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• "It's a gift from the Hockey Gods": Oil considered trading up to get Bouchard, think he might make team this year

  24-06-2018 22:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Nick Kypreos, the NHL insider talking on the 31 Thoughts podcast about Edmonton’s delight in having Evan Bouchard fall to them at 10th overall in the draft: “The Edmonton Oilers as early as this (Friday) morning came close to trading up so they could secure Evan Bouchard, and as they watched the first five picks develop they said, ‘We think we can get him now. We think if our projections are accurate on how we read this, we may be able to steal him at 10.’ An
  
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• Nick Lees: Grizzly bear spooks fellow cyclist on CASA ride from B.C. to Jasper

  24-06-2018 20:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  Cyclist Teresa Debevc-Cantalini had no idea she’d try to out run a grizzly last week when at breakfast in Radium we heard danger lurked ahead.
  Our party was pedaling 820 kilometres from Kaslo, B.C. to Jasper and was in high spirits knowing we would raise some $150,000 to help youngsters and their parents with mental health issues.
  “Two kilometres from the summit of the very steep Sinclair Pass en route to Lake Louise we met this huge bear,” says Debevc-Cantalini, CASA Foundatio
  
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• Correctional officer turned nurse shines a light on pregnancy, women's health in Alberta jails

  24-06-2018 19:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  When Michelle Parsons started work as a correctional officer, she thought the job would be relatively straightforward.
  Three nights a week, she would be responsible for care, custody and control of inmates at Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre, a medium security facility outside Edmonton. The rest of the time, she could work on her nursing degree at the University of Alberta. Going in, she thought the job at the jail would simply be a means to an end.
  One inmate changed all that.
  “She w
  
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• Edmonton Oilers were a winner at entry draft, says NHL insider

  24-06-2018 19:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from NHL insider Kevin Allen of USA Today, the Edmonton Oilers being one of the winners on draft day in the National Hockey League: “They drafted Evan Bouchard at No. 9 to finally land the defenseman they have needed for several years. Bouchard might have the best point shot the team has had in a decade. He’s 6-2, and it’s not unthinkable that he could make the team and work in slowly.”
  My takeAllen is right, as the Oilers made the most out of their first three pi
  
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• Inmate escapes from downtown Edmonton correctional facility

  24-06-2018 19:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  An inmate at an Edmonton inner city correctional facility has escaped.
  Correctional Service Canada said in a news release Saturday that 28-year-old Jimmy Kyle Saskatchewan went missing from the Stan Daniels Healing Centre.
  He was serving a 2-1/2 year sentence for firearms and motor vehicle-related offences at the healing centre in the city’s Boyle Street neighbourhood.
  “The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the Edmonton Police Service and a warrant for his ar
  
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• Edmonton weather: Kick back, relax, and just enjoy the sunshine

  24-06-2018 17:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Sunday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 22.2 C with a 8 km/h wind coming from the north. It’s going to be a gorgeous day out there, so on behalf of all of us who are stuck working today—enjoy it!
  Today: Mainly sunny. High 27 C. Humidex 29. UV index 9 or very high.
  Tonight: A few clouds. Low 16 C.
  Tomorrow: Increasing cloudiness. 30 per cent chance of showers late in the after
  
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• Who were the Alberta public sector's biggest earners in 2017?

  24-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Health executives, deputy ministers and pathologists continued to be among the best-paid members of Alberta’s public sector last year, according to new data released by the province.
  The so-called annual “sunshine list” of the government’s top compensated employees is required to be released by June 30, but the province decided to disclose it more than a week early this year.
  Many provincially funded boards, agencies and commissions have also released their 2017 figures,
  
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• Mother of woman slain in 1996 cold case seeks justice

