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• LIVE: Edmonton police officer 'fortunate to even be alive'

  01-10-2017 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are asking for information and politicians are urging calm after Edmonton’s core was thrown into chaos Saturday night in a series of attacks that Chief Rod Knecht said are being investigated as “acts of terrorism.”
  The Edmonton Police Service released a disturbing video Sunday of the event that started it all, showing a white Chevy Malibu ramming through a barricade and sending the officer, Const. Mike Chernyk, flying through the air before fighting off his attacker. Lat
  
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• Edmonton Oilers send Jesse Puljujarvi to AHL, smart move for player and team

  01-10-2017 20:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult podcast assessing right wingers after weak performances against VancouverYou can click on this link to subscribe on iTunes.
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  This in from the Edmonton Oilers: “The #Oilers have also assigned forward Jesse Puljujärvi to the Bakersfield Condors.”
  My take
  I’m good with this move. Better to do it now and get Puljujarvi 20 minutes of ice per game in Bakersfield on the power play, even strength and perhaps short-handed than for him
  
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• Fitness column: Time to start preparing for winter migration

  01-10-2017 20:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  With trees clinging to fall plumage, some people are already turning their sights to sunny destinations. Not a bad timeline if shedding pounds is part of the preparation.
  A 30 pound drop in fat is significant but entirely doable if your sights are set on a February departure. The prospect of looming beachwear may be the best body shaping motivation going.     
  If you’re an aspiring part-time snowbird looking to trim down for your winter migration, consider these beach f
  
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• Edmonton Oilers waive Mark Fayne, still need another depth defender

  01-10-2017 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult podcast assessing right wingers after weak performances against VancouverYou can click on this link to subscribe on iTunes.
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  The Edmonton Oilers have waived Mark Fayne, which comes as no surprise. Fayne has struggled almost since the day he arrived in Edmonton to make a positive impact with the team.
  Oilers coach Todd McLellan sent him to the minors in 2015-16 after he struggled in a Top 4 role with Andrej Sekera. 
  The same happened last year
  
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• Edmonton police officer 'fortunate to even be alive'

  01-10-2017 19:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton police officer slammed by a speeding car and then attacked with a knife Saturday night in a chain of events now being investigated as acts of terrorism is “very fortunate to even be alive,” the acting head of the Edmonton Police Association said Sunday morning. 
  The Edmonton Police Service released video of the crash, and the officer fighting off his attacker on Sunday morning, asking witnesses to come forward or let police know if they have any information about the
  
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• Trudeau, politicians respond to Edmonton 'terror' incident

  01-10-2017 19:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Politicians from across Canada are weighing in the ‘terror’ incident in Edmonton, after a police officer was stabbed and pedestrians were run down during high-speed chase in the downtown hub of the city on Saturday.
  On Sunday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement:
  “The Government of Canada and Canadians stand with the people of Edmonton after the terrorist attack on Saturday that sent an Edmonton Police Service officer to hospital and injured a number of inn
  
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• Election 2017: St. Albert candidates

  01-10-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  A look at the candidates in the city of St. Albert for the 2017 municipal election.
  
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• Alberta election 2017: St. Albert results

  01-10-2017 18:18 via globalnews.ca
  A look at the results in the city of St. Albert for the 2017 municipal election.
  
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• Hundreds sign petition to give 'Accidental Beach' Indigenous name

  01-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The creators of a petition to give Edmonton’s Accidental Beach an Indigenous name argue doing so would be a meaningful step toward reconciliation.
  Sameer Singh created the petition with the support of his friend and colleague Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse, and the pair discussed it on Acimowin, her CJSR radio show, earlier this month.
  As of Friday afternoon, the petition had 236 supporters.
  After the municipal election and after they’ve discussed the idea with more people, Singh and C
  
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• 'Acts of terrorism' in Edmonton: Officer stabbed, pedestrians run down

  01-10-2017 13:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  The stabbing of a police officer and a subsequent high-speed chase where several pedestrians were run down is being investigated as an act of terrorism, Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht said at a 3 a.m. news conference.
  Knecht, standing side by side with representatives of the RCMP, said based on evidence at the scene, and the actions of the suspect “it was determined that these incidents are being investigated as acts of terrorism under section 83.2 of the criminal code.”
  Knecht als
  
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• Body found 2 metres beneath garage in north Edmonton

  01-10-2017 10:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The death of a man whose body was discovered buried in a pit about two metres below the concrete floor of a north Edmonton garage is being treated as suspicious, police say. 
  Investigators excavated a garage on a residential property near 96 Street and 118 Avenue and discovered the body of an unidentified man on Friday. 
  “Typically we expect to find cars and lawnmowers and tools in the garage. Not the deceased remains of a human being,” Edmonton police spokesman Scott Patti
  
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• Washington company alerts Balwin school to possible shooting threat

  01-10-2017 10:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A potential school shooting in Edmonton was thwarted by a company in Washington on Friday.
  The Tactical Insitute, a for-profit, threat-monitoring company alerted Balwin school of a potential threat, which sent the K-9 school into lockdown on Friday said the organization’s founder and president Bob Dowling.
  “We put him as a code red based on his apparent mindset, or persona,” Dowling said. 
  “This is someone who is literally crying out for help. He basically is a
  
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• Canadian Army Reserves opens armoury doors as part of major recruiting drive

