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• Parkland Airport manager 'very concerned' for pilot of plane missing on way to Chilliwack

  16-09-2018 21:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A private plane with two people on board that went missing Friday took off from Parkland Airport southeast of Spruce Grove, says the airport manager.
  “I’m very concerned for the pilot,” said Robert Gilgen on Sunday. “It’s very unfortunate.”
  Aircraft are searching the British Columbia Interior for the plane that was overdue on a flight to Chilliwack, B.C. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said in a statement that its Pacific division was notified
  
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• Second man charged with first-degree murder of Fort McMurray man in June

  16-09-2018 20:45 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 39-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the in the death of a man found on the side of a Fort McMurray road in June.
  Bernard Corrigan was arrested on Sept. 14 and is being held in custody, Wood Buffalo RCMP said in a Sunday news release.
  The body of John Bradley Healey, 36, was found on an access road in Fort McMurray between Grayling Crescent and Abasand Drive around 5:40 a.m. on June 13.
  Corrigan is the second man arrested in the homicide. Trevor Kirke Brown
  
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• Edmonton weather: Wake me up when September ends

  16-09-2018 17:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Sunday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure 1 C with 10 km/h winds out of the east, northeast at around 9 a.m.
  It’s snowing, again. And it is expected to continue throughout the day with rain added to the mix in the afternoon. Snowfall amounts around 2 cm are expected with a high of 4 C. Heavy precipitation is expected to cease this evening with clouds and a 60 per cent chance of drizzle throughout t
  
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• ‘Extremely frustrating’: Bike lane removal causes havoc with extra-wide lane on 97 street

  16-09-2018 17:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  A wide one-lane road on 97 Street as a result of scraped-off bike lanes is wreaking havoc during rush hour.
  Concerned commuter Nicky Baumle said traffic congestion on 97 Street that is mostly one lane between 34 Avenue and 63 Avenue prompts drivers to try to breeze by on the edge of the road where the bike lanes used to be.
  That can create more congestion, said Baumle, who drives the stretch four times a day and has seen vehicles hop the curb and collisions as a result.
  “It’s ex
  
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• Edmonton training camp tidbits plus clearing up an Oilers rumor that a lot of people had wrong: 9 Things

  16-09-2018 17:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Day 3 of Edmonton Oilers training camp is well in the books and Day 4 is now upon us.
  Here are a handful of items that may have slid through the cracks, given the avalanche of information that rumbles out these days.
  But also, a paragraph on a misconception around Edmonton this Summer that you may care to reconsider.
  9 Things
  9. Scottie Upshall was indeed on the ice Saturday. Looks like he’s trying to build up strength and mobility in the knee that caused him to fail his first physical. He
  
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• Bike lane removal spurs driver havoc on extra-wide road

  16-09-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A wide one-lane road on 97 Street as a result of scraped-off bike lanes is wreaking havoc during rush hour.
  Concerned commuter Nicky Baumle said traffic congestion on 97 Street that is mostly one lane between 34 Avenue and 63 Avenue prompts drivers to try to breeze by on the edge of the road where the bike lanes used to be.
  That can create more congestion, said Baumle, who drives the stretch four times a day and has seen vehicles hop the curb and collisions as a result.
  “It’s ex
  
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• Glimpses of the newest Edmonton Oilers from Saturday's open scrimmage

  16-09-2018 06:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Spent a pleasant hour or so in Rogers Place late Saturday morning, enjoying the open scrimmage the Edmonton Oilers put on during the third day of training camp. Despite the horrawful weather a few thousand fans including plenty of families were on hand for the festivities both on the ice and in neighbouring Ford Hall, where Hall of Famers Grant Fuhr and Glenn Anderson were signing autographs for a massive throng of admirers.
  My own attention was drawn not to the famous old Oilers, but to the new
  
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• Face-off: North American Table Hockey Championships at West Edmonton Mall

  16-09-2018 02:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The hockey players might only be centimeters tall but the anticipation and the intensity is through the roof.
  Top table hockey players in the area gathered at West Edmonton Mall Saturday to take part in the 15th annual Centennial Challenge Cup of Table Hockey tournament.
  Hosted by the Edmonton Table Hockey League, this year’s tournament doubled as the 2018 North American Table Hockey Championships, held in Detroit, Mich., for the past 11 years.
  The table hockey magic began around 9:30 a.m.
  
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• City aims to highlight best of Edmonton for new post-secondary students

  16-09-2018 01:50 via edmontonjournal.com
  A city event aiming to welcome post-secondary students to Edmonton included tips on popular activities, clubs and public services Saturday, with the added bonus of a mechanical bull so that newcomers could get into the Alberta spirit.
  “Having a proper welcome, particularly for international students, is very, very important,” said Mayor Don Iveson in an interview during the second annual City Wide Weclome.
  “Traditionally Edmonton has under-leveraged so many of its strengths, an
  
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• Tzeporah Berman who compared oilsands to Mordor to speak at teachers' association conference

  16-09-2018 00:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A pro-pipeline advocacy group has taken issue with an upcoming Alberta Teachers’ Association conference that is touting controversial environmental activist Tzeporah Berman as keynote speaker.
  Three of the association’s councils are holding a conference from Oct. 11 to 13 in Enoch dubbed “grounded in truth, soaring with knowledge.”
  Specialized councils, which are run by volunteer teachers, aim to foster the professional development of teachers, according to
  
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