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• Cult of Hockey Game Day #68: The Edmonton Oilers are in full audition mode as they prepare to host the Minnesota Wild.

  10-03-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whoever said that this is “garbage time”, and that there is nothing for the Edmonton Oilers to play for this season, could not be more wrong.
  It is absolutely true that, while not mathematically so, the Oilers are all but eliminated from any post-season hopes. But when a year goes as terribly wrong as this one surely did, every minute on the ice between now and when Peter Chiarelli goes to sit down at the draft table is vital for the club’s future.
  Choices will soon have to be
  
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• #MeToo supporters scheduled to rally at legislature today

  10-03-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Supporters of the #MeToo movement against sexual assault and harassment plan to rally at the Alberta legislature Saturday. 
  The event is organized by March On Edmonton Collective, a women’s rights group, and is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and run until 3 p.m.
  “In honour of International Women’s Day, let’s rally in support of the strong survivors who added their voice to#metoo and demonstrate that any act of harassment or assault is wrong,” a Facebook
  
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• NDP to consider legislating buffer zones around abortion clinics

  10-03-2018 18:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government is contemplating legislation that would create safe zones outside abortion clinics and keep protesters at bay. 
  Access to abortion is a legal right, Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday, adding that women seeking health care continue to face harassment.
  “Frankly, it’s just not something that women should have to put up with,” she said. 
  Other jurisdictions, including British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec, have legislation to crea
  
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• The 'emo-ish' Dears bringing their postmodern romance to the Aviary

  10-03-2018 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  This struck me a couple years ago while walking up to the till at the record store — I feel zero hesitation buying any new album by the Dears, sound unheard. They’re just that reliably tight, hook-solid and blistering with all the feelings. In an intimate venue, the full band plays the newly-opened Aviary Wednesday night.
  Formed in 1995 but really coming into their own through the new millennium first-decade nothings, the Dears’ ongoing core are wife and husband Natalia Yanchak
  
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• Edmonton Crashed Ice racers revel in hometown support

  10-03-2018 18:11 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Edmonton Crashed Ice competitors could not be further apart in terms of experience, but they could not be any closer in their love of the sport of ice cross downhill.
  For the past 12 seasons, Edmonton’s Gabriel Andre has skated and smashed his way through more than two dozen ice cross downhill competitions around the world.
  A stellar season saw Andre crowned Canadian champion in 2006, but had it not been for his sister, Megan Andre, he may never have even tried the sport.“She for
  
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• Whatever your tastes, there is a Chardonnay out there for you

  10-03-2018 17:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  This weekend we “spring forward” one hour and the forecast is for warmer days and chilled white wines. This week’s subject is to “demystify Chardonnay” (at Yen’s request). This is the most misunderstood varietal, even though it’s grown in every wine-producing region in the world.
  A couple decades ago, Chardonnay was the top-selling white wine by a mile. It was over-oaked, sweet and simple in an attempt to increase wine consumption in North America. It wo
  
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• Saturday's letters: Boxer Danny Lindstrom was both tough and kind

  10-03-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Many of us from northern Alberta were saddened to learn that one of Canada’s and the world’s best-known and very first Indigenous men to fight as a professional world boxer passed away recently at age 57.
  He was Danny Lindstrom, of Fort McMurray, trained by former Canadian army boxing champion Mike Woodward of Anzac.
  Lindstrom grew up in Fort McMurray in a large family, and was very proud of his Metis heritage. He won 90 per cent of his 80 bouts, boxing in both lightweight and heavyw
  
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• Opinion: Federal budget, city initiatives helping reach gender equity

  10-03-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The federal budget that was released last week went to great lengths to promote gender equity and the success of women. It identified measures to address gender parity in wages and contribute to equalizing incomes.
  They indicated support for women in trades, women entrepreneurs and a national conversation on gender equality with young Canadians. I believe that these are great steps that will continue the conversation and bring a measure of progress.
  Working on city council, I realized that as a
  
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• Armchair Travel at the Library: Riding the Rails - St. Albert Gazette

  10-03-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Armchair Travel at the Library: Riding the Rails  St. Albert GazetteOn Sunday, March 10 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., hop on the train with David Buck, as he takes us from Hong Kong to St. Petersburg, with stops along the way! Follow a ...
  
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• Local Crashed Ice racers revel in hometown support

  10-03-2018 06:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Two Edmonton Crashed Ice competitors could not be further apart in terms of experience, but they could not be any closer in their love of the sport of ice cross downhill.
  For the past 12 seasons, Edmonton’s Gabriel Andre has skated and smashed his way through more than two dozen ice cross downhill competitions around the world.
  A stellar season saw Andre crowned Canadian champion in 2006, but had it not been for his sister, Megan Andre, he may never have even tried the sport.
  Canada’
  
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• City Centre Mall lifts ban on Métis elder after security guards' actions reviewed

  10-03-2018 03:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A well-known and respected Métis elder says security guards banned him from City Centre Mall in downtown Edmonton for one month, all while he was trying to do a good deed.
  Terry Lusty said he was catching a quick bite on the third-level food court Wednesday when he spotted a woman’s RBC credit card on the floor.
  He picked it up and loudly called out the woman’s first name to see if she was still around so he could return the card.
  Getting no response, he moved into the ne
  
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• Diamonds are a scientist's best friend: New mineral revelations made possible by super-deep diamonds

  10-03-2018 03:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the most abundant minerals in the world — that had never before been seen on the Earth’s surface — has finally been eyed by scientists, thanks to one of the world’s most sought-after gems.
  University of Alberta Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor Graham Pearson and colleagues from the University of British Columbia recently observed calcium silicate perovskite — one of five fundamental minerals that make up 99.99 per cent of the silicate ma
  
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• Offer drug testing at safe consumption sites, Alberta opioid commission recommends

