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• Alberta woman making reusable mesh bags for grocery store produce

  01-09-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  Barb Weisbrot sews reusable, washable, mesh produce bags she hopes will replace the clear plastic bags currently offered at grocery stores on rollers for fruits and vegetables.
  
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• City of St. Albert to launch chemical treatment program to rid lake of goldfish

  01-09-2018 22:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  The City of St. Albert plans to scale back the number of goldfish swimming in a local lake through a chemical treatment program.
  Starting Tuesday, rotenone will be used in Lacombe Lake Park to poison unwanted goldfish.
  The naturally occurring compound comes from the roots of tropical plants and is not harmful to humans, pets, wildlife or vegetation, said the city.
  Asian goldfish are an invasive species that were illegally introduced to Alberta waters, according to Environment and Parks. The
  
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• Review: ESO delights Hawrelak Park crowds at Symphony Under the Sky

  01-09-2018 20:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the old Norse tales there is squirrel called Ratatoskr, who scurries up and down the trunk of the great world-tree of life, delivering messages between the eagle who lives at the top of the tree and the dragon who lives in its roots.
  Ratatoskr’s first cousin had its own moment in the spotlight on Friday, at the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s traditional Friday classical music concert in the Symphony Under the Sky festival at Hawrelak Park. There it was, darting vertically down the
  
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• Split decision at Court of Appeal weighs Jordan rule for young offenders

  01-09-2018 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  The case of a young offender who was convicted of assaulting a 16-year-old with a box cutter has raised questions about what constitutes a reasonable trial delay for minors, leading to a split decision from the Alberta Court of Appeal.
  It’s the first time an appellate court in Canada has considered how the Jordan decision would be applied to young offenders, wrote Justice Barbara Veldhuis in her dissenting opinion.
  The Supreme Court of Canada’s 2016 Jordan decision outlined reas
  
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• Saturday's letters: Supply management benefits consumers

  01-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta recently held Open Farm Days where the public was invited to visit local farms to see first-hand agricultural production in Alberta.
  I had the privilege of visiting a dairy farm and a grain farm. I witnessed first-hand how our raw food products are grown and raised, and also how the products are distributed. In witnessing the production of milk, in particular, it became quite apparent that supply management works.
  It works for the producer and for the consumer. Dairy and poultry prices i
  
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• Opinion: Stop being scared and get to know a newcomer

  01-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  As headlines mistakenly scream about a refugee crisis in Canada, as we hear claims that diversity is a threat to Canada and as alt-right anti-immigrant groups try to recruit the homeless at a Labour Day event in Edmonton, we seem to be in a constant state of fear.
  Why? What happened? Canadians weren’t afraid when Czech and Hungarian refugees flooded here in the 1950s and ’60s or when refugees came by the thousands from Uganda and Vietnam in the 1970s.
  After the Second World War, abou
  
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• Opportunity knocking already for Oilers' #2 prospect Kailer Yamamoto

  01-09-2018 09:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  2018 Edmonton Oilers prospects#2 Kailer Yamamoto
  Previously: #1 in 2017
  Funny thing about the Edmonton Oilers, they shake the bushes all around the hockey world for prospective young talent, but by far the most bountiful fruit is picked from a reliable old source, the Canadian Hockey League.
  While that general statement extends to players at all positions, today we’ll focus up front. We complete our roll-out of young forwards in discussing the organization’s #2 prospect, right winger
  
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• Midget AAA Raiders host Larry Mitchell Cup and St. Albert teams at provincial men's, women's soccer championships - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 09:02 via stalbertgazette.com
  Midget AAA Raiders host Larry Mitchell Cup and St. Albert teams at provincial men's, women's soccer championships
  St. Albert Gazette
  The Larry Mitchell Cup will be awarded to the winning team in Sunday's midget AAA intersquad game hosted by the St. Albert Nektar Data Systems Raiders. Faceoff is at 2 p.m. between Team Blue and Team White at Akinsdale Arena. The lineups will be ...
  
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• Business briefs: 1st garage suite approved in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 08:25 via stalbertgazette.com
  Business briefs: 1st garage suite approved in St. Albert
  St. Albert Gazette
  When Mayor Cathy Heron slammed a sledgehammer into the side of an old garage, she smashed the way towards a new future. On Thursday, Heron joined homeowners Caroline and Mark Tuttle as they announced the first garage suite to be built in St. Albert ...
  
