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• Aviation Museum celebrates Blatchford Field's 90th

  24-06-2017 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Aviation enthusiasts celebrated 90 years since Blatchford Field was transformed from a farmer’s field to the gateway to the north.
  Denny May, son of famed bush pilot Wop May, was the keynote speaker at the Alberta Aviation Museum’s 90th-anniversary celebration of Blatchford Field on Saturday, which included re-enactments, dress-up opportunities for children, access to aircraft cockpits normally off limits to the public and other family events.
  The celebration took place from 10 a.m.
  
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• Oilers add to goaltending depth at Day 2 of NHL draft

  24-06-2017 23:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  CHICAGO — With so much of the attention in Edmonton being given to young superstars who can put the puck in the net, the Oilers shifted their focus Saturday to a guy in charge of keeping it out.
  With their first pick on Day 2 of the NHL entry draft (78th overall), they selected Edmonton-born goalie Stuart Skinner from the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
  “We really like him, obviously,” said Oilers Director of Player Personnel Bob Green. “(Goalie coaches) Dustin Schwartz and Sylvai
  
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• Ponoka RCMP search for five suspects in home invasion

  24-06-2017 23:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Mounties are searching for five suspects after a home invasion at a Ponoka residence in the early hours of Saturday morning.
  Police responded to a call around 2 a.m. in the Morningside area of Ponoka, located about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.
  Officers found two residents who had minor injuries after an altercation inside the home, police said in a news release.
  Five men, armed with a firearm, entered the home and restrained the two residents. The suspects left with five firearms, coins and
  
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• Oilers fans flock to Rogers Place to buy game-used socks, skates, pucks and other gear

  24-06-2017 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Fans draped in blue and gold flocked to Rogers Place Saturday to buy some more memorabilia from the 2016-17 season and playoff run.
  The Edmonton Oilers hosted their 11th annual Locker Room Sale Saturday on the floor of Rogers Place selling game-used sticks, gloves, jerseys, skates, socks and pucks, much of it signed by players. New “team issued” equipment was also up for grabs.
  Signed Heritage Classic jerseys were for sale including those worn by Oilers alumni Randy Gregg, Charlie Hu
  
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• Edmonton Oilers 2017 draft review: Kailer Yamamoto the feature addition among seven selected hopefuls

  24-06-2017 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As usual Day Two of the NHL Draft proceeded at a lot brisker and more business-like pace, with the league completing the final six rounds in about the same amount of time that Round One alone took on Friday. Also as usual, the major headlines were made on Friday night.
  So it was for the Edmonton Oilers, who made no trades involving NHL players but stuck to the business of picking 18-year-old kids. The one trade involving the Oilers saw the locals package both of the picks they had previously acq
  
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• Edmonton Oilers at the 2017 NHL Draft

  24-06-2017 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers are slated to pick seven players from Rounds 3-7 on Saturday at the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago.
  The first round — held Friday at the United Center, home of the Blackhawks — produced right-winger Kailer Yamamoto, who the Oilers selected with the 22nd overall pick.
  The second round of the draft is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. MT and last until 2 p.m. It will be broadcast on TV on Sportsnet in Canada and on the NHL Network in the U.S., and livestreamed online on Sport
  
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• Police lay homicide charges in 2015 death in central Alberta

  24-06-2017 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Mounties have charged a 25-year-old man with homicide after a “lengthy investigation” into the 2015 death of his mother in central Alberta.
  Maskwacis RCMP found Sharon Ermineskin dead in her residence on July 3, 2015, said a Saturday news release. 
  The major crimes south unit led the investigation into her death on the Ermineskin First Nation, located about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.
  Scott Ermineskin is charged with manslaughter and indignity to human remains. 
  He is
  
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• Edmonton Oilers select rearguard Philip Kemp with final pick, #208 overall

  24-06-2017 20:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With their last pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, the Edmonton Oilers went back to the blueline, picking big right-shooting defenceman Philip Kemp from the US National Team Development Program. He served as captain of the national U-18 team and was an assistant at the U-18 Worlds, where his team won the gold medal.
  Sportsnet commentator Brian Lawton was familiar with this player and offered these words:
  “One of the guys I focussed on for this draft was Philip Kemp, another player from the NTDP,
  
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• Edmonton woman dead after crash near Sylvan Lake

