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• Watch the skies: New Year kicks off with super moon and blue moon

  30-12-2017 21:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Just as the parties on Earth start to wrap up on New Years Eve, the skies will throw open their blue curtains to reveal a show.
  A super moon.
  The first day of the New Year, Jan. 1 will see a super moon grace the skies as the elliptical orbit helps the moon take a close swing by the Earth.
  “A super moon is the largest full moon of the year,” said Frank Florian, director of planetarium and space sciences at the Telus World of Science.
  The moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptic
  
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• Backhoe called in after north Edmonton house fire

  30-12-2017 19:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Residents of a north Edmonton home were able to safely evacuate during a late night fire Friday.
  Edmonton Fire Rescue Services responded to a call about a blaze at a house near 108 Street and 178 Avenue just before midnight, spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said Saturday.
  One fire truck still on scene at a charred north #yeg home after a late night fire.https://t.co/VPVqHZ3Bxg pic.twitter.com/lOJkJsqSRA
  — Paige Parsons (@paigeeparsons) December 30, 2017Within minutes, firefighters arrived on sce
  
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• Top stories of 2017 in Edmonton #1: Truck attack

  30-12-2017 19:33 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 #1: Truck attack
  “It could have been so much worse.”
  That might be the best way to describe the attack on Edmonton on the night of Saturday, Sept. 30.
  It started when a man, later identified as Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, p
  
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• Natural gas outages persist as frigid temperatures ring in weekend

  30-12-2017 17:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  As an extreme cold warning persisted for the Edmonton area early Saturday, residents in a northern Alberta county were coping with natural gas outages.
  An alert issued by Alberta’s Emergency Management Agency remained in effect for Mackenzie County on Saturday morning, citing cold weather as the cause of disruptions to the natural gas supply in the region. The agency said the problem is expected to persist until temperatures rise. In the meantime, natural gas supply trucks are being b
  
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• Sewer rats, chest-beating spats and pot stores: How much do you remember of Alberta politics in 2017

  30-12-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s time to doff your Santa hat and don your thinking cap for our final Alberta politics quiz of the season. Here are multiple-choice questions dealing with provincial politics from 2017 in no particular chronology. Answers are below. Give yourself a point for each correct answer.
  QUESTIONS:
  1. During question period on March 13, deputy premier Sarah Hoffman accused the official Opposition of consorting with what filthy animals
  a. venomous snakes.
  b. rabid dogs.
  c. sewer rats.
  d. journali
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Edmonton Oilers come from behind to earn a point in overtime loss to Chicago

  30-12-2017 09:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers may have (narrowly) been the better team at Rogers Place on Friday night. But it is also hard to say that they necessarily deserved both points, in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Black Hawks.
  And yes, in the process, they handed career minor league netminder Jeff Glass his 1st NHL victory, in his 1st NHL appearance.  Where, this season, have we seen this sort of thing before, between the Oilers are back-up goalies?
  The Oilers had dominated the opening frame, out-shooting Ch
  
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• Cold disrupts natural gas supply in Mackenzie County

  30-12-2017 03:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cold weather disrupted the natural gas supply Friday in Mackenzie County, leading to outages south of La Crête.
  The Alberta Management Agency sent out an alert at 5:41 p.m. saying areas south of La Crête had begun to experience natural gas supply outages, which were expected to last until temperatures warm up.
  In the meantime, natural gas supply trucks are being brought in to try to maintain the gas line pressure, the alert stated.
  A reception area was set up at La Crête Mennon
  
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• Partridges but no pear trees turn up in Edmonton Christmas bird count

  30-12-2017 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Christmas bird count has turned up a congress of ravens, a banditry of chickadees, a convocation of eagles and, as usual, a mad squawking of magpies.
  About 440 volunteers took part in the 69th annual local version of an event started 118 years ago by an American Audubon Society official to replace a much uglier Christmas tradition, Edmonton count co-ordinator Kim Blomme said Friday.
  “It started way, way back when someone … said, ‘Hey, let’s go out and se
  
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• Eric Gryba to be waived by Edmonton Oilers to make room for Oscar Klefbom

