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• Terry Jones: Mike Reilly could be on the way to CFL MVP award

  07-08-2017 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Only once in Edmonton sports history have the MVPs of both the NHL and CFL both perspired in public in this city at the same time.
  The year was 1983.
  Wayne Gretzky and Warren Moon.
  It could happen again this year.
  Oilers captain Connor McDavid has already won the Hart Trophy. Eskimos leader Mike Reilly, arguably with a defining game to follow his selection as player of the month for July, may have become the early leader for the CFL Award as Most Outstanding Player.
  It was Friday, after the Calg
  
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• Five things we learned: Eskimos 33, Ticats 28

  07-08-2017 23:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another win. Another batch of injuries. That’s been the case for the Edmonton Eskimos all season long as they improved to 6-0 for the first time since 1961 with a 33-28 win over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In a game that went down to the absolute final play with no time left on the clock, you wouldn’t know one team was undefeated and the other is still searching for their first win of the season. At the same time, it should come as no surprise given nine out of the last 10 time
  
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• What is the pass mark for Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli in 2017-18?

  07-08-2017 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  If there was one thing Oilers fans and observers learned in the Decade of Darkness, it’s that accountability is crucial at all levels of the organization if the team is going to win. 
  That means that a GM who takes a mediocre team and turns it into a terrible one should not be allowed to then try to orchestrate a major rebuild.
  In today’s context, it means a GM who has a generational superstar should be expected to steadily improve his team until it’s firmly establish
  
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• Photo Gallery: All the fun and the action from this year's BVJ

  07-08-2017 20:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Big Valley Jamboree has wrapped up for another year so take a look back at all of the fun and action from the 25th anniversary event.
  Edmonton’s Adam Gregory loving the sun out at Big Valley Jamboree.
  The West Coast Lumberjacks entertain the crowds out at Big Valley Jamboree Sunday.
  Cathy Billington and Jay Bilyk of Calgary’s Wine Soaked Preachers out at Big Valley Jamboree Sunday.
  Clayton Bellamy, Jason McCoy and Chris Byrne of the Road Hammers electrify the Friday late night stage
  
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• A wet, wild and Willie weekend in music out at BVJ's 25th

  07-08-2017 19:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  When you look back 25 years to Big Valley Jamboree’s first lineup, the names were astounding. Emmylou Harris, Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Good Brothers — Tanya Tucker, of course — even a generation ago those were big names, and of course they’re legendary now, and in a very country way.
  That said, what the Oak Ridge Boys mean to the average 20-year-old playing beer pong in the southern campground of what’s still un
  
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• Man charged after pointing laser at police helicopter in downtown Edmonton

  07-08-2017 18:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 21-year-old man has been charged with two counts of endangering an aircraft after a laser was pointed at a police helicopter in downtown Edmonton Sunday night.
  A green laser was pointed at the helicopter around 11:20 p.m., Edmonton Police Service acting Staff Sgt. Robert Malo said. 
  Police were able to identify the location of the laser to a balcony of an apartment building on Jasper Avenue and 85 Street, he said.
  The man was arrested at the scene and charged with endangering the security
  
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• Rescue group wants spay, neuter fees cut as shelters overrun with cats

  07-08-2017 16:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Spruce Grove animal charity concerned with the increasing number of unwanted and stray cats in the province is calling on Alberta’s veterinarians to help curb the population by lowering spay and neuter fees.
  “Spaying and neutering is the answer (to overpopulation) and according to people it’s too expensive,” said Brenda Martin, president of The Pet Food Bank of Parkland County. “We hear every day owners can’t afford vet bills.” 
  The Pet Food
  
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• Newcomb wins Oil Country Championship in fourth playoff hole

  07-08-2017 06:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was worth the wait.
  All 38 holes of it.
  Kentucky’s Patrick Newcomb knew he was in for a long day, having to play the final 16 holes of his third round and all of his fourth Sunday at the Syncrude Oil Country Championship.
  But he had no problem with a little overtime on top of it, not when a birdie on the fourth extra hole at Windermere Golf and Country Club clinched the victory.
  “I thought I missed it high,” said Newcomb, who edged Germany’s Max Rottluff in the thrilli
  
