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• Emergency services pleads for goods to help apartment fire victims

  01-07-2017 23:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Clothing, furniture and household items are needed to help residents of a Terrace Heights apartment rebuild their lives after a fire destroyed their home.
   
  The two-storey apartment building at 73 Street and 101 Avenue was reduced to rubble Monday morning in a fire that started in a lower unit. 
   
  Theresa Baran, one of the residents at the scene, said she fled the building after smelling smoke, leaving behind all her belongings but her pets. Residents reported hearing a small exp
  
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• Behar naked? Twitter bet goes viral on Eskimos rookie receiver

  01-07-2017 23:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Forget about facing cornerbacks. This time, Nate Behar has backed himself into a corner.
  The Edmonton Eskimos rookie receiver had to put his money where his mouth was ahead of Friday’s season-opener after taking to social media to cheer on fellow Carleton product Tunde Adeleke.
  “If Tunde cribs one tonight I will go streaking through the streets of Edmonton holding up a cutout of his head,” Behar posted on Twitter Thursday, before Adeleke came up with a 71-yard punt return touch
  
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• Jurassic Park has 'inspired' scientists to hunt for dinosaur DNA, says Philip Currie

  01-07-2017 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dinosaurs roaming around amusement parks is still entirely a silver screen phenomenon, but renowned palaeontologist Philip Currie has a bone to pick with those who dismiss the possibility of a real-life Jurassic Park.
  “We’re in a new golden age of science where we know so much more than just four years ago due to new discoveries and technology,” Currie told a packed theatre at the Royal Alberta Museum on Wednesday. “Jurassic Park has inspired us to look for soft tissue, a
  
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• Justin Trudeau names Albertans Jen Sidey and Josh Kutryk Canada's newest astronauts

  01-07-2017 21:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Ottawa — Two Albertans were named Canada’s newest astronauts Saturday as the country marked its 150th birthday.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the platform of waterlogged Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa to name Jennifer Sidey of Calgary and Joshua Kutryk of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
  Sidey is a lecturer with the University of Cambridge who has worked as a mechanical engineer, while Kutryk is an air force pilot who also holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign depth forward Ty Rattie to one-year "show me" deal

  01-07-2017 20:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  No big splashes for Edmonton Oilers this year, nothing like the eight-figure contracts the club has signed on each of the past four Canada Days in the opening minutes of free agency each time.
  One small signing to this point, of scoring forward Ty Rattie, to a one-year, two-way contract that would pay him $700,000 in the NHL and $275,000 in the AHL. It’s the latter league where Rattie has done most of his scoring since turning pro out of the fabled Portland Winterhawks program in 2013, whe
  
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• Van's got the juice to carry Eskimos through White injury

  01-07-2017 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Travon Van? More like Travon Bulldozer.
  That’s what it looked like, at least, when the Edmonton Eskimos running back trucked through not one, but two Montreal Alouettes receivers on the way to his first touchdown in green and gold Friday.
  Van geared up for an 11-yard run into the end zone, leaving Alouettes safety Chris Ackie and linebacker Branden Dozier laying on the goal-line.
  It closed the gap coming out of the locker-room after trailing the entire first half, and would have tied it up
  
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• Highway 16 intersection reopened after fatal crash near Hinton

  01-07-2017 20:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A highway intersection near Jasper National Park has been reopened following a fatal crash early Saturday.
  The crash, which claimed the life of a man driving a pickup truck, occurred at 1:50 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 40 and Highway 16 just west of Hinton and near the entrance to the Park. 
  RCMP say a pickup truck travelling north on Highway 40 south collided with a semi-tractor trailer, which was travelling east on Highway 16.
  The driver of the pickup truck, the only person in the
  
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• Here are some lesser known moments in Alberta's history told in comics

  01-07-2017 19:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  
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• Crash near Hinton claims life, causes hours-long delays

