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• Mounties fired shots during chase through central Alberta

  14-10-2017 21:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  ASIRT is investigating after RCMP officers fired at three suspects who allegedly led police on a chase through Sundre, Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake on Friday.
  Sundre RCMP first received numerous complaints about a vehicle driving erratically and threateningly on Friday.
  According to police, a stolen vehicle rammed into another vehicle. One of the suspects from the stolen vehicle then struck the man as he exited his vehicle.
  By mid-afternoon, RCMP spotted the stolen vehicle in Rocky Mount
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl benched with 'concussion-type symptoms'

  14-10-2017 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  OK, now it’s clearer.
  Edmonton Oilers’ forward Leon Draisaitl not only has vision problems in his eye after a high-stick in Monday’s game with Winnipeg Jets, but also has “concussion-type symptoms” over an earlier hard hit during the 5-2 loss Monday night.
  Draisaitl was smacked by Jets’ defenceman Jacob Trouba in the first period which may be the bigger concern for the Oilers first-line forward.
  “He’s had an eye injury and the eye was swollen shut
  
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• How will Edmonton school trustee candidates vote on LGBTQ rights?

  14-10-2017 20:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Voters across Edmonton will pick nine public school board trustees in Monday’s civic election. It’s a responsibility that includes overseeing a $1.2-billion budget, about 99,000 students and 212 schools.
  The Journal asked all of the public school trustee candidates three questions after nomination day. Twenty-six of the 28 candidates responded to the survey by Oct. 12.
  Candidates’ replies have been edited for length and grammar.
  Q. How will you make the case to the provinc
  
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• Social Seen: VHS and Pop Culture Oddities Fair

  14-10-2017 20:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist.
  Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  VHS and Pop Culture Oddities Fair
  Where: Brick and Whiskey
  When: Oct. 7
  Who: Clean Up Your Act Productions
  Featuring: Vendors from across
  
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• Wedding Tale: Antique-laden, DIY acreage wedding gets Star Wars twist

  14-10-2017 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Marisa McKinney and Tim McKinney met while she was a music promoter for Raised Fist Productions and he was in an electronic punk band called Luna, meet Terra.
  Neither her company nor his band lasted, but their relationship did. It started at a work event when she bet him he wouldn’t eat a bowl of jalapenos cast off from a plate of nachos at the Druid. He did, and she lost $5.
  Only a month after they started dating, they moved in together. And, four years later, with the Andronyk Jewelry (a
  
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• Kings of Leon plays it straight at Rogers Place

  14-10-2017 17:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  No frills, low-pretension arena rock — lite to the cusp of heavy — is Kings of Leon’s game, and they played it to the four bends of the downtown arena this weekend.
  The Nashville band is a family affair — three brothers and a cousin — 35-year-old lead singer Caleb Followill dressed like a mechanic into Sgt. Pepper, his brothers Nathan drumming, Jared playing bass with the fourth Followill — cousin Matthew — on lead guitar.
  The Friday&ndash
  
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• Poll shows Edmonton residents split on affordable housing, LRT

  14-10-2017 16:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whoever sits on Edmonton’s next city council will have a tough job since a new poll released Friday suggests public opinion is split on key civic issues.
  In a new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll surveying a random sampling of 800 Edmontonians on Tuesday and Wednesday — with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percentage points — respondents were split on key themes that have been hotly debated in council chambers.
  When it comes to affordable housing, most respondents —
  
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• Toronto Argonauts at Edmonton Eskimos

  14-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Data
  Toronto Argonauts (7-8) at Edmonton Eskimos (8-6), 5 p.m. MT, Commonweath Stadium. TSN, ESPN3, 630 CHED
  WEATHER REPORT: Clear, -4 C, Wind SW 15 km/h
  THE LINE: Edmonton by 7.5
  Stats Pack
  Points for: EDM 27.7 (4th), TOR 25.7 (7th)
  Points against: EDM 29.0 (7th), TOR 25.7 (4th)
  Passing yards: EDM 335 (1st), TOR 310 (3rd)
  Rushing yards: EDM 93 (6th), TOR 85 (8th)
  Net yards: EDM 406 (1st), TOR 377 (5th)
  Net yards against: EDM 347 (3rd), TOR 334 (2nd)
  Five Things to Watch
  PLAYOFF SCENARIOS:
  
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• Saturday's letters: Mayoral challengers underrated

  14-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I tuned into the mayoral forums and was very impressed with a lot of the candidates with their knowledge of issues and the new ideas they presented.
  Yet you listen and read in the media that Don Iveson is the only viable candidate. Why? What a slap in the face to some very competent candidates. Iveson and this council have made some very costly errors in their term and implemented some questionable projects.
  Why are a lot of the media defending them and trying to tell us how to vote? I, for one,
  
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• Edmonton Oilers Game Day vs Ottawa Senators

  14-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ottawa Senators at Edmonton Oilers
  8 p.m., Rogers Place. TV: Sportsnet/CBC Radio: 630 CHED.
  Five Keys To The Game
  1. The Oilers power play, which was top five in the league last year, only has one goal in nine tries this season and are going up against the best penalty-killing team in the league. The Senators had killed off all 16 power plays going into Friday’s game against the Flames. The Oilers power play will be missing first-unit forward Leon Draisaitl (eye), too.
  2. Let’s see h
  
