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• Montreal woman found strangled to death in northeast Edmonton, police say

  02-09-2017 23:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 29-year-old woman found dead in a northeast Edmonton residence Thursday was killed by strangulation, police say.
  Edmonton Police homicide detectives are investigating the death of Valerie Maurice from Montreal who was found dead Thursday inside a suite in the area of 144 Avenue and 88 A Street, police said in a press release Saturday afternoon. Police noted she did not reside in the home.
  Northeast division patrol officers responded to a “check on welfare” call and Maurice was dead
  
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• Woman strangled to death in northeast Edmonton, police say

  02-09-2017 22:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 29-year-old woman found dead in a northeast Edmonton residence Thursday was killed by strangulation, police say.
  Edmonton Police homicide detectives are investigating the death of Valerie Maurice from Montreal who was found dead Thursday inside a suite in the area of 144 Avenue and 88 A Street, police said in a press release Saturday afternoon. Police noted she did not reside in the home.
  Northeast division patrol officers responded to a “check on welfare” call and Maurice was dead
  
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• Hundreds of Wongs gather in Edmonton for national convention

  02-09-2017 21:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than two hundred people named Wong gathered in Edmonton this weekend to show pride in their super-common surname. 
  This weekend, Edmonton plays host to the Wongs’ 10th National Convention, a triennial gathering that’s part family reunion, part cultural celebration and annual general meeting. 
  Organizer Dick Wong said there are Wongs organizations around Canada, which organize cultural activities, community services and scholarships. They meet every three years for a na
  
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• Symphony Under the Sky delights with mainstream classical music night

  02-09-2017 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friday evening’s Symphony concert in the Symphony Under the Sky at Hawrelak Park seemed set to follow the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s well-established tradition.
  Friday night is mainstream classical music night, with the customary overture, concerto, and symphony. Bob Bernhardt was the conductor, as he has been for the last 11 years, and once again the ESO continued their enviable knack of keeping the rain (and this year, the mosquitos) away, even if they couldn’t do much abo
  
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• Hepatitis A virus found in sample of pineapple chunks sold in Alberta

  02-09-2017 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  The hepatitis A virus has been found in a sample of Western Family brand fresh pineapple chunks sold in 20 Save-On-Foods locations in Alberta — eight in Edmonton.
  The ready-to-go pineapple cups may have been on sale from Aug. 12 and had a best before date of Aug. 19, Alberta Health Services said in a health advisory Saturday morning.
  The risk of infection is considered to be low, AHS said, and no illness has been reported. The product was sold at the following Save-On-Foods locations in Ed
  
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• Fitness column: Secrets to aging well include taking control, eating healthy and exercise

  02-09-2017 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than once my wife has been mistaken for my older son’s girlfriend. A few times for her sister’s daughter. Not sure who they think I am.
  Exercise, proper nutrition and good stress management are the controllable factors to aging well.
  Of course, you can’t reset your chronological clock. But you can affect your physiological age, to the good or bad, by 20 years.
  That means the average 50-year-old can choose to feel like 70 or 30, depending on how they spend their time and co
  
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• Social Seen: Feast on the Field

  02-09-2017 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist.
  Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  Feast on the Field
  Where: Commonwealth Stadium
  When: Aug. 23
  Who: CapitalCare Foundation
  What: Fundraising dinner on the field at Commonwe
  
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• Learn the three Vs to discover light and fragrant wines, perfect thirst quenchers when well-chilled

  02-09-2017 20:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Labour Day long weekend forecast is perfect for some fun patio-sippin’ wines. Try the three Vs for something uniquely refreshing and summer satisfying.
  Vinho Verde, Verdelho and Verdejo are easily confused. They look similar on a label but they are all different varietals from different regions. What they have in common is they are light, aromatic, lower in alcohol and crisp with bright acidity.
  Vinho Verde is a region in northern Portugal. It’s hilly with high-altitude vineyards
  
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• Julia Lipscombe: Laws to live by on road trip to St. John's with family of five

  02-09-2017 19:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  My dream trip this summer — and every summer — would be to pack up the car and drive straight across the country. But last summer, looking at my two stepsons, Chile and Tripp, and heavily pregnant with my son, Indiana, I realized that I wouldn’t be doing it for many, many years.
  While putting in eight hours a day, stopping at big cities, random lookouts and quirky tourist spots might be right up my husband’s and my alley, being in the car that much would be certain hell f
  
