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• Review: Spellbinding performance as symphony conductor combines Russian music and ballet

  18-05-2018 23:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor, Alexander Prior, has a deep grounding in Russian music. Despite having a Scottish twang to his accent, his mother is Russian and he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, graduating with distinction at the age of 17.
  In his first season in his new post, he has already shown his affinity to Russian music in his approach to such works as Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2. Last Thursday evening, he
  
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• Press Gallery 230: The Pipelines With The Political Depth Of A Fingerbowl edition

  18-05-2018 23:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  Jason Kenney said he wanted to “raise the bar” of political decorum, but apparently that means insulting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — if the opposition leader’s comments this week are anything to go by.
  Join Press Gallery host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson to talk about those remarks and this week’s head-scratching Alberta visit by the PM. 
  And of course, it wouldn’t be Alberta politics if there wasn&rs
  
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• Photos: Could be the last year for the Edmonton Bike Swap

  18-05-2018 21:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Bike Swap was held at the Kinsmen Sport Centre in Edmonton on Saturday, May 12, 2018. Organizers estimated 2,000 people lined up for a chance at the 190 bikes up for sale. Organizers say this is the last year for the event unless someone else steps forward to host it.
  Edmontonians search for a new ride during the Edmonton Bike Swap at the Kinsmen Sport Centre in Edmonton on Saturday, May 12, 2018.
  A young boy, still wearing his bike helmet, waits in line at the Edmonton Bike Swap at
  
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• Homicide victim had violent rap sheet, did time for multiple attacks

  18-05-2018 21:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s latest homicide victim has a long history with police, including most recent convictions for assault with a weapon and sexual assault.
  Ibrahim Zoker, 23, was found shot on a west Edmonton school ground near 172 Street and 64 Avenue in the Callingwood neighbourhood around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
  Paramedics treated him at the scene and took him to hospital, where he later died.
  Court documents show Zoker was convicted on June 28, 2016, of assault with a weapon — a handgun or
  
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• Asparagus Festival a sure sign of spring, or in Alberta, summer

  18-05-2018 21:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Good news, oh friends of the delicate, flowering perennial and member of the lily family. After a four-year hiatus, Edgar Farms is bringing back its much-loved Asparagus Festival.
  A series of devastating hail storms in 2014 had left Alberta’s largest asparagus farm, located near Innisfail, battered and bruised. While the sixth-generation family farm continued to produce asparagus, operators Elna and Doug Edgar didn’t feel there was enough product to host the festival in 2015, 2016 an
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being hit by LRT near Clareview Station

  18-05-2018 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by an LRT on the tracks just south of Clareview Station Friday morning.
  Police were called to the scene in northeast Edmonton just after 1 a.m., police said in a Friday news release. The fatal collision between the train and pedestrian happened about 200 metres north of the 137 Avenue overpass.
  Details of how the victim ended up on the tracks are unknown. Police said they are in the process of identifying the person, but said the
  
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• Legal Aid employees vote in favour of new collective agreement

  18-05-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Legal Aid Alberta employees have signed off on a new collective agreement.
  The agreement was ratified Thursday following votes held in early May, according to a news release from Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), which represents Legal Aid employees. 
  In March, Legal Aid staff voted to strike if necessary, according to the union. However, the employees agreed to accept a third-party mediator’s report on a new agreement, which was ratified by their employer this week.
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• RGE RD teams up with Okanagan chef for June pop-up celebrating fresh and local

  18-05-2018 20:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s a fab chef in town June 5. Her name is Aman Dosanj and she’s hosting a pop-up at RGE RD called The Paisley Notebook, inspired by a series of similar pop-ups Dosanj runs in the Okanagan.
  Dosanj is a Brit, and a former England U-16 and Arsenal Ladies soccer player. But she also has a popular Indian restaurant in Kelowna called Poppadoms. Named to Western Living Magazine’s list of top 10 Foodies of 2015, she’s created an $89 multi-course menu starting at 5:30 p.m.
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• Alberta government invests $575,000 in Valley Zoo's new child-focused exhibit

  18-05-2018 20:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new exhibit under construction at the Edmonton Valley Zoo will provide a new home for red pandas as well as the zoo’s urban farm – which hasn’t been updated since opening in 1959.
  The Alberta government will provide $575,000 for the Nature’s Wild Backyard exhibit that is expected to be completed in early 2019, Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Dr. Bob Turner announced Friday morning. 
  The existing urban farm requires crucial upgrades as it has never been renovated, Tammy Wiebe
  
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• Cree-based education focus of landmark Maskwacis agreement

