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• "Action has heated up" on Patrick Maroon, reports Pierre LeBrun, and that makes perfect sense

  25-02-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  This just in from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: “The action has heated up, no surprise, on Patrick Maroon with Rick Nash dealt. Told that 7 teams have been in touch with the Oilers. Potential for a trade before the day ends although that’s still tough to predict at this juncture.”
  My takeSeven teams — if corrrect, that’s a fine market for getting a decent bid. It seems like sellers are doing well so far at this NHL trade deadline, including Oilers GM Peter Chiarell
  
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• Another win for Peter Chiarelli: Edmonton Oilers move Mark Letestu for Pontus Aberg

  25-02-2018 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  This NHL trade deadline is shaping up well so far for Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli, as he’s now traded Mark Letestu for a decent prospect in Pontus Aberg. This move is addiction by subtraction, as Letestu struggled all year.
  As for Aberg, here is some of the chatter on Twitter: 
  From Bob Stauffer of the Oilers: “Aberg is a fast, skilled winger who carries a 650K cap hit through 2019. Scored 25/31 goals in AHL with Milwaukee last 2 seasons.”
  From Mark Spector of Sport
  
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• Player grades: Edmonton Oilers survive crazy finish, hang on to edge Kings

  25-02-2018 12:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Oilers 4, Kings 3
  When the Edmonton Oilers scored into the empty net to take a 4-2 lead over Los Angeles Kings on Saturday with a minute to play, it seemed the game was in the bag. The bench started to celebrate, and Oilers coach Todd McLellan put out a never-before-seen line of Mark Letestu between Milan Lucic and Mike Cammalleri, three guys who haven’t scored a single goal since before Christmas, apparently in hopes that the Kings would pull Jonathan Quick a second time and one of the ve
  
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• Police TRAP team putting the brakes on rising auto theft

  25-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police hope a revamped anti-theft unit will help put the brakes on the rising number of vehicles stolen in the city. 
  In 2017, the number of vehicles stolen in Edmonton rose for the fifth straight year. The increases came after a multi-year lull brought on by new federally mandated anti-theft devices. 
  Thieves have since adapted, Staff Sgt. Sid Kingma of the police service’s Tactical Response to Auto-theft Prevention (TRAP) team told an Edmonton Police Commission me
  
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• Beat the winter blues with some reds or whites sipped al fresco

  25-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A relative sent me a photo of what winter looks like in Palm Springs … OK, I am officially done with this one … or if you can’t beat them, join them? We should embrace the days when the snow sparkles, the wind is calm and the sunshine warm. We’re already dressed for the weather, so why not beat those winter blues and find a winter patio for a glass of wine?
  While on a trip to London a couple of years back, I was amazed at the hardy locals sitting outside on patios with
  
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• Alberta Advantage Party formed by former Wildrose members announces leader

  25-02-2018 02:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A political party established by former Wildrose members announced its first leader Saturday in Red Deer. 
  Founding member Marilyn Burns was acclaimed to lead the Alberta Advantage Party, which is not yet officially registered with Elections Alberta.
  “The only reason I’m doing it is because I love the people of Alberta,” she said. “We are in the process for collecting about 8,000 signatures on a petition … to allow us to participate in the democratic proc
  
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• Bone fragment found in Yellowknife matches woman missing since 1990

  25-02-2018 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP investigators in Yellowknife have new leads to follow in a nearly 30-year-old missing persons case after a bone fragment was matched to Mary Rose Keadjuk.
  “All major crime investigators and detectives … that’s what we do. The investigations are open and they are active and we keep at it,” said Const. Jack Keefe, an investigator with the RCMP in Yellowknife. “I think in the back of our minds is always the families that we work for. It is satisfying to be able t
  
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• Police to collect feedback through online surveys

  25-02-2018 00:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  For the first time, businesses have the opportunity to sound off on the Edmonton Police Service in a satisfaction survey.
  EPS is putting out its biennial satisfaction survey for businesses and residents, both in online form. Doing the survey online will allow EPS to get a wider reach of responses, said Andrew Lejeune, EPS Strategic Analyst, on Saturday.
  The business survey was sent out last Tuesday but due to a technical issue, the citizen survey will be available on March 12 and will be open fo
  
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