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• North Edmonton fire damages two homes under construction

  08-01-2018 23:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Investigators are working to determine what could have caused a fire that reduced two homes under construction in northeast Edmonton to rubble Monday morning.
  Fire crews were called to the scene near 77 Street and Crystallina Nera Drive at 2:34 a.m. Monday where they found two homes fully engulfed with flames. 
  Firefighters had the blaze under control just before 3 a.m. but not before both homes, still under construction, were completely burned down.
  The fire was declared out at 7 a.m.
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• Former PC Rick Fraser running for Alberta Party leadership

  08-01-2018 22:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Former Progressive Conservative MLA Rick Fraser will cross to the Alberta Party and run for leadership. 
  Fraser, member for Calgary-South East, is expected to announce his plans this week. He is already registered as a leadership contestant on the Elections Alberta website.  
  Fraser has yet to return multiple requests for comment. 
  Fraser left the United Conservative caucus in September to sit as an Independent, two months after the PC and Wildrose parties voted to merge. At
  
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• St. Albert girl in desperate need of bone marrow donor finds a match - CBC.ca

  08-01-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
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  St. Albert girl in desperate need of bone marrow donor finds a match
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  A 12-year-old St. Albert girl in desperate need of a bone marrow donor has found a match. Alex Pasichnyk's doctors decided she needed a transplant after she was diagnosed with a rare blood disease. In June, she found out she has severe aplastic anemia ...
  12-year-old St. Albert girl in desperate need of transplant, has found a donorCTV News
  Donor found for St. Albert girl in need of bone marrow transplant: 1 in 1
  
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• 102 Avenue closed downtown until 2020 as Valley Line LRT Construction begins

  08-01-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vehicle traffic on 102 Avenue between 96 Street and 103 Street will be closed until 2020 starting Monday as work on the Valley Line LRT in the area begins.
  Northbound and southbound cross streets will still be open to traffic — including 97 Street, 99 Street south of 102 Avenue, 100 Street, 101 Street, 102 Street south of 102 Avenue and 103 Street — according to an advisory issued by TransEd, however disruptions along these streets could occur as construction continues.
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• Man charged after woman grabbed, forced into truck in Grande Prairie

  08-01-2018 19:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A High Level man is facing charges after witnesses saw a woman forced into a truck against her will in Grande Prairie, say RCMP.
  Grande Prairie RCMP received the call Jan. 4 just before 7:15 p.m. after a woman was seen being grabbed and forced into a truck in the parking lot of a downtown restaurant in the northern city.
  Police quickly stopped a truck near the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital and two men were taken into custody.
  A woman was found in the truck unharmed.
  Investigators believe all three
  
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• Alsatian spread at The Marc warms dark January nights

  08-01-2018 18:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Patrick and Doris Saurette, owners of The Marc, are hosting an Alsatian dinner at the popular downtown restaurant on Sunday, Jan. 14. There are two menu options designed by chef Bryan Cruz, one priced at $123 including a four-course meal, tax, tip and wine pairings, and one at $55 for three courses.
  The $123 option begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m. The appetizer is a Tarte Flambe, followed by a choice of three main courses including Foie Gras au Torchon with sour cherry compote, Pan Seared Pi
  
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• At The Cult of Hockey: The Edmonton Oilers need continuity behind the bench, for the long-term good of the franchise

  08-01-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It is completely understandable that Edmonton Oilers fans should feel frustrated.
  Their team is broken. And especially after last season’s flirtation with Lord Stanley after a decade of darkness, that fact really hurts. It was supposed to be better. The old problems were supposed to be fixed by the new regime. Yet, here we are.
  But while frustration is o.k. for us, it would be a recipe for disaster for Bob Nicholson.
  See, frustration by its very definition is caused by a feeling of inabili
  
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• Old Man Winter is back: Snowfall warning issued for Edmonton and area

  08-01-2018 14:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Just when you thought it was OK to put the parka away.
  Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning Monday morning for Edmonton, St. Albert and Sherwood Park as the national weather watchdog predicts snowfall amounts near 10 to 15 centimeters will descend on the area.
  Northwestern portions of the province are expected to get hit first Monday as the snow pushes south towards Edmonton Monday evening. The snowfall is expected to last until Tuesday afternoon as it makes its way towards Saskatchewan.
  
