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• Truck smashes through Cold Lake grocery store in ATM theft attempt

  15-07-2017 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A truck smashed through the front doors of a Cold Lake grocery store Thursday as thieves attempted to steal an ATM.
  Surveillance footage from the scene caught a burgundy Ford F-250 truck with a black tailgate and no front bumper back through the glass front doors of a Sobeys at 6401 51 Street around 11:15 p.m. Thursday.
  A burgundy Ford F-250 smashed through the glass doors of a Sobeys grocery store at 6403 51 St. in Cold Lake, Alta., on Thursday, July 13, 2017, while attempting to steal an ATM.
  
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• Konar the latest in a string of injuries to Eskimos linebackers

  15-07-2017 22:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Another week. Another win. Another injured starter.
  The cycle continues for the Edmonton Eskimos, who improved to 3-0 with a 23-21 win over the Ottawa RedBlacks on Friday.
  But not before Adam Konar had to be carried off the field with a leg injury in the final minute.
  The WIL linebacker is already the second Canadian starter slated at the position this year, having replaced veteran Cory Greenwood after an ACL injury ended his season just two days into training camp.
  Add middle linebacker J.C. Sh
  
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• Former RedBlacks come up big to lift Eskimos over defending champs

  15-07-2017 22:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  It might have come down to a two-point conversion in the final seconds of Friday’s game, but it’s the two points in the standings the Edmonton Eskimos walked away with in a 23-21 win over the Ottawa RedBlacks that mattered most.
  While the Eskimos improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2014, the defending Grey Cup champions are still looking for their first win of the season after falling to 0-3-1.
  “It’s good for us, I feel like we’re right in every game,” sa
  
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• Looking into the future of Jasper Avenue with a festival

  15-07-2017 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton residents can experience the new vision for Jasper Avenue in virtual reality at the launch festival Saturday.
  With the planters and sidewalk extensions all in this week, city planners now face the challenging task of explaining what it all means.
  They’re doing that with festivals, on-street signs and perhaps more street painting, said officials setting up the festival site Saturday morning.
  Tour the street with us below and post your thoughts in the comments section or on Twitter.
  
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• Motorcyclist pinned under car in Leduc crash dies in hospital

  15-07-2017 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A motorcyclist is dead after being pinned underneath a car in a crash in Leduc Friday.
  Leduc RCMP and other emergency crews were called to a collision just after 1:30 p.m. Friday at 7126 Sparrow Drive where a Yamaha motorcycle travelling south on Sparrow Drive struck a vehicle as the vehicle was turning left out of a parking lot.
  The motorcycle driver was pinned under the car.
  Witnesses stopped and tried to help the man.
  The motorcycle driver was taken to hospital where he later died.
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• Council of Federation: Who's coming, what's on the agenda

  15-07-2017 17:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Provincial, territorial and Aboriginal leaders will descend on Edmonton Monday for the annual summer Council of the Federation meeting.
  As incoming chair of the council, Premier Rachel Notley is hosting the event in Alberta this year. 
  “A strong partnership among our provinces and territories is essential to meeting our shared concerns in a strong Canada,” she said in a recent statement. 
  “I look forward to welcoming the premiers to the heart of the West, as we build
  
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• Volunteers

  15-07-2017 15:00
  
  They say that Alberta has two seasons; winter and road construction. They forgot about Festival Season! Make the most of your summer by volunteering at one of the many festivals or sporting events. The St. Albert Community Information &...
  
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• Unite the right – fantasy or fiction?

  15-07-2017 15:00
  
  "There are a few occasions in life when the circumstances are right to sit back and think about stuff. This is one of those times."
  
