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• Taking the High Level Line: Local designers pitch a new park plan for the bridge

  11-10-2017 23:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A group of young Edmonton professionals is pitching a new vision for the High Level Bridge that would stretch the park experience from Whyte Avenue right to MacEwan University.
  “The bridge is only a quarter of the length of this opportunity,” said landscape architect Kevin Dieterman, who spent a year designing a new urban park for the area with a half-dozen other individuals.
  The group wants the streetcar — a much slower form of public transit — to run through a four-kilo
  
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• Top mayoral Twitter challengers: Fahad Mughal, Bob Ligertwood, Taz Bouchier

  11-10-2017 23:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Incumbent mayor Don Iveson is clearly winning the most attention on Twitter, but officials have now identified his most talked-about challengers.
  Fahad Mughal (@fahadmoghal) had the most Twitter mentions since Aug. 1 with 694. Bob Ligertwood (@BobLigertwood) had 294, and Taz Bouchier (@MsBouchier) had 115. 
  Iveson (@doniveson) blew that out of the water with 24,000.
  “Don Iveson is very strong on Twitter,” said Twitter’s head of news, Jennifer Hollett, adding there’s
  
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• The Aliens ponders life at the margins with men who like it there

  11-10-2017 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  PREVIEW
  The Aliens, by Annie Baker
  Theatre: Theatre Network’s Roxy Performance Series
  Directed by: Taylor Chadwick
  Cast: Chris W. Cook, Evan Hall and Michael Vetsch
  Where: The Roxy on Gateway, 8529 103 St. Tickets from $15 by calling Theatre Network at 780-453-2440 or online at theatrenetwork.ca
  Films, TV shows and plays that speak to a generation are important sources of cultural insight. What we don’t know or experience, we can witness on the stage or screen through
  
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• Wildlife: Do we really need more Star Wars, Star Trek or Blade Runner?

  11-10-2017 21:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Franchise science fiction on big screen and small is in a philosophically tricky place right now, and while there’s plenty going on in town this week (which we’ll get to), I’m going to start off with some observations about brand-name entertainment in its current nostalgia/dystopia phase.
  Between a brand-new trailer for The Last Jedi, four episodes of Star Trek Discovery and the 35-years-later sequel, Blade Runner 2049, one can easily hear what Watchmen creator Alan Moore noted
  
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• Edmonton musician Luke Jansen remembered after fatal collision

  11-10-2017 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A popular Edmonton musician with the band North of Here, Luke Jansen, is being remembered by his bandmates as ambitious, intelligent, talented and “pushing our limits constantly.”
  Luke Jansen, left, with North of Here bandmates Will Holowaychuk, centre, and Ian St. Arnaud. Facebook
  “We know that you feel the same sting as we do having lost our pal,” his bandmates Ian St. Arnaud and Will Holowaychuk wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “We miss our friend. He was amb
  
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• Man killed in two vehicle crash on Highway 2 near Slave Lake

  11-10-2017 21:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead after two pickup trucks collided in snowy conditions on Highway 2 near Slave Lake Wednesday morning.
  Slake Lake RCMP said a truck heading west collided with an eastbound truck on Highway 2 around 6 a.m., with both vehicles ending up in opposite ditches on the side of the highway 35 kilometres east of the town, which is about 257 km northwest of Edmonton.
  A 53-year-old driver from one of the trucks was pronounced dead at the scene while the other male driver was taken to hospital an
  
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• Fall flavours on the menu at Canteen with Taste Alberta feast

  11-10-2017 21:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canteen will host the next iteration of Taste Alberta‘s Prairie on the Plate dining series on Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. (10522 124 St.).
  The Taste Alberta Autumn Feast is a $55, four-course menu created by chef Ryan O’Connor. It celebrates some of Taste Alberta’s industry partners (Egg Farmers of Alberta, Alberta Milk, Alberta Canola Producers, Alberta Pulse Growers Commission and Alberta Pork), along with the changing season
  
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• More sparks expected in final mayoral election forum

