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• Edmonton Oilers look to solve special teams woes as powerful Caps' PP comes a-calling

  28-10-2017 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 10: Capitals at Oilers
  The Edmonton Oilers won a critical game against the tough Dallas Stars on Thursday night, eking out a 5-4 win in regulation despite losing the special teams battle 3 powerplay goals to 0. Lots of good things happened in that game but judging by the reaction I read in some quarters of Oil Country, my post-game headline might as well have been “Panic in the streets as Oilers fail to beat Stars 5-0“.
  Understandably people are grumpy with the Oil’s f
  
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• New party gets a new leader: UCP's leadership contest will finally be settled Saturday

  28-10-2017 20:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s conservatives will very soon have a new leader. 
  Years of dislike and an acrimonious split won’t be forgotten overnight, but the overwhelming support for unity displayed in a pair of July votes paved the way for a United Conservative Party that seems to want to work together.
  Indeed, the former Progressive Conservatives and Wildrosers have already been sharing caucus space and news releases since the two came together and were given official opposition status
  
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• Depeche Mode keeps it fresh on last stop in North America

  28-10-2017 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  What feels like a century ago, we used to head downtown in a big blue Plymouth and slip through the doors of Flashback with fake IDs, adding fresh meat to the hissing chemical smokescreen of the energized dance floor.
  Religiously and without fail, Depeche Mode echoed through the strobe chamber as those in leather and black pantyhose thrashed about — an unapologetic soundtrack to the delightfully queer-fusion future reality emerging. The band was an important sort of proto-GSA with ant
  
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• Paranormal investigators on what goes bump in the Edmonton night

  28-10-2017 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
   
  
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• Saturday's letters: City council not so diverse

  28-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There have been a great many self-congratulatory articles lauding our new city council as diverse.
  Calling a council that added one woman and one Indigenous man “diverse” is damning with faint praise. Recent census data says Edmonton has the second largest Indigenous population in Canada and 17.1 per cent of all new immigrants to Canada in the last five years came to Alberta.
  Our council does not reflect reality and proclaiming it diverse obfuscates the issue. We can, should, and mus
  
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• Opinion: Conflict in Spain is about taking back control

  28-10-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As reported by Western media, the pre-referendum situation in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia was a state of exception in everything but name.
  Sept. 15, the first day of the referendum campaign, was indeed a memorable day in Barcelona. Police raided the headquarters of major Catalan media outlets and the post office refused to deliver a local newspaper because of an article in favour of the referendum.
  Spanish Guardia Civil raided offices of the Catalan regional government, ar
  
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• Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli called out for limiting Oilers' potential

  28-10-2017 08:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Dave Lozo, hockey writer for Vice Sports, the latest critique of the Edmonton Oilees, this time Lozo going after GM Peter Chiarelli for Edmonton’s mediocre start to the year.
  Said Lozo: “It happens when you continuously trade-in your sports cars for Kias. When you ship out Hall for Adam Larsson and Eberle for Ryan Strome, there will be consequences. When you reportedly say no to a PK Subban trade, that’s going to be an issue, especially when you think the answer to
  
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• Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli called out for squandering Oilers potential

  28-10-2017 08:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Dave Lozo, hockey writer for Vice Sports, the latest critique of the Edmonton Oilees, this time Lozo going after GM Peter Chiarelli for Edmonton’s mediocre start to the year.
  Said Lozo: “It happens when you continuously trade-in your sports cars for Kias. When you ship out Hall for Adam Larsson and Eberle for Ryan Strome, there will be consequences. When you reportedly say no to a PK Subban trade, that’s going to be an issue, especially when you think the answer to
  
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• UCP to select leader this weekend - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  UCP to select leader this weekend
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  The United Conservative Party (UCP) will be choosing between former Wildrose leader Brian Jean, former Progressive Conservative leader Jason Kenney and Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer. The Progressive Conservatives elected Jason Kenney as their ...and more »
  
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• There can be only one - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  There can be only one
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  The public is invited to have its say on what St. Albert's next piece of public art is going to be, and where. The city is hosting a special panel presentation on Wednesday, at the Arden Theatre when the audience will meet the four finalists of a ...and more »
  
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• St. Albert Dinner Theatre announces new season - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert Dinner Theatre announces new season
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  St. Albert Dinner Theatre is off to a roaring start as it launches a three-pronged season of comedy. Formerly known as St. Albert Theatre Troupe, the community non-profit enters its seventh season. In keeping with the times, organizers are focused on ...
  
