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• Ice District fuels Edmonton condo sales jump, highest in Canada: report

  12-02-2018 23:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton condo sales saw the largest percentage of growth among key Canadian markets in 2017, thanks to a hot downtown real estate market.
  A total of 1,289 units were sold last year, according to numbers released by Altus Group Limited on Monday. That amounts to a 60 per cent increase in new condominium apartment sales over 2016.
  “This significant increase was connected to the downtown condo market where the new Rogers Place attracted buyers to the city’s core, with sales increasing
  
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• Economic Development Hosts 2018 Business Breakfast

  12-02-2018 23:52
  Steady growth, a smart choice: St. Albert The City of St. Albert is encouraging residents and businesses to attend the... Read Post
  
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• Notley gives B.C., feds days to sort out pipeline spat, or more retaliation coming

  12-02-2018 23:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The British Columbian and federal governments have just days to figure out the Trans Mountain pipeline spat, or Alberta will ramp up retaliation against its western neighbour. 
  Premier Rachel Notley told reporters in Edmonton Monday that B.C. and Ottawa officials are currently in talks to resolve what she has branded that province’s illegal, unconstitutional actions.
  She’ll give the two governments space to talk, but they shouldn’t expect long. 
  “We’re not
  
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• Chocolate in the cards for newly wed chefs at The Holy Roller

  12-02-2018 22:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some say love is the universal language. But I think you could make a good case for chocolate.
  Certainly the beloved Valentine staple has worked its magic for Rafael D’Alcazar and Ariadna Uribe, the chef and sous chef at The Holy Roller, the new international fusion restaurant located on the south side at 8222 Gateway Blvd.
  The two newlyweds are planning a quiet night of eating chocolate truffles for their Valentine celebration. This will not happen on Valentine’s Day, because they&r
  
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• Doctors get another 30 days to assess man accused in Sept. 30 attack

  12-02-2018 22:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Doctors have requested another 30 days to assess whether a man arrested after pedestrians were run down following an attack on a city police officer could be held criminally responsible. 
  It’s the latest delay in the case of Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, who faces a string of charges including five counts of attempted murder after the officer was run down and stabbed before a U-Haul truck was driven into pedestrians in downtown Edmonton Sept. 30.  
  Sharif has not entered
  
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• 'We don't want a trade war': Notley says ball is in B.C.'s court in pipeline spat

  12-02-2018 22:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley told media Monday her government will not move forward with any further retaliatory trade bans against the B.C. government and that she will wait and see what Premier John Horgan and the federal government will do moving forward.
  "We don't want a trade war" but unconstitutional attacks on jobs and Albertans is simply not on, Notley says #ableg
  — Emma Graney (@EmmaLGraney) February 12, 2018Notley says feds are talking with BC, and she'll let those talks continu
  
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• Social Seen: Camp VIP Screening

  12-02-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Codie McLachlan hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photojournalist. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie. Follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie) and Facebook (facebook.com/fotocodie)
  Camp VIP screening
  Where: TELUS World of Science Edmonton
  When: Feb. 3
  Who: Back Road Productions
  What: VIP screening of the pilot of come
  
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• Oscar Klefbom not getting it done in 2017-18 at exactly the wrong time

  12-02-2018 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 55, Oilers vs Florida
  This in from Allan “Lowetide Mitchell, his take on the most talked about topic in Oil Country for months now. In a fair and accurate assessment of the Oil’s salary cap troubles, Mitchell says we will see the team trade one of Leon Draisaitl (not going to happen), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (unlikely to happen) or Oscar Klefbom (likely to happen): “The Oilers will have less than $2 million for the No. 1 left-wing on the roster. Can’t be done. As we
  
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• Edmonton sheds 4,600 jobs in January; unemployment rate holds at 7.2%

  12-02-2018 20:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  January job numbers are in and the Edmonton region took a bit of a hit.
  According to a city labour report using revised figures from Statistics Canada, the Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) shed a total of 4,600 jobs in January. The job losses were in both full-time and part-time positions.
  “Solid employment gains in the education and hospitality sectors were more than offset by job losses in construction, logistics and financial services,” the report said.
  The city’s une
  
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• The two magic components of the egg

  12-02-2018 20:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you could only have two ingredients in the kitchen, you’d want them to be an egg.
  That’s because the egg yolk and the egg white (stunning contrasts of shape, colour and function found in the same tidy package) are able to perform at least two very important food science functions that makes this simple food indispensable to cooks.
  To wit, whites foam, making small things bigger. And yolks emulsify, binding materials that otherwise avoid one another. Videographer Shaughn Butts show
  
