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• Airport getting 'closer to an agreement' with Uber

  17-02-2018 22:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton International Airport remains a no-fly zone for Uber as the ride-sharing service tries to drive home a deal with the airport.
  The ride-sharing company has been in talks with the airport authority for about a year, and entered more concerted negotiations about three months ago, Edmonton International Airport spokeswoman Traci Bednard said Thursday.
  “We’re certainly getting closer to an agreement,” she said.
  Both the company and the airport are keeping negotiation detail
  
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• Fun events for the whole family on Family Day in Edmonton

  17-02-2018 22:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The first Family Day was celebrated in Alberta 28 years ago and now there’s no shortage of things to see and do on the holiday Monday. Some of the local events include:
  Rutherford House
  Where: 11153 Saskatchewan Drive 
  When: Noon to 4 p.m.
  What: Inside the historic home of the first premier of Alberta, families can enjoy historical games with costumed interpreters and make old-fashioned crafts. Admission is free.
  Edmonton Valley Zoo  
  When: 13315 Buena Vista Road
  When: Noon to 4
  
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• Julia Lipscombe: Focus family on learning about diverse population during Black History Month

  17-02-2018 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  February is Black History Month. At our house, we’re marking the occasion in a few different ways.
  First, we’ll be taking our kids to see Black Panther, the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first to feature a predominantly black cast.
  While the kids have seen black heroes before — Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Will Smith in Men in Black, and even their own dad playing Commander Canada in the Edmonton-made TV show, Tiny Plastic Men — this massive
  
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• Fitness: Control is key when exercising to strengthen torso and improve posture

  17-02-2018 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Even if you bask in the glow of a sunny disposition, the stresses of daily life are pulling you down.
  Cellphones, computer screens, poor flexibility and weak back muscles are dragging you into a default slouch.
  We’ve talked before about the importance of strengthening mid-back and shoulder muscles to counter the strain brought about by gravity, muscle atrophy and computers. To promote functional health and stability, it’s just as important to understand the impact a weak or overdevel
  
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• Cactus is the muse for modern dance visionary

  17-02-2018 18:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s all about the moving image.
  OK, maybe it’s stating the obvious to say that about a dance company, but Moses Pendleton’s MOMIX really works to create something picturesque. That’s because this visionary choreographer uses the human body – sometimes with a few props, or even blacklight – more like a tool, re-creating shapes or structures or life forms he has found in nature, or drawing something entirely new.
  “My working method is to create, almost mo
  
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• Wine: Grapes dried in open air make elegant wine not for the faint of heart

  17-02-2018 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  This week’s column focuses on Amarone della Valpolicella, a wine not for the faint of heart both on the palate and on the pocketbook.
  These are dry red wines that are velvety smooth, robust, lush and high in alcohol. They can also be beautifully balanced and elegant — a special treat and a style that’s growing in popularity.
  Amarone is produced in northeast Italy in the hilly Valpolicella area, north of Verona and not far from Venice. Several local varieties are permitted but t
  
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• Sunny side up: Breakfast gets a re-do as new restaurants launch in Edm

  17-02-2018 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  No sooner has brunch established itself as the go-to meal in Edmonton than its scrappy younger sibling elbows on to the scene in a full-on battle for egg supremacy.
  Yes, breakfast has busted into the marketplace with three new establishments that focus on foods eaten early, and often. 
  Rooster Cafe and Kitchen (10732 82 Ave.) had its soft opening around Christmas, and co-owner Charles Rothman has now got his extensive menu down pat. The focus at this Whyte Avenue establishment is local
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Fearmongering precedes pot legalization

  17-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I am quite suspicious about the headspace of the Journal editor who captioned a brief article about a U.S. survey with the headline “Pot holiday linked to fatal car crashes” (Feb. 13). Maybe their attention span allowed them to only get as far as the first paragraph. 
  The next one explicitly stated that the survey being reported had found absolutely no evidence of a link between pot smoking and car crashes on the one day of the year studied from 1992 to 2016, which was
  
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• Saturday's letters: City unwilling, unable to protect parkland

  17-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is currently facing two development issues that involve loss of parkland in the river valley and ravine system.
  One is Epcor’s proposal to cover an area of floodplain it owns in the southwest with solar panels. The other is to build a “monster home” on a private but vacant lot in the middle of Mill Creek Ravine Park, literally a stone’s throw from the creek and abutting two public trails.
  Strathcona Community League appealed the city-issued permit to build the ho
  
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• Economist outlines five future trends - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 08:18 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Economist outlines five future trends
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  A chief economist says five economic trends to watch for relate to pipelines, consumer debt, international trade, crude oil and artificial intelligence. Todd Hirsch, chief economist for ATB, was speaking to the more than 100 members of the St. Albert ...
  
