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• Blue-green algae bloom affecting Morinville lake

  27-07-2018 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  A blue-green algae bloom is affecting water quality of a lake near the town of Morinville, Alberta Health Services warned Friday.
  Not all of Heritage Lake, located less than one kilometre west of the town, is affected and residents can still use parts of it for recreational purposes where the cyanobacteria bloom is not visible.
  Residents are being advised to avoid all contact with blue-green algae and avoid swimming or wading in areas where it is visible.People are also being warned against
  
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• Suspect wanted in Edson mosque fire caught on surveillance video

  27-07-2018 21:53 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties have released surveillance video identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a fire in a mosque in the town of Edson in June.
  The video was captured in a parking lot on 4th Avenue at 11:03 p.m. on June 16, minutes after the blaze was started near a doorway at the mosque.
  No one was injured in the blaze and only minor damage occurred to the structure.
  Edson RCMP’s investigation continues.
  Anyone with information should contact Edson RCMP at 780-723-8800.
  
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• Chop shop dismantled in St. Albert area - MorinvilleNews.com

  27-07-2018 21:33 via morinvillenews.com
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  Chop shop dismantled in St. Albert area
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  by Morinville News Staff. Morinville and St. Albert RCMP Detachments brought in the RCMP Central Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) to assist in arresting targeted offenders who were believed to be operating a chop shop. As a result, four ...
  
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• Charges laid against Sylvan Lake man in $2.6 million fracking fraud

  27-07-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Sylvan Lake man is facing charges in connection to an alleged $2.6 million fraud of investors who bought into a “revolutionary fracking product,” RCMP said Friday.
  The offences involved two numbered companies and NEXT Legacy Technologies Ltd. in Lacombe that date back as far as Dec. 5, 2007.
  Mounties allege the 53-year-old man “misrepresented and advertised a revolutionary fracking product, which resulted in lucrative financial gains.”
  “This fraud w
  
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• Mike Plume: On the road again, thankfully, with new roots-rock album

  27-07-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last year at almost exactly this time Mike Plume‘s wife and daughter sat him down for a serious talk.
  Having arrived in Edmonton the year before from Nashville, where the family had been living for close to 20 years, they wanted the singer-songwriter to know that he was overlooking a very crucial part of his life.
  “Basically, they said ‘You need to be on the road. It’s the only thing you’re good at,'” Plume laughs while preparing for a weekend of prairie gigs.
  
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• 10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Village People, Tanya Tucker, and Indiafest

  27-07-2018 20:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  Village People
  Klondike Days is winding to a close, but not before offering up a few choice musical selections in and among the cotton candy and midway rides. Like ’70s disco legends The Village People, who gave us such sturdy dance hits as Macho Man, YMCA, Go West, and In the Navy, before starring in a film oft-noted as among the worst of all time (Can’t Stop the Music), eventually floundering in a post-disco world. They’re back with original lead singer Victor Willis and a ne
  
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• Funk trio polishes up the grooves for their new release

  27-07-2018 20:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  There was once a time when funk seemed like the blackest preserve in African American music. Its usual tight mesh of bass, drums and guitar enjoyed ancestral roots in soul, r’n’b and New Orleans before it was formally christened by the late, great James Brown and sanctified by George Clinton.
  Luckily, the embrace of funk is now broad enough to include a trio of young white guys from Edmonton who call themselves Funk Velvet.
  As Funk Velvet struts toward a (hopefully) temporary hiatus
  
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• Wildlife: The fascinating and helpful world of local herbalist Robert Rogers

  27-07-2018 20:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Of all strange things, cow parsnip has become a great new friend.
  Growing tall and assertive with strong, celery-like stalks capped with bunches of tiny white flowers, the wild perennial’s green seeds taste “somewhat like a cross between cumin and coriander, with a touch of fennel,” according to Edmonton herbalist Robert Rogers in his magnificent book, Herbal Allies.
  I recently went on a nature walk near Athabasca in the Moss Trail art residency forest with about 30 people, whe
  
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• Edmonton Talk Back: We quiz the head of Bombardier as Edmonton's first Valley Line LRT car makes its debut

  27-07-2018 20:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  From the Valley Line’s train signal system to the company’s manufacturing delays and how Edmonton’s new trains are design to cope with cold — Bombardier president Benoit Brossoit committed to answer questions on these topics and more.
  We brought him reader questions on Facebook Live Friday morning. Catch the show below, with a physical tour of the train near the end of the program.
  Brossoit is in Edmonton to celebrate the arrival of the first car for the new Valley Line L
  
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• Notley joins Enoch Cree Nation for blessing ceremony at Trans Mountain site

