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• Boyle Street pop-up store helps more than 200 Edmontonians get ready for winter

  29-10-2017 23:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians needing a helping hand to get ready for winter were treated to a personalized free shopping experience at Boyle Street Community Services on Saturday thanks to the work of nearly 100 volunteers.
  University of Alberta students and community volunteers set up a temporary clothing store and helped customers pick out as much as they needed from a selection of donated clothes, jackets, shoes and toiletries. 
  This is the fourth year the University of Alberta student group Multiplying
  
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• Loser of yet another numbers game, Griffin Reinhart waived by expansion Golden Knights. Might Oilers possibly be interested?

  29-10-2017 23:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Say what you will about Griffin Reinhart’s failings as a hockey player — which is plenty in some quarters — a legitimate case can be made that he hasn’t had a lot of luck along the way. Time and again, he has been caught up in some variation of “the numbers game”, some of them cruel and unusual variations thereof. But it has to also be accepted as fact that he hasn’t sufficiently delivered on his promise as a #4 overall draft pick (2012) to render such c
  
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• Ill-timed showmanship mars otherwise strong orchestra collaboration

  29-10-2017 21:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Precedents were set — one good, one very unfortunate — in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday. For it joined forces with the touring National Arts Centre Orchestra, one of the first times another professional orchestra has visited the Winspear stage.
  NACO was founded in 1969 and has become well known for its Canadian commissions, and for its recordings. This link-up with the ESO was part of the orchestra’s Canada 150 tour, taking it across the country an
  
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• New UCP leader Kenney aiming at immediate byelection in Calgary

  29-10-2017 21:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Newly minted United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is hoping to grab a seat in the Alberta legislature as soon as possible, and he already has one picked out.
  Kenney announced Sunday that Calgary-Lougheed MLA Dave Rodney is stepping down, setting up a byelection in the coming weeks or months. Rodney was a Kenney supporter during the UCP leadership race that ended Saturday night.
  “With so much more to do, part of me finds it extremely difficult to step aside now, but I’m confi
  
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• Man found dead after shooting in Lac La Biche

  29-10-2017 19:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead after shots were fired in Lac La Biche early Saturday morning.
  Lac La Biche RCMP were called to the scene at 10408 102 Ave. in Lac La Biche around 4:30 a.m. Saturday after reports of gunfire in the residential neighbourhood.
  When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
  Michael Mountain, 26, was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
  Lac La Biche RCMP are asking anyone with information to come forward.
  “Our investigators would also
  
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• Social Seen: Caravan Cabaret

  29-10-2017 19:00 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)
  Caravan Cabaret
  Where: Shumka Dance Centre
  When: Oct. 21
  Who: Ukrainian Shumka Dancers
  What: Annual fundraiser
  Featuring: Roving entertain
  
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• Who killed Delaine Goudriaan? Sisters seek answers in 80s cold case

  29-10-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Deirdre Goudriaan watches her children grow, she sometimes thinks about the milestones her little sister Delaine Goudriaan missed. 
  “It kind of brings a tear to my eye, because she never got those opportunities: to graduate high school, go to university, be married, have her own children — none of those opportunities,” she said.  
  Thirty-four years after Delaine Goudriaan’s body was discovered in a field across the freeway from Edmonton’s maximum s
  
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• New Integrated Crime Reduction Unit battling crime in central Alberta

  29-10-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In its first two weeks, the Alberta RCMP’s new Integrated Crime Reduction Unit (ICRU) is already bringing prolific offenders to justice.
  Mitchell Sydlowski, 26, was arrested in Devon by the ICRU team on Monday on warrants out of Devon and Stony Plain for vehicle thefts and dangerous driving. After trying to flee, Sydlowski is now facing a dozen additional charges including possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose.
  Nelson Salteaux, wanted in connection to two armed robberies, was a
  
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• Player grades by Kurt Leavins: Edmonton Oilers’ 2-0 lead evaporates into 5-2 loss to Caps

  29-10-2017 08:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Capitals 5, Oilers 2
  by Kurt Leavins
  Don’t be fooled by the picture on the byline, the following player grades and comments from tonight’s Washington at Edmonton game were written by Kurt Leavins, who has encountered technical difficulties in publishing them directly.Things were looking so good for Todd Mclellan’s crew, as the 1st period of Saturday’s game against the Washington Capitals was drawing to a close. The Oilers had mostly dominated the Capitals for 19+ minutes,
  
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• Thomson: Kenney machine proves unstoppable in UCP leadership vote

