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• Gutsy Gable bringing glory to Eskimos' ground game

  18-10-2017 23:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  To say C.J. Gable has hit the ground running down the playoff stretch would be an understatement.
  But the impact the veteran of five Canadian Football League seasons has had since the Edmonton Eskimos traded for him can’t be overstated.
  In two games, he’s recorded back-to-back performances of 100 yards rushing. Make that three in a row if you include his final outing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats before being dealt away for a pair of negotiation-list players.
  His arrival in Edmonton c
  
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• Health Canada approves four Edmonton safe drug consumption sites

  18-10-2017 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Health Canada has approved the four locations proposed for supervised drug consumption sites in Edmonton, Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne said at a news conference Wednesday at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
  The sites will be located at the Boyle McCauley Health Centre, Boyle Community Services and the George Spady Centre, as well at the Royal Alex, the first hospital in Canada to have such a site.
  Alberta Health announces it has received Health Canada approval for safe drug consumpti
  
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• #RIPGordDownie: Edmonton remembers a Canadian icon

  18-10-2017 20:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  As news of Gord Downie’s death broke Wednesday morning, Edmontonians took to social media to remember The Tragically Hip frontman.
  Downie died at the age of 53 after a year-long battle with brain cancer.Love. Selfless. Ultimate Canadian. Courage. Inspiration. Loved. Musician. Poet. Respected. #yeg #GordDownie #love #TragicallyHip
  — northernskies (@oneloudervoice) October 18, 2017I've shot a fair share of bands and Gord Downie was the greatest frontman I've seen, bar none. RIP you gen
  
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• Edmonton's traffic fatality number rises again as May death added to list

  18-10-2017 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  An 88-year-old man who died in hospital in May after an April collision in southwest Edmonton has been added to the list of city traffic fatalities. 
  A black 2010 Nissan Sentra was heading east on 77 Avenue approaching 105 Street when it went through a stop sign and crashed into a black 2009 Honda CRV travelling north on 105 Street, causing the CRV to spin around, mount a curb and slam into a street sign, a fence and four other vehicles, said police in a Wednesday news release. 
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• Edmonton Opera stages first openly LGBTQ production with Lilies

  18-10-2017 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Opera enters uncharted territory in the Jubilee on Saturday as it opens its season with a new opera that has already been acclaimed by audiences and critics since its premiere in Montreal in 2016.
  Lilies is an operatic adaptation by Australian composer Kevin March of the celebrated Canadian play Les Feluettes by Michel Marc Bouchard. In 2002, March saw the 1993 movie of the play directed by John Greyson, and had “the overwhelming sense I was watching an opera.” He discussed
  
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• Wildlife: Remembering Gord Downie's mystery with some of his poetry

  18-10-2017 18:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Like many of you I eased up shaking and crying today as the buzzing notifications our country’s trickster poet had succumbed to his physical curse. As tributes and personal “I-was-there”s to Gord Downie fill the electronic river (and thank God we were there — together — right?) I’ll just leave you with some words from his poem, Mystery — one of the luminous highlights of his book Coke Machine Glow.
  They feel like they fit, just like he made us all feel f
  
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• Opinion: Methane management key to energy future

  18-10-2017 18:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta can shape the future of the energy industry, but will it?
  As the world increasingly recognizes the climate impacts of natural gas production, Alberta as the first Canadian jurisdiction to commit to regulate better natural gas management stands at a crossroads to lead and benefit from dramatic innovation in the oil and gas industry.
  Methane, the primary ingredient of natural gas, is a powerful greenhouse gas and the oil and gas industry is among the largest emitters. In Canada alone, comp
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers are bleeding from everywhere right now

  18-10-2017 14:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well, that turned south in a hurry.
  An Edmonton Oilers team that was listed among the favourites to win a Stanley Cup when the season began is now floundering all over the ice, desperate to win just one game.
  Yes, it’s early. We are all being reminded of that on an almost hourly basis.
  But with the 29th place Oilers looking worse by the game, and with Chicago and Pittsburgh ahead on the upcoming three-game road trip, fixing things while the deficit is still manageable has become an urgent
  