  01-07-2017 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  RCMP are warning motorists of significant delays after a fatal crash early Saturday morning.
  The crash, which claimed the life of a man driving a pickup truck, occurred at 1:50 a.m. at the intersection of  Highway 40 and Highway 16 in Hinton, near the entrance to Jasper National Park. 
  RCMP say a pickup truck travelling northbound on Highway 40 south collided with a semi-tractor trailer, which was travelling east on Highway 16.Update: WB Hwy16 at Hwy40 near Hinton, remains closed due t
  
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• Dan Barnes: Proud father Petr wants Klima twins to 'show their stuff' at Oilers development camp

  01-07-2017 16:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If the surname was Smith or Johnson, it would be much easier to leave it at home.
  Which is what Petr Klima wants for his 20-year-old twins Kevin and Kelly, who arrived in Edmonton Friday and will attend the Oilers development camp in Jasper.
  “I want them to just go there as two players, not somebody whose dad played there, you know what I mean? Just show their stuff, how they play. Just leave the last name here in Michigan.”
  There have been 65 Smiths and 26 Johnsons playing in the Na
  
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• Dan Barnes: Proud father Petr wants Klima twins to 'show their stuff'

  01-07-2017 16:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If the surname was Smith or Johnson, it would be much easier to leave it at home.
  Which is what Petr Klima wants for his 20-year-old twins Kevin and Kelly, who arrived in Edmonton Friday and will attend the Oilers development camp in Jasper.
  “I want them to just go there as two players, not somebody whose dad played there, you know what I mean? Just show their stuff, how they play. Just leave the last name here in Michigan.”
  There have been 65 Smiths and 26 Johnsons playing in the Na
  
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• Saturday's letters: Send off Semenko in fitting fashion 

  01-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When a legend like the great Dave Semenko falls, it behooves the Edmonton Oilers to stand down from all salary negotiations with current players such as Connor McDavid and pause to honour this rather stellar hockey enforcer.
  I was behind the penalty bench after he fought a Flames player and got five for fighting, a 10-minute misconduct and then tossed for a game misconduct. He was mean and yet so nice, the perfect security detail on the ice.
  Why not set up a funeral for Semenko at Rogers Place a
  
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• Opinion: Without new resources, expect more injustice in Alberta's court system

  01-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Re. “No one gets justice when courts don’t work right,” Paula Simons, June 27
  I read Paula Simon’s Tuesday column with an incredible sense of frustration. I spent 27 years as a prosecutor in this province, including the last 10 running the Specialized Prosecutions Branch of the Alberta Prosecution Service.
  I can say unequivocally that the state of the criminal justice system in Alberta is deplorable. We are seeing serious cases lost because of under-resourcing and other c
  
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• Dan Barnes: Proud father Petr wants Klima twins to "show their stuff" at Oiler development camp

  01-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  If the surname was Smith or Johnson, it would be much easier to leave it at home.
  Which is what Petr Klima wants for his 20-year-old twins Kevin and Kelly, who arrived in Edmonton Friday and will attend the Oilers development camp in Jasper.
  “I want them to just go there as two players, not somebody whose dad played there, you know what I mean? Just show their stuff, how they play. Just leave the last name here in Michigan.”
  There have been 65 Smiths and 26 Johnsons playing in the Na
  
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• Water usage down 11 per cent

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  St. Albert’s water consumption has declined steadily over the past eight years, but given the city’s current consumption rates it is unlikely to meet its 2020 target.
  
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• True patriot love

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  On Thursday, the Arden Theatre hosted a special citizenship ceremony, welcoming 38 new citizens.
  
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• Treat others as we wish to be treated

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  So what are “Canadian values”? Our 150th national birthday approaches and I’ve read and listened a lot over the past years and decades about this subject. It’s recently gained more import since Donald Trump got himself elected as the U.S. President.
  
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• Summer exhibition of emerging visual artists

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Everybody attending a visual arts exhibition interprets the works in different ways, and half the fun comes from comparing notes.
  
