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• Scrapped or saved? City reviews plans for old Walterdale Bridge parts

  23-09-2017 23:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Removal of the old Walterdale Bridge is underway but the city is still working out how to salvage and repurpose what is not scrapped.
  Options under consideration include using parts of the old bridge to create art, a river valley lookout or landscaping in different park areas, say city officials.
  Ryan Teplitsky, construction project manager for the city, said the 1913 bridge’s plaque, steel posts, railing grating, trusses and box beams are a few of the elements that could be saved. Steel w
  
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• Rachel Notley attacks 'super-extreme' UCP in campaign-style speech

  23-09-2017 23:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says the opposition United Conservatives are determined to inflict their past mistakes on Alberta, wreaking havoc on working families and inflicting pain on gay children.
  Notley made the comments in a fiery campaign-style speech to party faithful Saturday at a meeting of the Alberta NDP provincial council.
  “Our friends in the UCP believe the answer is to go back to the same failed policies that left us the mess that we are currently trying to clean up,” said Not
  
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• Church community reeling after three women killed in crash

  23-09-2017 22:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A church community in northeast Edmonton is grieving after three members of its congregation were killed and another was injured in a crash involving a stolen vehicle near Lloydminster.
  Three women aged 35, 37 and 53 died late Friday night after a suspect driving a stolen heavy-duty flat-deck truck collided with the minivan they were travelling in.
  A 32-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital in unknown condition.
  The women were members of Solid Rock International Ministries, a Pentecostal chur
  
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• Rachel Notley attacks UCP over economy, gay kids and fundraising

  23-09-2017 20:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the opposition United Conservatives are determined to wreak havoc on working families and bring harm to gay children.
  Notley made the comments in a fiery campaign-style speech to party faithful today at a meeting of the Alberta NDP provincial council.
  She says voters face a critical choice in the next election that will reverberate for generations, and says it will be won not in the media but on the doorsteps, coffees shops and online.
  Notley says the UCP will
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day: Edmonton Oilers versus Winnipeg Jets, and The Kailer Yamamoto Show

  23-09-2017 20:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day #5 (pre-season)
  Edmonton Oilers versus Winnipeg Jets
  The Kailer Yamamoto Show
  There is little doubt that Kailer Yamamoto has so far been the story of Edmonton Oilers training camp. Yamamoto’s draft pedigree with his obvious tools, his headline-grabbing success to date, and his willingness to go to the tough areas despite his diminutive stature have all helped turn him into the darling of Oilers fans.
  Last night’s sparkling performance at Rogers place, recounted by the Cult o
  
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• Graham Thomson: The dirty truth of 'clean coal' — it's a myth

  23-09-2017 16:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Want to know who won the first United Conservative Party leadership debate this week?
  So would I.
  But choosing a “winner” in a relatively lacklustre event is always difficult.
  No doubt with that in mind, the Jason Kenney team issued a news release literally the moment the debate ended Wednesday night to helpfully declare, “Jason Kenney wins first UCP debate. Strongest on the economy.”
  Good, glad that’s settled.
  But wait. A half-hour later, no doubt because they want
  
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• Alberta conservatives must unite say UCP leadership candidates

  23-09-2017 16:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  The photo is a little blurry. 
  Brian Jean stands between transgender activist Marni Panas and a drag queen with a towering beehive hairdo name Kelsey Breeze at a fundraising event for Camp fYrefly, a retreat for LGBTQ and allied youth.
  All three smile at the camera.
  The photo was attached to a conservative blog opinion piece asserting that Jean, who is running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party, was avoiding the truth on social issues “by playing the victim,&rdqu
  
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• Saturday's letters: Farmer asks for patience on the road

  23-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another fall harvest and more stress. Moisture at the wrong time, quality issues, breakdowns, and long hours.
  Another harvest and more stress. Moisture at the wrong time, quality issues, breakdowns, and long hours.
  Add to this the moving of big, slow equipment. I want to get to my job in a timely and safe manner. I am not trying to hold you up but I have things to do too.
  Between the many gravel trucks hauling into Edmonton and area, the people going to and from work, and bikers and people headi
  
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• Opinion: Energy East will get a fair, transparent review

