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• Yellowhead re-opened near 170 Street following three collisions

  22-09-2018 20:22 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than a dozen collisions in a nine-hour period caused by overnight snow created traffic snarls across the city Saturday morning.
  Three separate collisions on the Yellowhead Trail — two involving fire rescue trucks responding to a motor vehicle accident — clogged the area near 170 Street.
  All lanes including on and exit ramps to the Yellowhead eastbound from 170 Street were closed for a good part of Saturday morning. The road was re-opened just after noon.
  There were no life-
  
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• Edmonton Expo review: Darth Maul digs deep into Star Wars role

  22-09-2018 20:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  We live in a city famous for a shopping centre, but an even bigger Maul dropped in Friday.
  Ray Park, the 44-year-old actor and stuntman who played the most iconic character in Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, was the first of Edmonton Expo’s big-name guests to appear on stage this weekend.
  Buff, handsome and cheerful, Park was cautious to not spoil a recent role he played which every fan in the room at Edmonton Expo Centre’s Hall C knew about. (I won’t spil
  
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• New narrative challenges Leon Draisaitl to lead his own line, not play with McDavid

  22-09-2018 19:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  There’s now a new and radically different narrative around Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.
  Last year at this time it was: “Draisaitl and McDavid on the same line is absolutely brilliant. Together they’ll drive the Oilers into the playoffs and maybe even to Stanley Cup glory.”
  Today it is: “Draisaitl and McDavid on the same line is sign of failure, and will be more of the same thing that doomed the Oilers to mediocrity last year.”
  I much prefer the new mains
  
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• Missing teen's body found at Gregoire Lake

  22-09-2018 17:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  The weeks-long search for a missing 16-year-old boy has ended with the discovery of his body in Gregoire Lake Friday night.
  The boy was reported missing on Sept. 1 after a boater spotted him falling off a small boat in the lake. His empty boat later washed up on shore.
  Members of the Gregoire Lake Reserve of the Fort McMurray First Nation last week reached out to Red Deer-based Compass Geomatics, a surveying and mapping company, for help in the search. Specialized aquatic and canine te
  
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• Manslaughter charge laid in downtown Edmonton bar assault

  22-09-2018 17:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with an assault at a downtown Edmonton bar earlier this month.
  Mohamed Ahmed Sassi was arrested without incident Friday morning and charged in the city’s 22nd homicide of the year — the death of a 74-year-old man.
  The man was hospitalized after he was assaulted at Central Social Hall, on 109 Street and Jasper Avenue, at around 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 8.
  Though his injuries didn’t appear life-threate
  
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• Yellowhead closed near 170 Street following three collisions

  22-09-2018 17:23 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three separate collisions on the Yellowhead Trail have police urging motorists to avoid the area eastbound near 170 Street.
  Two of the collisions involve fire rescue trucks responding to the first MVA. There were no life-threatening injuries.
  All lanes in the area — including on and exit ramps to the Yellowhead eastbound from 170 Street — are closed until further notice.
  Police are also warning motorists to slow down. Roads around Edmonton are slippery, thanks to snow overnight and a
  
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• Cream of the crop: Classical calendar packed with highlights for 2018/19 season

  22-09-2018 15:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  A Grammy Award-winning South Korean soprano, the Western Canadian premiere of a Rossini opera, and a return visit by the acclaimed Juilliard String Quartet are among a few of the highlights for the 2018/19 classical season in Edmonton.
  The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra season promises a mix of old friends and new at the Winspear Centre. Here are a few notable concerts:
  Guest conductor Steven Reineke is in charge of Hollywood Summer Blockbusters on Sept. 22, with Alex Prior back to take charge of M
  
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• Joe Nolan makes rock 'n' roots return with long-awaited record Cry Baby

  22-09-2018 15:32 via edmontonjournal.com
  A few years back, Joe Nolan was visiting Nashville when he ran into his old agent.
  “I had signed with him forever ago, and he asked me ‘what happened to Joe Nolan,'” the Edmonton-based singer-songwriter recounts over the phone. “He hadn’t heard anything in two or three three years about what was going on with me.”
  Nolan looks back on that moment as a bit of a wake-up call, considering that only four years ago he was the toast of the town. Signed to Toronto&rsq
  
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• Play the fool, in a good way, as third annual clown festival kicks off

