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• Edmontonians learn to crash like a pro ahead of Red Bull Crashed Ice

  24-02-2018 23:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Young Edmontonians got a chance to test their skills against ice cross downhill athletes Saturday, but the obstacle course set up at Rundle Park was a far cry from the hazards athletes will face at the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship.
  “It’s nerve-wracking standing at the top, and looking down at whatever drop there is at the start is always intimidating. But once you just jump off of that, you just try to go fast and stay on your feet,” Oli Isaac, 21, said between
  
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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #61: The Oilers face the Kings in L.A. with Edmonton roster decisions pending

  24-02-2018 21:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers are just playing out the string, in a standings sense.
  But much can be adjudicated and decided based on what the Coach and General Manager see down the stretch from this squad.
  One player they have already decided on, having shipped Brandon Davidson earlier today to the New York Islanders for a 3rd Round Draft Pick. You can read The Cult of Hockey’s David Staples and his take on the deal, here. But if you ask me (and I like Davy lots), turning a waiver claim into a 3rd
  
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• Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders score wins, Brandon Davidson for a third-round pick.

  24-02-2018 20:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers have traded Brandon Davidson to the New York Islanders for a third round pick, the Islanders report.
  My takeCount this as a win for the Islanders and a win for the Oilers.
  Edmonton moves a d-man that they picked up for nothing on waivers just a few months ago and get a reasonably draft pick in return. Nice work by Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli.
  In the Chiarelli era the Oilers have used third or lower round draft picks on Stuart Skinner, Dmitri Samorukov, Ostap Safin, Kirill Maksi
  
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• Collision near Leduc kills one motorist, injures two

  24-02-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  One motorist was killed and two others suffered serious injuries Friday evening in a highway crash west of Leduc. 
  The two-vehicle collision occurred on Highway 19 near Range Road 255. A portion of the highway in both directions was closed for a number of hours before re-opening just before 10 p.m. 
  Leduc RCMP has not released any information on the victims, including names, ages or genders. Details on any potential causes of the crash were also not released. 
  RCMP said a collisio
  
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• Player grades, Games 51-60: Playoff dreams iced as Oilers run colder than Edmonton in February

  24-02-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you live anywhere near Edmonton, as many Oilers fans do for some reason, you know what I’m talking about. A three-week run of days where the “high” temperatures rarely reach -10, the lows run below -20, the wind chill in the -30s. Lovely.
  During that same span the local hockey team also ran ice cold, playing 10 games in an 18-day span and winning just 3 of those, including the first, the last, and just 1 of the 8 in between. The losses? All in regulation. The outcome? Whatev
  
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• Opinion: Ottawa's leadership on resource projects in doubt

  24-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Canada’s elected leaders represent Team Canada with excellence”
  That is not a current headline of political leadership in advancing the national interest. But it could be.
  To the contrary, Canadians are subjected to reading the recent opinion piece penned by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna titled: Benefits and impact of Trans Mountain transcend any one province.
  The headline is bang on. That’s where the leadership stops. Thi
  
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• Friday's letters: PM's trip to India a costly embarrassment

  24-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Has anyone told the Trudeau family that it is not Halloween in India?
  He and his family look ridiculous dressed in their Indian garments, which I assume cost a small fortune while all around them the Indian officials are dressed in suits and ties. This trip seems like a taxpayer-paid photo op and family vacation, while he should be home addressing the pipeline problems and actual Canadian government issues.
  Did I mention the fortune paid to fly a famous Indian chef from Vancouver to India to coo
  
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• Tax specialist talks federal tax changes - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:15 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Tax specialist talks federal tax changes
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  Federal tax changes were one topic of discussion at the 2018 St. Albert Business Breakfast hosted by the City of St. Albert on Wednesday. About 100 people listened to a tax professional who spoke about changes expected in the upcoming federal budget on ...
  
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• Skyhawks rattle the Rebels - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:15 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Skyhawks rattle the Rebels
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  The St. Albert Skyhawks issued the following statement after Wednesday's season-altering victory in high school women's basketball. “When we play our best basketball we can compete against the top teams in the province and today that puts our message ...
  
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• Public hearing on Monday for land rezoning - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:15 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Public hearing on Monday for land rezoning
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  Members of the public will get a chance to voice their opinions at St. Albert city council on Monday on the redistricting of a land parcel in the Jensen Lakes subdivision. Council will be opening the floor up to citizens to hear their thoughts on the ...
  
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• Environment File: Red Willow plans and solar showcase - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:15 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Environment File: Red Willow plans and solar showcase
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  St. Albert residents can help plan the future of the BLESS platform and Red Willow Park at an open house on Tuesday. The City of St. Albert is holding an open house on the Red Willow Park West master plan and the Big Lake Environment Support Society ...
  
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• Lack of leadership - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Lack of leadership
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  Canadians from coast to coast are waiting with bated breath for this year's federal budget, set to be presented on Tuesday. Canada finds itself in a time of great uncertainty. At some point this summer, cannabis will be legalized for sale across the ...and more »
  
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• Area schools go pink to send anti-bullying message - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Area schools go pink to send anti-bullying message
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  Students and teachers from area school districts are in the pink this month as they put on their pink shirts. The pink shirts are part of a national anti-bullying campaign but local teachers say the event is much stronger than that as they use it as a ...and more »
  
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• Alberta Party leadership race: The candidates, the vote, the future

  24-02-2018 03:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  Six months ago, the Alberta Party occupied a single lonely seat in the house, the one-man caucus shunted to a small corner in Edmonton’s Federal Building.  
  That caucus has now grown to three members and party membership has swollen by 500 per cent over the past 12 months. 
  On Sunday, members will vote for their new leader. 
  The Alberta Party sits well and truly in third place, but leadership hopefuls won’t hear about its history as a quiet player on the political
  
