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• Press Gallery #202: The Crossing Boundaries edition

  20-10-2017 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s all about crossing boundaries in this week’s Alberta politics Press Gallery podcast. 
  Join host Emma Graney with guests Sarah O’Donnell, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson as they take a look at the sexiest report to hit politics this week — the electoral boundaries commission final report, and what it means for Alberta. 
  Speaking of crossing boundaries, the former PC MLA who crossed over to the NDP was this week promoted to infrastructure minister, and the te
  
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• Northern Alberta worker trapped under skid steer dies from injuries

  20-10-2017 23:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man trapped underneath a skid steer in a workplace incident earlier this week has died from his injuries, police said Friday.
  The 21-year-old, whose name is not being released, was injured on the job Monday near Township 833 in Grimshaw, a town about 500 km northwest of Edmonton. 
  Emergency medical services along with Peace Regional RCMP responded to the case around 9 a.m. 
  Occupational Health & Safety has launched an investigation into the events surrounding the death.
  
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• Contractor killed at Suncor industrial site near Fort McMurray

  20-10-2017 21:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A contractor working on excavation activities at Suncor’s oilsands operation near Fort McMurray was killed Friday morning, says a company spokeswoman.
  The worker, an Aecon Mining contractor, was buried during trenching work at Suncor’s Millennium Mine, said Trent Bancarz, a spokesman with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety.
  Emergency crews at the site responded immediately to the workplace incident and RCMP arrived at around 9:40 a.m. The man was declared dead at the sc
  
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• Former nuclear physicist lets Mother Nature produce spectacular Rhone Valley wines

  20-10-2017 21:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  At the northern tip of the Rhone Valley is the wonderful city of Lyon, with a historical heart called Old Lyon, a wine and food lover’s mecca. This is where my daughter and I began our recent fact-finding journey in France. It’s a maze of hidden courtyards and cobbled pathways with restaurants, tourist attractions and wine shops around every corner. For traditional Lyonaisse specialties, I highly recommend dinner at La Mere Jean on Rue les Marronniers. They have a well-choreographed
  
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• RCMP warning rural Albertans forgotten explosives may be ready to blow

  20-10-2017 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  The RCMP is warning rural Albertans that their barns and sheds could be ready to explode.
  Historic rules once allowed farmers and ranchers to stockpile explosives and detonators. While the rules may have changed, the RCMP warned in a news release Friday that there are still large quantities of degrading dynamite on rural properties across Alberta.
  Within the last year, RCMP officers have recovered 115 detonators and handled 10 files where both dynamite and detonators were found.
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• "Connect Protect" gives police access to MedicAlert ID information

  20-10-2017 21:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton police are partnering with the MedicAlert Foundation Canada to share information that will help track down lost loved ones.
  MedicAlert Connect Protect will give police officers 24-hour access to a registered subscriber’s information — specifically targeting those living with autism, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, a cognitive brain injury or other similar conditions — including a person’s photo, identity, past wandering history or other information
  
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• Three firearms — including handgun — stolen from vehicle in Swan Hills

  20-10-2017 21:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three firearms — including a 9-mm handgun — were stolen from a vehicle parked on a street in Swan Hills, police said Friday. 
  Mounties responded to the theft from motor vehicle complaint on Thursday to find a Sig Sauer P226R Elite 9-mm pistol, a Mossberg Maverick Model 88 pump shotgun and a Cooey .22 single-shot rifle had been stolen.  
  Anyone with information about the theft should contact Swan Hills RCMP at 780-333-4450 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-
  
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• London Local offers cosy setting with upscale pub food

  20-10-2017 21:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is a fresh choice for suburban diners in the city’s southwest. It’s called London Local, a new English-inspired eatery located in the Ellerslie area that is co-owned by Gold Medal Plates award-winner Lindsay Porter. Chef Porter, a NAIT grad, began her career at Mercer’s Catering, and then went on to run the kitchen at El Cortez, and most recently, Woodwork.
  London Local (2307 Ellwood Dr.) aims to connect Porter with her own British heritage, and to add to the restaurant o
  