  23-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Double standard,” Editorial, Sept. 12
  As Albertans, we all agree that resource development and our capacity to get it to market are crucial to our country’s economic success. We all know too well that the past few years have been hard on our families and businesses and that employment is still a precarious concept for too many Albertans.
  Let me start by reiterating that our government’s commitment to getting Canada’s resources to market has not and will not wav
  
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• Kailer Yamamoto steals the show again with two more goals as Oilers top "Canucks" 5-3

  23-09-2017 08:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canucks 3, Oilers 5
  That scoreline reads “Canucks” but the group of visitors that took the ice at Rogers Place might more accurately be described as the Utica Comets. Vancouver is still playing with split squads, moreover it’s a highly uneven split as the core of their NHL club is currently in China (a.k.a. “almost far enough”). The rag-tag crew that remains has been given special dispensation by the league to not ice the mandated number of veterans for preseason ga
  
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• Tax troubles - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:10
  Tax troubles
  St. Albert Gazette
  Proposed federal tax changes have been cause for concern for small business owners across the country, including here in St. Albert and Sturgeon County. The controversial overhaul is supposedly about tax 'fairness' and 'closing loopholes.' With the ...
  
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• Putting breast cancer in the dust - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:10
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  Putting breast cancer in the dust
  St. Albert Gazette
  A group of new runners has been taking to the trails over the summer to build up their stamina for the distance. It's all in preparation for the upcoming Run for the Cure on Oct. 1. The group, organized by the Running Room, offers the participants the ...
  
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• Cultural Kitchen connects the world over a meal - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:10
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  Cultural Kitchen connects the world over a meal
  St. Albert Gazette
  It's one thing to try and learn how to cook Indian food using a cookbook at home. Believe me. Maybe you do have all the right spices and other ingredients but we all know that there's nothing like watching someone from India prepare it right in front ...
  
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• Behind the buzz on capital spending - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:10
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  Behind the buzz on capital spending
  St. Albert Gazette
  When voters in St. Albert cast their ballots on Oct. 16, they will face three questions gauging their support for further planning of a branch library, ice sheet and aquatics expansion. The three projects appear in the 2017-2026 Municipal Growth ...and more »
  
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• Dig into the start of the volleyball season - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:01
  Dig into the start of the volleyball season
  St. Albert Gazette
  The annual St. Albert Physical Education Council junior high volleyball tournament swings into action at 2 p.m. Friday for 16 boys' and 16 girls' teams. The draw consists of 102 best-of-three matches at Sir George Simpson, Ecole Secondaire Sainte ...
  
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• Cecelia, Champagne, Gerein, Hoople, Schell, Shaw, Pequin, want your vote - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 08:01
  Cecelia, Champagne, Gerein, Hoople, Schell, Shaw, Pequin, want your vote
  St. Albert Gazette
  Seven more candidates made their case this week to get your vote for school trustee. Meanwhile, a Sturgeon County man has waltzed onto the Sturgeon School Division board unopposed. Brigitte Cecelia, Jodi-Lynn Champagne, Austin Gerein, Marcus ...
  
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• Midget AAA Raiders finalize roster of skill and speed - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 07:42
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  Midget AAA Raiders finalize roster of skill and speed
  St. Albert Gazette
  The transformation of the St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders from sandpaper to snipers is underway. The 20-man roster was finalized after Wednesday's exhibition match and the goal scorers outnumber the grinders on the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League ...and more »
  
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• Junior B Merchants have pieces in place for winning season - St. Albert Gazette

  23-09-2017 07:29
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  Junior B Merchants have pieces in place for winning season
  St. Albert Gazette
  “We're only one or two pieces away from being a very, very strong team this year,” said coach Jake Behiels. “We're missing a couple of main pieces but we'll start to see that trickle-down effect from junior A so that should help us.” The Merchants ...
  
