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• City officials recommend outdoor pools stay free for 2018

  01-11-2017 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  City officials are recommending Edmonton’s outdoor pools remain free after a summer experiment saw a flood of families and attendance more than doubled.
  “I was shocked,” deputy city manager Rob Smyth said Wednesday, adding the numbers surprised his team because they figured most low-income residents were already using the subsidized recreation pass.
  Instead, they saw families coming with their kids for 30 to 45 minutes after supper, leaving again with little kids already in the
  
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• Province to ban adults-only apartment buildings, condos

  01-11-2017 22:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Proposed changes to Alberta’s human rights legislation will put an end to adults-only apartment buildings, but gives property owners 15 years to implement new rules.   
  Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduced the Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act on Wednesday during the legislative assembly’s fall sitting.
  The new rules apply to everyone over the age of 18 and include an exception to allow for seniors-only housing. This means buildings can cater exclusively to tho
  
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• Province advised to expand take-home naloxone program

  01-11-2017 21:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s opioid commission presented new recommendations to fight the province’s opioid crisis, including expanding the take-home naloxone program, on Wednesday.
  The commission said funding spaces for opioid agonist treatment, which prevents withdrawal and reduces cravings for opioid drugs, and other options for urgent response must be prioritized.
  The commission also recommended that suboxone and methadone be offered in emergency departments in Edmonton and Calgary. The take-home n
  
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• Gunner and Smith surrender to uncertainty on new album

  01-11-2017 20:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Needle Vinyl Tavern presents Martin Kerr with Post Script and Gunner & Smith
  When: Sunday, Nov. 5, doors at 4:30 p.m. 
  Where: The Needle Vinyl Tavern, 10524 Jasper Ave 
  Tickets: yeglive.ca $20, plus fees
  Geoff Smith is a history nerd with the credentials to back it up — a master’s in religious history to be exact — so it is fitting that the title for his band’s latest album is named after an ancient Greek civilization.
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• Year three of #YEGCanvas: 45 new artworks hit the streets

  01-11-2017 19:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  On a scale like no other initiative, #YEGCanvas unleashes local artworks into Edmonton, shifting the city’s least-green months into an open-air art gallery.
  This, its third year, adds 45 new pieces by 43 local artists to billboards and LRT station ad spaces over the next six months. The first round of this year’s three rotations went up this week.
  The transitory public art project spans painting, fibre art, digital media, ceramics, photography — each with the artist’
  
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• Diverse sounds and styles fill out eight nights of Canadian jazz fest

  01-11-2017 19:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  From a rising young star on the local scene to visiting veterans crossing the country, all sorts of styles will play out during the 11th annual Yardbird Festival of Canadian Jazz, Nov. 3 to 11. Top players from across Canada and beyond fill out 12 acts over eight nights and several double-bills at the jazz club.
  Video game soundtracks were one inspiration for Edmonton pianist Stephanie Urquhart, an accomplished composer-improviser who leads her quartet as part of a double bill on Friday. Work op
  
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• Edmonton Oilers need Oscar Klefbom, Kris Russell, Milan Lucic and Mark Letestu to bring it

  01-11-2017 19:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 11: Oilers vs Penguins
  Klefbom, Russell, Lucic and Letestu have dropped most in Cult of Hockey power rankings
  The Edmonton Oilers face the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight with a great need for a handful of players to step up and start playing their “A” or at least their “B” game.
  Oscar Klefbom, Kris Russell, Milan Lucic and Mark Letestu have dropped the most since the Cult’s last power rankings in the pre-season.
  Connor McDavid ⇔. Just 11 points in 10 game
  
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• Body found in field ruled a homicide - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 19:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Body found in field ruled a homicide
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  The death of man, whose body was found in a farmer's field in Sturgeon County, is being investigated as a homicide. The 26-year-old Krishneel Kamal Kumar from Edmonton was found dead in a field near Riverstone Drive and Township Road 544A in ...and more »
  
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• Wildlife: Rainbow Visions, strong and beautiful in year three

  01-11-2017 18:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s almost unfair how agile cinema is at transmitting emotions, and how a well-made yarn can melt the iciest heart. Think about grandpa crying over Old Yeller or Bambi.
  But there’s also that subtle way film educates and inspires. Good movies are empathy factories, and can alter reality. 2006’s Indigènes inspired French leaders to take another look at racist veteran policies — Michael Moore’s work sparking conversations about tough issues can’t be denie
  
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• Move over ‘Capital Region,’ we’re now known as ‘Edmonton Metro’

  01-11-2017 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  The area around Edmonton once referred to as the Capital Region has a new name: the Edmonton Metropolitan Region — or Edmonton Metro.
  
