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• Edmonton Oilers sign Tobias Rieder, which should make folks happy

  01-07-2018 22:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  On free agency day, as other teams overpaid, Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli made most Oilers fans happy with two judicious signings, bringing back former Oilers Tobias Rieder and Kyle Brodziak on bargain contracts. David Staples and Bruce McCurdy of the Cult of Hockey weigh in.
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  This in from NHLNumbers.com: “The Edmonton Oilers have signed Tobias Rieder to a one-year deal worth $2 million. They traded his draft pick rights back in 2013 to the Coyotes for Kale Kessy who
  
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• At the back end of a solid career, Kyle Brodziak returns to Edmonton Oilers

  01-07-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nine years ago this week, Edmonton Oilers traded Kyle Brodziak to a divisional rival, Minnesota Wild, for a modest exchange of draft picks. For most of the intervening years, they’ve been looking for a similar player to fill the void he left behind at 4C.
  Brodziak, then freshly-turned 25, was coming off his first two full NHL seasons in which he scored a combined 25 goals and 58 points. He had also emerged as one of the club’s top penalty-killing options while serving as the righthan
  
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• Edmonton Oilers sign unheralded d-man Kevin Gravel

  01-07-2018 19:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Michael Russo of the Athletic: “Former St. Cloud State defenseman Kevin Gravel will be signing with the #oilers.”My takeHow many Edmonton Oilers fans had heard of this player before now? Not me. But he’s played 65 games for the Los Angeles Kings the last two years. It looks like he’ll compete with Ryan Stanton and Keegan Lowe for the seventh d-man spot on the Oilers, if Evan Bouchard doesn’t force his way onto the team, that is.
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• St. Albert RCMP investigate armed bank robbery | CBC News - CBC.ca

  01-07-2018 18:47 via cbc.ca
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  Alberta RCMP is asking for the public's help to identify two armed men who robbed a St. Albert bank on Saturday morning.
  Police search for suspects after St. Albert bank robberyCTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator failing to obey its own tailings pond rules, critics say

  01-07-2018 18:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alvaro Pinto wants Alberta’s energy regulator to follow its own oilsands rules.
  The director of sustainability for the Fort McKay First Nation — a community surrounded by oilsands developments — said he doesn’t understand how the agency can say it’s going to enforce one thing, then allow industry to do something else.
  “We are very disappointed,” said Pinto, an environmental engineer who has worked in the industry around the world. “The Alberta Ener
  
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• Suspect in central Alberta killing found dead of self-inflicted wound

  01-07-2018 17:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man suspected in the killing of his common-law partner near Buck Lake was found dead of a self-inflicted wound Saturday.
  Earlier in the evening, an arrest warrant was issued for Paul Bosek, 54, of Brazeau County, for the murder of Michelle Marcino, 56, also of Brazeau County.
  Marcino was found dead Friday, a police press release said.
  The man and woman were in a common-law relationship, the release said.
  “It’s just a tragic outcome on all fronts,” RCMP Cpl. Chris Warren
  
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• Suspect in killing near Buck Lake found dead of self-inflicted wound

  01-07-2018 06:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man suspected in the killing of his common-law partner near Buck Lake was found dead of a self-inflicted wound Saturday.
  Earlier in the evening, an arrest warrant was issued for Paul Bosek, 54, of Brazeau County for the murder of Michelle Marcino, 56, also of Brazeau County, who was found dead Friday, a police press release said.
  The man and woman were in a common-law relationship, the release said.
  “It’s just a tragic outcome on all fronts,” said RCMP Cpl. Chris Wa
  
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• Preparing to light up the sky: Behind the scenes of Canada Day fireworks in the river valley

  01-07-2018 03:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Right after the fireworks ended to close sesquicentennial celebrations in 2017, the Fireworks Spectaculars team was back at work preparing for another Canada Day show to light up the city’s river valley.
  The year’s worth of work will be on display Sunday evening as the city prepares for an influx of more than 40,000 viewers in the river valley alone to take in the show.
  The river valley show is designed in the round so no matter what viewing area spectators are, they will be able to
  
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• 600 members strong: Cycling network fights back against Edmonton bike theft

  01-07-2018 02:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was not quite a visit from Spider-Man. But for Sara Venskaitis the outcome was the same.
  She got her stolen bike back, one of hundreds of success stories coming in all because of a loose network of more than 600 volunteers trying to shut down Edmonton’s booming illegal bike trade.
  It started three years ago when one member helped a friend track down 10 of 47 bicycles stolen from a bike shop. Now they’re counting more than 300 success stories as cycling enthusiasts and bike shop me
  
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• Edmonton Oilers said to be interested in Boston Bruins prospect Austin Czarnik

  01-07-2018 01:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from hockey writer Joe Haggerty of NBC Boston: “A lot of interest in Austin Czarnik in free agency, so he appears to be long gone from Bruins. I believe Edmonton is one of the teams making a strong push for him. Czarnik has some talent, but I think he’s a AAAA player. Not enough speed or strength to be consistent NHL player.”
  Asked what an “AAAA” player is, he said: “It’s usually a baseball term. It means a player that’s stuck somewhere bet
  
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• West Edmonton park named in honour of community leader Donald Dobie

  01-07-2018 01:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the first families of the west Edmonton community of Crestwood will now have a lasting memory in the place their father helped build.
  Donald Dobie, a long-time city employee and community volunteer who died five years ago, was honoured Saturday by family and friends outside the new Donald Dobie Green.
  The small piece of land at the corner of 143 Street and 98 Avenue stands right outside the former Dobie family home they sold last year.
  The green space isn’t even considered a city pa
  
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• ATV crash leads to man's death in southeast industrial area

  01-07-2018 00:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 26-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon after crashing his all-terrain vehicle in a southeast Edmonton industrial area, police say.
  The collision, near 70 Avenue and 18 Street, was reported to police and Emergency Medical Services around 2:15 p.m.
  The ambulance crew declared the man dead at the scene, Alberta Health Services spokeswoman Shelly Willsey said.
  At a business called The Rig Shop, the overturned four-wheeled ATV was visible Saturday afternoon, along with a plastic tent.
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• Police on the scene of a death in southeast industrial area

  01-07-2018 00:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton police were on the scene of a death in a southeast Edmonton industrial area on Saturday afternoon.
  An ambulance crew was called to 70 Avenue and 18 Street at around 2 p.m., Alberta Health Services spokeswoman Shelly Willsey said Saturday. Emergency Medical Services workers declared a man dead on the scene, she said.
  At a business called The Rig Shop, an overturned four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle was visible Saturday afternoon, along with a plastic tent.
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