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• Wine column: Developing a nose for aromatics

  15-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Sommeliers swirl and sniff to analyze wine. So what are sommeliers looking for when they dip their noses into the glass?
  Firstly, they aim to identify intensity — light, medium or pronounced. Then, they search their minds for descriptors; generally, the more aromas given off by a wine, the better the quality. 
  Try your luck at tasting blind, and have fun comparing wines from different climates, regions, and winemakers. Some grapes are so distinct they are easily recognizable from one
  
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• Saturday's letters: Catholic board trustees need good judgment

  15-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Re. “Catholic superintendent remains top earner,” July 11
  While reasonable people may differ on the merits of any executive compensation package and its relationship to an incumbent’s achievements, there is no question the decision regarding the recruitment of the next superintendent of Edmonton Catholic Schools (ECS) is best left to the incoming board of trustees.
  Recruiting a superintendent is one of the most important jobs of any board of trustees, requiring sound judgment,
  
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• Bob Dylan: iconic performer inspires covers and controversy

  15-07-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  There’s very little in this world that we can all agree on except for Bob Dylan, right?
  Just kidding! The subject of Dylan can rip families apart, have lovers at each others throats, turn friends into enemies. From the very beginning of his career the Minnesota-born, Nobel prize winning singer-songwriter has evoked loathing as well as praise, usually for his ever-changing, always surprising voice. Sometimes he sings an entire song as though he’s attempting to suppress a sneeze (
  
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• Wes Brodhead seeks a third term

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  The first incumbent councillor has officially entered the race for city council.
  
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• Unite the right – fantasy or fiction?

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
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• Summer school students learn about SafeStart

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  A man who was paralyzed from the neck down in a skiing accident advised students to avoid the pitfalls that lead to injuries.
  
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• Summer school can be super cool

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  While there are many students who are glad to be done school for the year, hundreds more are going back to learn about things like rock climbing or cooking.
  
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• St. Albert rugby pioneers inducted into hall of fame

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  You can’t talk about rugby in St. Albert without mentioning Gareth Jones and Roger Scott.
  
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• Skip the mall and take a ride on a fashion truck

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  It’s time to put your shopping game in gear and hop aboard the latest boutique trend.
  
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• Rugby second divison squad suffers blowout loss

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  The St. Albert women’s rugby division two squad only managed to score one try in a loss against the Druids.
  
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• Ron Worsfold memorial tomorrow

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Family and the many, many friends of Ronald Worsfold are coming together in celebration of the guy they say was a real gem of a human being. The 75-year-old man went missing last weekend, only to be found dead as the victim of a homicide.
  
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• Other city-owned space should be considered for library use

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  In response to the potential new library debate, I offer a contrarian opinion. I have read differing opinions with little in the way of suggested solutions besides build or not build. I am amazed that we are looking at a $20-million expenditure and...
  
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• Name-calling is not warranted

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Valerie Spink wrote a letter to the (Gazette, June 10) piggybacking on the comments of Bryan Corbett in his letter (Gazette, May 31) stating that Cam MacKay be added to the twosome of Sheena Hughes and Bob Russell referring to them as penny...
  
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• Murder suspect makes first appearance

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  The woman accused of killing a St. Albert senior made her first appearance in court this week.
  
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• Lucky couple celebrate Canada on the 150th

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Knowing the most trivia about Canada earned Judy Morton a free trip to Ottawa through the Gazette’s Links to the Past: Canada’s 150th contest, which was co-sponsored by Boston Pizza, St. Albert Chimney Sweep Service (home of the Chimney Guys),...
  
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• Gotta go fast

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  If you feel the need for speed, and you’re over 18, you’ll find plenty of it this Thursday at the Edmonton space and science centre.
  
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• Decision delayed

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  St. Albert City Council finally approved the controversial branch library borrowing bylaw this week, but it won’t mean much. Whether or not the library gets built will be a decision for the next council. In election season, it’s classic political...
  
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• Council pushes group home changes

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  St. Albert could become more inclusive with a simple text amendment.
  
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• Composting through the city

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Composting at home is thought to be a hard task, but St. Albert is trying to make it easy for residents to turn their organic waste into city compost.
  
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• City to fix delays at new crosswalk

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  The city of St. Albert will make changes to the downtown scramble crosswalk later this summer, in response to feedback collected over the past six weeks.
  
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• Cheap and cheerful NYC (yes, really)

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  New York, cheap? And cheerful?You read that right. While this bucket-list destination can be an expensive trip, even when our dollar is doing well, I found ways to make a springtime week in The Big Apple a reasonably-priced venture. And I’m not...
  
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• Charting a two-pronged course

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Working as a commercial pilot has its fringe benefits – travel to exotic locales while wearing a cool uniform. And while most of us sit fenced in by cubicle walls, pilots see spectacular views of the sky day-after-day.
  
