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• Boiling water vapourizing in extreme cold

  28-12-2017 23:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  In December 2013, Edmonton Journal photographer Bruce Edwards demonstrated how boiling water freezes instantly when thrown in the air when it’s very cold. Seems like a fitting time to revisit that video.
  
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• Rising costs, low prices lead consortium to cancel long-delayed plans for Mackenzie gas project

  28-12-2017 23:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Imperial Oil Ltd. has put the final nail in the coffin of long-delayed plans to build a natural gas pipeline through the Northwest Territories down the Mackenzie Valley.
  In a post on its website, the energy giant says the joint-venture partnership created to build the massive project has been dissolved and participants have decided not to proceed with the scheme at this time.
  “Since work on the Mackenzie gas project was initiated in 2000, the North American natural gas market has changed s
  
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• Colleen Brown finds Major Love in both Edmonton and Kingston

  28-12-2017 21:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  What’s the most Edmonton thing you can do? Move away, of course!
  Colleen Brown laughs at the idea because in many ways it applies to her. A beautiful-voiced staple in the city’s singer-songwriter scene, Brown got extra serious about her career a few years back and packed up for Toronto.
  “There is a perception issue in the industry,” she said over coffee downtown, “that you have to go somewhere else and make something of yourself, then you come back here hopefully, e
  
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• Semi-truck gets stuck beneath High Level Bridge overpass

  28-12-2017 21:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A semi-truck was stuck beneath a High Level Bridge overpass for several hours on Thursday. 
  The truck became lodged at around 9 a.m. and wasn’t removed until shortly after 1 p.m., Catherine Kuehne, communications advisor for the city’s parks and roads department, said.
  A truck gets stuck below the bridge roughly “five times a year” she said. 
  Kuehne did not know how this particular truck had been removed, but said the usual practice is to let air out of the tire
  
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• One newborn saved in 2017 thanks to Edmonton's Angel Cradle program

  28-12-2017 21:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Covenant Health saved its first abandoned newborn baby this year through its safe-haven program.
  The baby was anonymously dropped off within the past six months at the health-care provider’s site at Grey Nuns Hospital in Mill Woods. This is the first baby to be provided with a safe haven through the Angel Cradle program, which opened in May 2013.
  Gordon Self, vice-president of the ethics department at Covenant Health, said that it was a healthy newborn with a positive outcome. The Ministry
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton: Sleeping Beauty, Clara's Dream, and Wizard of Oz

  28-12-2017 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sleeping Beauty
  Song, dance, slapstick comedy and audience participation are a big part of the traditional British Pantomime, the very style in which the fine folks at Fort Edmonton park are performing Sleeping Beauty. As a member of the audience you’ll hold the fate of the story in your hands, which means that every performance is just that much different from the previous. Family friendly holiday wackiness!
  When: Thursday, Dec. 28 to Saturday, Dec. 30 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 29 and Sa
  
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• Ways to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2017 in Edmonton

  28-12-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Here are a few ways to ring in 2018 in the Edmonton area.
  
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• Fitness column: Active, healthy living provides better results than what social media stars peddle

  28-12-2017 19:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here’s a New Year’s resolution question I never get asked. “Is pairing a balanced diet with vigorous physical activity the best way to achieve one’s health and fitness goals?”
  More likely, I’m being asked about a diet that attempts to replicate primal eating patterns (weeds and mammoth) or the single best exercise to carve new-found abs in under two weeks (as demonstrated by a shirtless 20-year-old on Instagram).
  Tried and true, evidence-based exercise may be
  
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• Alberta's small business confidence rises faster than rest of Canada: report

  28-12-2017 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Small business confidence is rising in Alberta, though optimism is still sluggish, according to a monthly survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
  Alberta’s confidence index, which measures small business optimism, spiked 3.9 points to 60.1 (out of 100) in December compared to November. It was the biggest jump among the provinces.
  Quebec had the highest overall index at 66.3, followed by British Columbia, Nova Scotia and then Alberta.
  Saskatchewan’s index dropped 1.
  
