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• Jeff Callaway drops out of UCP leadership race, endorses Jason Kenney

  04-10-2017 21:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party leadership candidate Jeff Callaway dropped out of the race Wednesday, putting his support behind hopeful Jason Kenney. 
  “I am confident in his leadership, and his ability to set up our party for future longevity. This is about bringing conservatives together and ensuring a strong, unified party,” said Callaway in a statement.
  The move by the former Wildrose Party president means Kenney will square off with rivals Doug Schweitzer and Brian Jean. The
  
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• Robert Redford: 'Woodward and Bernstein are going to be reincarnated'

  04-10-2017 21:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Forty-five years after Watergate, Robert Redford, who co-starred with Dustin Hoffman as one of the two Washington Post journalists who broke the story, says “history is repeating itself.” Reford was asked for his thoughts on the state of journalism during an interview about his latest movie. Fifty years since first starring with together as newlyweds in the classic comedy Barefoot In The Park, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are reunited in the new film Our Souls At Night. Th
  
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• Edmonton police lay manslaughter charge after fentanyl overdose death

  04-10-2017 21:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton has recorded its latest homicide after police charged a 33-year-old man with manslaughter in connection with a fentanyl overdose death. 
  Police responding to a call for assistance found the 39-year-old victim, a Sherwood Park man, slumped over dead in a vehicle near Gateway Blvd. and 43 Avenue around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 28. 
  The Edmonton Medical Examiner has since confirmed through an autopsy and toxicology exam that the victim died as a result of a fentanyl overdose, said polic
  
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• Twenty questions about the 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers

  04-10-2017 21:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 1: Calgary at Edmonton
  If you go by game results it was a successful preseason for the Edmonton Oilers, who swept three consecutive contests in the rookie tournament, then won six NHL exhibition affairs, the most victories of any club in the entire circuit. All of which added up to 18 no 12 make that 0 standings points, the traditional total for September hockey.
  But now the calendar has turned and the games start counting for reals. As the old saying goes, points earned in October are
  
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• Rural Alberta couple's $60M lotto win is largest in province's history

  04-10-2017 19:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  The winner of Alberta’s $60-million lotto jackpot had just scooted into a rural store west of Edmonton for some chicken feed when she discovered her family had won the province’s biggest jackpot ever.  
  Robin Walker and her husband Brett McCoy stopped in at the McLeod Trading Post in the tiny hamlet of Peers, about 177 km west of Edmonton, on Sept. 23, the day after the big draw. 
  “I ran into the store to buy chicken feed and some treats for my kids,” said
  
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• Miranda Lambert brings heavy heart to Northlands

  04-10-2017 18:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been projected on video screens throughout her Highway Vagabond tour, but the phrase Music is Medicine seemed to take on a particular poignancy for Miranda Lambert on Tuesday night.
  Still apparently reeling from the horrible events at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night, as well as the sudden death of Tom Petty (her pre-concert music was exclusively made up of Petty hits), Lambert put on a show that was by turns joyous, warm, rawly emotional, and rocking, taking sola
  
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• Jason Kenney pressed on how attack suspect entered Canada on his watch

  04-10-2017 18:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership candidate and former federal immigration minister Jason Kenney is facing questions over how the man accused of attacking a police officer and slamming into pedestrians in Edmonton was admitted to Canada. 
  On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said a man named Abdullahi Hassan Sharif was ordered deported from the United States in 2011. Sources said they believe that man and the suspect arrested after the Sept. 30
  
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• DoorDash Expands Service In Edmonton, St. Albert, And Sherwood Park Offering Door-To-Door Delivery From Top ... - Canada NewsWire (press release)

  04-10-2017 18:16 via newswire.ca
  DoorDash Expands Service In Edmonton, St. Albert, And Sherwood Park Offering Door-To-Door Delivery From Top ...
  Canada NewsWire (press release)
  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2017 /CNW/ -- DoorDash -- the technology company connecting customers with the best local businesses through door-to-door delivery -- today announced service to more than 20 neighborhoods in the cities of Edmonton, St. Albert, ...and more »
  
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• DoorDash Expands Service In Edmonton, St. Albert, And Sherwood ... - Canada NewsWire (press release)

  04-10-2017 18:16 via newswire.ca
  DoorDash Expands Service In Edmonton, St. Albert, And Sherwood ...
  Canada NewsWire (press release)
  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4, 2017 /CNW/ -- DoorDash -- the technology company connecting customers with the best local businesses through door-to-door ...and more »
  