  27-07-2018 18:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley will join Enoch Cree Nation Chief Billy Morin Friday morning for a blessing ceremony at a site that will be storing materials for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  The ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Trans Mountain Acheson Stockpile Site, north of the old Oskya Gas Bar, at Township Road 523 and Highway 60.
  Notley and Morin will be joined by Amarjeet Sohi, federal Minister of Natural Resources, and Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan Ca
  
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• Chicks-n-Chaps: Love of mustard fuels new local business

  27-07-2018 18:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  A new Edmonton business calls Chicks-n-Chaps hopes to turn a near-universal love of hot dogs into a must-have new product for food enthusiasts.
  Chicks-n-Chaps, a line of mustard made from Prairie mustard seeds, started over an open fire, with friends eating hot dogs and musing about what made them so wonderful. Mustard turned out to be key.
  “What goes with hot dogs, but mustard?” recalls Jacquie Fenske, the co-creator of the new line of local mustards and co-owner of the local deli a
  
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• Milan Lucic gives rave review to Oilers organization and says: "I was almost my own worst enemy"

  27-07-2018 18:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from Milan Lucic, a great interview between him Ryan Whitney and Paul Bissonnette on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, where Lucic talked about his days in Boston but also his plans for a rebirth in Edmonton.
  Lucic went into some detail about how things went wrong in Edmonton and how he intends to right them: “It’s been a change, I’ll say that. I mean, Whitter you know what it’s like to deal with the Edmonton winters. It’s not so much the snow or the cold
  
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• Edmonton weather: Sunny. Hazy. With a risk of a thunderstorm.

  27-07-2018 14:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 11.8 C with a 4 km/h wind coming from the southwest.
  Weather forecast
  Today: Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 per cent chance of showers this afternoon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Hazy. High 25 C. Humidex 27. UV index 7 or high.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with 30 per cent chance of showers this evening and risk of a thunderstorm
  
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• Friday's letters: Gun violence involves more than gangs and organized crime

  27-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Alberta teen’s gun law petition nears 83,000 signatures,” July 23
  I won’t be adding my name to the young man’s petition because I see the problem of gun violence as much broader than what he considers the “true sources of firearms violence: gangs and organized criminal organizations.”
  A little critical thought suggests that Faisal Hussain of Toronto, the 17-year-old La Loche shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette of Quebec City, Phu
  
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• Food4Good makes a down payment on a former pawn shop

  27-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stony Plain Road isn’t a food desert — it’s a swamp where fast food and high-salt canned soup from dollar stores are the best options on a tight budget.
  But that can change, said co-ordinator Ashley Bouchard, who stood beside brightly-coloured tables of Food4Good’s pop-up fruit and vegetable outdoor market Thursday.
  She sold cucumbers for 85 cents and a two-pound bag of carrots for $2, using donated and salvaged produce to cut prices to half that of a mainstream groc
  
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• Editorial: Street parking shouldn't trump redevelopment plans

  27-07-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The fracas over parking that for now has stopped a proposed new business in Forest Heights encapsulates a major obstacle facing anyone hoping to redevelop Edmonton’s mature communities.
  The owner of the busy Cartago restaurant-pub on 106 Avenue wants to open a deli and cafe next door. Nearby residents convinced city officials to reverse their initial approval of the project because they argued there isn’t enough parking on the already-crowded streets.
  The issue will go to an appeal h
  
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• Red crosswalks painted along 124 Street for beauty, safety

  27-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City crosswalks along 124 Street are getting an eye-popping makeover.
  By Thursday evening, the intersection at 124 Street and 107 Avenue had its crosswalks painted in an easier-to-see bright red-brick design, part of an initiative by the city to both add character and increase the safety of eight intersections along 124 Street from 102 Avenue to 110 Avenue.
  The material used is a durable thermoplastic made to last up to 5 years, according to the project’s website, with a rough texture desi
  
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• Lake Louise, Jasper, Banff have Alberta's highest cannabis violation rates

  27-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s mountain parks had the province’s highest per capita cannabis violation rates last year — a statistical anomaly the RCMP attribute to small local populations beefed up by influxes of tourists.
  The rural area policed by Lake Louise RCMP had Alberta’s highest rate of cannabis offences last year with 5,075 per 100,000 population.
  Lake Louise is home to about 1,000 people but often has many times that number during peak tourism seasons.
  Jasper, meanwhile, saw 2,158
  
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• Kids with cerebral palsy achieve goals during treatment at 'brain camp'