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• Next chapter - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Next chapter
  St. Albert Gazette
  On Monday, St. Albert will swear in its new mayor and council and conduct its first council meeting of the term. While the result of the municipal election has led to much speculation about how council will work together, we should reserve judgment ...
  
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• Helping the homeless - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Helping the homeless
  St. Albert Gazette
  As the days and nights get shorter and colder our thoughts turn to those who struggle with permanent, safe housing. Here are the four categories of homelessness as outlined by the Canadian Definition of Homelessness and there are residents of St ...
  
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• Five-star Nashville Hurricane plays at Arden Theatre - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Five-star Nashville Hurricane plays at Arden Theatre
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  For the past decade Chase Padgett has developed a career touring North America with one-man extravaganzas. They include 6 Guitars and Nashville Hurricane, two original and masterful character-based shows that blend music, comedy and drama into an ...
  
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• Fall decorating with gourds and pumpkins - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Fall decorating with gourds and pumpkins
  St. Albert Gazette
  Gourds and pumpkins may have been cultivated for 7,000 years. No wonder, because these vegetables, which are of the same family as cucumbers are downright beautiful. What would primitive man have thought of the squash to be found these days, which ...
  
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• Curb extensions installed in Akinsdale - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Curb extensions installed in Akinsdale
  St. Albert Gazette
  Curb extensions in Akinsdale are the first step in a safety-enhancement initiative the city is undertaking. Construction crews began installing the curb extensions in September and October as part of city-wide traffic-calming measures targeting school ...
  
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• Chatter – news about Shumka, Halloween fun and literary awards - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Chatter – news about Shumka, Halloween fun and literary awards
  St. Albert Gazette
  Tickets are now on sale for Shumka's Nutcracker “Clara's Dream,” a Ukrainian interpretation of the great Tchaikovsky classic. This richly costumed production features ballet, folk dance and character dance blending the grace of classical movement with ...
  
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• Catholic superintendent responds to sex-ed concerns - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  Catholic superintendent responds to sex-ed concerns
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  The Council of Catholic School Superintendents of Alberta has been under fire for alternative sex-education curriculum they've been working on. They are being accused of not making consent a priority in their teachings, among other topics. David ...and more »
  
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• Bantam, peewee and atom updates in Football Huddle - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Bantam, peewee and atom updates in Football Huddle
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  The Capital District Minor Football Association semifinals kick-off this weekend at Fuhr Sports Park. Today in the bantam division, the senior varsity Palmer 49ers (6-1, 323 PF/101 PA) tackle the Edmonton Chargers (4-2, 179 PF/129 PA) in Tier I at 1:30 ...
  
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• An auction to wrap it all up - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
  An auction to wrap it all up
  St. Albert Gazette
  Carrie Kuzik has put in a decade with the charity she started to help find a cure for Diamond Blackfan Anemia, the rare blood disorder that her son, Hunter, has been afflicted with since birth. His bone marrow does not produce enough red blood cells to ...
  
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• A Thanksgiving like no other - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 08:17 via stalbertgazette.com
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  A Thanksgiving like no other
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  A recent furnace contest ended up not only saving one local couple's winter bills and frosty house headaches. It might just have saved their lives too. Some family members were suffering serious ill effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. “This story ...
  
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• St. Albert holds Westwood scoreless in playoff win - Omaha World-Herald

  28-10-2017 08:04 via omaha.com
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  St. Albert holds Westwood scoreless in playoff win
  Omaha World-Herald
  St. Albert quarterback Kyle Barnes evades a tackle from Westwood's Sam Miller during the first quarter of the Falcons' quarterfinal victory. Barnes scored three touchdowns, including two passes to Tyler Blaha. JOE SHEARER/WORLD-HERALD NEWS ...
  St. Albert grinds out first-round winThe Daily Nonpareil
  Class A Recap: Defense stout, Barnes electric in St. Albert shutout winKMAlandall 3 news articles &
  
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• Safety summit hosts unity gathering at City Hall in wake of attack on police officer, pedestrians

