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• Six rave-goers hospitalized: four in serious condition after Friday dance party

  03-10-2018 23:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton raves are again in the spotlight after six people were transported to hospital — four in serious and potentially life-threatening condition — from a dance event Friday night at West Edmonton Mall’s World Waterpark.
  Alberta Health Services confirmed Wednesday that the two other patients transported from the Soundwave event — touted as the “wildest indoor beach party” — to hospital were in stable condition.
  Those numbers are in stark contrast
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' 2018-19 NHL regular-season TV schedule

  03-10-2018 23:07 via edmontonjournal.com
  Here is the Edmonton Oilers’ complete schedule for the 2018-19 National Hockey League regular season, including times and TV channels on which games can be watched. All Oilers games are broadcast on local radio by 630 CHED.
  October
  Saturday, Oct. 6: 11 a.m. @ Devils — TV: Sportsnet, NHL Network, MSG
  Thursday, Oct. 11: 5 p.m. @ Bruins — TV: Sportsnet Oilers, NESN, TVAS
  Saturday, Oct. 13: 11 a.m. @ Rangers — TV: Sportsnet West, MSG
  Tuesday, Oct. 16: 6 p.
  
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• Champagne and frites celebration starts Friday at The Marc

  03-10-2018 22:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  To celebrate the restaurant’s eighth anniversary, The Marc launches eight days of crisp and bubbly with its annual pairing of two of life’s greatest pleasures.
  Between Friday, Oct. 5, and Friday, Oct. 12, customers can enjoy a bottle of Leibart-Regnier Champagne with a big plate of killer frites (suitable for two) for $60. A glass of bubbly with a smaller plate of fries is $25 per person. The Marc is located at 9940 106 St. For more information call 780-429-2828.
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• Ottawa's refusal to appeal court ruling blocks options for Trans Mountain, says Notley

  03-10-2018 22:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Premier Rachel Notley says she doesn’t agree with Ottawa’s decision to not appeal a court ruling that stalled the Trans Mountain pipeline, but Alberta needs to let the federal process play out.
  “We understand that pursuing an appeal is a longer-term path towards a solution,” she said at a Wednesday news conference, adding the federal government’s plan to follow the court’s directives is likely the more effective path. “Nonetheless until that pa
  
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• Residents fight for small recreation centre in Rollie Miles district park

  03-10-2018 21:31 via edmontonjournal.com
  Council has approved plans for thousands of new residents in the neighbourhoods around and south of Whyte Avenue. ‘How can it now take away the recreation centres?’, residents asked Wednesday.
  City officials are recommending against redeveloping facilities in Rollie Miles district park because their new standard is an indoor facilities within five kilometres of each resident. South side residents can already reach indoor pools and gyms in the Kinsmen river valley facility, at the poo
  
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• Cult of Hockey game grades: Ethan Bear looking good as Edmonton Oilers beat Kolner Haie

  03-10-2018 21:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  First off, the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 win over the Cologne Sharks (Kolner Haie) was a great spectacle, as the Oilers did not go into a dead and half empty rink in the southern USA for an exhibition but into a singing, clapping joyous Cologne, Germany rink.
  The Haie faithful were rewarded with an exciting overtime game where the German team gave the Oilers a tough test.
  As this is the final preseason game and we’re all supposed to be rounding into regular season form, instead of just commentin
  
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• Journal columnist Paula Simons named to Canada's Senate

  03-10-2018 20:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  Longtime Edmonton Journal columnist Paula Simons was appointed to the Senate of Canada as an independent senator by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday.
  Simons was one of three new senators appointed to the Red Chamber along with Patti Laboucane-Benson also from Alberta and Peter Boehm from Ontario.
  “These three new independent senators bring a wealth of experience with them to the Red Chamber,” said Trudeau, in a news release.  “Whether working as a community educa
  
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• Work continues on remediation plans for Anthony Henday asphalt spill

  03-10-2018 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vacuum units were used to remove an unknown quantity of hot tar from a provincial stormwater collection system following a tanker roll-over Monday on the Anthony Henday Drive and Calgary Trail.
  Alberta Environment and Parks officials said the units worked throughout the night following the accident to clean the storm system, removing free product from the ground and removing the remaining product in the tank trailers.
  The truck, which was operated by Gardewine Trucking and was transporting
  
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• Suspected release of hydrofluoric acid near Wetaskiwin