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• Stop speeding in Grandin

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  At around 10:55 p.m. Tuesday (June 13) evening, I took the garbage out. As soon as I opened the back door, I was greeted by the sound of a vehicle travelling at a very high rate of speed. As I rushed to the end of the driveway I was astonished to...
  
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• Sewer lines running under Sturgeon River

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  The open excavation and relocation of the St. Albert Centre bus terminal leaves no doubt that Project 9 construction is underway.
  
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• Science gets animated

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Animation fans can learn just how much math it takes to go to infinity and beyond today as a new exhibit on the science behind Pixar opens in Edmonton.
  
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• Residents give feedback on Erin Ridge traffic calming solutions

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  The city is proposing traffic calming measures for Erin Ridge after resident complaints and data collection have shown traffic is a problem in the neighbourhood.
  
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• Midget AA team mighty good

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  The St. Albert Cardinals continue the tradition of excellence in midget AA baseball with another winning season.
  
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• Late blooming trees add wow factor

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  A walk along St. Anne Street near Grandin Medical Clinic was extra special this week because of two varieties of flowering trees: Japanese lilacs and hawthorn. Presently these trees are about 10-feet tall and they are unlikely to get much higher...
  
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• Fastball St. Albert hosts U12 provincials

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Fastball St. Albert rolls out the red carpet for the U12 A and B female softball championships next weekend at Meadowview Diamonds.
  
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• Driverless cars are parked right around the corner

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  The year is 2025. Picking up your mobile device you order a vehicle to come and pick you up. When it arrives there is no driver, there is no steering wheel. The autonomous vehicle is ready to take you safely to your destination.
  
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• Developers want status quo

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Developers are expressing concerns over proposed changes to the way new neighbourhoods are created.
  
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• Chef's Table: A good year for Mexican food

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Almost the first thing that hits you upon walking into Cerdo Tacos and Tequila is the gentle aromas of spiced meat sizzling on a grill in the nearly visible kitchen.
  
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• Capt. Megan Couto and RCA Band share a history-making moment

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  The Royal Canadian Artillery Band received the distinction of accompanying Capt. Megan Couto, 24, in a history-making moment.
  
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• Boards okay with revised school site motion

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  St. Albert school superintendents say they’re now okay with a proposed change coming to city council this week that would encourage – but not require – them to build multi-level schools.
  
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• Alberta fiscal update shows more debt

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Alberta’s finances are awash in red ink after the most recent fiscal update.
  
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• A look back

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Canada Day, particularly its 150th anniversary, is an ideal time to consider how Canada has developed, and what the future holds for our country. Curiously enough, it is also an ideal time to consider how St. Albert has developed, and what the...
  
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• 38 new citizens sworn in at Arden Theatre

  01-07-2017 09:53
  
  Today some new Canadians will be celebrating their first Canada Day as citizens.
  
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• Science gets animated - St. Albert Gazette

  01-07-2017 08:14 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Eleven year olds Ellyssa Butler, left, and Abigail O'Brien of Stony Plain take selfies in front of an exhibit during a preview of The Science Behind Pixar exhibition at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton on June 29. DAN RIEDLHUBER/St. Albert Gazette.
  
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• Terry Jones: Eskimos win ugly against Alouettes

  01-07-2017 07:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With 31,828 fans in the stands and a pair of CF18 jets performing a flyby at the end of the national anthem on the eve of Canada’s 150th birthday, it took forever for the Edmonton Eskimos to get with the program.
  While the fans were there to start their Canada Day long weekend celebrating the league which supplied so many typically exciting and entertaining games to start the season, it was like the Eskimos had elected to start their bye week early.
  It was ugly.
  For starters they looked no
  
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• Eskimos hold off Alouettes for second-consecutive win

