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• Kris Russell, Darnell Nurse and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins the few bright spots on Edmonton Oilers so far

  05-01-2018 23:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers mid-season review, Pt. 5, player power rankings.
  Today in the fifth part of The Cult’s mid-season review of the Oilers, I dig into the players and where they rank based on their first half play.Here are the mid-season power rankings:Connor McDavid.⇔ How much did that illness impact him? A ton, it would seem. Was not himself in November and much of December. Now we’re seeing the old McDavid again at even strength, where he commands the puck and no one can stop him. O
  
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• Charges laid after motorcyclist struck and killed on Parsons Road in September

  05-01-2018 23:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Charges have been laid after a motorcyclist was killed on Parsons Road in September, police said Friday.
  Southeast division police officers raced to the scene on Parsons Road near the Anthony Henday overpass around 11 p.m. on Sept. 10 after a report of a collision.
  When police arrived, they found 29-year-old Ziade Haddad laying on Parsons Road and a car in the ditch on the east side of the road. Haddad was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Investigators believe a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu travelling sou
  
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• Social media watch: What's at steak, questionable claims, Gotfried vs. Leach

  05-01-2018 23:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Alberta rolled into the new year awash with sunshine and comparative warmth, we resolved to shine more light on the social media messages shot into cyberspace by elected representatives, parties and the PACs that support them. 
  Each week, we’ll give you a roundup of the outrage, the posturing and the downright weird unfolding on social media.
  Where’s the beef? Right here. 
  Environment Minister Shannon Phillips caused a kerfuffle on Twitter this week when she suggested Al
  
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• To a modern family, with love, as The Humans debuts at the Citadel

  05-01-2018 22:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  To see one’s own life reflected on stage is both hopeful and terrifying. 
  It’s hopeful because there is acknowledgement. It’s terrifying because then, it must be true.
  In that spirit, anybody in a family with an aging, infirm parent and thirty-something children still making their way will be both heartened and horrified by The Humans, which opens at the Citadel on Jan. 11.
  Making its Canadian premiere on the Shoctor stage, The Humans is a play with a pedigree — winn
  
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• Edmonton pickleball growth 'exponential' after 30 new courts opened last year

  05-01-2018 21:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The pop of paddle striking a swiss-cheese sphere echoes amid the screech of scuffed runners. It is the symphony announcing the golden age of pickleball, played masterfully by its mostly golden-aged adepts.
  “The growth and interest in pickleball has been exponential in the last few years,” said Helen Thomson, 67 “and proud of it,” at the Terwillegar Rec Centre earlier this week. The music of the rally punctuated her words, benches filled with players eager to jump into one
  
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• Wine column: Toast to the teams who produce simple, original wines that reflect regions

  05-01-2018 20:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  My New Year’s personal pledge is to be more thankful, and whine (pun intended) less.
  I don’t mean to ramble on about poor wine-by-the-glass lists — especially at large Edmonton event spaces where you can find specialty food kiosks with brisket, wraps and premium seating menus offering lamb pops and sushi rolls. But nowhere to be found is a decent wine-by-the-glass list for patrons looking for something more interesting than mass-produced, commercial, high-alcohol, headache-indu
  
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• New recipe book launches with 17th century meal at Ernest's

  05-01-2018 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  There is what we eat, and then there is what inspires us. Rarely do they come together in one event. But that’s happening on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Ernest’s restaurant at NAIT, when cookbook author and NAIT instructor Kristine Kowalchuk hosts a night of dining dedicated to 17th century foods.
  Kowalchuk is the author of Preserving on Paper, a delightful compendium of recipes and health remedies created by women and passed down generation to generation during what is roughly known as the
  
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• Calls to cancel electricity transmission project near Fort McMurray

  05-01-2018 14:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  A drop in oilsands development has prompted the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to recommend cancelling plans for a major power transmission project northwest of Fort McMurray.
  The project, approved in 2012, included building two power substations and 130 km of 240-kilovolt power lines to serve an area without transmission facilities that was expected to have significant electricity requirements because of oilsands growth.
  The work was originally expected to cost about $370 million, an e
  