  03-10-2018 20:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  As much as 50 litres of what officials believe is hydrofluoric acid was released from an overturned barrel in a county shop yard near Wetaskiwin Tuesday.
  County employees had earlier recovered two metal drums containing plastic barrels from a ditch and transported them to the facility.
  One of the drums was leaking and appeared to be producing hydrogen gas as it reacted with the metal barrel on a gravel pad, a government statement said.
  Alberta Environment and Parks officials worked wit
  
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• Hang up 'Indian' Halloween costumes for good: Talk to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

  03-10-2018 19:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Dressing up “Indian” for Halloween not only demeans those of Indigenous heritage, it can fuel more violence against women, says a MacEwan University advisor presenting a talk Thursday as part of a day to honour those missing and murdered.
  “I’ve grown up with and worked with strong, resilient Indigenous women my entire life. These costumes not only demean Indigenous women but also sexualize them, and that leads to negative perceptions,” Keestin O’Dell, a studen
  
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• The new Royal Alberta Museum opens to the public

  03-10-2018 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The first visitors to walk through the doors of the Royal Alberta Museum Wednesday can stand beneath the massive curved tusks of an ice age mammoth replica, observe a live Madagascar hissing cockroach, or check out a 1,700-year-old roasting pit excavated from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
  The $375.5-million facility is also home to an iron lung, overhead biplanes, and life-size dioramas of Alberta wildlife in action, from bison and bears to burrowing owls.
  “We have taken the approach
  
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• Brand new $375.5-million Royal Alberta Museum opens its doors. Let's take a tour.

  03-10-2018 18:30 via edmontonjournal.com
  The first visitors to walk through the doors of the new Royal Alberta Museum Wednesday can stand beneath the massive curved tusks of an ice age mammoth replica, observe a live Madagascar hissing cockroach or check out a 1,700-year-old roasting pit excavated from Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.
  The $375.5-million downtown facility also showcases an iron lung, overhead biplanes and life-size dioramas of Alberta wildlife in action, from bison and bears to burrowing owls.
  “We have taken the
  
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• Skirts on Fire gives Lemoine's fans another delightful dose of dizzy

  03-10-2018 18:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Among his many talents, Stewart Lemoine has a gift for the layering of the ludicrous. This is more than evident in the Varscona Theatre’s remount of Lemoine’s 2003 play, Skirts on Fire, a literary hoax on stage until Oct. 13.
  The action opens in the Sweet ‘n’ Low Diner as Porter Lawrence (Ron Pederson) arrives to a secret encounter. The tables in the restaurant have short legs, and there are no chairs, just pillows, on the floor for diners. Oh, and don’t expect
  
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• Thief steals $2,700 worth of food from Bonnyville produce truck

  03-10-2018 17:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  An opportunistic thief has made off with $2,700 worth of food from the back of a produce truck parked at a grocery store in Bonnyville.
  Mounties said the theft at Brosseau’s Grocery Store happened at about 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 29.
  Anyone who can identify this man is asked to call Bonnyville RCMP at 780-343-7200.
  
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• Triggered! Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan hints at breaking up Connor McDavid line

  03-10-2018 17:36 via edmontonjournal.com
  The season hasn’t even started yet and Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan is hinting about breaking up his stellar late season and preseason line of Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Ty Rattie.
  In an interview with John Shannon of Sportsnet, McLellan praised the attributes of Nugent-Hopkins and suggested he could play second line centre if things get stale with existing lines:
  “It’s important to have a dominant #2 centre and we feel we have two of them. We have Ryan Nuge
  
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• Start the car! Veggie hot dogs arrive at IKEA

  03-10-2018 17:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mega-chains from McDonald’s (which has a vegan burger piloting in Finland) to A&W (which launched a plant-based burger earlier this year) have been wooing vegetarians and vegans with new additions to their menu.
  Now, the popular and bargain-basement-priced hot dog from IKEA is undergoing a makeover. The Swedish furniture manufacturer has added all-plant-dogs to its shop-and-snack menu.
  On October 3, IKEA Canada launches its new veggie hot dog at all its Bistro locations across Canada.
  