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• High school games, peewee Riders and atom results - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 08:04 via stalbertgazette.com
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  High school games, peewee Riders and atom results
  St. Albert Gazette
  The metro Edmonton high school football season kicks off Thursday for the St. Albert High Skyhawks and Paul Kane Blues in the division two Miles conference. The Skyhawks host the M.E. Lazerte Voyageurs at 5 p.m. at Larry Olexiuk Field and Paul Kane ...
  
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• Volunteers - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 08:01 via stalbertgazette.com
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  Volunteers
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  It's almost time to go back to school! Did you know that several volunteer positions start in September as well? Go to the front of the class and sign up now. The St. Albert Community Information & Volunteer Centre has many volunteer opportunities to ...and more »
  
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• First-time authors Neena H. Brar and Ben Sures ride wave of local books into fall

  01-09-2018 05:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  From harrowing thrillers to dark fantasy epics to poems about survival — even a story about a 50-foot bunny — Edmonton-area authors are glowing hot with activity.
  Two local writers — mother-of-two Neena H. Brar and longtime local musician Ben Sures — have just released their first books.
  Brar’s novel Tied to Deceit is a sharp mystery about a murder in a fictional town in India.
  Sures’ children’s book The Boy Who Walked Backwards (illustrat
  
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• Notley pulls out from climate plan - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 05:19 via stalbertgazette.com
  Notley pulls out from climate plan
  St. Albert Gazette
  Alberta's premier has scrapped plans to participate in Ottawa's climate leadership plan after a Federal Court of Appeal ruling quashed the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. On Thursday night, Premier Rachel Notley said that she is ...and more »
  
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• Mayor Heron chasing down waste solutions - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 05:19 via stalbertgazette.com
  Mayor Heron chasing down waste solutions
  St. Albert Gazette
  When St. Albert city councillors took their six-week summer break, Mayor Cathy Heron decided not to let it go to waste. Over the course of the recess, Heron visited waste-processing facilities elsewhere in the province to get a feel for what St. Albert ...
  
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• New network of scientists examines pot legalization - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 05:16 via stalbertgazette.com
  New network of scientists examines pot legalization
  St. Albert Gazette
  The Alberta Cannabis Research and Innovation Network is a group of researchers across Alberta who have banded together to share knowledge and bounce ideas off each other when tackling cannabis-related projects. “It was better than we could've ...
  
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• Finance minister touts shrinking deficit in fiscal update

  01-09-2018 03:49 via edmontonjournal.com
  Withdrawing from the federal climate change plan amid suspended construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion won’t affect Alberta’s bottom line this year, says Finance Minister Joe Ceci, touting a fiscal update that included a $1-billion deficit reduction
  The first-quarter update released Friday projected Alberta’s deficit to fall by $1 billion in 2018-19, a number mainly attributed to resource revenue brought about by higher than expected oil prices and a low U.S.-Can
  
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• Fire destroys motorhome on highway outside Nisku

  01-09-2018 03:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A motorhome was engulfed in flames and destroyed on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway just outside Nisku Friday evening.
  Leduc RCMP were on scene between the 41 Avenue and Highway 19 exits, said a police news release. The right-hand southbound lane of the highway is blocked while other lanes are “extremely slow moving.”
  There have been no reported injuries.
  Multiple motorists took to Twitter to share photos of the fire and resulting traffic.
  Might want to avoid the QEII. All merging int
  
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• Press Gallery podcast #241: The So Long, Farewell edition

  01-09-2018 03:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  As the sun sets on another Alberta summer, the Press Gallery panel looks back on a highly eventful week that could foreshadow some endings for both politicians and projects.
  The fate of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is now certainly in doubt following a stunning Federal Court of Appeal decision that quashes the project’s approval. That, in turn, could spell goodbye to Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government, which is already facing a difficult road to re-election
  
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• 104 Street warehouse district site of proposed tower

  01-09-2018 03:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  A mix of condos, retail space and a hotel is planned for the current home of the Blue Plate Diner and an adjacent parking lot on 104 Street that could also have an impact on the weekly farmers market during the building process.
  The plans for the 112-metre building by developer Urban Capital and Edmonton-based Limak Investments outline a 13-storey hotel and 17 storeys of residential condo units. The first three floors will be geared toward retail space facing 104 Street.
  — Dustin Cook
  