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• Where is this council going? Some predict more 7-6 votes in the cards

  18-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton city council will have four new faces, but it might not make a big difference when it comes to votes.
  Re-elected Mayor Don Iveson will be down a supporter in Dave Loken, who lost his north-side Ward 3 seat in a surprising upset. But Iveson may have gained a supporter in Aaron Paquette, who replaces retiring Ward 4 councillor Ed Gibbons in the northeast.
  Insiders are predicting the new council will continue to tally 7-6 votes on contentious issues, just like the previous one.
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• Opinion: Red tape chasing investors away from oilpatch

  18-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last week TransCanada Corporation, a major North American energy company, pulled the plug on Energy East — its 1.1-million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline between Alberta and New Brunswick — after the company said it would conduct a “careful review” of the cost impacts of the National Energy Board’s changing regulations.
  It was the latest hit in a chain of bad news for Canada’s energy industry, and further evidence that Canada’s growing regulatory barriers m
  
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• Cult of Hockey game grades: Have Oilers goalies made a big save yet this year?

  18-10-2017 08:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey podcast with one angry Oilers fans & the other seriously ticked offIt was Ground Hog day for the Edmonton Oilers. For the fourth straight game, the opposition team scored on its first or second scoring chance of the game.
  And, yet again, the man in this Oilers net, this time Laurent Brossoit, went through the game while arguably not making a single big save. 
  It’s near impossible to win in the Dead Puck Era NHL when you spot the opposing team two or three goals earl
  
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• Updates on St. Albert High Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues in division two Miles conference football and high school ... - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:12 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Updates on St. Albert High Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues in division two Miles conference football and high school ...
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  Today's doubleheader at Larry Olexiuk Field marks the last division two Miles conference pool A games for the St. Albert High Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues before Monday's playoffs. The Skyhawks (3-2) line up against the Eastglen Blue Devils (0-5) at 5 ...
  
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• Trick or treat: Living up to the Halloween spirit - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:12 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Trick or treat: Living up to the Halloween spirit
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  Get ready for Halloween 2017's parade of role players: demonic creatures, pasty-skinned vampires, muscled superheroes, dainty princesses, fantasy witches and wild-eyed chainsaw murderers. It's less than two weeks to Oct. 31 when a portal opens between ...
  
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• A Darling tribute - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:12 via stalbertgazette.com
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  A Darling tribute
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  Everything that Lyle and Marie McCann loved is now embodied in the city's newest public statue. A ceremony was held on Sunday at Grandin Pond Eco Park to unveil Darling, a 1,200-kg granite and bronze sculpture of two loons displaying their outspread ...
  
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• The year was 1997 and the St. Albert Storm dominated the high school football scene. Twenty years later, the ... - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  The year was 1997 and the St. Albert Storm dominated the high school football scene. Twenty years later, the ...
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  Twenty years ago, the St. Albert Storm defined greatness during a compelling season of gridiron glory. One of most prolific high school football teams in St. Albert history was a dominating force while going 9-1 as the Carr conference champions in the ...
  
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• Portfolio: weekly art listings - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Portfolio: weekly art listings
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  Peter Ivens brings Inside Painting to the gallery starting tomorrow. A special walkthrough tour will be held tomorrow starting at 12:05 p.m. Until Sat., Oct. 28. Ivens will also conduct a three-day Acrylic Colour Masterclass Workshop at the St. Albert ...
  
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• New Stewardswhip Award honours organizations - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  New Stewardswhip Award honours organizations
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  Six local non-profit groups were nominated for a new category in the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce Awards of Distinction, in honour of Small Business Week. “These organizations do a lot of work in the community. They go above and beyond and not ...
  