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• Adam Braidwood wins first bout in Edmonton since Tim Hague tragedy

  23-09-2017 06:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nothing was going to stop Adam Braidwood from a victory on Friday night.
  He wanted to dedicate his fight to Tim Hague and he came through with a big fourth-round TKO victory over Mexico’s Christian Larrondo in the co-main event of KO 80 at the Shaw Conference Centre.
  “He’s very tough and I got away from my game plan and it’s something I have to do better. It turned into a street fight. He hit me just as many times as him, I just hit a little harder,” said Braidwood
  
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• Yamamoto scores twice as Oilers defeat no-name Canucks

  23-09-2017 05:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  It wasn’t a Who’s Who of hockey talent Friday night at Rogers Place, but rather a Who’s That? as an Edmonton Oilers skeleton crew posted a 5-3 pre-season win over the Utica Comets.
  The Comets were cleverly disguised as the Vancouver Canucks, but with all of Vancouver’s top players over in China for games with the Los Angeles Kings, it was a lineup made up almost entirely of no-name players who’ll be starting the season in the AHL.
  Edmonton didn’t exactly go wi
  
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• Alberta conservatives must unite, not divide, say United Conservative Party leadership candidates

  23-09-2017 05:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The photo is a little blurry. 
  Brian Jean stands between transgender activist Marni Panas and a drag queen with a towering beehive hairdo name Kelsey Breeze at a fundraising event for Camp fYrefly, a retreat for LGBTQ and allied youth.
  All three smile at the camera.
  The photo was attached to a conservative blog opinion piece asserting that Jean, who is running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party, was avoiding the truth on social issues “by playing the victim,&rdqu
  
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• Pharmacy college can ban loyalty rewards for prescriptions: Alberta Court of Appeal

  23-09-2017 03:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta pharmacies are no longer permitted to offer Air Miles or other loyalty rewards to patients obtaining prescription drugs, following a ruling Friday from the Alberta Court of Appeal.
  The Alberta College of Pharmacists has the authority over its profession to impose a ban on “inducements” — a move the college introduced in 2014 but had been legally stymied from implementing, the appeal court said.
  “It’s an important decision,” college registrar Greg Eberh
  
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• Joyful romp takes the stage at Citadel with season opening Shakespeare

  23-09-2017 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tight ensemble of muses gathers around William Shakespeare in the opening scene of the latest Citadel production, Shakespeare in Love. The playwright is at his desk, trying to shake a particularly virulent case of writer’s block. The entire cast of the production, 20 souls, huddle at his shoulder, sighing and gasping in concert as the writer struggles to finish a sentence.
  “Shall I compare thee to a something, something. Dammit.”
  As an opening scene, it is both comic, and sym
  
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• Nathan Rowe making a good impression in first season with Golden Bears

  23-09-2017 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nathan Rowe is only getting started.
  The rookie receiver for the University of Alberta Golden Bears made a great first impression in his debut and isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.
  He broke a Canada West record for longest touchdown catch after a 109-yard reception, which was part of a seven-catch, 208-yard performance in the season opener against the Calgary Dinos.
  Since then, he’s been Alberta’s top receiver through the first three weeks of the Canada West season.
  In a
  
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• Races to watch: Long-time Edmonton area mayors not seeking re-election

  23-09-2017 02:12 via globalnews.ca
  Leadership at some of Edmonton's surrounding communities will look different at the end of October as a handful of long-time mayors are retiring.
  
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• Gallery: Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo Day 1

  23-09-2017 02:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kat Hockin attended the Edmonton Comic & Entertainment Expo dressed as “Sinbad” on Friday September 22, 2017. The three-day pop-culture convention is held at the Edmonton Expo Centre this weekend. Attendees can shop hundreds of vendors, exhibitors and artists, check out panels and workshops, meet their favourite stars and creators, and celebrate what makes them geeky with thousands of other fans in cosplay. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  Molly McPherson (3-years-old) attended th
  
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• Paula Simons: No time for cold feet on the west-end LRT

  23-09-2017 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  No. No. No.
  Please tell me we’re not about to relitigate the west LRT line.
  Edmonton, why do we chew our public policy cud this way, regurgitating old political arguments that should long have been settled? Sober second thought is one thing. Picking scabs is something quite different.
  With just months to go before the West Valley LRT line is put out to tender, a bunch of Ward 5 city council candidates have declared their opposition to its construction.
  As my colleague David Staples reporte
  
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• FC Edmonton know they're in for a challenge in San Francisco

  23-09-2017 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller is under no illusions.
  As well as his team played in a 2-0 victory against the Indy Eleven at home this past weekend, there is still a mountain of work ahead to qualify for the North American Soccer League playoffs.
  And going into San Francisco to play the host Deltas on Saturday, FC Edmonton are still in desperate need of points.
  “We will have to be as good, if not better, down in San Francisco,” Miller said prior to departing for Northern Califor
  