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• Building permits show strong growth

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  St. Albert is boasting strong residential growth as shown by the number of building permits.
  
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• Blue Jays Super Camp rolls into town

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
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• Awesome senior water exercise

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  Thanks to our wonderful City of St. Albert for providing us seniors with so many aquacize times – five different times a day at Fountain Park. The variety of times meets our needs.
  
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• Air raid siren to roar this weekend

  15-07-2017 10:28
  
  The Cold War will be in the forefront at a historic vehicle show in Sturgeon County this weekend.
  
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• Shots fired! Ex-Oilers winger blasts analytics guys for undervaluing intimidation

  15-07-2017 09:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  “They don’t know anything,” Laraque says, but that’s under-selling contribution of analytics 
  This in from former NHL Georges Laraque, talking to Bob Stauffer of Oilers Now, defending Edmonton Oilers forward Milan Lucic and blasting analytics bloggers who downplay the physical factor in hockey. Stauffer suggested to Laraque that analytics-based bloggers don’t like tough guys but one of the reasons the Oilers were so healthy this year was because the team had to
  
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• Ron Worsfold memorial tomorrow - St. Albert Gazette

  15-07-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  Ron Worsfold memorial tomorrow
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  Family and the many, many friends of Ronald Worsfold are coming together in celebration of the guy they say was a real gem of a human being. The 75-year-old man went missing last weekend, only to be found dead as the victim of a homicide. Former St.
  
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• St. Albert rugby pioneers inducted into hall of fame - St. Albert Gazette

  15-07-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  
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  St. Albert rugby pioneers inducted into hall of fame
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  Gareth Jones, left, and Roger Scott, who are both founding members of the SARFC rugby aquad in St. Albert were honoured on Saturday as the pair were inducted into the Edmonton Rugby Union wall of fame. CHRIS COLBOURNE/St. Albert Gazette.
  
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• Dan Barnes: Eskimos survive late scare to remain only unbeaten CFL team

  15-07-2017 07:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  You can’t win the Grey Cup until November. But you certainly can take yourselves out of the conversation a lot earlier than that.
  The Eskimos beat themselves early and often in 2016 and in so doing, made their regular-season schedule a grind and their post-season journey far more difficult than it need be, what with that two-game detour to the east. In the end, and it came so ingloriously in a raging blizzard on Ottawa ground in the Eastern Final, it was too difficult. The Eskimos made the
  
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• 50-50 jackpot smashes CFL record at Edmonton Eskimos game

  15-07-2017 06:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The 50-50 jackpot at the Edmonton Eskimos game Friday night shattered the previous Canadian Football League record, climbing to more than $436,000.
  The demand for tickets at the game was so high, the team stated the winner would not be announced until after the game on social media and on esks.com. The announcement drew boos from the crowd — which also set an attendance record for the CFL so far this year at 36,260.
  The draw started at $82,000, with a carry-over in unclaimed prizes fr
  
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• Eskimos don't miss facing quarterback Henry Burris

  15-07-2017 06:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Henry Burris may be gone but not forgotten.
  But he certainly wasn’t missed Friday night at Commonwealth Stadium.
  At least, not by an Edmonton Eskimos club that saw enough of the opposing quarterback in their longstanding rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders. And they certainly didn’t need to see him carry that Battle-of-Alberta feeling over to the East Division during his time with the Ottawa RedBlacks.
  In the end, Burris had the last laugh. Before retiring in the off-season at age 41
  
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• Oliver Community League to demolish old community hall, build new one

  15-07-2017 05:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The Oliver Community League plans to demolish its rotting community hall at 10326 118 St. and build a replacement, but it could take years to accomplish.
  The league had the old hall’s condition assessed last fall and discovered — among other problems — asbestos in the exterior siding. Removal of that revealed extensive rotting of the building’s structure, particularly the north, west and east walls.
  In a preliminary structural report on the building’s condition
  
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• Bottoms up! Edmonton craft brewers stampede into Calgary 

  15-07-2017 04:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Edmonton’s craft breweries have chugged full steam ahead on marketing and outreach this week at the Calgary Stampede.
  For the first time, brewers from the capital city are serving their products on the fairgrounds following a decades-long exclusivity agreement with Labatt Brewing Company.  
  “To finally be part of a signature event in Alberta that we’ve been hearing about for our whole lives, it’s exciting,” said
  
