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• Catholic School Trustees call Bill 24 'erosion of school board autonomy'

  13-11-2017 22:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association says it is concerned two aspects of legislation introduced by the NDP to protect the privacy of students in gay-straight alliances could have “unintended consequences.” 
  In its first statement since the NDP introduced Bill 24, an Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances, the association representing Catholic school trustees across Alberta said Monday it believes the bill could erode local school board and school official auton
  
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• City posts notice to terminate lease agreement with Edmonton Ski Club

  13-11-2017 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  After 106 years, the Edmonton Ski Club may have met its demise.
  On Monday a note pasted on the door of the clubhouse in Gallagher Park says that the lease agreement between the City of Edmonton and the ski club will terminate on Dec. 10.
  The letter from the city dated Nov. 9 reads, “Notice to terminate lease agreement between the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Ski Club for lease dated the 16th day of January 1997.”
  The decision to close the ski club was not made by the city, said
  
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• Coach Clare Drake, one of the game's great builders, finally gets his due in the Hockey Hall of Fame

  13-11-2017 21:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Today is one to celebrate for the legion of fans, followers and disciples of Clare Drake. At long last, the Edmonton-based coaching legend will be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  Just two Latin words take a bit of an edge off the occasion. In absentia. At age 89, Coach Drake now lives in an assisted care facility in Edmonton and is unable to make the trip to Toronto. He will watch the event on television with his beloved Dolly, his wife of 66 years.
  His grandson Mike Gabinet will accept the
  
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• Concert brought memories of young British composers who were killed in the trenches

  13-11-2017 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  In November 2016 the Edmonton Recital Society brought together a group of distinguished Edmonton musicians to perform Olivier Messiaen’s haunting and powerful Quartet for the End of Time.
  So successful was the concert that, in response to many requests from that evening’s audience, the society invited those musicians back for another performance this year, held on Sunday at Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
  Messiaen’s masterpiece has regularly been associated with Remembrance Day b
  
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• Impassioned debate over bill on gay-straight alliances continues in Alberta legislature

  13-11-2017 20:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Debate over a bill dealing with privacy and gay-straight alliances in Alberta schools brought emotion-filled moments to the floor of the legislature last week, with politicians often drawing on personal experiences. 
  The Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances would prevent schools from notifying parents if their child joins a GSA unless the child consents. United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney is among those who oppose the bill, arguing there are enough protections in place
  
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• Iiro Pakarinen getting it done on penalty kill, Mark Letestu not even close

  13-11-2017 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  When you watch dozens and dozens of hours of hockey replays each season, as I’ve done for a decade now, you realize that the hardest thing to evaluate is a player’s work killing off penalties. 
  With the players essentially playing a zone defence with high emphasis on reading and reacting, it’s more difficult to ascertain who is responsible for what lane and checking what man. Was a player too aggressive or not aggressive enough? Was it his job to cover off that passin
  
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• Census 2016: these neighbourhoods had Edmonton's largest income gains

  13-11-2017 19:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Arlene Huhn could count on one hand the number of families with children on the block when she moved to her 141 Street house a decade ago. 
  Now, the block is filled with children playing most afternoons.  
  “It’s one of those typical neighbourhood renewals,” said Huhn, vice-president of the Woodcroft Community League. 
  Woodcroft — bordered by 142 Street, Groat Road, 111 Avenue and 118 Avenue — saw the Edmonton region’s highest relative incom
  
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• Census 2016: these neighbourhoods had Edmonton's larges income gains

  13-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Arlene Huhn could count on one hand the number of families with children on the block when she moved to her 141 Street house a decade ago. 
  Now, the block is filled with children playing most afternoons.  
  “It’s one of those typical neighbourhood renewals,” said Huhn, vice-president of the Woodcroft Community League. 
  Woodcroft — bordered by 142 Street, Groat Road, 111 Avenue and 118 Avenue — saw the Edmonton region’s highest relative incom
  
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• Sculptor Jason Carter receives MacEwan University’s Distinguished Alumni Award

  13-11-2017 08:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A rock and a sense of commitment helped this Digital Arts and Media alum carve out an unexpected career
  When Jason Carter received a rock as a gift, he had no idea it would help chart the course for a new career and change his life in unimaginable ways.
  After graduating from MacEwan University’s Digital Arts and Media program in 2003, the aspiring filmmaker was working as a camera operator on the Edmonton morning television program, Breakfast Television. “I had no idea that I would b
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Edmonton Oilers salvage important point from 2-1 shoot-out loss in D.C.

  13-11-2017 06:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers finally played their “A” game on the road, only to lose 2-1 to the Washington Capitals in the shootout. But a lot went right. The PK worked. The top line produced some great chances. The third line got a goal. Oscar Klefbom was solid on defence. And Darnell Nurse was a horse.
  The Edmonton Oilers played a strong road game, Sunday night, in their second of back-to-backs, against the Washington Capitals.
  The 2-1 loss ended in gimmick time, after T.J. Oshie went five
  
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• Ice Castle returns to William Hawrelak Park

  13-11-2017 04:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bundle up, ice lovers.
  Construction is underway on Edmonton’s largest frozen attraction in William Hawrelak Park.
  Back in Edmonton for its third year, the Ice Castle is expected to open in late December and stay open for visits until March — weather permitting.
  When finished, the frigid creation is expected to take up about 0.4 hectares and contain 11 million kilograms of ice, stretching as high as 12 metres, according to a Friday news release from Ice Castles, LLC.
  Workers hand
  
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• Done and dusted — Canadian Finals Rodeo and Farmfair wraps up

  13-11-2017 02:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northlands hung up the spurs one last time at the Canadian Finals Rodeo on Sunday. Staff and fans alike shed tears as they said goodbye to the rodeo, the last before the Northlands Coliseum shuts its doors at the end of the year.
  For Northlands president and CEO Tim Reid, the moment was bittersweet.
  “You always want to end on a high note and I think we did that,” Reid said, standing on the dirt in the Northlands Coliseum on Sunday. “It doesn’t make the uncertainty ov
  
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• Nick Lees: New book chronicles Connor McDavid being weird kid on rollerblades

  13-11-2017 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lorna Schultz Nicholson played on so many sports teams at high school her social studies teacher called her Jock.
  With her sport’s background, few can be more qualified to write a book about Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid.
  Schultz Nicholson’s latest book, her 36th, tells of the dedication and hard work it took McDavid to become the NHL’s youngest ever team captain.
  Schultz Nicholson said in school she played soccer, fastball, basketball, volleyball, swam, took gymnastic
  
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