  28-10-2017 05:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Groups working to make Edmonton a safer place came together Friday at City Hall to celebrate unity in the wake of the attacks on a police officer and pedestrians Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
  Fatmeh Kalouti, chairwoman of the Safety Summit Committee, said the group has brought together more than 100 businesses, community organizations and religious groups in a collaborative approach to figure out what are the top safety priorities for Edmonton’s downtown and inner-city communities.
  While the w
  
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• 'I thought I was going to die': Crowds gather to Take Back the Night

  28-10-2017 05:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Actress, singer-songwriter, advocate for Indigenous people and public speaker Stephanie Harpe has survived abuse and trauma in her life.
  While she still bears the physical scars from a violent ex-fiancé, and the lingering memories of her mother’s murder at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, she wants to show Indigenous success stories.
  “It was pretty horrible; I thought I was going to die,” Harpe said Friday at the event. “I still have injuries, broken ribs, nose proble
  
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• Suspect sought after vehicle damaged at Redwater oilfield site

  28-10-2017 03:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A suspect wanted on warrants related to mischief at an oilfield site near Redwater is on the lam and Mounties are asking for help to find him.
  Kenneth Douglas McLean, 35, of Redwater is wanted on several charges after an oilfield vehicle was damaged. Redwater RCMP were called to the oilfield office site Oct. 21 because “mischief and damage” was done to a vehicle, RCMP said in a news release Friday.
  RCMP said a suspect was driving a quad when the offences were committed.
  The quad
  
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• Last weekend of Experience Jasper Avenue design demonstration includes harvest festival

  28-10-2017 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  For anyone looking to get a taste of the new “main street” design of Jasper Avenue, this is the last weekend to do so.
  The fourth and final design demonstration of Experience Jasper Avenue will take place on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre parking lot at 11111 Jasper Ave.
  For those wanting to take in the harvest festival atmosphere, there will be horse-drawn hay rides down Jasper Avenue, roving entertainers, an Experience Jasper
  
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• Rehabilitation centre sees large increase in number of wild animal rescues

  28-10-2017 03:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s been a wildly busy year for WILDNorth Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation as it saves a record number of wild animals this year.
  “We’ve been inundated with animals this year,” Dale Gienow, manager of donor relations and rescue at the organization on 125 Avenue and 128 Street, said Friday. “Typically, we get about 2,500 animals a year, but this year we are up 20 per cent and expected to go up to 3,000 animals.”
  Not only has the organization seen an increase
  
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• Worker killed at cemetery jobsite was 'caring man,' paving company says

  28-10-2017 03:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A paving company is grieving the loss of a “great and caring man,” it said in a statement Friday.
  A worker was crushed beneath a paving machine at a construction site Thursday at South Haven Cemetery in southeast Edmonton. 
  “Performance Paving is shocked and deeply saddened by this tragic loss,” the statement said. “Our thoughts are with family, friends and coworkers while we all grieve the loss of a great and caring man. We stand with the family and ask f
  
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• United once again: Alberta conservatives vote for a leader

  28-10-2017 02:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decade since they first split up, Alberta’s conservatives are officially back together as one happy family.
  Well, happy-ish.
  There is still a leadership vote to get through and a decade of political — and sometimes personal — animosity to overcome.
  When the first leader of the fledgling United Conservative Party is announced Saturday, expected to happen at 5:30 p.m. in Calgary, candidates, their teams and supporters are going to have to grin and bear it. 
  The three
  
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• UCP leadership: A timeline of conservatism in Alberta

  28-10-2017 02:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The first leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party is expected to be declared at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Here is a timeline of Alberta’s conservative schism.
  Aug. 30, 1971: Progressive Conservatives win their first majority government. They will hold power in Alberta for nearly 44 years.
  June 23, 2007: Wildrose Party formed in Red Deer as a reaction against existing political parties which members say won’t restrain provincial spending or challenge Ottawa. 
  Jan. 19,
  
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• Paula Simons: Landmark BMO Building could soon be history

  28-10-2017 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Since 1984, the striking Bank of Montreal building on Rice-Howard Way has been a downtown Edmonton landmark.
  With its huge walls of glass windows, the granite-clad six-storey building stood out from the highrises around it. If you were walking by, you could see right in. And if you were inside the BMO, with its high-vaulted ceiling and its natural daylight, you didn’t feel as though you were in some dark, stuffy old bank. 
  Today, the once-proud building sits empty. The bank, its ancho
  
