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• Six easy ways to save money on holiday shopping

  23-11-2017 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here are six easy ways to save money on holiday shopping, including making a list and sticking to it. 
  
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• Private member's bill aims to help families plan long-term financial support for loved ones with disabilities

  23-11-2017 22:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  An upcoming private member’s bill aims to close a gap in legislation that risks denying people with disabilities full benefits when their families set aside funds for them.
  “It just means between my two kids I’m better able to plan and allocate assets so they’re both taken care of to a … fair level,” said Jeremiah Renner, financial adviser at Two Pillars Financial Solutions Inc. in Edmonton.
  Renner’s 12-year-old daughter has autism and will be
  
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• Freezing rain knocks out power in parts of Edmonton

  23-11-2017 21:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Thousands of people were left without electricity after freezing rain caused a power pole to catch fire in south Edmonton Thursday.
  At around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the power went out for nearly 2,500 people in the neighbourhoods of Blackburne, Cashman, Cavanagh and Ellerslie Industrial.
  Epcor spokesperson Tim le Riche said freezing rain caused the fire which resulted in the outrage.
  Crews rushed to the scene and were able to restore power to as many as 2,258 people by 1 p.m.
  A power outage f
  
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• Senior on mobility scooter killed after being struck by truck driver

  23-11-2017 21:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  An elderly man who was struck by a concrete mixer truck while crossing the street on his mobility scooter Wednesday afternoon has died. 
  Charges are pending against a male driver who was behind the wheel of the truck, said Edmonton police in a release Thursday.
  The driver struck the 82-year-old at about 1 p.m. Wednesday at 97 Street and 114 Avenue. The senior was crossing the street southbound on a mobility scooter. 
  EMS crews rushed the man to hospital, where he died from his injuries
  
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• Research projects to probe PTSD in Alberta gets $100,000 boost

  23-11-2017 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta research projects probing post traumatic stress disorder in military veterans and first responders will benefit from $100,000 in funding and a new collaboration between the University of Alberta and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.
  It is hoped the partnership — which will also include veterans’ and first responders’ agencies, Veteran Affairs Canada and Covenant Health — will “improve research, innovation, rehabilitation and mental health for our military, v
  
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• Christmas comes early for Edmonton WestJet passengers

  23-11-2017 21:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Passengers flying to Abbotsford, B.C., out of the Edmonton International Airport Thursday morning were treated to a gigantic Christmas surprise.
  Santa Claus, dressed in blue, was waiting outside of their gate with a more than three-metre tall present.
  “I was hoping that maybe he was bringing us presents,” said Rebekah Esser.
  Passengers eagerly peeled away layers of wrapping paper — each one revealing a new gift building in value from WestJet headphones and assorted gift cards &
  
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• Northern airline setting up maintenance facility at Edmonton International Airport

  23-11-2017 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Canadian North airline is setting up a multi-million-dollar maintenance facility early next year in its operations base at Edmonton International Airport (EIA).
  The company intends to hire 30 people initially to handle maintenance, repair, operations and parts manufacturing for its fleet of 15 Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-200 and Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, spokesman Kelly Lewis said Thursday.
  Canadian North, which now hires other firms to do this work, hopes it can expand the operation by winning
  
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• St. Albert family looking for bone marrow donor - Spruce Grove Examiner

  23-11-2017 20:03 via sprucegroveexaminer.com
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  St. Albert family looking for bone marrow donor
  Spruce Grove Examiner
  Alex Pasichnyk, 12, is in search of a bone marrow donor to help treat her aplastic anemia. Photo via Facebook. Tweet · Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. Report an error. Alex Pasichnyk was like any other 12-year-old girl — she ...
  
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• Shots fired! Player development in Edmonton Oilers system blasted. What does it mean?

