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• Photos: 2018 Cariwest parade dances through downtown Edmonton

  11-08-2018 23:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Candace Allen dances down Jasper Avenue as the Cariwest parade makes its way through downtown Edmonton Saturday Aug. 11, 2018.
  Participants in the Cariwest parade dance their way through downtown Edmonton Saturday Aug. 11, 2018.
  Participants in the Cariwest parade dance their way through downtown Edmonton Saturday Aug. 11, 2018.
  Edmonton Mill Woods Member of Parliament Amarjeet Sohi (left) chats with a man dressed in a cosplay costume as he heads to the Cariwest parade in downtown Edmonton Satur
  
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• Canada’s first Flat Earth conference arrives in Edmonton

  11-08-2018 23:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  About 250 people registered to attend the Flat Earth International Conference at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton.
  “I knew that it wouldn’t become real to a lot of people until it moved off of online into buildings,” said event organizer Robbie Davidson. “You could say, ‘Oh it’s just a bunch of crazy people online.’ The minute it (starts) moving into buildings … things are going to change.”
  A spotlight highlights an audience member during a
  
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• City's credit rating remains strong but agency urges caution

  11-08-2018 23:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of Edmonton has scored a AA+ credit rating for the seventh consecutive year, but it is being warned it could face a downgrade if its capital plan increases debt burden.
  International agency Standard & Poor issued the second-highest possible rating citing “gradual economic recovery, strong financial management, and predictable institutional framework” as reasons for its decision.
  “Seven years of an AA+ rating is a notable achievement,” the city’s ac
  
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• Truck strikes cyclists on Sherwood Park Freeway sending five to hospital

  11-08-2018 19:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  Five cyclists were taken to hospital Saturday morning following a collision on the Sherwood Park Freeway on the eastern edge of Edmonton.
  Mounties said a pick-up truck collided with a group of about 15 cyclists just before Highway 216 at around 10 a.m. hitting as many as 10 of the group.
  One cyclist was in a serious but stable condition, and all cyclists suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
  A city bus was brought in to transport the remaining cyclists back to the city, Strathcona County
  
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• Neko Case, Lord Huron and smoke-filled air dominate Friday folk fest

  11-08-2018 18:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Under a rusted-coin sun floating over carbonized air that required washing off afterwards, Friday at the Martian Folk Music Festival was unlike any atmosphere ever witnessed on the hill — a dystopian vibe of bottleneck crowds, human grains of sand in the hourglass, oozing to the next distraction in the vaguely toxic, charcoal air.
  On various stages the music was beyond swell, the night climaxing somewhere between the mood-lit, lite-rock quartet Lord Huron and dazzling veteran Neko Cas
  
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• Saturday's letters: Stantec Tower tallest outside Toronto, period

  11-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Photos won’t land ironworkers in hot water,” Aug. 10
  A recent Journal article covering construction-related activity at Edmonton’s newly rising Stantec Tower described the structure as “Canada’s highest office building west of Toronto.”
  I find this description mildly provocative since no taller Canadian structure exists, nor is currently planned, in any direction outside Toronto. Considering that Stantec Tower’s full 251-metre rise is most acc
  
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• Opinion: Opportunity to play matters as much ability for athletes

  11-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As usual there’s non-stop chatter and hullabaloo this off-season about Oilers players. Rightly so. Speculating is fun, isn’t it? “So and so is a fourth-line grinder. So and so is a bottom-six winger. So and so is a career minor-leaguer.”
  It reminds me of Lincoln, Neb. In Nebraska, football reigns supreme, with supremely knowledgeable and passionate fans. Some might say obsessive fans. Nebraskans eat, sleep, and drink Husker football, having won five NCAA championships dec
  
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• Wine column: Experience the full-bodied aroma of Albarino's fresh fruit and garden blooms

  11-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  What a perfect weekend to enjoy a chilled glass of crisp, white wine from the lesser-known but increasingly popular grape called Albarino (pronounced ahl-bah-reen-yo).
  It just sounds wonderful rolling off the tongue — and the best part; it tastes even better.
  Albarino wines are produced in several countries including the United States (California, Oregon and Washington) and Uruguay. But the most notable plantings are from Portugal’s Vinho Verde region, where it’s known as Alvar
  
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• Wedding Tale: Couple charters historic Yukon train for wedding ceremony beside picturesque northern lake

  11-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As soon as they were engaged, Kieran O’Donovan and Natalie Nikkel knew they wanted to get married in the Yukon.
  It is, after all, where the couple first met at a house party during the Dawson City International Short Film Festival in 2015. He is a documentary filmmaker and she is a doctor.
  “She took a locum in the Yukon — ostensibly to work,” said Kieran, whose family is from Whitehorse. “But also to try to find a bearded, Yukon man.”
  Adds Natalie, &ldquo
  