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• Double-fatal fire east of Edmonton deemed non-suspicious

  28-12-2017 18:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  A trailer fire east of Edmonton in which two adults were later found dead has been deemed non-suspicious, say RCMP.
  The bodies were discovered after Vermilion RCMP and emergency responders were called to the trailer fire south of the town about 6:20 a.m. on Dec. 19.
  Autopsies are now complete and the fire, which destroyed the home, was not suspicious, said Vermilion RCMP in a Thursday news release. 
  Vermilion is about 192 kilometres east of Edmonton. 
  
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• Edmonton inflation spikes over housing, gas prices

  28-12-2017 17:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Inflation in Edmonton is rising faster than the Canadian average, according to an analysis released Thursday by the city. 
  In November annual inflation in the Edmonton​ census metropolitan area, as measured by the consumer price index, jumped from 1.3 per cent to 2.7 per cent from October.
  The rise is due to higher housing costs combined with a spike in gas prices in early November, the city says.
  The census metropolitan area includes Edmonton and several neighbouring communities
  
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• Top stories of 2017 in Edmonton #3: The opioid crisis

  28-12-2017 16:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Every year, a few stories stand out as the most important in Edmonton — stories that get us talking around the proverbial water cooler and resonate deeply in our city. The Journal is counting down our picks for the Top 5 stories of 2017.
  Story #3: The opioid crisis
  The word “crisis” is not an overstatement. Opioid addiction and overdoses is a crisis bordering on an emergency in Alberta.
  And while progress has been made in 2017 in combating the problem, the d
  
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• Take cover: Extreme cold warning issued for Edmonton

  28-12-2017 14:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park.
  Today, there will be a mix of sun and cloud with a 30 per cent chance of snow.
  The high will be -19C dropping to -27C this afternoon. The windchill this morning will be -29 and -38 this afternoon.
  Tonight, the low is -33 C, with an extreme windchill of -41.
  Tomorrow, there will be a high of -28 C, with a windchill of -43. The low will be -32 C.
  An extreme cold warning is issued by Environment Canada
  
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• Watch the rock grow: Volunteers lobby to protect fragile Tufa Springs

  28-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a special place in Edmonton where the rock is literally forming under your feet. 
  Kind of like Hawaii — where volcanic rock hits the sea and tourism brochures boast of the newest rock on Earth — the tufa rock forming near the springs in the Whitemud Creek ravine is created so quickly it encases growing moss in a delicate grey armour.
  Great boulders of fragile tufa stand out from the hillside, sometimes painted ochre-red from high iron content.
  It’s unique in
  
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• New program for Alberta seniors facilities nearly ready, minister says

  28-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Health Minister Sarah Hoffman says her government is close to finalizing a new program for seniors care projects that is expected to reduce the province’s reliance on private providers.
  “For a long time, we saw the lion’s share be delivered through private companies,” Hoffman told Postmedia News in a recent year-end interview from her legislature office.
  “I think it’s time we look at some public delivery as well, and I don’t think it will surprise people
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton Oilers can't outscore their mistakes, drop barnbarner in the 'Peg

  28-12-2017 10:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 3, Jets 4
  It was a whale of a hockey game in Winnipeg Wednesday night. It was anything but the “tryptophan coma” type games that often follow the Christmas break, as both teams played with plenty of energy throughout. Fast-paced hockey with plenty of high skill on display and more than a little nasty edge to spice things up. Exciting, high-event hockey.
  Unfortunately for the Edmonton Oilers, too many of those “events” came in the form of defensive mistakes, and too
  
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• All good for Connor McDavid after blocking shot before Christmas