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• Jones: Canadian Finals Rodeo run done in Edmonton

  08-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  After 44 editions, the Canadian Finals Rodeo run is done in Edmonton.
  The Oilers Entertainment Group has informed the rodeo cowboys negotiating committee they will not submit a bid to keep the event in Edmonton at Rogers Place.
  After losing what is believed to be somewhere between $500,000 and a $1 million promoting a Global Cup PBR bull riding event to run in conjunction with Farm Fair this past November, OEG has also decided not to return with that component.
  Instead, OEG vice-chairman and CEO
  
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• Established Edmonton restaurant owners give newcomers the recipe for long-term success

  08-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  New restaurants have among the business world’s highest failure rates, with many shutting down in their first several years. 
  But many Edmonton eating spots have bucked those odds and remained thriving for decades. Three of the city’s longest-running restaurants share their histories and offer new operators some tips for success.
  Owner Stanley Mah, right, chats with customers at the Blue Willow Restaurant located at 11107 103 Ave.
  Blue Willow Restaurant Est. 1958Location: 1
  
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• Alberta Health scraps plans to create rural hospital model

  08-01-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Alberta government project to develop a “template” for constructing rural hospitals using the same basic, scalable design has been scrapped, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman said.
  Hoffman confirmed to Postmedia in a recent interview that the project has been changed to focus less on architectural drawings and more on guidance to help rural towns plan for their health necessities.  
  “The definition of ‘template’ has evolved over time,” she said. “So
  
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• What to make of the Peter Chiarelli's vote of confidence for Todd McLellan?

  08-01-2018 07:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Sportsnet columnist Mark Spector, an interview with Peter Chiarelli where the Oilers GM gives a vote of confidence to Edmonton coach Todd McLellan, calling him a “very good coach” and indicating he has no intention of axing him right now.
  “I have the utmost confidence in Todd and the coaching staff as a group. This is about working through it.”
  Bringing in another asst. coach has been looked at but rejected, Chiarelli said. He indicated he won’t m
  
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• Player grades: Another day, another drubbing as listless Edmonton Oilers hammered by Hawks

  08-01-2018 05:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 1, Blackhawks 4
  Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan tried every option at his disposal in an attempt to turn things around for his disappointing club. He dressed all three of his Black Aces from Saturday’s 5-1 loss in Dallas, while sitting a veteran d-man (Andrej Sekera) and two young forwards (Drake Caggiula and Anton Slepyshev). He shuffled all four of his forward lines and all three of his defence pairs. He shifted Leon Draisaitl to right wing, Ryan Strome to centre and used Yoha
  
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• Orthodox Christmas: The gift of helping others settle in Canada

  08-01-2018 04:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  In Ukraine, Christmas is typically celebrated with family, said Bohdana Stepanenko-Lypovyk.
  With most relatives a 14-hour flight away, Stepanenko-Lypovyk and her husband, Ivan Lypovyk, invite newcomers each year to their south Edmonton home for Orthodox Christmas.
  “We always try to invite them to our house, just to give them some light of friendship and light of opportunities, and the spirit of Christmas,” Stepanenko-Lypovyk said Sunday, which is Christmas Day according to
  
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• Oilers are a rattled team right now

  08-01-2018 03:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  CHICAGO — OK, this is bad, even for the Edmonton Oilers.
  The post-Christmas collapse is now seven games and counting, and it’s as grim as it’s been around here in a long time.
  The Oilers aren’t just losing — 1-5-1 since they showed that brief pulse in December — they are getting pumped on a nightly basis, outscored by a staggering 20-3 margin in their last five defeats.
  Cam Talbot has allowed four or more goals in six of his last seven starts. Connor McDavid h
  
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• Oilers snapshots: Edmonton struggling for answers up front

  08-01-2018 01:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  CHICAGO — Nobody was realistically expecting Yohann Auvitu to be a solution to any of the issues plaguing the goal-starved Edmonton Oilers up front.
  But the fact head coach Todd McLellan played the defenceman at forward Sunday in Chicago shows just how bare his cupboard is when it comes to options.
  Auvitu played 8:10 over 10 shifts and finished minus-1 with two shots on net. There were no big surprises, good or bad.
  “Tough task for him, hard to go up front against a skilled team like
  
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• Firefighters put out Edmonton construction site blaze

  08-01-2018 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire investigators are assessing the damage after a Sunday morning fire at a commercial strip mall in northwest Edmonton.
  Firefighters received a call about a blaze in a structure under construction at 127 Street and 146 Avenue at 11:19 a.m., and were on the scene in one minute, spokeswoman Katie Stewart said.
  Seven fire units responded, including three pumpers, two ladder trucks, a rescue truck and a tanker. Firefighters had the blaze under control in seven minutes, and extinguished within 14 m
  
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• Oilers' slump continues

  08-01-2018 00:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  CHICAGO — The Edmonton Oilers limped into the second half of the season hoping to somehow stop the bleeding.
  But simply opening more wounds and waiting until they run out of blood probably isn’t the best strategy.
  Nevertheless, that’s the way it went Sunday in Chicago, where a 4-1 defeat by the Blackhawks came less than 24 hours after a 5-1 loss in Dallas.
  They are now 1-5-1 in their last seven and sinking fast.
  The stakes were understandably modest when this one began —
  
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