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• Lionel Ritchie and Mariah Carey play all the hits at the downtown rink

  02-09-2017 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was a Friday night of soul and pop royalty — Lionel Ritchie’s legacy stretching all the way back to the mighty Commodores; Mariah Carey topped only by the Beatles in terms of No. 1 Billboard hits. Those are some heavy credentials rolling out the red carpet in terms of expectations, right?
  Yet amidst the maelstrom of the Die Antwoord and Guns N Roses concerts this week, it should come as no surprise that what these two offered at the downtown rink felt more like an intimate ba
  
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• Transit advisory board calls for central hub to help tourists navigate city

  02-09-2017 17:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city’s transit advisory board is calling for a central hub offering access to multiple services as well as the possibility of a seasonal ferry on the river in efforts to improve transportation for tourists.
  In a report released Thursday to the city’s urban planning committee, the board made seven recommendations to improve the current transit system, which board chairman Izak Roux said isn’t being promoted as a viable option for visitors.
  A main recommendation is to better
  
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• Saturday's letters: Jaywalkers to blame for Jasper Avenue backups

  02-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. ” Jasper Avenue flip-flop irks pedestrians, cyclists,” Aug. 31
  I travel Jasper Avenue making a right turn onto 109 Street five days a week.
  I would like to point out that pedestrians disobey the do not walk symbol on a continual basis. They seem to think that the seconds remaining on the traffic signal is a licence to start walking across the intersection.
  This causes vehicles to wait for them, and in many cases, are unable to make that right turn causing traffic to back up.
  The
  
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• Opinion: Things are looking up for working Albertans

  02-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The past two years have been tough for working Albertans.
  The global collapse in oil prices caused a dramatic drop in energy sector investment which, in turn, led to the loss of thousands of jobs.
  Given the central role played by oil and gas in our economy, even people who don’t work in the sector have been feeling anxious.
  But as Albertans take time to enjoy the Labour Day weekend, there is reason for optimism.
  Jobs: There are about 35,000 more Albertans working today than there were at t
  
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• Can Laurent Brossoit seize the (occasional) day as Edmonton Oilers' backup stopper?

  02-09-2017 09:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects#6: G Laurent Brossoit
  Given this is the fourth summer in a row that he has been identified in our Cult of Hockey prospect series as Edmonton Oilers’ top goaltending hopeful, is it fairer to characterize Laurent Brossoit as spinning his wheels or is real progress being made?
  I’d argue in favour of the latter, however incrementally. Brossoit’s progression up hockey’s food chain has been oh so gradual, but at long last he’s poised to beco
  
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• Inspection identities revealed - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:17
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  Inspection identities revealed
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  Although the municipal inspection did not name any councillors specifically, the Gazette has learned that the behaviour of three councillors was highlighted in the report. The results of a Freedom of Information Request and previous Gazette reporting ...and more »
  
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• St. Albert has a new top cop - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:07
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  St. Albert has a new top cop
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  Robinson brings 17 years of experience in policing to the role and said she is looking forward to continuing to give great service to the citizens of St. Albert. “I've been focused on just trying to get to know the people and the needs of the community ...
  
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• Rivercrest work near done - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:07
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  Rivercrest work near done
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  It may be the third week of September before the St. Albert Centre transit terminal can return to Rivercrest Crescent. The transit terminal and crescent were expected to reopen Aug. 25, but removal of more than 12,000 cubic metres of contaminated soil ...
  
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• In praise of the mini-break - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:07
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  In praise of the mini-break
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  Fancy a few days' getaway? Sometimes a full-on vacation of a week or two is just too much time away from routine, friends, family and volunteer obligations. But a three or four-night jaunt can be just the ticket for the many seniors who look forward to ...
  
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• The drive for the Food Drive - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:04
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  The drive for the Food Drive
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  The annual food drive two Saturdays from now is a beautiful tradition in St. Albert. It's like the harvest, offering a chance to build up the stores at the food bank in the months leading up to winter. It's also a colossal volunteer effort, one that ...
  