  11-10-2017 20:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Will mystery candidate Henry Mak appear in the flesh? Will candidate Bob Ligertwood call any other strange women ‘Sweetie’?
  Will candidate Carla Frost threaten to knock any other candidates out?
  There’s been plenty of side drama to this mayoral election. Wednesday evening is the last chance to hear some serious policy.
  The third and final forum of the campaign runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Centre, 14230 133 Avenue.
  If the setup is the same as las
  
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• Edmonton Oilers bump down Matt Benning, push Darnell Nurse to Top 4 pairing

  11-10-2017 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  This just in from hockey commentator Jason Gregor of TSN, Oilers Nation and the Edmonton Journal on the new Edmonton Oilers defence pairings and lines:
  Klefbom-LarssonNurse-RussellAuvitu-Gryba
  Benning rotating in with third pair.
  And from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers:
  Oilers lines:
  Maroon-McDavid-Strome
  Lucic-RNH-Yamamoto
  Jokinen-Letestu-Kassian
  Pakarinen-Khaira-Slepyshev Kelly
  Leon Draisaitl and Drake Caggiula are not at practice today
  And from Jack Michaels of the Oilers: “Draisaitl missed
  
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• Edmonton musician Luke Jansen remember after fatal collision

  11-10-2017 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  A popular Edmonton musician with the band North of Here, Luke Jansen, is being remembered by his bandmates as ambitious, intelligent, talented and “pushing our limits constantly.”
  Luke Jansen, left, with North of Here band mates Will Holowaychuk, centre, and Ian St. Arnaud. Facebook
  “We know that you feel the same sting as we do having lost our pal,” his bandmates Ian St. Arnaud and Will Holowaychuk wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “We miss our friend. He was am
  
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• Foreigner's lead singer to serve up classics at 40th anniversary show

  11-10-2017 20:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kelly Hansen is still impressed by the size of the machine surrounding him.
  “There are a lot of different areas to it, as well,” marvels the lead singer of Foreigner, enjoying three hours of interviews before heading off for a dentist appointment. “This summer, for example, we had nine buses and seven semis, along with 100 people working on the tour. The minutiae and logistics are staggering.”
  Wrapped in the comforting embrace of one of the best-selling bands of all time,
  
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• Police in Sherwood Park look for thief with pants full of meat

  11-10-2017 19:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Strathcona RCMP are asking for the public’s help identifying a man accused of filling his pants with stolen meat.
  According to police, between 1 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, a man entered the Costco Wholesale at 2201 Broadmoor Boulevard in Sherwood Park, headed to the meat section and put “several” packages of meat in the coveralls he was wearing.
  The man then left without paying for the meat in his pants.
  Strathcona RCMP are releasing surveillance images to the pu
  
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• Opinion: Ki Yun Jo's gas-and-dash death must be the last

  11-10-2017 18:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ki Yun Jo. Remember that name.
  He was a husband, a father and a friend to many in Thorsby where he worked as an attendant at the local Fas Gas station.
  He died over the Thanksgiving long weekend; the victim in yet another gas-and-dash robbery.
  Every death is a tragedy. But Jo’s death is particularly poignant because it didn’t have to happen.
  It didn’t have to happen because the provincial government could have – and should have – implemented common-sense workplace s
  
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• Edmonton musician Luke Jansen named as victim killed by LRT train

  11-10-2017 18:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 22-year-old man struck and killed by an LRT train on Friday near the Parkallen neighbourhood has been named by friends as Luke Jansen.
  A popular Edmonton musician with the band North of Here, Jansen is being remembered by bandmates Ian St. Arnaud and Will Holowaychuk as ambitious, intelligent, talented and “pushing our limits constantly.”
  Luke Jansen, left, with North of Here band mates Will Holowaychuk, centre, and Ian St. Arnaud. Facebook
  “And of course he was hugely l
  
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• Kailer Yamamoto has the speed the Edmonton Oilers badly need up front. Should he get one more game?

