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• Taylor says he didn't want a "dialogue" with his coaches with Edmonton Oilers

  20-02-2018 22:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hmm. So a star player who didn’t want to talk to his coaches. Or, it seems, to listen …
  This in from NJ.com, Taylor Hall on how much he listens to New Jersey coach John Hynes as opposed to how much he listened to his Oilers coaches: “He’s probably given me the most accountability that any coach I had in Edmonton. I really think that’s been good for me personally. Just in Edmonton, I really didn’t want to talk to coaches. I didn’t really want to hav
  
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• Chartier opens its doors to pork, and a pop-up market

  20-02-2018 21:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Anybody who has been to Beaumont’s Chartier knows that co-owners Darren and Sylvia Cheverie are always keen on fun food events, and community connection. This time around, that proclivity takes the form of a mini farmer’s market at the restaurant on Monday, March 12 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. 
  Vendors include Honest Dumplings, FUGE Fine Meat, Original Red Headed Condiments, The Old School Cheesery, Winding Road, Mo-Na Food Distributors, Steve & Dans Fresh BC Fruit, Roas
  
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• Province to draft recommendations on industry-Indigenous relations, says minister

  20-02-2018 21:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province will revamp how the resource sector interacts with Indigenous communities before projects get underway, says Alberta’s minister of Indigenous relations. 
  “They’ll come forward and say, ‘Sure you want to dig that hole and this is how it’s going to affect our ability to practise our traditional hunting, fishing, trapping, or other ceremonial rites … or just to live our lives,'” said Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan in an inte
  
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• Get the lawyers ready: Alberta talks tough as pipeline war heads to court

  20-02-2018 21:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  British Columbia is sending its lawyers to fight Alberta in the ongoing Trans Mountain pipeline dispute.
  “That’s great. Get ’em ready,” Alberta Trade Minister Deron Bilous said Tuesday on his way into a cabinet meeting. 
  Alberta’s western neighbours upped the ante in the spat Monday, launching a legal challenge against the B.C. wine ban Premier Rachel Notley announced two weeks ago. 
  British Columbia opted to go through the Canadian free trade agreement&rs
  
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• Regression to the mean? Forget about all that, here come the Oilers!

  20-02-2018 21:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 59: Bruins at Oilers
  If as the old saw has it, “statistics are for losers”, then they certainly are for your 2017-18 Edmonton Oilers. Well, more “against” than “for” if you follow me, but interesting all the same.
  As one who has followed the emergence of hockey analytics with interest and has read much on the subject these last dozen or so years in particular, I’d love to have the proverbial loonie for every time I’ve heard reference to th
  
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• Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson launches online lobbyist registry

  20-02-2018 21:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you want to talk business with Mayor Don Iveson, you’ll have to register online.
  Iveson has launched an online lobbyist registry that will require anyone or any organization to register if they are meeting him about any financial interest or a policy change in the city, said a news release from the city on Tuesday.
  “While a culture of ‘open by default’ now permeates much of what we do, there’s more work to do to ensure city hall is open and plain in its dealings
  
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• Red Deer woman in court accused of damaging several cars fleeing RCMP

  20-02-2018 21:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Red Deer woman is in court Tuesday after being accused of crashing a stolen truck into another vehicle while trying to evade police, damaging several cars and narrowly missing an RCMP cruiser in the process.
  Just before 7 a.m. on Feb. 16, Red Deer RCMP were called to a report of a suspicious truck parked on Orr Drive in Red Deer.
  As officers approached the truck — which had been reported stolen in Edmonton — police said the driver fled, narrowly missing an RCMP cruiser before crash
  
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• Edmonton's Touch the Water project advances to a funding debate

  20-02-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new promenade along the north shore of the North Saskatchewan River could see large concrete or wooden steps all the way down to the water.
  Council members reviewed initial concept drawings Tuesday and voted to prepare a funding package for debate this fall while setting the next four-year capital budget. City officials would need funding to consult with the public on the design, check whether they really want more access to the water itself and what kind of development they want in the core r
  
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• Red Deer RCMP arrest, charge suspected bank robber