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• Solar industry already hiring just weeks after rebate announcement

  15-07-2017 04:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The future is looking bright for solar energy careers in Alberta. Just weeks after the official launch of Energy Efficiency Alberta’s two-year, $36-million residential and commercial solar program, the industry is already hiring.
  Homeowners in Alberta will receive up to 30 per cent of the cost of solar-panel installation, to a maximum rebate of $10,000. Businesses and non-profit groups are also eligible for up to 25 per cent of system costs, to a maximum rebate of $500,000.
  At the pro
  
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• Indigenous groups boycott Edmonton meeting with premiers

  15-07-2017 03:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Indigenous leaders from three national organizations will not be attending the Council of the Federation meeting Monday in Edmonton. 
  The annual summit, held in a different province each year, generally sets aside the first day for a meeting with Indigenous leaders.
  The Edmonton event was expected to be no different, but on Friday the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) and the Métis Nation issued a joint statement saying they will instead be addressing
  
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• FC Edmonton aiming to finish Spring Season with win against Cosmos

  15-07-2017 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  FC Edmonton are anxious to put the 2017 North American Soccer League Spring Season behind them, yet still want to end it in style.
  Playing host to the defending league champion New York Cosmos on Saturday (7 p.m.) at Clarke Stadium, Edmonton are looking to build off a 2-1 come-from-behind victory against North Carolina FC the previous week, and put on a good performance in front of an anticipated sellout crowd.
  The win against North Carolina ended a four-game losing streak, giving Edmonton reaso
  
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• Press Gallery #188: The Fun In The Sun edition

  15-07-2017 02:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Summer in Alberta means it’s time for Calgary Stampede — and the government just can’t seem to get enough of it.
  Join Press Gallery podcast host Emma Graney with guests Graham Thomson, Paula Simons and Janet French to talk about another week in Alberta politics, including why so many NDP MLAs are flipping pancakes and milking cows. 
  Speaking of sunshine, the province’s sunshine list was updated recently and the podcast team explains why it remains oh-so-very cloudy.
  
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• Inmate dead at Edmonton Institution, review underway

  15-07-2017 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  An inmate at the Edmonton Institution died in custody Friday and Correctional Service Canada is reviewing the death.
  Benedict Ralph Corrigal, 58, had been at the prison since May 13, 2015, serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder and manslaughter.
  Corrigal, from Hay River, N.W.T., was convicted of killing Carol Buggins and Garfield McPherson on June 27, 2012. Corrigal and Buggins had dated for seven years and he had been violent with her.
  Corrigal learned Buggins and McPherson
  
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• Suspected fentanyl drug lab shuttered by Alberta Health Services

  15-07-2017 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  A home northwest of St. Albert suspected of being used as a fentanyl drug lab has been shuttered by Alberta Health Services.
  The home at 26023 Township Road 544 in Sturgeon County was declared unfit for human habitation after an RCMP investigation suggested the home may have been used for fentanyl processing and production.
  Fentanyl is a powerful opioid substance linked to 343 overdose deaths in Alberta in 2016. The drug is so potent that doses are commonly measured in micrograms.
  The order read
  
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• Preliminary hearing in newborn homicide case set for 2018

  15-07-2017 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  The case of an Edmonton woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 11-day-old daughter will go to a preliminary hearing in June 2018. 
  Michelle Rice, 31, is accused in the death of her newborn baby, who police say died of a methamphetamine overdose. 
  Rice’s case appeared in provincial court Friday, and was scheduled for a preliminary hearing to be held June 4-6.
  Police and paramedics responded to a call to a home near 72 Street and 83 Avenue in the Kenilworth nei
  
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• Blue-green algae health advisories issued for two Alberta lakes

  15-07-2017 01:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  
  Health advisories were issued Friday warning of blue-green algae blooms found in Wizard Lake, 67 km southwest of Edmonton, and Lessard Lake, 103 km northwest of Edmonton.
  Alberta Health Services is advising visitors and residents near the shore to take precautions by avoiding all contact with the blooms and not swimming or wading in any areas where the algae is visible.
  The advisories also suggest limiting consumption of whole fish and fish trimmings from the lakes because it is known that fish
  
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