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• 'Real and raw': Small group profiles Edmonton's marginalized on social media

  05-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sitting in the house of a quiet northeast Edmonton suburb, four people of wildly different backgrounds attempt to explain their social media approach to activism.
  It’s a hodgepodge of ideas and goals: therapeutic accessory and networking hub, that coalesce into the Humans of Edmonton Experience, which uses Facebook to profile the stories of the marginalized. 
  “And without sugar-coating it,” Emil Tiedemann, one of the group’s four organizers, said Monday. “We wa
  
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• Opinion: Vets should have been consulted on new animal-care rules

  05-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Albertans will know costs of animal care,” Opinion, Dec. 20
  Reading the Dec. 20 op-ed penned by the minister of Service Alberta, I was dismayed by her continued claim of consultation with the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (ABVMA) prior to the passing of Bill 31, A Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act.
  Put simply, this claim misrepresents to the public what the actual process was. Indeed, there was no consultation with the ABVMA on the proposed amendments to the
  
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• Friday's letters: What's next for river valley? A big ferris wheel?

  05-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Sauna in River Valley would be a warming antidote to winter,” David Staples, Jan. 3
  Has David Staples heard of any feature existing in another city that he doesn’t think should be installed in our river valley?
  What’s next? How about a huge ferris wheel, a la London? Or maybe a St. Louis-type arch (ah, maybe the new Walterdale Bridge will do)? Perhaps a large statue holding a torch that people could ascend for a view of the city?
  Why the urgency to clutter an already
  
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• Editorial: Parliament Hill, too?

  05-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a development that feels at once outrageous and sadly inevitable, the #MeToo movement now sweeping through show business, media, and other workplaces has breached Parliament Hill. 
  It took a Canadian Press survey of female MPs to shine a spotlight on the bitter irony that what should be Canada’s most august workplace is apparently as riven with sexually predatory behaviour as Hollywood has turned out to be.
  Thirty-eight of Canada’s 89 women elected to the House of Commons too
  
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• Player grades: McDavid, Talbot lift Edmonton Oilers to hard-fought shootout win over Ducks

  05-01-2018 11:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ducks 1, Oilers 2 (SO)
  On a night that Edmonton Oilers announced mid-game that they had acquired backup goaltender Al Montoya from Montreal for a conditional draft pick, their #1 man, Cam Talbot, delivered the goods on the ice.  Talbot matched a red-hot John Gibson save for save as the Oilers and Anaheim Ducks battled to a 1-1 sawoff through 65 minutes. The game was ultimately decided in the third round of the shootout, and by the narrowest of margins, when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins banked h
  
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• Finalists announced for next Edmonton Music Prize

  05-01-2018 04:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three local music acts received a new year’s boost to their careers Thursday after being announced as finalists for the 2017 Edmonton Music Prize.
  Alternative soul singer Nuela Charles, country singer Dan Davidson and the transatlantic folk act 100 Mile House were picked from 28 initial nominations and a subsequent shortlist of 10 names released in December.
  The first-place winner will receive $10,000, with the two runners-up getting $1,000 each. Winners will be announced at a recepti
  
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• Edmonton police warn about release of sex offender likely to reoffend

  05-01-2018 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A convicted sex offender likely to reoffend against someone under the age of 16 will be living in the Edmonton area, the Edmonton Police Service is warning.
  EPS is seeking a recognizance order on 45-year-old Corey Smith, who will be monitored by the police’s behavioural assessment unit, said a news release from police Thursday.
  Police say the information is being released so members of the public can take precautionary measures, not to encourage vigilante action.
  Police are asking any
  
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• City police join youth in friendly McCauley Cup hockey game

  05-01-2018 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  One little girl in a dark pink coat turns to a hulking police officer for his advice when she is on the ice.
  “If I don’t get the puck?” asked seven-year-old Brooklyn Burns, looking worried. She was standing with 10-year-old Deja Howse.
  “We’ll get it,” Const. Brennan Bohnet assured her Thursday.
  Brooklyn and Deja were two of 50 children at the McCauley Cup, a friendly annual hockey game involving Edmonton downtown division police officers and youth from the co
  