  22-09-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  If the image of a clown brings to mind big shoes stuffed into little cars, it’s time to challenge your polka-dot stereotypes. The best place to do that is during opening night at Play the Fool, Edmonton’s third annual clown and physical comedy festival, kicking off Thursday at the ATB Financial Arts Barns.
  Did I mention it’s free? Yes, the festival’s gala cabaret at 7 p.m. features samples, gratis, of some of the upwards of 30 talents appearing throughout the festival unt
  
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• Memories and menus go hand in hand for Edmonton diners

  22-09-2018 15:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  If food is memory, restaurants are the virtual photo albums that contain a record of many of our best (and potentially worst) experiences. People get engaged in restaurants, and they break up in them, too. Business deals are cut, or dissolved, over lunch. Family birthdays and anniversaries are made special around a table with a cloth that nobody has to iron beforehand.
  Earlier this month, I attended a celebration of those kinds of memories at The Marc (9940 106 St.). The evening, hosted by
  
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• Gotta Minute Film Festival takes over LRT and Calgary's CTrain screens starting Monday

  22-09-2018 15:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s most accessible film festival is on track, all you have to do to catch Gotta Minute Film Festival’s one-minute silent shorts — 36 of them in total — is look up at the info screens as you’re waiting for the LRT.
  Or, if you want to watch the whole program in a comfortable setting without dropping a bus ticket, head to Metro Cinema — 8712 109 St. — where it will be on the lobby screen throughout the weeklong festival, which runs Monday
  
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• Saturday's letters: Anti-food waste charity provides vital service

  22-09-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Feeding his need to do good in the world,” David Staples, Sept. 14
  I would like to commend Daniel Huber for his initiative in leading Leftovers, the non-profit organization addressing the problem of food waste in our city.
  The Edmonton Food Bank has been doing a marvellous job of feeding the hungry for many years. But there are more and more people coming to the Food Bank every year, many of them working families who just can’t stretch their food dollars to the end of each
  
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• Former denturist vying for UCP nomination - St. Albert Gazette

  22-09-2018 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Former denturist vying for UCP nomination  St. Albert GazetteA former St. Albert denturist is throwing his hat in the ring for the UCP nomination. St. Albert resident and retired denturist Rodney Laliberte is hoping.
  
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• Press Gallery podcast #243: The Big India Adventure edition

  22-09-2018 06:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  A trip to India by three UCP MLAs, including leader Jason Kenney, has caused quite the kerfuffle this week in Alberta politics.
  Join host Emma Graney with guests Clare Clancy, Keith Gerein and Janet French to discuss why that junket became a whole *thing* and the possible political ramifications.
  The team also takes a look at Tzeporah Berman’s speaking engagement at an Alberta Teachers Association-associated event, and why Education Minister David Eggan had to apologize for a lesson about
  
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• Woman killed in two-vehicle crash near Coronation

  22-09-2018 03:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 59-year-old woman from Red Deer was killed in a two-vehicle accident near Coronation on Thursday afternoon.
  The crash happened on Highway 599 near Township Road 380 at around 5 p.m., Mounties said Friday.
  The lone adult female occupant of the other vehicle was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
  
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• Notley watching closely the NEB environmental review deadline

  22-09-2018 02:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley responds to the Canadian government order to the National Energy Board regarding the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project delay in Edmonton on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.
  The Canadian government made an order earlier this week telling the National Energy Board it has 22 weeks to complete a thorough review of the environmental impact of additional oil tankers resulting from the additional flows of diluted bitumen coming from an expanded pipeline.
  
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• Family of stabbed LRT commuter thanks bystanders for 'bravery'

  22-09-2018 02:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The family of a young man stabbed at an Edmonton LRT station earlier this week has thanked bystanders for their “bravery” in helping their son immediately following the attack.
  The 19-year-old victim was standing on the platform at the South Campus LRT Station at around 8 a.m. Tuesday when he was attacked by a 24-year-old man who then allegedly went on a crime spree.
  Bystanders rushed to the aid of the teen who had been stabbed in the chest.
  “We would like to express our sincer
  
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• Machinist sentenced for building fully automatic guns, possessing child porn

  22-09-2018 02:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  A machinist who was caught with a child porn collection while being investigated for manufacturing and selling fully automatic weapons was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Friday.
  Jacob Balan, a “skilled metal worker,” admitted he sold prohibited firearms out of his home in the Hazeldean neighbourhood to an undercover officer in May 2017. He pleaded guilty to manufacturing and trafficking guns and accessories.
  According to an agreed statement of facts in the case, Alberta
  
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• 'We are all beautiful and that is what Canada stands for'

