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• Three ways Edmonton Oilers are different after the trade deadline

  27-02-2018 23:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game Day 63: Oilers at Sharks
  To riff off an old truism, today is the first day of the rest of the season.
  For fans of the Edmonton Oilers, it’s a tired old movie to say the least. Be a seller at the trade deadline, play out the string, hope for the best in the draft lottery, then look forward to a flurry of drafts / trades / free agent signings in the days following the summer solstice in hopes for a better fate next year.
  As of today we are in the “play out the string” phase
  
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• Meningococcal alert after case confirmed following drop-in music, story program at Lois Hole library

  27-02-2018 22:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  A confirmed case of invasive meningococcal disease in a visitor to a drop-in music and story program at the west-end Lois Hole library has triggered a public alert by Alberta Health Services (AHS).
  Those who attended the Sing, Sign, Laugh and Learn program at the 17650 69 Ave. Lois Hole library between 10:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Wed., Feb. 21, may have been exposed, warns AHS in a Tuesday afternoon release. 
  Officials say there is “very low risk to the general public and only those ind
  
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• Council Briefs for February 26th

  27-02-2018 21:44
  Council Briefs are provided for the benefit of community members with the intent of giving a short, informal report on... Read Post
  
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• Fatality inquiry into police shooting recommends more crisis intervention training for officers

  27-02-2018 21:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  The need for crisis intervention and de-escalation training for police officers to be mandatory in Alberta is just one recommendation stemming from a fatality inquiry into a 2015 case where a man opened fire on officers in north Edmonton before being shot dead. 
  Michael David Perreault, who had a long history of mental health issues and substance abuse problems, was shot and killed the night of May 18, 2015, by city police Const. Wayne Haltli after his partner Const. Jeffrey Park was shot i
  
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• Woman clinging to life after being pulled from 109 Street fire

  27-02-2018 19:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fire investigators are probing the cause of an early morning Edmonton house fire that sent a woman to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  Crews rescued the unconscious woman after being called to the “fully involved” house fire at 5807 109 St. at about 7:28 a.m. Tuesday, district chief Robert Shellnutt said.
  Two men who were also in the home escaped but a dog perished in the blaze.
  The woman was transported to hospital in life-threatening condition while the men were listed in s
  
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• Group wants transit officers accused of excessive force suspended

  27-02-2018 19:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two transit peace officers filmed taking down a 15-year-old at a north Edmonton transit station should be suspended pending the outcome of an investigation, an activist group says. 
  The Jan. 19 case at the Belvedere Transit Centre has prompted the city to review the officers’ conduct. The boy’s friends captured video around 4 p.m. showing two uniformed officers pressing the struggling youth against a railing before taking him to the ground and placing him in handcuffs. 
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• Moratorium on combative sports lifted

  27-02-2018 19:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fight’s back on.
  City council voted Tuesday to lift the moratorium on combative sports.
  Last week, the community services committee recommended lifting the year-long ban on combative sports that was imposed on Dec. 8, 2017, after boxer Tim Hague’s post-fight death.
  Iveson said last week that while there is no way to eliminate all risk from combative sports, council wants to make sure it is as safe as possible. The moratorium created time to make safety the top priority. He a
  
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• Edmonton airport bus fare drops back to $5 as part of regional deal

  27-02-2018 19:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fares to reach the Edmonton International Airport will drop back to $5 in May after regional partners agreed to foot part of the bill. 
  Leduc Transit will also re-route its service to Nisku and the airport, while the airport authority will soon start a free shuttle around its campus. Both the shuttle and Edmonton’s Route 747 will serve the outlet mall when it opens this spring and the Costco when it opens in the fall.
  The Route 747 will swing by after it drops passengers off at the ai
  
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• Anti-icing pilot project sprays city streets ahead of major snowfalls

  27-02-2018 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton has started an anti-icing pilot program to combat icy road conditions during the winter.
  The technique involves spraying a liquid calcium chloride solution, a type of salt with an added corrosion inhibitor, on main roadways in the city 12 to 48 hours before a major snowfall.
  Use of the anti-icer is an attempt to reduce the need for sand, improve road conditions and free up manpower to work on pedestrian and bicycle paths.
  The liquid solution is only one of the techniques use
  
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• Travis Vader denied chance to appeal weapons breach

  27-02-2018 19:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province’s highest court has denied a man serving a life sentence for killing two St. Albert seniors leave to appeal a conviction for breaching a weapons prohibition.
  Travis Vader wanted to appeal a conviction for being found in possession of two knives when he was arrested while out on bail in 2015 awaiting trial for the killings of Lyle and Marie McCann. 
  Court earlier heard Vader was found by police driving around “in the middle of nowhere” and “behaving
  
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• Children's Wish heroes join forces at CFB Edmonton

  27-02-2018 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Heroes Challenge teams, partnered with a wish child, competed in some unorthodox but fun events in a fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada at CFB Edmonton on Friday Feb. 23, 2018.
  Teams, partnered with Wish children from the Edmonton area, competed in a series of fun mental, physical, creative, and strategic challenges using military equipment in unique ways to raise money to grant children’s wishes.
  The Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada is grants wish
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's work on deadline day rated 27th out of 31 NHL GMs. Ouch!

