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• REVIEW: Slayer kills it one last time at Shaw Conference Centre

  21-05-2018 23:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  SLAAAAAYER!
  It’s time that we all got this right. Not Slayer but SLAAAAAYER, yelled hoarsely and randomly at any public occasion, be it wedding, pet store opening, or, well, Slayer concerts. In this case, the last Slayer concert in Edmonton, ever. Once word got out that the thrash-metal pioneers were wrapping it up for good after nearly 40 years writing about serial killers, Nazi war criminals, and Satan, it was a given that the Shaw Conference Centre would sell out quickly.
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• Police to attend Edmonton Pride Festival out of uniform

  21-05-2018 23:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  For the first time in Edmonton, the RCMP and Edmonton Police Service (EPS) won’t be in uniform when they participate in the annual Edmonton Pride Festival.
  The move announced Monday is significant because some marginalized members of the LGBTQ community have had negative interactions with police in the past, Edmonton Pride Festival Society board member Clayton Hitchcock said.  
  “This is a way to restart the conversation and approach it as person-to-person,” Hitch
  
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• Black bear kills escaped dog in Jasper National Park

  21-05-2018 23:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A dog has been killed by a black bear in Jasper National Park after jumping out of a car window.
  “With heavy hearts, Parks Canada can confirm that a dog did not survive an encounter with a bear Wednesday evening after escaping from a car which had pulled over on the side of the road to view the bear,” park staff posted on Facebook.
  “Parks Canada human-wildlife conflict specialists responded and retrieved the dog. It is clear that this dog was under control until it escaped from
  
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• Northern Alberta homes evacuated after truck spills hydrochloric acid

  21-05-2018 22:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A northern Alberta highway was closed Monday after a truck carrying acid crashed and forced the evacuation of several homes.
  A tractor trailer went off Highway 831 three kilometres south of Boyle, according to an RCMP news release.
  The truck was carrying a load of hydrochloric acid which spilled, making that section of the highway impassible. 
  Several nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. The driver of the truck was not injured.
  Emergency crews were at the scene waiting for haza
  
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• Dog killed by bear in Jasper National Park

  21-05-2018 22:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  A dog has been killed by a bear in Jasper National Park after jumping out of a car window.
  “With heavy hearts, Parks Canada can confirm that a dog did not survive an encounter with a bear Wednesday evening after escaping from a car which had pulled over on the side of the road to view the bear,” park staff posted on Facebook.
  “Parks Canada human-wildlife conflict specialists responded and retrieved the dog. It is clear that this dog was under control until it escaped from the c
  
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• Nick Lees: Active Edmonton trio leading local MS fundraisers

  21-05-2018 20:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three women will power into action in the next two weeks to help seek an end to multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects an estimated 100,000 Canadians.
  Canada has one of the highest MS rates in the world and women are three times more likely to be affected than men.
  “The cause of the disease is unknown and there is no cure,” says Megan Newman. marketing director for the MS Society of Canada’s Alberta division. 
  Edmontonians Julia Nimilowich, Patrycia Rzechowka and Karma
  
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• REVIEW: David Byrne brings the greatest live band on Earth to the Jube

  21-05-2018 19:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Beaming with glee, David Byrne looks at the 11-piece human clockwork circling him as the audience of almost 2,500 soaks up the fact that it’s clearly one of the best shows we’ve ever seen.
  Kicked off by the mesmerizing Benjamin Clementine throwing a child mannequin into the darkened wings of the Jubilee Auditorium Sunday night, an older tension was already in the room — that feeling that it’s not that you want to make art right now, but that we all damn well better.
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• Edmonton police search for escaped convicted killer

  21-05-2018 19:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police are searching for a woman serving a life sentence for murder who walked away Saturday from a downtown Edmonton facility.
  Staff at Buffalo Sage Wellness House reported that Kecia Spade left the property at about 10:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Correctional Service of Canada.
  Spade, 26, is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.
  Inmates must be found to be a low escape risk before being sent to the 12-bed minimum-security wellness house and to pose a low risk
  
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• First-degree murder charge laid in death near Alberta-Saskatchewan border

  21-05-2018 18:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of a woman in an eastern Alberta community.
  Elk Point RCMP were called to Fishing Lake Metis Settlement at about noon on Saturday, according to a news release.
  When officers arrived at the scene, a woman was already dead.
  Marc Jess, 27, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. He is scheduled to appear in court in St. Paul on May 31.
  An autopsy is scheduled to take place in Edmonton this week. 
  Major crimes and fo
  
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• Slayer kills it one last time at Shaw Conference Centre

  21-05-2018 17:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  SLAAAAAYER!
  It’s time that we all got this right. Not Slayer but SLAAAAAYER, yelled hoarsely and randomly at any public occasion, be it wedding, pet store opening, or, well, Slayer concerts. In this case, the last Slayer concert in Edmonton, ever. Once word got out that the thrash-metal pioneers were wrapping it up for good after nearly 40 years writing about serial killers, Nazi war criminals, and Satan, it was a given that the Shaw Conference Centre would sell out quickly.
  They hedg
  
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• Gerard Gallant's secret super power? Maybe it's this: "I'm not holding my players accountable for making mistakes."

  21-05-2018 08:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  What is the magic of Vegas coach Gerard Gallant? What is his secret super power?
  I can’t say for sure. I’m no expert on him and his team, so I can only speculate. But I was nonetheless struck by something he said last week when he was asked a question about holding his players accountable for mistakes in a game.
  “It’s a game of mistakes,” Gallant explained. “You’re not going to be perfect every time you’re on the ice, and then when mistakes ha
  
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• Edmonton Oilers at the Worlds: Gold medal, All-Star berth for Adam Larsson; disappointment for everyone else as Canada crashes to fourth

  21-05-2018 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Another World Championship wound down on Sunday with a pair of games to decide the medals. Top honours went to a terrific Swedish side that was stretched to the limit by surprising Switzerland in a tense, intense finale that needed a shootout after 80 minutes of deadlocked hockey. Final score was officially 3-2 Sweden; that was the score of choice in the elimination rounds, with five of eight games decided by the same scoreline as nailbiters were the norm.
  Adam Larsson receives his gold medal at
  
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• Feline celebrity Nala to visit Edmonton for cat festival

  21-05-2018 00:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the cutthroat world of Instagram pets, tiny siamese-tabby mix Nala is a heavyweight.
  With 3.6 million followers, she outdraws the 2.5-million people who follow the much meme-ified Grumpy Cat. 
  Next Saturday, the feline ‘gram queen will be in Edmonton to meet her adoring fans at the fourth Edmonton International Cat Festival. 
  But Nala did not begin life as internet royalty. She was adopted from a shelter as a five-month-old kit
  
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• Thousands watch and walk at Sikh community's annual Edmonton parade

  21-05-2018 00:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A sea of colourful dresses and turbans washed over the streets of Mill Woods Sunday during the annual Nagar Kirtan Sikh Parade of Edmonton.
  The sounds of drums and prayer came from floats and performers as thousands of people walked in warm, sunny weather from the starting point at Gurdwara Mill Woods south down Mill Woods Road. 
  Among those in the parade were federal Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Christina Gray, the MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods, who has attended since she was el
  
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