  18-05-2018 19:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  Maskwacis — Four central Alberta First Nations celebrated a landmark education agreement with the federal government Friday to create a single education authority.
  The Maskwacis Education Schools Commission will run the area’s 11 schools, said a news release.
  More than 2,300 students will be taught under a new Cree-based education system in the communities, located about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton. 
  Federal Minister of Indigenous Services Jane Philpott, who was on hand for
  
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• Dining Out: Why not open small door on 109 Street to taste cafe's impressive small-plate menu

  18-05-2018 19:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dinner at Why Not Café is the kind of surprising restaurant experience most of us hope for — great food hidden behind an unassuming exterior.
  Tucked away on the second floor of a consignment shop on 109 Street just north of Whyte Avenue, the only street access to the Why Not Café is from a small door with the café’s name and address on it, up a dim flight of stairs in a hallway painted black.
  The second-floor room has big, bright windows looking out over 109
  
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• Boston insider pitches Torey Krug & prospects for Oscar Klefbom & 10th overall swap

  18-05-2018 18:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Boston Bruins hockey writer Joe Haggerty of NBC, his wish list for the Bruins, which includes Oscar Klefbom and Darnell Nurse of the Edmonton Oilers. Writes Haggerty: “Klefbom once again checks all the boxes with his left shot and ideal size at 6-3, 220, and he’s just a year removed from posting 12 goals and 38 points in a breakout season for the Oil. He’s also topped 22 minutes of ice time each of the past two seasons, so he’s a workhorse-type that the Bruin
  
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• Edmonton Oilers confirm signing of Joel Persson to one-year contract … to play in Sweden. Hmmm

  18-05-2018 18:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A very strange announcement from Edmonton Oilers’ camp on Friday morning, confirming the recent rumours that the club would be signing Swedish defender Joel Persson, but with an unexpected twist.As Entry Level Contract for a player aged 24, as Persson is, can only be for one year (as Oilers also recently signed with college graduate Tyler Vesel, also 24). The highly unusual aspect of the Persson signing is that the Oilers have already determined that Persson will spend that year in Sweden,
  
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• Edmonton Eskimos 2018 season launch

  18-05-2018 17:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  Grey Cup 2018 executive director Duanne Vienneau provided details on the 106th Grey Cup Festival as the Edmonton Eskimos celebrated the launch of the 2018 football season at West Edmonton Mall on Thursday, May 17, 2018. The event included performances by the new Esks Force Drum Line and Hype Team and the Edmonton Eskimos Cheer Team.
  
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• Person killed after being hit by LRT near Clareview Station

  18-05-2018 15:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are investigating after a person was struck and killed by an LRT train on the tracks just south of Clareview Station Friday morning.
  Police were called to the scene of the collision in northeast Edmonton just after 1 a.m., police said in a Friday news release.
  The details of how the victim ended up on the tracks are unknown. Police did not reveal any details about the identity or gender of the victim.
  EPS Major Collision Investigation Unit is investigating.
  Police say it’s possible
  
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• PHOTOS: Edmonton Eskimos 2018 Season Launch

  18-05-2018 14:57 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Eskimos Football Club celebrated the launch of the 2018 football season at West Edmonton Mall’s Centre Stage on Thursday May 17, 2018. The event included performances by the all-new Esks Force Drum Line and Hype Team and the Edmonton Eskimos Cheer Team. Grey Cup 2018 Executive Director Duanne Vienna also released details on the 106th Grey Cup Festival, which will be held in Edmonton this year. 
  Members of the Esks Force Drum Line and Hype Team perform some acrobatics
  
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• Edmonton weather: Let the sunshine in, face it with mosquito repellent

  18-05-2018 14:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 5.4 C with a 2 km/h wind coming from the southwest. Now we just have to get Friday out of the way (one more day!) before we kick off this gorgeous Victoria Day long-weekend. The forecast calls for nothing but sunshine and heat, with 24 C on Saturday, 25 C on Sunday, and 25 C on Monday. But the real wave heat isn’t expected to kick in until mid-week, next we
  
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• Opinion: Why a single-use bag bylaw makes sense for Edmonton

  18-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The movement to address single-use bags is growing. Over 100 jurisdictions have enacted laws to address single-use bags. In recent months, Montreal and Victoria have implemented single-use bag bylaws. These cities join several other Canadian municipalities, including the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
  Will Edmonton (and perhaps all of Alberta) be next? There is a grassroots movement within Edmonton calling for a bylaw that either bans, or requires a significant surcharge for, a
  