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• NDP slated to introduce legislation to amend human rights act

  01-11-2017 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s justice minister will introduce a bill Wednesday that would amend the Alberta Human Rights Amendment Act. 
  A government media notice said the move strengthens human rights legislation.
  A news conference is planned for Wednesday afternoon with Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley. 
  It’s one of the first pieces of legislation to be introduced by the NDP in the fall sitting, which launched Monday and continues into December. 
  More to come &h
  
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• Alberta's opioid response team to give update today

  01-11-2017 17:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government’s opioid commission will be giving an update on work being done to address the province’s opioid crisis today at 12:30 p.m. in Edmonton.
  The Opioid Emergency Response Commission was announced in May to help “aggressively and rapidly respond to the rising problem of opioids in our province,” Associate Minister of Health Brandy Payne said at the time. “The government of Alberta has committed to addressing this crisis and to saving lives but we c
  
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• Death of Edmonton man found in Sturgeon County field ruled a homicide

  01-11-2017 17:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 26-year-old Edmonton man found dead in a farmer’s field Monday was slain, say RCMP.
  Police identified the victim Wednesday as Krishneel Kamal Kumar after an autopsy at the chief medical examiner’s office in Edmonton.
  A farmer discovered Kumar’s body in a rural Sturgeon County, northwest of Edmonton, on Monday. Morinville RCMP and the RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating, along with the RCMP forensics section, a news release said.  
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• Nine-year-old in critical condition after collision

  01-11-2017 17:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A nine-year-old child is in hospital after a collision that closed parts of Manning Drive Wednesday morning. 
  Edmonton police were investigating the crash between a bus and a car. Both occupants of the car — a woman and her nine-year-old child — were treated and taken to hospital. The child was listed in critical condition while the woman has non-life threatening injuries.  
  The crash closed the northbound and southbound lanes of Manning Drive around the 17 Street and
  
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• Tegan and Sara: Ten years of The Con with non-stop laughter

  01-11-2017 14:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ludicrously funny while wielding an enviable talent to keep a long string of sad songs energizing, Tegan and Sara put on easily one of Edmonton’s best few shows of the year Tuesday night at the Jube.
  The Calgary-forged twins celebrated a decade since the beautiful indie-pop horror of The Con was released by playing it all the way through — an approach done to spectacular effect by the Hip a couple years back, and in the same soft-seater a few months ago when k.d. lang re-animated Ing
  
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• 9 wonderful winter adventures in Morinville - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 13:07 via stalbertgazette.com
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  9 wonderful winter adventures in Morinville
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  Falling snow, cozy nights, holiday parties—there's something about the winter season that inspires families to come together. In close-knit towns like Morinville, a diverse array of recreational opportunities provides a sense of community and support ...
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Dutch visitor worries about Jasper's fate

  01-11-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  My family and I visited Jasper and Banff National Parks for the first time in 1979. We enjoyed the spectacular scenery and the abundant wildlife. We’ve spent 12 vacations in these magnificent mountain parks.
  Over the years, however, we began to notice changes taking place and not for the better, unfortunately. 
  Banff became overdeveloped and ongoing commercialization took place at a huge cost to the environment. Its wildlife population is fragmented and in trouble. Some people refer t
  
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• Verdict in kidnapping trial hinges on suspect's fugitive mother

  01-11-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fate of a suspect in an alleged violent kidnapping will be determined by the amount of credibility a judge decides to give a statement made by his mother — who is also accused in the crime but has fled the country, court heard Tuesday.
  Raheel Ghias Khalon, 31, faces charges of kidnapping, extortion and unlawful confinement for the alleged abduction of Alex Davidoff.
  On Monday, Davidoff, 66, testified he was alone in his office at the Glenora Skyline condo project at 142 Street and
  
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• Opinion: Greenhouses could offer fresh, affordable food to the north

  01-11-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian Arctic is plagued with long, cold winters and short summers. It’s not exactly an ideal place to consider starting a greenhouse. However, Arctic greenhouses might just be the key to providing sources of fresh, affordable food to people in the northernmost parts of Canada.
  The total populations of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut add up to a little over 100,000 people, less than one per cent of the total population of Canada. Due to their northern isolation, fresh f
  
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• One month later, no terrorism charges in Edmonton attack

  01-11-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The attack started when a man driving a white Chevrolet Malibu careened through a police checkpoint outside a Saturday night football game, knocking a police constable to the ground and attacking him with a flurry of blows with a knife. 
  It ended a few hours later, when police flipped a U-Haul truck used by the same suspect to crash through pedestrians along Jasper Avenue.
  One woman remains in hospital, but remarkably, no one was killed. 
  To many, what happened in Edmonton on Sept. 30
  
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• Editorial: Prepaying for gas saves lives

  01-11-2017 13:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta introduced legislation Monday that would require drivers to pay for their gas before filling up. If passed, it would take effect June 1, 2018.
  This measure comes too late for Thorsby gas station owner Ki Yun Jo who died last month when he was run over while trying to stop the driver of a stolen cube van from bolting with $200 in unpaid fuel. 
  After his death, Labour Minister Christina Gray promised to take action on an epidemic of gas-and-dash thefts and the needless injuries and de
  
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• Policies needed - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 07:13 via stalbertgazette.com
  Policies needed
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  For 16 months Jason Kenney has been running on a platform of uniting the right to beat Rachel Notley's NDP government in the next election. Early on he criss-crossed the province in his blue pickup truck on that mission. His stated goal was to tear ...and more »
  
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• Movin' on up - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 07:13 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Movin' on up
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  The St. Albert Canadian Reformed Church has got some groundbreaking good news for its parishioners. The clock is now ticking down to the day when they can have a church building all to themselves. The church has been offering its Sunday services out of ...
  