  24-06-2017 20:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A 57-year-old Edmonton woman is dead after after a crash north of Sylvan Lake Friday evening.
  Around 5:45 p.m. Sylvan Lake RCMP responded to a call after a pickup truck with two occupants headed south on Highway 20 collided with a sedan going west on Highway 12.
  The 57-year-old driver of the Sedan died of her injuries. There were no passengers.
  The passenger in the pickup truck had non-life threatening injuries.
  Police continue to investigate the cause of the crash
   
  
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• Edmonton Oilers use 177th pick on centre Skyler (son of Rod) Brind'Amour

  24-06-2017 20:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With the 177th pick of the 2017 entry draft, the Edmonton Oilers selected centre Skyler Brind’Amour.He is the son of former NHLer Rod Brind’Amour. Jim Matheson of the Journal reports: “Skyler Brind’Amour supposed to go to Chilliwack in BCJHL this upcoming season, then off to Michigan State.”
  The broadcast team on Sportsnet had little to say about Skyler, son of Rod, and there’s little on the Internet, save from McKeen Hockey’s Brendan Ross, who 
  
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• Edmonton Oilers select left winger Kirill Maksimov #146 overall

  24-06-2017 19:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With their fifth round pick the Edmonton Oilers have selected left winger Kirill Maksimov (alternate spelling: Maximov). Besides having dual spellings of his name, he’s a dual citizen who was born in Concord, Ontario but grew up in Mosow.
  While he played for Russia internationally at the recent U-18 championships (winning a bronze medal along with teammate Dmitri Samorukov), Maksimov was considered a domestic player when he was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League, where he played with S
  
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• Ruth B delights friends and fans alike at packed Starlite Room show

  24-06-2017 18:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s possible you could have fit a few more people into the club for Ruth B’s performance at the Starlite Room on Friday night, but only barely.
  Word is that the 21-year-old local singer-songwriter’s headlining performance was a sellout, and from the number of people scrunched in that hotbox of a room it seems quite possible. Some were family and friends, some were fans, a few probably came out of curiosity to see the woman (real name Ruth Berhe) who had become an internet sens
  
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• Edmonton Oilers pick Lethbridge Hurricanes goalie Stuart Skinner 78th overall at 2017 draft

  24-06-2017 18:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers are slated to pick seven players from Rounds 3-7 on Saturday at the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago.
  The first round — held Friday at the United Center, home of the Blackhawks — produced right-winger Kailer Yamamoto, who the Oilers selected with the 22nd overall pick.
  The second round of the draft is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. MT and last until 2 p.m. It will be broadcast on TV on Sportsnet in Canada and on the NHL Network in the U.S., and livestreamed online on Sport
  
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• Edmonton Oilers use 115th pick to draft winger Ostap Safin, who might be another Slepyshev

  24-06-2017 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With the 115th pick in the NHL draft, the Edmonton Oilers took Ostap Safin.
  On Sportsnet, analyst Brian Lawton said of the massive Czech winger: “This pick I would imagine maybe they’re hoping to get the type of results they got from Anton Slepyshev, who was picked 88th. In Safin’s case, he’s a big man. Think Patrick Maroon…. He’s surprisingly more mobile than you would think for a guy his size…He’s another one of those projects. Give him time. L
  
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• Edmonton Oilers use 78th pick to take goalie Stuart Skinner from the Lethbridge Hurricanes

  24-06-2017 18:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Oilers make an odd trade giving up two mid-round picks for one mid-round pick
  The Edmonton Oilers used the 82nd overall pick acquired in the trade with St. Louis for Nail Yakupov to package with the 126th pick in the draft and acquire the 78th pick from Arizona.
  With that pick, the Oilers drafted Lethbridge goalie Stuart Skinner. Skinner is an Edmonton kid who played for the South Side Athletic Club.
  TSN’s Dustin Neilson reports that Skinner will be at the World Junior evaluation camp alon
  
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• Oilers host locker room sale offering game-used merchandise from playoff run

  24-06-2017 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers will be hosting their 11th annual locker room sale Saturday on the Rogers Place floor giving fans the opportunity to buy game-used merchandise from the 2016-17 season and playoff run.
  Items for sale include:
  Oilers game-used sticks, equipment and skates
  New team-issued sticks, gloves, helmets and skates
  Autographed game-used pucks
  New and player-worn locker room apparel
  Game-worn Oil Kings Jerseys, helmets and gloves
  Deals on Oilers & Oil Kings apparel from The Oilers Sto
  
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• Edmonton Oilers select defenceman Dmitri Samorukov with 84th overall selection of 2017 Draft