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• Future under threat - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  When it comes to Premier Rachel Notley's much-ballyhooed social license it certainly doesn't appear as though Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre wanted a deep ...and more »
  
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• Future under threat - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Future under threat
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  When it comes to Premier Rachel Notley's much-ballyhooed social license it certainly doesn't appear as though Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre wanted a deep dish of it to augment his poutine. Nope, good old Denis was all guffaws and giggles when it was ...
  
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• Federal funding sets gallery reno wheels rolling - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Federal funding sets gallery reno wheels rolling
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  The Art Gallery of St. Albert finally has everything lined up to support a long-awaited and much-needed upgrade to become barrier free. Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi was at the historic Banque d'Hochelaga building on Friday ...
  
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• Election highs and lows: Good turnout, tardy results in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Election highs and lows: Good turnout, tardy results in St. Albert
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  A higher-than-usual voter turnout in St. Albert saw 42.9 per cent of voters turn out to polling stations to cast their ballots before polls closed Monday night. In all, 21,631 residents voted out of 50,423 eligible voters. The turnout tops all ...
  
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• Documentary explores connections between music and the mind - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Documentary explores connections between music and the mind
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  Music is everywhere – televisions, cars, elevators and malls. We sing in the shower or hum and whistle while doing chores. A need to express ourselves or to be cocooned by music's soothing rhythms gives us hope and tempers the day. It is intrinsic to ...
  
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• Businesses compete for community leadership award - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Businesses compete for community leadership award
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  For some local businesses owners, giving back to the community is more than just a cliché and each of the local companies nominated for the Community Leadership Award found a different way to support St. Albert. The nominations are part of the St ...
  
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• Building consensus - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
  Building consensus
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  The election is over, and we have a new council, particularly a new Mayor. The new council has many issues it needs to figure out, many of which were discussed during the campaign. Perhaps the biggest challenge they have to face, though, is deciding ...
  
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• Jones: Oilers fail to show up again in loss to 'Canes

  18-10-2017 07:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  So far, the Edmonton Oilers haven’t shown up for this season, other than the opening game, much beyond the extent that Henry Mack did for the Edmonton election for mayor.
  For the last week or so, it seems like all the Edmonton Oilers have done is practice. Then they took the ice Tuesday evening against the Carolina Hurricanes and looked like they were meeting up for the first time.
  The Oilers were running into each other, making passes to locations where no orange jerseys were in the neigh
  
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• Carolina Hurricanes storm to early lead over host Edmonton Oilers, coast to win

  18-10-2017 05:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Is it too early to panic?
  Last October at this time, the Edmonton Oilers were 4-1. Now they’re 1-4, they’ve been outscored 19-8 since their season-opening 3-0 win over the Calgary Flames in the season-opener, given up seven power plays in 20 attempts in that time.
  The Oilers are now hiking off on a three-game journey east to Chicago, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, where those teams are a combined 12-5 this season.
  On Tuesday against Carolina, they fell 5-3, giving up goals early and of
  
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• Alberta winds knock down trees, fell power poles, derail train cars

  18-10-2017 05:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Trees were felled and a number of Epcor customers were without power after an “intense” low-pressure system struck Edmonton and other parts of the province Tuesday evening.
  The storm brought wind gusts over 100 km/h in much of the province, knocked out the water supply in an eastern Alberta village and derailed trains near Red Deer and Wainwright.  
  Environment Canada issued wind warnings Tuesday for Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and the rest of central and south
  
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• David Staples: How to win a city council race with $1,200 in donations

  18-10-2017 05:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jon Dziadyk is in special company.
  Fifty-four times incumbents have run again in Edmonton city council races in the last two decades. Only three times has a challenger come out on top. It’s fair  to characterize every such race as David versus Goliath. 
  The only candidates who have slain the giant of incumbency were Stephen Mandel in 2004, Don Iveson in 2007 and now Dziadyk. On Monday, he beat out Dave Loken in a north Edmonton council race, 4,354 votes to 3,890.
  So who is Dziady
  
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• Former PC MLA Sandra Jansen sworn in to NDP cabinet as minister of infrastructure