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• Council, mayor 'deserve to be re-elected' at municipal election: poll

  04-10-2017 18:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A smidge over 50 per cent of Edmontonians believe the current council and mayor deserve to be re-elected in the 2017 municipal election on Oct. 16, a new online poll released Wednesday found.
  Conducted by research firm Leger, the poll surveyed 500 city residents aged 18 or over between Sept. 28 and Oct. 1. A margin of error is not reported because it is a non-random internet survey. 
  Asked if the current mayor and council “deserve to be re-elected,” 51 per cent of respondents sa
  
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• Airplane hits two deer while landing at Conklin Airport

  04-10-2017 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Conklin Airport was shut down Tuesday after an airplane hit two deer during landing.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP were called to the Conklin Airport at 1:37 p.m. Tuesday after a privately chartered Sunwest Dash 8 aircraft hit two deer as it was making a landing.
   The deer jumped out in front of the aircraft striking the propeller, RCMP said in a release.
  The plane was carrying 43 passengers and four crew members when it hit the deer. No one was injured.
  The Transportation Safety Board has been con
  
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• Oilers Game Day: Battle of Alberta with Flames starts NHL season

  04-10-2017 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calgary Flames at Edmonton Oilers; 8 p.m. MT at Rogers Place, TV: Sportsnet, radio: 630 CHED
  Five keys to the game
  1. Stage fright?
  There has been a lot of talk in the off-season about how the Edmonton Oilers are suddenly one of the favourites to win the Stanley Cup.
  That’s a fair amount of pressure to be dealing with on opening night against a very tough rival that would like nothing more than to see those predictions crash on the rocks. It’s only Game 1 and already there is a targe
  
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• Oilers' roster cleaned out since Peter Chiarell took over

  04-10-2017 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  To say Peter Chiarelli’s finger-prints are all over the Edmonton Oilers roster is obvious.
  When he got his first look at the Oilers’ 23-man roster in his first year as general manager in 2015,  he wasn’t in love with the opening roster, with winger Jordan Eberle out with a bad shoulder.
  Change is always good. But from then until now, this has been almost a house-cleaning.
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• Edmonton police nab escaped female prisoners

  04-10-2017 15:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two female prisoners who escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women were in custody Tuesday night after being arrested in downtown Edmonton.
  Kelsie Laine Marie Mast, 23, and Samantha Faye Toope, 20, were recognized by a member of the public, who called police. Police located the women strolling near 104 Street and 102 Avenue at 8:30 p.m.
  Both women are violent offenders with a history of weapons offences, police said. They had advised the public not to approach them.
  At around 8:40 p.m. Mon
  
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• A route more travelled? Ward 3 commuters look for better transit options

  04-10-2017 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each day of class, Mariam Hatim would cue up music on her headphones and settle in with a textbook during her one hour and 20 minute bus ride to MacEwan University’s west campus.
  The same trip, from her house in Ward 3’s Schonsee neighbourhood, would take a 25-minute drive on Anthony Henday Drive.
  “Over time, I’ve become accustomed to the routine,” said the 21-year-old recent MacEwan graduate of life on transit. “I wouldn’t say it’s my absolut
  
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• Police shoot driver after vehicle rammed, member's foot run over

  04-10-2017 14:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The driver of a suspect vehicle during a drug trafficking stop was shot by police after ramming an officer’s vehicle and running over a member’s foot while attempting to flee Tuesday night.
  Two officers exited their police vehicle near 44 Avenue and 211 Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in an attempt to arrest three suspects during a traffic stop. The driver was shot by one of the members after ramming into the police vehicle, running over one of the officer’s feet and trying to
  
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• Ward 4 candidates weigh in on plan to overhaul Edmonton snow removal

  04-10-2017 14:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the snow falls, Yellowhead Trail is about as far as you can get from a winter wonderland. 
  Just ask Manny Fuoco.
  “From what I see now … the Yellowhead looks like a dump all the time,” said Fuoco, manager of XPO Logistics, a freight company located at the corner of 62 Street and the Yellowhead, where the car accidents start to pile up after a significant snowfall. 
  “On the Anthony Henday (Drive), you can just sweep it right off to the side — ther
  
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• How the St. Albert Library brings generations together - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 14:06 via stalbertgazette.com
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  How the St. Albert Library brings generations together
  St. Albert Gazette
  Residents of St. Albert start hitting the polls on Oct. 5 for early voting for the 2017 municipal election, but voters will be deciding on more than the next mayor and councilors. They'll be securing the future of St. Albert's new branch library. The ...
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Police showed restraint in stopping rampage  