  24-06-2017 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton Oilers used their third round pick to select left-shooting defenceman Dmitri Samorukov. The Russian rearguard played for Guelph Storm of the OHL this past season, where he scored 4-16-20 in 67 games. His -24 rating doesn’t look good, but this is in context of a last-place team that was outscored by 95 goals (by way of comparison, the Storm’s leading scorer, 16-year-old defenceman (!) Ryan Merkley, went -41).
  Samorukov did experience some success at the end of the season, whe
  
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• Paula Simons: Cannabis lounges? Pot shops? Edmonton city council enters weed world

  24-06-2017 16:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Denyse Doran is what you might call a pot pro.
  For more than 20 years, she and her family have owned and operated the Jupiter Cannabis Shop on Whyte Avenue. The business has been so successful, they’ve franchised, with five shops now around Edmonton, and others in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. At the moment, they sell primarily marijuana “paraphernalia” — pipes, vaporizers, rolling papers, grinders, and such. But no actual cannabis.
  “If I sold pot, I’d be
  
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• Hope Mission food truck set to cruise across Alberta this summer

  24-06-2017 16:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edwin Badong and Rodel Luquingan have a lot of driving to do this summer, taking the Hope Mission’s new food truck across Alberta.
  On Friday, the two were busy serving grilled cheese out of the brand new truck at the Tegler Youth Centre’s summer kickoff party at 118 Avenue and 38 Street. The two hope to cook some more elaborate meals, like stir-fries and fried rice in the coming weeks when they take the mission’s newest outreach initiative to communities across the provinc
  
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• Social justice club urges open hearts

  24-06-2017 15:00
  
  We are the Social Justice Club at Ecole Sir George Simpson School. We are a group of junior high students who meet weekly to discuss how we can affect positive changes in our community, country, and world.
  
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• Oilers at the 2017 NHL Draft

  24-06-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  One down, seven to go.
  The Edmonton Oilers are slated to pick seven players from Rounds 3-7 on Saturday at the 2017 NHL Draft in Chicago.
  The first round — held Friday at the United Center, home of the Blackhawks — produced right-winger Kailer Yamamoto, who the Oilers selected with the 22nd overall pick.
  The second round of the draft is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. MT and last until 2 p.m. It will be broadcast on TV on Sportsnet in Canada and on the NHL Network in the U.S., and lives
  
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• Julia Lipscombe: Postpartum hair loss is no joke — but it grows back

  24-06-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  “Thinking about getting pregnant again so that my hair stops falling out.”
  It was an innocent Facebook post a few months ago. And, for the record, I’m not recommending that.
  The post was just a joke that I thought would make a couple of people smile. But it ended up being one of the most popular mom-related things I’ve ever put on social media.
  The women in my larger Internet circle really wanted to talk about their hair falling out. And mostly, it seemed, this was one of
  
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• Opinion: Anti-Muslim groups should provoke louder response from our leaders

  24-06-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Imagine, this Sunday, that you were heading to church and you had to worry about armed protesters showing up to terrorize your family and children. 
  Imagine if, leaving your worship service, you did not know if people intimidating you were the same people who have loaded up on guns, or declared war against your church online, promising to rid “their” country of “your people.” Imagine not knowing if one of them would snap like so many others have before them.
  That is
  
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• 1,400 Alberta court cases at risk of being tossed over timely-trial rules

  24-06-2017 08:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  More than 1,400 cases before Alberta’s courts could be at risk of being dismissed for violating new time guidelines set out by the Supreme Court of Canada.
  New information from Alberta Justice shows that 209 cases in Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench involving serious and violent crimes are among the hundreds in the province’s courts as of April 27 that could be affected by the Supreme Court’s monumental Jordan decision.  
  “The numbers are definitely a con
  
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• World renowned paleontologist gives free talk

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Teeming with dinosaur bone repositories, Alberta has been the location of many important discoveries throughout the past century.
  
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• Wind storm downs tree and causes power outages

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Another summer storm tore through St. Albert this week downing trees and knocking out power.
  
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• Viva Dance showcases joys and struggles of a wife, mother and artist

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  We all play different roles in our lives. Some re-energize us. Others tear us down.
  
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• The Jivin' Belles: perfect three-part harmonies

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The Jivin’ Belles are new to St. Albert, but their lush three-part harmonies are a throwback to the swing era’s rich music.
  
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• Statement win for bantams

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The defending provincial champions left their mark on Okotoks Dawgs Black in last weekend’s three-game series in the Baseball Alberta bantam AAA league.
  