  29-10-2017 03:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  And so the Jason Kenney juggernaut continues unabated, crushing all opposition in its path.
  The latest victims are Brian Jean and Doug Schweitzer, trampled by the Kenney machine that carried him to an impressive victory in the United Conservative Party leadership Saturday night.
  This is the latest in a string of victories for the former Conservative cabinet minister that gives him a political hat trick this year.
  He won the Progressive Conservative leadership in March and was instrumental in for
  
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• Edmonton Oilers "not married to even keeping Ryan Strome," says Nick Kypreos

  29-10-2017 03:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Nick Kypreos of Hockey Night in Canada, a strong suggestion that Ryan Strome is on shaky ground right now in Edmonton: “The fact remains they’re disappointed in the Ryan Strome for Jordan Eberle deal. I think they’re not married to even keeping Strome if they can move him. I think they probably would. The question is: Would he bring anything in return of significance? But no question it’s a priority for (Oilers GM) Peter Chiarelli to find some scoring on the
  
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• Alberta company hosts Saturday meals for those in need

  29-10-2017 02:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Staff at a central Alberta company specializing in oilfield heating solutions set up shop in downtown Edmonton on Saturday to warm the bellies of those in need.
  Volunteers from Harvest Oilfield Service and its sister company Intricate Group were at First Christian Reformed Church on 96 Street handing out hot meals and warm clothing to as many as 500 people.
  “We’d like to feed 500 people but it’s still a success to us if we feed five because those five were fed,” Scot
  
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• Firefighters create voluntary toll road to raise funds in a boot for Muscular Dystrophy

  29-10-2017 02:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Firefighters in Edmonton held out their boots at a voluntary toll road in hopes of raising money for Muscular Dystrophy Canada.
  Drivers were asked to make a donation from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday in front of Oliver Square at 104 Avenue and 115 Street.
  “Edmonton Fire Rescue Services is committed to helping Edmonton area residents living with neuromuscular disorders and events like these are one way for us to not only raise awareness but also much-needed funds,” said Chris Fe
  
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• Boyle Street pop-up store helps over 200 Edmontonians get ready for winter

  29-10-2017 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians needing a helping hand to get ready for winter were treated to a personalized free shopping experience at Boyle Street Community Services on Saturday thanks to the work of nearly 100 volunteers.
  University of Alberta students and community volunteers set up a temporary clothing store and helped customers pick out as much as they needed from a selection of donated clothes, jackets, shoes and toiletries. 
  This is the fourth year University of Alberta student group Multiplying Equ
  
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• Townhouses evacuated after fire in west Edmonton

  29-10-2017 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Smoke and flames billowed from a townhouse complex as fire crews arrived near 101 Avenue and 143 Street just after 6 p.m. on Saturday.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue Services saw flames and smoke coming from the roof of a three-unit building when the arrived on scene after a call at 6:03 p.m., according to spokeswoman Claire Harvey in an interview on Saturday.
  All units were safely evacuated and the fire was contained to one unit. A home to the west was also evacuated for precautionary reasons.
  All reside
  
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• Debate erupts over supervised injection sites in southwest Edmonton

  29-10-2017 02:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heated debate erupted in the gymnasium at Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour School Saturday as residents of Edmonton-Riverbend argued over whether their suburban community would ever welcome supervised injection sites.
  “It was pretty clear that a lot of people weren’t supportive of safe injection sites coming into suburban areas, which we’ve been hearing through letters to the office and phone calls,” said Matt Jeneroux, member of parliament for Edmonton-Riverbend.
  Supervised injec
  
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• Kenney declared leader of United Conservative Party

  29-10-2017 02:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jason Kenney has swept to victory as the first leader of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party.
  Kenney was elected with 61.1 per cent of the vote, beating former Wildrose leader Brian Jean, with 31.5 per cent, and Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer with 7.3 per cent.
  He was declared the winner in a press release posted to the party’s website well before the news was announced at the UCP event at the Stampede grounds in Calgary jammed with close to 2,000 party supporters.
  A party offici
  
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• Jason Kenney declared leader of United Conservative Party

  29-10-2017 02:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jason Kenney has swept to victory as the first leader of Alberta’s new United Conservative Party.
  Kenney was elected with 61.1 per cent of the vote, beating former Wildrose leader Brian Jean, with 31.5 per cent, and Calgary lawyer Doug Schweitzer with 7.3 per cent.
  He was declared the winner in a press release posted to the party’s website well before the news was announced at the UCP event at the Stampede grounds in Calgary, which was jammed with close to 2,000 party supporters.
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