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• Clean-up operation underway after 88,000 litres of crude oil, water releases from northern Alberta pipeline

  03-10-2018 16:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  A clean-up operation is underway in northern Alberta after 88,000 litres of crude oil and produced water was released from a pipeline.
  The province’s Alberta Energy Regulator said the spill of 44,000 litres of crude oil and the same quantity of salt and produced water happened near Red Earth Creek, located about 400 kilometres north of Edmonton.
  According to the regulator’s website, the Harvest Operations “line has been shut in and depressurized” and that “no i
  
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• Feds restarting Indigenous talks over Trans Mountain pipeline, won't appeal court decision

  03-10-2018 15:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  OTTAWA — The federal government will not appeal the court decision that tore up cabinet approval for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and is appointing former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci to oversee a new round of consultations with Indigenous communities.
  Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government does not intend to start the phase-three Indigenous consultations from the beginning, but will use them to address the weaknesses that led to the Federal Court of
  
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• QEII Highway reopened between Bowden and Crossfield after multi-vehicle crash

  03-10-2018 14:52 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 60-kilometre stretch of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway has been reopened after a serious crash involving several vehicles prompted overnight closures late Tuesday.
  Alberta Transportation issued a travel advisory at 10:45 p.m. saying no vehicles were being allowed on Hwy. 2 north or south-bound between Bowden and Crossfield, a swath of the route between Calgary and Red Deer.
  The RCMP said in an 11:30 p.m. statement that officers from the Didsbury detachment were at the scene of the fatal collis
  
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• Edmonton weather: Somehow spared from winter's early scorn

  03-10-2018 14:39 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Wednesday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -2.6 C with 13 km/h winds out of the west contributing to a -7 windchill.
  I’m not sure exactly how it happened, but Edmonton streets and sidewalks remain bare and free of the white stuff after southern Alberta, and the Rocky Mountains, took a pounding Tuesday. It was almost unbelievable to see the pictures and videos streaming in from Calgary as snow &md
  
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• Wednesday's letters: Recognize far-sighted firms

  03-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Stantec’s new 69-storey tower in downtown Edmonton has the potential to allow many Stantec employees the convenience of working and living in the same building.
  This design can reduce the demand for more commuter roads, traffic enforcement, accident rescue services, rush-hour public transit, signal-synchronization control, and commuter bike lanes.
  Stantec’s vision effectively reduces the demand side of the tax equation. Only exceptional businesses create employment while simultaneous
  
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• Opinion: AHS is bending the health-care cost curve

  03-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Re. “Deficit Disorder: Alberta hospitals are overdosing on spending and it’s proving difficult to kick the habit,” Sept. 29
  A recent report on health-care spending highlights a major challenge that all health-care jurisdictions are facing — rising health-care costs, increased demand, and a population that is growing and aging, with longer life expectancy and more complex health needs.
  While the report highlights the financials of a significant part of the health-care
  
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• Editorial: Minimum-wage increase is fair

  03-10-2018 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  On Monday, about 254,000 Albertans — about 10.6 per cent of the province’s workers — received a raise.
  Congratulations to them, but commendations should also go to the provincial government which hiked Alberta’s minimum wage to the fair rate of $15 an hour, up from $13.60.
  It marked the third and final increase in the province’s plan to boost Alberta’s minimum wage from the lowest in the country at $10.20 an hour in 2015 to what is now the highest.
  That’
  
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• Elections Alberta says enumerators attacked as it gets $8.8-million funding boost

  03-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Enumerators have suffered broken bones, been attacked by dogs, ended up in hospital and had their cars scratched to the point of needing a repaint as they gathered information from Albertans ahead of the 2019 election.
  Elections Alberta has submitted 20 claims to the Workers’ Compensation Board since enumerators began knocking on doors on Sept. 8 to update the electors’ roll.
  On top of the dog bites and broken limbs, police were called on several occasions by workers who were followe
  
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• Election commissioner harassment complaint prompts legislative committee review

  03-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A complaint against Alberta’s new election commissioner has a committee looking into who exactly is responsible for handling harassment policies in independent offices of the legislature.
  The complaint was sent to legislative offices committee chairman David Shepherd, NDP MLA for Edmonton-Centre, and former committee member Nathan Cooper, UCP MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, over the summer.
  On Tuesday, it reared its head at a committee meeting before being shunted to an in-camera discus
  
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• David Staples: Citizen backlash explodes against new pipeline approval process

  03-10-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Rick Peterson is just one businessman based in the Edmonton suburb of Spruce Grove but his message has become a wrecking ball in the national political arena.
  What does Peterson and his new advocacy group Suits And Boots have to say? As difficult as it already is to get major industrial projects approved in Canada, it’s about to get worse. The Liberal government’s proposed Bill C-69, which would bring in a new regulatory process for assessing industrial projects in Canada, will&
  
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• St. Albert Honda wins 2018 Canada’s Best Restroom contest - Global News Lethbridge

  03-10-2018 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  St. Albert Honda wins 2018 Canada’s Best Restroom contest  Global News LethbridgeThe St. Albert Honda dealership was crowned the 2018 winner of the Canada's Best Restroom Contest.
  
