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• Social Seen: Timbre Christmas Party

  16-12-2017 23:35 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)
   Timbre Christmas Party
  Where: Timbre Studios
  When: Dec. 9
  What: Timbre’s annual Christmas party
  Featuring: Food from Drift Foo
  
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• Haida-based CBC pilot The Girl Who Talks to the Moon about fun and respect

  16-12-2017 23:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ancient language traditionally spoken on Haida Gwaii off the coast of B.C. is facing extinction — but a new web pilot being made for CBC is helping turn the tide.
  The Girl Who Talks to the Moon is a locally produced children’s program combining live action, stop-motion animation and charming puppetry.
  Aimed at a young audience, the first episode tells the story of a little girl named Harmony who seeks the help of an excitable raven named Xuuya to make a present for the personifi
  
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• Wine column: Elevate the holidays by pairing great wines with special meals at memorable gatherings

  16-12-2017 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Occasionally, we recognize a label that recalls an event, a place, or someone with which we enjoyed a specific wine.  Although it’s unlikely to duplicate that moment, and that wine will never taste as it did that day, why not create a new memorable moment? These are the dinners and gatherings that are being planned and shared over the holiday season — enjoyed among the company of people we care about most, along with meticulously-planned meals and carefully-selected wine pairing
  
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• Step back in time for brunch at historic Rutherford House

  16-12-2017 23:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stepping into historic Rutherford House always feels a bit like a voyeur’s tour of the lives of the formerly rich and famous.
  You can peer into the bedroom where Alberta’s first premier, Alexander Rutherford, and his wife Mattie slept when they moved into their new home shortly after he left office in 1910, or poke around the parlour where for decades they entertained local leading lights.
  The red-brick mansion at the University of Alberta, open for public snooping as a provincial hi
  
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• Attempted kidnapping suspect sketch released by police

  16-12-2017 22:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police are searching for anyone who might recognize a composite sketch of a man suspected to be involved in an alleged attempted kidnapping two weeks ago. 
  Police said a 14-year-old girl was walking in the area of 165 Street and 88 Avenue on Dec. 8 at about 8 a.m. when an unknown male approached her and grabbed her by the arm. The girl was able to escape the man’s grip. 
  The suspect — described as a five-foot-10-inch tall Caucasian male, with moustache stubbl
  
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• High-end electronics targeted by thieves in early morning raid

  16-12-2017 22:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two thieves made off with what could amount to about $500,000 in high-end electronics in an early morning raid on a Staples in the city’s south on Friday.
  The 1 a.m. raid on the store located at 1960 101 Street in South Edmonton Common netted the thieves laptops, desktop computers, cellphones, cameras, drones, pens, suitcases and ear/headphones, police said. 
  The value of the stolen property is estimated to be more than $200,000 and could be closer to $500,000.
  The suspects fled the s
  
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• Last hockey game held at Northlands Coliseum

  16-12-2017 22:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northlands President and CEO Tim Reid speaks about the final hockey game to be held at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday, December 15, 2017. The game is part of a weekend of events to say goodbye to the 44-year-old coliseum, home to many concerts, Edmonton Oilers games, Edmonton Oil Kings games and Canadian Finals Rodeos.
  The Spruce Grove Saints celebrate Seth Fyten’s (14) goal against the Okotoks Oilers play the final hockey game at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Albert
  
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• Edmonton International Airport unveils list of holiday-season travel tips

  16-12-2017 22:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  While the thought of seeing family and friends over the holidays may bring you joy, the thought of flying to see them may make you groan.
  First there is the tetris game that is packing. You have to strategically place gifts and stuff bulky winter clothes into your suitcase, leaving room for little else. Keep some free space in case you receive some good old Canadian maple syrup, fancy perfumes or alcohol, because they are not allowed in carry-on luggage.
  Liquid items in your carry-on must be les
  
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• Review: Handel’s Messiah continues to be magical