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is an upside to Saturday’s attacks in Edmonton.Considering the increasing U.S. influence on and militarization of Canadian police, I was highly surprised that the Edmonton police force did not kill the perpetrator especially in light of the fact that a police officer was violently attacked.
  I am quite sure that if this situation occurred pretty much anywhere else, the responding police would instantly use lethal force.Congratulations to the Edmonton police force for their professiona
  
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• Our fearless Oilers, NHL predictions for the 2017-18 season

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Views from the press box say the Edmonton Oilers will rise even further in the standings and among the leaders of the NHL — and one of them even believes they can win the Stanley Cup this season.
  
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• Jones: Anticipating an Oilers' decade of domination

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There isn’t Stanley Cup Fever in Edmonton. There’s Stanley Cup Era Excitement & Expectations.
  Yes, the Connor McDavid-captained Oilers are being predicted and projected to the top by The Hockey News Yearbook, the publication that spent a decade correctly envisioning bottom of the standings finishes. THN predicts Edmonton to end up in the Stanley Cup final against back-to-back champion Pittsburgh Penguins.
  And, yes, the odds-makers have them up there, too.
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• GM has cleaned out Oilers' roster since taking over 2 years ago

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  To say Peter Chiarelli’s finger-prints are all over the Edmonton Oilers roster is obvious.
  When he got his first look at the Oilers’ 23-man roster in his first year as general manager in 2015,  he wasn’t in love with the opening roster, with winger Jordan Eberle out with a bad shoulder.
  Change is always good. But from then until now, this has been almost a house-cleaning.
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• Expect Oilers' rivalries to bloom in 2017-18

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is nothing like a good, old-fashioned rivalry.
  When two good teams loaded with toughness and high-end skill are fighting (sometimes literally) for the same thing, hockey is at its very best. Anger, hostility and high stakes turn a regular game into something special, games that can bring the blood of a fan to the boiling point.
  And now that the Edmonton Oilers are relevant again, the feuds are beginning to grow and intensify.
  Here are a few to keep an eye on as the Oilers enter the Nationa
  
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• Editorial: Too small a world for smugness

  04-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s tempting for Canadians to view what happens in the United States with a degree of smugness. We have a front-row seat to perhaps the world’s most entertaining political theatre. With a former reality-show star playing the president, there is no shortage of idiosyncratic policies and personalities to amuse or astonish Canadians, whether it’s a dubious plan to build a wall on the Mexican border or the country’s peculiarly permissive gun laws.
  We are, after all, citizens
  
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• Oilers TV broadcast schedule 2017-18

  04-10-2017 12:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  All 82 Edmonton Oilers games for the 2017-18 National Hockey League season will be broadcast on television.
  Thirty seven of them will be shown nationally, including 11 on Hockey Night in Canada, and 45 will be broadcast regionally, all on Sportsnet’s cluster of channels.
  October
  • Wednesday, Oct. 4, Calgary @ Edmonton 8 p.m. MT — Sportsnet
  • Saturday, Oct. 7, Edmonton @ Vancouver 8 p.m. MT — Hockey Night in Canada
  • Monday, Oct. 9, Winnipeg @ Edmonton 7 p.m. MT &
  
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• Suddenly everyone loves the Edmonton Oilers. But it's all just noise.

  04-10-2017 08:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Just ignore the white noise, Chiarelli advises players
  Suddenly, everyone, everyone, everyone is incredibly bullish about the Edmonton Oilers.
  At USA Today, two of their six experts predict the Oilers will win the Stanley Cup.
  Over at Sportsnet, two of the network’s sixteen NHL insiders pick the  Oilers to win the Cup, while seven more of the sixteen predict the Oilers will be in the Cup finals.
  Only one of the sixteen, Eric Francis of Calgary, predicts the Oilers as the team most lik
  
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• Voter turnout could top 40 per cent: Lightbody - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Voter turnout could top 40 per cent: Lightbody
  St. Albert Gazette
  With plebiscite questions on the ballot, no mayoral incumbent and the most council candidates (25) running since St. Albert became a city, this year's municipal election has factors that set it apart from past city council elections. But what do those ...
  
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• Mayoral hopefuls go in-depth - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mayoral hopefuls go in-depth
  St. Albert Gazette
  As St. Albert enters the final weeks of its election, the Gazette sat down with each of the city's mayoral candidates to take a deeper look at their platforms and how to manage the city's financial situation.
  