  27-02-2018 17:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  But did Edmonton Oilers GM really do so poorly with his three deadline moves? 
  This in from Adam Gretz of Pro Hockey Talk at NBC sports, his rankings of how NHL GMs did on deadline day, where he has Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli rated 27th out of 31: “Maroon is a 20-25 goal forward, carries a relatively decent salary cap hit for the rest of this season, and all Edmonton has to show for him is a mid-level prospect and a third-round draft pick two drafts from now. Their trade deadl
  
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• Peter Chiarelli's work on deadline day rated by 27th out of 31 NHL GMs

  27-02-2018 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Adam Gretz of Pro Hockey Talk at NBC sports, his rankings of how NHL GMs did on deadline day, where he has Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli rated 27th out of 31: “Maroon is a 20-25 goal forward, carries a relatively decent salary cap hit for the rest of this season, and all Edmonton has to show for him is a mid-level prospect and a third-round draft pick two drafts from now. Their trade deadline consisted of them trading Maroon, Letestu, and Brandon Davidson for Pontus Aberg
  
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• Three hospitalized, dog dies after 109 Street fire

  27-02-2018 16:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton fire crews rescued a woman from a burning house on 109 Street, while two men escaped on their own Tuesday morning. 
  A dead dog was also pulled from the home, spokeswoman Maya Filipovic said.
  All three people, between the ages of 20 and 40, were taken to hospital. 
  Fire rescue received a call of a “fully involved” fire at 5807 109 street at 7:28 a.m.
  Six fire crews arrived at 7:33 a.m. and had the the fire under control by 8:11 a.m. No other homes were damaged
  
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• Cheap Eats Edmonton – Sunbake Pita Bakery

  27-02-2018 16:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Ever heard of a shawarma? Or is the word fatayer in your vocabulary? Well, if not, you will soon be familiar with both words if you  visit the Sunbake Pita Bakery.
  Located in a small strip mall at 10728 134 Ave. in northeast Edmonton, this traditional Lebanese pita bakery has been making pita bread for over 30 years in Edmonton.
  For under $5 you can get a meat pie, actually 10 different kinds are on the menu. OK, their meat pie is not what you may be thinking. Translated to English it is ac
  
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• Anti-icing pilot project sprays city streets after major snowfalls

  27-02-2018 16:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton has started an anti-icing pilot program to combat icy road conditions during the winter.
  The technique involves spraying a liquid calcium chloride solution, a type of salt with an added corrosion inhibitor, on main roadways in the city 12 to 48 hours before a major snowfall.
  Use of the anti-icer is an attempt to reduce the need for sand, improve road conditions and free up manpower to work on pedestrian and bicycle paths.
  The liquid solution is only one of the techniques use
  
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• Edmonton weather: Yup, it's pretty much summer even with a chance of snow

  27-02-2018 15:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Tuesday’s weather brings above zero temperatures, meaning it is basically summer in Edmonton.
  At 7 a.m. it was -2 C.
  Today: Cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of snow this morning and a 20 kilometre per hour wind. Skies will clear later in the day, with a high of 2 C.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy and a low of -7 C.
  Tomorrow: Clearing in the morning, high of 0 C.
  Tomorrow night: Cloudy, low of -7 C.
  Traffic updates
  Before you head out the door, see our live traffic map for updates.
  
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• Tuesday's letters: Animal abuse taints Olympics again

  27-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “The fight to save Korean meat dogs,” Christie Blatchford, Feb. 14
  Man’s best friend in our corner of the world is a treasured and beloved companion. Not in South Korea. Thousands of dog meat farms are concentration camps for dogs. Rows of beautiful breeds of dogs and puppies are in cramped, filthy cages — starved, neglected and abused.
  This horror goes on while the Olympics are cheered in Pyeongchang. This is appalling and everyone should be outraged. When will
  
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• Opinion: Nuances of school superintendents' leadership go beyond salaries

  27-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta is home to one of the top-performing education systems in the world and that is something we should all be proud of.
  It is unfortunate that observers of our education system often fail to recognize the pivotal role played by our educational system leaders, including superintendents, who have dedicated their lives to overseeing and managing the schools where our children thrive.
  A flurry of recent public commentary, sparked by a report commissioned by the Alberta School Boards Association
  
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• Edmonton company planning first Canadian-led driving expedition to the South Pole

  27-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  An Edmonton company is unveiling plans at a news conference Tuesday to direct the first Canadian-led driving expedition to the South Pole.
  A four-person team led by Darryl Weflen, president of Airworks Compressors Corp., intends to head out next November on Xpedition 90X, also billed as the first single vehicle and hybrid vehicle journey to the pole.
  The crew will drive across Antarctica in the Rockhopper, a customized 2008 Navistar MXT truck with a diesel-electric hybrid engine Weflen spent a y
  
