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• Ryan Johansen's contract should put upper limit on Leon Draisaitl's value

  30-07-2017 22:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three National Hockey League teams have come to terms with key Restricted Free Agents, with two of the signings being big, skilled RFA centres in Ryan Johansen and Mika Zibanejad, and the other being Colton Parayko, an RFA d-man who arguably has similar on-ice value to Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers. 
  As these are the latest big dollar RFA signings in the league for comparable players to Draisaitl, it’s worth taking a look at how the new deals might well impact Draisaitl’
  
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• Winspear's orchestra fantasy camp for adults strikes the right chord

  30-07-2017 21:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Make loud mistakes, conductor Bob Bernhardt advised as he kicked off the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s first musical fantasy camp for adults.
  Those audible sour notes are the best way to learn, said Bernhardt, on loan to the Winspear Centre’s Rusty Musicians program from the Louisville Orchestra in Kentucky.
  His audience included two dozen rusty musicians, who convened last Wednesday to begin five days of intense one-on-one practice times, group rehearsals and&nbs
  
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• Five things we learned: Eskimos 37, Lions 26

  30-07-2017 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are two guarantees following each game for Edmonton Eskimos head coach Jason Maas so far this season: 1) He will be asked about yet another win; and 2) He will be asked about yet another series of injuries. Improving to 5-0 for the first time since 2011, the Eskimos defeated the only West Division opponent they’ve seen this year, the B.C. Lions, for the second time this season with a 37-26 win Friday at Commonwealth Stadium. With both teams coming in on a four-game win streak, it was
  
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• U of A cyclotron could meet province's demand for medic

  30-07-2017 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta has the potential to become completely self-sufficient in the production of medical isotopes such is the success of the University of Alberta’s Medical Isotope Cyclotron Facility.
  Once the final clinical trial is completed in the first week of September and the production of technetium-99m has been granted approval by Health Canada, the province need not rely on external sources of the isotope that is used in around 225,000 medical examinations in Alberta each year. 
  
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• Lees: Edmonton fashion store owner meets Oprah on Alaska cruise

  30-07-2017 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  As soon as she heard Oprah Winfrey was leading an Alaskan cruise out of Seattle, Edmonton’s 86-year-old Del Dilkie booked a passage immediately.
  “It was the best money I have ever spent,” said the former 109 St. fashion store owner when she arrived back in town last week.
  “I have watched Oprah’s television shows since they began and I recorded the ones I was going to miss. I have read all I could about her, including her own books, and I buy her monthly magazine
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• Duffy continues her winning streak with gold at Edmonton triathlon

  30-07-2017 16:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s Flora Duffy’s time to shine.
  The 29-year-old from Bermuda is the reigning ITU World Triathlon Series world champion and she’s putting together another dream season.
  Duffy won her fourth straight ITU World Triathlon Series event after winning gold in the Elite Women’s race at the ITU World Triathlon Series event at Hawrelak Park on Saturday afternoon.
  Duffy was in control the entire race and finished in 1:00:22. Americans Taylor Knibb and Katie Zaferes took home silve
  
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• Truckin' it at K-Days: Montreal Hotdogs previews new restaurant concept at exhibition

  30-07-2017 04:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Of the 104 food vendors at K-Days, one is more than just a food truck – it’s a training ground. Three new Montreal Hotdogs restaurants are opening in Alberta in the coming months and the new owners are learning the business feeding the exhibition’s hungry crowds.
  “All the training is being done here,” says Paul Richards, director of operations. “We’ve got our three franchisees, working, training at the same time.”
  Richards said the company currentl
  
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• Speedy Edmonton Oilers' rookie Drake Caggiula took the express train to NHL

  30-07-2017 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  2016-17 Edmonton Oilers in reviewDrake Caggiula
  It was the spring of 2016 and the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool could better be described as a puddle, at least in terms of fresh talent. For years and years the Oilers had graduated their (generally very high) first round draft choices directly into the NHL, while maintaining a persistent and unenviable record of largely striking out in the second and third rounds. The two previous years took both of those trends to the logical extreme, as
  
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• Flora Duffy continues her winning streak with gold at Edmonton triathlon

  30-07-2017 02:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Its Flora Duffy’s time to shine.
  The 29-year-old from Bermuda is the reigning ITU World Triathlon Series world champion and she’s putting together another dream season.
  Duffy won her fourth straight ITU World Triathlon Series event after winning gold in the Elite Women’s race at the ITU World Triathlon Series event at Hawrelak Park on Saturday afternoon.
  Duffy was in control the entire race and finished in 1:00:22. Americans Taylor Knibb and Katie Zaferes took home silver and b
  
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• Terry Jones: Paula Findlay working her way back to the top

  30-07-2017 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  When you’ve won five of these World Triathlon Series events, like Paula Findlay, it might not feel like significant progress to finish 15th.
  But that was a different Paula Findlay with a different body and before suffering about the same number of injures as the current Edmonton Eskimos.
  This Paula Findlay returned to medical school at the University of Alberta this past year and was no longer a member of the national team.
  So, absolutely, it was progress.
  It was enough progress Edmonton&r
  
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• 'He was one of ours' – War memorial unveiled in hometown of Afghan missions last casualty

  30-07-2017 00:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  LACOMBE, Alta. — Friends of Master Cpl. Byron Greff want the 28-year-old to be remembered as more than a footnote of Canada’s mission to Afghanistan.
  On Oct. 29, 2011 Greff, who was serving with the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry, was riding in an armoured bus as part of a military convoy in Kabul. A Taliban suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted the bus – killing 17 people including Greff.
  He became Canada’s final casualty in
  
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• How long can Eskimos continue piling up injuries with wins?

  30-07-2017 00:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  They’ve managed to capture the flag all five times this season, but with the castle walls crumbling around an injury-depleted roster, how long will it be until they can no longer hold the fort?
  Already down their top receiver, starting running back, defensive captain, primary kick returner, a starting offensive lineman and three Canadian WIL linebackers, the Eskimos added to the list in Friday’s 37-26 win over the visiting B.C. Lions.
  The 11-point margin of victory was their biggest
  
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