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• RCMP Musical Ride trots into Edmonton area raising funds for kids with cancer

  07-08-2017 05:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The RCMP Musical Ride kicked off the western leg of its Canada 150 tour near Edmonton on Sunday, delighting fans young and old.
  Thirty-six RCMP officers and their horses started the six-week tour at Amberlea Meadows, an equestrian centre in Leduc County. The two-day stop, which continues Monday, is raising funds for Alberta’s Kids With Cancer Society.
  Const. Aaron Harder is in his second year with the Musical Ride. After a year of training in Ottawa, he’s been riding his ho
  
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• Body found near Slave Lake, believed to be missing 21-year-old woman

  07-08-2017 04:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP are investigating after a body — believed to be that of a missing 21-year-old woman — was found in a river near Slave Lake.
  A citizen reported finding the remains in the Lesser Slave River around 8 p.m. Saturday, east of the town 250 kilometres north of Edmonton, said an RCMP news release. 
  Investigators believe the body may be that of Nicole Brendan Robar, reported missing Aug. 1. 
  Robar was last seen in Spruce Grove on July 14, an Aug. 4 police report said.  
  An
  
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• Heritage Festival traffic backs up transit services

  07-08-2017 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heavy traffic on Groat Road has delayed charter buses to and from the Heritage Festival at Hawrelak Park, the city says. 
   
  In a Sunday afternoon news release, city officials said buses are backed up to 87 Avenue as operators slowly make their way to and from the park, where the three-day cultural festival is taking place.  
   
  Heritage Days traffic has caused backups near Hawrelak Park, the city of Edmonton says. 
  Despite the long wait times, riders are not being let off
  
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• Police name man shot in Lexus, victim in critical condition

  07-08-2017 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 31-year-old man is clinging to life in hospital after a gunman shot him in his car in the northwest neighbourhood of Athlone Saturday night, say police who have now released the victim’s name to generate tips.
  The gun call around 9:50 p.m. on 129 Avenue near 130 Street triggered a large police response before the victim was raced from the scene by ambulance. Upon arrival, police on Sunday said they found a man who appeared to have sustained multiple gunshot wounds, slumped over in a vehi
  
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• Touring the world in a day: Crowds explore cultures at Heritage fest

  07-08-2017 01:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Crowds poured into Hawrelak Park Sunday for the second day of the Heritage Festival — a much drier and sunnier day than the opening Saturday.
  With 70 pavilions presenting food, entertainment, clothes and other unique items from over 100 countries, there is lots of travelling to do in one day.
  Some of the visitors shared highlights of their tour.
  Renae Doerksen
  This was the first time at Heritage Fest for Renae Doerksen who is also celebrating her one-year anniversary in Edmonton this
  
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• Red Deer stabbing puts one man in hospital

  07-08-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  One man is in custody and another in hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing in Red Deer Sunday morning. 
   
  RCMP in the city 150 kilometres south of Edmonton responded to an assault complaint in the Orient Green neighbourhood around 5:20 a.m. Sunday. 
   
  Shortly after the first complaint, police received a second call, this time from the Red Deer hospital to report a man suffering stab wounds. Police discovered the injured male was the victim in the earlier assault.&nb
  
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• Big Valley Jamboree: Big changes afoot for 2018 festival

  07-08-2017 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Camrose — Big Valley Jamboree festival organizers are preparing for a bumpy transition at next year’s event.
  Plans for a complete main stage concert bowl overhaul will see a stage thrust into the middle of reserved and VIP seating — meaning many long-time fans are being shuffled around.
  The modernization project also includes plans for two standing room pits at the front of the stage to allow fans greater access to the stars.
  Bryanna Johnsen, 20, Cassidy Gretzinger, 20, an
  
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• Man shot during Lloydminster home invasion

  07-08-2017 00:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP are looking for suspects who shot a man during a Lloydminster home invasion.
   
  Just before 4 a.m. on Aug. 6, RCMP received a 911 call from a man living in the 1900 block of 52 Avenue, reporting he had been shot.
   
  Police believe two “unknown males” entered the home, shot the man, and fled in a vehicle. Investigators believe the shooting was not random, and say the man has serious but non-life threatening injuries. 
   
  An RCMP police dog unit was called to the
  
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