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• Heavy police presence at St. Albert elementary school - CTV News

  19-11-2017 23:11 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
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  Heavy police presence at St. Albert elementary school
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  There is a heavy police presence in front of a St. Albert school on Sunday afternoon. RCMP and St. Albert Fire Services are currently parked at the Lois E. Hole Elementary School and Everitt Drive is closed. More to come.
  
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• Cult of Hockey: Oilers fan fallacies at the 2017-18 quarter pole

  19-11-2017 22:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  At the quarter point of the 2017-18 NHL season, the Edmonton Oilers are nowhere near where most fans or professional hockey watchers thought they would be: Five points out of a wildcard spot, in the Western Conference.
  Wait. What’s that? You knew all along that this roster was flawed?  That too many Oilers had career years last season, and that there was no way they could even come close to comparing with last year’s results?
  Uh-huh, right  I have encountered all kinds of t
  
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• Season ends for Bulldogs and Skyhawks in north finals - St. Albert Gazette

  19-11-2017 21:45 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Season ends for Bulldogs and Skyhawks in north finals
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  Bellerose Bulldogs in Tier I and St. Albert High Skyhawks in Tier III in provincial high school football. By Jeff Hansen Nov 19, 2017. The Bellerose Bulldogs and St. Albert High Skyhawks suffered season-ending losses in Saturday's north finals in high ...
  
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• University adds new training module for nursing students after attacks

  19-11-2017 21:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  A “unique cluster” of attacks against nursing students by patients last year prompted the University of Alberta to incorporate a new training module into its curriculum to help protect students on placements. 
  In the span of one week three nursing students suffered non-serious injuries, but it was enough to initiate an internal review by the university’s Environment, Health and Safety, said Faculty of Nursing’s director of undergraduate services Linda Youell.
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• Nick Lees: Sorrentino’s family steeped in soccer tradition

  19-11-2017 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some 200 million people of Italian descent bowed their heads in embarrassment last week when Italy, for the first time in six decades, failed to qualify for soccer’s World Cup.
  “A national shame,” cried a Rome daily. Another paper announced it was one of the darkest pages in Italy’s sporting history: “a brutal slap beyond incalculable harm for a country that lives and breathes soccer.”
  Disappointment was brief at Sorrentino’s head office on 109 Street, w
  
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• Say hello to the new Alberta Party, much like the old PC Party

  19-11-2017 18:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Party is under new management.
  We just don’t know yet who the new manager is. Or where the party is headed.
  We don’t know who the party’s new leader will be and we don’t really know who the new members are.
  Oh, there are a lot of new members.
  Almost 400 packed the party’s annual general meeting in Red Deer on the weekend. That’s compared to 59 who turned up last year.
  There were new, young faces but many sure looked like old, familiar Progressive C
  
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• Audit: City's pesticide policy out of date, not clearly communicated

  19-11-2017 05:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  An audit coming before Edmonton’s audit committee on Monday found deficiencies in the city’s pesticide policy and its communication.
  The audit was done to check the city’s Integrated Pest Management Policy for clarity, determine if local procedures adhered to provincial and federal standards and assess whether the city is disclosing their practices to the public effectively.
  City Auditor David Wiun said pesticides are federally regulated for health, and provincially regula
  
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• Santa's Parade of Lights takes festive path down Jasper Ave

  19-11-2017 04:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Construction in the city centre didn’t keep crowds away from Santa’s Parade of Lights on Saturday.
  Rather than winding downtown, the parade took a straight route down Jasper Avenue. The tens of thousands lining the route mostly were excited for the man himself, Santa, to come down the street in a one-horse open sleigh.
  Holding her light scepter in one hand and an envelope with green lettering addressed to Santa North Pole, six-year-old Aubrey Turner was excitedly waited to see Santa.
  
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• Candidates in Calgary-Lougheed byelection hit the campaign trail

  19-11-2017 03:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Candidates vying to represent Calgary-Lougheed are hitting the campaign trail ahead of a Dec. 14 byelection.
  On Thursday, Premier Rachel Notley confirmed the byelection to fill the seat of long-time representative Dave Rodney.
  Rodney, a former Progressive Conservative who has held the seat since 2004, stepped down to pave the way for Jason Kenney after he was elected leader of the United Conservative Party in October.
  Kenney, who said he starting door-knocking on Friday, repeatedly asked fo
  
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• Eskimos fans travel to Calgary for CFL West Final

  19-11-2017 01:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eskimos fans are hyped for the West Final Sunday. 
  The game pits Edmonton’s team against the the Stampeders at Calgary’s McMahon Stadium. 
  The last time the teams met was back in October, when the Eskimos won 29-20, and one fan from the city is predicting a repeat. 
  “The Edmonton Eskimos will beat the Calgary Stampeders, guaranteed,” said Esks fan Matt Machado. 
  Machado, who has been organizing road trips to Calgary for Eskimos games for a few yea
  
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• Rising road deaths on Highway 628 prompt families to demand safety measures

  19-11-2017 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Kirsten MacNeil still goes out to the side of Highway 628 and tries to sleep at the spot where her son, Luke MacNeil, died in a car crash on July 6.
  Luke is not the only one who has died on the gravel road between Edmonton and Stony Plain, and a growing number of families are calling for improvements.
  Wendy Wagner, Luke’s aunt and Kirsten’s sister, was 4,000 miles away when she heard the news and arrived to the family having to deal with cremation, funeral arrangements and choosing s
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Oilers stumble to 6-3 loss in Dallas

  19-11-2017 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Something is not right with this hockey team.
  The Edmonton Oilers reached the quarter-pole of their season today, and did not have the legs to finish down the stretch, in a game there for the taking.  Now, with just 7 wins on the season, something has to give, and fast, to turn this around. This, with four games still to come on a grueling five-game road trip.
  The “turning point” of today’s loss arguably came when Dallas coach Ken Hitchcock pulled his starter for Ben Bisho
  
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