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• Beer Day at the market celebrates Alberta breweries - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Beer Day at the market celebrates Alberta breweries
  St. Albert Gazette
  On Saturday people were able to get a taste of the future at the St. Albert Farmers' Market. For the first time, the market celebrated “Beer Day”, featuring brewers from the Beer Factory, Bench Creek Brewing and Bent Stick Brewing. The event comes ...and more »
  
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• Private shopping for the public good - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Private shopping for the public good
  St. Albert Gazette
  City non-profit organizations are signing up to sell tickets to an upcoming special event at St. Albert Centre. When the mall hosts its Black Friday Gives Back extravaganza, there will be crowds enjoying holiday deals, entertainment and door prizes ...
  
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• Ivens right on the canvas - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Ivens right on the canvas
  St. Albert Gazette
  Peter Ivens has really immersed himself in his work. So much so, in fact, that he actually feels like he's gotten inside his painting, hence the title of his new show opening tomorrow at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. “I feel like I'm really inside of ...
  
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• Chatter: a mixed bag from South African theatre to St. Albert jazz - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Chatter: a mixed bag from South African theatre to St. Albert jazz
  St. Albert Gazette
  Ubuntu (The Capetown Project) premiering at the Citadel Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 12 is an east-west exploration that crosses borders. Set in two time periods 30 years apart, this Canadian-South African collaboration brings together movement, music ...
  
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• Turkey Ring weekend in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 07:47 via stalbertgazette.com
  Turkey Ring weekend in St. Albert
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert Ringette Association rings in the season with the 19th annual Turkey Ring. The four-day 128-game tournament starts 7:30 a.m. Friday and the last game is 4 p.m. Monday. Games are scheduled for the Go Auto, Mark Messier, Troy Murray, ...
  
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• Incumbent Don Iveson defends agenda during second mayoral forum

  04-10-2017 05:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sparks flew at Edmonton’s second mayoral forum Tuesday as incumbent mayor Don Iveson defended his agenda against a large panel of challengers.
  The first question was about the new downtown bike lanes, with Iveson and candidate Gord Nikolic the only ones to defend them.
  The second question called for a moratorium on lot-splitting in residential neighbourhoods. That garnered wide support, with candidate Fahad Mughal suggesting a moratorium on all infill, while Nikolic suggested Edmonton shou
  
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• 'Days of darkness are over': Fans excited as Oilers begin season as Stanley Cup favourites

  04-10-2017 05:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ah, fall, the time of year when the leaves turn gold, the air turns crisp and hockey fans start dreaming of Stanley Cup parades.
  It happens every year in Oiler Country, a renewed optimism ahead of a season of glorious possibilities.
  Too often, those buoyant feelings have proven ephemeral and illusory, quickly snowed under in a storm of lopsided losses.
  This year, however, Edmonton fans can take heart. The blue and orange optimism may actually be justified. The excitement is real.
  “I am so
  
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• Suspect in weekend attack appears in court, new questions arise about

  04-10-2017 05:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man accused of attacking a police officer and mowing down four pedestrians with a U-Haul truck made his first appearance in provincial court Tuesday in Edmonton.
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, faces five counts of attempted murder for allegedly going on a rampage late Saturday and early Sunday, first driving a car into and then stabbing Edmonton police Const. Mike Chernyk, then later intentionally running down four pedestrians with a rented U-Haul truck near Jasper Avenue.
  When Sharif first appear
  
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• Wayne Gretzky to help raise funds for new neurological 'jewel in the crown' for Edmonton

  04-10-2017 03:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  A fundraising effort to construct a new neurological intensive care unit in Edmonton received a major shot in the arm Tuesday with news that Wayne Gretzky has signed on to help lead the project.
  The Oilers legend will serve as honorary chairman of the University Hospital Foundation’s brain centre campaign, and is also donating $99,000 from his own foundation.
  “Hopefully, I can give it some positive PR,” Gretzky told reporters following a swanky news conference that attract
  
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• Oilers GM OK with Draisaitl starting season on the wing

  04-10-2017 03:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Right-wing was the one Edmonton Oilers position in obvious flux when Jordan Eberle was traded to New York Islanders just before the NHL draft.
  It remains that way because, while 77-point scorer Leon Draisaitl is lining up at that spot alongside reigning league scoring champion Connor McDavid to start the 2017-18 season, how long will be on the top line?
  One game. Ten. Two periods once the regular-season starts?
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• Oilers send Slepyshev to AHL for one game