  10-03-2018 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s supervised consumption sites should be permitted to offer drug testing to help users learn what dangers might be lurking in their illicit narcotics, the province’s opioid commission recommended Friday.
  While questions persist about the effectiveness of fentanyl-sensing strips and other testing devices, providing insight to users on what they plan to inject or ingest will undoubtedly save lives, commission leaders said.
  “Anytime you can give people a bit more understan
  
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• Teacher channels escape room trend for junior high lessons

  10-03-2018 02:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Fort Saskatchewan — Preteens sprinted down the hall of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, one waving a key triumphantly. Their classmates hunched over boxes on their desks, dialling numbers and letters on locks. A timer ticked all too quickly on the classroom’s smart board.
  “T minus 35 minutes,” the timer chirps, and their reddened faces become a bit more flushed. A few press their hands to their heads in frustration.
  This is a Grade 7 math class about manipulating f
  
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• Firearms expert testifies at first-degree murder trial

  10-03-2018 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A first-degree murder trial heard evidence about a sawed-off rifle related to a police investigation Friday.
  Lenny Lavallee, 34, is charged in the 2016 death of Nicole Leanne Cooney.
  The 30-year-old woman was fatally shot in April 2016 in the area of 117 Avenue and 128 Street. At the time, police said Cooney and Lavallee were known to each other, but not in a relationship.
  Lenny Lavallee
  The trial, which began Monday and was scheduled to run for three weeks, heard evidence from witnesses for the
  
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• Friedman speculates on Paul Coffey as Edmonton Oilers head coach. Hmm

  10-03-2018 02:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  It’s going to take some amount of confirmation before I buy this notion…
  This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman from his 31 Thoughts podcast, his take on Hall of Fame player Paul Coffey’s future with the Oilers: “My guess is he’s ends up coaching but I don’t know if that is head coach or assistant coach.” 
  Friedman put no time frame on when any of this might happen and he was clearly engaging in speculation, in chit chat, not authoritati
  
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• Toy gun sparks police search at University of Alberta

  10-03-2018 02:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  A report of a suspicious person with a handgun sparked a search by police Friday at the University of Alberta.
  Edmonton city police were summoned to Lister Hall shortly after 2 p.m. The building was not locked down, because police did not believe there was an imminent threat to public safety, the university said in a news release.
  The person was located and the gun turned out to be a toy, the release said.
  The university was making mental health resources available for any students or staff who
  
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• Reduced refinery capacity the only path for lowering oil shipments: economist

  10-03-2018 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Alberta government’s pledge this week to lower oil shipments to B.C. in a move reminiscent of former premier Peter Lougheed has economist Andrew Leach scratching his head. 
  Ask him what the economic hit to B.C. or Alberta might be in such a scenario, and he pauses for a moment. 
  The plans by the government are, at this point, quite vague. Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday the idea is to give Alberta maximum flexibility as it keeps a close eye on what B.C. is up to. 
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• Paula Simons: Better victim services programs overdue in Alberta

  10-03-2018 01:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  We call it the criminal justice system.
  But it’s not set up to get justice for victims. It’s not a way for individuals to get vengeance. Nor is it a system to compensate victims for their pain and suffering.
  The criminal justice system is about getting justice for the state. For the Crown. For all of us.
  When people commit crimes, they are punished, not for hurting their victims, but for breaking the law. A subtle distinction, but an important one. And it’s essential to underst
  
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• Homefront held up as shining light of support services

  10-03-2018 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Calgary-based program supporting victims of domestic violence is more than happy to share 18 years of knowledge to help establish a similar system in Edmonton, the organization’s boss says. 
  “This is not something you want to hide,” Homefront Calgary executive director Maggie MacKillop said Thursday. “This is something you share.” 
  The program was identified in a recently released report as a shining example of how a co-ordinated approach to victim
  
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• Friedman speculates on Paul Coffey as Edmonton Oilers head coach. What!?

  10-03-2018 00:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman from his 31 Thoughts podcast, his take on Hall of Fame player Paul Coffey’s future with the Oilers: “My guess is he’s ends up coaching but I don’t know if that is head coach or assistant coach.” 
  Friedman also presented the Oilers as if they were in disarray at the top in terms of decision-making when it comes to major decisions. “Who is making the call? Is it Katz? Is Chiarelli? Is it Wayne Gretzky? Is it
  
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• NDP invests in rural RCMP officers and prosecutors as fed up residents take matters into their own hands

  10-03-2018 00:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  Leduc County — Fresh off a throne speech that promised new action to reduce crime in rural Alberta, the NDP government Friday announced $10 million in funding for new RCMP officers, Crown prosecutors and even devices to turn farm equipment into “bait” vehicles.
  Flanked by police vehicles and law enforcement officers at the RCMP Air Services Hanger at Edmonton International Airport, Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley announced a seven-point rural crime “action plan” th
  
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• Notes from the Dome: Women in New York and a pine beetle blitzkrieg

  10-03-2018 00:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Status of Women Minister Stephanie McLean will head to New York on Sunday for a summit dedicated to promoting gender equality. 
  McLean is part of the Canadian delegation to the 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, joining federal Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef. 
  This year’s summit will focus on empowering rural women and girls.
  Prior to her trip, McLean met with Alberta community groups serving rural women, and said she hopes to ampli
  
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• Whirling disease found in North Saskatchewan River

  10-03-2018 00:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has declared the North Saskatchewan River and its watershed infected with whirling disease, which can be fatal to some kinds of young fish.
  The declaration includes the river itself upstream from Rocky Mountain House plus all streams, creeks, lakes and rivers feeding into the river and ends at the Saskatchewan border.
  Whirling disease was first detected in the river in September, but the agency did not officially declare the river infected until now because th
  
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