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• Country music lovers start arriving at Big Valley Jamboree

  02-08-2017 23:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Revellers have begun their annual pilgrimage to Alberta’s largest country music festival and the message from organizers is clear — “We are ready to go.”
  Chris Melnychuk, director of Big Valley Jamboree festival operations and marketing, said keen campers were ready to pitch their tents and park their campers as soon as the gates opened at 8 a.m. Wednesday.
  That trickle of country music devotees will turn into a flood come Thursday and Friday as the bulk of partygoer
  
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• Smoky Lake's Winding Road Cheese places at prestigious American cheese

  02-08-2017 23:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The pride of Smoky Lake, cheesemonger Ian Treuer of Winding Road Artisan Cheese, has taken second place in the Soft-Ripened Washed Rind High Moisture over 42 per cent All Milks category at the American Cheese Society’s 2017 competition, held at the end of July in Denver, Colorado.
  Cheese categories are puzzlingly detailed and those details are of little interest to the average cheese nibbler. But suffice it to say that with more than 2,450 attendees — and 2,024 entries in 123 catego
  
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• Homicide unit called in after man fatally stabbed

  02-08-2017 23:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide police are investigating after a man was fatally stabbed in north Edmonton early Wednesday.
  Police responding to a weapons complaint found the wounded man near 118 Avenue and 54 Street around 3:30 a.m. Emergency Medical Services treated and transported the man to hospital, where he later died. 
  Officers later put up police tape cordoning off a section of the block, marking what appeared to be clothes and a shoe strewn about on the sidewalk.
  Police, deeming the case suspicious for n
  
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• genre-jumping poet-musician likes to mix low brow and high art

  02-08-2017 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a telling thing that C.R. Avery supplies his promotional photos all in crisp black-and-white images, just one shot tinted blue. A full-colour photo could only hint at the multifarious breadth of his sonic palette, which arises at the intersection of blues, hip-hop, country, rock, beat poetry, theatrics, classical strings and beatboxing (those percussive vocal rhythms created by popping microphones).
  “Sometimes you step on different art forms, something happens and they all combi
  
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• Terry Jones: Undefeated Eskimos leery of hosting winless Tiger-Cats

  02-08-2017 22:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s hilarious that of all the high school football fields in Alberta to choose to use for a week of practice after losing 60-1 to the Calgary Stampeders, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected the one offered by Ernest Manning High School.
  The Griffins were 0-6 last year. They scored 20 points and gave up 202.
  The 0-5 Tiger-Cats, who come up the QEII for Friday’s game against the 5-0 Edmonton Eskimos, have scored 90 points and given up 201.
  How many points will the Hamilton defence give u
  
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• Jason Gregor: Eskimos continue to win despite injuries

  02-08-2017 21:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’m not a superstitious person, but if the Eskimos organization is, they might consider some bubble wrap or other modes of protection for quarterback Mike Reilly.
  Through five games the Eskimos have lost a starter at every position, including punt returner, kicker and long snapper, except quarterback.
  Linebackers J.C. Sherritt and Cory Greenwood and running back John White are done for the season with knee injuries. Offensive linemen Simeon Rottier and Colin Kelly, receivers Adarius Bowman
  
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• Police investigate after man exposes genitals to five-year-old in park

  02-08-2017 20:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for a man who exposed his genitals to a five-year-old girl in a southwest Edmonton park on Saturday night. 
  The Edmonton Police Service Child at Risk Response Team is investigating an indecent act and sexual interference, said a Wednesday news release. The investigation was prompted after a member of the girl’s family notified police. 
  Between 7 and 9 p.m., a man riding a bicycle approached the girl, who was playing in Michener Park near Bowlen Road and
  
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• Oscar Lopez expands Pampa restaurant to Ellerslie

  02-08-2017 20:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The third Alberta location of Pampa Brazilian Steakhouse opens Tuesday, Aug. 8 in the Ellerslie area (9626 Ellerslie Road SW). The new, stand-alone location joins a Calgary store and the original Pampa in downtown Edmonton, which opened in 2011.
  “It’s an exciting project for me,” says co-owner Oscar Lopez, who cut his teeth on 109 St. after being showcased by the Food Network’s David Adjey in an episode of The Opener in 2011. “We’re no longer a baby, we’
  
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• Edmonton YouTube stars named as Creators on the Rise

  02-08-2017 20:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  YouTube was only ever meant to be a way for Matt Foreman, Bow Bamonte and Reuben Chapman to document their outdoor adventures, a sort of online diary they could look back on and laugh at about how little they knew about bushcraft.
  Those videos, however, are now racking up thousands of views, numbers that are only going to continue to increase for the Edmonton residents after the video-sharing website tapped them Tuesday to become Canada’s first Creator on the Rise.
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• Paula Simons: Historic steam locomotive saved a second time

