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• Edmonton Food Bank looking for donations a week before Christmas

  17-12-2017 21:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  With just a couple weeks until the end of the year, Edmonton Food Bank executive director Marjorie Bencz is confident that Edmontonians will help the food bank meet its 2017 goals.
  This year, the food bank aimed to raise 325,000 kilograms of food and  $1,750,000 to support people in need.
  As of Friday, the food bank had raised 61 per cent of its food goal and more than half of its monetary goal.
  “We are getting close to Christmas but a lot happens over the next few days,” s
  
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• Downtown vigil planned for missing Edmonton woman

  17-12-2017 21:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The husband of a local woman who has been missing for nine days is planning a candlelight vigil in downtown Edmonton on Sunday night.
  During a phone interview on Sunday, Ali Fneich said that he hopes people come “raise a candle” to support the effort to find his wife, Nadia Atwi, 32, who was last seen in the area of 48 Street and 146 Avenue at 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 8. Her vehicle was located at around 12:30 p.m. that day in the Rundle Park area.
  The vigil will be held in Church
  
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• Councillors unsurprised by 'overwhelming' response to City Hall pool redesign

  17-12-2017 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northeast Coun. Aaron Paquette is leading a charge to keep the pool and fountains as they are at Edmonton’s City Hall.
  He said he’s already heard from dozens of residents on social media and through email, people sharing anecdotes, photos and even sketches of a beloved, child-friendly space downtown. He intends to take pointed questions to administration Thursday, and if necessary, to a formal council debate in the new year.
  City officials are planning to revitalize the area around C
  
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• Province to meet with Edmonton Remand Centre staff over safety concerns

  17-12-2017 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Changes are in the works for the Edmonton Remand Centre after another assault on correctional officers earlier this week, which put the institution into lockdown.
  Marlin Schmidt, acting justice minister and solicitor general, released an updated statement on Saturday, saying the ministry is glad operations have returned to normal and that the government looks forward to discussions with staff.
  “When staff raise safety concerns we take them seriously. We also value the advice and input of o
  
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• Nick Lees: NAIT's 'incredibly ambitious' fundraising campaign almost at finish line

  17-12-2017 20:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  In time for festive celebrations, NAIT reports being a snowflake away from its $100 million campaign target, a critical goal in its vision to be celebrated as a world-leading polytechnic.
  “The campaign was publicly launched in 2014 with the goal of raising $100 million in support of students, applied research and facilities,” says Mike Meldrum, NAIT’s associate vice-president of advancement, who helped spearhead the campaign.
  “We are still talking with alumni, other suppo
  
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• One dead after collision on Highway 63 on Saturday morning

  17-12-2017 20:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  One person is dead after a collision on Highway 63 on Saturday morning south of Fort McMurray.
  The crash happened about 95 kilometres south of Fort McMurray on Highway 63 around 10:33 a.m. on said Cpl. Teri-Ann Deobald with the Wood Buffalo RCMP.
  All southbound lanes were closed for two hours and traffic was down to one lane for several hours as RCMP investigated the crash.
  Police continue to investigate the crash and are considering freezing rain and icy roads as a possible factor.
  Anyone with
  
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• Councillors wade into City Hall pool debate

  17-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Northeast Coun. Aaron Paquette is leading a charge to keep the pool and fountains as they are at Edmonton’s City Hall.
  He said he’s already heard from dozens of residents on social media and through email, people sharing anecdotes, photos and even sketches of a beloved, child-friendly space downtown. He intends to take pointed questions to administration Thursday, and if necessary, to a formal council debate in the new year.
  City officials are planning to revitalize the area around C
  
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• Keep pets away from holiday goodies this season, warn vets

  17-12-2017 03:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  If pets get their paws on Christmas goodies over the holiday season, they can end up seriously ill, warn veterinarians.
  Animal clinics see a spike in emergency visits during this time of year because of holiday hazards like dangerous decorations, poisonous plants, and unhealthy foods.
  “We see a lot of dogs with upset tummies simply because of dietary indiscretions,” said Anthea Smith, head shelter veterinarian for the Edmonton Humane Society. “There are too many table scraps, t
  
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• 'Always a sense of occasion': Memories fill Northlands Coliseum as Edmonton says goodbye

  17-12-2017 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  On his 27th birthday Kent Strayer took in the Coliseum for the last time. 
  “There was always a sense of occasion,” said Strayer, whose memories include watching hockey games, going to concerts and attending YC Alberta, a Christian youth conference.
  Strayer sat in the lower bowl of the Northlands Coliseum with Shauntae Manders, 27, Saturday morning and basked in the nostalgia of the arena while contemplating it’s future.
  “I was fully on board with Rogers Place, but it
  
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• 'They should be here': Whitecourt remembers Ryder and Radek

  17-12-2017 00:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whitecourt — In the middle of a hockey rink being painted blue and green in memory of slain brothers Ryder and Radek MacDougall, a group of teenage boys reminisced about the mischief they used to get up to.
  Two of Ryder’s best friends smiled as they remembered getting into trouble with their buddy: rafting on a creek and drifting so far they had to hike two hours to get home; and ringing neighbours’ doorbells as a prank before running off, jumping fences to get away.
  Chase Whee
  
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• Cult of Hockey game grades: Edmonton Oilers preserve 3-2 victory against Minnesota Wild

  17-12-2017 00:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  How often do you go 0-6 on the power play and still win?
  I don’t recommend that the Edmonton Oilers try that tactic every game. But it, in a round-about way, worked out for them in an important 3-2 win over a Western Conference rival.
  On the other hand the much-maligned penalty kill not only did the job, it came out ahead, thanks to a terrific 3-player effort that ended with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ wrister behind the Wild goalie for a short-handed goal, and a (this season, at least) ra
  
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• 5 things I liked about Edmonton Oilers 3-2 over Minnesota Wild

  17-12-2017 00:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The good, old Edmonton Oilers of 2016-17 had gone missing for the first two months of the 2017-18 season but they now look to be back.
  Edmonton has strung together five solid efforts in a row against Montreal, Toronto, C0lumbus, Nashville and, on Saturday afternoon, the Minnesota Wild.
  Here are 5 things I liked in Edmonton’s 3-2 win over the Wild:
  The Edmonton Oilers no longer look slow. In fact, I’m going to suggest that the idea this team is slow was something of a mirage. What wa
  
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