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• Social Seen: Bring Out Your Dead

  11-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Bring Out Your Dead
  Where: Empress Ale House
  When: Aug. 5
  What: Dead Vinyl Society’s monthly(ish) record swap
  Photojournalist Codie McLachlan hits some of Edmonton’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. Email your event suggestions to [email protected] or tweet Codie at @fotocodie and follow Codie on Instagram (@fotocodie)
  Shoppers look for records during the Bring Out Your Dead vinyl swap at the Empress Ale Hous
  
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• Singer's Canadian debut marks a fresh focus on her music and message

  11-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Whether it’s trance, dance, or songs with a message, this year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival promises enriching sounds from African, Latin and Arabic cultures.
  Mali, West Africa, is front and centre with Songhai music star Sidi Toure, the Toureg tribesmen of Tinariwen (back this time with their original bandleader), and Trio Da Kali, drawing from an ancient acoustic tradition, fresh from their recording project with Kronos Quartet.
  Consider South African-born singers Alice Phoebe an
  
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• Dining Out: A taste of authentic Mexican food in impressive eatery off beaten track

  11-08-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  One of the pleasures of writing restaurant reviews for the Journal is the cheering ability to share new places of note with readers. And yes, although we don’t look for potential trouble, sometimes it helps to warn folks off dodgy establishments.
  In the case of La Patrona, this impressive little Mexican eatery — which, in effect began life as a couple’s food truck — is no surprise to many residents of Strathcona County. As a friend and colleague (who, as it happened was s
  
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• Rock'n August week at a glance - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Rock'n August week at a glance
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  The smell of barbecue propane, the sound of classic rock music and the sight of shiny, spiffed up cars are all common occurrences at Rock'n August events. It's also a time where people see local businesses giving back to their community. On Tuesday ...
  
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• Provincial baseball results - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
  Provincial baseball results
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  The St. Albert Cardinals are busing it to Brandon for the U13 westerns starting Thursday. The Cardinals qualified for the road trip as the Baseball Alberta peewee AAA Tier I silver medallists at provincials last weekend in Spruce Grove. The Cardinals ...
  
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• Province still mum on municipal pot funds - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Province still mum on municipal pot funds
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  St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron says tracking costs of legalizing cannabis could help the province understand how much municipalities such as St. Albert are paying. The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), of which Heron is a board member, ...
  
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• Photo finish at K-Days for Labelle - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Photo finish at K-Days for Labelle
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  It pays to pay attention to art contests. So says St. Albert Photography Club member Sylvia Labelle after her massive haul of awards from the Makers Exhibition at last month's K-Days. She took home eight first-place ribbons, five second-place ribbons ...
  
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• Minding our own business - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Minding our own business
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  “Canada and all other nations need to know that they can't claim to be more concerned than the kingdom over its own citizens.” – Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry. Sage advice when travelling to another country, particularly one with a different cultural ...and more »
  
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• Classroom campaign - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 09:05 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Classroom campaign
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  It's that time of year when parents and children in St. Albert begin counting down the days to the inevitable return to the classroom. The lazy days of summer are winding down and many shoppers are now focused on purchasing all the needed items that ...
  
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• Jesse Puljujarvi predicted to have strong goal-scoring year (again) by Sports Forecaster

  11-08-2018 08:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last year The Sports Forecaster magazine, which specializes in making predictions for hockey poolsters, predicted the top 16 players on the Edmonton Oilers would score 265 goals.
  In the end, the entire Oilers team had just 229.
  This year that same magazine has the top 16 players on the Oilers scoring 266 goals.
  We’ll see how that turns out, but it’s worth noting the magazine doesn’t always get it wrong. Before the 2016-17 season, for example, The Sports Forecaster predicte
  
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• Edmonton hits highest level on air quality index

  11-08-2018 05:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  At least one local soccer association cancelled games as wildfire smoke continued to hang over Edmonton Friday.
  The city was under a veil of smoke, boosting the air quality health index to its highest level on Environment Canada’s index. Air quality was expected to improve overnight.
  Mike Thorne, executive director of the Edmonton and District Soccer Association, said around 100 players had games cancelled Friday.
  He could hardly see two blocks down the road when he looked outside at
  
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• Edmonton startup BRNT Designs blends cannabis accessories with art

  11-08-2018 04:34 via edmontonjournal.com
  With his startup’s geometric bongs, Simon Grigenas’s target market ranges from “your typical suit wearer” to “moms who want to relax.”
  Grigenas, a University of Alberta alumnus, founded BRNT Designs after noticing that discreet cannabis users have few options when it came to accessories. The company makes smoking accessories with minimalistic, geometric designs.
  The idea behind the company, which Grigenas developed for one of his business classes, is to make t
  