  28-12-2017 05:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  WINNIPEG — The estimable Hall of Fame scribe Michael Farber tweeted a few days ago that having a superstar block a shot is like Monet painting your fence, but Connor McDavid doesn’t take that brushstroke.
  “It’s everybody’s job, it’s my job as much as the next guy,” said McDavid, who shrugged off his bruised left foot as an occupational hazard after Habs defenceman Jeff Petry ripped one off his appendage late in the Montreal game last Saturday.
  McDav
  
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• Cold snaps, icy roads fail to deter winter cyclists

  28-12-2017 03:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  With extreme weather warnings and icy roads, winter is the time to put Edmonton’s bike lanes to the test.
  Chris Nelson, the Edmonton Weather Nerdery blogger, said a typical Edmonton winter, ranging from November to February, will have only 20 days that are -20 C or below, and 50 to 60 days with temperatures above freezing.
  Daily high temperatures in Edmonton for the December from 1998-2017. Data collected from Environment Canada.
  Most cyclists will bike during those cold snaps without a pr
  
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• Photos: And now for something completely different

  28-12-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  While covering my daily photo assignments I often find myself drawn to moments that are unusual, funny or preferably slightly absurd. These are some photos that didn’t make my Best of 2017 post, but entertained me nonetheless.
  Wearing a banana costume Karim Moussaoui helps a friend move near 108 Street and 86 Avenue, in Edmonton Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Moussaoui said he found the costume on the floor of his friend’s apartment during the move.
  A billboard appears to reach out for a p
  
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• Canadian Blood Services needs more donors during holidays

  28-12-2017 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Even after an urgent call for donors Dec. 18, Canadian Blood Services still needs to fill 18,000 open appointments — 2,600 in Alberta, 940 in Edmonton — to meet supply standards for the period ending Jan. 6.
  “This is typically a bad time for us,” said Deb Steele-Kretschmer, a strategic communications specialist with the organization. “We like to have between five and eight days on supply and right now we have just over three.”
  The dip in the national inventory
  
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• Edmonton condo market expected to heat up in 2018

  28-12-2017 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Neighbourhoods in central Edmonton and the booming southwest are expected to be among the city’s hottest condominium markets in 2018, a real estate analyst says.
  “With Alberta’s economy looking very positive for next year — Alberta looks to lead all the provinces for real GDP (gross domestic product) growth — we’re looking for a really positive year in the multi-family market,” Annalise Boytinck of Urban Analytics said Wednesday.
  Rogers Place and the sur
  
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• Know before you throw: How to dispose of your holiday waste

  28-12-2017 01:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Grabbing the largest garbage bag you can find to deal with that holiday mess in one fell swoop might seem like a tempting idea, but the city’s cleanup crews would beg to differ.
  On Wednesday, the Edmonton Waste Management Centre gave some tips on managing holiday waste responsibly and efficiently. 
  The holiday season sees two big spikes in waste from food leftovers and gift wraps. So before throwing out those chewed up turkey bones, stop and look twice before you dump it in a bin.
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• Nexen Energy ULC charged after explosion killed two workers in 2016

  28-12-2017 01:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges have been laid against Nexen Energy after two workers were killed in an explosion at the Nexen Long Lake site south of Fort McMurray.
  Dave Williams, 30, and Drew Foster, 52, were changing valves on a hydrocracker — where hydrogen is combined with partially upgraded bitumen to remove sulphur while producing synthetic crude oil — on Jan. 15, 2016, when there was an explosion just before 3:30 p.m.
  Foster died at the scene while Williams, after being taken to Edmon
  
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• Paula Simons: EPS privacy policy makes a mystery of murder

  28-12-2017 01:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a murder mystery of a most peculiar kind — the homicide that police just won’t discuss.
  On Dec. 19, in his annual year-end interviews with the local media, Edmonton police Chief Rod Knecht casually added another, previously unrevealed, homicide to the city’s running tally of culpable death.
  “I asked this morning, and I said, ‘What are we at?’ ” Knecht told reporters. “Because I thought it was 40, actually. And we’re at 41. I had it
  
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