  22-09-2018 02:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  Standing in a NASA space suit costume with tears welling up in his eyes, new Canadian citizen Daniel Straka recalled his childhood fascination with Star Trek.
  “When I was little, I was watching Star Trek episodes and that was like my dreamland,” said Straka, clutching his citizenship certificate. “When I came to Canada, I realized that this is my Star Trek. That’s what I said to myself when I landed in Canada. It’s so diverse, so beautiful.”
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• Discredited social studies lesson on residential schools cartoonish, simplistic, say experts

  22-09-2018 02:41 via edmontonjournal.com
  Melissa Purcell was shocked when she saw a social studies lesson that described Canada’s residential school education as “generally appropriate.”
  “That does not capture the residential school experiences of our First Nations, Métis and Inuit across the country,” said Purcell, an Alberta Teachers’ Association staff officer in professional development and Indigenous education.
  Purcell, who leads the Walking Together — Education for Reconciliation pr
  
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• Hulking garage for 3-D printer collections gets cash injection at U of A

  22-09-2018 02:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  A University of Alberta engineering department alumnus is giving back to future students with an undisclosed “major donation” that will help cover maintenance and operating costs of a 6,000-square-foot makerspace workshop.
  Ernie and Cathie Elko’s donation Friday is “a powerful sign of faith in the faculty of engineering,” department dean Fraser Forbes said.
  To be known as the Elko Engineering Garage, the facility is equipped with one of the largest 3-D pri
  
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• Stolen potato chips and heavy equipment seized by High River Mounties

  22-09-2018 02:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties recovered a significant amount of stolen heavy equipment earlier this week in northern Alberta but they also stumbled on something they probably weren’t expecting — stolen potato chips.
  The “numerous cases” of Old Dutch potato chips were among the haul from a commercial site north of High River on Monday and Tuesday, police said Friday.
  The seizure included a 2018 Caterpillar Loader, a 1998 blue International 4900 truck, a 2018 Cantra 16-foot
  
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• 'Lack of hope': Judge sentences woman to life in 'shopping cart murder'

  22-09-2018 02:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  A judge sentencing a woman to life in prison Friday for her role in a murderous group assault said everyone involved was living with “complete lack of hope” at the time.
  Sophie Frenchman, 52, was handed an automatic life sentence for her second-degree murder conviction in the death of Andrea Marie Berg. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice John Little ruled that she will be eligible to apply for parole in 10 years.
  Crown prosecutors Kevin Mark and Breena Smith had sought a 15-year pe
  
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• New pedestrian scramble: Traffic stops at intersection to let walkers cross in all four directions

  22-09-2018 01:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s new pedestrian scrambles are the latest change in an on-going effort to make intersections safer.
  At 104 Street and Jasper Avenue Friday, all four directions of traffic stopped at once to let people walk across. A large white X on the pavement means people can also cross diagonally if they choose.
  Its means people are not trying to use a crosswalk when traffic is turning right or left.
  “We want to reduce or eliminate completely those pedestrian-vehicle interactions that re
  
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• Pedestrian Scramble Intersection debuts on Jasper Ave.

  22-09-2018 01:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s new pedestrian scramble intersections are the latest change in an on-going effort to make intersections safer.
  At 104 Street and Jasper Avenue Friday, all directions of traffic stopped to let people walk across. A large white X on the pavement means people can also cross diagonally if they choose.
  The city has launched a new pedestrian scramble pilot intersection on Jasper Avenue and 104 Street in Edmonton, September 21, 2018. Ed Kaiser/Postmedia
  Its means people are not trying
  
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• Edmonton lands World Masters Athletics meet for 2021; might be held at massive new indoor facility

  22-09-2018 00:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  More than 2,500 athletes from all over the globe will descend on Edmonton in April 2021 for the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships.
  Former Olympians will be among the competitors, who must be at least 35 years old. Some participants will be as old as 90.
  “It’s a great event from that perspective,” said James Rosnau, executive director of Athletics Alberta. “And it’s a very attractive event from the city’s perspective because it’s not a group of
  
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• 'This is my Star Trek': Geeky citizenship ceremony celebrates diversity in welcoming 50 new Canadians

  22-09-2018 00:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Standing in a NASA space suit costume with tears welling up in his eyes, new Canadian citizen Daniel Straka recalled his childhood fascination with Star Trek.
  “When I was little, I was watching Star Trek episodes and that was like my dreamland,” said Straka, clutching his citizenship certificate. “When I came to Canada, I realized that this is my Star Trek. That’s what I said to myself when I landed in Canada. It’s so diverse, so beautiful.”
  This is why it mad
  
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