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• Man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer due back in court

  12-02-2018 16:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and using a rented U-Haul truck to run down pedestrians is due back in court Monday. 
  Abdulahi Hasan Sharif faces a string of charges in connection with the Sept. 30 attacks, including five counts of attempted murder. 
  Sharif was arrested after an Edmonton police constable working near a CFL football game was run down with a car and stabbed. A U-Haul truck was then used to run down pedestrians along Jasper Avenue. 
  Police i
  
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• Edmonton weather: A -32 windchill to start off your week

  12-02-2018 14:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  The cold winter wind is making things much worse than it really has to be.
  At 6 a.m. Monday, Environment Canada recorded a temperature of -23 C at its Edmonton Blatchford station, but a SW 15 km/h wind will contribute to another nasty -32 wind chill. However, the sun is expected to shine and hep lift the mercury to a daytime high of -8 C.
  Temperatures are expected to drop to just -10 C overnight and then warm up to -4 C by Tuesday morning. Forecasters are calling for a daytime high of 3 C (That&
  
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• Engineers' report paints dismal picture of City Hall fountain

  12-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Large chunks of concrete are breaking off from Edmonton’s City Hall pool and engineers found the southwest basin corner is sinking.
  It’s been operating over capacity, and access to the pool skimming system meant to remove debris from the surface was blocked by lights in the planters and not cleaned in 22 years.
  “The plumbing was completely plugged up in some portions with a combination of paint chips, debris and sand,” states a report by engineers Postmedia obtained throu
  
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• Civil lawyer launches campaign for more court masters

  12-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton lawyer is calling on the province to hire additional masters in chambers to help tackle delays in civil court.
  Masters in chambers are appointed by the province to work in the Court of Queen’s Bench, and deal mainly with civil law matters. Although they are able to complete some of the same actions as a judge, they can’t hear live witness evidence.
  But masters are the “front line” for the court, and do a massive amount of procedural work that prepares cases fo
  
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• Aussie on Ice week four: Here comes the hockey knowledge avalanche

  12-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s week five of the Discover Hockey program in which reporter Juris Graney is learning to play hockey. If you are new to the series, click here for more utter nonsense. With just three more on-ice sessions left before we play our first Discover Hockey game, things are starting to heat up on the ice.
  I won’t lie, though, this past week was a hot mess.
  A chest infection kept me off the outdoor rinks most nights over the past week so Thursday night’s foray onto the ice
  
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• Access denied: Edmonton’s quiet Amazon bid still has experts puzzled

  12-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton might be open for business — but experts say one way to really find out is to pry open the city’s confidential Amazon bid package.
  Last year, Edmonton bid on a game-changing chance to bring 50,000 well-paying jobs to this city. What did it offer? Few people know.
  The City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Economic Development Corp. (EEDC) have just denied Postmedia’s freedom of information request for a copy of the unsuccessful proposal.
  Instead, 400 pages of heavily redact
  
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• Community mourns former Edmonton archbishop Joseph MacNeil

  12-02-2018 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A former Edmonton archbishop who was instrumental in organizing the first and only papal visit to the Alberta capital has died.
  Joseph MacNeil, archbishop emeritus of Edmonton, died in Grey Nuns Hospital Sunday after suffering a stroke. He was 93. 
  “He was always so filled with joy,” Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton spokeswoman Lorraine Turchansky said in a telephone interview Sunday evening. 
  Archbishop Joseph MacNeil, left, accompanies Pope John Paul II at Namao Airport o
  
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• Silver Skate Festival dazzles in fire, ice and snow

  12-02-2018 01:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Little by little the feathers on the owl’s head came into view. David Wilkins filigreed the block of snow with a carving tool, and dusted the snow, showing the details. On a sea of rocky waves, the owl and the pussycat in a tilted boat from Edward Lear’s poem were brought to life.
  “This poem is about love between two very different characters,” said Oliver Annaly, who was working with Wilkins. “So, it’s a very important message for kids and adults alike. We&rs
  
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• A hockey fan's dream come true: the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers

  12-02-2018 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  In a short while I’ll be donning my best Sunday blue (with an orange 99 on the back) and heading down to take in the NHL’s Greatest Team celebration. Yes, right here in Good Old Ourtown, as John Short used to say, where a representative team of a hockey dynasty, the 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers, will celebrate a major honour.
  I’ve heard/read more than a few folks scoff about how this is just another excuse for The Old Boys Club to have yet another shindig, yada yada, and you know wh
  
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