  23-11-2017 18:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Elliott Friedman of Sportsnet on “unhappiness” in the Edmonton Oilers organization about player development at the American Hockey League level:  “I did not see Ziyat Paigin myself, but there is disappointment that he has asked to go back to Russia, especially after a summer where he stayed to train in Edmonton. Rightly or wrongly, there is a feeling too many of their prospects are not panning out there.”
  My take
  It’s hard to know where this is co
  
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• Singer Kat Danser explores the blues at cusp of rock 'n' roll

  23-11-2017 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Watching how the business of making music has hit dire straits, it’s good to remember artists who contribute so much to the cycle of creative renewal — artists such as Edmonton’s Kat Danser.
  “I’m lucky,” she chuckles. “I get to teach, and learn, and perform.”
  For starters, the powerhouse singer-guitarist brings a wealth of talent to making roots and blues sounds, as she is again Friday and Saturday with her band The Tall Tales at the Blue Chair Caf
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Cold Specks, Royal Bison

  23-11-2017 16:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cold Specks
  Toronto-based singer-songwriter Cold Specks is back in town for a more intimate concert after her acclaimed summer appearance at Interstellar Rodeo. She’ll be celebrating the recent release of her third album, Fool’s Paradise, and accompanying single, Wild Card and New Moon. Opening are La Timpa and Nuela Charles. Originally slated for The Needle; please note the venue change.
  When: Thursday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.
  Where: 9910, 9910B 109 St.
  Admission: $20 to $25, available at
  
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• Wildlife: Latitude 53's The Fine Art of Schmoozy turns 20 Saturday

  23-11-2017 16:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Being in the Goldilocks Zone — not too big, not too small — has its advantages, but then again, there’s Middle Child Syndrome.
  Latitude 53’s executive director Todd Janes notes the gallery’s in an interesting spot between the Art Gallery of Alberta and smaller artist-run centres and commercial galleries, and says, in not so many words, that at almost 45 years old, Latitude has a dependability about it that isn’t necessarily as flashy as fast-burn initiati
  
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• Thursday's letters: It's council's job to ask tough questions

  23-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “City employee ‘pain’ prompts apology,” Nov. 21
  Recent reports of bullied and harassed city hall bureaucrats appear to have elected officials on their heels.
  Pardon my concern, but when I hear Mayor Don Iveson and other councillors talk about setting a more “respectful” tone when questioning bureaucrats about their decisions and reports I become very nervous. I expect vigorous and detailed inquiry of senior bureaucrats by officials elected to represent my
  
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• Opinion: Alberta's cannabis plan supports business prospects, mostly

  23-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Welcome to cannabis month! Parliament is finalizing its legalization bill, and the provinces are announcing their own plans. Alberta introduced its legislation Thursday. It’s largely supportive of its fledgling cannabis supply chain, from production to wholesale to retail.  
  Alberta is wisely leaving cannabis production to licensed firms, like other provinces. It will also let consumers grow their own, unlike Quebec. That may help discourage black-market production.
  By contrast,
  
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• Editorial: Time to shop around for dental care

  23-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  High-priced dental work has long been a pain in the financial assets for Albertans but some relief may be on the way.
  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman and the Alberta Dental Association and College have agreed on a new fee guide that recommends dropping prices on 60 common procedures by 8.5 per cent.
  It may sound modest but that’s nearly triple the three-per-cent reduction the dentists’ group initially called for when it released an earlier version of the fee guide in August.
  It was Alb
  
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• Chinatown business association asks court to overturn safe injection site approvals

  23-11-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Chinatown’s business association is taking its fight against Edmonton’s newly approved safe injection sites to court.
  In a federal court application filed earlier this month, the Chinatown and Area Business Association is seeking a judicial review of the federal health minister’s Oct. 17 decision to grant an exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act for three of the four planned community-based safe injection sites.
  The sites – where intravenous drug users
  
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• Connor McDavid & new linemates lead way as Edmonton Oilers crush Detroit Red Wings

  23-11-2017 06:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cult of Hockey podcast on Oilers win over DetroitEvery now and then the Edmonton Oilers look like the hard-working, aggressive and resilient team that rocked the 2016-17 regular season and made it to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup quarter finals.
  Not often.
  But now and then.
  Wednesday’s 6-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings was one such night, a game where the Oilers played with such determination that the usual screw-up on the penalty kill and the usual weird and soft goal against in the first pe
  
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• Rachel Notley's "cross-country tour" not coast-to-coast for a reason

  23-11-2017 03:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  It doesn’t seem like much of a “cross-country tour” when you get down to it.
  Premier Rachel Notley’s pro-pipeline expedition took her to Toronto and Ottawa on Monday and Tuesday, and is now taking her all the way to, um, Calgary on Friday.
  She’ll be speaking to the city’s chamber of commerce.
  Next week, she’ll travel to Vancouver to speak to the city’s board of trade before delivering her final pro-pipeline speech Dec. 7 to a group not noted for it
  
