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• Ward 12: Southeast voters back to polls after 2016 byelection

  04-09-2017 23:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ward 12 in Edmonton’s southeast corner is home to suburban neighbourhoods made up mainly of cul-de-sacs and low-rise homes, with residents opting to commute to work in family vehicles over public transit. 
  Neatly planned neighbourhoods skirting the city’s edge are scattered with small parks and green spaces. Roughly the shape of a backwards L, the ward’s lower portion runs southeast of Anthony Henday Drive encompassing neighbourhoods such as Ellerslie. The upper
  
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• Ward 11: A microcosm of Edmonton's hot button issues in southeast ward

  04-09-2017 23:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stretching east from Gateway Boulevard to the edge of the city, and south from 92 Avenue to the Anthony Henday, Ward 11 is as sprawling as it is diverse.
  With mature residential neighbourhoods, new suburban developments, large commercial centres and industrial areas all encompassed within the same southeast Edmonton boundaries, issues facing Ward 11 can serve as a microcosm for the city as a whole.
  Infrastructure is expected to be a key issue in Ward 11 in this year’s election, as construc
  
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• Curtis Stock Golf Report: Good friend take part in northern tournaments

  04-09-2017 23:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two good friends from southern Alberta came north to take a pair of PGA of Alberta events in Edmonton.
  Craig Gibson, who grew up in Brooks and now plays out of Calgary’s Sirocco golf course, eagled the first playoff hole at a Players Tour event at Glendale to edge out Royal Mayfair’s Mike Belbin after both players shot 4-under 68s.
  Then, Dillon Batsel of Medicine Hat’s Connaught golf course won the two-day Professional Series at Blackhawk with rounds of 70-68.
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• Ward 10: Redevelopment, infill front of mind in south central Edmonton

  04-09-2017 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ward 10 is a study in southern Edmonton suburban growth, from houses built in Allendale and Parkallen after the Second World War to the booming new communities beyond Anthony Henday Drive.
  The older neighbourhoods are dominated by leafy streets lined with single-family homes, but the 2016 city census shows more than half the ward’s dwellings are apartments and other types of multi-family housing.
  The ward is bounded approximately by 72 Avenue, Calgary Trail-Highway 2, the city’s sout
  
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• Ward 9: A wide open race in Edmonton's southwest

  04-09-2017 22:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ward 9 can feel like its own peninsula – cut off from the rest of the city by the Whitemud Ravine and the North Saskatchewan River.
  The ward sits in the deep southwest and it’s a ward to watch this year because six-term councillor Bryan Anderson declared he will not run again. Anderson was well known and respected from his time coaching football and basketball at Harry Ainlay and Strathcona high schools.
  In the race to replace him, four candidates are already being asked if they seek
  
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• Ward 8: South of the river, mature neighbourhoods wrestle with growth

  04-09-2017 22:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The University of Alberta, the Whyte Avenue strip, Old Strathcona and several older neighbourhoods form this riding which sprawls along the south side of the river valley from Hawrelak Park to the eastern boundary of the city. 
  Students, renters and middle-class homeowners make up a large part of the demographic, which has overwhelmingly supported left-leaning candidates in every recent election. As Premier Rachel Notley and MP Linda Duncan can attest, this has been solid NDP territory for
  
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• Ward 5: New councillor assured for west Edmonton with no incumbent

  04-09-2017 22:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ward 5 became one of the more interesting races in Edmonton’s 2017 civic election as soon as Coun. Michael Oshry announced in May he would not seek re-election after serving just one term.
  Hemmed in by Parklands County on its western edge and the North Saskatchewan river valley to the east, housing and what to do about infill will be a key issue during this election. The ward is rapidly growing with new housing developments on its southern edge, continuing Edmonton’s urban sprawl.
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• Ward 7: What you need to know for this municipal election