  04-10-2017 02:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Anton Slepyshev will play in the season-opener, but it’ll be with the Bakersfield Condors.
  Slepyshev, who sprained his ankle in training in Montreal before camp opened then came down with the flu last Saturday and missed a chance to suit up for the Edmonton Oilers in their final pre-season game, will get a test run with the American Hockey League farm team for a Friday game in Stockton.
  The Oilers assigned the right-winger Tuesday, but it’ll be for a short time.
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• Man who brandished rifle at busy intersection pleads guilty to weapons charges

  04-10-2017 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who admitted Tuesday to pointing a rifle at numerous people in a busy Edmonton intersection was “happy, smiling or enjoying himself” while he did it, court heard.
  Glenn Justin Ironchild, 37, pleaded guilty in provincial court to five charges related to the events March 14, which ended when he was shot by an Edmonton police officer who feared for his own life as Ironchild pointed the gun at him, according to an agreed statement of facts entered with the court.
  Police received ne
  
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• Elections Canada scrambles to fill jobs for Edmonton-area federal byelection

  04-10-2017 02:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A perfect political storm has left Elections Canada scrambling to find poll workers for the byelection in Rona Ambrose’s former seat. 
  The Sturgeon River-Parkland byelection to replace the longtime Conservative MP is set for Oct. 23.
  Advance polls begin next week, but they clash with the region’s municipal election. 
  That has left the federal elections body desperate to fill jobs in Sturgeon River-Parkland’s 200 polling divisions. 
  Elections Canada spokesman John
  
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• David Staples: Let's adopt Sherwood Park strategy, end photo radar cash grab

  04-10-2017 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  When traffic safety enforcement is done right, it’s a beautiful thing.
  Take the case of Sherwood Park and Strathcona County, where five years ago, the local council axed photo radar, ended the cash grab, beefed up actual police enforcement and targeted problem drivers and hazardous intersections.
  The new plan led to enforcement measures so effective and fair, they deserve a standing ovation from every driver in the Edmonton region, where too much traffic enforcement is pointless at best an
  
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• Police identify homicide victim buried under garage

  04-10-2017 01:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Human remains found buried in a pit about two metres below the concrete floor of a north Edmonton garage have been identified, Edmonton police said Tuesday.
  An autopsy conducted by the Edmonton medical examiner identified the remains to be those of Derek James Winnig, 42.
  The remains were discovered Sept. 29 near 118 Avenue and 96 Street.
  Winning was reported missing to the police in May 2017, according to a news release from the Edmonton Police Service.
  “Investigators are treating the dea
  
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• St. Albert's Amplify Festival ignites wild creativity - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 01:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert Gazette
  St. Albert's Amplify Festival ignites wild creativity
  St. Albert Gazette
  When you boil St. Albert Amplify Festival down to its essence, it is a vibrant two-day arts umbrella – an annual festival that celebrates the boundless creativity of young minds. Young artists are not held prisoner to rules and boundaries. Rules are ...
  
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• Blues punt Skyhawks in Battle of St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  04-10-2017 01:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Blues punt Skyhawks in Battle of St. Albert
  St. Albert Gazette
  The Paul Kane Blues embraced the pressure of winning the Battle of St. Albert without the feat of losing. “Everyone was saying we were the team to lose but we showed them wrong. We knew what was going to happen,” proclaimed Ethan Wedman, the man of ...
  
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• Kailer Yamamoto sticks with Oilers, Anton Slepyshev optioned out, Chris Kelly does the limbo as roster "finalized"

  04-10-2017 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton names 22-man roster to start
  It was a training camp/preseason that featured exactly one surprise — the persistence of Kailer Yamamoto. The first round pick from the 2017 NHL draft, freshly turned 19, has survived the rigours of his first pro camp and has earned his way on to the 22-man roster unveiled by the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. 
  While a few other candidates failed — or were physically unable — to seize the gaping opportunity that exists at right wing, Yama
  
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• Jones: Nugent-Hopkins needs to have career year for Oilers

  04-10-2017 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s the most important year of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’s career. The Nuge has to be huge.
  If the Edmonton Oilers intend to be a reach-for-the-top team, they need a first-rate second line.
  If coach Todd McLellan intends to play Leon Draisaitl with Connor McDavid for a significant percentage of games, then Nugent-Hopkins needs to have a career year.
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