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• Canada's Best Restroom 2018 Is Inside This St. Albert Honda Dealership - HuffPost Canada

  03-10-2018 09:00 via huffingtonpost.ca
  Canada's Best Restroom 2018 Is Inside This St. Albert Honda Dealership  HuffPost CanadaCINTA has announced the winner of its 2018 Best Canada Restroom contest and you'll have to head to Alberta to see it for.
  
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• QEII Highway closed between Bowden and Crossfield after multi-vehicle crash

  03-10-2018 08:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  A 60-kilometre stretch of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway was closed to traffic late Tuesday night after a serious crash involving several vehicles in the snowy, icy conditions.
  Alberta Transportation issued a travel advisory at 10:45 p.m. saying no vehicles were being allowed on Hwy. 2 north or south-bound between Bowden and Crossfield, a swath of the route between Calgary and Red Deer. “The closure is expected to remain in place overnight,” the statement said.
  The RCMP said in an 11
  
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• Government employees will administer driving tests after March 1

  03-10-2018 05:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  Driver examiners will be hired as public service employees after the province announced a slew of changes to Alberta’s road test model on Tuesday.
  The province will hire 161 examiners, up from the current 153 private employees who are operating in Alberta.
  Other changes announced include standardizing fees across the province, launching a call centre to receive complaints from the public and ensuring that rural residents can access road tests.
  
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• The Art of Healing exhibit hopes to share peace with patients

  03-10-2018 03:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Royal Alexandra Hospital hosted a one-day exhibition of painting by artist Brad Ponicappo called The Art of Healing.
  During a recent two-month stint in hospital, Ponicappo used drawing as a way to manage the long stay away from home. He believes his artistic ability is a gift that brought him peace and he hopes his work will do the same for other patients in the hospital.
   
   
  
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• Police: Man with violent record to reside in Edmonton

  03-10-2018 03:12 via edmontonjournal.com
  City police are warning the public about a convicted, violent offender who will be living in Edmonton.
  Michael Hook, 55, was recently released from Bowden Institution and has been directed by the court to live in Edmonton.
  Hook will be monitored by the Edmonton Police Service’s behavioural assessment unit, said a news release Tuesday.
  Hook has a history of violence toward his intimate partners, including a reported history of sexual violence. He has also been known to be violent toward bot
  
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• Finding strength through expression: Indigenous artist creates five paintings during lengthy hospital stay

  03-10-2018 01:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Brad Ponicappo said his artistic gift found him about 25 years ago when he was going through a difficult period in his life. He found his connection to drawing again during a two-month stay in hospital in hopes of inspiring others.
  The 56-year-old Indigenous artist created five paintings as an inpatient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital while he was recovering from an infection in his finger, Ponicappo said Tuesday afternoon with his art pieces on display behind him.
  Brad Ponicappo created five pa
  
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• Noah, Olivia were Alberta's most popular baby names in 2017

  03-10-2018 01:17 via edmontonjournal.com
  Noah has usurped long-standing baby name favourite Liam as Alberta’s most common baby moniker in 2017.
  According to baby name data just posted online by Service Alberta, 250 baby boys were called Noah last year, which edged out the 244 Liams. Liam has been the top name for children assigned male at birth since 2010.
  With 236 babies bearing the moniker, Olivia continued to dominate baby girl names in 2017. That’s been the most popular name for Alberta babies assigned female at birth s
  
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• Edmonton city councillors endorse quicker, simpler fix for Terwillegar Drive

  03-10-2018 00:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  A decades-old dream of a full freeway for Terwillegar Drive fizzled Tuesday as city council members voted to take a more pragmatic path.
  Terwillegar-area residents said they wanted all access roads preserved in any new plan. But that meant an extremely complex freeway design, with bridges on top of bridges reaching as high as the houses overlooking the road, said city officials.
  It would have cost $1.2 billion, with construction over 20 to 30 years.
  Instead, council’s urban planning commit
  
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