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• Running Oct. 11-21, LitFest keeps up with revolutionary times

  08-10-2018 22:25 via edmontonjournal.com
  If you’re up on the vernacular, Canada’s original nonfiction literature festival might as easily be named WokeFest as LitFest — though very lit it appears.
  Scroll through the dozens of exciting authors and guests presenting around town during the Oct. 11-21 festival, and you’ll most certainly not be reminded of giant paintings of the Fathers of Confederation sternly showing off their snowy beards — but instead, of these revolutionary times in which we live, whe
  
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• Top 10 things I'm thankful for today as Edmonton Oilers fan

  08-10-2018 20:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  Yes, it was a cruddy start to the 2018-19 season, one that brought back all kinds of bad memories of last season. But it’s Thanksgiving, a day to count our blessings both in our personal life, our civic life and even as an Oilers fan.
  Here are the Top Ten things I’m thankful for as a fan, Thanksgiving 2018:That Peter Pocklington brought in Wayne Gretzky and that he hired Glen Sather, a coach who let his offensive players shine and also a general manager who know how to drive a hard a
  
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• Nick Lees: Marking 100 years since the end of the First World War

  08-10-2018 19:40 via edmontonjournal.com
  The same bugle that signalled the end of the First World War in Belgium will sound in Edmonton 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 to mark the end of hostilities 100 years ago.
  “The Mons Bugle’s call marked the end of one of the deadliest conflicts in human history,” says Capt. Rick Dumas, adjutant of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4 PPCLI).
  The Mons Bugle is on display at the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum in the Prince of Wales Armoury’s Heritage Centre.
  It sounds at Remembrance
  
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• Edmonton weather: A very merry Thanksgiving

  08-10-2018 17:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Monday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station measure -3.6 C with 13 km/h winds out of the east contributing to a -8 windchill.
  I went to bed and it was still fall but I woke up to winter! I suppose we had this coming, didn’t we? It was only a matter of time, what with Calgary getting all the snow there. Scraping off the car this morning proved exceedingly difficult, as it wasn’t just snow caked onto it
  
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• Ice, ice, baby: Edmonton Ice Castles returns for fourth season

  08-10-2018 00:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  A kingdom of ice castles will be returning to Edmonton for the fourth straight year as one of six North American cities to host the popular frozen attraction.
  The Edmonton Ice Castles in Hawrelak Park could unveil its tunnels, towers and slides in late-December if the weather cooperates, the Ice Castles company, based out of Utah, said in a news release Friday.
  Twenty-five million pounds of ice is used in collaboration with colour-changing LED lights to create the magical structures. Professiona
  
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• Boyle Street hosts 1,600 for community Thanksgiving feast prepared by NAIT students

  08-10-2018 00:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton community organizations rallied together to prepare 65 turkeys with all the fixings to offer a Thanksgiving meal for the city’s less fortunate.
  The annual Thanksgiving feast hosted at Boyle Street Community Services Saturday afternoon fed about 1,600 people, with the meal prepared by NAIT students.
  “Everyone really appreciates the support and the opportunity to enjoy a meal with some close friends,” Boyle Street development manager Brent Guidinger said.
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