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• My fearless 2018-19 Edmonton Oilers prediction and the factors most likely to sink it: 9 Things

  12-08-2018 22:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  When anyone predicts a bounce-back season for the Edmonton Oilers, the first question that inevitably follows is:
  “What do you consider a bounce-back“?
  Fair enough. When I sat down to formulate a prediction for this upcoming year, my standard was not the likelihood of returning to or exceeding 2016-17. I say that because no two years are identical. NHL seasons are like fingerprints. There are hundreds (perhaps thousands) of factors that go into each campaign for each team.
  Instead, m
  
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• 'He's like family to us:' Shooting in southwest Edmonton sends one man to hospital

  12-08-2018 20:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  An early Sunday morning shooting at a southwest Edmonton apartment has sent one man to hospital.
  Police were called to a unit at 1939 104 Street in the Keheewin neighbourhood just before 5:30 a.m. for reports of gunshots, acting Staff Sgt. Mike Keef said. One man was injured and taken to hospital with gunshot wounds.
  The man was in serious but stable condition as of late Sunday morning. No arrests have been made and police are still investigating.
  Edmonton Police Service officers in the southwes
  
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• New Grande Prairie to Edmonton bus service to fill Greyhound void

  12-08-2018 18:09 via edmontonjournal.com
  A passenger bus service has started a route between Grande Prairie and Edmonton, aiming to fill the void left by Greyhound’s departure.
  Northern Express Bus Line has been servicing High Level to Grande Prairie and High Level to Edmonton for more than 10 years. They saw an opportunity when Greyhound ended its service, said manager Simon Juckes.
  “With their announcement, we’re looking to hopefully fill a void and have it connect with some of our existing service farther north of
  
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• Nick Lees: Golfers take to the course in support of charities

  12-08-2018 17:44 via edmontonjournal.com
  It was 35-degree day last week and hopefully Fred Rayner took a bow in heaven when the company he founded 97 years ago raised $46,000 at a golf tournament.
  Funds raised by the Rayner’s Vets Group, comprised of mechanical, sheet metal and service divisions, will go to support Little Warriors, Valour Place and Habitat for Humanity.
  “Some players told us they had returned from vacation early to play in our annual tournament,” said Erin Rayner, a fourth-generation Rayner and an org
  
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• Edmonton Folk Fest day 3: Anderson East, Regina Spektor dazzle in the drizzle

  12-08-2018 17:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Remember that one time down at Gallagher Park when it was so hot that it felt like everything was going to spontaneously combust?
  Hang on, that was just a couple of days ago! Mother Nature, being the trickster that she is, decided to switch over to the other side of miserable, bringing drizzle and cold to the masses on a Saturday night.
  It was up to Anderson East and his band to warm up the crowd, and he did a pretty decent job given the circumstances.
  Tearing a page from the Stax/Volt/Muscle Sh
  
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• Edmonton weather: Time to bust out the hoodies

  12-08-2018 17:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  As festivals close out the weekend throughout the city, Sunday’s weather is perfect … for sweaters.
  The high for Sunday will be a balmy 14 C with an overnight low of 8 C accented with a northeasterly wind at 20 km/h which could gust to 40 km/h, Environment Canada said.
  Expect between 10 and 20 mm of rain throughout the day with a risk of thunderstorm in the morning.
  But there is hope: the rain will end and the wind will lighten up come evening.
  The heat returns sunny Monday with a h
  
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• Light reading? Magazines for inmates in Edmonton Remand inadequate, claims lawyer

  12-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The selection of magazines available to prisoners at the Edmonton Remand Centre is just not cutting it, says one prominent Edmonton defence lawyer.
  Tom Engel supplied Postmedia and other media outlets with the results of a freedom of information request into magazine subscriptions at the correctional facility.
  The list, said Engel, is not only inadequate for the needs of a facility with a reported 2017 average of 1,546 prisoners daily but the selection itself is inappropriate for the population
  
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• Lawsuit filed by family of man allegedly run over and killed by speeding RCMP cruiser

  12-08-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of a northern Alberta man killed after allegedly being run over by an officer speeding in an RCMP vehicle has filed a lawsuit against the Mounties.
  Tracy Janvier’s parents and three children named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the officer charged with dangerous driving in Janvier’s death as defendants in the statement of claim for $909,000 filed in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton on July 27.
  The statement of claim also names the federal government and
  
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• Hlinka-Gretzky Cup: Alexis on fire as captain Lafreniere leads Canada to gold

  12-08-2018 12:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  “Not bad, eh? Not bad? He’s not too young today? He’s OK?”
  So Canadian head coach Andre Tourigny laughingly greeted a local reporter who had questioned him a few nights earlier about the coach’s decision to make his second youngest player, Alexis Lafreniere, team captain. Tourigny had every reason to be in a jocular mood, his U-18 team having just clinched gold in the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, with Lafreniere leading the way.
  After scoring two points in each of Canada&rsq
  
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• Edmonton Islamic advocate combats rise in Islamophobia

  12-08-2018 03:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Nakita Valerio has been told to “go back to her country” numerous times since she converted to Islam and started veiling. Her family is from Italy.
  Those experiences drove Valerio, an academic studying Jewish and Islamic history, to take a direct role in Edmonton’s Muslim community. Now an executive of the Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council, Valerio works as a voice of the community’s grassroots work.
  Valerio converted to Islam in 2010. She was drawn to the religion&rs
  
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• Local cosplay queen always at work

  12-08-2018 02:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  At the Shaw Conference Centre, Vicky Lau strikes a colourful if unassuming figure.
  Dressed Saturday in the two-piece red dress of Kagura, a character from the Japanese animated series Gintama, Lau is well-suited to the mosaic of other people costumed as their favourite magical ninjas, star sailors and everything in between at this year’s Animethon.
  But besides making sure the word gets out as the head of Animethon’s public relations, Lau is also an idol of the subculture in her
  
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• Cariwest parade vibrant despite overcast day

  12-08-2018 02:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Overcast skies and a little wind couldn’t ruin the mood for this year’s Cariwest parade.
  Dancers electrified the crowd of hundreds as they made their way along Jasper Avenue Saturday afternoon, moving to a mix of Caribbean music played off the backs of trucks.
  “It didn’t rain,” said Cariwest vice president Samantha Alexander after the parade. “As long as it doesn’t rain, we’re happy.”
  The 12 participating mas, short for masquerade, bands&rsqu
  
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