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• Social Seen: Special Olympics Alberta Annual Awards

  20-10-2017 21:04 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)
  Special Olympics Alberta Annual Awards
  Where: Four Points by Sheraton
  When: October 14
  Who: Special Olympics Alberta
  Featuring: Awards cer
  
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• Dining Out: Low-key Butternut Tree celebrates Canadian cuisine with inventive dishes

  20-10-2017 21:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Butternut Tree succeeds at the elusive task of celebrating Canadian cuisine, not with token glugs of maple syrup and blobs of cheese curds, but with inventive and delicious dishes highlighting the best our country has to offer.
  The new fine-dining restaurant from chef Scott Downey is less about the hazy buzzword “local” and more about truly native ingredients — the plants and animals indigenous to this land. Elk, pheasant, bison, rabbit and lingcod are paired with earthy ro
  
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• Flu can be 'one less thing we battle this winter,' says top doctor, urging immunization

  20-10-2017 20:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flu outbreaks have already struck in Alberta, warn health officials.
  But starting Monday, everyone six months and older can take advantage of free flu shots. 
  “We have seen cases and outbreaks of influenza already,” said Dr. Christopher Sikora, medical officer of health, Edmonton zone, said in a Friday release.
  “You may be healthy now but, without immunization, everyone is at risk. Prevention is your only protection.”
  The vaccine will be available at hundreds of
  
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• The John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery is Edmonton's newest art gallery

  20-10-2017 20:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Where This Goes, the inaugural exhibition at the John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery in MacEwan University’s Allard Hall, celebrated the grand opening of Edmonton’s newest art gallery. 
  The mandate of the gallery is to be a public and free gallery featuring contemporary works, and the opening show is the work of seven former MacEwan University art students.
  
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• City of St. Albert Announces Official Election Results

  20-10-2017 20:20
  Confirms Unofficial Results Announced Earlier this Week The City of St. Albert officially announces the following candidates have been declared... Read Post
  
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• More "Beasts" like the Fort Mac fire ready to pounce in the future

  20-10-2017 19:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  In November of 2016, author Edward Struzik took a trip to the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park with two wildfire specialists, not to admire the spectacular view but to imagine the scene below if a massive wildfire like the one that hit Fort McMurray tore through the Banff town site.
  This was not wild conjecture but a sobering possibility for those who study forest fires.
  According to the experts, places considered particularly vulnerable include Timmins, Ont., Whistler, B.C., and L
  
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• #Landmarks: Muttart Conservatory's pyramids house botanical treasures

  20-10-2017 19:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  What do the Nile and Seine rivers have in common with the North Saskatchewan? They are all in close proximity to landmark pyramids.
  While the great pyramids at Giza and the pyramid at the Louvre might be more famous, the Muttart Conservatory pyramids have become one of Edmonton’s most notable landmarks. The pyramids are recognizable not only to Edmontonians, but also to potential business partners and visitors worldwide, who recognize their peaks as part of the city’s tourism image.S
  
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• Flu can be 'one less thing we battle this winter,' says top doc, urging immunization

  20-10-2017 19:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Flu outbreaks have already struck in Alberta, warn health officials.
  But starting Monday, everyone six months and older can take advantage of free flu shots. 
  “We have seen cases and outbreaks of influenza already,” said Dr. Christopher Sikora, Medical Officer of Health, Edmonton Zone, said in a Friday release.
  “You may be healthy now but, without immunization, everyone is at risk. Prevention is your only protection.”
  The vaccine will be available at hundreds of
  
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• Growing Things: Himalayan blue poppy takes preparation and patience

  20-10-2017 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Q: I have recently acquired some Himalayan blue poppy seeds from a neighbour who purchased them from a seed company in Vancouver. Please give me some advice on the best way to handle these seeds, including when, where, and how to plant them. I live in South Edmonton.
  A: Ah yes, the allure of the Himalayan blue poppy. Many have been tempted, but few have succeeded in growing this finicky temptress. I too have fallen into the trap, and actually got mine to bloom once, and that was it. Nonetheless,
  
