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• Online database aims to improve participation in Alberta clinical trials

  07-01-2018 23:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Clinical trials taking place across the province on everything from arthritis to melanoma to urinary incontinence are the focus of a new online database that aims to increase Albertans’ participation in medical research.
  The searchable registry is believed be the most comprehensive of its kind in the country. It’s the easiest way to learn, for example, there is a trial of pressure-sensing insoles for those with diabetic foot ulcers, or a study for those with Dupuytren’s fi
  
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• As numbers dwindle, final reunion planned for ex-Woodward's workers

  07-01-2018 20:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  (Left to right) Mary Jane Galusha, 89, Audrey Barner, 75, Henk Albarda, 86, Doreen Valentine, 85 and Denis Brown, 76, are pulling together for the final reunion of former Woodward’s department store employees this May in Edmonton. They are pictured at the Woodvale Community League on Jan. 3, 2018.
  A biennial reunion marking the 25th anniversary of the end of Woodward’s in Edmonton will in turn mark the end of the reunion.
  With the ranks of former employees thinning from year to year,
  
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• Alberta organized criminals to face increasing pressure: ALERT boss

  07-01-2018 18:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Disarming and dismantling the upper echelon of organized crime groups in Alberta is in the sights of the province’s dedicated guns and gang investigators in 2018, says the province’s integrated law enforcement boss.
  But in order to disrupt the complex networks of drug-running and gun-toting criminals in Alberta, officers will need to stay ahead of the technology curve as these groups — which include some of the province’s most notorious outlaw motorcycle gangs — are
  
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• Paramedics assessing person after house fire

  07-01-2018 06:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Paramedics are assessing a person after a house fire that broke out shortly before 5 p.m. on Saturday.
  The condition of the person is not currently known, said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokeswoman Katie Stewart.
  Four units with 16 firefighters were called out at 4:55 p.m. and arrived on scene to a home near 87 Street and 92A Avenue at 5 p.m.
  The fire was contained to one room in the house and was declared under control at 5:17 p.m.
  The Red Cross tweeted on Saturday night that the agency is
  
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• Man hospitalized after being shot

  07-01-2018 06:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 36-year-old man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound on Saturday evening in downtown Edmonton.
  Edmonton Police Service officers were called to a weapons complaint near 107 Avenue and 105 Street around 6:30 p.m.
  The injuries are non-life-threatening and detectives were on scene continuing to investigate.
  
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• Christians following the Julian calendar celebrating the birth of Christ

  07-01-2018 04:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmontonians who follow the Julian, or “old,” calendar celebrate Christmas this weekend, combining religious and cultural celebrations.
  Eastern Orthodox Christians, as well as some Ukrainian Catholics, celebrate Christmas Eve on Jan. 6 and Christmas on Jan. 7.
  For Ukrainian-Canadian Lessia Petriw, modern conveniences and traditions were butting heads as she rushed to prepare meals on Friday. The slow cooker that was being used to cook the wheat dish called “kutya” di
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Grades: Dallas Stars top line scorches Edmonton Oilers early, often in 5-1 finish

  07-01-2018 01:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Dallas Stars’ top line rolled the Edmonton Oilers flat, with three 1st Period goals in a span of six minutes. This, while Dallas’ 4th line pinned the Oilers #1 line deep in its own zone, on successive 1st Period shifts.
  For all intents and purposes, that was “all she wrote”. The Oilers ended the period ahead on the shot clock 14-10, but behind on Grade “A” chances, 1-8.
  Ugh.
  In the end, the Dallas Stars best players were on-balance superior to the Edmonton
  
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• City aims to replace thousands of aging street lamp poles

  07-01-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whump — between 10 and 20 times a year, a corroded Edmonton street lamp pole just drops.
  Usually, no one is around to see it fall, said Gord Cebryk, a branch manager with the city’s parks and road services.
  Jason Orr wasn’t so lucky. On Oct. 22, he was driving to work north on 109th Street approaching 100 Avenue when he said a “big boom” rattled his Jeep Grand Cherokee. His windshield exploded, and he couldn’t see anything. When he stopped the car, a woman ask
  
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• City discusses asbestos management plan

  07-01-2018 00:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Around 140 of the City of Edmonton’s 650 properties contain asbestos – a material that has been linked to cancer – according to the city’s open data catalogue.
  The city’s list, released in late December, was a “natural evolution” of the city’s database, said Paul Specht, Edmonton’s director of facility maintenance.
  Each asbestos-containing structure has a management plan. Edmonton has kept a more detailed list of these sites &m
  
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