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• National housing strategy 'phenomenal' for people in need, Edmonton mayor says

  23-11-2017 03:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s mayor welcomed Ottawa’s national housing strategy unveiled Wednesday, which promises billions of dollars in help.
  “This is what we’ve been looking for,” Don Iveson said. “This is a phenomenal day for cities and for housing and especially for people in need.”
  The plan earmarks $4 billion for a portable housing benefit for low-income tenants starting in 2021 that will provide an average $2,500 a year in rental assistance for 300,000 households o
  
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• Trudeau, Notley urge public discussion about renaming Edmonton Eskimos

  23-11-2017 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley are the latest prominent voices to urge a public discussion about renaming the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos out of respect for Inuit people.
  Many consider the word Eskimo a slur, or at least an uncomfortable vestige of colonialism, prompting periodic calls for a new team nickname in recent years.
  However, some fans reject the idea and want to keep the moniker that dates from more than a century ago.
  Reconciliation inv
  
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• Paula Simons: Time to get on with pragmatic job of building Alberta's schools

  23-11-2017 02:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The time loop is a favourite plot device in the Star Trek franchise.
  In a classic time-loop episode, characters are forced to relive the same sequence of events, over and over, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.
  But when it comes to time loops, Star Trek has nothing on Alberta education politics.
  This week, Education Minister Dave Eggen told the Alberta School Boards Association he’d look more favourably upon funding requests from Catholic and public school boards who propose joint-use sch
  
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• Bands plan to turn former Needle shows into benefits for sexual assault centre

  23-11-2017 02:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bands from as far away as Austin, Texas, have cancelled their shows at the Needle Vinyl Tavern in the wake of a social media firestorm surrounding an allegation of sexual harassment made by a former employee.
  Brittany Lyne Rudyck went public Sunday on Facebook; the bar posted a notice Tuesday saying it had shut its doors indefinitely.
  A few local acts have turned their rebooked events into benefit concerts for the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE), including Altameda, now playing at Starl
  
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• Joe Nolan and friends cast a Gord Downie spell at Empress Thursday

  23-11-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Joe Nolan pulls up a stool, starts playing a solo Bobcaygeon, acoustic and unannounced, at the Empress on Monday night.
  It’s cold outside, but the room warms up fast as people stop talking and start singing along, activated by the familiar.
  This wailing melody is one of the Tragically Hip’s great touchstones, and Nolan both hits the notes and owns the song with his own little tweaks — this mini performance just a hint of the Yer Favourites tribute concert coming to the bar Thur
  
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• Some bands plan to turn former Needle shows into benefits for sexual assault centre

  23-11-2017 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bands from as far away as Austin, Texas, have cancelled their shows at the Needle Vinyl Tavern in the wake of a social media firestorm surrounding an allegation of sexual harassment made by a former employee.
  Brittany Lyne Rudyck went public Sunday on Facebook; the bar posted a notice Tuesday saying it had shut its doors indefinitely.
  A few local acts have turned their rebooked events into benefit concerts for the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE), including Altameda, now playing at Starl
  
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• RCMP issue warning after sexual offender released from jail

  23-11-2017 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties are warning the public about a recently released sex offender who plans to reside east of Edmonton. 
  Police say 47-year-old Robert Ventress — convicted of sexual assault, possession of child pornography and possession of child pornography for the purpose of publication in 2005 — poses a public risk. 
  “The RCMP is issuing this information and warning after careful deliberation and consideration of all related issues, including privacy concerns, in the belief t
  
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• Notes from the dome: NDP to introduce job protection rules for 18-month parental leave

  23-11-2017 00:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government is planning to introduce rules to ensure job protection for 18 months while employees take parental leave. 
  Federal legislation that takes effect Dec. 2 gives expectant parents the ability to spread their Employment Insurance benefits over 18 months, instead of the current 12. 
  “In modernizing our employment legislation that we did last spring, we’ve given ourselves the authority by regulation to ensure that we can keep up with the standards that are
  
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• ShowBiz Minute: Cassidy, Lasseter, Legend

  23-11-2017 00:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Teen idol David Cassidy, Partridge Family star, dies at 67; Disney Animation, Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave; Chrissy Teigen, John Legend expecting second child together.
  David Cassidy, singer and actor, pictured in 1972.
  
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