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• Edmonton couple wins $1 million Lotto 6/49 purchased from 7-Eleven

  07-07-2017 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An Edmonton couple has won $1 million on a Lotto 6/49 Guaranteed Prize Draw.
  Joseph Nsiah and Jean Taylor purchased their winning ticket from a 7-Eleven at 2803 Mill Woods Rd. on June 14, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission and Western Canada Lottery Corp. (WCLC) announced Friday. 
  “I checked the ticket on the WCLC mobile app and then called my wife,” Nsiah said in a news release. “I told her we won $1 million, but she didn’t believe me.”
  The couple then
  
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• Alberta's satellite begins sending back photos

  07-07-2017 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Six empty bottles sit on a shelf in the operations room of Ex-Alta 1, Alberta’s first satellite. They look like champagne bottles, but Collin Cupido jokes they’re just carbonated juice, each with a milestone written across the front in permanent marker.
  “That was a tradition which happened by accident,” said Cupido, the Ex-Alta 1 systems lead. “I brought it in and thought, ‘Oh, this has a cork’.”
  The juice bottles became a tradition. The first few
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign another forward Jussi Jokinen — and everyone seems pleased

  07-07-2017 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This just in, news that the Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jussi Jokinen. “The #Oilers have signed Jussi Jokinen to a one-year contract…The 34-year-old forward has 891 @NHL appearances & spent 2016-17 with Florida, posting 28 points (11G, 17A) in 69 GP as alternate captain.”
  And from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers: “Jokinen is regarded as one of the smartest Finnish players. Good offensively, wins draws, can PK, good in SO. Will Help mentor Puljujarvi.”
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• Toxic chemicals found near Lesser Slave Lake a concern for residents

  07-07-2017 19:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Community members on the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake are concerned about contaminants from a former plant entering the water supply for the surrounding areas.
  The former Osmose wood preserving plant site two kilometres from the hamlet of Faust — about 241 km northwest of Edmonton — has been fenced in since 1993 due to chemical contamination, including toxic dioxins. 
  Some residents in the Big Lakes County communities of Faust, Kinuso and Spruce Point Park fear the contam
  
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• Girl, 13, struck by vehicle while riding bike in St. Albert - Globalnews.ca

  07-07-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Girl, 13, struck by vehicle while riding bike in St. Albert
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  A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Thursday after she was struck by a vehicle while riding her bike in St. Albert. Shortly before 5 p.m., two girls – aged 12 and 13 – were crossing Sturgeon Rd. at Boudreau Rd. on their bikes in a marked crosswalk.
  
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• Girl, 13, struck by vehicle while riding bike in St. Albert

  07-07-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital on Thursday after she was struck by a vehicle while riding her bike in St. Albert.
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign another centre, Jussi Jokinen

  07-07-2017 18:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This just in, news that the Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Jussi Jokinen. “The #Oilers have signed Jussi Jokinen to a one-year contract…The 34-year-old forward has 891 @NHL appearances & spent 2016-17 with Florida, posting 28 points (11G, 17A) in 69 GP as alternate captain.”
  And from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers: “Jokinen is regarded as one of the smartest Finnish players. Good offensively, wins draws, can PK, good in SO. Will Help mentor Puljujarvi.”
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• Oilers sign Jussi Jokinen

  07-07-2017 18:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Edmonton Oilers have signed unrestricted free-agent forward Jussi Jokinen to a one-year, US$1.1-million contract.
  The 34-year-old Finn play last season with the Florida Panthers, with whom he scored 11 goals and 28 points in 69 games.
  He started his NHL career in 2005-06 with the Dallas Stars and has played 891 career games. The Oilers will be his sixth NHL team, having also skated for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins as well as the Panthers and th
  
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• Credit rating agency downgrades Alberta's long-term outlook over debt

  07-07-2017 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Credit rating agency DBRS says its long-term outlook for Alberta’s finances is now negative.
  With a $10.8-billion deficit recorded in 2016-17, Alberta’s credit rating with DBRS remains at AA (high), the agency said in a Friday press release.
  Alberta earned the negative outlook by continuing to pile up debt, the release said.
  “Moreover, the Province has yet to provide a credible plan to restore balance. While Alberta’s debt burden is low and the economy is showing signs of
  
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• Charges laid after baby left in hot car

  07-07-2017 17:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A person has been charged after an eight-month-old baby girl was left in a hot car Thursday night.
  Police were called after the baby was seen in a parked car near 55 Street and 167 Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, hours after Environment Canada issued numerous heat warnings across Alberta. In Edmonton, the temperature hovered around 24 C at the time of the call. 
  A police spokesperson on Friday morning said a person has been charged with causing a child to be in need of intervention.
  