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• Poll shows Edmonton city citizens split on key civic issues

  14-10-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whoever sits on Edmonton’s next city council will have a tough job since a new poll released Friday suggests public opinion is split on key civic issues.
  In a new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll surveying a random sampling of 800 Edmontonians on Tuesday and Wednesday — with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percentage points — respondents were split on key themes that have been hotly debated in council chambers.
  When it comes to affordable housing, most respondents —
  
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• St. Albert Farmers' Market wraps up another summer - St. Albert Gazette

  14-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert Farmers' Market wraps up another summer
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  The St. Albert Farmers' Market wrapped up another successful summer on Oct. 7 with higher attendance. Agatha Grochowski, manager of the farmers' market, says this year saw more foot traffic than last year. “It was harder to count how many people came ...
  
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• Division two Miles conference Blues and Skyhawks, junior Bulldogs and St. Albert minor football updates - St. Albert Gazette

  14-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Division two Miles conference Blues and Skyhawks, junior Bulldogs and St. Albert minor football updates
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  The St. Albert High Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues close out the division two Miles conference regular season in Wednesday's pool A doubleheader at Larry Olexiuk Field. Kickoff times are 5 p.m. between the Skyhawks (3-2) and Eastglen Blue Devils (0-5) ...
  
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• Homicide charges laid in July west-end shooting

  14-10-2017 07:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Homicide detectives charged a man on Friday in the July shooting death of James Joel Dunham.
  Dunham, 40, was found shot to death in a Canora neighbourhood residence near 101 Avenue and 153 Street around 5:20 a.m. on July 21.
  An autopsy confirmed he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
  Brendan Christopher Dion, 27, is facing charges of second-degree murder, use of a firearm while committing an offence and unauthorized possession of a firearm in connection with the death.
  A man who was named as a
  
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• Bakersfield looks like it's working for Jesse Puljujarvi and Puljujarvi for Bakersfield

  14-10-2017 07:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’ll be dropping in via the Internet on Bakersfield games now and then this year and reporting back. I did so on the Bakersfield home opener Thursday night, a 5-4 win over the San Antonio Rampage. 
  I wanted to take in an early game mainly to see how Jesse Puljujarvi looked and was being used, but also to check in on prospects like Caleb Jones, Ryan Mantha, Ethan Bear and Joseph Gambardella early in their American Hockey League careers.
  Five things I noted during the game:
  It was a sl
  
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• Pedestrian in hospital with serious injuries after being hit in west Edmonton crosswalk

  14-10-2017 06:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is in hospital with “serious injuries” after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk, police said Friday.
  The man, whose age is not known, was walking on 100 Avenue when a vehicle turning from 178 Street struck him around 7:50 p.m. on Friday, said west division Staff Sgt. Frank Metselaar.
  He said the pedestrian is under observation at the hospital with serious injuries.
  The Edmonton Police Service traffic unit has taken over the investigation.
  
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• Voting at advance civic election polls surge to exceed turnout in 2013

  14-10-2017 06:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Voting surged at Edmonton’s advance polls this week with a total of 26,198 ballots cast in the 10 days of advance polling, says Edmonton Elections.
  “Monday it started to pick up. Yesterday was our highest so far,” said Iain MacLean, director of elections, on Friday.
  Close to 12,000 voters headed to the polls in the last three days of advance voting, including 5,184 votes on Friday at ward-based stations, which pushed voter turnout to greater than 13 per cent higher than the 201
  
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• Mounties under investigation after shots fired near Sylvan Lake

  14-10-2017 05:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties were involved in a shooting near Sylvan Lake on Friday and the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team will be investigating.
  On Twitter, ASIRT – the agency that investigates injury or death involving police officers in the province – said it was investigating an RCMP officer-involved shooting earlier today and that as of 8:04 p.m. they have no further info.
  An RCMP spokesman said he could not give further details on the incident.
  Sylvan Lake is approximately 170 km south of
  
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• The Journal asks: How will Edmonton school trustee candidates push for new schools and vote on LGBTQ rights?

  14-10-2017 05:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Voters across Edmonton will pick nine public school board trustees in Monday’s civic election. It’s a responsibility that includes overseeing a $1.2-billion budget, about 99,000 students and 212 schools.
  The Journal asked all of the public school trustee candidates three questions after nomination day. Twenty-six of the 28 candidates responded to the survey by Oct. 12.
  Candidates’ replies have been edited for length and grammar.
  Q. How will you make the case to the provinc
  
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• Patience pays off for Golden Bears defensive back

  14-10-2017 04:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  They say good things happen to those who wait, which holds true for University of Alberta Golden Bears defensive back Shaydon Philip.
  The second-year Golden Bear has had a breakout year for Alberta. The team’s secondary is young and inexperienced and Philip is leading the way among the nucleus Bears head coach Chris Morris has put together the last few years.
  But Philip didn’t just step on to the field turf at Foote Field and immediately make an impact. He red-shirted his first year
  