  01-07-2017 07:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Happy Canada Day, indeed.
  Though the Edmonton Eskimos weren’t always sure that would be the feeling when they woke up, after coming up with an anything-but-pretty home-opening effort against the Montreal Alouettes (1-1) Friday.
  Still, the result is all that counts in the standings, as the Eskimos (2-0) came back to win 23-19 in front of 31,828 at Commonwealth Stadium.
  The victory marked Edmonton’s seventh victory in a row over the Alouettes, whose last win came in the 2013 season tha
  
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• The Works Art + Design Festival: Don't miss the giant vagina

  01-07-2017 04:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  OK, so just to get this out of the way straight off — there’s a huge vagina on Churchill Square. If such a thing terrifies or otherwise threatens your well-being, do not panic, there are literally hundreds of other exhibitions to enjoy at the Works Art + Design Festival, running through its final days through Tuesday.
  The tall, plush and penetrable vagina in question is called In and Out, designed by Kasie Campbell, and includes a performance aspect between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Sa
  
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• Jelena Mrdjenovich to defend titles in France

  01-07-2017 03:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Jelena Mrdjenovich has big plans to celebrate Canada 150 in style.
  She’s getting back in the ring.
  The eight-time world champion is set to defend her World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association featherweight titles against Stephanie Ducastel in Strasbourg, France on Saturday night.
  It’s been nine months since Mrdjenovich has stepped into the ring, which is the longest layoff in her career, but there will be no ring rust for the veteran boxer.
  Ducastel holds the World Boxing Fed
  
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• Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli emphatically denies Leon Draisaitl trade rumours, reports TSN's Dreger

  01-07-2017 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Draisaitl contract negotiations getting curiouser and curiouser
  This just in from Brian Lawton, the former NHL player, agent and GM and current NHL network analyst: “Working on 2 rumours involving @EdmontonOilers. Draisaitl @Avalanche trade for Duchene & @SanJoseSharks interest in him. Lot of moving parts!” Almost at once, TSN’s Darren Dreger got this from Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli: “Chiarelli on offer sheet: ‘we have tons of cap space and will match any offer s
  
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• Press Gallery #186: The Money And The Middle edition

  01-07-2017 03:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  After a brief summer hiatus, the Press Gallery is back to talk about Alberta politics. 
  Join host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Sarah O’Donnell and Graham Thomson to talk Alberta’s $10.8-billion deficit, and how a movement to unite the centre of Alberta’s politics is coming along. After yet more developments in politics in B.C., the team also takes a brief look at what on earth is going on over there.
  Good stuff from the gallery
  Dave’s pick: Janet French
  
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• Unknown quantity of crude oil emulsion leaks from pipeline near Winfield

  01-07-2017 03:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A cleanup operation is underway in central Alberta after two releases of an unknown amount of crude oil emulsion from a pipeline near the hamlet of Winfield. 
  An initial spill of about one cubic metres of oil was reported on Wednesday, but a day later an unknown volume of emulsion was reportedly found at a different location on the same pipeline, the Alberta Energy Regulator said in a news release Friday.  
  The company, Journey Energy, updated the regulatory body upon discovery and sta
  
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• Plan ahead to attend 'super-sized' Canada 150 fireworks

  01-07-2017 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmontonians are used to some of the biggest firework shows in Western Canada, but this year, for Canada 150, they can expect something even bigger.
  As part of Canada Day festivities across the city, three fireworks shows will be taking place in different neighbourhoods of Edmonton Saturday night.
  There will be fireworks in the river valley and at Mill Woods Park starting at 11 p.m. Fireworks will also take place at Callingwood Park at 10:20 p.m.
  Motorists should be prepared to expect traffic de
  
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• Departures of Benoit Pouliot, Tyler Pitlick leave Edmonton Oilers shy of actual NHL forwards