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• Pedestrian hit by LRT suffers life-threatening injuries

  07-07-2017 16:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A pedestrian sustained life-threatening injuries after he was hit by an LRT train Friday morning.
  The man in his 20s was struck by the train between the Stadium LRT and Northlands LRT stations around 4:50 a.m. 
  The man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  By 8:30 a.m., police determined the case to be non-criminal. 
   
  
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• Staples: We need to teach history, not YouTube clips, says teacher

  07-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It’s a good thing the Alberta government is rewriting the social studies curriculum. The curriculum in use right now is a mess that needs replacing, even as I worry about what might come next. 
  The essential problem? Social studies teachers tell me, both on and off the record, that the comprehensive teaching of world history was abandoned during the last curriculum rewrite from 2006 to 2010. In its place is a haphazard focus on social issues.
  In the pre-2006 curriculum, Grade 10 stude
  
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• Friday's letters: The late Sandy Mactaggart remembered for generosity

  07-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  As a former Edmontonian, it was my privilege to have the late Sandy Mactaggart as a dear friend.Sandy was generous, but kept gifts private. A woman once told me he owned the apartment complex where she had lived. She was having a hard time financially and her request at the company offices to get her rent reduced was turned down. When she returned to her apartment she found an envelope under the door with cash and a note saying ”Sorry we could not lower your rent, but his may help you&hell
  
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• Column: Alberta would benefit from creating methane emission rules

  07-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  What if we could reduce air pollution, achieve our climate targets more cost effectively and create thousands of high-paying jobs in a single step? It may sound too good to be true, but it’s a real opportunity we could seize right now by immediately implementing best-practice regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil-and-gas sector in Alberta.
  Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time frame, which is why jurisdictions such
  
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• Edmonton police investigate after infant left in hot car

  07-07-2017 06:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  City police were investigating after an infant was left in a hot car Thursday night, hours after Environment Canada issued numerous heat warnings across Alberta. 
  The infant was taken to hospital as a precaution, said northeast division watch commander David DeMarco. 
  No other details were immediately available.
  In the Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park, daily temperatures were expected to reach 30 C in the next few days. 
  Overnight temperatures were expected to be a minimum o
  
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• Government has already paid Omar Khadr $10.5M: source

  07-07-2017 06:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The federal government has paid former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr $10.5 million as part of a deal to settle his long-standing lawsuit over violations of his rights, The Canadian Press has learned.
  Speaking strictly on condition of anonymity, a source familiar with the situation said the Liberal government wanted to get ahead of an attempt by two Americans to enforce a massive U.S. court award against Khadr in Canadian court.
  “The money has been paid,” the source said.
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• Dave Semenko was ferocious and funny in equal parts

  07-07-2017 04:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Dave Semenko rode the range for 10 years with the Edmonton Oilers but didn’t have to get off his horse very often.
  He was like Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry, a “make-my-day” fighter who hardly ever had to show how tough he was, just 70 NHL fights, contrasted with Bob Probert’s 221.
  “All Dave had to do was whisper to somebody ‘don’t do that,’” recalled Pat Hughes, who flew in from Michigan to be part of Semenko’s Celebration of Life
  
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• Terry Jones: Fitting tribute to former Oilers icon Dave Semenko

  07-07-2017 04:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It was a fitting tribute to the life and times of Dave Semenko, but for the 6,000 or so that experience it, it was so much more.
  It was a testimonial to a team, a town and the kind of people it produced.
  It was a combination between emotional funeral and wonderful wake and the setting turned out to be spectacular.
  The transformation of Rogers Place into a virtual cathedral was accomplished by constructing a stage under the scoreboard complete creative curtaining and a prominently placed cross. W
  
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• Edmonton Oilers insiders finally sound bullish on Leon Draisaitl deal