  27-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  At the beginning of “brain camp” each of the eight kids attending set a goal to work toward. For Tacee French, the goal is to strengthen her right hand so she can lead a cow by a rope.
  “I live on a farm and we show cows,” she said. “One of my goals is to practice leading cows.”
  French, and all the other children aged 10 to 12 at the camp, developed cerebral palsy after experiencing a stroke before or within one month after they were born, rendering half of the
  
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• Edmonton Talk Back: Quiz the head of Bombardier as Edmonton's first Valley Line LRT car makes its debut

  27-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  From the Valley Line’s train signal system to the company’s manufacturing delays and how Edmonton’s new trains are design to cope with cold — Bombardier president Benoit Brossoit has committed to answer questions on these topics and more live at 11 a.m.
  Brossoit is in Edmonton to celebrate the arrival of the first car for the new Valley Line LRT between downtown and Mill Woods. It’s on display starting Friday in the Bonnie Doon mall parking lot.
  Alberta Labour Minis
  
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• Cheap but good: Alternative grocery store and food hub secures first storefront location

  27-07-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stony Plain Road isn’t a food desert — it’s a swamp where fast food and high-salt canned soup from dollar stores are the best options on a tight budget.
  But that can change, said co-ordinator Ashley Bouchard, who stood beside brightly-coloured tables of Food4Good’s pop-up fruit and vegetable outdoor market Thursday.
  She sold cucumbers for 85 cents and a two-pound bag of carrots for $2, using donated and salvaged produce to cut prices to half that of a mainstream groc
  
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• St. Albert 'chop shop' bust results in charges against four men - Edmonton Journal

  27-07-2018 09:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  St. Albert 'chop shop' bust results in charges against four men  Edmonton JournalA St. Albert vehicle “chop shop” has been shuttered with the resulting investigation allowing Mounties to lay a lengthy list of charges against four men, police ...
  
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• Oilers prospect Aapeli Rasanen steadily making mark in North American hockey

  27-07-2018 06:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects#21 Aapeli Rasanen
  Previously: #20 in 2016
  Aapeli Rasanen is a key player in a hugely promising young group of forwards … at Boston College in U.S. college hockey.
  Whether Rasanen can be more than that and grow into a key prospect for the Edmonton Oilers is less certain but he’s progressed smoothly so far, moving from elite Finnish junior teams to the USHL to Boston College, where last year he earned praised as a centre on a strong rookie line.
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• Tortoise found wandering downtown Edmonton streets

  27-07-2018 05:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  Only Torty the tortoise knows what exactly he got up to between escaping from his home and being discovered wandering in Edmonton’s inner city.
  Torty — if that is in fact his real name — spent an unknown amount of time on the lam before a citizen found him walking along the road near the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
  When Edmonton animal care and control posted on social media Thursday morning that they would like to return the 11-kilogram reptile to its rightful home, Torty b
  
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• Police release sketch of man wanted for West Edmonton Mall pool sexual assault

  27-07-2018 05:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police released a composite sketch Thursday of a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman at West Edmonton Mall water park earlier this month.
  Police said in a news release the woman was swimming in the pool on July 1 when she was touched inappropriately by an unknown man. She reported the assault to police at 5:30 p.m. the same day.
  The man is described as approximately 40-years-old, five-foot-seven and 195 pounds with dark skin and “distinct dark skin pigmentation
  
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• Pop-Up Library at Lions Park with St. Albert Public Library - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 03:51 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Pop-Up Library at Lions Park with St. Albert Public Library
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  Join us for storytimes, crafts and playtime in Lions Park on Wednesday, Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Baby Laptime at 10 a.m. and Family Storytime at 11 a.m. The Pop-Up Library will be cancelled in the event of extreme weather, please visit our ...
  
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• Jackie Parker Park - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 03:51 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Jackie Parker Park
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  Hosted by our Nature Kids program in partnership with some great organizations, our Family Nature Nights are free, fun events aimed at children ages 4 to 12 and their families but are open to families and children of all ages and abilities Registration ...
  
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• A “Bat-tastic” Week at the BLESS Summer Nature Centre - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 03:51 via stalbertgazette.com
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  A “Bat-tastic” Week at the BLESS Summer Nature Centre
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  Come down from July 30 to Aug. 3 and learn about our nocturnal flying friends that live in Alberta! We will play an echolocation game, make bat masks, and learn the difference between birds and bats! The Nature Centre is located in the log cabin at the ...
  