  02-08-2017 20:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Think of steam locomotive #73 as Edmonton’s very own version of the Little Engine that Could.
  It’s the ultimate survivor, a train that has cheated fate.
  Locomotive #73 was built in 1926 in Kingston, Ontario. It’s a 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotive – famed in train lore for its ability to handle “impressive loads at unimpressive speeds.”
  It was a workhorse,  one of 17 steam locomotives operated by the Northern Alberta Railways, which served no
  
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• One-on-one with Edmonton-born country singer Adam Gregory

  02-08-2017 19:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every time Adam Gregory saw someone else performing on stage in the last two years it ate away at his very soul.
  “I knew I had to be up there myself,” admits the Edmonton-born country singer from his home in Indiana, where he’s been taking a respite from close to two decades of recording and touring. “Once performing gets in your blood, it never leaves you.”
  To be fair, Gregory never intended to leave recording and performing forever. Just long enough to be around f
  
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• Comedian Mary Walsh to wrap STARfest lineup this fall

  02-08-2017 18:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fans of This Hour Has 22 Minutes will want to circle Nov. 6 on the calendar. That’s the day Mary Walsh appears at STARfest, the St. Albert Readers’ Festival, to debut her new novel, Crying for the Moon.
  The Canadian writer, producer, director and social activist has appeared in movies and on television for decades, and won many awards including the Gemini, plus Canadian Comedy and Canadian Screen awards. An outspoken supporter of Canadian literature, Walsh was the moderator for CBC&r
  
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• Watchdog investigating after arrest led to man's eye socket smashed

  02-08-2017 18:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a 21-year-old man that resulted in the suspect sustaining a serious injury to his face. 
  The incident dates back to July 25 when city police began following what was believed to be a stolen vehicle. When the vehicle exited the city and entered Strathcona County, RCMP became involved in the pursuit and deployed a spike belt.
  After the vehicle hit the belt, it “continued travelling off and back
  
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• Police investigating after morning incident sends man to hospital

  02-08-2017 16:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide police are investigating after violence broke out in north Edmonton before a man was transported to hospital early Wednesday.
  Police responded to the scene after the man suffered injuries near 118 Avenue and 54 Street around 3:30 a.m. Officers later put up police tape cordoning off a section of the block, marking what appeared to be clothes and a shoe strewn about on the sidewalk.
  Police said homicide detectives are not investigating but have been called to the scene.
  More to come.Polic
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Mural festival creates lasting impressions

  02-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Congratulations to organizers Annaliza and Trevor of the 2nd Rust Magic Mural Festival.
  Over 10 days they changed 20 bare walls in downtown and Old Strathcona into 20 unique pieces of art. This plus the 14 from last year makes 34 lasting impressions they have inspired.
  Organized with their sponsors and completed with the help of graffiti artists from around the globe, it brings a smile to my face. It was a treat to see people going from mural to mural with their maps.
  What a great accomplishment
  
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• Terry Jones: UFC 215 expected to be sold out

  02-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The ‘SOLD OUT!’ sign could go up Wednesday.
  Within the first 100 hours of tickets going on sale, UFC 215 in Edmonton was within 1,000 tickets of being sold out at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
  If UFC cards were like Garth Brooks concerts, Edmonton could go to work selling the other eight today.
  “From the day Bob Nicholson hired me to come to town, I went to work to get us a UFC numbered pay per view event. There are only 12 a year and they can be very difficult to book. But it’s a grea
  
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• Editorial: Top court clears up expectations for industry, NEB

  02-08-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Supreme Court of Canada has given the nation’s oil and gas companies and its Indigenous communities much needed clarity on the rules of engagement when it comes to debating the merits or faults of resource projects.
  With the simultaneous release of two separate but related rulings last week, the court has balanced the needs of industry with the rights of Aboriginals.
  The court has also set the bar for the National Energy Board, finally giving the regulator clarity on just what constitu
  
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• As the NHL's youngest player, Jesse Puljujarvi learned some important lessons in 2016-17

  02-08-2017 12:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  2016-17 Edmonton Oilers in reviewJesse Puljujarvi
  Edmonton Oilers’ fans could hardly believe their luck. One year after winning the lottery of lotteries to obtain the coveted #1 pick in The Connor McDavid Draft, the club had lost out the next year, falling from the putative 2-hole all the way to #4 in a year where there was a consensus Top 3. Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine, Jesse Puljuarvi topped the charts on every ranking available, if not always in that exact order.
  Come Draft Day, Matth
  
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• What matters to you?