  16-12-2017 18:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Handel’s Messiah, that quintessential music for the Advent season, was first performed in Dublin in 1742, the orchestra consisted of strings, two trumpets, timpani, harpsichord and a portable organ, and there were some 32 in the choir.
  These days, performances generally seek authenticity, and are given with Baroque-sized forces similar to those Handel originally wrote for.
  But that has not always been the case. As early as 1784, the Messiah began to be played on a huge scale, in a per
  
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• Paula Simons: The Civil War, a satire (with apologies to Ken Burns)

  16-12-2017 16:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Selected Dispatches from the Civil Trade War
  As found in the Alberta Provincial Archives, circa 2075
  (with apologies to Ken Burns) 
  18 January, 2019
  Dearest Eliza,
  I write you en route to Lloydminster, which I hear is a great conflagration. Where once stood great pillars of unity stand pillars of strife. It’s been back and forth fighting there for weeks, and along the road are countless burned out pickups, their licences plates blackened and unreadable. We’ve attached to their 3
  
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• Schools within schools a necessary step with unexpected perks

  16-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Shauna May Seneca School principal Bob Carter was stoked when he was chosen to lead one of 11 new public schools opening in September.
  There was one catch — his school would have no building for the first four months.
  “Wow. That will be exciting,” Carter thought at the time.
  Since September, nearly 700 students have been grouped with their new teachers and classmates in the wrong buildings after construction delays pushed back the opening dates for Shauna May Seneca, in the sou
  
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• Saturday's letters: Don't make City Hall pool boring

  16-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  We’ve enjoyed going to the City Hall pool over the summer many times. We go there because we like to cool off and splash each other.
  We are really mad that they are going to make the pool 15 centimetres deep because it sounds very boring. You can’t make big splashes in ankle-deep pools.
  We’ve seen many people go into the pool with their kids and have never seen a safety problem. Toddlers don’t arrive at pools by themselves; parents bring them there and help them in the po
  
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• Opinion: Public libraries are not the place to cut costs

  16-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Ways to trim costs without being ‘reckless,’ ” Opinion, Dec. Dec. 12
  On Dec. 12, the Edmonton Journal published an opinion piece titled Ways to trim costs without being ‘reckless,’  by Colin Craig, interim Alberta director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
  While Mr. Craig’s comments were certainly intended to be helpful, he did make some statements that require both correction and refinement. To begin, the government of Alberta does not spe
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #33: Are the Edmonton Oilers really built to win the Pacific? They had better hope so.

  16-12-2017 07:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Much was made of Peter Chiarelli’s rebuild of the Edmonton Oilers as one designed to “win the Pacific”.
  At the time when Chiarelli took over the helm of the Oilers, that certainly seemed to be the mountain that required climbing. Big, heavy hockey out West had been popularized by Cup success in Los Angeles. Through that painful period, the Oilers were taken out to the woodshed over and over again, by bigger, tougher, meaner opposition such as the Kings, Sharks and Ducks. Fighti
  
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• Stop-work order issued for portion of Valley Line LRT

  16-12-2017 06:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Occupational Health and Safety issued a stop-work order on a portion of the Valley Line LRT construction on Dec. 4, and the order continued to be in place Friday.
  TransEd, the contractor working on the construction of the Valley Line LRT, was issued the stop-work order for a tunnel site, according to a statement from Sue Heuman, speaking on behalf of TransEd.
  The Valley Line is a 27-km track that will run between Mill Woods and Lewis Farms
  Alberta Occupational Health and Safety sent a co
  
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• ATA losing responsibility for student and teacher exchange program

  16-12-2017 05:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Changes to a government program that organizes international exchanges for Alberta students and teachers could put the opportunities in jeopardy, the Alberta Teachers’ Association says.
  Since 2010, the teachers’ association has been contracted to run the province’s International Education Exchange Program (IEEP), which sends Alberta teachers and students on short- and long-term placements in Japan, Spain, Australia, Denmark, and other locations.
  Starting in July 2018, the provi
  
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• Fort McMurray road rage ends in stabbing