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• Curling and ringette headline Sports Extra - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 08:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Curling and ringette headline Sports Extra
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  The Paul Kane Blues and St. Albert Skyhawks face-off Tuesday for a berth in the Edmonton zone men's curling final. Game time is 3:45 p.m. at the Ottewell and the B bracket winner will have to beat the Strathcona Lords twice in Wednesday's A-B playoff ...
  
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• Business Beat: new toy store and dessert store come to St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 08:02 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Business Beat: new toy store and dessert store come to St. Albert
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  Mastermind Toys, Canada's largest specialty toy and children's books retailer, will be opening along St. Albert Trail in early March. The 4,748 square-foot store has four other locations in the Edmonton area. Beth Merrick, spokesperson for the company ...
  
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• Portion of Edmonton International Airport terminal briefly without power

  17-02-2018 06:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  For about a minute, part of Edmonton International Airport did not have power Thursday. 
  Part of the terminal lost electricity in what officials described as a power bump at 10:38 p.m.
  Safety and security systems were not compromised, said airport spokeswoman Traci Bednard.
  “We didn’t count the seconds,” Bednard said. “It would have been between one and 59 seconds.”
  The incident began when the airport stopped getting power from the municipal grid. The airport&r
  
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• Chinese New Year celebrations at Meadowlark School

  17-02-2018 04:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Students take part in Chinese New Year celebrations at Meadowlark School, an elementary Chinese bilingual school, on the first day of the new year (Year of the Dog).
  Chinese New Year takes place on a different date each year because it is based on the lunar calendar. New Year’s Day normally falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20.
  The Chinese zodiac moves in a 12-year cycle, and those born in 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, and 2018 are  known as Dogs. According to Asian astrology, your year
  
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• Big change needed to make city recycling goal, according to report

  17-02-2018 04:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s goal of 90 per cent residential waste diversion from landfills is possible, but not without significant buy-in from citizens, says a report to be presented to city councillors in March.
  The utility committee’s waste management srategy update shows planned and approved changes — such as bringing an anaerobic digestion facility and waste to biofuels and chemicals facility online — could take current levels of waste diversion up to 72 per cent from the 5
  
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• Appeal denied in battle over new house in Mill Creek Ravine

  17-02-2018 03:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  An appeal over a contentious house proposed in Mill Creek Ravine was denied Friday.
  The city’s subdivision development appeal board rejected an effort to block development of a single-family home west of 93 Avenue off Scona Road. The city had granted a permit for a three-storey home and a two-car garage last month, which was upheld.
  The board’s final written decision with reasons will be issued within 15 days.
  Residents spoke to the board Thursday, arguing the house was far too
  
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• Grey Cup rings stolen from football player's Calgary Trail gym locker

  17-02-2018 03:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  As Randy Spencer hopped on the elliptical on Friday morning, a thief made off with his belongings, including two Grey Cup rings.
  Spencer, who played for the Edmonton Eskimos from 2003 to 2006, said a man had approached him in the change room saying he forgot his lock.
  The former CFLer suggested the man could put his belongings into his locker, but the man said his girlfriend was bringing a new lock, Spencer said on Friday during a phone interview while waiting for his wife to let him in the hous
  
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• Graham Thomson: B.C. Premier John Horgan painted as climate villain

  17-02-2018 02:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  B.C. Premier John Horgan must be rolling in his political grave.
  The latest development in the pipeline dispute with Alberta has him being cast as a friend of U.S. President Donald Trump and an enemy of the fight against climate change.
  For a left-leaning, tree-hugging, progressive West Coaster, there could be no greater insults.
  But that’s where this strange political journey has taken us.
  After weeks of deriding Horgan’s attempts to delay or kill the expansion of the $7.4-billion T
  
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• No dangerous goods in rail cars that came off Edmonton tracks

  17-02-2018 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ellerslie Road was closed in both directions between Parsons Road and Gateway Boulevard for hours as emergency crews and investigators responded to a derailed train.
  Eight cars had reportedly “overturned,” Edmonton Fire Rescue spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said Friday. Hazmat crews were called to the scene, but found no dangerous goods leaking. 
  A spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Railway said there were no injuries or dangerous goods involved and there was no risk to the public.
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• Social media watch: Self-defence and David Suzuki