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• Astrological style, DIY design on display at Edmonton Fall Home Show

  20-10-2017 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Turning to the stars for home inspiration is about to take on a whole new meaning this weekend.
  While HGTV celebrities Kortney and Dave Wilson of Masters of Flip and Tiffany Pratt of Home to Win will be on hand for the 2017 edition of the Edmonton Fall Home Show, organizers are boldly going where they haven’t gone before: zodiac style for your home.Share2017 Edmonton Fall Home ShowTumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedInEmailGALLERY:2017 Edmonton Fall Home Show Leigh-Ann Allaire Perrau
  
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• Three firearms — including handgun — stolen from vehicle in Swan Hill

  20-10-2017 18:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three firearms — including a 9mm handgun — were stolen from a vehicle parked on a street in Swan Hills, police said Friday. 
  Mounties responded to the theft from motor vehicle complaint on Thursday to find a Sig Sauer P226R Elite 9mm pistol, a Mossberg Maverick Model 88 pump shotgun and a Cooey .22 single shot rifle had been stolen.  
  Anyone with information about the theft should contact Swan Hills RCMP at 780-333-4450 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-22
  
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• London Local offers cozy setting with upscale pub food

  20-10-2017 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is a fresh choice for suburban diners in the city’s southwest. It’s called London Local, a new English-inspired eatery located in the Ellerslie area that is co-owned by Gold Medal Plates award-winner, Lindsay Porter. Chef Porter, a NAIT grad, began her career at Mercer’s Catering, and then went on to run the kitchen at El Cortez, and most recently, Woodwork.
  London Local (2307 Ellwood Dr.) aims to connect Porter with her own British heritage, and to add to the restaurant
  
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• Const. Chernyk back on duty, victim still in care, police chief says

  20-10-2017 16:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A police officer stabbed outside an Edmonton football game after being mowed down by a car is back on duty, while a woman later struck by the driver of a U-Haul truck being pursued by authorities remains in hospital, says the city’s police chief.
  “That’s something he wanted to do the day after the incident — he wanted to get right back to work,” police Chief Rod Knecht said Thursday about Const. Mike Chernyk.
  Chernyk fought off a knife-wielding attacker after being
  
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• Win over the Blackhawks allows the Oilers room to breathe

  20-10-2017 14:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  CHICAGO — The weight of the world has been lifted off their shoulders… for one day, anyway.
  It’s hard to imagine that any team not involved in a playoff series could need a win any more than the Edmonton Oilers needed that 2-1 overtime thriller Thursday in Chicago. 
  After four grim and lopsided losses in a row, in which the only thing worse than Edmonton’s intensity was its execution, a hard-fought and reasonably complete effort against a pretty good Blackhawks team
  
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• Friday's letters: These film makers are fiscally responsible

  20-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re.  “TV, film program lacked oversight: auditor general,” Oct. 13
  As a documentary filmmaker and chair of the Alberta Chapter of the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC-AB), I want to assure Albertans that our DOC-AB members spend public dollars in a responsible way.
  When applicants have a broadcast licence and receive public dollars, there is a very stringent evaluation process of the projects by broadcasters. We have audits or review engagements of our expenditu
  
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• Editorial: New approach to drugs makes for different world

  20-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  By next summer, a brave new world will dawn on Edmonton streets. 
  Smokers will openly, and quite legally under certain restrictions, puff on joints purchased from a cannabis store selling a line of products sanctioned by and maybe even distributed by a provincial agency. If the Notley government decides to adopt a public retailing system instead of a private model, the province itself may adopt the role of pot dealer — a scenario that a few scant years ago would have rightly elicited
  
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• Player grades: Connor McDavid, Cam Talbot, special teams all rise to occasion as Oilers outlast Blackhawks

  20-10-2017 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 2, Blackhawks 1 (OT)
  Just a splendid hockey game in the Windy City on Thursday night, as the Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks went at it hammer & tongs for 65 minutes before the visitors pulled it out on Mark Letestu’s powerplay goal in the dying seconds of overtime. 
  It was a game that featured a little bit of everything: fine goaltending, staunch defensive play, hardnosed grinding and moments of offensive brilliance from some of the game’s biggest stars. The O
  