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• Slow bandwidth bad for business

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  If Mike Howes had known just how bad the Internet connection in North Riel Business Park really was he never would have relocated his business.
  
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• Sending the right message

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  It takes a village to raise a child, as the saying goes. St. Albert is the best place to raise a family in all of Canada. That's high praise and a distinction I believe our community has earned. Our village does a great job of raising our children.
  
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• Sears Canada announces closure of St. Albert location

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  When he received a call Thursday, the last thing he expected was the news that his Sears Canada store would be closing in St. Albert.
  
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• Relay for Life at high noon today

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  If you’re driving past Fowler Athletic Park on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue later this evening, please remember that your eyes aren’t deceiving you. There really are dozens upon dozens of people walking on the track much later than you would usually...
  
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• Personal care booths take on the Farmers' Market

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Each year a new trend pops up at the annual St. Albert Farmers’ Market, and this year is no exception.
  
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• People who speed should expect a ticket

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Too easy. Don't break the law. Posted speed limits are not suggestions, they are the law and apply to everyone. You're not being singled out. Every day on Henday, vehicles are passing me at 130-140 km/hr and weaving in and out of traffic because...
  
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• Much ado about nothing

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The city lawn sign saga may soon come to an end with a public hearing on Aug. 21.
  
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• Honey, I shrunk the country

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Some people go big when they decide to celebrate events like Canada’s 150th anniversary. True to form, the artists of the Miniature Enthusiasts of Edmonton club went as big as they possibly could, and it’s still really, really small.
  
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• Getting ready for the revolution

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Technological change will leave St. Albert residents in the dust unless we learn to trust, share, and team up, say futurists.
  
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• Fourth candidate enters the city council race

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The race for city council is heating up with another candidate throwing his hat in the ring.
  
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• Flags a-plenty

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Drive around Swallow Crescent and you will undoubtedly notice Bill Buitenweg’s house.
  
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• Don't shun water

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Flipping through the paper this week, I came across an article about getting water off our properties as quickly and directly as possible. It reminded me of something my permaculture design buddy, Kenton Zerbin, describes in his courses. We treat...
  
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• Diamond daze for Cardinals

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The midget AAA Cardinals moved up a weight class to play the big boys at the St. Albert Tigers Tournament.
  
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• Concern about city leaving grass clippings behind

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  As I walked my dog through the park by my house today and had trouble breathing with all the dried up hay laying on the green grass and on the sidewalks, I had a thought. If the city is looking to add money to their account, they should pick up all...
  
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• City closes BLESS platform

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  The city has closed the Big Lake bird platform because it’s not safe to use, and there’s no telling when – or if – it will reopen.
  
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• Cathy Heron enters the race for mayor

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  A second city councillor has entered the race to become St. Albert’s next mayor.
  
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• Brad Simons strikes out on his own

  24-06-2017 08:27
  
  Way before guitarist Brad Simons joined Tupelo Honey in 2010 as its instrumental heart, he was recording his own band, Of Angels, on a MacBook Pro recording interface.
  
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• Slow bandwidth bad for business - St. Albert Gazette

  24-06-2017 08:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  If Mike Howes had known just how bad the Internet connection in North Riel Business Park really was he never would have relocated his business. Last year Sparklean Restorations moved into the space next to the bottle depot. The business now operates on ...
  
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• Sears Canada announces closure of St. Albert location - St. Albert Gazette

  24-06-2017 08:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Sears Canada announces closure of St. Albert location
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  Sean Nawaz, owner of the local Sears Canada store, is anxious for the future after the company announced his store will be one of 59 closed. DAYLA LAHRING/ St. Albert Gazette. When he received a call Thursday, the last thing he expected was the news ...
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• Personal care booths take on the Farmers' Market - St. Albert Gazette

  24-06-2017 08:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Laren Robertson, owner of Robertson Soap Co., sells specialty soaps made from all-natural products. Robertson is pictured selling one of her soaps to St. Albert resident Anne Caroll. DAYLA LAHRING/ St. Albert Gazette. Melanie Hemsworth, co-owner of ...
  
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• Getting ready for the revolution - St. Albert Gazette

  24-06-2017 08:09 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  INNOVATION AT WORK — A sensor unit atop City of St. Albert offices on Perron Street in St. Albert March 14, 2017. Experts from across Alberta will be in St. Albert next week to discuss the impact innovative technologies such as these sensors can have ...
  
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