  11-10-2017 16:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Take Our PollConnor McDavid makes such an impact on the senses with his other worldly acceleration that a lack of speed isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the Edmonton Oilers. 
  Nonetheless, it’s a lack of speed that seems to be holding back on the Oilers on the attack right now. Which of the Oilers players can really wheel? Let’s break the forward crew into groups:
  Off the charts fast
  Connor McDavid
  Above average NHL speed to fast
  Ryan Nugent-
  
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• Snow expected in Edmonton Wednesday morning

  11-10-2017 15:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A low pressure system is bringing snow to central Alberta with between 10 to 15 cm of snow expected today, Environment Canada said Wednesday morning. 
  While no weather alerts are in effect for Edmonton, the city is expected to receive up to four centimetres of snow today starting at around 9 a.m. and set to continue right through the day.
  Temperatures are expected to reach a top of 2C.
  Environment Canada warned that rapidly accumulating snow will make travel difficult and surfaces such as h
  
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• Pop-rockers Imagine Dragons high on intensity at Rogers Place

  11-10-2017 14:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dan Reynolds does not believe in time.
  The Imagine Dragons frontman believes that it’s a construct, or so he informed the crowd on Tuesday night. Strange, then, that his band is so adept at constructing such a tightly paced set of anthemic pop-rock, high on intensity, clocked right down to the second. That being said, and all questions of personal musical taste and wonky metaphysics put aside, Imagine Dragons made a nearly hour-and-a-half long concert fly by very quickly indeed.  &nbs
  
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• David Staples: Culture wars heat up school trustee races

  11-10-2017 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton school board elections are burning hotter than they have in many years.
  The culture wars around various educational issues have exploded into the political realm. Debates rage on topics ranging from gay-straight alliances to the ideological slant of the professors writing our new school curriculum.
  My own focus is on bolstering Alberta’s failing math education, maintaining high academic standards and pushing for transparency in the massive curriculum overhaul.
  To that end, I sent
  
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• How libraries evolve with the communities they serve - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 14:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  How libraries evolve with the communities they serve
  St. Albert Gazette
  What does a library represent? To some, it's a centre for knowledge. For others, it's all about fantasy and escaping to a distant world. Others might say it's all about having a quiet place to work. But a library is all these things and so much more. A ...
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Add Rogers Place to LRT station name

  11-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I was riding the LRT south from NAIT when the train arrived at MacEwan Station. A father and his son, going to the Oilers game, were asking people if this is where they disembark to go to Rogers Place.
  Two older men, also going to the Oilers game, told them “no.”Another passenger said this was the correct station, admitted she had never been to a game so didn’t know where to walk, but they should follow people getting off the other train cars (it was early so there was no crowd
  
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• Mapping expert makes detailed census data available to all Edmonton election candidates

  11-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eugene Chen hopes his new Map in Seconds program will give all election campaigns the chance to target voters like a professional.
  For the first time, he’s taken Statistics Canada’s most detailed age and income information and published it through an online platform anyone can use. He’s hoping it will help candidates zero in to where their potential supporters are living. 
  “I think people would want to use it for the election,” said Chen, who is also working on
  
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• Man given 10-year sentence for possession of drugs, weapons

  11-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man has been handed a 10-year prison sentence after admitting to a number of drug and weapons offences related to a 2014 police search that turned up semi-automatic assault rifles and handguns in a southwest residence. 
  Jonathan Ricardo Henry pleaded guilty Friday in Court of Queen’s Bench to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, as well as several charges related to possession of firearms. 
  According to an agreed statement of facts, both Henry, 30, an
  
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• Eskimos survive heart-stopping start against last-place Alouettes

  11-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  How can things turn from bad to worse for the Edmonton Eskimos?
  Try coming into Montreal on a six-game losing streak and finding yourself down 12-0 four minutes into a clash with a last-place Alouettes squad that’s lost its last seven.
  In fact, the Eskimos couldn’t have been down by much more than that if they tried. Unless, of course, Montreal had been successful on both their two-point conversion attempts after scoring off a blocked punt and fumble return on Edmonton’s openin
  