  18-10-2017 05:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Exactly 11 months after crossing the legislative floor to the NDP from the Progressive Conservatives, Calgary-North West MLA Sandra Jansen was sworn in as Alberta’s new infrastructure minister Tuesday. 
  Jansen takes infrastructure from the hands of longtime NDP MLA Brian Mason, who will retain his transportation portfolio and the role of government house leader. 
  Jansen’s new job represents a minuscule shakeup of Premier Rachel Notley’s cabinet as government prepares
  
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• Oilers players share blame for goalies' rough start

  18-10-2017 04:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cam Talbot took much of the heat as the Edmonton Oilers stumbled out of the gate this season, giving up 14 goals in a three-game losing streak, but there is plenty of guilt to go around.
  Seeing their goalies being lit up this season has the rest of the players in the dressing room wishing they were part of the solution instead of the problem.
  But they are a big part of the problem which was clearly evident in the first period against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Oilers were slow, disjointed and
  
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• 11 Eskimos eligible for CFL's top rookie award in 2017

  18-10-2017 03:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  If it’s true that it takes one to know one, then the last Edmonton Eskimos player to be named the Canadian Football League’s most outstanding rookie thinks they just might have the next one on their hands.
  Derel Walker enjoyed a breakout season after arriving to the CFL in 2015, spending the first six games on the Eskimos practice roster before a minor injury to Adarius Bowman propelled the six-foot-two, 188-pound Texas A&M product into a starting role. He went on to earn 89 catc
  
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• Notley hoping PC minister turned NDP minister will win over Calgary

  18-10-2017 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sandra Jansen has made a political career of defending the underdog.
  So, it is only fitting she has been named a cabinet minister in the Notley government to defend that most defenceless of all underdogs — NDP MLAs in Calgary.
  That’s not her new title, of course.
  Her new designation is infrastructure minister. And her official job will be to shepherd the government’s massive multibillion-dollar program to build, among other things, new hospitals and schools all over the place.
  
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• Lieutenant Governor presents Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

  18-10-2017 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  While Lezley Zwaal was honoured to receive a Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers from Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell at a ceremony Tuesday, she was brought to tears thinking of the impact her work has had on veterans.
  “We know it helps; we know it makes a difference for those who have served,” Zwaal said at Goverment House.
  Zwaal said she gave her first quilts to three Canadian soldiers injured in Afghanistan in 2006.
  Since then, Quilts of Valour has expanded across Canada, with dedicated
  
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• Eskimos receiver's injury absence coincides with daughter's birth

  18-10-2017 02:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  If Vidal Hazelton had to sit out for seven games, it might as well have been these last seven.
  In fact, the Edmonton Eskimos wide receiver couldn’t have planned it any better, making the best of a bad situation with some time off because of a hamstring injury.
  “It’s been rough,” said Hazelton, who is scheduled to become available this week after coming off the six-game injured list but was initially placed on the one-game. “I came back out here and retweaked my hams
  
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• Ward 5: Sarah Hamilton becomes the new face of west Edmonton

  18-10-2017 01:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rookie candidate Sarah Hamilton is headed to city hall to fill the void left by vacating one-term Ward 5 councillor Michael Oshry.
  With all 19 polls reporting in the hotly contested ward in the city’s southwest, Hamilton, with 6,156 votes (35 per cent), was leading David Xiao, with 3,626 votes (about 21 per cent).
  Dawn Newton with 2,195 votes (12 per cent) was in third and Miranda Jimmy with 2,065 votes (nearly 12 per cent) was close in fourth.
  Hamilton, who was endorsed by former may
  
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• Wind warning issued for Edmonton area, central and southern Alberta

  18-10-2017 01:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  An “intense” low pressure system will hit Edmonton this afternoon and evening, causing winds up to 130 km/h that could damage property, Environment Canada said. 
  The agency issued wind warnings for Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and the rest of central and southern Alberta Tuesday afternoon.
  The low pressure system developed over central Alberta Tuesday and was expected to track quickly into Saskatchewan tonight. Environment Canada was expecting “very strong” so
  