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• Thieves torch truck used in Wabasca golf course ATM ram raid

  23-09-2017 01:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A truck Mounties believe was used in an ATM theft from a golf course in Wabasca in the early hours of Tuesday was later found burnt out close to the scene of the break and enter.
  RCMP responded to a call in the tiny hamlet at around 2:20 a.m. to find the front entrance of the clubhouse damaged and an ATM stolen, police said Friday.
  Photos taken from a security camera show a blue 1998 Chevrolet C1500 and two suspects were involved in the break and enter.
  Anyone who may have seen the vehicle
  
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• The dirty truth of 'clean coal' in Alberta politics – it's a myth

  23-09-2017 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Want to know who won the first United Conservative Party leadership debate this week?
  So would I.
  But choosing a “winner” in a relatively lacklustre event is always difficult.
  No doubt with that in mind, the Jason Kenney team issued a news release literally the moment the debate ended Wednesday night to helpfully declare, “Jason Kenney wins first UCP debate. Strongest on the economy.”
  Good, glad that’s settled.
  But wait. A half-hour later, no doubt because they want
  
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• Edmonton Oil Kings begin WHL season with home-and-home series against Red Deer Rebels

  23-09-2017 01:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oil Kings are anxious to start the Western Hockey League regular season and see what they are working with this year.
  The Oil Kings begin the season with a home-and-home series against the Red Deer Rebels, starting on the road Saturday (7 p.m.) and returning home Sunday (4 p.m.) at Rogers Place.
  “I think this weekend is very important,” said Oil Kings forward Colton Kehler. “You always want to come out to a good start. There is a lot of excitement in the first week
  
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• https://twitter.com/EatMyWordsBlog?lang=en

  23-09-2017 00:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A tight ensemble of muses gathers around William Shakespeare in the opening scene of the latest Citadel production, Shakespeare in Love. The playwright is at his desk, trying to shake a particularly virulent case of writer’s block. The entire cast of the production, 20 souls, huddle at his shoulder, sighing and gasping in concert as the writer struggles to finish a sentence.
  “Shall I compare thee to a something, something. Dammit.”
  As an opening scene, it is both comic, and sym
  
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• Lowest of the Low still has a lot to say

  23-09-2017 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ron Hawkins has a certain ambivalence about the social media aspect of his job.
  Periodically inform fans about the latest doings of his band The Lowest of the Low on Twitter and Facebook? Sure. Inundate them with constant updates even when nothing is actually going on? Hell, no. 
  “It’s a heinous but necessary thing these  days,” Hawkins sighs over the phone from his home in Toronto. “Apparently you’re supposed to post three times a day to stay relevant, bu
  
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• Press Gallery #198: The Leaving The Nest edition

  23-09-2017 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Press Gallery podcast team takes its weekly look back at Alberta politics, which this week seemed to include an awful lot of nest-leaving.
  First off, United Conservative MLA Rick Fraser left the nest of the new party to sit as an independent. Join host Emma Graney as she chats about that development with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson, as well as the political implications of 123 birds that left their nests and ended up dead in a tailings pond in northern Alberta.
  
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• Edmonton woman banned from owning pets for five years

  23-09-2017 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman was slapped with a $1,437 fine Thursday and banned from owning pets for five years as a result of an animal cruelty conviction. 
  Margaret Dechambre, 73, pleaded guilty to a charge of cause animal to be in distress on July 13, 2017. A fail to provide proper care charge was withdrawn, court documents show. 
  Dechambre’s common-law partner, John Nadeau, was handed a $1,200 fine and 10-year pet ownership prohibition in March 2017 in relation to the same mat
  
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• Man charged after $524,000 in store lotto payouts deemed fake

  23-09-2017 00:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 31-year-old man has been charged after police determined $524,000 in lottery payouts at a city convenience store were fake.
  The lottery fraud spanned a whole year between September 2012 and September 2013, police said in a Friday news release.
  The employer reported the fraud to city police in October 2013 and charges were laid against a former store manager this week.
  Investigators said the store’s accounting system for lottery payouts had been “manipulated.”
  “The accus
  
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