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• Football season starts Nov. 11 for St. Albert High Skyhawks - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 07:13 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Football season starts Nov. 11 for St. Albert High Skyhawks
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  Johnny Bright Park – The football season kicks off Nov. 11 for the St. Albert High Skyhawks in the Tier III provincial playdowns. “This is for all the marbles now. It's win or go home. The season is over if we lose now. We've got to come out and do our ...
  
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• Everything hockey in the latest edition of Rinkside Report - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 07:13 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Everything hockey in the latest edition of Rinkside Report
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert Tire Warehouse Raiders raised their record to .500 in the Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League with a pair of victories on home ice last weekend. The second-place team in the north division beat the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 4-1 and Airdrie ...
  
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• Chatter – the music of Little Women and Johnny Reid - St. Albert Gazette

  01-11-2017 07:13 via stalbertgazette.com
  Chatter – the music of Little Women and Johnny Reid
  St. Albert Gazette
  For generations, girls have enjoyed and celebrated Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Multiple movie versions were filmed of the four sisters' adventures in Concord, Massachusetts during the American Civil War. Broadway appropriated the story in 2005 ...
  
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• 6 clips that tell the story of Jesse Puljujarvi's development in Bakersfield

  01-11-2017 06:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some good signs in Puljujavi’s backchecking and forechecking game
  There are questions starting to be asked about Edmonton Oilers prospect Jesse Puljujarvi. 
  After all, Puljujarvi was taken fourth overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2016 entry draft but he’s yet to make his mark in the National Hockey League. It may seem overly ambitious to have expected Puljujarvi to be an NHL force by now, but this is a player who was dominant at the World Junior tournament as a 17-year-old a
  
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• Only design dollars promised for wider Anthony Henday Drive

  01-11-2017 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s transportation minister says design work is underway to widen the southwest Anthony Henday Drive, but no date has yet been set for construction.
  Congestion on that part of the ring road is a major annoyance for many motorists. But the provincial government is ramping down its infrastructure spending as Alberta’s economy continues to recover, and the commuter route is far down the metro Edmonton region’s list of priorities, Brian Mason said Tuesday.
  Regional mayors wan
  
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• UCP MLA Brian Jean takes back seat in party caucus

  01-11-2017 01:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former United Conservative Party leadership candidate Brian Jean will continue as MLA for Fort McMurray-Conklin, but is taking a back seat in the Opposition. 
  Jean was defeated by Jason Kenney in the leadership race last weekend and the new leader unveiled a list of Opposition critic roles Tuesday. Jean’s name wasn’t on it. 
  That was fine with Jean, who said he requested some breathing space to concentrate on his constituency. 
  His break is a long time coming.
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• New City Hall security ban on water, coffee quickly reversed

  01-11-2017 00:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  City officials reversed a decision on banning water in council chambers Tuesday, calling it a fairness issue for the public. 
  “We’re definitely going to allow beverages,” said city manager Linda Cochrane, saying city councillors and members of the administration regularly drink water and coffee during meetings.
  Council members also have access to snacks: “The whole idea of snacks — we’re going to be working our way through this, but we want to be reasonab
  
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• Alberta privacy commissioner investigates 800,000 deleted government emails

  01-11-2017 00:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into 800,000 emails deleted by government and political staffers under the NDP, including in the premier’s office.
  According to a letter obtained by Postmedia, privacy commissioner Jill Clayton has directed her assistant commissioner, LeRoy Brower, to look into executive council, Service Alberta and the departments of education and transportation. 
  The investigation centres around sparse inboxes and sent email fol
  
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• Player grades, Games 1-10: Edmonton Oilers can't wait to turn the calendar on October horror show

  01-11-2017 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  O for Oilers, O for Optimism, O for October. Or so it feels as the NHL season’s opening month mercifully comes to a close. The Edmonton Oilers 2017-18 season kicked off optimistically enough, with plenty of discussion around the hockey world naming the locals among the favourites for the Stanley Cup. They shut down provincial rivals Calgary Flames 3-0 in the season opener, and they were on their way …
  … right off a cliff. The Oil lost their next four games, all in regulation,
  
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• Legislation to create advisory councils at long-term care facilities

  01-11-2017 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s health minister introduced new legislation Tuesday that gives residents of long-term care facilities and their families the right to create advisory councils to advocate for care.
  “This is really about ensuring the best standard … becomes the norm for all,” Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said in an interview. “(It’s) to make sure your residents feel honoured and respected.”
  Hoffman said about 70 per cent of long-term or supportive care faciliti
  
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