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• Proposed hotel and condo tower on 104 Street could put City Market, Blue Plate Diner in state of flux

  01-09-2018 03:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Some businesses in the warehouse district may be caught in the crosshairs of increased development in the area with the proposal of a 33-storey tower.
  A mix of condos, retail space and a hotel is planned for the current home of the Blue Plate Diner and an adjacent parking lot on 104 Street, north of Jasper Avenue, that could also have an impact on the weekly farmers market during the building process.
  The plans for the 112-metre building by developer Urban Capital Property Group and Edmonton-bas
  
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• 'A lot of money': Industry eyes late fines as grand opening booked for Walterdale Bridge

  01-09-2018 02:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s Walterdale Bridge will finally celebrate a ribbon cutting next week under its graceful arches but the two-year delay has industry insiders watching closely.
  Just how much will Edmonton extract in late penalties? City administration won’t provide a number yet.
  “There were a number of negotiations at the end,” said Mayor Don Iveson, who also declined to give specifics. He redirected the question to administration.
  Contractor Acciona Pacer Joint Venture was f
  
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• Rocky Mountain high for hard-working runners - St. Albert Gazette

  01-09-2018 01:54 via stalbertgazette.com
  Rocky Mountain high for hard-working runners
  St. Albert Gazette
  The adventure of a lifetime was the ultimate journey of sacrifice and satisfaction for the winners of the 12th annual TransRockies Run. Shawn Lywood of St. Albert and Mike Tucker of Edmonton persevered physically and mentally during six gruelling days ...
  
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• 'Puzzling' and 'childish': Environmental groups chide Notley for pulling out of federal climate plan following Trans Mountain ruling

  01-09-2018 01:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Environmental groups are chastising the Alberta NDP for pulling out of the pan-Canadian climate change plan in the aftermath of a massive blow to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  “It’s obviously very disappointing and frankly a bit puzzling,” said Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence.
  On Thursday, the Federal Court of Appeal handed down a stunning decision that quashed the project’s approval, marking a victory for Indigenous groups and environm
  
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• Paula Simons: NAFTA negotiations make case for Trans Mountain pipeline all the more urgent

  01-09-2018 01:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Well here’s a shock.
  U.S. President Donald Trump has been boasting that he intends to make Canada sign a new trade deal entirely on the terms he’s dictated. If Canada won’t sign? Well, he’ll impose punitive tariffs on cars assembled in Canada.
  I know. You’re astonished. Let me lend you my smelling salts.
  In a strange news scoop Friday morning, the Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent Daniel Dale reported on the snarky comments Trump had made about Canada du
  
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• Graham Thomson: Goodbye, au revoir, and thank you

  01-09-2018 01:10 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’m going to miss you.
  I’m going to miss your emails and phone calls and finding the occasional old-fashioned letter from you in my old-fashioned mailbox. I’m going to miss the fact, which never ceased to amaze me, that you took the time from your busy day to stop by this little corner of the newspaper.
  I’ll miss all of you who wrote to voice your opinions of my opinion, whether you agreed with me or not. Many of your letters were filled with thoughtful ideas; some had ki
  
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• 2018 Mighty Millions Lottery benefits Stollery Children's Hospital

  01-09-2018 00:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s latest lottery home is so kid-friendly it even came with a freezer stuffed full of Dairy Queen Blizzards.
  Unfortunately, those Blizzards — part of the recent launch event for the 2018 edition of the Mighty Millions Lottery in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation — are long gone. But they highlight how the kids are front-and-centre as the lottery aims to raise $2 million this year to help fund the hospital’s most urgent needs.
  The kid-fri
  
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• Alberta boy catches 16-pound koi in St. Albert lake: 'That's way ... - Globalnews.ca

  01-09-2018 00:02 via globalnews.ca
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  Alberta boy catches 16-pound koi in St. Albert lake: 'That's way ...
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  An 11-year-old boy who was out fishing in St. Albert earlier this week managed to reel in a 16-pound carp. The massive fish was about 76 centimetres long!
  St. Albert boy, grandfather catch 'enormous' koi in local lake | CTV ...CTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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