  20-02-2018 19:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police in Red Deer have nabbed a suspected bank robber accused of holding up a Servus Credit Union in January.
  According to Red Deer RCMP, a man wearing a camouflage balaclava walked into the Servus Credit Union at 3001 50 Avenue just before 7 p.m. Jan. 25 carrying a rifle with the barrel sawed off.
  The man demanded cash and ordered everyone in the bank not to reach for their phones.
  The man fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured during the robbery.
  Red Deer RCMP identified
  
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• Edmonton man charged with making threats against Justin Trudeau

  20-02-2018 18:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 41-year-old Edmonton man is facing a criminal charge after the RCMP tracked a social media account used to post threatening messages against members of the Canadian government, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team(K-INSET) in Edmonton learned of the threatening messages on Feb. 5, just days after Trudeau fielded questions from a crowd of around 1,400 members of the public at MacEwan University on Feb. 1 as part of a national se
  
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• Hybrid mountain pine beetles threaten Jasper National Park

  20-02-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  University of Alberta researchers Jasmine Janes and Stephen Trevoy have uncovered a hybrid population of mountain pine beetles while tracing the origins of the bugs in Jasper National Park.  
  The park has become the “eye of the storm,” where two genetic populations of the beetles are mixing, which may provide even more opportunities for the insects to adapt and survive in different environmental conditions. 
  The Jasper beetles have a different genetic signatu
  
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• RCMP hunt for suspects in theft at Jurassic Forest park near Gibbons

  20-02-2018 17:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three suspects were probably hoping ‘nobody-saurus’ after breaking into the Jurassic Forest theme park near Gibbons, Alta. in early February.
  On Feb. 2, around 5:30 a.m. Morinville RCMP were called to Jurassic Forest — known for its life-sized animatronic dinosaurs — to a report of a break and enter.
  When police arrived, they found the large front gate had been broken and numerous items had been stolen, including electronics and gift shop merchandise such as gla
  
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• Killswitch Engage, Anthrax leave Edmonton metalheads happily pummelled

  20-02-2018 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  It worked so well the first time, so why mess with the formula?
  Last spring’s Killthrax tour featuring Killswitch Engage and Anthrax was such a love-in between metal fans and the bands themselves that it needed to be repeated, this time with added Western Canadian dates. Swapping headlining slots from town to town, bonding over an inter-band cover of Dio’s Holy Diver, the fraternal feeling between the two units has been very evident throughout, and Monday night’s concert was no
  
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• West Edmonton Mall welcomes the hatching of black-footed penguin

  20-02-2018 15:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  West Edmonton Mall recently announced a new addition to the African black-footed penguin colony at its Sea Life Caverns attraction.
  The five-week old African penguin is the fourth penguin to be hatched in Marine Life over the past four years, and the 15th African penguin hatched since Marine Life opened in 1985.
  Black-footed penguins are about two feet tall and weigh between five and 10 pounds. They eat small fish like anchovies as well as shellfish. When a group is hunting in the wild, they wil
  
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• Edmonton weather: Chance of snow with a touch of windchill

  20-02-2018 14:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tuesday’s Environment Canada weather forecast is calling for snow all-day with a slight touch of windchill.
  At 6 a.m., the temperature is -13.3 C with a 11 km/h wind contributing to a -20 windchill.
  Today: Mainly cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. High -10 C.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries early this evening. Clearing this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low -18 C. Windchill -25.
  Tomorrow: Sunny with a daytime high of -7 C. During the evening, clear skies an
  
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• Opinion: New LED streetlights healthier and safer for drivers and pedestrians

  20-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I would like to add a comment relative to two recent letters to the editor of concern regarding lighting in Edmonton.
  LEDs and health
  When manufacturers decided to start producing streetlights using LEDs there was little concern about the health effects of the new technology. However, over time, with the advantage of research into artificial light at night and its effects on health, the environment, et cetera, we now know that it is not just light at night but blue light, in particular, that is
  
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• Opinion: Love the sinner, hate the sin is an empty slogan