  07-07-2017 04:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  This in from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers on the Leon Draisaitl contract negotiations, Stauffer’s most optimistic conversation yet on the Edmonton Oiles signing Draisaitl for a term of less than $8 million per year.
  Said Stauffer on Oilers Now today: “I believe Draisaitl is going to get paid, but I have no concern — just for the record — no concern that the Oilers will get this done. At some point it will get done. It may be late into the summer. But Leon Draisaitl is
  
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• Police to start design for $48-million shooting range, training centre

  07-07-2017 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton police received initial approval to design a new $48-million live-fire training facility at their northwest campus Thursday. 
  The pitch passed without debate at council’s community services meeting. But that’s because the need is obvious, said Coun. Moe Banga, a former police detective.
  “I would say it’s necessary. We have increased our sworn police officers by 57 per cent (without increasing capacity at the shooting range),” he said.
  The training need
  
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• Oilers fans celebrate Semenko's legacy at Rogers Place

  07-07-2017 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  “I always tell people he’s like Santa Claus,” Wayne Gretzky said Thursday with tears in his eyes, honouring his longtime Oilers teammate and protector.
  “Parents couldn’t wait to meet him, parents couldn’t wait to get a picture taken with him. And kids were scared to death.”
  A few thousand Oilers fans joined family, friends and teammates at Rogers Place on Thursday to celebrate the life of Dave Semenko, 59, the “gentle giant” who died June 29
  
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• Keeping cool in wool clothing: Fort Edmonton actors cope with heat

  07-07-2017 02:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  When Mrs. Ottewell wants to beat the heat, she might soak the hem of her cotton petticoat at the well. Or, if it’s really sweltering, she’ll fill a pail with cool well water and have a foot bath.
  All the while, though, she must take care not to show any ankle.  
  “That would be very indecent, to have my undergarments exposed at the well,” laughed Keltie MacKenzie, who plays the Victorian-era farm wife at Fort Edmonton Park. 
  Staying cool while wearing period-accu
  
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• Edmonton International Street Performers Festival takes over Churchill Square

  07-07-2017 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The 33rd edition of the Edmonton Street Performers Festival kicks off July 7 and runs through July 16 at Sir Winston Churchill Square in Edmonton. 
  This year, more than 30 performers will be working up a major sweat to ensure you will deposit a minimum of $5 in their hats. Shows begin daily at 11:30 a.m. and end with the Troupe du Jour at 10 p.m. (Hours on Sunday, July 16, are from 11:30 to 5 p.m.) You can check the festival website for up-to-date information or download the StreetFest App
  
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• Alberta heat warning expands to Edmonton area

  07-07-2017 00:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton is in for a hot weekend. 
  Environment Canada issued numerous heat warnings Thursday across Alberta.
  In the Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park, daily temperatures were expected to reach 30 C in the next few days. Overnight temperatures were expected to be a minimum of 14 C, the agency said.
  The heat will last into next week for areas around Red Deer and in southern Alberta.
  Environment Canada was advising people to stay out of the sun and drink plenty of water. The agency w
  
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• Edmonton's 'stable' real estate market benefits buyers and sellers

  07-07-2017 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Home prices continue to inch up in Edmonton’s now stable real estate market, according to second-quarter figures.
  “For sellers, prices and sales are stable,” James Mabey, Realtors Association of Edmonton chairman, said as the latest numbers were released Thursday. “For buyers, there is some room to be discerning.”
  An anticipated increase in interest rates coupled with current market conditions makes it an attractive time to buy or sell a home, he said.
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• FC Edmonton's Sainey Nyassi covering a lot of ground

  07-07-2017 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  With the number of scoring chances Sainey Nyassi has created this season, the FC Edmonton midfielder should be among the leading scorers in the North American Soccer League.
  Yet, Nyassi has just one goal to his name, despite being among Edmonton’s best players thus far on the year.
  The former Gambian international anchors the midfield for FC Edmonton, who host North Carolina FC on Friday (7 p.m.) at Clarke Stadium, and his impressive speed allows him to cover an enormous amount of ground.
  
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• Smart Fare Taps Into Regional Cooperation

  07-07-2017 00:05
  Innovation will improve transit customer experience  Imagine using your SmartWatch to tap and pay for a transit ride from St.... Read Post
  
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