  04-09-2017 22:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is no shortage of contenders wanting to topple three-term Ward 7 incumbent Tony Caterina in the 2017 Edmonton municipal elections.
  There are six candidates who have announced their intentions to date.
  Affordable housing, transit, policing and crime, and of course, in-fill development will all be issues candidates will focus on. But one of the biggest issues facing the ward is one of the city’s hot button issues: What is going to happen with Northlands? 
  Who is running?
  Kris Andr
  
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• 12 contenders seek to replace veteran councillor in Ward 4

  04-09-2017 21:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the early days are any indication, Ward 4 will be the most crowded race of Edmonton’s 2017 civic election. 
  At least a dozen people are running in the northeast Edmonton ward to replace veteran councillor Ed Gibbons, who is retiring after five terms on council. It is one of three undefended seats up for grabs during the Oct. 16 contest.  
  A dozen people have declared their intentions to run so far. Candidates are not official until nomination day on Sept. 18. 
  Ward 4 incl
  
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• Ward 2: Three declared candidates to represent diverse slice of northwest Edmonton

  04-09-2017 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Ward 2 is a mishmash of industry and cultures, where you’re just as likely to find a church as you are a mosque, Buddhist temple or indoor go-kart track. 
  Home to Edmonton Islamic Academy, the Islamic Awareness Foundation, MAC Islamic school and Canada’s first mosque — Al-Rashid on 113A Street — Arabic is the language second most likely to be spoken at home after English, according to municipal census data.
  The western border of Ward 2 is 156 Street,
  
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• Ward 1: Race for west Edmonton uncontested as nomination day approaches

  04-09-2017 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  From tony homes edging the river valley to sweeping industrial parks on the city’s western outskirts, Ward 1 is crisscrossed by some of Edmonton’s busiest traffic arterials.
  Those roads divide mature residential neighbourhoods from commercial areas – including the sprawling West Edmonton Mall and surrounding shopping areas.
  Incumbent Andrew Knack is seeking re-election for the Ward 1 council seat in a race that is so far uncontested.  
  Who is running?
  Andrew Knack
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• Edmonton's MacEwan University redefines itself and its neighbourhood

  04-09-2017 21:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Allan Gilliland just can’t resist.
  The renowned composer, who is also the dean of fine arts and communications at MacEwan University, is standing in a room filled with percussion instruments — snare drums, xylophones, timpani, tambourines, tubular bells. A collection of gongs, in different sizes, lines one wall. Grinning, Gilliland goes to the cupboard, takes out a good-sized mallet and hits the largest of the gongs, dead centre.
  The deep sound reverberates through the room.
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• Students live alongside seniors in Queen Alexandra apartment building

  04-09-2017 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Finding a bachelor apartment for a good price near the University of Alberta can be a struggle for students, but for those who prefer studying to partying, there’s an affordable — if unconventional — option: signing a year lease in a seniors residence.
  Strathcona Place, a subsidized seniors housing building owned by the province, rents up to 25 bachelor suites to university students every year. The monthly rent of $700 includes all utilities and basic cable. Located in the Quee
  
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• Mounties investigate fatal collision north of Grande Prairie

  04-09-2017 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 29-year-old man is dead after a highway collision north of Grande Prairie. 
  Grande Prairie RCMP were responding to a vehicle fire at around midnight Sunday on Highway 43. 
  While at the scene, officers learned there was a collision involving a white pickup truck and another vehicle at the end of a line of traffic, said a Monday news release. 
  A 29-year-old man from Drayton Valley was driving the truck and died from his injuries, police said. 
  Police are still investigating a
  
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• Nick Lees: Bidding was hot at sold-out Zin on the River charity event

  04-09-2017 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Roger Kehoe shelled out $2,450 last week at Zin on the River to buy an autographed Connor McDavid hockey jersey and help raise $43,500 in support of CASA.
  “I’m an Edmonton Oilers fan,” said Kehoe, a veteran Sourdough Raft Race builder.
  “But while keen to acquire the jersey, I also wanted to support the work CASA does in helping youngsters and their parents with mental health issues.”
  With only 75 tickets sold five days before the event at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonal
  