  17-02-2018 02:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each week, we give you a roundup of the outrage, the posturing and the downright weird unfolding on social media.
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  A Facebook dialogue came back to haunt United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney this week.
  In September, a man named Junior Morgan wanted to know what Kenney thought about using force to protect property. 
  “Yes, I believe that police and prosecutors should respect the law, which allows for reasonable use of force in self-defence,” Kenney repl
  
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• Press Gallery #217: The It's Payback Time edition

  17-02-2018 01:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  That’s right, British Columbia — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has had enough of your nonsense about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. It’s payback time. 
  Join host Emma Graney with guests Paula Simons, Janet French and Dave Breakenridge to talk about Notley’s plans and the work ahead of Alberta’s market access task force, which met for the first time this week.
  The team also takes a look at proposed changes to school board superintendent salaries and mone
  
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• Paula Simons: Supreme Court agrees sexual myths don't spell acquittal

  17-02-2018 01:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man acquitted of sexually assaulting his young stepdaughter will get a new trial.
  The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a ruling earlier this week by the Alberta Court of Appeal, which had ordered the new trial, citing concerns that the original judge had relied on outdated stereotypes of how sexual assault victims are supposed to behave. 
  The first trial, held two years ago this week, was a weird rush to judgment. 
  The complainant, who was then 17, testified her stepfather se
  
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• Blues hooped by Rebels - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 01:03 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Blues hooped by Rebels
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  The door of opportunity was slammed shut with the Paul Kane Blues poised to seize the moment against the No. 1 team in 4A provincial women's basketball. Paul Kane kept pace with the Jasper Place Rebels until a second-half surge buried the No. 2-ranked ...
  
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• Marijuana retailers warned recreational pot shops won't be 'cash cow'

  17-02-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Leduc — A Vancouver cannabis retailer whose company plans to open 10 Alberta stores this year says anyone rushing into the field shouldn’t expect to find a pot of gold.
  “People definitely see it as a potentially very profitable business, or cash cow. It’s not,” Andrew Gordon, director of operations for Aura Cannabis, said Friday following a panel discussion sponsored by the Leduc Regional Chamber of Commerce.
  “The margins are very similar to other retailers &h
  
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• Darnell Nurse's defensive game crashing, so Adam Larsson's return most welcome

  17-02-2018 00:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 57: Oilers vs Coyotes
  Adam Larsson was back at practice with the Edmonton Oilers and his return after an eight-game absence is most welcome.
  Darnell Nurse and Kris Russell, as well as everyone else playing tough minutes, has crashed in the past month, especially on defence.
  Take Nurse, who had a strong run of play when he first moved up into the top-pairing earlier this season after Oscar Klefbom’s game fell apart defensively.
  Hockey is a game of mistakes, and even the best d-men
  
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• Next week, or else: Premier Rachel Notley continues to push B.C. on pipeline

  17-02-2018 00:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley’s patience with the Trans Mountain pipeline battle with British Columbia is growing thin.
  That province has until next week to step back from its threat to reduce bitumen shipments, or Alberta will come at its western neighbours with guns blazing. 
  “Albertans are only so patient. We do have other tools at our disposal, and … you’ll be hearing more on that next week if we see no evidence of progress,” Notley said during a speech Frida
  
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• New trial ordered after Supreme Court finds judge relied on sexual assault stereotypes for acquittal

  17-02-2018 00:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton man will be tried a second time for alleged sexual offences after Canada’s highest court found an Alberta judge relied on stereotypes about victims of assault in deciding to acquit.
  In a ruling this week, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a 2-1 decision by the province’s appeal court that ordered a new trial. A publication ban in the case covers any information that might identify the complainant.
  In 2016, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Terry Clackson acquitted the
  
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• Aspiring youth chefs cook winning plates at culinary competition - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 00:34 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Aspiring youth chefs cook winning plates at culinary competition
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  The Canadian Culinary Federation Edmonton Branch held their 11th annual High School Culinary Challenge, a competition that gives young, aspiring chefs an opportunity to start building a successful career. In total, 15 teams of high school students ...
  
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• Proposed franchise fee could burden businesses - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 00:08 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Proposed franchise fee could burden businesses
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  St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce president Jennifer McCurdy says an electrical franchise fee could hit the city's business community hard. “It's just another thing, with minimum wage, labour standards, the possibility of stormwater (rates ...
  
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• Man charged with stabbing three people in four months - St. Albert Gazette

  17-02-2018 00:08 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Man charged with stabbing three people in four months
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  A St. Albert man accused of stabbing two people last month was out on bail after being charged in a previous stabbing. A man and a woman were transported by ambulance to an Edmonton hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following the stabbing in ...
  
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