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• Editorial: System keeps failing Serenity

  11-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is sadly fitting that the news conference called Friday to announce a charge in the case of Serenity did not go as it ought to have. Add it to the litany of mistakes that have been made on Serenity’s file during her life and after her death.
  Several hours after the announcement ended, RCMP issued a news release late in the evening to clarify that the death of the four-year-old girl who spent her final days in hospital on life support after suffering catastrophic head injuries was &ldquo
  
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• Oilers discovering this NHL season shaping up to be harder than last

  11-10-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It took the Oilers all of two games to realize that no matter how good everyone thinks Edmonton is going to be this season, they don’t give you anything in the NHL.
  You have to take it.
  At least, the Oilers should have realized it after two games. They didn’t, and that’s why they’re 1-2.
  Related
  Top Jets line soars, grounds Oilers' dynamic duoJones: Oilers lacking will against Winnipeg JetsJets give humbled Oilers a bumpy rideTurns out they don’t have the right of w
  
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• 'tis the season for flu shots - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  CBC.ca
  'tis the season for flu shots
  St. Albert Gazette
  Starting on Oct. 23 influenza immunizations will be available at the St. Albert Inn and Suites from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.. “Immunization is the best chance at protecting ourselves,” says Chris Sikora, medical officer at Alberta Health Services in the ...
  Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Vaccine | Seasonal Influenza (Flu) | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
  The Flu Season | Seasona
  
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• St. Albert takes the lead in nutritious food options - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 08:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  St. Albert takes the lead in nutritious food options
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  St. Albert is taking the lead when it comes to providing nutritious food options at recreation centres in comparison to other communities in Alberta. The Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention released a report card on Sept. 28 that ...and more »
  
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• Junior B Merchants back in business with winning record - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 07:54 via stalbertgazette.com
  Junior B Merchants back in business with winning record
  St. Albert Gazette
  Five wins in six games have The Blue Guys on top in the west division standings of the Capital Junior B Hockey League. “I didn't know how our team was looking coming into the year but our D is playing together, we're scoring goals and our goalies are ...
  
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• Mixed reaction to '60s Scoop settlement - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 07:32 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mixed reaction to '60s Scoop settlement
  St. Albert Gazette
  Wally Arcand said he was just three when the police took him, his brother and sister away from their mother. He spent the rest of his childhood in foster care, mostly cut off from his home community and family in Alexander First Nation, living amongst ...and more »
  
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• Sports advocates back proposed recreation facility - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 05:39 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Sports advocates back proposed recreation facility
  St. Albert Gazette
  A proposed sport and wellness facility for St. Albert has the support of several popular sports groups in the city. During a town hall meeting on Thursday, representatives from Dynamix Gymnastics Club, St. Albert Minor Hockey Association and St. Albert ...
  
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• City council candidates talk taxes - St. Albert Gazette

  11-10-2017 05:39 via stalbertgazette.com
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  City council candidates talk taxes
  St. Albert Gazette
  The Gazette asked candidates what their tax goals would be. Councillor candidates had a 75-word limit while mayoral candidates had a 150-word limit. Aside from the candidates listed here, Jacy Eberlein and Ufuoma Odebala-Fregene are also running for ...
  
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• Leftovers for Dinner competition highlights new group

  11-10-2017 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Have you heard of Leftovers YEG? I read about it in the City of Edmonton’s Food in the City newsletter. I’m going to look into this organization for a possible story, but in the meantime you might be interested in a fundraiser on Oct. 21 at NAIT.
  According to the newsletter, for the past year Global Shapers Edmonton has been working to support a charity project called Leftovers YEG, an organization that takes excess food from vendors at the end of the day and transports it via volunt
  
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• Former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr escapes wildfires in California wine country