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• Soaring Eagles: Indigenous teens introduced to policing careers

  11-08-2018 03:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Indigenous teens got the chance to train like police this week in the inaugural Soaring Eagles Indigenous Youth Camp.
  Hailing from all over Alberta, the class of 16- to 19-year-olds spent the last week sleeping in barracks and attending classes about policing careers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in preparation for Friday’s graduation at RCMP K Division Headquarters.
  Marching in by bagpipe, the class of 18 looked snappy in matching caps and athletic wear adorned with RCMP crests. They stood proudl
  
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• Lunasa - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 02:44 via stalbertgazette.com
  Lunasa  St. Albert GazetteLúnasa is considered one of the finest, if not the finest, Celtic instrumental bands in the world. Armed with a sound that is born out of the huge melting pot of ...
  
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• Edmonton martial arts instructor charged with sexual assault

  11-08-2018 02:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 47-year-old martial arts instructor has been charged with sexual assault after two young women reported “sexually motivated touching” under his instruction.
  The man, who owns ATA Martial Arts School in the city’s west end, was arrested by Edmonton police Thursday.
  A news release from the Edmonton Police Service Friday said two women, aged 19 and 25, reported experiencing sexually motivated touching not consistent with martial arts training during individual sessions and sever
  
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• One man dead, three sent to hospital after rollover outside Elk Point

  11-08-2018 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man is dead and a woman is clinging to life following vehicle rollover near Elk Point Friday.
  The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old man, was pronounced dead on scene after Elk Point RCMP responded to a rollover at Township Road 562 and Range Road 33 shortly after 12 a.m. Friday.
  An RCMP news release said the vehicle was carrying four passengers, all in their 20s. One of them, a 23-year-old woman, was taken by STARS ambulance to an Edmonton hospital where she remains in serious condition.
  Tw
  
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• Graham Thomson: Rachel Notley fed up with federal NDP leader Singh's anti-pipeline, 'elitist' views

  11-08-2018 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley has all but declared war with federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
  In a remarkable interview Friday, Notley criticized her fellow New Democrat as thoughtless, elitist and pretty much an enemy of the working people.
  She was so critical of Singh that at times I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t interviewing United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney.
  She ridiculed Singh’s opposition to the Trans Mounta
  
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• AHS working to bring down unnecessary use of MRI and CT scans

  11-08-2018 01:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  A provincial initiative to reduce unwarranted MRI and CT scans has met with some success, but more work needs to be done to curb rising wait times for the expensive diagnostic tests, Alberta Health Services says.
  Efforts that began three years ago have so far resulted in a 12 per cent drop in magnetic resonance imaging scans for the lumbar spine and lower back, Mauro Chies, vice-president of clinical support services, said Friday.
  “We made a good gain in terms of reducing the number of ord
  
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• 'We know there's a long road ahead of us,' brother of crash victim says

  11-08-2018 01:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott reads a statement from Tim Dye at K-Division headquarters Friday.
  Dye’s sister, Angela Dye Elkins, was one of six people killed in a crash on the Icefields Parkway on Aug. 7. The 50-year-old Louisiana resident was travelling with her husband, daughter, son-in-law and grandson along the popular tourist route connecting Banff and Jasper when the family’s van collided with an SUV.
  Police continue to investigate the crash. Elkins’ son-in-law, Nick Copeland of
  
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• 'Miracle' that baby survived Jasper highway crash that killed six, family says in statement

  11-08-2018 01:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  The brother of an American woman killed in horrific crash near Jasper earlier this week says it’s a miracle that the baby in the car survived with just a few bruises.
  Six people died Aug. 7 in a collision on the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park, including two members of a family in a van visiting from Texas and Louisiana.
  A statement from Tim Dye, read by an RCMP officer at K-Division headquarters Friday, thanked first responders, medical staff and others who sprang into action af
  
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• St. Albert's ranking slips - St. Albert Gazette

  11-08-2018 00:42 via stalbertgazette.com
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  St. Albert's ranking slips
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  MoneySense, an online personal lifestyle and finance magazine, recently released its annual rankings of Best Places to Live in Alberta and in Canada. On the list, St. Albert fell to fifth-best place to live in the province. Nationally, St. Albert ...
  
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• PHOTOS: Animethon 25 in Edmonton

  11-08-2018 00:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Animethon 25 is being held at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton August 10-12, 2018. Canada’s longest-running anime convention, which started in 1994, continues all weekend. Anime refers specifically to animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes. (PHOTOS BY LARRY WONG/POSTMEDIA)
  Blooming Tree Taiko drummer Twilla Macleod performs at the opening of Animethon 25, held at the Shaw C
  
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