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• Dancers compete, celebrate in full regalia at K-Days Pow Wow

  27-07-2018 03:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dressed in orange and blue to represent night and day and sun and water, 19-year-old Darrell Brertton of Edmonton was one of many competing as a dancer at the K-Days Pow Wow this week.
  Originally from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, Brertton was one of the dozens of competitors showing off their skills at Northlands in the final day of its competition powwow Thursday, hosted in partnership with the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.
  Now in its third year, final competition day started off with a grand entranc
  
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• Edmonton police lay charges in crash that killed 90-year-old pedestrian

  27-07-2018 03:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  A female motorist is facing charges related to a fatal collision in which a 90-year-old pedestrian was allegedly hit by a car that was backing up.
  Mary Cunningham, 61, has been charged with careless driving and failing to back in safety, Edmonton police said Thursday.
  The charges stem from a July 13 crash in front of a multi-unit residence at 183 Street and Lessard Road in the city’s southwest.
  Police said a 90-year-old woman was trying to cross from one sidewalk t
  
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• Alberta Health Services board announces name, CEO for new provincial lab services

  27-07-2018 02:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  The new Alberta Health Services subsidiary expected to centralize all medical lab services in the province now has an official name and an executive head.
  Craig Ivany was appointed CEO of Alberta Public Labs by the board of Alberta Health Services Thursday evening. His first day will be  Sept. 24 but full integration of the province’s laboratory services is not expected to be completed until 2022, said a news release.
  Alberta Public Labs will be wholly-owned by Alberta Health Services
  
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• Torty the tortoise going home — hopefully — after Edmonton walkabout

  27-07-2018 02:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Only Torty the tortoise knows what exactly he got up to between escaping from his home and being discovered wandering in Edmonton’s inner city.
  Torty — if that is in fact his real name — spent an unknown amount of time on the lam before a citizen found him walking along the road near the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
  When Edmonton animal care and control posted on social media Thursday morning that they would like to return the 11-kilogram reptile to his rightful home, Torty b
  
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• Councillor backs residents on demolished West Edmonton Mall footbridge

  27-07-2018 01:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Officials at West Edmonton Mall demolished a well-used footbridge over 170 Street this month after repairs proved cost prohibitive.
  But now the area’s city councillor says the mall is fighting a city requirement to replace it.
  It means a long detour through busy intersections for the many seniors and other residents in the area, said Ward 1 Coun. Andrew Knack, who’s worried the fight will mean direct access won’t be restored until at least next year.
  There are several seniors a
  
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• Carillion highway maintenance operations in Alberta sold to B.C. firm

  27-07-2018 01:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  The beleaguered Carillion Canada has sold its operations in Alberta and Ontario after several tumultuous months that included a provincial handout of nearly $9 million to keep the company afloat.
  The sale to Emcon Services Inc. — which was approved by an Ontario court — will ensure highway maintenance contracts aren’t interrupted, said a Thursday Alberta government news release.
  “This sale represents the best way forward to maintain safe and reliable Alberta roads, and wa
  
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• Pedestrians face lengthy detour after West Edmonton Mall demolishes footbridge

  27-07-2018 01:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  Officials at West Edmonton Mall demolished a well-used footbridge over 170 Street this month after repairs proved cost prohibitive.
  But now the area’s city councillor says the mall is fighting a city requirement to replace it.
  It means a long detour through busy intersections for the many seniors and other residents in the area, said Ward 1 Coun. Andrew Knack, who’s worried the fight will mean direct access won’t be restored until at least next year.
  There are several seniors a
  
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• Massage therapy school MaKami College to set up in old Sears space in Bonnie Doon mall

  27-07-2018 01:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  The former Sears store at Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre will be getting a makeover before the site is transformed as part of a 30-year redevelopment plan.
  MaKami College announced Thursday morning that it has assumed a long-term lease for its new campus in the 10,219-square-metre former department store.
  Renovations to the two-storey space started about a month ago, MaKami marketing director Vladimir Pavkovic said, and the college hopes to be fully running in their new home by October.
  The private
  
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• Sir Wilfred Laurier Park - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 00:47 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Sir Wilfred Laurier Park
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  Walk for fun, fitness and friendship and join the St. Albert Trekkers Volkssport Club for a walk on mostly dirt trails but some paved pathways. 6- and 11-km walks available. This is the 11th of 12 River & Ravine walks. Join us Tuesday, July 31 ...
  
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• Central Social Hall - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 00:47 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Central Social Hall
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  The last Fruit Loop event of Summer 2018 is at Edmonton's hippest downtown patio space, Central Social Hall, so sashay on down! Proceeds from this event go to community partners Making Waves Aquatics Club and Edmonton Vocal Minority. 50/50 raffle ...
  
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• BLESS Meeting - St. Albert Gazette

  27-07-2018 00:47 via stalbertgazette.com
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  BLESS Meeting
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  Discussions and reports on the summer program, fund-raising for the BLESS platform and platform progress, NABI business plan coaching, web camera, Native Bee Project, visibility issue, education and communication. The meeting is open to the public.
  
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