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• Cam Talbot's bounceback and 6 other reasons why the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-to-1

  20-10-2017 07:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey podcast on Oilers big win over HawksAdmit it, Oilers fans, when Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot let in that stinker of a deflected goal on a soft centring pass early in the first period against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night, you figured his team to be toast. 
  I sure did.
  Last year in the 25 games where an Oilers goalie let in the first or second scoring chance shot of the game, the gritty 2016-17 Edmonton team was able to fight back and win 48 per cent of the tim
  
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• Edmonton Oilers end four-game losing streak with win in Chicago

  20-10-2017 06:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  CHICAGO — The bleeding has stopped, and not because there has been so much of it lately that the Edmonton Oilers ran out.
  Truth be told, they looked pretty good against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday, rediscovering many of the elements that made them a 103-point team last year in a 2-1 overtime victory.
  Connor McDavid had another gear, Cam Talbot delivered a standout performance and after giving up 16 goals in the previous three games and the Oilers kept the defensive meltdowns to a mi
  
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• Health ministers don't want cookie cutter funding for home care and mental health

  20-10-2017 05:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers are calling on the federal government to avoid a cookie-cutter approach when it comes to upcoming bilateral agreements around targeted funding for home care and mental health.
  “Ministers discussed the need to ensure that the agreements provide appropriate flexibility to support the needs and priorities of different jurisdictions,” they said in a joint statement Thursday, following the first of two days of meetings in Edmonton
  
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• Tanker truck shot at near Grande Prairie

  20-10-2017 04:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties were seeking the public’s help after a gun was fired at a moving tanker truck on Highway 40.
  The truck was travelling southbound on Highway 40, about 45 km south of Grande Prairie, when someone in a northbound pickup fired at it, Grande Prairie RCMP said in a news release Thursday.
  The tanker truck’s driver-side door was damaged. The driver was not injured and the tanker was not hauling any flammable product, RCMP said.
  The incident happened at about 4 p.m., Wednesday.
  Anyon
  
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• Gallery: The dismantling of the Old Walterdale Bridge

  20-10-2017 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The old Walterdale Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in downtown Edmonton was being dismantled on Thursday October 19, 2017. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  The old Walterdale Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in downtown Edmonton was being dismantled on Thursday October 19, 2017. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  The old Walterdale Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River in downtown Edmonton was being dismantled on Thursday October 19, 2017. (PHOTO BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  
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• Order of Excellence honours eight Albertans who work for greater good

  20-10-2017 03:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The most prestigious honour in the province was bestowed Thursday upon eight Albertans, including four based in Edmonton.
  The Alberta Order of Excellence investiture ceremony held at Government House honoured Steve Allan of Calgary, Gary Bowie of Lethbridge, Dr. Anne Fanning Binder of Edmonton, Marie Gordon of Edmonton, Rev. James Holland of Edmonton, Steve Hrudey of Canmore, Vivian Manasc of Edmonton and David Weklund of Calgary.
  Rev. James Holland (left) of Edmonton is invested by Lt
  
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• City police homicide clearance rate down this year

  20-10-2017 03:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton homicide detectives have cleared about 60 per cent of this year’s homicide cases, down from previous years, but no cause for concern, a city police inspector says. 
  Police counted 39 slayings as homicides this year. Twenty-four cases have been cleared, while 15 remain unsolved.
  Clearance rates are below recent years, but police Insp. Carlos Cardoso of the major crimes unit said that could change quickly.
  “Although they’re lower this year, as time progresses, those
  
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• Rural Alberta loses out in electoral boundary redraw

  20-10-2017 02:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rural Alberta will lose three MLAs under proposed changes to provincial electoral boundaries. 
  The reduction will offset extra representatives for Edmonton, Calgary and the Airdrie-Cochrane area. 
  It boils down to the rapid expansion of Alberta’s two major cities, and the comparatively sluggish population growth in rural areas, the electoral boundaries commission said in its final report Thursday.
  The official Opposition is troubled by the proposed changes.
  United Conservati
  