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• First impressions of Yohann Auvitu: the new Brad Hunt of Edmonton Oilers organization

  04-09-2017 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey podcast on Iginla, Auvitu, Remenda, EakinsAuvitu one of three strong puckmoving players Chiarelli has brought in
  I have a first impression of new Edmonton Oilers dman Yohann Auvitu that sees him only a so-so NHL candidate, but if you’re hoping this player comes in and helps tilt the ice in Edmonton’s favour you can take comfort that my take isn’t the majority impression.
  With Andrej Sekera out for a few months this fall, Auvitu is one of three or four d-men who w
  
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• Mobile defender Caleb Jones is rocketing up Edmonton Oilers' prospect rankings

  04-09-2017 12:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  2017 Edmonton Oilers prospects#4: LD Caleb Jones
  Previously: #12 in 2016
  Caleb Jones and Ethan Bear aren’t really joined at the hip, it only seems that way to followers of the Edmonton Oilers. The two were drafted just seven selections apart in the 2015 NHL Draft, the first actual selections of the Peter Chiarelli / Bob Green era other than the obvious pick of Connor McDavid at #1 overall the night previous. Chiarelli then got busy with a series of trades, sending the #s 16 and 33 picks to
  
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• Burzak and Launhardt lead way for Huskies in win over Wildcats

  04-09-2017 08:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Brandt Burzuk got his first chance to show what he could do as the go-to guy in the Edmonton Huskies backfield and didn’t disappoint.
  Starting in place of veteran running back Jimmy Airey, the second-year running back led the Huskies attack scoring two touchdowns, one on the ground and one through the air in a 33-0 victory over cross-town rival Edmonton Wildcats Sunday afternoon at Clarke Park.
  Burzuk rushed for 63 yards on 15 carries and hauled in six catches for 86 yards in the win.
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• Sprint finish seals Stage 3 win for Howes

  04-09-2017 06:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  For a race that covered 116 kilometres, it sure didn’t last very long.
  After 115 kilometres of leg-draining chess, the third stage of the ATB Tour of Alberta began in earnest with less than one kilometre to go Sunday, and it was over quickly.
  With several riders poised and ready for a sprint finish at the University of Alberta, Cannondale-Drapac’s Alex Howes pulled away from the pack with a dominating push that nobody had an answer for.
  And that was that.
  Even Stage 2 winner Wouter W
  
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• Edmontonians cycle down to Tour of Alberta bike party

  04-09-2017 03:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Tour of Alberta cycling race hit the streets of Edmonton for the third stage of the race Sunday afternoon.
  Crowds gathered at Windsor Park to watch the new 10.5-kilometre circuit route, 11 laps going north on Groat Road to 111 Avenue and then back down to the park near the University of Alberta.
  Aside from the race itself, the day included a party for fans with entertainment, booths with giveaways and food.
  “We always like to say that we’re a bike race with a fan festival,”
  
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• Edmonton teenager loses appendix after Folk Fest salmonella scare

  04-09-2017 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton teenager says she was hospitalized and had to have her appendix removed after contracting salmonella poisoning from a food booth at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. 
  Talia Johnson, 18, said she’s recovering after an emergency appendectomy at Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton last month.
  Alberta Health Services said 19 people contracted salmonella poisoning after eating at Haweli Restaurant’s food booth at the Aug. 10-13 festival. Johnson said she wanted to speak o
  
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• Woman found strangled to death was being controlled by pimp: reports

  04-09-2017 00:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friends of Valerie Maurice, who was found strangled to death in an Edmonton apartment suite on Thursday, say the woman was being controlled by a pimp.
  That’s according to le Journal de Montréal and TVA, French-language news outlets that cite friends saying a couple in the apartment witnessed an argument then fled.
  Friends say Maurice would have turned 30 this weekend.
  Edmonton Police Service publicized the death on Saturday, following an autopsy on Friday that confirmed Maurice&rsqu
  
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