  30-12-2017 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  What a difference a year makes. One year ago today, Edmonton Oilers defenceman Eric Gryba was making headlines for all the right reasons:… when he scored the game-winning goal, landed 5 hits, and earned first star honours as the Oilers won a crucial home game against the Los Angeles Kings. It was a night to remember for the grinding defender.
  But December 29, 2017 will be a day to forget. Today the club announced it would be waiving Gryba in order to make room on the roster for Oscar Klef
  
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• Who's a good boy? Scooter wins first place in Canadian dog competition

  30-12-2017 02:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Training a dog is not about the trainer, but about the animal’s heart and devotion, says a longtime trainer.
  “You really have to be a team. When you go into the ring, the leash comes off, there’s no cookies or anything. It’s just you and your dog,” said Lee Kozicki, her miniature poodle, Scooter, by her side.
  Scooter made his 70-year-old owner proud earlier this month when he was awarded the title of Canada’s top obedience dog of 2017.
  Five years ago, when Sco
  
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• At -25 C, water bubbles turn into snowflakes

  30-12-2017 02:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Photojournalists David Bloom and Ian Kucerak took a solution of dish detergent and corn syrup and froze bubbles into snowflakes on a -25 C day at Hawrelak Park in Edmonton on Dec. 29.
  A macro photo of a soap bubble as it begins to freeze at -25 in Edmonton Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo by David Bloom
  An ice bubble formed by dish detergent and corn syrup freezes at -25 Celsius at Hawrelak Park in Edmonton, Alberta on Friday, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo by Ian Kucerak
  An ice bubble formed by dish detergen
  
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• Edmonton New Years Eve fireworks moved to the legislative grounds

  30-12-2017 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s New Years Eve fireworks have been moved from Churchill Square to the Alberta legislature grounds this year. 
  Organizers are expecting a crowd of around 10,000 people, but are warning folks to bundle up as the city continues to languish in a deep freeze. 
  In a nod to the new location, the Federal Building will extend its programming to 8:45 p.m. Sunday, closing just ahead of the 9 p.m. fireworks start.
  Family friendly activities begin at 6 p.m., including music, comedia
  
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• Youth parliament takes over Alberta legislature

  30-12-2017 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sitting in the plush, green leather chairs usually reserved for MLAs, members of Alberta’s 98th Tuxis youth parliament are deep into a debate about the Ministry of Publicity. 
  It’s simply changes to the handbook, argues one MLA, because section 12 is clearly outdated. 
  That idea is pooh-poohed across the aisle, but desk-thumping support comes from the member’s own bench. 
  It’s like watching the Alberta legislature at question period — were we in an al
  
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• Alberta sets power consumption record: Extreme cold to continue through the weekend

  30-12-2017 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  After repeatedly coming close during this week’s extreme cold weather, Albertans have set a power-consumption record.
  The province used 11,473 megawatts of electricity between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday, surpassing the record 11,458 MW reached Dec. 16, 2016, the Alberta Electricity System Operator (AESO) reported Friday.
  Power consumption is at its highest typically between 5 p,m. and 7 p.m., when people returning home from work turn on lights and appliances.
  The AESO website Fri
  
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• Paula Simons: Alberta's electricity surplus gives power to the people

  30-12-2017 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  This Thursday, Dec. 28, Alberta  set a new mark for electricity use. We hit an all-time record high of 11,473 MW. That surpassed the 2016 record by 15 MW.
  It’s probably not surprising. 
  It’s cold. It’s dark.
  Our furnaces are pumping. Our lights are ablaze. Our washing machines and computers are in overdrive.
  You might expect electricity prices in Alberta to be in overdrive, too. But that’s the real surprise.
  Electricity prices in Alberta remained remarkably low
  
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• Three Edmontonians receive Order of Canada

  30-12-2017 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A doctor known for his humanitarian work, a political scientist whose specialties include the study of women in Canadian politics and a pioneering cardiac expert are the latest Edmontonians to be named to the Order of Canada. 
  Gov. Gen. Julie Payette announced the list of 124 new appointments Friday, which included Eric Schloss and Janine Brodie inducted as members of the order, and Paul W. Armstrong named an officer of the order.
  The Order of Canada is one of Canada’s highest civilia
  
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