Day attire. Call Cally’s (10151 82 Ave.) for further information at 780-757-8944. facebook.com/cally
  
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• Edmonton man wanted on warrants after violent criminal offences committed in Wetaskiwin

  17-06-2017 04:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A man with a warrant for his arrest on 43 charges for violent offences is on the loose and Wetaskiwin RCMP want help finding him.
  Sean Michael Greenwall, 35, of Edmonton was arrested June 5 for aggravated assault involving a firearm, aggravated assault causing bodily harm and other offences.
  He was released on a recognizance with several conditions, including not to have any contact with the victim.
  On June 14, Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a complaint from a woman who alleged she had been forcib
  
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