  16-12-2017 05:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man was stabbed during a road rage incident in Fort McMurray on Friday.
  Two men stopped in the Tamarack Village parking lot on Franklin Avenue around 11:30 a.m. on Friday and got out of their vehicles, continuing a verbal argument, Wood Buffalo RCMP said in a news release on Friday.
  A third man tried to intervene to diffuse the situation, but was assaulted.
  The victim who was stabbed was taken to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
  Wood Buffalo RCMP say the susp
  
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• NDP and UCP can't read too much into Thursday's byelection results

  16-12-2017 05:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jason Kenney says his overwhelming victory in the Calgary-Lougheed byelection Thursday night sends a clear message to the NDP government.
  He’s right.
  But what is the message?
  According to Kenney, it is, “Stop quadrupling our debt. Stop your policies that have killed hope and jobs for so many Albertans and start putting common-sense solutions ahead of your NDP ideology.”
  And furthermore, “If we stay humble and work hard, we are on track to defeat this job-killing, soc
  
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• Edmonton Remand Centre lockdown over assaults on guards ends after 12 hours

  16-12-2017 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  After a daylong lockdown instituted by correctional officers concerned for their safety, which began at 7 a.m. on Friday and lasted nearly 12 hours, the Edmonton Remand Centre returned to normal operation following a resolution between involved parties late Friday.
  A meeting will be held early next week with the office of the justice minister and solicitor general, correctional officers and Occupation Health and Safety staff to discuss long-standing workplace health and safety problems, said Guy
  
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• Whyte Avenue sergeant new head of the Edmonton Police Association

  16-12-2017 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Whyte Avenue beat sergeant is the new leader of the union representing Edmonton police officers. 
  Sgt. Michael Elliott, who works in the city’s southwest division, was elected president of the Edmonton Police Association (EPA) on Friday. 
  “It’s a little overwhelming,” Elliott said. “I’m just humbled and honoured that the membership supported me in this, and I will do my best to support them in return.” 
  Around 1,000 of the service’
  
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• Edmonton launches enforcement blitz against owners of off-leash dogs on bike path

  16-12-2017 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  City of Edmonton enforcement staff are launching a blitz to educate or fine dog owners who let their pets run off-leash on a central Edmonton bike path. 
  The effort targeting off-leash dogs on the shared-use path running alongside Westmount and into west Oliver is one of 276 special patrols the team carried out this year. It’s also one of the first to target the conflict between dog owners and cyclists.
  The shared-use path runs down a former rail right-of-way near 122 Street and 107 A
  
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• At 95, Dolf Hantelmann closes the lid on piano-tuning career

  16-12-2017 01:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dolf Hantelmann was six, maybe seven, when he first discovered he had a gift.
  Sitting quietly in the room of a home in Rotterdam in the late 1920s, his uncle’s fingers dancing across the black and white keys of the family piano, he heard a flawed note.
  It struck him as odd.
  In fact, it did more than that. It annoyed him deeply.
  “I hear if a piano is out of tune and it bothers me,” the 95-year-old said Friday.
  Saturated in the sounds of cellos, violins, and pianos while gro
  
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• Edmonton family holds Star Wars fundraiser to give back to children's charities

  16-12-2017 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Addison Kenneth enthusiastically tapped his feet and rocked in his wheelchair Friday while surrounded by stormtroopers, Jawas and all his favourite Star Wars characters at a special screening of The Last Jedi. Without the ability to speak, it was his way of expressing excitement about the Jedi Addison Dreams & Wishes Star Wars fundraiser his dad organized to help the wishes of sick kids come true.
  A total of 200 people attended the event at the Scotiabank Theatre in West Edmonton Mall to sup
  
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• Press Gallery #210: The Bye Bye Bye edition

  16-12-2017 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fall 2017 session of the Alberta legislature wrapped up Wednesday — yet it was anything but a quiet week in provincial politics.
  Before MLAs all said “bye-bye” and headed home to their constituencies, Derek Fildebrandt landed in hot water over saying farewell to Bambie on private land, and Premier Rachel Notley demanded Jason Nixon kiss goodbye to his position as UCP house leader over a sexual harassment case.   
  There was also a byelection in Calgary-Lougheed, wo
  
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