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• Edmonton Oilers waive Pontus Aberg, Jakub Jerabek, so how is roster looking?

  30-09-2018 23:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, them waiving Pontus Aberg and Jakub Jerabek: “The Oilers have placed forward Pontus Aberg on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the @Condors. Also, defenceman Jakub Jerabek has been released & is awaiting assignment.”
  The Journal’s Jim Matheson reports: “Jerabek may wind up playing overseas rather than going to Bakersfield. He can play both sides but had a so-so camp after being signed to the one-year $1 million contract…
  
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• 'A wonderful place to be a priest': Edmonton church closes with retirement of 91-year-old pastor

  30-09-2018 23:14 via edmontonjournal.com
  Father Frank Stempfle made the sign of the cross and repeated the words he has said so many times as priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish.
  “Go in peace, love, and serve the Lord,” he said.
  “Thanks be to God,” the parishioners responded.
  “And now we’re done,” said Stempfle, a small smile on his face.
  With that, St. Patrick’s officially closed after more than 70 years in Edmonton. Around 500 people packed the north side church on Sunday
  
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• Commission expects to announce new Edmonton police chief in November

  30-09-2018 23:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The head of the Edmonton Police Commission says they plan to announce the city’s next police chief sometime in early November.
  “The search is well underway,” police commission Chair Tim O’Brien said in an interview Friday.
  “We’ve interviewed various people, been through three rounds of interviews with various candidates, so we’re gradually getting down to a short number of candidates.”
  “We’ll probably be in a position to make an announc
  
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• Pipes and drums remember fallen officers at the Alberta legislature

  30-09-2018 22:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Family members and well-wishers lined a parade route at the Alberta legislature on Sunday as a solemn procession gathered to remember those killed in the line of duty.
  Provincial officials count 100 police officers, sheriffs and forest wardens who died on the job in Alberta since 1876. Their names are inscribed on the Pillar of Strength monument, which takes centre stage every year at Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Day.
  “I always think about the families of the police officers
  
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• Nuit Blanche 2018 — the return of thought-provoking and shiny!

  30-09-2018 20:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you had to pin down the best-executed feature of Nuit Blanche 2018 on Saturday night, Thierry Marceau’s re-enactment of the Gretzky Trade will probably push forward, or maybe the flickering incandescent lightbulb CLOUD by Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett — and there were certainly dozens of other elements from which to cherry pick.
  But the truth is that none of these temporary balloon animals or strips of artificial wheat or goofy projections meant a thing without the th
  
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• Edmonton Oilers waive Ponus Aberb, Jakub Jerabek, so how is roster looking?

  30-09-2018 18:16 via edmontonjournal.com
  This in from the Edmonton Oilers, them waiving Pontus Aberg and Jakub Jerabek: “The Oilers have placed forward Pontus Aberg on waivers for the purpose of assignment to the @Condors. Also, defenceman Jakub Jerabek has been released & is awaiting assignment.”
  The Journal’s Jim Matheson reports: “Jerabek may wind up playing overseas rather than going to Bakersfield. He can play both sides but had a so-so camp after being signed to the one-year $1 million contract…
  
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• Edmonton Oilers finish pre-season by rallying past Calgary Flames 4-3

  30-09-2018 06:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  How focused and determined would YOU be at work if you we’re leaving for Europe right after your shift ended?
  Exactly.
  So it was fair to assume the Edmonton Oilers might go through the motions Saturday afternoon, knowing their charter plane to Germany was on the tarmac with the engines running.
  But instead of starting their working vacation early, they showed up and made a game of it, upping their pre-season record to 6-1 with a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.
  Sure, it looked
  
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• UCP disqualifies candidate for failing to disclose past legal matter

  30-09-2018 03:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  The United Conservative Party has disqualified its candidate in the Lac St. Anne-Parkland riding west of Edmonton for failing to disclose a past legal matter involving a former girlfriend fired from his company.
  Dale Johnson won the UCP nomination for the newly created riding just over a month ago, on Aug. 22, following a controversial and emotionally charged race.
  UCP Leader Jason Kenney publicly congratulated him on the victory, but the party informed Johnson a short time later that it had lea
  
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• City ponders benefits of mandating winter tires during winter months

  30-09-2018 03:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Should winter tires be mandatory for vehicles in Edmonton during winter?
  That’s the question a city committee will ponder next week following a request earlier this year for administration to research and provide a report on the effects of mandating winter tires.
  While acknowledging any regulatory changes would need to happen at a provincial level, the report, which will be presented to the community and public services committee next Wednesday, looks at Quebec as a case study of the effec
  
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• 'Contagious, big smile': 74-year-old homicide victim still hit the gym every night

  30-09-2018 01:56 via edmontonjournal.com
  Friends paused to touch the well-worn hat of the man they called Mr. Miyagi Saturday at the funeral for the 74-year-old homicide victim.
  George Teo was outgoing and social, a man well known at the gym he visited every evening, and one who kept his friends close over many years.
  “No one understands why he got hit. That’s what we’re trying to wrap our minds around,” said Stephanie Brewis, who got to know Teo when they were neighbours, both single parenting in the 1980s. The
  
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• Edmonton Oilers defeat the Calgary Flames in Pre-season

  30-09-2018 00:51 via edmontonjournal.com
  How focused and determined would YOU be at work if you we’re leaving for Europe right after your shift ended?
  Exactly.
  So it was fair to assume the Edmonton Oilers might go through the motions Saturday afternoon, knowing their charter plane to Germany was on the tarmac with the engines running.
  But instead of starting their working vacation early, they showed up and made a game of it, upping their pre-season record to 6-1 with a 4-3 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames.
  Sure, it looked
  
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• The Edmonton Oilers look to whittle down their roster after a 4-3 pre-season victory over the Calgary Flames

  30-09-2018 00:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oilers were just murdered by their special teams last year. There was nothing special about them at all.
  Today at Rogers Place? The reverse. 3 power play goals and a razor-sharp 1-for-7 on the PK. Now that’s more like it. Especially a 4:03 stretch from late in the 1st Period to the early section of the 2nd…including a long stretch of scoreless 5-on-3.
  The Flames generally out-played the home team today (shots were 42-21), especially over the first 30 minutes. But the ma
  
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