  02-08-2017 09:16
  The St. Albert Gazette wants to know what you think.
  
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• SAMSL all-stars shine bright

  02-08-2017 09:16
  The St. Albert Men’s Soccer League all-stars quenched their thirst Sunday with a six-pack of goals.
  
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• Rock'n August is zooming into St. Albert

  02-08-2017 09:16
  The largest classic car event in Western Canada will soon roll into St. Albert for its 21st annual celebration of classic cars and classic rock ’n’ roll – Elvis, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino; prom nights, sock hops – and poodle skirts and car hops, too!...
  
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• Rock'n August features double bill at Friday night street dance

  02-08-2017 09:16
  It’s summertime, the cruising is easy, and there’s quite a bit for automotive fans to see and do at Rock’n August.
  
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• Postal problems

  02-08-2017 09:16
  “I haven’t received anything negative over the past year. If Canada Post is hearing something … I’m not hearing anything in the mayor’s office.”
  
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• Phantom still electrifies

  02-08-2017 09:16
  When someone talks about larger-than-life musicals, Phantom of the Opera definitely ranks at the top.
  
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• Old train formally arrives at museum

  02-08-2017 09:16
  It’s been more than 50 years since Engine No. 73 rode the rails past what is now the Campbell Industrial Park. Ever since the 1970s, this big black steam locomotive has sat rusting away at the Alberta Railway Museum in Sturgeon County.
  
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• New rules for cities

  02-08-2017 09:16
  St. Albert mayor Nolan Crouse says he likes what he sees when it comes to new regulations the province released this week for the Municipal Government Act, but he is “ticked off” that they didn’t include rules for the Capital Region Board.
  
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• Moving art studios to create library space a bad idea

  02-08-2017 09:16
  This letter is in response to Dave Cunningham’s comments about moving the art studios out of St. Albert Place to make room for library expansion in (Gazette, July 15).
  
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• If I were a city councillor. . .

  02-08-2017 09:16
  In response to Chuck Arp “If I were mayor of St. Albert” (Gazette, June 14), and (Gazette, May 24).
  
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• History behind the wheel: app offers rare roadtripping experience

  02-08-2017 09:16
  One woman is making history with her new app. It’s a one-stop-shop for going on a road trip across northern Alberta with a focus on celebrating the province’s diverse past.
  
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• Grant funds Morinville pet food plant

  02-08-2017 09:16
  Morinville’s pet food plant has gotten a meat-machine upgrade thanks to a provincial grant.
  
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• Fantastic win by firsts

  02-08-2017 09:16
  The demise of the fantastic firsts has been greatly exaggerated.
  
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• Evans, Caron to run again

  02-08-2017 09:16
  Two more county councillors will try to keep their seats this fall as they let their names stand for re-election.
  
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• Close to home

  02-08-2017 09:16
  The fentanyl crisis in this country is real and it’s very close to home. It’s not just a problem for the users. As we learned over the past weeks, your neighbour could be producing it on a scale never before seen in this country.
  
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• Capital spending plan looks 10 years ahead

  02-08-2017 09:16
  St. Albert city council has given tentative approval to hundreds of millions of dollars in capital spending over the next 10 years, but it will be up to the next council to make the final decisions.
  
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• Bloom's day puts the petals to their mettle

  02-08-2017 09:16
  Morinville is one of the prettiest towns in the province and the proof is in the poseys, and the roses, and the daffodils.
  
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• Artist, heal thyself

  02-08-2017 09:16
  Everybody says that being artistically creative has health benefits. It can help people to heal from psychological traumas, or at least deal with trauma’s lingering effects.
  
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• Animal rescue society stages annual fundraiser

  02-08-2017 09:16
  When Paula Bissell, a volunteer rescuer for Second Chance Animal Rescue Society, arrives on scene she finds a dog standing with part of its stomach hanging out of his side. The dog had been impaled with a piece of wood.
  
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• Rock'n August is zooming into St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:10
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  Rock'n August is zooming into St. Albert
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  ROCK'N AUGUST – Car enthusiasts and locals flocked to the annual Rock'n August festivities on St. Anne Street in 2016. FILE PHOTO/St.Albert Gazette. CLASSIC CARS – A classic truck cruises past the crowd on Perron street as part of Rock'n August ...
  
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• Capital spending plan looks 10 years ahead - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:10
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  Capital spending plan looks 10 years ahead
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  St. Albert city council has given tentative approval to hundreds of millions of dollars in capital spending over the next 10 years, but it will be up to the next council to make the final decisions. The 10-year Growth Municipal Capital Plan approves ...
  