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• Slash back on the ice after championship season - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:04
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  Slash back on the ice after championship season
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  The Midget AAA female St. Albert Slash held its first tryout of the year on Wednesday, holding a full scrimmage at Kinex Arena. Expectations are high after last year's national championship squad won the Esso Cup in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, defeating ...
  
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• Patients are waiting longer in emergency departments, report says - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:04
  Patients are waiting longer in emergency departments, report says
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  It's a bitter pill to swallow, but according to the latest report Sturgeon Hospital has only gotten worse when it comes to wait times. The report, compiled by the Health Quality Council of Alberta, showed that on average patients waited under 2.2 hours ...
  
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• Detailed dysfunction - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:04
  Detailed dysfunction
  St. Albert Gazette
  After much anticipation, Municipal Affairs delivered its inspection report on the City of St. Albert Tuesday afternoon. The report painted a picture of a city council that was dysfunctional, divided and disharmonious. “The degree of disharmony is ...and more »
  
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• Coalition calls for further action on tobacco bill - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 08:04
  Coalition calls for further action on tobacco bill
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  Health organizations are worried that the Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act is going up in smoke with the legalization of marijuana. Les Hagen, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, says the government is putting measures in place to keep ...
  
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• Golden Bears gamble does not pay off against Dinos

  02-09-2017 07:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Against a team like the University of Calgary Dinos, one big mistake can be costly, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears found out the hard way in their Canada West football season opener Friday night at Foote Field.
  Down 11-7 early in the second quarter and pulling momentum away from the Dinos, Alberta gambled on third and short on their own 40-yard line.
  It backfired.
  A bobbled snap and a big stuff by the Dinos defensive line and the defending Hardy Cup champions rattled off 30-unanswere
  
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• World class cycling comes to Edmonton this weekend: Where to watch and plan for road closures

  02-09-2017 04:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians will get the chance to take in some world class cycling when the ATB Tour of Alberta passes through the city on its third and fourth legs on Sunday and Monday.
  The race has its first two legs in Jasper and Spruce Grove and is Canada’s largest professional cycling race. It features more than 100 cyclists from Canada, the United States, Albania and Colombia. Each leg of the race features a community festival at the start and finish area.
  On Monday, amateur cyclists can regi
  
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• Students allotted more time to write Alberta diploma exams

  02-09-2017 04:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  All Alberta students will now have up to double the amount of time to write diploma exams and provincial achievement tests, according to new rules that take effect this fall.
  Unlike previous years when students needed to prove a medical need or other challenge to get extra writing time, any student can linger in the exam room without giving advanced notice, said Education Minister David Eggen’s press secretary, Lindsay Harvey.
  The government made the change in response to concerns by
  
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• Eskimos rookies study up on Labour Day history

  02-09-2017 04:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  The film doesn’t lie.
  So no matter how much they new Edmonton Eskimos have been told about the Battle of Alberta heading into their first Labour Day Classic, there was no denying what they saw during a video on some of the history of the provincial rivalry with the Calgary Stampeders.
  “I know it’s a big rivalry week, back-to-back games potentially for first place,” said rookie receiver Duke Williams. “They showed us a video this morning with the Labour Day (series)
  
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• FC Edmonton have Fall Season title in sight

  02-09-2017 04:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller always believed his team could win the North American Soccer League Fall Season and earn a berth in the playoffs.
  After finishing second-last in the Spring Season standings, he may have been the only one.
  Yet, five games into the Fall Season, FC Edmonton are well within range of top spot and could inch even closer with a victory at North Carolina FC (5:30 p.m., NASL.com) on Saturday.
  “We’ve got 11 Cup Finals left,” said Miller. “The goa
  
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• City prepares for anticipated influx of visitors to accidental beach

  02-09-2017 03:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city of Edmonton is increasing services at the so-called accidental beach in response to a potential increase in Labour Day weekend visitors.
  But the North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper’s latest readings show the water quality failed to meet federal standards for E. coli. The update was given on 3:54 p.m. on Friday. The warning is issued when E. coli levels exceed 200 colony forming units (CFU) per 100 millilitres of water.
  The test results from the sandbar on Aug. 28 showed 238 CFU pe
  
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• Paula Simons: Accidental Beach steals Edmonton's hearts