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• Edmonton loses another call centre as TD Insurance relocates operation to East Coast

  28-10-2017 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton is losing another TD Bank Group call centre after TD Insurance confirmed it’s closing its facility in the provincial capital and shifting the service to the Maritimes.
  “After careful consideration, we have made the decision to move our TD Insurance call centre operations that are currently in Edmonton to Halifax and Saint John, effective March 2, 2018,” TD spokesperson Geraldine Anderson wrote in a brief email.
  “We are committed to making every effort to limit th
  
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• Graham Thomson: Will Jason Kenney win UCP leadership? You have questions, here are the answers

  28-10-2017 01:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well, this is exciting.
  Members of the new United Conservative Party will choose a leader for the first time this weekend.
  No matter who wins, Alberta politics will never be the same.
  We have entered the binary age where we have two opposing parties — the UCP on the right and the NDP on the left, with no significant party straddling the middle of the political spectrum.
  But I’m getting ahead of myself.
  Let’s look at Saturday’s vote and the likely winner.
  You have question
  
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• Council start time up for debate - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 00:56 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Council start time up for debate
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  The first meeting of St. Albert's new city council will focus on deciding the start time for regular council meetings, the meeting calendar and the deputy mayor roster. The inaugural meeting is scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m at St. Albert Place ...
  
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• Women embrace a changing political world - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 00:45 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Women embrace a changing political world
  St. Albert Gazette
  When seven-year-old Evelyn Balanko attended her mom's swearing-in ceremony in Morinville last week, she hugged former mayor Lisa Holmes and invited her for a tea party. Evelyn, the daughter of newly elected councillor Rebecca Balanko, decided a year ...
  
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• Italian Bakery's Mercato gearing up to open in November - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 00:39 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Italian Bakery's Mercato gearing up to open in November
  St. Albert Gazette
  Italian Bakery's Mercato is getting ready to whet your appetite with fresh Italian baked goods, gelato, sliced meats, cheeses and pasta. Adamo Rossi, owner of the bakery and marketplace, says the doors will be open in the beginning of November.
  
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• High tech help for the hard of hearing - St. Albert Gazette

  28-10-2017 00:39 via stalbertgazette.com
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  High tech help for the hard of hearing
  St. Albert Gazette
  In Britain you can experience one of the most delightful wake-up calls: “We'll knock you up in the morning,” a hotel-keeper might say. But what if you cannot hear the knock? Modern technology cannot replace your ears or restore hearing, but there are ...
  
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• Take a sneak peek at highrise living in Stantec Tower at Edmonton's ICE District

  28-10-2017 00:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Condominiums go on sale to the public this weekend in a downtown Edmonton highrise slated to be the tallest building in Western Canada.
  The Sky Residences will start on the 30th floor of the Ice District’s 66-storey Stantec Tower but, because the lower office space has higher ceilings, the condos begin at a similar height to the top of a 40-storey residential structure, said Glen Scott, president of Katz Group Real Estate.
  “I’m living on the main floor of the condominiums, but
  
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• NDP to introduce bills on gas-and-dash prevention, cannabis regulation and gay-straight alliances in fall sitting

  28-10-2017 00:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The NDP will introduce close to 15 pieces of legislation ranging from gay-straight alliance protections in schools to cannabis impairment driving laws in the Alberta legislature’s fall sitting. 
  “We aren’t going to let anyone out gay kids, we’ll protect the identity of any student who joins a gay-straight alliance,” said Government House Leader Brian Mason at a Friday news conference. 
  The expected legislation would amend the School Act and require all sch
  
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• Jesus & Mary Chain play at the Jubilee Sunday night

  28-10-2017 00:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Jesus & Mary Chain
  With: Cold Cave
  When: Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
  Where: Jubilee Auditorium
  Tickets: $19.50 to $49, available from Ticketmaster
  When Jim Reid looks back at early interview videos of his band’s career he tends to cringe.
  “I can’t stand it when they pop up on Youtube,” he confesses from his hotel room in Spokane, Wash. The lead singer and rhythm guitarist for The Jesus & Mary Chain is doing a last-minute interview before sound check.
  “There was
  
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