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• Judge gives Edmonton Humane Society custody of seized dogs

  05-01-2018 01:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge granted the Edmonton Humane Society full ownership of 34 dogs seized in November 2016, a humane society news release says.
  The decision was handed down Thursday after the humane society filed a lawsuit in April 2017 against a 30-year-old Edmonton man. The dogs have been in protective custody with the shelter for more than one year.
  “We are pleased with the judge’s ruling to grant EHS ownership of these dogs,” Miranda Jordan-Smith, the humane society’s chief execut
  
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• Sentence reserved for Edmonton man who sexually abused five-year-old

  05-01-2018 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sentencing for an Edmonton man who admitted to sexually abusing a five-year-old, and using a “shotgun” approach to initiate sexual conversations with children online, was put off for a week Thursday while a judge considers a joint submission on sentencing.
  Timothy Michael Lidkea, 37, earlier entered guilty pleas to several offences, including sexual touching of a five-year-old girl and luring an undercover officer who was posing as a 13-year-old girl online. He also admitted to
  
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• Public schools hit hard by freezing water pipes over holidays

  05-01-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Eleven Edmonton Public schools suffered flood damage over the holiday break due to severe cold temperatures and students at one school are being relocated while repairs are completed.
  The water damage at Minchau School, caused by pipes that burst after freezing, was so extensive it will not reopen when classes resume Jan. 8. Repairs are expected to take 10 to 12 weeks and cost in excess of $500,000.
  The 307 students in the kindergarten to Grade 6 school at 3615 Mill Woods Rd. East will be tempor
  
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• Behind the scenes at the Edmonton ice castle

  05-01-2018 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A behind-the-scenes media tour of the building of the massive castle made of ice in Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park, which is scheduled to open on Friday, Jan. 5.
  
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• Sneak peek at Edmonton's ice castle

  05-01-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Towering spires of ice loom large over Hawrelak Park as Edmonton’s ice castle is ready to open to the public.
  “If you can imagine a frozen waterfall that kind of blew up everywhere, that’s the best way to describe it,” Christian Denis, lead artist and site manager, said at a preview of the structure Thursday.
  A crew of around 20 people has worked since October to create the ice castle, first laying a series of pipes, sprinklers and ice before creating columns of ice that
  
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• Woman who allegedly rammed police truck knew prisoner inside: RCMP

  05-01-2018 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 28-year-old woman has been charged after a police truck transporting a prisoner was rammed before the driver led Mounties in a brief pursuit.
  A Mountie in the fully marked police truck was driving the prisoner from the Paul Band First Nation to Stony Plain RCMP detachment around 2:45 a.m. Jan. 1 when a vehicle rammed into it near Highway 16 at Range Road 35, RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott said Thursday.
  The driver then made repeated attempts to ram the police truck as the Mountie took evasive action.
  
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• Reconciliation starts with 'I'm sorry': Sixties Scoop survivors to weigh in on apology

  05-01-2018 00:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government wants to hear from Sixties Scoop survivors as it grapples with how to best craft a meaningful apology. 
  To help the process along, it’s pairing with the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta (SSISA) to hold engagement sessions in six communities across the province. 
  The process begins in Peace River on Jan. 18, then heads to St. Paul on Feb. 1, Fort McMurray Feb. 7, Lethbridge Feb. 14, Calgary Feb. 21 and Edmonton March 1. 
  “This
  
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• David Staples: To avoid another LRT fiasco, go with bus rapid transit to West Edmonton Mall

  05-01-2018 00:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Instead of building an LRT from downtown to West Edmonton Mall and beyond, we should go with bus rapid transit (BRT).
  Why? 
  First, to avoid building an expensive and inflexible system that can’t be easily changed if there are major mistakes. Second, BRT represents a more flexible system that moves people at LRT-like speed. Third, BRT costs far less to build than LRT, which should allow the city to expand its mass rapid transit system in other directions.
  As Izak Roux, an engineer
  
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