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• Editorial: Grass greener on the lawn

  27-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s a rare set of circumstances in which doing the right thing actually means doing less work. But that’s exactly the case when it comes to one of the more sweat-intensive chores in residential lawn care.
  It turns out raking, bagging and hauling heavy sacks of grass clippings to the curb or driveway every time Edmontonians cut their lawns is not only a slog, it’s bad for the environment and adds unnecessary strain to Edmonton’s struggling waste management system.
  Accordi
  
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• Alberta Party leadership vote closes, winner to be announced Tuesday night

  27-02-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta Party will announce its new leader Tuesday evening in Edmonton.
  It’s the end of a short and sweet campaign which saw three candidates face off and party memberships increase by the thousands.
  The race was triggered in November by the resignation of former leader Greg Clark, MLA for Calgary-Elbow. 
  He stepped down saying a leadership race was crucial to building the party to a viable place for a win in the 2019 provincial election.
  “To mobilize and galvanize the
  
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• $14M partnership aims to see new community flourish around Stadium LRT station

  27-02-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City officials believe a new Edmonton-Brookfield partnership could finally crack the city’s challenge to building new walkable, high-density neighbourhoods around LRT stations.
  The city and Brookfield are going 50-50, with the developer matching Edmonton’s $14-million investment in sewer upgrades, new LRT line crossings and a local promenade.
  It would kick-start development on the Brookfield-owned Muttart lands and, officials hope, lead to redevelopment all around the station. A new
  
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• Curler Marc Kennedy puts Olympic disappointment in perspective upon return to Alberta

  27-02-2018 06:39 via globalnews.ca
  While many curling fans were disappointed his team didn't win a medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Team Canada curler Marc Kennedy said he appreciated all the support he and his teammates received in South Korea and that the level of competition in the sport could be changing.
  
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• Olympic goalie Shannon Szabados returns home to Edmonton

  27-02-2018 05:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  It wasn’t the result Team Canada dreamed of, but you’d never know it from the reception Shannon Szabados received at Edmonton International Airport on Monday evening. 
  The women’s hockey goalie emerged from the arrivals door bleary eyed after nearly 24 hours of travel from South Korea, with two carry-on items and an Olympic silver medal around her neck. 
  “It was awesome,” Szabados told reporters after hugs from family and supporters, five days removed from
  
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• Despite dollars meant to shrink class sizes, teachers see little improvement in Edmonton schools

  27-02-2018 04:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Money allotted to Edmonton schools to reduce class sizes has been used to fund full-day kindergarten and technology for students — not just smaller classes.
  Since the provincial government in 2004 pledged specific funds to trim classes, city teachers have seen little improvement, said Heather Quinn, president of the Edmonton Public Teachers Local 37.
  “I hate to say it, but I think it’s something that teachers have just learned to accept as part of the job,” she said.
  Many
  
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• Rachel Notley tackles obstacle that always tripped up her predecessors

  27-02-2018 03:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley has an idea to diversify Alberta’s economy.
  That’s the good news.
  The bad news is that every Alberta premier in the past half-century has tried to diversify the economy and every one of them has, in one way or another, failed. Or, to be kind, didn’t really succeed.
  Peter Lougheed, for example, raised royalties on energy companies in the 1970s so he could invest in private ventures including Pacific Western Airlines and Syncrude. That started a trend where
  
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• Superintendent pay hikes report flawed, Alberta school district leaders say

  27-02-2018 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Superintendent pay in Alberta rose 10 per cent in five years and is slightly higher on average than other provinces, says a corrected and updated version of a report prepared for school trustees across the province.
  Despite several adjustments to the initial report, which said superintendent pay rose 10 per cent in three years, Education Minister David Eggen remains concerned about pay for school district leaders, his press secretary, Lindsay Harvey, said in an email Monday.
  “As you know,
  
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• Paula Simons: City seeks goat co-ordinator who's baaah'd to the bone

  27-02-2018 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Have you herd the news? The City of Edmonton isn’t kidding around. It’s on a mission to recruit a new manager with a talent for dealing with particularly stubborn — and hungry — workers.
  And it hopes people will flock to apply.
  Yes. The city has just posted an ad for a new goat co-ordinator. 
  That is to say, someone to run its GoatWorks Program.
  “You will work with individuals, contractors and researchers to fulfil the program goals and engage Edmontonians in a
  
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• Alberta to invest $1 billion over eight years in bitumen upgrading

  27-02-2018 00:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province plans to spend up to $1 billion over the next eight years for new partial upgrading facilities in Alberta to diversify the energy sector.
  The money will likely come in the form of $800 million in loan guarantees and $200 million in grants.
  The government hopes it will attract as many as five new upgrading facilities, representing $5 billion in private investment and 4,000 construction jobs.
  There’s no word yet on exactly which companies can apply, or how. Premier Rachel Notley
  
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