  11-10-2017 03:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Edmonton Oilers goalie Grant Fuhr and wife, Lisa, were caught in the wildfires in the Napa-Sonoma California wine area Monday and had to scramble to safety.
  The fires, which burned more than 8,000 hectares in about 12 hours just on Monday, were closing in on the famous Vintner’s Inn in the city of Santa Rosa where Fuhr was staying as he got ready to play in a celebrity charity golf tournament at the nearby Mayacama Golf Club.
  “I was sound asleep and had no idea what was going
  
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• Mother of dead teen delivers harsh lesson on danger of drugs to Edmonton students

  11-10-2017 02:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Calum Whytock loved listening to the news.
  The 18-year-old — who died of carfentanil poisoning April 28 — always kept his mother on her toes while giving his take on the happenings of the world.
  A 2016 graduate of Mother Margaret Mary High School in Terwillegar, Whytock had high aspirations. He wanted to be a lawyer or a politician, his mother said as she shared memories of her son at the school Tuesday.
  Mioara Whytock wants to make sure there are no other parents who face
  
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• Don Iveson calls for free transit under age 12 and lower speed limits in final policy announcement

  11-10-2017 02:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Transit could be free for children aged 12 and under as early as January, incumbent mayor Don Iveson said Tuesday, using the final policy announcement of his campaign to outline family-friendly policies. 
  Since children younger than 12 usually ride with their families during off-peak hours when the system has excess capacity, this policy would be almost revenue neutral, said Iveson. But it would make it easier for families to go to the zoo or a park by transit on a weekend.
  “It costs
  
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• Fatality inquiry into Serenity's death stalled by court proceedings

  11-10-2017 02:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s justice minister says a fatality inquiry into the death of a four-year-old Indigenous girl — who was removed from life support in 2014 after arriving in hospital with catastrophic head injuries — won’t proceed while there are active court proceedings related to the case. 
  “You want to avoid a situation where there’s any potential prejudice,” Kathleen Ganley said Tuesday, explaining the fatality review board is responsible for launching an
  
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• Around 50 headstones vandalized at Mount Pleasant Cemetery

  11-10-2017 02:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating after someone toppled around 50 monuments at a historic south Edmonton cemetery.
  Suzzette Mellado, a communications advisor at the city, said Tuesday the vandalism happened overnight Monday at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 5420 106 St. The city estimates total damage at $20,000. 
  Mellado said the city has had other incidents of vandalism at its cemeteries, but never so extensive. A report was made to the Edmonton Police Service, she said.  
  “In the pa
  
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• Heartbroken son of man killed in Thorsby gas-and-dash calls for action

  11-10-2017 00:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The son of a gas station owner killed in Thorsby last Friday while trying to prevent a gas-and-dash said the tragedy could have been prevented had the government acted sooner.
  Sung Hyun Jo, son of 54-year-old Fas Gas gas station owner Ki Yun Jo, described his father as working alone at his gas station from opening until closing to provide for his wife and two children.
  “It is such a tragedy that it should have not happened to a hard-working man who was trying to do everything to survi
  
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• Drive-thru voting on the table next election as voting numbers tallied

  11-10-2017 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  There are no drive-thru options for Edmonton voters yet, but officials are urging the public to take advantage of traditional offerings with less than a week to the Oct. 16 municipal election.
  In Calgary, voters can cast a ballot from the comfort of their car for the first time this election by pulling through a lane at McMahon Stadium.
  Edmonton is not so fancy, but the city is watching Calgary’s experiment and will consider it for next election, said director of elections Iain MacLean: &l
  
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• The Marc celebrates seven years in business with Champagne and Frite

  11-10-2017 00:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  I can hardly believe it’s been seven years since Doris and Patrick Saurette opened The Marc in downtown Edmonton. To celebrate the occasion, the restaurateur duo is hosting a champagne and frite special, featuring the Grower Champagne from Liebart-Regnier.
  That producer’s Brut Champagne, along with a piping hot plate of The Marc’s frite, makes for festive fun. You can get two glasses of champagne with a plate of frite for $25, or a whole bottle of champagne with frite for $50.
  
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