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• Oil Kings return from WHL road trip more confident

  20-10-2017 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oil Kings seem to have returned from their recent road trip through the Western Hockey League’s East Division a different team.
  The Oil Kings left the city just over a week ago as young, inexperienced group trying to find their identity. Apparently, it was somewhere between Swift Current and Regina.
  “We’ve made a lot of significant steps during our road trip,” Oil Kings forward Colton Kehler said. “We’re getting contributions from 20 guys, which i
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos receiver Brandon Zylstra has clone in younger brother

  20-10-2017 01:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the Canadian Football League ever turns to science to help drum up future talent, it won’t have to worry about cloning league-leading receiver Brandon Zylstra.
  Apparently that’s already been done.
  The Edmonton Eskimos slotback isn’t the only Zylstra ahead of the pack when it comes to putting up big receiving yards in 2017.
  His younger brother, Shane, is the leading receiver for the undefeated Minnesota State-Mankato, playing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, wi
  
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• Homelessness expert sees local opportunities to help those in limbo

  20-10-2017 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  A York University professor and director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness was in Edmonton to give a lecture Thursday on prevention-based strategies to end homelessness.
  Stephen Gaetz had high praise for the work already underway here, including the Housing First strategy where jobs, addictions counselling and mental-health treatment are not prerequisites for housing, but highlighted areas of improvement necessary if the city is to achieve its goal of ending homelessness entirely.
  
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• Judge foils former Oilers owner attempt to strike deal with creditors

  20-10-2017 01:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta judge has blocked an attempt by former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington to cut a deal on the millions of dollars in debt he owes the province and other creditors.
  Pocklington, who moved to the United States after selling the team in the 1990s, owes creditors over $21.5 million. About $13.5 million is owed to the Province of Alberta.
  Pocklington’s financial dispute with the province began in the 1980s when he defaulted on a contract governing a $67-million bailou
  
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• City Hall beefs up security with metal detector

  20-10-2017 01:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  People attending council or committee meetings at Edmonton City Hall will now be required to pass through a metal detector, the city said Thursday. 
  The security measure, which will take effect Oct. 31, has been planned for several months and is not “in reaction to recent events in Edmonton,” the city said in a release.
  On Sept. 30, police Const. Mike Chernyk, an 11-year veteran, was struck by a vehicle outside Commonwealth Stadium before being repeatedly stabbed by the driver.
  
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• Alberta-wide arrest warrant issued after armed robbery in Calmar

  20-10-2017 00:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties issued an Alberta-wide arrest warrant Thursday after an armed robbery at the Calmar Esso and adjacent liquor store.  
  Nelson Saulteaux, 34, of the Paul Band First Nation is charged with 17 criminal offences, including robbery with a firearm, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, an RCMP news release said.
  “We want to be very clear to the public about Mr. Saulteaux — if you believe you know where he is, do not appro
  
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• Alberta energy industry needs new pipelines, but one route to U.S. faces extra challenges, analyst says

  20-10-2017 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  While at least two of Canada’s three major pipeline proposals are likely to go ahead, the Line 3 replacement route to Wisconsin faces greater challenges, an industry expert says.
  Construction has started in Alberta and Saskatchewan on the approximately $9-billion Line 3 pipeline replacement, but it still needs approval to pass through Minnesota, where the state’s commerce department argues environmental and socio-economic risks outweigh the benefits.
  Although the Trans Mountain pipel
  
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• Const. MikChernyk back on duty, victim still in hospital: police chief

  20-10-2017 00:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  A police officer stabbed outside an Edmonton football game after being mowed down by a car is back on duty, while a woman later struck by the driver of a U-Haul truck being pursued by authorities remains in hospital, says the city’s police chief.
  “That’s something he wanted to do the day after the incident — he wanted to get right back to work,” police Chief Rod Knecht said Thursday about Const. Mike Chernyk.
  Chernyk fought off a knife-wielding attacker after being
  
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