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• Public and Catholic school boards agree to share buses — 11 or 12 of them

  24-02-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Catholic and public school boards have agreed to share “11 or 12” more school bus routes after a spat about co-operating on student transportation.
  The agreement, announced earlier this week by both board chairpersons in almost identically worded statements, will see the school districts share just a fraction of the bus routes proposed in a 2014 plan to combine both systems, shorten student ride times and save money.
  Empty seats abound on Edmonton public school buses
  
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• Northland School Division unveils plan to tackle poor attendance

  24-02-2018 02:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new attendance and engagement officer, consistent and detailed tracking of absenteeism and hiring family wellness workers are steps Northland School Division hopes will improve a long-standing attendance problem in its northern Alberta schools.
  One day after Alberta’s auditor general flagged Northland’s lack of progress in tackling truancy in its 23 schools, its newly formed school board approved a comprehensive plan for change Friday in Edmonton.
  Some of the improvements are
  
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• Did Rachel Notley just make a big mistake or a terrible mistake?

  24-02-2018 01:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  What is the meaning of life? How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Did B.C. Premier John Horgan blink in his pipeline dispute with Alberta?
  Two of these, of course, are philosophical questions unanswerable by mere mortals. The other deals with hypothetical dancing angels.
  Trying to figure out if Horgan blinked in his eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is the cliché-ridden existential question occupying political observers this week.
  There is no d
  
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• Murder charge withdrawn in fire that claimed Edmonton baby's life

  24-02-2018 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A second-degree murder charge has been dropped in relation to a house fire that trapped a mother and baby inside a closet in August, killing five-month-old Hunter Brown.
  Bronson Woycenko, 20, had been charged with second-degree murder, arson and disregard for human life. He is now facing two counts of mischief and a new charge of causing damage to property.
  All charges against Jessica Tammerand, 19, have been dropped.
  Police said Friday the Crown assessed the evidence and determined there w
  
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• Sierra Club warns of 'marketing disaster' if Epcor builds solar farm

  24-02-2018 01:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Epcor’s proposed solar farm in the river valley could well turn into a “marketing disaster,” the Sierra Club warned councillors Friday.
  The city-owned utility is signing contracts for water treatment and utility operations across North America. Epcor wants to look green, but that could backfire, local representative Charlie Richmond told council’s utility committee. 
  “Green at any cost is dangerous territory,” he said, pointing to other campaigns run by e
  
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• No relief this year on school bus fees after decision delayed

  24-02-2018 01:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Families hoping for a break on the fees they pay for their children’s school bus service will have to wait at least another year to find out if relief will come.
  On Friday, Alberta’s education minister said he’s delaying regulatory changes to student transportation to do more consultation, including a provincewide parent survey.
  “We know school boards will need ample time to implement operational adjustments to support such changes, and parents and families need time to a
  
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• Courtroom in tears as lawyer reads daughter's last words as her mother killed her

  24-02-2018 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton woman believed she was acting morally when she killed her daughter and was therefore not criminally responsible, a forensic psychologist testified Friday.
  Andrew Haag said mother Christine Longridge believed her son, Michael, was the Messiah and that she needed to kill her daughter, Rachael, 21, and planned to kill herself.
  Defence lawyer Dino Bottos said he is tormented by the case.
  Family and friends cried in the courtroom as he read Rachael Longridge’s last words as told to
  
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• Press Gallery #218: The Pipewhine edition

  24-02-2018 01:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another week, another battle in the pipeline war — but the whole thing seems to be simmering down after a tiny little backtrack by B.C. on Thursday. 
  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with hosts Clare Clancy, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson to talk about the latest developments and what they mean for Alberta and the NDP government. 
  The team also wades into the auditor general’s report around the failure of Alberta’s billion-dollar class size initiative.  
  
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• Report on jailing of sex assault victim outlines steps for change

  24-02-2018 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  An independent report into the jailing of an Edmonton sex assault victim has denounced systemic failures of the justice system in a case that was a “complete breakdown of legal protections.”
  The woman, who cannot be named because of a publication ban, was shackled in the courtroom and held for five nights at the Edmonton Remand Centre while giving evidence against her attacker, Lance David Blanchard.
  She was taken to the courthouse in the same van as Blanchard, the man later convicte
  
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• 15% drop in natural gas prices slows Edmonton inflation down

  24-02-2018 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s inflation rate dropped in January due to lower fuel and electricity costs, a city report issued Friday afternoon said.
  The consumer price index slowed to 1.5 per cent in January from 2.2 per cent in December. 
  A 15 per cent drop in natural gas prices across the province was partially offset by a modest increase to housing costs. 
  Inflation in Calgary dropped from 2.0 per cent in December to 1.4 per cent in January.
  Alberta’s inflation dropped to 1.4 per cent in J
  
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• Paula Simons: Moving new film untangles Alberta's black roots

  24-02-2018 00:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Between 1905 and 1912, more than 1,000 African-Americans crossed the border to settle in small communities around Edmonton. Most came from Oklahoma, fleeing the Jim Crow laws which stripped them of their rights when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
  Amber Valley, 160 km north of Edmonton, was the biggest and best-known of their farm colonies. But there were also black communities in Wildwood, 120 km west of Edmonton; Campsie, west of Barrhead; Breton, 95 km southwest of Edmonton; Gibbons, 37 km n
  
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• Brodhead brings franchise fee to council table - St. Albert Gazette

  24-02-2018 00:27 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Brodhead brings franchise fee to council table
  St. Albert Gazette
  The date has been set for a council discussion on moving ahead with an electrical franchise fee for St. Albert. Council members will debate a motion from Coun. Wes Brodhead on April 23 to have city staff draw up the necessary bylaw changes for an ...
  
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