  01-10-2017 10:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Daniel Gu marched into an Edmonton armoury Saturday aiming to be among the few good men and women the Canadian military wants to boost the ranks of the army reserves.
  “It’s my dream to be a soldier and join the army … I think every boy has a dream to be a soldier,” the 45-year-old electrical designer said after examining a display of rifles and other equipment at the Brigadier James Curry Jefferson Building near NAIT.
  “I think I would look very cool if I wore this
  
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• Building bridges: NAIT hosts rope suspension competition

  01-10-2017 10:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been 33 years since Mason Libich’s dad traversed Whitemud Creek on ropes.
  Like his father before him, Libich – a second-year construction engineering student at NAIT –teamed up with classmates on Saturday for the school’s annual rope suspension bridge competition.
  Teams of between 10 and 15 people construct a bridge of two ropes, with the aid of sturdy tree trunks on either side of Whitemud Creek near its confluence with the North Saskatchewan River.
  The goal i
  
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• 'There were people flying' after U-Haul strikes pedestrians: witness

  01-10-2017 09:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A U-Haul box truck tipped over after a police chase down Jasper Avenue hours after an officer was injured in an attack near Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night.
  The officer was by himself at a routine game-day blockade at around 8:15 p.m. when a car rammed into a police vehicle. 
  The suspect got out of his vehicle, an altercation occurred and the suspect fled on foot.
  A manhunt was underway when a suspect was spotted driving a U-Haul and a police chase ensued west down Jasper Avenue.
  Just b
  
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• Edmonton Oilers say goodbye to September hockey with tepid performance in Van City

  01-10-2017 09:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 2, Canucks 3
  Not quite sure what to read into Edmonton Oilers’ preseason finale in Vancouver Saturday night that left a few questions hanging over the local club. The Oilers carried the play for the most part but were unable to capitalize, and made just enough soft plays at the other end of the ice to drop a 3-2 decision in regulation.
  Fans of the team concerned about the ability of the young defencemen to step up in Andrej Sekera’s absence won’t rest easy. Major mistake
  
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• Oilers lose final tune-up game to Canucks

  01-10-2017 07:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  VANCOUVER – Any feeling there might actually be some malice between Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks in their final exhibition dress rehearsal because they’ll see other next Saturday here in the second game of the regular season, was a nice thought, but that’s all.
  It was pretty much a ho-hummer in the 3-2 Canucks win as both teams tried to get through the game in one piece. There were precious few guys diving to block shots or drilling anybody from behind into the boards
  
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• Terry Jones: Eskimos fall to Bombers, lose sixth straight

  01-10-2017 07:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Who knows where this is going to go from here?
  But with the Edmonton Eskimos losing a sixth straight game Saturday evening after a 7-0 start to the season, there are several historical points of reference.
  To be ridiculously optimistic at this point, will the Eskimos, who play next week in Montreal, be like the 2006 Alouettes?
  Montreal started that season 7-0. Then the Als lost six straight. Then they rebounded to get to the Grey Cup.
  But then there were the 2001 Alouettes that started 9-2 and l
  
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• Police officer injured in attack near Commonwealth Stadium

  01-10-2017 07:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A police officer was injured and is in hospital after he was attacked near Commonwealth Stadium Saturday night.
  The officer was by himself at a routine game-day blockade at around 8:15 p.m. when a car rammed into a police vehicle. 
  The suspect got out of the vehicle, an altercation occurred and the suspect fled on foot.
  The suspect remains at large, but police have not provided a description. 
  At the scene, a white sedan with a damaged front sat between two police vehicles near a darke
  
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• Reilly recalls 2013 training camp battle with Nichols

  01-10-2017 05:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been a matter of debate over the years as to which quarterback would have led the Edmonton Eskimos into the 2013 Canadian Football League season had Matt Nichols remained healthy throughout a training camp competition with Mike Reilly.
  Would Reilly, who had just arrived via trade with the B.C. Lions ahead of free agency, still have won the reins he ended up getting handed after Nichols was lost for the year with a knee injury suffered in a pre-season game?
  “Yeah, I would have be
  
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• Oil Kings looking for big things from Trey Fix-Wolansky

  01-10-2017 05:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Trey Fix-Wolansky had to mature quickly for the Edmonton Oil Kings.
  Such is the way in the Western Hockey League.
  A year ago, Fix-Wolansky was a fresh-faced rookie, hoping to make an impact on a team two seasons removed from a Memorial Cup championship.
  Now Fix-Wolansky, 18, is considered a leader, asked to be an impact player on a team looking at heading back towards a championship.
  “Yeah, I was a first-year guy last year so it was definitely a little different for me,” Fix-Wolansky
  
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• FC Edmonton try to learn from mistakes against San Francisco

  01-10-2017 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  FC Edmonton spent a lot of time in the video room this week dissecting their road loss to the San Francisco Deltas last Saturday.
  Heading into the return engagement against the Deltas Sunday (2 p.m.) at Clarke Stadium, FC Edmonton do not want to make the same mistakes.
  “The attitude in the first half last week against San Francisco was not right,” said FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller. “The approach to the game was not right. We corrected one or two things at half time and w
  
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• Beer now available at St. Albert Farmers' Market - CTV News

  01-10-2017 02:01
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  Beer now available at St. Albert Farmers' Market
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  For the first time in St. Albert since the liquor laws were relaxed in August, locals were able to pick up craft beer when they bought organic fruits and vegetables at the St. Albert Farmers' Market. The provincial government and the Alberta Gaming and ...
  
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