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• Friday's letters: Coverage of Gaza conflict too one-sided

  18-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “A surreal scene as Americans open embassy in Jerusalem,” Opinion, May 16
  I am writing on behalf of the Edmonton Jewish Federation and our colleagues at the national level, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, regarding the cartoon and cover story published in your May 16 edition referencing events in the Middle East.
  Especially in recent days and weeks, this conflict has considerably heightened emotions on both sides. What has been unfortunate is the deeply one-sided covera
  
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• David Byrne and his amazing brain moving ever forward

  18-05-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether or not you know Talking Heads as the best band ever (well, they are) — singer David Byrne had an almost freakishly creative output, even before the group disbanded 27 years ago.
  Over the years, his musical collaborations with Brian Eno, St. Vincent and especially a score for Twyla Tharpe have been mind-blowing. And since going solo, he’s written a mini library of books — including a couple pieces of paper-bound art that ease into his renaissance role as a designer
  
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• David Staples: Designs must work for people first, says architect of Royal Alberta Museum, Walterdale Bridge

  18-05-2018 05:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  This is architect Donna Clare’s moment. She has led major building projects for two decades now, but her biggest project, the new Royal Alberta Museum, will open this year, while another big one, the Walterdale Bridge, is at last complete.
  It’s not yet known how the new museum will be received, and a few of Clare’s past projects, such as the 2006 Hall “D” addition to the Shaw Conference Centre, have had mixed reviews, but the bridge is a smash hit. It’s winnin
  
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• Premier Rachel Notley: 'This is becoming an issue of how Canada works'

  18-05-2018 05:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  About 100 senior British Columbia business, Indigenous, community and labour leaders went to Edmonton for a one-day business and economic mission Thursday to hear Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speak and attend a special Edmonton Chamber of Commerce luncheon to meet business people from Edmonton and Calgary.
   
  
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• Oil Spills: Edmonton Oilers beat the bushes for defenceman

  18-05-2018 05:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers are reportedly close to signing Swedish defenceman Joel Persson, who played for the Vaxjo Lakers in the Swedish Elite League last season.
  Will Persson help the Oilers in their quest for an offensive, puck-moving right-shot defenceman, or will he be another European who struggles to make an impact at the NHL level?
  The Oilers have gone down this road before with the likes of Yohann Auvitu, Anton Belov and Philip Larsen.
  Postmedia hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkows
  
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• Latest shooting death ruled 12th homicide of the year by police

  18-05-2018 03:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man who was shot on a west Edmonton school ground Wednesday night and later died in hospital has been ruled the city’s latest homicide. 
  Officers found the injured man near 172 Street and 64 Avenue in the Callingwood neighbourhood around 11 p.m. Wednesday. Paramedics treated the man on scene and took him to hospital, where he later died.
  On Thursday, the Edmonton medical examiner confirmed that Ibrahim Zoker, 23, died from gunshot wounds.
  Earlier in the day, police had taped of
  
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• An urban myth? The future of Edmonton's Accidental Beach

  18-05-2018 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether Edmonton’s summer fling last year with Accidental Beach could mature into a serious, permanent relationship will be the topic of discussion at next week’s executive committee meeting.
  When temporary upstream berms installed as part of the construction of the Tawatina LRT bridge are removed in two years time, there is a strong possibility beach-going Edmontonians will be sans sand at what became a popular spot on the North Saskatchewan River. 
  That has prompted some ponde
  
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• Alberta regional chief highlights Indigenous poverty, homelessness at gathering

  18-05-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  For Marlene Poitras, helping the homeless can involve anything from buying burgers to doing advocacy in Ottawa.
  Poitras discussed poverty in her keynote address to Thursday’s Indigenous Gathering held by Homeward Trust, an Edmonton organization that works to address homelessness. Poitras is the first female Alberta regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations.
  In her address, Poitras highlighted causes, effects and possible solutions to poverty in Edmonton’s Indigenous
  
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• St. Albert product Josh Mahura heading back to Memorial Cup - Edmonton Sun

  18-05-2018 01:58
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  St. Albert product Josh Mahura heading back to Memorial Cup
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  The 2018 MasterCard Memorial Cup will not be Josh Mahura's first rodeo. The St. Albert product will be playing in his second national major junior hockey tournament as a member of the host team when the Regina Pats face the Hamilton Bulldogs in the ...and more »
  
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• Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers hold jam session