  20-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
   
  Mark Guevarra is deeply committed to his Catholic faith. He is also gay. For almost a decade that I have known him, he has conducted pastoral work for the Catholic Church quietly and with dignity. Bound to his faith, all these years he has kept his private life private.
  One would have thought that religious teachings against gossip, slander and backbiting would have allowed churchgoers to let him observe his faith dutifully. But such is often not the case with the outwardly religious folk
  
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• Theme parks help Edmonton's PCL Constructors ride to near-record revenues

  20-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  PCL Constructors Inc. hopes it can ride the Hogwarts Express all the way to Gringotts Bank so magical financial results will continue for Canada’s largest construction company.
  Despite the lingering effects of the recent drop in oil prices, the Edmonton-based firm had a near-record $8.4 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that ended Oct. 31, second only to the $8.5 billion it took in the previous year, president Dave Filipchuk said.
  On top of that, PCL has a strong $11.4-billion backlog
  
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• Eastglen tracks its students to steer them to graduation

  20-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  New at the helm of a school with sluggish graduation rates and low exam scores, Eastglen High School principal Darren Fox wanted to make the environment more personal.
  He tacked pictures of all 240 Grade 12 students to a board in his office. At a glance, he could see who was on track to graduate three, four, or five years after starting Grade 10.
  Every six or eight weeks, teachers would gather in front of the board, and look at marks to flag anyone who was slipping off track.
  “I wanted to
  
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• Emotional end to world's longest hockey game for cancer research

  20-02-2018 05:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  The countdown to the end of the latest edition of the world’s longest hockey game began around 6:20 p.m. Monday. 
  As the sun set on Family Day, the Guinness World Record was broken. Again. 
  Over the past 11 days — about 251 hours — more than 3,500 goals were scored by the Red and White teams, totalling 40 players, and about $1.2 million was raised for cancer research. It will take about one week for the final amount to be tallied.  
  Organizer Brent Saik said
  
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• Disco returns in Edmonton Opera's Valentine's fundraiser: Clothier part of greatest team celebration

  20-02-2018 04:26 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton Opera set a new high note for fundraising when it recreated Studio 54 on Valentine’s Day to mark the company’s 54th season.
  But the former Manhattan nightclub, world renowned in the late 1970s when disco dancing was at its peak, could never have entertained such a stylish, fun crowd as the one at the Shaw Conference Centre.
  Bob Bessette, who hosted the evening with his wife Michelle Bessette, said the question is sometimes asked why it is important to support the arts.
  
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• Can Edmonton Oilers' GM Peter Chiarelli survive his season from hell?

  20-02-2018 02:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  Remember the spring of 2015 when things were finally going to turn around for the Edmonton Oilers?Franchise player acquired? Check, draft lottery won in the year it mattered most. Connor McDavid on the way
  New hand on the tiller? Check, former Hockey Canada big wig Bob Nicholson named CEO
  Experienced, proven management? Check, long-time Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli hired
  Experienced, proven coaching? Check, long-time Sharks coach Todd McLellan and staff brought on board
  New arena on the way? Check,
  
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• Robot showdown: NAIT hosts provincial competition

  20-02-2018 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Robots built by Alberta high school students squared off in a provincial competition on Monday. 
  About 450 students from across the province descended on the NAIT gym to put robots they’ve built and programmed to the test, vying for the chance to be one of the three Alberta teams that will qualify to compete at the Vex Robotics Competition world championship in Louisville, Ky., in May.
  To be successful, the robots need to move and stack cones set out in the ring. Points were also hand
  
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• Pave paradise? Parking lot proposed for staff at Epcor's Gold Bar wastewater treatment facility

  20-02-2018 01:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  A proposed expansion of Epcor’s Gold Bar wastewater treatment plant would see the company hand over a nearby parcel of land to the city as a swap.
  The company is proposing construction of a new parking lot outside the plant’s current fence line, along with an elevated employee walkway — over the current shared park path — that would connect it to a new operations centre inside the current site. 
  John Elford, senior vice-president of Epcor Water Canada, said that the
  
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