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• Eskimos versatile rookie Edwards finding different ways to impress

  14-10-2017 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  As a rookie in the Canadian Football League, you’ve got to make the most of your opportunities.
  But sometimes that isn’t even enough, as Chris Edwards has discovered.
  The return of veteran defensive halfback Brandyn Thompson from injury has led to a shuffle in the Eskimos secondary, with Forrest Hightower being shifted over to the cornerback position Edwards occupied in relief.
  In Monday’s 42-24 win over the Montreal Aloeuttes, Edwards made the first interception of his career,
  
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• Jean-Kenney spats escalate in final two weeks of UCP race

  14-10-2017 03:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  How much does Brian Jean dislike Jason Kenney?
  Let me count the ways.
  During the past week or so, Jean, the former Wildrose leader, has been unleashing a litany of complaints or digs against Kenney, the former Progressive Conservative leader.
  The friction between the two United Conservative Party leadership candidates is getting so intense you expect them to burst into flames.
  Well, I suppose Jean has already been setting his hair on fire, so to speak.
  For one, he has accused his opponent’
  
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• Election candidates push new tactics to create a culture change

  14-10-2017 03:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Civic election candidates are bringing new solutions to the table when it comes to Edmonton residents feeling cut out of decisions made by city hall.
  Residents often complain they feel officials make decisions before asking their opinion, and any feedback residents give falls in a black box.
  “They’re disconnected. There’s this emotional anger,” said Eli Schrader, a professional mediator and Ward 8 candidate who is testing out a new technology-based solution during hi
  
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• Terry Jones: Edmonton Eskimos, Argos could be East Final preview

  14-10-2017 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Look at it this way. It’s the biggest game of the season in the East Division of the Canadian Football League.
  It’s Toronto versus Edmonton in a possible preview of the East Division final.
  Current East standings: Edmonton 6-1, Toronto 6-2, Ottawa 4-3, Hamilton 2-3 and Montreal 1-5.
  The Eskimos, to me, appear to be headed for a crossover playoff spot in the East playoffs for the third time in the last four years, and fourth in the last six.
  The Eskimos are the only team west of Winni
  
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• Wilder out, Whitaker in to lead Argonauts ground game against Edmonton Eskimos

  14-10-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The bad news is, the Edmonton Eskimos won’t get a chance on Saturday to prove they are more than just a speed bump for Toronto Argonauts running back James Wilder Jr.
  The good news, Wilder isn’t playing Saturday.
  After leaving in the fourth quarter of last week’s loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders following a collision with linebacker Henoc Muamba, Wilder is a no go after being placed on the one-game injured list.
  But given the already impressive track record of the six-foot-
  
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• Prominent Edmonton criminal lawyer suspended for one year

  14-10-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  A prominent Edmonton criminal lawyer is suspended from practising law for one year after being convicted of assault. 
  The Law Society of Alberta issued a suspension notice Tuesday and said the Court of Queen’s Bench imposed the order on Renu Prithipaul, who also goes by Ravi Prithipaul. 
  Prithipaul, a past president of the Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to three counts of assault. 
  He was sentenced Oct. 6 to one year of house arres
  
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• New rules will let new Canadians become citizens sooner, minister says

  14-10-2017 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A reduction in the time newcomers must wait before applying for citizenship and other changes will make it easier for immigrants to feel part of Canada, federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said.
  Under amendments to the Citizenship Act that took effect this week, people only need to be present in Canada for three years instead of four out of the last five years.
  As well, each day spent in Canada before becoming a permanent resident within five years of applying for citizenship counts as
  
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• Driver killed in single vehicle Sherwood Park crash

  14-10-2017 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 36-year-old man was killed Thursday when the Chevrolet Cobalt he was driving veered off the Anthony Henday Drive near Sherwood Park and collided with a light pillar, police said.
  The crash happened just before 6 p.m. just north of Wye Road.
  Police said Friday the man was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.
  Road conditions are not believed to be a factor in this case and the investigation is ongoing.
  RCMP are not releasing the name of
  
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• Most election candidates support municipal cannabis licensing: survey

  14-10-2017 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  An overwhelming number of municipal candidates from across Alberta surveyed by anti-smoking advocate group Action on Smoking and Health support municipal restrictions on the use of cannabis in public places.
  In total, 159 candidates from 20 major Alberta municipalities were asked nine questions in the survey on cannabis and tobacco between Oct. 2 and Oct. 11.
  Of those candidates, 133 respondents, or 83.65 per cent, said they support restrictions.
  An almost equal number, 121 respondents, or
  
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• Coach hopes tough love gets Edmonton Oilers out of rough patch

  14-10-2017 00:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The only thing missing from this little stretch of the season has been a message from the cockpit:
  “Hello, Oilers fans, this is your pilot speaking, we are about to head into an area of moderate turbulence, please fasten your seatbelts and refrain from jumping out the emergency exit.”
  We are barely a week into the schedule and the rough patch that everyone knew would hit the Oilers at some point this year is hitting them now.
  A team that was blessed with near perfect health at the to
  
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