  02-09-2017 03:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  The morning after I visited Edmonton’s accidental beach, I happened to catch a snippet of a CBC Radio interview with game designer Ian Bogost. He’s a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, The Uses of Boredom and the Secret of Game.
  I was deeply struck by something Bogost said.
  “It’s not exactly right to think of fun as pleasure. It’s something slightly different. It’s rather the experience of find
  
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• Bowman's back: Eskimos star receiver returns for Labour Day showdown

  02-09-2017 03:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Does Mike Reilly have an uncharacteristically bad game like the one he’s coming off of if his favourite target had been in the lineup?
  The Edmonton Eskimos quarterback threw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns in the third quarter of a humbling 54-31 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders last Friday. His streak of 18 games with a touchdown pass came to an end while completing just 58 per cent of his passes for 160 yards.
  But that was without star receiver Adarius Bowman, who
  
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• McLeod among a talented group of Oil Kings defencemen

  02-09-2017 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oil Kings expect their strength to be on the back end for years to come.
  It’s just a matter of how quickly their young blue line matures and develops into a dominant unit.
  Heading into the 2017-2018 Western Hockey League season, the Oil Kings will be relying heavily on Conner McDonald, 18, Wyatt McLeod, 17, Will Warm, 18, Ethan Cap, 17, and Matt Robertson, 16. They all received a crash course in the WHL last year when Edmonton decided to undergo a youth movement.
  “The ex
  
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• Press Gallery #195: The Leading And Learning edition

  02-09-2017 02:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley has lost another chief of staff, this time back to British Columbia, from whence he came. Join the Press Gallery for a chat about John Heaney’s departure as the team takes its weekly look back at Alberta politics.
  Host Emma Graney also chats with guests Janet French, Clare Clancy and Paula Simons about the lack of rules around United Conservative Party’s leadership race and the giant whack of cash it’s taking to run for the UCP crown.  
  Also, with Alb
  
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• Dates set for new jury trial in Cindy Gladue murder case

  02-09-2017 02:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Ontario man will go to trial before a jury for the second time in February 2019 to face a murder charge in the death of Cindy Gladue.
  Gladue, a Cree woman and 36-year-old mother of three, was found dead in a bathtub in an Edmonton motel room in 2011.
  Gladue, who was a sex worker, bled to death after a night of what Bradley Barton, the suspect in her death, called consensual, rough sex. During the trial, a medical examiner testified that an 11-centimetre cut in Gladue’s vagina had been c
  
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• Provincial plan floats Big Lake boat ban - St. Albert Gazette

  02-09-2017 02:20
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  Provincial plan floats Big Lake boat ban
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  Should the province ban all boats from Big Lake? That's one protective measure the province has floated as part of its proposed plan for Lois Hole Park, and you've got just three days left to let them know what you think of it. Alberta Parks released ...
  
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• Alberta Health Services warns of salmonella outbreak stemming from folk festival booth

  02-09-2017 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A salmonella outbreak linked to a food outlet at the Edmonton Folk Music festival has sickened at least 19 people, Alberta Health Services said Friday.
  All patients confirmed to have the illness ate at the Haweli Restaurant booth that operated on the festival grounds from Aug. 10 to 13, the health authority said.
  “Salmonella is a notifiable disease, which means our public health departments across Alberta get reports of all such infections and we investigate each and every one,” said
  
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• Mother of baby killed in south Edmonton arson released from hospital

  02-09-2017 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A woman seriously injured during an arson fire that resulted in the death of her five-month old baby has been released from hospital.
  Angie Tang survived a fire in her southwest Edmonton home after she and her son, Hunter Brown, were pulled out of a second-storey room by firefighters on Aug. 22, but the baby later died in hospital of smoke inhalation. Tang was hospitalized with smoke inhalation injuries.
  “I can confirm that Angie has been released from the hospital as of yesterday but
  
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• Matt Hendricks scores one-year contract in Winnipeg

  02-09-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  With jobs for experienced NHL hands shrinking and often the only lifeline offered is a training camp tryout, Matt Hendricks, thankfully, has a place to go with a contract in his back pocket.
  With disturbers Ryan White and Tanner Glass, Nashville’s useful playoff fourth-liner Harry Zolnierczyk, and Brandon Pirri only scoring camp invites, and Hall-of-Famers to be Jaromir Jagr and Jarome Iginla with no contract and unwilling to go anywhere at their age and stature on a look-see, the ex Oiler
  
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