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• Wind warning issued for Edmonton area

  18-10-2017 01:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  An “intense” low pressure system will hit Edmonton this afternoon and evening, causing winds up to 130 km/h that could damage property, Environment Canada said. 
  The agency issued wind warnings for Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and the rest of central and southern Alberta Tuesday afternoon.
  The low pressure system developed over central Alberta Tuesday and was expected to track quickly into Saskatchewan tonight. Environment Canada was expecting “very strong” so
  
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• Reports of child deaths, injuries on rise as watchdog secures more funding

  18-10-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s child and youth advocate is seeing more reports of deaths or serious injuries to children who have been involved with the government care system. 
  The number of reports more than tripled in 2016-17 compared to 2012-13, when the province’s child and youth advocate began tracking the status of children in care. 
  “Each report is of a child’s tragedy (or) tragic circumstances,” child and youth advocate Del Graff told the Journal on Tuesday. 
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• New mayors hope lunch and conversation help improve relationships

  18-10-2017 01:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert mayor-elect Cathy Heron hopes lunch with her council colleagues Wednesday will be the first step in setting the formerly fractious group in a friendlier direction.
  Heron, who easily won the race to succeed retiring mayor Nolan Crouse, admits the previous council of which she was a member was divided, but with only two incumbents returning she thinks this problem can be resolved.
  “Even though council legally under the Municipal Government Act is a continuing body, essentially it&
  
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• Spoooooooooooky science - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 01:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Spoooooooooooky science
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  Hundreds of adults will be at Edmonton's space science centre this week to learn why it's okay to be afraid of that giant man-eating spider on your back. Some 800 people will likely be at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton on Thursday for an adults ...
  
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• Pool pulls plebiscite support - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 01:02 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Pool pulls plebiscite support
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  Residents in St. Albert have rejected further planning of a branch library and sixth ice sheet, while simultaneously issuing their approval for additional aquatic space. Unofficial results from the city showed an overwhelming amount of people who cast ...
  
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• Heron topples competitors for city's top job - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 01:02 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Mayoral candidate Cathy Heron secured a win over competitors Cam MacKay and Malcolm Parker Monday night, becoming the second female mayor in St.and more »
  
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• Heron topples competitors for city's top job - St. Albert Gazette

  18-10-2017 01:02 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Heron topples competitors for city's top job
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  Mayoral candidate Cathy Heron secured a win over competitors Cam MacKay and Malcolm Parker Monday night, becoming the second female mayor in St. Albert city history. Unofficial results released by the city late Monday night put Heron in the lead by ...and more »
  
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• Police looking for suspect related to armed robbery

  18-10-2017 00:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police are asking the public for help in finding a person who is wanted in relation to a recent armed robbery and home invasion.
  Jason Roberts, 37, is a suspect in the incidents  Oct. 14 in the city’s west end, a news release from police said Tuesday.
  Police describe him as a five-foot-eight, 130-pound Caucasian male with short brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a light brown jacket and riding a mountain bike, and may be in the city’s west end
  
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• New Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta chief justice appointed by PM

  18-10-2017 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new chief justice has been appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday morning that Justice Mary Moreau will take over the post from outgoing chief justice Neil Wittmann.
  “Chief Justice Moreau brings more than 20 years’ experience within this very organization to her new role,” Trudeau said in a written statement. “I wish her every success as she takes the next step in her remarkable legal career.”
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• Municipal election sees mediocre voter turnout while more residents opt for advance polls

  18-10-2017 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s lacklustre voter turnout was down from 2013, with the race for city council failing to inspire the majority of eligible voters to cast a ballot. 
  But given the lack of opposition to Mayor Don Iveson, who successfully sought re-election Monday, the 31.5 per cent turnout was “not unimpressive,” said University of Alberta political science professor Judy Garber. 
  She said voters may have been more interested in the non-mayoral races — “there w
  
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