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• Animal rescue society stages annual fundraiser - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:10
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  Walkers of both the two and four-legged variety took to the Red Willow Trail along the Sturgeon River on Saturday during the 13th annual Tails on the Trails charity fundraiser hosted by Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS).
  
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• SAMSL all-stars shine bright - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:04
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  SAMSL all-stars shine bright
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  Best of the best in St. Albert Men's Soccer League defeat St. Albert Impact division 2A team in Sunday's friendly. Wednesday, Aug 02, 2017 06:00 am. By: Jeff Hansen. Comments |. A A. DEFENSIVE STAND – Adam King gets a foot on the ball in support of ...
  
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• Old train formally arrives at museum - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:04
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  Old train formally arrives at museum
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  ALL ABOARD – Alberta Railway Museum president Stephen Yakimets shows off Northern Alberta Railways engine No. 73 at the railway museum east of Namao. Visitors will be able to check out the engine, which is the last surviving Northern Alberta ...
  
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• Fantastic win by firsts - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:04
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  Fantastic win by firsts
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  HANGING ON – Adam Bontus is brought down to his knees by a tackler in Saturday's premier men's match between the host St. Albert Rugby Football Club and the Calgary Hornets. Bontus scored a key second-half try as the defending Labatt's Cup provincial ...
  
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• Artist, heal thyself - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:04
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  Artist, heal thyself
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  Printmaker Darian Goldin Stahl offers viewers her interpretation of her sister's multiple sclerosis examinations through hospital gowns with MRI text projected onto them. DARIAN GOLDIN STAHL/Photo. Photographer Gerry Yaum sought to capture on film as ...
  
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• New rules for cities - St. Albert Gazette

  02-08-2017 08:01
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  New rules for cities
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  St. Albert mayor Nolan Crouse says he likes what he sees when it comes to new regulations the province released this week for the Municipal Government Act, but he is “ticked off” that they didn't include rules for the Capital Region Board. Alberta ...
  
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• Edmonton ranks sixth on list of top Canadian bedbug cities

  02-08-2017 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton ranked sixth on a pest control company’s list of the worst cities in Canada for bedbugs. 
  The city finished behind first-place Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Ottawa and St. John’s, N.L., according to a news release Tuesday from Orkin Canada. 
  The ranking is based on the number of commercial and residential treatments Orkin, which bills itself as Canada’s largest pest-control company, carried out in each city between July 1, 2016, and June 2017.
  It did not rele
  
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• Stages set for Tour of Alberta

  02-08-2017 02:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Peter Verhesen can’t help but get the racing bug this time of year.
  The ATB Tour of Alberta brings back a lot of memories for the 1990 Commonwealth Games silver medalist who is now the ATB Tour of Alberta’s chairman.
  He’s also seen the Union Cycliste Internationale race become a staple to help develop the sport within Canada.
  “The Canadian riders are starting to see that if you perform at this race, you can do well internationally,” said Verhesen, who helped unveil
  
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• Stafford vs. canine: Eskimos receiver loses footrace to EPS dog

  02-08-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kenny Stafford is fast on the football field, but in the animal kingdom it’s a different story.
  The Edmonton Eskimos receiver, who became best known as a speedy deep threat on the way to leading the team with nine touchdowns during the 2015 Grey Cup year, got a dose of reality when it came to velocity Tuesday.
  Running a routine route at the end of practice, Stafford was chased down by a German Shepherd as the Edmonton Police Service canine unit gathered for a photo op with the team inside
  
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• Odell Willis, athlete: Eskimos defensive end does it all

  02-08-2017 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  He’s on the roster as Odell Willis, but he might be better known as Jack.
  After last week’s game, it’s hard to pin a single position on the Edmonton Eskimos defensive end, who showed he can do more than rush passers.
  Don’t get us wrong, the nine-year veteran of the Canadian Football League does that part well, earning his 82nd and 83rd sacks of his career in a 37-26 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday to put his name on the top-20 all-time list.
  But maybe it should read Jac
  
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• Around the world in three days: Heritage Festival to feature 70 pavilions

  02-08-2017 01:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three days, 70 pavilions, more than 100 countries.
  The 42nd annual Servus Heritage Festival running Aug. 5 to 7 at Hawrelak Park will feature the most pavilions in its history, Edmonton Heritage Festival Association executive director Jim Gibbon announced at a kickoff event Tuesday. 
  The three-day tour of the world will showcase food and entertainment representing more than 90 cultures.
  “It’s our job to make sure this festival gets bigger and better and represents all the new pe
  
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