  24-06-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was the Christmas Eve of 1996, and 24-year-old Joanne Ghostkeeper was expected to come home with gifts for her two young children, five-year-old Lorne and seven-year-old Martina.She never made it.
  Ghostkeeper was strangled to death with an electrical cord at her 11925-34 St. apartment, and was found Boxing Day. It’s not known with whom she spent her last hours, but she was last seen leaving Beverly Crest Motel bar at 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 23 with a woman and three unknown men.Her murder rem
  
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• Lac La Biche woman charged with second degree murder

  24-06-2018 06:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  Lac La Biche RCMP have arrested a woman for murder.
  Police found Darlene Cardinal on Friday after responding to a complaint of an unresponsive female with stab wounds. Cardinal was taken to hospital where she was declared dead.
  Wanda Ladoucer, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder, RCMP said Saturday in a news release.
  An autopsy is scheduled for Monday. Ladoucer will appear in Lac La Biche Provincial Court on July 9.
   
  
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• 'Don' will lifeguard the 'intentional' beach at Sand on Whyte festival

  24-06-2018 04:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mayor Don Iveson may have put one beach “on probation” but he’ll soon lifeguard another.
  Or his likeness will, anyway.
  “Don” the lifeguard will be one of the sculptures at the sixth annual Sand on Whyte event. This year’s theme is the “Intentional Beach” as artists Peter Volegaar and Guy-Olivier Deveau transform sand into works of temporary art.
  Three dump-truck loads, about 68,000 kilograms, of sand will become artwork or otherwise cover the CP ra
  
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• Driving a bus gives a new appreciation for Edmonton transit drivers

  24-06-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’ve ridden roller coasters and hiked through some steep gorges — but driving big hulking pieces of metal is not really my thing.
  So, when I was assigned to drive a city bus and write about it, my stomach knotted in fear. The Edmonton Transit Service holds an annual Transit Skills Challenge where non-drivers — councillors, city officials and media — navigate a 40-foot bus through an obstacle course, around the Centennial Garage on Ellerslie Road. The event, in i
  
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• Parade kicks off two-day Filipino Fiesta

  24-06-2018 03:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Hundreds gathered on Saturday to celebrate the culture of one of Edmonton’s largest ethnic communities.
  The Filipino Fiesta kicked off its third year with a parade as Filipino associations from throughout Alberta proudly marched around Borden Park. The two-day event celebrates Filipino culture with music, dance, martial arts and comic performances as well as food tents and other family activities.  
  This June marks the first Philippine Heritage Month, declared by both the provinc
  
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• Photo Gallery: 2018 Edmonton Filipino Fiesta

  24-06-2018 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Members of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association Edmonton take part in the 2018 Edmonton Filipino Fiesta parade in Borden Park on Saturday, June 23. The festival continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Members of the Philippine Canadian Guardians Brotherhood Inc. (PCGBI) Fort McMurray Chapter, dance during the 2018 Edmonton Filipino Fiesta in Borden Park.
  Participants in the 2018 Edmonton Filipino Fiesta parade make their way through Borden Park on Saturday.
  Participants in the 20
  
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• Dangerous dog that attacked Grande Prairie woman euthanized

  24-06-2018 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A dangerous dog that attacked a woman walking her dogs in Grande Prairie earlier this month has been euthanized.
  The attack happened June 5 and left a woman in serious condition. According to a June 6 news release from the City of Grande Prairie, two pit bull-type dogs attacked the woman while she was walking her own dogs in the city’s Crystal Landing neighbourhood.
  A second woman, the owner of the pit bulls, was also injured during the attack. RCMP and city enforcement services offic
  
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• Driving a bus gives a whole new appreciation for Edmonton transit drivers

  24-06-2018 00:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’ve ridden roller coasters and hiked through some steep gorges — but driving big hulking pieces of metal is not really my thing.
  So, when I was assigned to drive the city bus and write about it, I had a knot of fear at the bottom of my stomach. The Edmonton Transit Service holds an annual Transit Skills Challenge, Roadeo, where non-drivers — councillors, city officials and media — drive a 40-foot bus through an obstacle coursey.,around the Centennial Garage on
  
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