  18-05-2018 01:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Wild Rose Old Tyme Fiddlers Association hold one of their weekly jam sessions recently at the Pleasantview Community Hall near 109 Street and 57 Avenue.
  The association exists to encourage, foster and develop an appreciation of Old Tyme Fiddle Music in a spirit of friendship, and to preserve this musical heritage for them and future generations to enjoy.
  Started in around 1978, the fiddlers association has been spreading the sound of fiddle music throughout the community by providing pr
  
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• Edmonton Oilers at the Worlds: Connor McDavid "powers" Canada to spot in semi-finals

  18-05-2018 01:47 via edmontonjournal.com
  An exciting day of quarterfinal action at the 2018 IIHF Worlds produced four tense one-goal games. Two teams from each group advanced, while the round robin seeding was reduced to rubble when the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th-place clubs from the two groups each won one and lost one. 
  No such split for the four remaining Edmonton Oilers, all of whom saw their team advance to the weekend’s medal round. Three of them played on Team Canada which “upset” Russia 5-4 in overtime, and al
  
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• B.C. delegates bring pro-pipeline message to Edmonton but not so sure about stopping oil shipments

  18-05-2018 01:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  About 100 British Columbia business, labour and Indigenous leaders flew to Edmonton on Thursday to fight what they see as a crisis in confidence caused by the delay in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. 
  But while the delegation stood in solidarity with their Alberta counterparts to push for construction of the line, the visitors weren’t all comfortable with a new law that allows Alberta’s government to stop sending oil west if the project isn’t built.
  “I can say
  
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• Court info line to stop mandatory collection of callers' personal information

  18-05-2018 01:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A province-wide court information phone line will stop requiring callers to divulge personal details to access basic information, according to Alberta Justice.
  Previously, if a member of the public called the Resolution and Court Administration Services Contact Centre with a query, about anything from courthouse hours to contact information for a service provider, they would be asked to provide their first and last name, date of birth and their city of residence before the staff member answ
  
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• Architect talks about designing the new Royal Alberta Museum

  18-05-2018 01:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Designs must work for people first, says Donna Clare, architect of the new Royal Alberta Museum and Walterdale Bridge.
  By way of a metaphor, Clare describes something she recently heard at a lecture on architecture, that it is like a pencil or pen.
  “It’s a writing instrument, so you expect your pen to write. Architecture is like that. It has to work. It has to support the functionality that is going on behind those walls … The next thing is beauty and elegance and delight
  
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• Rescue crews recover body of teen from Athabasca River near Slave Lake

  18-05-2018 01:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rescue crews on Wednesday night recovered the body of a young man who fell from the Highway 2 bridge into the Athabasca River near Slave Lake earlier this month. 
  The 17-year-old was reported missing at around 10:50 p.m. May 1, prompting an extensive search using boats, helicopters, drones and teams of searchers on foot along the banks of the river.
  Two days later, the search-and-rescue operation was downgraded to a recovery mission “due to high and fast flowing current, col
  
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• Attack of the dandelions: How Edmonton is fighting back this summer

  18-05-2018 00:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city is hoping to get ahead of the looming dandelion influx after a walloping 2017 weed season by starting herbicide application this week on 60 per cent of Edmonton’s sports fields.
  Crews began applying the alternative herbicide iron chelate on Monday and are treating up to 20 fields every day, the city said Thursday. The first round of application is set to be complete in the next few weeks, said Travis Kennedy, general supervisor of open space operations. 
  In December 2017, cit
  
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• Health food store raid by police nets steroids, mountain of charges

  18-05-2018 00:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 44-year-old man faces multiple charges after city police raided a south Edmonton health food store, seizing over $100,000 in drugs, including steroids.
  The city police southwest division special projects team began investigating the owner of the store near 34 Avenue and 99 Street in late 2017 after a report that steroids were being trafficked. 
  Investigators executed a search warrant before seizing various drugs with an estimated street value of nearly $105,000.
  Neighbouring employee
  
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• Sixties Scoop apology date set for Alberta legislature

  18-05-2018 00:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Survivors of the Sixties Scoop will receive an official apology from the Government of Alberta on May 28. 
  Premier Rachel Notley is expected to deliver the apology. 
  Brent Wittmeier, press secretary to Children’s Services Minister Danielle Larivee, said Thursday the province has been working closely with the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta (SSISA) to understand the impact of the Sixties Scoop.
  “Throughout the process, survivors and families were clear that an ap
  
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• Fire Advisory in Effect for St. Albert

  18-05-2018 00:09
  The City of St. Albert Fire Services has issued a fire advisory for the city. Due to the extremely dry... Read Post
  
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