  01-07-2017 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Two NHL wingers leaving Edmonton today in the forms of Benoit Pouliot and Tyler Pitlick. The former was put on waivers yesterday, cleared today, and his contract is in the process of being bought out by the Oilers. Pitlick’s own contract expires of its own accord today, but the writing is on the wall — actually, it’s on the Internet — that it will not be renewed. This from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug:That’s a painful one. The Oilers invested a second-round pick (#31 ov
  
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• Man's acquittal in Cindy Gladue murder case overturned

  01-07-2017 02:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Editor’s note: This story includes graphic content.
  An Ontario truck driver’s acquittal in the death of a woman in an Edmonton motel was overturned in a scathing decision by the Court of Appeal of Alberta released Friday. 
  Calling for a “reset” in the way Canadian juries are instructed in cases involving sexual assault, the court ordered Bradley Barton be retried for first-degree murder in relation to the death of Cindy Gladue.  
  A jury in March 2015 found Barto
  
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• Man shot with Taser during altercation at Edmonton International Airport

  01-07-2017 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A man was shot with a Taser in the Edmonton International Airport Friday morning after trying bypass the screening process.
  According to police, at around 5:50 a.m. Friday, Edmonton International Airport RCMP were called to assist with a man who was attempting to get past the American pre-boarding screening area.
  As airport staff and an RCMP officer tried to restrain the man, the man did not comply with demands and assaulted an RCMP officer and a U.S. Customs officer.
  The RCMP member deployed a
  
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• Holy Roller emerging in Old Strathcona with big, new concept

  01-07-2017 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Local restaurant owner and film director Michael Maxxis is soon to open the third restaurant in his stable, Holy Roller. Located just a couple of doors south of his other two eateries, Have Mercy and El Cortez, Holy Roller is a much bigger establishment at 200 seats, with a greater focus on food.
  El Cortez and Have Mercy have good eats, but cocktails are a major thrust for both. Maxxis says it’s food first at Holy Roller.
  “It’s a big and ambitious venture for us,” says Ma
  
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• Mounties re-enact force's historic March West

  01-07-2017 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A group of 11 current and former RCMP officers spent Friday re-enacting the 1874 March West, the original long journey of 300 officers from Dufferin, Man., to Fort Whoop-Up, now Lethbridge, to Celebrate Canada 150.
  The contingent was riding 18 kilometres from Gymkhana Site in Josephburg, Alta., to Fort Saskatchewan. This year the RCMP is celebrating 144 years of service.
  “This is how the RCMP developed,” said Sgt. Jack Poitras before Friday’s ride. “To be able to take par
  
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• Indigenous groups grapple with celebrating Canada 150

  01-07-2017 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Indigenous groups across Alberta are grappling with how to celebrate Canada Day, citing concerns that festivities ignore historical injustices and fail to acknowledge cultural genocide over the past 150 years. 
  “Some people do see it as a slap in the face or a reminder of the fact we didn’t really matter,” said Natascha Okimaw, cultural navigator at the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre, on Thursday. “For an indigenous person, it’s the celebration
  
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• Wine column: Celebrate Canada's 150th with these great red and white wines

  01-07-2017 01:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It is Canada’s 150th birthday, so what better time than now to celebrate with some of the great red and white wines produced across this country?
  What says celebration more than a glass of bubbly? Cold nights and long summer days are ideal conditions to ripen grapes while allowing them to retain the acidity required to create quality sparkling wine. Nova Scotia has the added feature of cool ocean breezes, which are ideal to moderate the temperature.
  With loads of tremendous white wines bei
  
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• Mark Messier appointed to Order of Canada as he learns of fellow Oilers' death

  01-07-2017 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Mark Messier’s appointment as an officer of the Order of Canada comes at a bittersweet time for the former Edmonton Oilers captain.
  It was announced Friday that he is receiving the honour for his contributions to the sport of hockey and for his leadership in encouraging children to take up the sport.
  Messier had anticipated this Canada Day being a special one for this reason, but then he learned that his former teammate, Dave Semenko, died Thursday of pancreatic cancer.
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